Lauren
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Goofy ass and wife of kevjg
Yep
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths

'I am their voice'

NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Important reminder
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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We’ve given the 'Commonweal' website a refresh.

In a moment of cultural chaos and rising authoritarianism, we want the site to be a haven for sustained reflection—one that reflects the full range of our coverage.

Check out the new Commonwealmagazine.org, and let us know what you think!
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
That's correct. Including the Founders.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
2yo left the room with my phone while we were FaceTiming my mom

“2? What are you talking about??? What are you doing??”

4yo: “she’s just walking slowly, like a peasant girl around town”
January 31, 2026 at 1:41 PM
It’s simple: I scroll upon this, I think “hell yeah. Watching immediately”
January 30, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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not listening to it and instead choosing to believe the new Springsteen song "Streets of Minneapolis" is just "Streets of Philadelphia" with the city name changed and nothing else
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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they should have family feud but for polycules
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Undercooked eggs are a big deal for me (homemade Caesar dressing, runny egg on bfast sandwich)
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
My husband and my friend Jules both represented. Commonweal is crushing it this month
The February issue is here! Feat:
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Jules wrote something amazing please read
I wrote about how studying Marx, the Black Radical tradition, and the Cappadocian Fathers led me to rediscover my faith, forgive the woman who killed my mother, embrace prison abolition, and champion the idea that none are saved unless *all* are saved!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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The February issue is here! Feat:
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
For a while I thought people got mad at referees for bad calls. “Ref you suck” etc.

But maybe it’s just the whistles
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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Last week I joined a prayer service organized by @newpersonalism.bsky.social outside a DHS facility in Newark.

Our prayers didn’t stop them from killing again, but in the face of so much Catholic collaboration I was glad to be able to join a spiritual struggle to complement the one in the streets.
January 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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commiserations to non-Dutch speakers, who will never know what this is about
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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I don’t think a Clickhole bit has ever gotten me as much as this one:
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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NEW: On an interfaith call, Cardinal Tobin encourages people to contact their Congressional representatives to encourage them to vote against funding ICE in order to help restore a culture of life.
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I really underestimated how much I, as a mother, would say “don’t put your feet on people”
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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If you'd like to learn more about "Katy and the Big Snow," the best book written about snow plows, you can do so here: open.substack.com/pub/children...
Katy and the Big Snow
by Virginia Lee Burton
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A lovely piece ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM