Stephen Schneck

I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

We need to offer a positive way of thinking about public life & a unifying vision of the American dream that is new & promising but that complements & grows from where people are now in their minds & hearts, one which neither condescends nor criticizes MAGA voters. The arena is culture not policy.

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into "coerced" foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says.

Putin himself organized kidnapping of Ukrainian children. www.npr.org/2024/12/03/n...

Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh policies on the ethnic group.

Very grateful to President Biden for securing freedom for these Uyghurs, esp the mother of my friend, Nury Turkel. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/u...

My admiration for President Biden is eroded by the pardon. Disheartened to see his presidency now tainted by this Trumpification.

Utterly a fair rejoinder! You’re right. Gabbard is the only one whom I know to have any record of support for Modi’s policies.

Will this mean a complete pass now on US concerns about Modi’s human rights record on Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and other minorities?

The international religious freedom community needs more attention on the countries of the Sahel -- Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad. Worrisome infringements occurring. @USCIRF released a report last year but the situation is worsening. uscirf.gov/sites/default/…

Barack Obama’s Big Lesson We cover an analysis of the 2024 election.

Spot on analysis by David Leonhardt. Every Dem should read. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/b...

Running with the Holy Trinity Turkey Trot team, raising money for S.O.M.E. Donations appreciated! zippy-reg.com/fundraise/20...

The Vatican Christmas tree is going up today

Trump: lower % of popular vote than Biden did in 2020 (51.3), Obama in 2012 (51.1), Obama in 2008 (52.9), George W. Bush in 2004 (50.7), George H.W. Bush in 1988 (53.2), Ronald Reagan in 1984 (58.8), Reagan in 1980 (50.7), or Jimmy Carter in 1976 (50.1). www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump confirms he will deploy the military for mass deportation plan The president-elect posted “TRUE!!!” on Truth Social in response to a conservative activist’s reports on the incoming administration's preparations.

“For I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.

The poor are sacrificed first. “For I was hungry and you gave me to eat…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

My morning walk in downtown Washington, DC…

Harris ran ahead of Elizabeth Warren & beat Sanders in Vermont, but behind Tester, Casey, Gallego, etc. Lord knows what the voters may want in 2026 but progressive does not look smart at the moment. And, Sanders & Warren even stress economic issues. Confusing tea leaves…

My Arizona brother wrote to point out that the shift that made Arizona red was mostly because male Hispanics shifted red. The prevalent explanation is that it’s a bigger phenomenon of alienated, working-class young males, lower in education and political engagement. He argued it might be machismo.

The New Nicaragua First Daniel Ortega came for the Catholics. Now he’s after the Protestants.

My comments on Ortega’s repression of religion in Nicaragua at Sojourners. sojo.net/magazine/dec...

What happened to the Catholic vote? - The Tablet Does Catholic voters’ support for Donald Trump in last week’s US elections signal an historic shift? As reported by media exit polls, Trump was the choice of

www.thetablet.co.uk/features/wha...