Paul Snatchko
@snatchko.bsky.social
Communications Director & Podcast Producer
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This Sunday is Gaudete Sunday. In 2012 it was the day of the Sandy Hook School shootings; 26 victims. It has always stayed with me. I watched my parishioners in the following days hugging their own children a little bit closer. Let's pray for those families who lost loved ones in the tragedy. 🙏
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This Sunday is Gaudete Sunday. In 2012 it was the day of the Sandy Hook School shootings; 26 victims. It has always stayed with me. I watched my parishioners in the following days hugging their own children a little bit closer. Let's pray for those families who lost loved ones in the tragedy. 🙏
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It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
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It's past time for universal health care now.
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's past time for universal health care now.
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Clearly posted at 11:37PM (somewhere)
Someone needs to remind people the president can't unilaterally impose tarrifs just because. Tariffs are a tax and the power of taxation rests in congress.
Someone needs to remind people the president can't unilaterally impose tarrifs just because. Tariffs are a tax and the power of taxation rests in congress.
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Clearly posted at 11:37PM (somewhere)
Someone needs to remind people the president can't unilaterally impose tarrifs just because. Tariffs are a tax and the power of taxation rests in congress.
Someone needs to remind people the president can't unilaterally impose tarrifs just because. Tariffs are a tax and the power of taxation rests in congress.
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On International Human Rights Day, I’m reminded that our shared humanity is our greatest strength. Let’s keep fighting for a world where every person is seen, valued, and protected.
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On International Human Rights Day, I’m reminded that our shared humanity is our greatest strength. Let’s keep fighting for a world where every person is seen, valued, and protected.
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Early start to a beautiful day in Tallahassee! While the work is hard at times, I am so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early start to a beautiful day in Tallahassee! While the work is hard at times, I am so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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I’m reminded of my weeping student — on a day with a class visitor.
I think my words were less help than being present, holding space.
She was laughing 10 minutes later.
Grief will come again for her, for all of us. I hope my words were right: there is so much love in the world she’s yet to meet.
I think my words were less help than being present, holding space.
She was laughing 10 minutes later.
Grief will come again for her, for all of us. I hope my words were right: there is so much love in the world she’s yet to meet.
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’m reminded of my weeping student — on a day with a class visitor.
I think my words were less help than being present, holding space.
She was laughing 10 minutes later.
Grief will come again for her, for all of us. I hope my words were right: there is so much love in the world she’s yet to meet.
I think my words were less help than being present, holding space.
She was laughing 10 minutes later.
Grief will come again for her, for all of us. I hope my words were right: there is so much love in the world she’s yet to meet.
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I had a hard day a few days ago — the kind that leaves you in a corner.
I was texting with one of my best friends that night, & couldn’t even shape words for an ask.
He knew enough to call, & I sat near-mute, listening to the clink of dishes, shuffle of papers. Somehow that was what calmed me.
I was texting with one of my best friends that night, & couldn’t even shape words for an ask.
He knew enough to call, & I sat near-mute, listening to the clink of dishes, shuffle of papers. Somehow that was what calmed me.
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I had a hard day a few days ago — the kind that leaves you in a corner.
I was texting with one of my best friends that night, & couldn’t even shape words for an ask.
He knew enough to call, & I sat near-mute, listening to the clink of dishes, shuffle of papers. Somehow that was what calmed me.
I was texting with one of my best friends that night, & couldn’t even shape words for an ask.
He knew enough to call, & I sat near-mute, listening to the clink of dishes, shuffle of papers. Somehow that was what calmed me.
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I am an English professor. I am an author. I am a professional talker. I am a menace in microblogging (clearly).
But I have lived long enough among words -- and people who do beautiful things with them -- to value actions. Showing up. Touch. Silence. All of messy, awkward, fumbling humanity.
But I have lived long enough among words -- and people who do beautiful things with them -- to value actions. Showing up. Touch. Silence. All of messy, awkward, fumbling humanity.
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I am an English professor. I am an author. I am a professional talker. I am a menace in microblogging (clearly).
But I have lived long enough among words -- and people who do beautiful things with them -- to value actions. Showing up. Touch. Silence. All of messy, awkward, fumbling humanity.
But I have lived long enough among words -- and people who do beautiful things with them -- to value actions. Showing up. Touch. Silence. All of messy, awkward, fumbling humanity.
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I miss a lot of things about my grandmothers, but what strikes me is how little -- if any -- of it is centered in what a Large Language Model or generated images or video or audio could give me back.
It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in.
The food I still eat.
Haptics of presence.
It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in.
The food I still eat.
Haptics of presence.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I miss a lot of things about my grandmothers, but what strikes me is how little -- if any -- of it is centered in what a Large Language Model or generated images or video or audio could give me back.
It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in.
The food I still eat.
Haptics of presence.
It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in.
The food I still eat.
Haptics of presence.
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Highlighting a bill I am sponsoring. You can read the full bill text and learn more here:
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Highlighting a bill I am sponsoring. You can read the full bill text and learn more here:
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
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This week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter:
Things To Know: Pope Leo's Virtue of Listening: A Conversation with Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Remembering Paulist Fr. John Lynch + Paulist Fr. Mark-David Janus on Standing for Goodness + The Story of LA's St. James Inn + More!
mailchi.mp
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This week's edition of our "Things To Know" newsletter:
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"We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it’s everyone’s responsibility to fight prejudice."
