Tom Gjelten

Moment Magazine on X: "Monday, November 17, at the DC History Center! American democracy is being tested in ways previously unimaginable. As our country nears 250-years, antisemitism from both the right and left is coursing through society. Is antisemitism a harbinger of democratic decline, or is the https://t.co/gugNnpc28x" / X Monday, November 17, at the DC History Center! American democracy is being tested in ways previously unimaginable. As our country nears 250-years, antisemitism from both the right and left is coursing through society. Is antisemitism a harbinger of democratic decline, or is the https://t.co/gugNnpc28x

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The New Christian Right, Antisemitism & U.S. Democracy For years, Christian supremacist ideology was coursing through American conservatism. Now it—and its antisemitism—is out in the open, in the halls of power and scaring Jews.

I’ve been working on this story for the past three months, but it could not be more timely, coming as it does just when white Christian nationalists are dealing with antisemitism among their own

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From Vatican watcher Thomas Reese, S.J.

“Prevost got strong support from cardinals from Latin America, where he worked for 20 years. …
By picking the name Leo XIV, he shows he is committed to the social teaching of the church, which was made foundational by his predecessor Leo XIII.”

I promise this will be a provocative and oh so timely discussion. Come and listen!

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My first big Georgetown event. There will be 4 more.

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Lech Walesa and Polish Political Prisoners Voice ‘Horror’ at Trump’s Scolding of Zelensky He and former Polish political prisoners voiced “horror and disgust” at President Trump’s scolding of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week, saying it reminded them of encounters with bull...

This letter to Trump from Lech Walesa shows the breathtaking reversal of America’s rejection of Communist repression under this Republican president. Walesa was a hero to Ronald Reagan and the anti-communist Right.

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Late to the party, but here I am.