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Commonweal editor, city dweller
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Go see it before it closesâlast weekend!
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Sal Gentile
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The Jalen M. Brunson And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts
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Evan Simko-Bednarski
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Me and the eight year old walking down Franklin Ave, cheering along to the honking and the yelling and the singing. After getting a few fist bumps, he turns to me and says of New York, âPeople really seem to like this placeâ
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Thrilled to feature our
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Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson and the first episode of his narrative podcast on Black Catholic Detroit, "The City and the Cross" - a must-listen!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/ground
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From the Ground Up
In the first episode of our new limited podcast series, "The City and the Cross," host and inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson traces the origins and flowering of Black Catholic Detroit, from ...
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/ground
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Heidi Schlumpf
16 days ago
Religious leaders and communities cannot become complacent on immigration. As the midterm elections approach, the Church must embrace more explicitly political strategies to combat Trumpâs war on immigrants. My latest with Dylan Corbett of Hope Border:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-ice...
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Changing the Calculus of Power
As the midterm elections approach, the Church must embrace more explicitly political strategies to combat Trump's war on immigrants.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-ice-immigration-corbett-trump-bishops
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Commonweal
18 days ago
TOMORROW: We're delighted to launch Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson's narrative podcast series on the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit. Listen to the teaser now!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/city...
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Commonweal
25 days ago
With autocracy on the rise in both the U.S. and Europe, Pope Leo has an opportunity to rearticulate the Churchâs positive teaching on democracy. Thomas Banchoff and
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social
: 'The Pope, the President, and Our Democratic Crisis'
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The Pope, the President, and Our Democratic Crisis
With autocracy on the rise in both the United States and Europe, Pope Leo has an opportunity to rearticulate the Churchâs positive teaching on democracy.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-authoritarianism-faggioli-banchoff
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Commonweal
25 days ago
"It is the first known transfer of Church-owned land to a tribal nation as an explicit act of reparation for the Churchâs actions during the colonization of America."
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reports on an extraordinary act of land rematriation:
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The Way You Let Go
This October saw the first known transfer of Church-owned land to a tribal nation as an explicit act of reparation. What can the experiment teach the rest of the Church?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/munch-rematriation-marywood-Ojibwe-franciscan-regina-church-native
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Commonweal
25 days ago
Some look at land and see property. Sandry Rodriguez imagines land rising up, as a partner in resistance. On this NEW EPISODE of the Commonweal podcast, Rodriguez speaks with
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Subversive Cartography
Some look at land and see property. Sandry Rodriguez imagines land rising up as a partner in resistance.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/subversive-cartography
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Heidi Schlumpf
26 days ago
ICYMI I forgot to post this interview with the amazing data master Ryan Burge, who dispels all kinds of myths about American religion. His newish book is "The Vanishing Church."
www.commonwealmagazine.org/great-sort-a...
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The âGreat Sortâ in American Religion
Political scientist and statistician Ryan Burge discusses polarization, declining institutions, and the future of religion in the United States.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/great-sort-american-religion-schlumpf-ryan-burge-interview
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Massimo Faggioli
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by Tom Banchoff and myself for âCommonwealâ
www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-au...
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The Pope, the President, and Our Democratic Crisis
With autocracy on the rise in both the United States and Europe, Pope Leo has an opportunity to rearticulate the Churchâs positive teaching on democracy.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-authoritarianism-faggioli-banchoff
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Commonweal
30 days ago
"Can the Church bear a credible witness on technology, on just war, on what it means to be human?" NEW from
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on 'Magnifica humanitas' and the credibility of the Church:
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Will the Encyclical Reach âPeople of Goodwillâ?
If the Church itself does not recognize the full humanity of half its own members, how can it expect Silicon Valley and heads of state to respect its sermon on human dignity?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-magnifica-humanitas-schlumpf-women-church-catholic-ai
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Antonio Spadaro
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Pope Leo and the âBabel Syndrome. âMagnifica humanitasâ challenges Silicon Valleyâs Promethean pretensions. My take in
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-...
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Pope Leo and the âBabel Syndromeâ
What Leo XIII did for wages and the right of association, Leo XIV does for the human person in the era of the algorithm.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-olah-ai-technology-magnifica-humanitas
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Heidi Schlumpf
about 1 month ago
The best summary and analysis of Pope Leo's encyclical I've read so far is this one by Antonio Spadaro
@antoniospadaro.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-...
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Pope Leo and the âBabel Syndromeâ
What Leo XIII did for wages and the right of association, Leo XIV does for the human person in the era of the algorithm.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/spadaro-leo-olah-ai-technology-magnifica-humanitas
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Griffin Oleynick
about 1 month ago
On a lighter note, go see Raphael at
@metmuseum.org
And then see if you agree with me that he's way better than Leonardo and Michelangelo (and also Donatello but no duh)
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Down to Earth
Raphael's art places us at the precise point where humanity and divinity converge.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/oleynick-raphael-art-review-met-museum
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Commonweal
about 1 month ago
The June issue is here! Feat.: -
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social
and Thomas Banchoff on liberal democracy & the Church - Ian Marcus Corbin on our 'ownerist' society - Ellen Wayland-Smith on the hardness of Christian love And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-..
