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professor | author | political theorist | ersatz theologian | Chicago southsider | analog influencer | bylines Commonweal, The Hill, The Conversation (AP), Religion News Service, others | https://linktr.ee/stevenpmillies | personal account
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“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
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Americans lined the bridge to Mar-a-Lago waving Ukrainian flags in a show of support for Ukraine and President Zelensky, who is heading there for talks with Trump.
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Americans lined the bridge to Mar-a-Lago waving Ukrainian flags in a show of support for Ukraine and President Zelensky, who is heading there for talks with Trump.
Returning to Metropolitan on @tcmtv.bsky.social this Christmas I am left wondering how @whitstillman.bsky.social understood the privileged, forlorn nostalgia of Trad culture and MAGA so well in 1990.
Metropolitan movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert share.google/pXazQDzQAXqZ...
Metropolitan movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert share.google/pXazQDzQAXqZ...
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Returning to Metropolitan on @tcmtv.bsky.social this Christmas I am left wondering how @whitstillman.bsky.social understood the privileged, forlorn nostalgia of Trad culture and MAGA so well in 1990.
Metropolitan movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert share.google/pXazQDzQAXqZ...
Metropolitan movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert share.google/pXazQDzQAXqZ...
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My review of Ross Douthat's BELIEVE is up at @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My review of Ross Douthat's BELIEVE is up at @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
Amen
Again, sure, but it was neither the president’s nor the AG’s job to do the Senate’s job for it. It all should have been over in February 2021, & the people everyone is actually angry at are all Republican Senators. Total failure of Article I of the Constitution. Presidentialism was a grave mistake.
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Amen
"The issue is that Word on Fire’s rhetoric is equipping Catholics with psychological and rhetorical tools to cover up abuse and scandal."
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdam...
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdam...
Bishop Barron and those Brazilian male feet (it's not what you think)
Catholics should pay close attention to how our bishops respond to alleged scandals.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The issue is that Word on Fire’s rhetoric is equipping Catholics with psychological and rhetorical tools to cover up abuse and scandal."
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdam...
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdam...
Born today in 1854—Karl Heinrich Friedrich Millies, pictured here a few years before his 1932 death.
At 17, alone with his younger brother, he sailed from Hanover in 1871 to reach his cousin's home in Chicago 6wks before the Fire.
He opened a business that succeded for 70yrs.
He was an immigrant.
At 17, alone with his younger brother, he sailed from Hanover in 1871 to reach his cousin's home in Chicago 6wks before the Fire.
He opened a business that succeded for 70yrs.
He was an immigrant.
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Born today in 1854—Karl Heinrich Friedrich Millies, pictured here a few years before his 1932 death.
At 17, alone with his younger brother, he sailed from Hanover in 1871 to reach his cousin's home in Chicago 6wks before the Fire.
He opened a business that succeded for 70yrs.
He was an immigrant.
At 17, alone with his younger brother, he sailed from Hanover in 1871 to reach his cousin's home in Chicago 6wks before the Fire.
He opened a business that succeded for 70yrs.
He was an immigrant.
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some will leave, some won't, but their very fake anxiety shows how un-civic-minded, how selfish they really are, as if the unimaginable wealth they have isn't already enough.
the flight of the billionaires www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
some will leave, some won't, but their very fake anxiety shows how un-civic-minded, how selfish they really are, as if the unimaginable wealth they have isn't already enough.
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In case you missed it: I’ve got a new (warning: somewhat intense) story on @npr.org about all the ways faith leaders have pushed back against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign this year — including clergy directly confronting ICE agents and police. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
How the clergy has rallied against the Trump administration's immigration policies
Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In case you missed it: I’ve got a new (warning: somewhat intense) story on @npr.org about all the ways faith leaders have pushed back against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign this year — including clergy directly confronting ICE agents and police. www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Things are happening over on X this Christmas season.
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Things are happening over on X this Christmas season.
This from @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social @newyorker.com is brilliant and necessary. I'm grateful for it.
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
A Christmas essay.
www.newyorker.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This from @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social @newyorker.com is brilliant and necessary. I'm grateful for it.
