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This Red-Blue who's-up-who's-down framing overlooks that federal workers and SNAP recipients, families and small businesses, have paid a price for th3 shutdown.
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This Red-Blue who's-up-who's-down framing overlooks that federal workers and SNAP recipients, families and small businesses, have paid a price for th3 shutdown.
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
You really think the suffering of the American people was going to make this guy cave?
Really?
Really?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
You really think the suffering of the American people was going to make this guy cave?
Really?
Really?
A lot of things are wrong with this.
What I want to highlight is that we *are* the richest country in the world, but that's meaningless if we are an oligarchy.
For many or most of us, this feels little different from being the poorest country in the world.
What I want to highlight is that we *are* the richest country in the world, but that's meaningless if we are an oligarchy.
For many or most of us, this feels little different from being the poorest country in the world.
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A lot of things are wrong with this.
What I want to highlight is that we *are* the richest country in the world, but that's meaningless if we are an oligarchy.
For many or most of us, this feels little different from being the poorest country in the world.
What I want to highlight is that we *are* the richest country in the world, but that's meaningless if we are an oligarchy.
For many or most of us, this feels little different from being the poorest country in the world.
A new collection of CTU stickers.
Which one do you think is my favorite?
Which one do you think is my favorite?
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A new collection of CTU stickers.
Which one do you think is my favorite?
Which one do you think is my favorite?
But ask yourself how generously patient he'd be if Biden or Obama kept the sacraments from people.
Detainees' access to sacraments is 'under careful review' share.google/ww8fPG5Y042Q...
Detainees' access to sacraments is 'under careful review' share.google/ww8fPG5Y042Q...
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
But ask yourself how generously patient he'd be if Biden or Obama kept the sacraments from people.
Detainees' access to sacraments is 'under careful review' share.google/ww8fPG5Y042Q...
Detainees' access to sacraments is 'under careful review' share.google/ww8fPG5Y042Q...
This is such incredibly welcome news.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social is one of the most experienced Catholic journalists in the US with a deep perspective. Commonweal is the oldest and most thoughtful lay Catholic journal we have. Great things are coming.
Ad multos annos.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social is one of the most experienced Catholic journalists in the US with a deep perspective. Commonweal is the oldest and most thoughtful lay Catholic journal we have. Great things are coming.
Ad multos annos.
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is such incredibly welcome news.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social is one of the most experienced Catholic journalists in the US with a deep perspective. Commonweal is the oldest and most thoughtful lay Catholic journal we have. Great things are coming.
Ad multos annos.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social is one of the most experienced Catholic journalists in the US with a deep perspective. Commonweal is the oldest and most thoughtful lay Catholic journal we have. Great things are coming.
Ad multos annos.
Rubin's got the analysis right, except she doesn't see it's a horrible calamity.
All the stuff abt voting for candidates not issues is a smarter sounding way to say we vote for celebrities despite our interests, and that's what got us Trump.
It's not politics.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
All the stuff abt voting for candidates not issues is a smarter sounding way to say we vote for celebrities despite our interests, and that's what got us Trump.
It's not politics.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rubin's got the analysis right, except she doesn't see it's a horrible calamity.
All the stuff abt voting for candidates not issues is a smarter sounding way to say we vote for celebrities despite our interests, and that's what got us Trump.
It's not politics.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
All the stuff abt voting for candidates not issues is a smarter sounding way to say we vote for celebrities despite our interests, and that's what got us Trump.
It's not politics.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Most of the US is spared the ugliness of a paramilitary presence, being surveilled by facial recognition and StingRays, seeing neighbors thrown to the ground and taken away to inhumane conditions.
But when you are able to see it, it's hard to call it America. And there's nothing "Great" about it.
But when you are able to see it, it's hard to call it America. And there's nothing "Great" about it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Most of the US is spared the ugliness of a paramilitary presence, being surveilled by facial recognition and StingRays, seeing neighbors thrown to the ground and taken away to inhumane conditions.
But when you are able to see it, it's hard to call it America. And there's nothing "Great" about it.
But when you are able to see it, it's hard to call it America. And there's nothing "Great" about it.
Once again the Church showed up.
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Once again the Church showed up.
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
A Mass for All Saints at Broadview where again access was refused to bring Eucharist to detainees though all of DHS's protocols were observed. I would guess >1000 souls there to bear witness.
All you holy men and women, pray for us.
share.google/s6pfmCwdxafc...
'Let them eat art deco green tile style, which is totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era.'
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
'Let them eat art deco green tile style, which is totally inappropriate for the Lincoln era.'
Not quite on schedule, but not far off either.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Not quite on schedule, but not far off either.
For those wondering what the new White House ballroom will look like, I recommend a visit to Alsip, IL.
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
For those wondering what the new White House ballroom will look like, I recommend a visit to Alsip, IL.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Before we agree to essentialize gender, can I just ask how many women in the Catholic hierarchy transferred or concealed abusive priests?
There was a lot of relational safety and emotional comfort at the expense of truth-seeking, so I'm asking.
There was a lot of relational safety and emotional comfort at the expense of truth-seeking, so I'm asking.
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Before we agree to essentialize gender, can I just ask how many women in the Catholic hierarchy transferred or concealed abusive priests?
There was a lot of relational safety and emotional comfort at the expense of truth-seeking, so I'm asking.
There was a lot of relational safety and emotional comfort at the expense of truth-seeking, so I'm asking.
The 19th Ward. Mount Greenwood. The only Chicago neighborhood to go for Trump all three times.
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The 19th Ward. Mount Greenwood. The only Chicago neighborhood to go for Trump all three times.
A Starbucks in DuPont Circle has been liberated. Warby is next.
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A Starbucks in DuPont Circle has been liberated. Warby is next.
There is nothing worse than capitalism.
October 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There is nothing worse than capitalism.
"Many people today, for various reasons, seem not to believe that a happy future is possible. These fears are to be taken seriously but are not invincible. They can be
overcome only if we stop closing ourselves up….Fear is the origin…of every form...
overcome only if we stop closing ourselves up….Fear is the origin…of every form...
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Many people today, for various reasons, seem not to believe that a happy future is possible. These fears are to be taken seriously but are not invincible. They can be
overcome only if we stop closing ourselves up….Fear is the origin…of every form...
overcome only if we stop closing ourselves up….Fear is the origin…of every form...
They were robbing from the rich to give to themselves.
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They were robbing from the rich to give to themselves.
Might be worth answering this @jbpritzker.bsky.social.
Did Ofc.Bojovic save lives? Render aid?
Tell the White House. Tell ICE. Tell the world.
ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the US illegally: DHS - ABC News share.google/VQMEqMENFoSj...
Did Ofc.Bojovic save lives? Render aid?
Tell the White House. Tell ICE. Tell the world.
ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the US illegally: DHS - ABC News share.google/VQMEqMENFoSj...
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Might be worth answering this @jbpritzker.bsky.social.
Did Ofc.Bojovic save lives? Render aid?
Tell the White House. Tell ICE. Tell the world.
ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the US illegally: DHS - ABC News share.google/VQMEqMENFoSj...
Did Ofc.Bojovic save lives? Render aid?
Tell the White House. Tell ICE. Tell the world.
ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the US illegally: DHS - ABC News share.google/VQMEqMENFoSj...
The prudential questions that distinguish abortion from migration are very different, which is why comparisons are false and fail.
But look who's discovered nuance and prudential judgment.
But look who's discovered nuance and prudential judgment.
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The prudential questions that distinguish abortion from migration are very different, which is why comparisons are false and fail.
But look who's discovered nuance and prudential judgment.
But look who's discovered nuance and prudential judgment.