Nicholas Frankovich
@nicholasfrankovich.bsky.social
Blessed are the meek. They’ll inherit the earth. / Liberal democracy is better than the prevailing alternatives. / Read, write, edit. The written word has advantages over hand-waving and speech.
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My grandfather didn't have $1 million for a Trump Gold Card. He was 10, poor, and didn't speak any English. He ended up making good, and a lot of money. I wrote about him in 2018. I liked us better when we understood what the American Dream meant to the world. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My grandfather wouldn't be allowed into America under Donald Trump's policies
Trump's campaign-trail immigration slurs are now policies and tragedies. Latest example: Hundreds of families still separated despite a judge's order.
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My grandfather didn't have $1 million for a Trump Gold Card. He was 10, poor, and didn't speak any English. He ended up making good, and a lot of money. I wrote about him in 2018. I liked us better when we understood what the American Dream meant to the world. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.
Everything else aside, the idea that this is a model for many men of *masculinity* is so wild. This? This is "manly"? This is how people think it's cool to act?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
Dave Portnoy Demands NFL Investigate Pete Carroll & Raiders For Rigging
YouTube video by Clasher Sports
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December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
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December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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ok but try telling the Eastern Orthodox that the Body Wash proceeds from the Shampoo AND from the Conditioner and see where that gets you
14yo: if St Patrick was alive today, he’d probably try to explain the Trinity through men’s products that are like shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. It’s three in one and the only thing you need in the shower! Just like Jesus!
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
ok but try telling the Eastern Orthodox that the Body Wash proceeds from the Shampoo AND from the Conditioner and see where that gets you
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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
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Most important thing about Islamaphobic smears is they’re Islamaphobic smears, and Cuomo and backers push them.
But also, like a pebble in my shoe—
Al Qaeda and ISIS are fundamentalist Sunni! Mamdani is relatively secular Shia and standing for election in America! Jihadists would readily kill him.
But also, like a pebble in my shoe—
Al Qaeda and ISIS are fundamentalist Sunni! Mamdani is relatively secular Shia and standing for election in America! Jihadists would readily kill him.
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Most important thing about Islamaphobic smears is they’re Islamaphobic smears, and Cuomo and backers push them.
But also, like a pebble in my shoe—
Al Qaeda and ISIS are fundamentalist Sunni! Mamdani is relatively secular Shia and standing for election in America! Jihadists would readily kill him.
But also, like a pebble in my shoe—
Al Qaeda and ISIS are fundamentalist Sunni! Mamdani is relatively secular Shia and standing for election in America! Jihadists would readily kill him.
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Who Is the Future of the Democratic Party, Spanberger or Mamdani?
Both. Obviously both. Plus everyone in between and some outside those parameters too.
If you don't want to express support, say locales have a right to pick who they want and Trump's wrong to interfere, threatening more lawbreaking.
Both. Obviously both. Plus everyone in between and some outside those parameters too.
If you don't want to express support, say locales have a right to pick who they want and Trump's wrong to interfere, threatening more lawbreaking.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Who Is the Future of the Democratic Party, Spanberger or Mamdani?
Both. Obviously both. Plus everyone in between and some outside those parameters too.
If you don't want to express support, say locales have a right to pick who they want and Trump's wrong to interfere, threatening more lawbreaking.
Both. Obviously both. Plus everyone in between and some outside those parameters too.
If you don't want to express support, say locales have a right to pick who they want and Trump's wrong to interfere, threatening more lawbreaking.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
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Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
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Thursday’s Sunrise on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thursday’s Sunrise on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio
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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
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This was not a great place when I was a kid growing up in Cleveland (google "Hastily made Cleveland tourism videos" for a sense, although content warning for offensive jokes)
I've moved back to Ohio after ~10 years away, it's pretty amazing how much folks improved the area!
I've moved back to Ohio after ~10 years away, it's pretty amazing how much folks improved the area!
We are Downtown Cleveland. Crime is down year over year, police retention and recruitment is up, 15 new businesses have opened in 2025, over $4.8B in development is underway or planned, and we welcome millions of yearly visitors.
Downtown is one of a kind, the place to be, and open to all. ❤️ #DTCLE
Downtown is one of a kind, the place to be, and open to all. ❤️ #DTCLE
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This was not a great place when I was a kid growing up in Cleveland (google "Hastily made Cleveland tourism videos" for a sense, although content warning for offensive jokes)
I've moved back to Ohio after ~10 years away, it's pretty amazing how much folks improved the area!
