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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Aug 27

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-...

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Aug 21

"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...

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

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Eerdmans Publishing @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

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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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Aug 21

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/...

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

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 15

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...

St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants

www.nytimes.com

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 13

Welcome back! How were the trains and / or subways??

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ugh. Insane.

Theo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · Aug 13

This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 13

I took a ChatGPT survey

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 11

Extremely pumped about the new Clayton Young series!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4cn...

Going East | Tokyo World Champs Marathon Build: Episode 1

YouTube video by Clayton Young

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 9

Probably not surprising but Dante

Although given conditions in late medieval Italy monarchy probably seemed like a good idea at the time

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 9

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?

Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is very well done. Makes me wonder about how Catholic intellectual life in America, broadly conceived, can engage more intentionally in 'core theology.' Journalism has a role, as do the arts, criticism, etc.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 6

Somehow, I hadn’t realized you’d also written Safety Not Guaranteed until about midway through the show.

Saw that in Brooklyn last fall, equally amazing.

Thanks for sharing your gifts last night! It was the concert I didn’t know I needed.

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Aug 5

Favorite band and favorite bridge in a single shot

@themountaingoats.bsky.social

Also, @guster.bsky.social were incredible

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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly @mollieoreilly.bsky.social · Aug 1

Submitting an op-ed pitch to the NYT demanding to know why Mamdani allowed this to happen

Denali @denali.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is so wild. Like so much more wild than you might think reading the headline.

Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · Aug 1

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."

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 30

Amen to all this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

Opinion | This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years

www.nytimes.com

Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks for considering! And of course it needn't be the "final word" on the subject—we hope such a piece could inspire other Catholic theologians / thinkers / religious to write up their responses to authoritarianism, too.

Feel free to DM or email!

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 29

Might you be interested in writing this up for @commonweal.bsky.social ? We editors—and we suspect many of our readers—would find it very nourishing

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Jul 26

my hair and its highlights make their summer debut and, frankly, slay

Joan McGuire @joanmcguire.bsky.social · Jul 26

Exquisite @themountaingoats.bsky.social

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 25

Inordinately excited for this, first time seeing both @guster.bsky.social and @themountaingoats.bsky.social live!

Hopefully I can manage to 'keep it together' ; )

Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · Jul 24

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! 💘🍎

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jul 24

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...

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

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Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social · Jul 24

I got a lot of consolation from this episode

www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/coun...

The Counterweight: Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching

As we confront the political, social, and spiritual challenges brought on by the second Trump administration, the moment seems right for a clear examination of Catholic social teaching.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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