- Otto Frank in 1970
Photo: Otto Frank in the annex in 1960
- Otto Frank in 1970
Photo: Otto Frank in the annex in 1960
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it’s everyone’s responsibility to fight prejudice."
- Otto Frank in 1970
Photo: Otto Frank in the annex in 1960
- Otto Frank in 1970
Photo: Otto Frank in the annex in 1960
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In this video, we remember the life and ministry of Paulist Fr. John Lynch.
He entered eternal life on Saturday, November 15, at age 101.
Fr. Lynch was a longtime professor and administrator at @catholicuniversity.bsky.social in Washington, D.C.
To learn more, please visit:
paulist.org/FrLynch
He entered eternal life on Saturday, November 15, at age 101.
Fr. Lynch was a longtime professor and administrator at @catholicuniversity.bsky.social in Washington, D.C.
To learn more, please visit:
paulist.org/FrLynch
In Memoriam: Rev. John E. Lynch, C.S.P. (1924 – 2025)
YouTube video by Paulist Fathers
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December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In this video, we remember the life and ministry of Paulist Fr. John Lynch.
He entered eternal life on Saturday, November 15, at age 101.
Fr. Lynch was a longtime professor and administrator at @catholicuniversity.bsky.social in Washington, D.C.
To learn more, please visit:
paulist.org/FrLynch
He entered eternal life on Saturday, November 15, at age 101.
Fr. Lynch was a longtime professor and administrator at @catholicuniversity.bsky.social in Washington, D.C.
To learn more, please visit:
paulist.org/FrLynch
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We started Advent at St. Gregory the Great with a parish mission and reconciliation service. It was wonderful to have Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP lead it, and Fr. John Hurley, CSP join us as well. Our parish is now helping to "prepare the way of the Lord"! 🙏
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We started Advent at St. Gregory the Great with a parish mission and reconciliation service. It was wonderful to have Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP lead it, and Fr. John Hurley, CSP join us as well. Our parish is now helping to "prepare the way of the Lord"! 🙏
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How does the Church express hospitality?
Are our parishes in “maintenance mode” or “mission mode”?
These are just two of the questions that Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discusses with the Paulist Deacon Affiliates in this latest episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.
Listen here:
Are our parishes in “maintenance mode” or “mission mode”?
These are just two of the questions that Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discusses with the Paulist Deacon Affiliates in this latest episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.
Listen here:
Deacons Pod: A More Welcoming Church – Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P.
How does the Church welcome people and express hospitality? How does the Church live out Catholic social teaching? Are our parishes in "maintenance mode" or "mission mode"?
paulist.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How does the Church express hospitality?
Are our parishes in “maintenance mode” or “mission mode”?
These are just two of the questions that Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discusses with the Paulist Deacon Affiliates in this latest episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.
Listen here:
Are our parishes in “maintenance mode” or “mission mode”?
These are just two of the questions that Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., discusses with the Paulist Deacon Affiliates in this latest episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social.
Listen here:
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The Gospels tell us that Jesus Christ went to the ostracized, marginalized, and outcasts to restore them to the community. If you are doing the opposite, sowing division and disrupting communities, can you really claim to be a follower of Christ?
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Gospels tell us that Jesus Christ went to the ostracized, marginalized, and outcasts to restore them to the community. If you are doing the opposite, sowing division and disrupting communities, can you really claim to be a follower of Christ?
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This is a great conversation with a wonderful Bishop!
A new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Pope Leo's Virtue of Listening – Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
open.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is a great conversation with a wonderful Bishop!
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Have a listen. It's interesting stuff.
A new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Pope Leo's Virtue of Listening – Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
open.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Have a listen. It's interesting stuff.
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A new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Pope Leo's Virtue of Listening – Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
open.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our special guest is Bishop Daniel Turley, O.S.A.
Like Pope Leo XIV, he is a #Chicago native, a member of the Midwest #Augustinians, and served for decades as a #missionary in #Peru.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
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I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I appreciate all of you who are making serious argument against it but can we just for a minute all admit that the unitary executive theory is pure unadulterated horse manure masquerading as constitutional interpretation because there's a cabal of people who want a Republican dictator.
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Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged:
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged:
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.
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Some local immigrants are preparing guardianship papers in case they are deported and their children are left behind: https://bit.ly/48DPVkR
Local immigrants prepare guardianship paperwork in case they’re detained by ICE
“It’s like letting go of a piece of yourself.”
www.wgbh.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Some local immigrants are preparing guardianship papers in case they are deported and their children are left behind: https://bit.ly/48DPVkR
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Aretha Franklin sings "Ain't No Way," written by her sister Carolyn. Listen for the backup singer who sounds like a space-age theremin: That's actually Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umni...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umni...
Ain't No Way (2020 Remaster)
YouTube video by Aretha Franklin - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Aretha Franklin sings "Ain't No Way," written by her sister Carolyn. Listen for the backup singer who sounds like a space-age theremin: That's actually Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umni...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umni...