Griffin Oleynick
@griffino.bsky.social
Associate Editor at Commonweal Magazine
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On this St Augustine day, patron of the Augustinian Order, say an extra prayer for Pope Leo XIV, that God give him light, strength and that abundant charity which flows from the heart of the Savior,
and which St Augustine ceaselessly preached in the Church.
and which St Augustine ceaselessly preached in the Church.
August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On this St Augustine day, patron of the Augustinian Order, say an extra prayer for Pope Leo XIV, that God give him light, strength and that abundant charity which flows from the heart of the Savior,
and which St Augustine ceaselessly preached in the Church.
and which St Augustine ceaselessly preached in the Church.
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The September issue is here! Inside:
- @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet
- Phil Christman on economics and Christianity
- @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers'
- Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
- @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet
- Phil Christman on economics and Christianity
- @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers'
- Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
August 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The September issue is here! Inside:
- @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet
- Phil Christman on economics and Christianity
- @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers'
- Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
- @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet
- Phil Christman on economics and Christianity
- @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers'
- Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...
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"Will Burch function merely as an extension of CatholicVote’s Trump offensive in Rome? Given that personal fealty is a condition of working for this president, it’s a fair question."
@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Trump's man at the Vatican:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...
@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Trump's man at the Vatican:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...
Trump's Man at the Vatican
CatholicVote relentlessly pushes the MAGA agenda. No wonder Trump made its cofounder ambassador to the Holy See.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Will Burch function merely as an extension of CatholicVote’s Trump offensive in Rome? Given that personal fealty is a condition of working for this president, it’s a fair question."
@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Trump's man at the Vatican:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...
@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Trump's man at the Vatican:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...
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Demonstrating why he’s regarded as one of the best essayists in America, Phil Christman deftly synthesizes #politics, #theology, #popculture, and #ethics in this erudite and lively treatise. ✍️ Why Christians Should Be Leftists is available for #preorder! https://loom.ly/zaMTedU
August 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Demonstrating why he’s regarded as one of the best essayists in America, Phil Christman deftly synthesizes #politics, #theology, #popculture, and #ethics in this erudite and lively treatise. ✍️ Why Christians Should Be Leftists is available for #preorder! https://loom.ly/zaMTedU
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BREAKING: The ICE officers at 26 Federal Plaza hate it when I show up for court observation.
Here’s my good-faith offer: if they’ll stop abducting people, I’ll never come again.
www.amny.com/immigration/...
Here’s my good-faith offer: if they’ll stop abducting people, I’ll never come again.
www.amny.com/immigration/...
ICE arrests appear to slow at Lower Manhattan immigration court – but masked agents still stalk the halls | amNewYork
Masked ICE agents continued to apprehend immigrants attending mandated court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.
www.amny.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The ICE officers at 26 Federal Plaza hate it when I show up for court observation.
Here’s my good-faith offer: if they’ll stop abducting people, I’ll never come again.
www.amny.com/immigration/...
Here’s my good-faith offer: if they’ll stop abducting people, I’ll never come again.
www.amny.com/immigration/...
Instead of equivocating, Cardinal Dolan needs to explicitly acknowledge and repent for his own complicity in Trump's re-election.
He must also explicitly condemn the immorality of ICE raids.
"Immigration" isn't causing division or suffering. Trump is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
He must also explicitly condemn the immorality of ICE raids.
"Immigration" isn't causing division or suffering. Trump is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Instead of equivocating, Cardinal Dolan needs to explicitly acknowledge and repent for his own complicity in Trump's re-election.
He must also explicitly condemn the immorality of ICE raids.
"Immigration" isn't causing division or suffering. Trump is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
He must also explicitly condemn the immorality of ICE raids.
"Immigration" isn't causing division or suffering. Trump is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
Ugh. Insane.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ugh. Insane.
I took a ChatGPT survey
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I took a ChatGPT survey
Going East | Tokyo World Champs Marathon Build: Episode 1
YouTube video by Clayton Young
www.youtube.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Probably not surprising but Dante
Although given conditions in late medieval Italy monarchy probably seemed like a good idea at the time
Although given conditions in late medieval Italy monarchy probably seemed like a good idea at the time
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Probably not surprising but Dante
Although given conditions in late medieval Italy monarchy probably seemed like a good idea at the time
Although given conditions in late medieval Italy monarchy probably seemed like a good idea at the time
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You’ve heard me say it before: the only thing New Yorkers hate more than a politician they disagree with is one they can’t trust.
And you can’t trust a word Andrew Cuomo says.
