David W. Congdon
@dwcongdon.com
Senior Editor, University Press of Kansas | Lecturer, KU | Who Is a New Christian? (Cambridge, 2024) | Bylines: Christian Century, Sojourners, Presby Outlook, Revealer
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David W. Congdon
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· Oct 3
“Cardinal Dolan and President Trump are right about this. Kirk was indeed a missionary—and that’s precisely the problem.”
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Yes, Charlie Kirk was a missionary
Trump is right about this—but not for the reasons he...
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I have a new article out in @christiancentury.bsky.social responding to Trump and Dolan's comments about Charlie Kirk being a missionary. I argue they were right—and this tells us something important about the legacy of Christian mission.
Exactly. The worst example of this is Rod Dreher bragging about chumming around with JD Vance and Viktor Orbán while also decrying the spread of groyperism among gen z conservatives.
It is particularly head scratching to read his insistence that “President Trump’s agenda” (see thread) is something distinct from this movement, and not the epitome of the post-liberal project he claims to despise.
Like yes, this has happened, but a big reason it happened is because of MAGA.
Like yes, this has happened, but a big reason it happened is because of MAGA.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Exactly. The worst example of this is Rod Dreher bragging about chumming around with JD Vance and Viktor Orbán while also decrying the spread of groyperism among gen z conservatives.
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
Pluribus is a fascinating political Rorschach test. Is the event portrayed (no spoilers here) terrible or great? I tend to think it’s great, without denying the drawbacks.
Ultimately the show poses the question: What are we willing to sacrifice for utopia?
Ultimately the show poses the question: What are we willing to sacrifice for utopia?
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pluribus is a fascinating political Rorschach test. Is the event portrayed (no spoilers here) terrible or great? I tend to think it’s great, without denying the drawbacks.
Ultimately the show poses the question: What are we willing to sacrifice for utopia?
Ultimately the show poses the question: What are we willing to sacrifice for utopia?
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Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.
This really is brilliant. It’s also masterfully written. A work of art.
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This really is brilliant. It’s also masterfully written. A work of art.
Randomly stopped for a hike at Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska and tracked down a remote cemetery listed as “half-breed cemetery,” where people of mixed Native and Anglo ancestry were buried.
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Randomly stopped for a hike at Indian Cave State Park in Nebraska and tracked down a remote cemetery listed as “half-breed cemetery,” where people of mixed Native and Anglo ancestry were buried.
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Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
I’ve been looking for a political biography of Pelosi for our Congressional Leaders series at Kansas. If you’re interested in writing one, send me an email or DM.
i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’ve been looking for a political biography of Pelosi for our Congressional Leaders series at Kansas. If you’re interested in writing one, send me an email or DM.
Fomenting civil war is the far-right strategy in every liberal democratic country. They know their only long-term chance of success is to do a fascist version of Reconstruction.
One of Elon Musk's most regular interlocutors is clear that he is using X to *advocate* a civil war in Britain - as necessary + essential, rather than fearing one.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fomenting civil war is the far-right strategy in every liberal democratic country. They know their only long-term chance of success is to do a fascist version of Reconstruction.
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THE HOBBITS SAVE EVERYONE including 'the hard men of Gondor' my god this illiterate buffoon was created in a lab specifically to annoy me
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THE HOBBITS SAVE EVERYONE including 'the hard men of Gondor' my god this illiterate buffoon was created in a lab specifically to annoy me
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From Steve Bannon's mouth to God's ears.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
From Steve Bannon's mouth to God's ears.
“Historical fact.” So much bullshit packed into two seemingly innocuous words.
Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“Historical fact.” So much bullshit packed into two seemingly innocuous words.
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A priest from my diocese where documentation is documented in excruciatingly minute detail. Targeted and detained by ICE.
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A priest from my diocese where documentation is documented in excruciatingly minute detail. Targeted and detained by ICE.
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Trump and DOGE gutted the NLRB and here we are.
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump and DOGE gutted the NLRB and here we are.
Bracing myself for a nightmare trying to get to and from AAR.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
apnews.com/article/faa-...
These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing gov...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bracing myself for a nightmare trying to get to and from AAR.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
apnews.com/article/faa-...
I’m assuming these young conservatives have been reading Deneen and Hazony, both of whom make “blood and soil” arguments exactly like this. Nazi ideology is indeed baked into postliberalism.
Harvard's right-wing student magazine defends itself from charges that it invoked lines from Hitler by insisting that it did not intentionally use Nazi language, but came upon this "blood and soil" thinking organically. In other words, it's how young conservatives see things now.
Take that in.
Take that in.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m assuming these young conservatives have been reading Deneen and Hazony, both of whom make “blood and soil” arguments exactly like this. Nazi ideology is indeed baked into postliberalism.
Helen Andrews’s entire argument about wokeness depends on the utterly fallacious and fantastical claim that campuses and workplaces used to be “politically neutral” spaces.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Helen Andrews’s entire argument about wokeness depends on the utterly fallacious and fantastical claim that campuses and workplaces used to be “politically neutral” spaces.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
SCOTUS (and probably most of the GOP today) wants Reagan’s economic policies combined with Trump’s extreme executive authority + anti-immigrant policies.
Put another way, they hate taxes and brown people, but love kings.
Put another way, they hate taxes and brown people, but love kings.
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
SCOTUS (and probably most of the GOP today) wants Reagan’s economic policies combined with Trump’s extreme executive authority + anti-immigrant policies.
Put another way, they hate taxes and brown people, but love kings.
Put another way, they hate taxes and brown people, but love kings.
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My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
I cannot recommend enough Michael Gorup's new book, The Counterrevolutionary Shadow: Race, Democracy, and the Making of the American People. Gorup was one of many pushed out of New College in Florida. The code COUNTERSHADOW gets you 30% off and free US shipping. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639748/
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I cannot recommend enough Michael Gorup's new book, The Counterrevolutionary Shadow: Race, Democracy, and the Making of the American People. Gorup was one of many pushed out of New College in Florida. The code COUNTERSHADOW gets you 30% off and free US shipping. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639748/
I saw Radiohead on the In Rainbows tour and have been hoping to get another shot ever since.
Radiohead-Konzert-Comeback in Madrid: Die Feier vor der Apokalypse: Die großen Melancholiker Radiohead sind nach sieben Jahren Auszeit zurück auf den Bühnen, bald kommen sie auch nach Deutschland. Die Erkenntnisse schon jetzt: Bandshirtträger sind doch noch sozial akzeptiert! Und: Gemeinsam leidet…
Radiohead-Konzert-Comeback in Madrid: Die Feier vor der Apokalypse
Die großen Melancholiker Radiohead sind nach sieben Jahren Auszeit zurück auf den Bühnen, bald kommen sie auch nach Deutschland. Die Erkenntnisse schon jetzt: Bandshirtträger sind doch noch sozial akzeptiert! Und: Gemeinsam leidet es sich am schönsten.
www.spiegel.de
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I saw Radiohead on the In Rainbows tour and have been hoping to get another shot ever since.