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Bluesky, I have a feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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Conservative Catholics really can’t deal with the fact that Pope Benedict XVI said that democratic socialism is close to Catholic social teaching. They just lose their minds over it.
Trump and Bondi have destroyed the Department of Justice. Long piece, but well worth reading. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trump and Bondi have destroyed the Department of Justice. Long piece, but well worth reading. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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More on the Buckley episode in an excellent article by @dawnofmercy.bsky.social
thevitalcenter.com/summer-2024/...
thevitalcenter.com/summer-2024/...
Mater Si, Buckley No: The Jesuit Who Took on National Review’s “Compartmentalized Catholics” — The Vital Center
In his way, Father Louis J. Twomey, S.J., did have the last word against William F. Buckley Jr.—and not only because Buckley eventually repented of his racist and segregationist views. Twomey had the ...
thevitalcenter.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More on the Buckley episode in an excellent article by @dawnofmercy.bsky.social
thevitalcenter.com/summer-2024/...
thevitalcenter.com/summer-2024/...
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I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
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Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
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“The position of the Catholic Church is clear: Human dignity and national security are not in conflict. Both are possible if people of good will work together. We invite all Catholics and people of good will to reflect on the Special Pastoral Message.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“The position of the Catholic Church is clear: Human dignity and national security are not in conflict. Both are possible if people of good will work together. We invite all Catholics and people of good will to reflect on the Special Pastoral Message.”
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US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”
Drop something BLACK & WHITE🖤🤍
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Drop something BLACK & WHITE🖤🤍
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For real though, I am a little surprised we haven't found any email chains with Trump himself. 30,000 emails, you know there's gotta be a few
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For real though, I am a little surprised we haven't found any email chains with Trump himself. 30,000 emails, you know there's gotta be a few
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if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Medicaid-funded services are their lifeline—and make their work possible. But the Trump cuts to the program could change it all.
Meet Audrey and Jeremy, who went viral for talking about how the GOP's Medicaid cuts could devastate their everyday.
Meet Audrey and Jeremy, who went viral for talking about how the GOP's Medicaid cuts could devastate their everyday.
What Trump's Medicaid cuts mean for two podcasters with Down syndrome
Medicaid-funded services are their lifeline—and make their work possible.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Medicaid-funded services are their lifeline—and make their work possible. But the Trump cuts to the program could change it all.
Meet Audrey and Jeremy, who went viral for talking about how the GOP's Medicaid cuts could devastate their everyday.
Meet Audrey and Jeremy, who went viral for talking about how the GOP's Medicaid cuts could devastate their everyday.
From the article: “Premium users can also converse with Satan.”
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
From the article: “Premium users can also converse with Satan.”
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AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
July 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
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Someone tell President Trump what "terrorist thugs" are doing to "our CHERISHED Christians!"
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Someone tell President Trump what "terrorist thugs" are doing to "our CHERISHED Christians!"
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Yet again the Pope shows excellent taste
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Yet again the Pope shows excellent taste
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The author(s) of this memo will come out and they should be shunned the rest of their careers in the law. (Seeing as how John Yoo is a law professor, I’m not getting my hopes up)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The author(s) of this memo will come out and they should be shunned the rest of their careers in the law. (Seeing as how John Yoo is a law professor, I’m not getting my hopes up)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...