P McGrath
@padraicmc.bsky.social
Politics, public administration, music, social justice and religion.
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there is no nonpartisan solution to a partisan attack on our democracy and there is absolutely no *apolitical* solution to a partisan attack on our democracy
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 AM
there is no nonpartisan solution to a partisan attack on our democracy and there is absolutely no *apolitical* solution to a partisan attack on our democracy
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Many voters who wet their pants for fear of an imaginary Jade Helm, military invasion of Texas are today cheering gleefully for a real Jade Helm invasion of Minnesota because "freedom."
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Many voters who wet their pants for fear of an imaginary Jade Helm, military invasion of Texas are today cheering gleefully for a real Jade Helm invasion of Minnesota because "freedom."
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the demons who scream about poor people “abusing” benefits should have to complete the entire process at least once before they start honking about how “easy” it is to scam, like the Byzantines could never
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
the demons who scream about poor people “abusing” benefits should have to complete the entire process at least once before they start honking about how “easy” it is to scam, like the Byzantines could never
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Longer term, we also know that this is going to require replacing the now-far-right-authoritarian GOP with an actual pro-democracy center-right political party. A party of people like Bill Kristol.
Again, that makes lots of folks here angry to hear. But it's the reality.
Again, that makes lots of folks here angry to hear. But it's the reality.
Nothing makes folks here on Bluesky angrier than rightly noting that what we need to solve our authoritarianism problem & have a durable democracy is a center-right pro-democracy party full of Bill Kristols, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
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Nothing makes all kinds of very online people here on Bluesky more angry than the very true, utterly banal, & deeply unpopular belief, often articulated by smart mainstream Democrats like Pete Buttigieg & Nancy Pelosi, that durable 🇺🇸 democracy requires a healthy center-right pro-democracy party
Nothing makes all kinds of very online people here on Bluesky more angry than the very true, utterly banal, & deeply unpopular belief, often articulated by smart mainstream Democrats like Pete Buttigieg & Nancy Pelosi, that durable 🇺🇸 democracy requires a healthy center-right pro-democracy party
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Longer term, we also know that this is going to require replacing the now-far-right-authoritarian GOP with an actual pro-democracy center-right political party. A party of people like Bill Kristol.
Again, that makes lots of folks here angry to hear. But it's the reality.
Again, that makes lots of folks here angry to hear. But it's the reality.
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«But since you do not yet see God, you will well deserve the vision of God by loving your neighbor. By loving your neighbor you purify your eye to see God. Saint John says clearly: If you do not love your brother whom you do see, how will you love God whom you do not see.»
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
«But since you do not yet see God, you will well deserve the vision of God by loving your neighbor. By loving your neighbor you purify your eye to see God. Saint John says clearly: If you do not love your brother whom you do see, how will you love God whom you do not see.»
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life