And you can’t trust a word Andrew Cuomo says.
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You’ve heard me say it before: the only thing New Yorkers hate more than a politician they disagree with is one they can’t trust.
And you can’t trust a word Andrew Cuomo says.
And you can’t trust a word Andrew Cuomo says.
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Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
This is someone who believes in nothing.
Favorite band and favorite bridge in a single shot
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
Also, @guster.bsky.social were incredible
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
Also, @guster.bsky.social were incredible
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Favorite band and favorite bridge in a single shot
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
Also, @guster.bsky.social were incredible
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
Also, @guster.bsky.social were incredible
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Submitting an op-ed pitch to the NYT demanding to know why Mamdani allowed this to happen
This is so wild. Like so much more wild than you might think reading the headline.
Adams' campaign isn't facing consequences, but their fraud paves the wave for future fraud:
"However, the bogus signatures point to a vulnerability in an elections system that is likely to be tested in the future as candidates look for ways to circumvent the ranked-choice primary system."
"However, the bogus signatures point to a vulnerability in an elections system that is likely to be tested in the future as candidates look for ways to circumvent the ranked-choice primary system."
August 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Submitting an op-ed pitch to the NYT demanding to know why Mamdani allowed this to happen
Opinion | This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Worth reading.
But I strongly disagree with Peter Steinfels' characterization of "left Catholicism" as too narrowly focused on priestly celibacy, women's ordination, and homosexuality.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/liberal-cath...
But I strongly disagree with Peter Steinfels' characterization of "left Catholicism" as too narrowly focused on priestly celibacy, women's ordination, and homosexuality.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/liberal-cath...
Liberal Catholicism, Dead Again?
Every few months, some self-styled orthodox Catholic declares the exhaustion of liberal Catholicism. Rarely has a death notice been written so often for a corpse that stubbornly refuses to be interred...
www.commonwealmagazine.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Worth reading.
But I strongly disagree with Peter Steinfels' characterization of "left Catholicism" as too narrowly focused on priestly celibacy, women's ordination, and homosexuality.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/liberal-cath...
But I strongly disagree with Peter Steinfels' characterization of "left Catholicism" as too narrowly focused on priestly celibacy, women's ordination, and homosexuality.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/liberal-cath...
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my hair and its highlights make their summer debut and, frankly, slay
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
my hair and its highlights make their summer debut and, frankly, slay
Inordinately excited for this, first time seeing both @guster.bsky.social and @themountaingoats.bsky.social live!
Hopefully I can manage to 'keep it together' ; )
Hopefully I can manage to 'keep it together' ; )
This @guster.bsky.social + @themountaingoats.bsky.social tour starts tomorrow, I had the pleasure of illustrating and designing the poster! See you on the road! 💘🍎
July 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Inordinately excited for this, first time seeing both @guster.bsky.social and @themountaingoats.bsky.social live!
Hopefully I can manage to 'keep it together' ; )
Hopefully I can manage to 'keep it together' ; )
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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Trump ❤️ Cuomo
July 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump ❤️ Cuomo
Conservative idolatry and grotesque cruelty / self-assertion is not the same as ‘Christianity’
Nor is it ‘interesting’
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Nor is it ‘interesting’
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | The YouTube Host Defining Conservative Christianity
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Conservative idolatry and grotesque cruelty / self-assertion is not the same as ‘Christianity’
Nor is it ‘interesting’
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Nor is it ‘interesting’
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
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“The fight to save our city isn’t over.” Says Cuomo as he announces his bid to run as a third party spoiler -
Yeah to save our city from him.
Yeah to save our city from him.
July 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“The fight to save our city isn’t over.” Says Cuomo as he announces his bid to run as a third party spoiler -
Yeah to save our city from him.
Yeah to save our city from him.
JD kinda looks like AJ from the Sopranos
Had a great time hiking with the Marines at Camp Pendleton over the weekend! Semper Fi 🇺🇸
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
JD kinda looks like AJ from the Sopranos
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"What is happening in Los Angeles is not normal. Every American in every state needs to understand this. It may not stop here."
@claudiaavilac.bsky.social writes from LA:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/politics-imm...
@claudiaavilac.bsky.social writes from LA:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/politics-imm...
Canary in a Coal Mine
What is happening in Los Angeles is not normal. Every American in every state needs to understand this. It may not stop here.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"What is happening in Los Angeles is not normal. Every American in every state needs to understand this. It may not stop here."
@claudiaavilac.bsky.social writes from LA:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/politics-imm...
@claudiaavilac.bsky.social writes from LA:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/politics-imm...