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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 3h

Day 69–Said my Our Father for our country.
Every day until…

Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.

While imprisoned at Auschwitz and before his martyrdom, Conventual Franciscan priest St. Maximilian Kolbe said: Hatred Destroys, Love Alone Creates.

Back of Shrine for St. Maximilian Kolbe with the words Hatred Destroys, Love Alone Created.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 3h

Re-upping after the GOP lies that the No Kings Protests on Oct 18th are by anti-American, Antifa terrorists.
Cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @thebulwark.com @adamkeiper.com

Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Sobering and insightful must watch by @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Trump’s anti-fascist roundtable: “When they say they are going after Antifa what they mean is they are going after the broad center. They’re going after civil society… (and) individuals. snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

snyder.substack.com

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 6h

I will be leading tours of the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD this afternoon at the annual Wine at the Shrine fundraiser for the Franciscan Center in Baltimore and Little Portion Farm. Stop by and say hi if you are in the area.
www.littleportionfarm.org/wine-at-the-...

Wine at the Shrine Festival - Little Portion Farm

Wine at the Shrine is an annual festival for Little Portion Farm, held in October at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. The family-friendly festival features music, local beer and wine, t...

www.littleportionfarm.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

You do have to read Bill's riff on "The Sound of Silence" www.thebulwark.com/p/insidious-...

The Insidious Effort To Rationalize Trump’s Lawfare

This is not a president justified in going after those who went after him. It’s a person making a mockery of our justice system.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 15h

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Corny niche humor department:

Dating app for pilots only.

Inside jokes, but some actually funny.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbSZ...

Finally a Dating App for PILOTS ONLY!

YouTube video by Just Plane Silly

www.youtube.com

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

And Congratulations. Should have started with that.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Simply to publish in Commonweal makes people mad—but do it anyway.
(Some people who get angry at those articles go to Commonweal for the sole purpose of finding those articles.)

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Sobering and insightful must watch by @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Trump’s anti-fascist roundtable: “When they say they are going after Antifa what they mean is they are going after the broad center. They’re going after civil society… (and) individuals. snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

snyder.substack.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

On heels of Pope’s comments that US bishops need to speak out forcefully against ICE raids, Leo received full USCCB leadership in private audience today; at November meeting, the conference will elect its new president.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Seems important.
It now appears the Nov 2025 USCCB election may be a bellwether for the direction of the U.S. Catholic Church during the papacy of Pope Leo. Will we live the Gospel by following Jesus? cc: @catholickungfu.bsky.social @decentfilms.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

On heels of Pope’s comments that US bishops need to speak out forcefully against ICE raids, Leo received full USCCB leadership in private audience today; at November meeting, the conference will elect its new president.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

More likely Trump will attack the Nobel Prize committee for not recognizing is doing more "to keep the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness" in Venezuela by illegally and immorally blowing up unarmed civilian boats allegedly operated by terrorists in an attack on the Maduro regime.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Prayed but didn't post🤷‍♂️

Day 67 (yesterday) and Day 68—Said my Our Father for our country.
Every day until …
Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind and let it be.

Here is why I pray:
cc: @catholickungfu.bsky.social @decentfilms.bsky.social @bpdflores.bsky.social

Stories that Really Matter scene from LOTR, The Two Towers. Samwise reminds Frodo "That there is some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and that it's worth fighting for."

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

That’s totally how science works

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding thread. @catholickungfu.bsky.social with the receipts to show the consistency through the millennia. Bravo.

Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 2d

They’ve lost the plot on tradition and therefore what is “traditional,” it’s very frustrating. Read ANY pope discussing THE POOR.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 2d

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 2d

If theology is the study of the nature of God and religious belief as one definition states, we should all be able to do that a little. But it begins by seeing that the nature of God is love, not power, something that Catholic integralists don’t seem to understand.

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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 2d

More than anything it shows your teen how much you care and that she (that’s right, isn’t it) can count on you. Blessings.

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