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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 1d

Saw PBS's *Kissinger* documentary last night. Takeaway: what the CIA did to Salvador Allende, the Trump administration is trying to do to the United States.

Opinion | Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

crazy it is almost as if weiss has been promoted beyond her ability

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 2d

Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)

(Exclusive.) Bari Weiss this week clocks up four weeks on the job as chief booker (sorry, editor-in-chief) of CBS News. Breaker hears that she has unimpressed staffers with a series of bold ideas in the 9 am call.

Last week, following the jewel heist at The Louvre, Weiss suggested they interview author Dan Brown. Staffers questioned what expertise in the matter Brown would provide CBS News viewers? Brown is well known as the bestselling author of the 2003 mystery novel, The Da Vinci Code, about a murder at The Louvre.

On Tuesday’s 9 am call, Weiss suggested a story about how people who are scared of climate change aren’t having children. “She is showing her worst self,” one CBS News journalist told Breaker. “People are running to avoid her.”

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 2d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 2d

President for Life

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard’ Into U.S. Cities

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 2d

The fascist now threatens active military deployment in US cities. People were warned. There is no moral excuse for supporting Trump . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Loyola Marymount workers should take their case to a canonical tribunal

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 3d

Very good idea . . . Loyola Marymount workers should take their case to a canonical tribunal www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

The church needs to come to terms with the fact that many of its colleges, universities, hospitals and other agencies have been entrusted to wealthy people who may not know or care about Catholic soci...

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 7d

Snowflake fascists

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DC man who played Darth Vader theme at national guard troops sues over arrest

Sam O’Hara was arrested after a guard member allegedly complained about his blasting Star Wars song at troops

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 8d

Pope Leo's support for organized labor should inspire Catholic institutions www.ncronline.org/opinion/pope...

Pope Leo's support for organized labor should inspire Catholic institutions

"There is no way our society and our politics can become healthy again unless the labor movement gains renewed strength," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 9d

"Text 1: “I love Hitler.”

Text 2: “I wish Hitler had won.”

Text 1 is from a 2025 Telegram conversation featuring members of New York State’s Young Republican group. Text 2 comes from a Discord server created by white nationalists planning for violence."

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Opinion | It’s Never Just a Joke, JD Vance

How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 9d

This will be the oligarchic future of higher ed in the US if public funding trends of the past 30 years continue.

"Because job interviews and client deals often happen over meals, administrators want students to rehearse social etiquette. So they built a steakhouse."

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As Trump slashes funding, schools are trying to attract the limited pool of higher-end families. High Point University is a blueprint.

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 9d

ICE: out-of-shape couch potatoes cosplaying at being manly men.

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ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

St. John’s ready to do ‘whatever it takes’ to keep Rick Pitino as contract decision looms

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 10d

St. John's U. has offered a ZERO percent raise to adjunct faculty this year.
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"'We’re going to do anything and everything it takes to keep Rick Pitino here,' Kull said after a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $60 million basketball practice facility on Saturday.'"

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St. John’s says it is determined to make this Rick Pitino’s last job.

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Opinion | Trump Is Dragging Us Down to His Level

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 10d

"In other words, the private conversations in the Young Republicans’ Telegram chat were only marginally more racist and hateful than the language that’s out in the open, common on the most popular podcasts in America."Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 14d

What is Theology Without Walls?

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 14d

Check out the Theology without Walls sessions at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion next month.

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YouTube video by Theology Without Walls

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 14d

"Deflection is the response of choice only when the behavior of an ally is too toxic to defend, but so widespread within your coalition that you cannot afford to criticize it."

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Vance’s Telling Defense of a Racist Group Chat

How a trove of bigoted and violent texts among young Republicans indicates the future of the party.

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 14d

It turns out that the Trump administration does support sanctuary policies so long as they provide preference for AfD Nazis . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 16d

"The most ubiquitous form of American culture nowadays is... the social-media platforms that pump conspiracy theories, extremism, advertising, pornography, and spam into every corner of the globe."
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For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 20d

Billionaire tech-bro spouts some cray-cray.

"Multiple Christian denominations have stated that Thiel’s views, identifying the Antichrist with proposals to regulate the AI industry, are not deemed by them to be compatible with conventional Christian belief.'”

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In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 21d

"Weiss seems more concerned with what’s 'emanating from our fringes' than she does with what’s coming down from the White House."

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Bari Weiss Still Thinks It’s 2020

She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for illiberal friends.

OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 24d

It's time to face the reality that people who rely on anonymous sources in social media feeds for news cannot be informed voters in a democracy . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/t...

Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

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Chris Denny @chdodenny.bsky.social · 24d

Miller wants MAGA dictatorship.

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The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.