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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · 3d

We attended today’s Mass and Pope Leo took a tour in the Popemobile after Mass. He stopped near us and I yelled “Pope Leo we are from Chicago, we love you!“ He smiled and nodded. I took this pic. Pope Leo gives us hope to continue to do God’s work, to take care of the poor and protect the migrant.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · 8d

Merton to Czeslaw Milosz, September 1959: “The only thing to be regretted without qualification is for a man to adapt perfectly to totalitarian society.”

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · 25d

Still baffled by @jimgaffigan.bsky.social emceeing the Al Smith and yucking it up with Dolan and DJT. Was he feeling like a fraud that evening? A topic not covered in the podcast. Does Gaffigan regret fronting for Dolan who is now a scandal? Does he agree that Charlie Kirk is a modern day St. Paul?

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · 25d

Dolan is a scandal. We condemn murder, including the murder of Kirk. Would St. Paul have been like Kirk against Civil Rights or a supporter of Paul Pelosi's attacker, or call for the death penalty for Joe Biden or call Pope Francis a heretic?
www.ncronline.org/opinion/card...

Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern-day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up.

Cardinal Dolan joins the Catholic right's ever growing quest to lionize the late Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · 25d

It is past time for Pope Leo to ask for Cardinal Dolan's resignation.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

The helmets remind us of the Nazis and look at the color scheme for the vehicle...remind you of anything?
www.schemecolor.com/nazi-flag-co...

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

I hope Archbishop Broglio is prepared to teach/preach to US Military personnel the nonviolence of Jesus or at the very least just war theory in light of the recent strike on a boat load of Venezuelans. It is looking like the US Military just committed murder. theintercept.com/2025/09/05/p...

Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians

A current DoD official and many military legal experts say the U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean near Venezuela broke international law.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

I remember Brennan doing a good job at the VP Debate. She can more than hold her own with the lowlifes and dweebs who are Trump supporters. medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu/2024/10/deba...

Debate commission co-chair says moderators broke rules at VP debate - Medill on the Hill

The vice presidential debate was the first in 40 years not to be sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonpartisan organization which has overseen general election debates in every ...

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

Axios, maybe DJT will rename DoD, but you should not. Only Congress can change its name.

Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

Senator Duckworth, please inform DJT he has no authority to change the name of DoD as it was created by an act of Congress.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 5

We elected an insane, racist, idiot over a competent, Black female. We paid the ticket, and now we are taking the ride. Of course the poor and vulnerable will suffer more, and we now going to have more poor and vulnerable.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 5

The job market is drying up. Prices continue to rise. Millions are living paycheck to paycheck. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.

What has Trump been up to lately?

Hobnobbing with billionaire Big Tech CEOs and profiting off the presidency with crypto schemes.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Sep 1

I just sent the NYT a news tip, and you can as well. Here is the tip, DJT has not been heard from and barely seen in the last 4 days, and media has not covered this as a major news event. Why? Fear? Don't Care? You too can share a news tip.
www.nytimes.com/tips

Tips

The New York Times is providing ways to get in touch and share materials with our journalists confidentially.

www.nytimes.com

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 31

At 7:30 Mass our priest said humility is being grounded in reality and we act as Christ instructs, favoring the poor and forsaken. The priest also chose Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs IV that asks us to stand as a living witness to truth and freedom, to peace and justice.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please for the love of God and all that is holy, don’t go to Starbucks

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 27

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 27

From today's @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social - may we follow Dom Helder and get close to the poor, and form Abrahamic communities to provide hope as we confront White Christian Nationalism and American Fascism.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 27

Snoop is scared to go to kids movies? Could be a good thing! I think the kids would be scared if he showed up at a kids movie.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

America Tips Into Fascism

Today is different than before.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 25

Liberating us from what? What changes when his goons leave? Poverty and racism disappears? You can shove things in a closet or sweep under a rug to make it look good for a day, but the works of mercy including feeding, housing and healing remain. It's the work of Christians, it's the narrow gate.

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 23

Only a maniac would be proud to display a picture of himself with a murderer and kidnapper who continues his carnage of civilians. DJT is a sick person, and we are a sick country to allow this insanity to continue. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...

Trump Revels in a ‘Nice’ Gesture From Putin

www.nytimes.com

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 23

Shelter is a basic necessity, we are failing as a people.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 23

Most households in the most populous cities in the U.S. can afford no more than 600 square feet of living space, according to new research. That's smaller than the average one-bedroom apartment.

How Much Space Does the Median Income Get You?

In many large U.S. cities, the typical household can afford to rent only a space smaller than a studio apartment.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · Aug 19

Last week, President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to D.C., claiming that crime there is out of control — despite violence plummeting in the city.

David Kennedy, one of the country’s leading crime prevention experts, explains what a more effective policing strategy might look like.

What Would a More Effective Policing Strategy Look Like in D.C.?

We spoke with crime prevention expert David Kennedy about the Trump administration’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

www.thetrace.org

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 17

From the Eucharistic Prayer this morning, "may your Church stand as a living witness to truth and freedom, to peace and justice, that all people may be raised up to a new hope."

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Dave McNaughton @davemcnaughton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Fascism is progress.