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Griffin Oleynick
about 1 month ago
Good reminder of the war crimes still being committed by Trump, Hegseth, et al outside the middle east by
@dominicpreziosi.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-s...
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âSimply Murderâ
Donald Trump's killing spree at sea is indefensible on legal, ethical, and moral grounds.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-strikes-Caribbean-drones-preziosi-dominic?check_logged_in=1
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Commonweal
about 1 month ago
The Editors: Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American historyâby many orders of magnitude.
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A Presidential Smash and Grab
Trump is not only the most corrupt president in American historyâhe is more corrupt than all other corrupt presidents by orders of magnitude.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editorial-corruption-weaponization-fund-irs
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Also keep in mind that the Trump administration has killed nearly 200 people in boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. My latest at
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-s...
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âSimply Murderâ
Donald Trump's killing spree at sea is indefensible on legal, ethical, and moral grounds.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-boat-strikes-Caribbean-drones-preziosi-dominic
about 1 month ago
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A.R. Moxon
about 1 month ago
Whatâs is $0 times 2?
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The Onion
about 2 months ago
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Zzzzzzz
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Zzzzzzz
https://theonion.com/zzzzzzz/
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Griffin Oleynick
about 2 months ago
Vance hasn't really "remade" anything in US Catholicism. He's just a lost guy in search of a father. Also his flawed theology is critiqued in
@ncronline.bsky.social
not the Register which is a...different beast : )
nymag.com/intelligence...
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How J.D. Vance Remade the Catholic Right
A âpostliberalâ ideology has taken hold in the Church â and broken with Pope Leo.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jd-vance-and-catholic-right-split-from-pope.html
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Commonweal
about 2 months ago
"But 'reclaiming Christianity for the left' is different from winning in Texas."
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on the faith-first politics of James Talarico:
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Wonât You Be My Neighbor?
Senate candidate James Talarico's faith-first approach to public service may offer a path out of our toxic politics. But first, he'll have to win Texas.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/talarico-james-texas-senate-christianity-left-preziosi-dominic
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jamelle
about 2 months ago
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James Martin, SJ
about 2 months ago
I was so happy to be invited to speak on the Commonweal Magazine podcast with Griffin Oleynick about my new book, "Work in Progress," about "humble work" and about humor. It was such a fun conversation, thanks to his great questions.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humb...
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Humble Work
Many of us have jobs we donât enjoy. Fr. James Martin explains how we can make our work meaningful anyway.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humble-work
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New
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podcast ep with two great guests:
@jamesmartinsj.bsky.social
on his book "Work in Progress," and our own
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social
with her assessment of the Leo-Trump relationship & the "conversion wave"
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humb...
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Humble Work
Many of us have jobs we donât enjoy. Fr. James Martin explains how we can make our work meaningful anyway.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humble-work
about 2 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
HEGSETH: I know that there is no country on planet earth that takes more measures to ensure that civilian harm or casualties are minimized than the United States of America and this War Department. And that is a fact. TOKUDA: You eliminated the department's civilian harm reduction staff
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Massimo Faggioli
2 months ago
my latest article in Commonweal magazine on the rising number of adults receiving baptism
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âCoolâ Catholicism?
The growing number of adult baptisms in various European countries and the United States has gotten the notice of Church leaders who are attentive to even the smallest signs of revival.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-faggioli-youth-conversion-united-states-europe-church-catholic
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Heidi Schlumpf
2 months ago
Finally got my voice back (literally, after being sick) so was able to give my two cents about the Trump v. Pope brouhaha:
www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-p8...
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Trump, Pope Leo XIV clash draws reaction from religious leaders | ChicagoNOW
Tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV after the president criticized the Chicago-born popeâs stance on global conflict and shared a controversial AI image of himself as a r...
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-p87db37hlht9polk
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Commonweal
2 months ago
"Not many who stand next to Trump walk away with their dignity intact. Smart people avoid it altogether."
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explains why Pope Leo should keep his distance from the United States:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-wa...
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Travel Advisory
For Pope Leo to visit the United States under present circumstances would be far more scandalous than his simply staying away.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-trump-war-iran-united-states-visit
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Josh Marshall
3 months ago
NYT: âThe first thing that came to my mind is that I think Trump is under a lot of pressure, and that he has lost his mind,â said Lili, who works in the arts scene in the Iranian capital, Tehran. (who has a link to lili's substack? i think she has a handle on this.)
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Commonweal
3 months ago
NEW: Recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Doug Jones joins the Commonweal podcast from Beirut to speak about the growing humanitarian crisis amid Israel's siege on Lebanon. 'My First War'
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âMy First Warâ
Recently ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Doug Jones joins us from Beirut to speak about the growing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/my-first-war
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Commonweal
3 months ago
Congratulations! Yesterday, Commonweal published a powerful Palm Sunday essay by Corbett, reflecting on faith, solidarity, and mass deportation. Read it here!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/corbett-dyla...
