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Massachusetts Catholic Church Angers Conservatives With Its Brutal ICE-Themed Nativity Scene
The fact the Holy Family were in turn homeless immigrants having a baby on foreign soil and political refugees is something Saint Susanna Roman Catholic Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, decided people needed to remember this holiday season.
The church's outdoor Nativity scene, a staple at most Roman Catholic churches from advent until epiphany, is missing the Holy Family, including the baby Jesus.
Where the creche and infant would be is instead a sign saying:
"ICE WAS HERE."
Under that sign is a smaller one reading:
"The Holy Family is safe in the Sanctuary of our Church."
"If you see ICE, please call LUCE [Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts] at 617-370-5023."
You can see St. Susanna's display here:
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Immigrants and refugees—and brown and Black citizens including enrolled members of Indigenous Nations—in the United States are being harassed, abducted, and vilified by the administration of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump.
Father Stephen Josoma said he chose to focus the parish's nativity on immigration after speaking with refugee families the church has worked with over the past few years. Several St. Susanna congregants come from countries like Honduras, Guatemala and Afghanistan and fear what ICE's stepped-up deportations would mean if they were sent back to face the violence they fled.
Father Josoma told WBUR:
"These are folks who carry a lot of scars with them. Some of them are physical scars, but most are emotional. They’ve seen their folks killed in front of them."
He added:
"I think the role of all churches is to speak out on issues, that’s what the Gospel is about. How we treat the least among us is how we ultimately treat Christ."
Father Josoma said religious art should provoke reflection, even discomfort. Critics’ anger about the Nativity says more about people’s priorities than the installation itself.
He told WBUR:
"A lot of responses haven’t been anywhere near civil conversation. If you ignore the facts, that’s fine, but you can’t have a real dialogue if you don’t accept the reality of what is there."
The conservative Archdiocese of Boston dubbed the church's display "politically divisive" and encouraged St. Susanna's to return their Nativity to its "proper sacred purpose."
The Archdiocese's official statement read:
"The people of God have the right to expect that, when they come to church, they will encounter genuine opportunities for prayer and Catholic worship—not divisive political messaging."
But the Roman Catholic Church in the United States has often used their political and financial power to attack LGBTQ+ equality, especially marriage equality, and reproductive freedom.
The Boston Archdiocese's stance also disregards numerous statements by the pinnacle of power within the Holy Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. The pontiff has even said if Christians are to call themselves "pro-life," they must follow the Bible's teachings on compassion towards and welcoming of the foreigner.
While the Archdiocese may want to avoid ruffling rich MAGA Republican donors' feathers, St. Susanna's Nativity more closely matches both Pope Leo's stated views and scripture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been likened to Adolf Hitler's Geheime StaatsPolizei (GeStaPo) and SchutzStaffel (SS) for their tactics and behavior.
The Roman Catholic Church was accused of officially turning a blind eye to Nazi atrocities, while some individual parishes and clergy took action to help those persecuted instead of siding with their oppressors, up until the Nazis became a direct threat to the Vatican.
History seems to be repeating itself.
While ICE agents invade residential neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, and hospitals with their faces covered, without warrants, refusing to provide identification, and randomly attacking anyone brown or Black, the Boston Archdiocese's biggest concern is appearances and the discomfort of guilty consciences.
Originally claiming their targets would be only undocumented gang members or those with criminal records, the Trump administration's mask quickly slipped to reveal their real goal under the White supremacist and Christian nationalist Project 2025 is to remove as many Black and brown people as possible, regardless of their legal status or citizenship.
Trump's recent rhetoric includes stripping citizenship from anyone MAGA views as unworthy—a.k.a. anyone darker than a pumpkin spiced latte or any White person who speaks out against the Trump regime.
As such, Saint Susanna parish's decision is drawing considerable backlash from Trump’s MAGA minions within and without the Catholic Church.
The leader of the conservative Catholic Action League, which advocates for increased Catholic influence in politics, told WBUR he was furious about the political message in the Nativity in Dedham.
The irony was completely lost on him.
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts (CAL-Mass) Executive Director CJ Doyle claimed:
"This is a case of a dissident priest who has a long history of these crackpot, publicity stunts. He’s politicizing Christmas, he’s exploiting the Holy Family, he’s trivializing it and he’s using his position as a pastor to promote his left-wing political ideology."
Doyle, who according to the CAL-Mass website "went on to do another half dozen interviews," called the sign "inappropriate, sacrilegious, divisive and disrespectful" in addition to claiming Father Josoma just wanted publicity. Again, the irony was entirely lost on Doyle.
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Apparently the Catholic Action League wants more political action, but only if it's supporting their right-wing agenda.
While Doyle raged for anyone who would give him a platform, others found his and the MAGA response predictable and on brand.
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For more than a decade, St. Susanna's parish has used their Nativity display to tackle issues like gun control, climate change, racism, and immigration policies.
Evangelical Christians, conservative Catholics, and self-professed Christian nationalists—like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson—are the core of Trump's MAGA minions.
Despite what their guidebook says, they have been not only been fine, but are fully supportive of the Trump administration's openly racist and xenophobic policies towards immigrants.
Given the Holy Family were immigrants with an "anchor baby" as well as refugees fleeing political violence, have MAGA Christians forgotten their "reason for the season"?
