Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

"The German-speaking part of European Catholicism, associated with theological progressivism, is visibly nervous about the danger of Trumpism coming to the continent." — @massimofaggioli.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/massimo-euro...

The Roberts court isn’t just cooperating with an authoritarian regime—it is adopting authoritarian tactics of its own. From the desk of The Editors: www.commonwealmagazine.org/editorial-tr...

Yay. Schumer drops f bomb.

Where is the Republican outrage? Anyone?

They and all of us are allowed to do it

The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Speaking of which.

We're in cuckoo bananas world where Ezra Klein is bowing to right wing authoritarian narratives faster than Karl Rove.

We were lucky to live in a country where Kirk could say anything, ugly as it was; now we're in one where talk-show hosts can say nothing. This admin yearns to criminalize dissent, and as I note at @commonweal.bsky.social, Kirk's death is one more pretext www.commonwealmagazine.org/preziosi-kir...

"community values"

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

murder on unidentified vessels on the high seas. ha ha. as they say.

Excellent piece in @commonweal.bsky.social looking at this issue as well. Fantastic work @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social. www.commonwealmagazine.org/preziosi-kir...

The limits of language and the dangers of its misuse are apparent. The Trump admin's threats to criminalize dissent are appalling. Some observations at a fraught moment. www.commonwealmagazine.org/preziosi-kir...

What I love most about the insincere religiosity of the right these days is how they keep making it crystal clear they don't actually read the Bible. There were twelve *apostles* and, even then, there was one (Matthias) who replaced Judas and was known as the 13th apostle. Otherwise, great work.

In a new episode of THE COUNTERWEIGHT, Hille Haker tracks the intellectual developments that gave rise to the new right wing comfort with authoritarianism—and how Catholic Social Teaching can counter it. www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/coun...

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

... as daily riders know

My August column for @commonweal.bsky.social on a new campus novel by Emily Adrian and a reissued one by Tom Wolfe. www.commonwealmagazine.org/emily-adrian...

The September issue is here! Inside: - @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet - Phil Christman on economics and Christianity - @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers' - Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude And more! www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

"As for how it aligns with Catholic values, Burch is obviously untroubled by what troubles the consciences of many of his coreligionists." @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on the new ambassador to the Vatican. www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...

What one can glean about the U.S. approach to "diplomacy" at the Vatican by subscribing to CatholicVote's daily email newsletter (not that I recommend doing so!) - now at @commonweal.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...

"Will Burch function merely as an extension of CatholicVote’s Trump offensive in Rome? Given that personal fealty is a condition of working for this president, it’s a fair question." @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Trump's man at the Vatican: www.commonwealmagazine.org/trumps-man-v...

The White House is no longer a center of governance but a narrative factory. Antonio Spadaro: 'Donald Trump, Showrunner' www.commonwealmagazine.org/donald-trump...

On a NEW EPISODE of The Counterweight, Fr. Bryan Massingale joins Commonweal editor @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social to examine the ideology of white Christian nationalism undergirding the Trump administration. www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/coun...

Commonweal, as it embarks on its second century of publication, is seeking an intern for the fall 2025 term. Applications are due August 15. Join the life of the magazine! Learn more here: www.commonwealmagazine.org/interns

Extraordinary and important work done by @paulbmoses.bsky.social and Tim Healy Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/28/i...

remarkable gulf between the public and the New York media on this one

The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

@commonweal.bsky.social is, arguably, one of the most important contemporary magazines we have these days. The July/August issue 👇 is filled with quality writing!

A must-read for anyone who remembers this great paper and wonders what coulda been #newyorknewsday

Somehow I'm guessing all the voices crowing about "religious freedom" when it's about allowing students to opt out of reading books about queer characters in school, will be conspicuously silent about the threat to religious freedom when people are literally too scared to go to church due to ICE.

On the terrifying NY subway, watching a father smile and tickle his baby’s foot

Dem party elite, business interests, and Trump admin are aligned: they see Mamdani's rise as dangerous ... to them www.commonwealmagazine.org/zohran-mamda...

Zohran Mamdani and his supporters are anything but afraid. They are hopeful of making life in the city better and optimistic about the government’s role in doing so. @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social on Mamdani's shocking political rise: www.commonwealmagazine.org/zohran-mamda...

Some magazines so we 'Don't Give Up' during these demanding days. If you know of other titles that are a good read and inspiring, please share here. @newrepublic.com @inthesetimes.com @prospect.org @commonweal.bsky.social @christiancentury.bsky.social @dissentmag.bsky.social @sojo.net

Yankees win

Very excited to contribute to the Point!

The subway is not scary. Literal children ride it millions of times every day. Fascists and bigots lie about it constantly and have for years because they’re trying to destroy NYC and our subway, and most things wrong with the subway can be traced to their attacks resulting in its underfunding.

If the Times is unhappy with the long-term direction NYC is going, maybe it should examine the impact of the paper's long-term withdrawal from covering city government. "NYers deserve better than the status quo." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

Eighteen years ago today, the final episode of 'The Sopranos' aired. To mark the occasion, we're sharing a remarkable exploration by theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny of the show's vision of redemption, salvation, and fate. Give it a read! www.commonwealmagazine.org/salvation-%E...

This is excellent! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Had a good talk w @paulelie.bsky.social on the @commonweal.bsky.social podcast about his compelling new book The Last Supper - art, music, politics in '80s NYC - and the crypto-religious character of it all www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/cryp...

'The Living Vein of Compassion' Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso reflects on the Church's prophetic role during an era of anti-immigrant scapegoating: www.commonwealmagazine.org/living-vein-...

Proud that my reflection on Francis, film, and urbanism made it to print in the section on his legacy.

Never a bad day when I get to talk church with @mollieoreilly.bsky.social (my favorite interlocutor, like, ever) and @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social! Tune in for some thoughts on Pope BAAHB from ChicAAAHgow.