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
What Kind of New World Is Being Born?
www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
“Christ was poor at his birth, poor during the course of his life, and poor at his death.” ~ St. Bonaventure
Source: Financial Times
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Source: Financial Times
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‘A lot of gold’: the business of dressing priests for Christmas
Family-run Watts & Co serves places of worship, UK state occasions such as coronations and even Hollywood studios
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December 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Christ was poor at his birth, poor during the course of his life, and poor at his death.” ~ St. Bonaventure
Source: Financial Times
search.app/b6c34
Source: Financial Times
search.app/b6c34
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Catholics have a challenging problem. We must put behind us the divisions and those who have encouraged a spirit of division without, ourselves, dividing against them.
Last week's strange leak and the appointment of Abp Hicks were an occasion to think about that.
religionnews.com/2025/12/23/w...
Last week's strange leak and the appointment of Abp Hicks were an occasion to think about that.
religionnews.com/2025/12/23/w...
Why the news leak about New York's change in archbishops should trouble Catholics
(RNS) — We must end the sense among Catholics that one ‘side’ is winning or losing.
religionnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Catholics have a challenging problem. We must put behind us the divisions and those who have encouraged a spirit of division without, ourselves, dividing against them.
Last week's strange leak and the appointment of Abp Hicks were an occasion to think about that.
religionnews.com/2025/12/23/w...
Last week's strange leak and the appointment of Abp Hicks were an occasion to think about that.
religionnews.com/2025/12/23/w...
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Son of immigrants, Marco Rubio, calls human beings "despicable" and wants to dump them in other countries like trash.
Since he loves authoritarian cruelty so much, he should deport himself to Cuba’s dictatorship and stop violating the rule of law.
If despicable has a face in this story—It’s him.
Since he loves authoritarian cruelty so much, he should deport himself to Cuba’s dictatorship and stop violating the rule of law.
If despicable has a face in this story—It’s him.
May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Son of immigrants, Marco Rubio, calls human beings "despicable" and wants to dump them in other countries like trash.
Since he loves authoritarian cruelty so much, he should deport himself to Cuba’s dictatorship and stop violating the rule of law.
If despicable has a face in this story—It’s him.
Since he loves authoritarian cruelty so much, he should deport himself to Cuba’s dictatorship and stop violating the rule of law.
If despicable has a face in this story—It’s him.
"This President simply cannot tolerate the degree of freedom and independence that art and artists require."
This is the heart of something important and it touches on my immediate instinct after last year's election—art alone...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This is the heart of something important and it touches on my immediate instinct after last year's election—art alone...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
A memorial to John F. Kennedy and his respect for the freedom of the arts has been renamed for a man with authoritarian instincts.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"This President simply cannot tolerate the degree of freedom and independence that art and artists require."
This is the heart of something important and it touches on my immediate instinct after last year's election—art alone...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This is the heart of something important and it touches on my immediate instinct after last year's election—art alone...
Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The annual curial Christmas spanking was one of my favorite Pope Francis traditions. I am surprised and delighted that it continues.
Ad multos annos.
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past | National Catholic Reporter share.google/z08pPD2OudI0...
Ad multos annos.
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past | National Catholic Reporter share.google/z08pPD2OudI0...
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past
Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed in Pope Francis' footsteps and used a Christmas greeting to gently criticize...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The annual curial Christmas spanking was one of my favorite Pope Francis traditions. I am surprised and delighted that it continues.
Ad multos annos.
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past | National Catholic Reporter share.google/z08pPD2OudI0...
Ad multos annos.
Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past | National Catholic Reporter share.google/z08pPD2OudI0...
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Just watched the 60 Minutes segment. Basically it debunks the fundamental claim used by Trump admin that the detainees it sent there are “terrorists” and corroborates torture using clips from El Salvadorean influencers Bukele uses internally. Would be a shock to low information voters, probably
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Just watched the 60 Minutes segment. Basically it debunks the fundamental claim used by Trump admin that the detainees it sent there are “terrorists” and corroborates torture using clips from El Salvadorean influencers Bukele uses internally. Would be a shock to low information voters, probably
A great Christmas gift from Pope Leo today. This document on the priesthood in fact advances synodality in the Church considerably. Mirabale visu!!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Letter A Fidelity that generates the Future of the Holy Father Leo Xiv on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis (8 December 2025)
APOSTOLIC LETTER A FIDELITY THAT GENERATES THE FUTURE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV ON THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONCILIAR DECREES OPTATAM TOTIUS AND PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS
www.vatican.va
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A great Christmas gift from Pope Leo today. This document on the priesthood in fact advances synodality in the Church considerably. Mirabale visu!!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...