Maybe instead of insisting everyone say "Merry Christmas" this year, MAGA should focus on their real chosen savior and say "Merry Trumpmas."
MAGA Is Melting Down Over A Pink J. Crew Sweater For Men—And Our Eyes Can't Roll Hard Enough
The sweater is a bubblegum-pink color, complete with pink, green and purple fair-isle.
The sweater is currently listed on the brand's website and can be seen below.
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It garnered significant attention after Juanita Broaddrick, who once accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault and now moonlights as a culture warrior online, posted it along with the following exclamation:
"Are you kidding me?? Men, would you wear this $168 sweater?"
You can see her post below.
Conservatives immediately used her post as an opportunity to attack liberals.
However, pink used to be considered a boys' color.
For instance, in a June 1918 article in the trade publication The Infants’ Department, declared that pink is suitable for boys because it is a "stronger color":
“The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”
According to dress historian Jo Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America, the modern association of pink and blue with gender began to take shape in the 1940s.
Paoletti noted why it's important to understand the history behind these fashion trends:
“Hyper-gendered clothing is part of a system that creates anxiety in children, even those who might be quite content with their biological sex, but reject the cultural norms―for example, girls who are described as ‘tomboys.’"
Liberals were quick to mock their outrage because what's the big deal?
The MAGA fragility is off the charts.
Dem Rep. Has An Idea For A New Line Of Work For MTG After She Leaves Congress—And It Would Certainly Be Something
But recently, Trump and the majority of the MAGAsphere have had a falling out with their former attack dog, who in the past had even accosted several of her congressional colleagues on Trump's behalf.
On November 21, the Georgia MAGA Republican announced she'd resign from Congress effective January 5, 2026—just after her lifetime congressional pension and benefits go into effect.
MTG didn't specify what was next for her, but Representative Garcia has a suggestion.
Appearing Thursday on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (WWHL), Representative Garcia fielded a call-in question.
The WWHL viewer asked:
"Which Bravolebrity would make the best politician and which politician would make best Bravolebrity?"
"Bravolebrity" is the term fans and the network use to describe the celebrities who gained the majority of their fame from appearing on one of the reality TV shows on the network that include The Real Housewives franchise Cohen produces.
Representative Garcia responded:
"I do love Heather. Uh, I think [The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's] Heather Gay would actually make a great politician. I think she knows how to maneuver, get along with everybody. She's funny. She's a storyteller. I'm a fan."
As for a politician perfect for reality TV, Representative Garcia answered:
"Right now, the best politician I’d love to see on TV, even though I see her everyday in Congress, would be Marjorie Taylor Greene."
"Cause she has made such a switch in her politics, I think it’d be pretty interesting to see her."
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Host Cohen then asked:
"You two have had such a kind of a rough history. What do you make of [MTG's] transformation?"
Representative Garcia replied:
"I don’t think anyone should excuse some of the horrible things she has said and the way she’s treated people."
"But I believe that everyone has an opportunity to change. And if she’s genuine in wanting to be a better person and a kind person, I think she should be given the space to do that."
Some people felt MTG's changes were more opportunistic than the result of a genuine reckoning.
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Some offered other answers to the question.
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MTG seemingly decided that the Epstein files were her bridge too far with Trump's lies and broken campaign promises.
She joined those supporting Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie's discharge petition to force a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Bill that Massie cosponsored with California Democratic Representative Ro Khanna. GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to allow the bill to come to the floor for a vote.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) was approved by Congress after the discharge petition gained enough signatures to force a vote. It was signed into law by Trump on November 19, 2025. The law mandates the DOJ release all relevant "unclassified" records concerning Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days.
The Act requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicly release "unclassified" DOJ documents and records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in a "searchable and downloadable format."
This includes records from investigations, prosecutions, custodial matters, flight logs, travel records, names of individuals and entities connected to Epstein's criminal activities, immunity deals, and internal DOJ communications. The bill specifically states information should not be withheld based on "potential embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
Greene also made several appearances with Epstein survivors before the press leading up to the passage of the discharge petition and bill.
However, she'd previously overlooked, ignored, or excused Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election, his claim Mexico would pay to build the wall he never finished despite diverting military construction money to do it, chants of "Lock her up" at his MAGA rallies, his mocking of disabled people, his 34 felonies, multiple credible sexual assault allegations against him, his defrauding charities, his bragging about committing sexual assault and walking into changing rooms to see underage girls naked, his longtime ties to Epstein, his blatant racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and other assorted bigotries and biases, and his near constant lying.
After MTG joined those demanding Trump keep the promise he campaigned on—to release the full Epstein files gathered by Trump's Department of Justice and the FBI in 2019 to indict and arrest his longtime friend, registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—Trump branded her a traitor.
The files would have become part of the official court records if Epstein had not been found dead in his cell while in the custody Trump's DOJ about a month after his July 2019 arrest during Trump's first term.
The records were then sealed until 2024 due to ongoing litigation against Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell by some of their victims.
Like Epstein, convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell was a longtime friend of Trump's. The Trump administration drew backlash after the felon was moved by Trump's current DOJ, headed by Bondi, to a "Club Fed" prison.
The Trump campaign decided to make releasing the full Epstein files an issue during the 2024 presidential race by promising to release them if Trump was elected.
Unlike Trump's broken promises to build a Mexico-funded wall and send former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to prison, many of his MAGA minions—like MTG—aren't letting this promise go.