I've moved back to Ohio after ~10 years away, it's pretty amazing how much folks improved the area!
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A too online man came to Jesus and asked, “What must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus told him to keep the
commandments, to which the man replied that he had. Jesus then told him to delete his accounts and stop trolling. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was based.
Jesus told him to keep the
commandments, to which the man replied that he had. Jesus then told him to delete his accounts and stop trolling. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was based.
September 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A too online man came to Jesus and asked, “What must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus told him to keep the
commandments, to which the man replied that he had. Jesus then told him to delete his accounts and stop trolling. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was based.
Jesus told him to keep the
commandments, to which the man replied that he had. Jesus then told him to delete his accounts and stop trolling. When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was based.
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'Errors of Omission': A House committee report ignores the reason an SSPX priest was investigated.
New reporting from @paulbmoses.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...
New reporting from @paulbmoses.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...
Errors of Omission
Paul Moses reports on a significant hole in a House Judiciary Committee report accusing the Biden FBI of targeting an SSPX priest.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
'Errors of Omission': A House committee report ignores the reason an SSPX priest was investigated.
New reporting from @paulbmoses.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...
New reporting from @paulbmoses.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...
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another victory for Jacques Maritain Thought
it turns out that embracing a multi-racial, multi-faith democracy is the best path towards peace in this chaotic world.
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
another victory for Jacques Maritain Thought
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On Pentecost, Pope Leo calls for a church that “opens the borders between peoples and breaks down the barriers between class and race;” criticizes an “exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
June 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On Pentecost, Pope Leo calls for a church that “opens the borders between peoples and breaks down the barriers between class and race;” criticizes an “exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Kevin D. Williamson: “When I look at something like January 6, I see a right-wing version of the same phenomenon that led to the campus stuff in the sixties.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/stop-makin...
Left: Columbia, students occupy the president’s office, 1968
Right: Pelosi’s office, Capitol riot, 2021
www.thebulwark.com/p/stop-makin...
Left: Columbia, students occupy the president’s office, 1968
Right: Pelosi’s office, Capitol riot, 2021
June 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Kevin D. Williamson: “When I look at something like January 6, I see a right-wing version of the same phenomenon that led to the campus stuff in the sixties.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/stop-makin...
Left: Columbia, students occupy the president’s office, 1968
Right: Pelosi’s office, Capitol riot, 2021
www.thebulwark.com/p/stop-makin...
Left: Columbia, students occupy the president’s office, 1968
Right: Pelosi’s office, Capitol riot, 2021
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The election of Pope Leo XIV and the politics of Trump and his Evangelical base. My conversation with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Audio: pod.fo/e/2d9cf2
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8q...
Audio: pod.fo/e/2d9cf2
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8q...
May 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The election of Pope Leo XIV and the politics of Trump and his Evangelical base. My conversation with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Audio: pod.fo/e/2d9cf2
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8q...
Audio: pod.fo/e/2d9cf2
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8q...
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Fact: The Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia is the size of Portugal and Slovenia combined.
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Peace? What peace? The view from Ukraine
Trump, shtrump - in Kyiv and Lviv, people know they still face a long struggle
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May 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Fact: The Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia is the size of Portugal and Slovenia combined.
Read my latest History of the Present substack newsletter (subscribe: it's free!)
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“I know Jay Nordlinger rather well. We were colleagues a long time ago. And have been in touch ever since. If you’ve ever met anyone with more integrity and honesty than Jay (not to mention, he’s a true Renaissance Man) then you likely haven’t met Jay.”
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May 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“I know Jay Nordlinger rather well. We were colleagues a long time ago. And have been in touch ever since. If you’ve ever met anyone with more integrity and honesty than Jay (not to mention, he’s a true Renaissance Man) then you likely haven’t met Jay.”
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Republican members of Congress:
Many of you have supported the brave people of Ukraine against Putin's brutal and unprovoked assault.
Now, more than ever: Step up for Ukraine!
Many of you have supported the brave people of Ukraine against Putin's brutal and unprovoked assault.
Now, more than ever: Step up for Ukraine!
These Republicans know the importance of standing with our allies. They're calling on Trump and the GOP to do the same.
May 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Republican members of Congress:
Many of you have supported the brave people of Ukraine against Putin's brutal and unprovoked assault.
Now, more than ever: Step up for Ukraine!
Many of you have supported the brave people of Ukraine against Putin's brutal and unprovoked assault.
Now, more than ever: Step up for Ukraine!
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