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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 25m

Identity is a trap. It’s a lazy way of setting up an us vs them game. Remember that Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee AGREED to have a battle. (Spoiler alert- they were twins).

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 6h

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...

ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees

More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 3h

Musk is, psychopathy at its most evil. Okay, Manson was worse, but Musk has the means to do much much more mayhem.

Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 3h

Mostly false and doubly so under Truman who desegregated the military which was an avenue to Black advancement ever since, although the current administration is trying to dismantle that path.

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 8h

My hope is that the Dodgers, at a minimum, do not go to visit the White House. Being made a prop for this administration is demeaning all around.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 20h

I teach government at the graduate level and have a 90-minute lecture on ideology. I don’t have space to present here. You’re not wrong, except for inferring that folks on this site are anti-government radicals. I’d say most here are institutionalists concerned with anti-government reactionaries.

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 20h

Dumbfounded THE NATURAL is not listed.

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 20h

Do tell who this “we” is? I don’t think sweeping assumptions about any group here is useful.

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 20h

Dubbed the great American novel because it caught an aspect of American success that is amoral at its core.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 21h

Don’t get the anti-government part given the significant number of current and former elected officials and career public officials on the site along with public policy academics like myself.

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Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t bother me with political fundraising appeals until I see “lobbyist-free zone” on your DC office and home state/district door, AND MEAN IT!!!

Timothy E Dolan @bigtimo.bsky.social · 1d

Like those calling San Francisco “Frisco”???

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

Centrist Democrats who fail to grasp the anger in the country and assume business-as-usual approaches will keep them in power are in for a rude awakening.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

But now she has 175 million dollars worth of private jets so problem solved.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR