Mary Claire Millies

The Benny Hill Presidency Authoritarianism Is Laughable Even When It Is Terrifying. We Have to Remember That.

With thanks to @marmel.bsky.social (whom I do not know and hope he doesn't mind), I was reminded today about something important.

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Labor Day and Catholic teaching esteem a better kind of politics. Militarizing our cities isn't it. (RNS) — Believers know that this is not how we are meant to live with one another.

Labor Day is for workers, not an occupation.

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Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.

One TV star isn't the solution to another TV star. It will only reiterate the fundamental problem—entertainment has displaced politics.

Political leadership is something else.

I know the voters can't tell the difference but the difference is real. It matters.

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Jesus was seized by masked agents on a Boston street.

Jesus was sent to a slavery prison in El Salvador.

We should keep a better perspective on what wounds the Body of Christ and what demands reparation.

I would never finish reading a book.

A view from north of the border Friends,

From time to time, I bring you views about what’s happening in the United States from writers and journalists in other countries.

This piece is from a columnist in Canada. Read it and let me know your thoughts.

US agents raid New Jersey worksite as Trump escalates immigration crackdown U.S. immigration agents rounded up undocumented migrants as well as U.S. citizens during a raid of a Newark, New Jersey, worksite on Thursday that the city's mayor said involved detaining a military veteran and violations of the people's rights.

US immigration agents rounded up undocumented migrants as well as US citizens during a raid of a Newark, New Jersey, worksite that the city's mayor said involved detaining a military veteran and violations of the people's rights reut.rs/3WqEpUj

YouTube video by Jazzfan92 Liberation Music Orchestra - This is not America

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I Have Resigned from The Washington Post, effective today Why I left to help launch a vibrant, new, independent media outlet

Someone asked me in a Q/A yesterday after I talked abt Project 2025 how I'm getting my news. I replied with some befuddlement because what's available is *so bad*.

But things like this The Contrarian from @jenrubin.bsky.social encourage me and I'm trying it out.

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After many years in Chicago, I have found a bagel that lives up to my high NJ standards. Thanks Local Bagel Co!

Literally did this yesterday.

I am the walrus.

The outstanding Mavis Staples took us there.

It’s Time to Leave the House There’s still time to save ourselves from the loneliness remote life ushered in five years ago.

Interesting.

Remote work is giving way to remote life, and it is not leaving us better off. slate.com/business/202...

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann