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Trump claims he knows a man whose son has been dead seven years “and his son got a ballot.” He says they send ballots to everyone—“even someone’s dog.” My dog has been dead for seven years—but I know who he’s voting for!
Watch the full “Axios on HBO” interview with President Trump - Axios axios.com/full-axios-hbo-int…
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Blessed Enrique Angelelli, bishop of La Rioja in Argentina was murdered on behalf of the military junta on 8/4/1976. While other bishops stood by or offered tacit blessings to the military coup, Angelelli denounced the terror and pledged to resist.
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I am very grateful to @AODonnellAngela for this response to the impulse to “cancel” Flannery O’Connor—whose artistic vision helps unmask and resist the spiritual disease of racism (to which she herself was not immune).
Thanks to @commonwealmag for inviting me to tell the true story behind Loyola's cancellation of Flannery O'Connor. Here's hoping it doesn't happen again. @NewYorker @FordhamPress @FordhamNYC commonwealmagazine.org/cance…
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“How will history judge John Lewis?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know John Lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration.”
Watch the full “Axios on HBO” interview with President Trump - Axios axios.com/full-axios-hbo-int…
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The White, European Jesus of Western imagination is fiction washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Not for the first time the master found himself explaining to his wife that beautiful women were automatically attracted to him, like a magnet—that at the sight of him they would ask his help shopping for furniture or other courtesies. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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If my mom had known he would come to her funeral she would have made me get a haircut. Happy 80th to my friend, the President.
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When the master thought of the mocking verses circulated by nihilists he felt an unbearable sadness. But then his coachman would take him on a tour of the estate and with the sight of cheering peasants his sad mood would give way to a warm glow of enjoyment! #TolstoysTalesofTrump
My visits last week to Texas and Florida had massive numbers of cheering people gathered along the roads and highways, thousands and thousands, even bigger (by far) than the crowds of 2016. Saw no Biden supporters, and yet some in the Fake News said it was an equal number. Sad!
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I was struck trying to remember how many of those who jumped in on this came to your defense when you were attacked by Rep Yoho in his passion for his God, his country, and his family.
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Maybe a quick video when Rep Ted Yoho called @AOC a you-know-what?
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Turns out I am only 2 degrees of separation from Roger Stone. “Me and Roger Stone - CommonWealth Magazine” commonwealthmagazine.org/opi…
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Feast of St Basil the Blessed, a “holy fool” whose status enabled him to confront the sins of the powerful. How much we need his example today.
St. Basil the Blessed (d. 1552), a Muscovite whose status as a "holy fool" earned him the privilege of speaking uncomfortable truths. He would wander naked through the streets of Moscow, praying and bearing witness.
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Setting the stage for a new “Lost Cause.” The South’s mythology glamorized a noble defeat. Trump backers may do the same. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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The master believed strongly that the children are our future. That is why, to each of the brave little pioneers who volunteered to return to the mines, he presented a commemorative placemat bearing the official seal of the estate. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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