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Heidi Schlumpf
3 months ago
"If, as itâs said, the Church thinks in centuries, the fifty-year-old womenâs ordination advocacy movement is already halfway there." My piece on
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in
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/women-priest...
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A Call of the Heart
This May, the Women's Ordination Conference will mark its fiftieth anniversary with another meeting in Detroit, where hundreds of Catholic women will gather to continue their fight for ordination.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/women-priesthood-ordination-schlumpf-conference-catholic
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Commonweal
3 months ago
Dame Mullallyâs participation in Becket Camino represents a sign of ecumenism as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the Church of England. Analysis from Vanessa R. Corcoran:
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An Ecumenical Pilgrimage
Dame Mullallyâs participation in Becket Camino represents a sign of ecumenism as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the Church of England.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/canterbury-archbishop-Mullally-vanessa-corcoran
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Commonweal
3 months ago
"Homan offers a uniformed-services, God-and-country conservatism that many American Catholics can identify with."
@paulbmoses.bsky.social
on the Catholic faith of Trump's 'border czar':
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The Gospel According to Tom Homan
Trump-appointed border czar, Tom Homan, is a life-long Catholic, but does his zero-tolerance immigration policies align with Church teaching?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/gospel-tom-homan-trump-moses-paul-catholic-social-teaching
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Commonweal
3 months ago
"The bishopsâ support for immigrants began long before Homan took up his Catechism as a schoolboy."
@paulbmoses.bsky.social
: 'The Gospel According to Tom Homan'
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The Gospel According to Tom Homan
Trump-appointed border czar, Tom Homan, is a life-long Catholic, but does his zero-tolerance immigration policies align with Church teaching?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/gospel-tom-homan-trump-moses-paul-catholic-social-teaching
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Col. Gustavo Arellano
3 months ago
MY LATEST
@latimes.com
âŹâ© COLUMNA: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos. Share, porfas!
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Commentary: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos
The photos currently flooding my social media stream are like a highlight reel of the life of Chicana civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-19/dolores-huerta-photos-cesar-chavez-scandal
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No objective, no planning, and with little thought for consequences: Trump's unjust war of whim alienates allies and further degrades the moral standing of the U.S. New from the editors
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www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-war-ir...
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A War of Whim
Trump has made the world less stable, alienated our allies, and further degraded the moral standing of the United States.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-war-iran-attack-israel-hegseth?check_logged_in=1
3 months ago
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Carmen Nanko-FernĂĄndez
3 months ago
Excellent editorial on the unforced error that is the global tragedy unleashed by the unstable, dangerous, and incompetent USA political administration. Important and necessary read, provides clarity.
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New Jersey, Museum of Trucking
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Massimo Faggioli
3 months ago
my latest for âCommonwealâ magazine Bad for the Church, and the World Thereâs danger in U.S. bishopsâ reluctance to criticize Trumpism
www.commonwealmagazine.org/faggioli-vat...
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Bad for the Church, and the World
Many U.S. bishops remain unwilling to call out Trump's authoritarianism. They would be wise to draw lessons from the Church's history with Italian Fascism.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/faggioli-vatican-church-trump-pius-mussolini-bishops-usccb
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David Roberts
3 months ago
Right now, unfolding around us on a global scale, is a rich and unambiguous lesson on the dangers of fossil fuel dependence. The most obvious solution is for the affected countries to reduce their dependence through clean energy. Are you seeing that message in media?
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Commonweal
4 months ago
The war on Iran is yet another reminder that the world will never be safe until the United States accepts and abides by international law. Analysis of Trump's criminal war by George Scialabba:
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Not Just a Mistake, a Crime
The war on Iran is yet another reminder that the world will never be safe until the United States accepts and abides by international law.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/scialabba-iran-war-trump-international-law-israel
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David S. Bernstein
4 months ago
WSJ: The likelihood of Iran closing the strait was discussed, Gen Caine predicted it, and Trump decided âTehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait â and even if Iran tried, the U.S. military could handle it.â
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Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War.
The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the worldâs most vital shipping lane.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-oil-hormuz-blockade-trump-f96bdd53?st=P6u7PY&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Really thoughtful and interesting piece on the "all American game" by
@cnankofernandez.bsky.social
now at
@commonwealmagazine.org
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The âNationalâ Pastime?
While Trump wants to narrow who qualifies as a citizen, the World Baseball Classic offers a different idea of belonging.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/baseball-world-classic-trump-america-national-pastime-carmen-nanko-fernandez
4 months ago
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Alex Stern
4 months ago
"AI is a loaded gun in the hands of children." Good piece in
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No clear objective & no exit strategy, Trump's war in Iran also violates the Constitution and just-war principles: from the editors of
@commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editor...
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The Mad Kingâs War
Trumpâs war in Iran violates the Constitution, international law, and just-war principles. It has no clear objectives and no exit strategy.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-editorial-iran-war-israel-king-donald
4 months ago
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hannah gais
4 months ago
We live under a government of 13-year-olds.
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