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The #USBishops are mustering. Again. They were never held accountable by #Catholics in the pews for their collusion with #MAGA , t Rump & thirst for the promises of #Project2025 . 1/
Michele Madigan Somerville
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Michele Madigan Somerville
@NYpoet
Poet, writer. 3 kids, 3 books, teacher. MFA Brooklyn College (CUNY), Harvard, MTS. Bylines, NYT, et al, indietheology.substack.com
- “‘...I’m not sure the mom living in her car with her kid because they can't afford rent for an apartment will get much hope from a rose garden renovation that includes “the addition of a 3-foot-wide limestone walking path bordering the central lawn.’” @MollyJongFast on #MaryTrump
- The US Roman Catholic Church is absolutely to blame for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It is important to be clear about this.
- “... imagine if, instead of resigning in disgrace and retiring from public life, Nixon slugged it out, forced his party to walk the plank for him, and then took a victory lap ... lots of sniffing and some Stage 3 dementia.” @MollyJongFast thebulwark.com/donald-trump-d…
- “Republicans pretend to love states’ rights. Let's see how they like it when blue states decide to fight back. Democrats might feel powerless, but it’s because they’re relying on an outdated playbook.” @MollyJongFast newsletters.theatlantic.com/wait-what/6297…
- This is great. (I confess a soft spot for any political analysis that starts w/Akhmatova citation, stops at Taylor Swift, then uses “cryptofascist” & “lickspittle” to characterize Federalist Society.) 1/ @gregolear
- “Tim O’Brien, told me: ‘The lesson Trump drew from it was that he could endure a grotesque personal debacle, which he set in motion by his cheating on Ivana, and come out the other side even more an object of interest than he was before.’ 1/
- “If Ukraine is able to push through Russian defenses all the way to Melitopol, they will have cut the so-called land bridge to Crimea Russia has been using to resupply its military along the southern portion of the front lines in Eastern Ukraine.” 1/
- “... Should Queen Elizabeth II be succeeded by Charles, her dour and unpopular eldest son, or by her genial grandson, William? My answer is: I don’t give a shit.” A most entertaining history lesson here! @gregolear gregolear.substack.com/p/down-with-th…
- So shameful. Now that it’s not the #MAGA circus, @CNN ‘s not interested. 💰💰 pressrun.media/p/with-trump-g…
- It’s happening."There is no longer a public sphere, but there is a public flat earth." On paywalls and disformation:
- Listen to this. First time I’ve heard anyone (other than me) talk about the extent to which the anti-abortion campaign is not about really about abortion. Abortion is a means— vehicle for an imposing Christofascist integralist worldview. 1/All About Leonard Leo, the Reactionary Legal Activist, Radical Catholic Zealot & Dark Money Maestro Who Captured the Supreme Court (with Tom Carter) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all…
- Replying to @TheRocketGuyMan! Kudos to @sarahkendzior & @AndreaChalupa @ @gaslitnation who had this all —McGonigal, Manafort, Deripaska & have been sounding an alarm on these men, these criminal alliances 6-7 years ago.
- “Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he > 1/
