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Ray Glennon OFS

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Catholic; Married to Dawn; Father; Grandfather; Secular Franciscan (OFS); Naval Academy Class of ’72; Henri Nouwen Society Board, Worldwide Marriage Encounter(WWME). May the Lord give you peace.

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“[Hegseth] also eagerly sowed division between the U.S. military and the society it serves: He told the assembled troops, repeatedly, that the media and higher education were their enemies, at one point saying that the American media were worse than Iran’s state media.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h
"New survey data from Siena suggests close to 50% of men aged 18–49 have an active sports betting account… Instead of fighting what is clearly an emerging crisis, we have some of the biggest names in professional sports acting as spokespeople for DraftKings and Kalshi."
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Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater
Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h
From me, most before paywall, contrasting long Playboy interview w Donald Trump in 1990 w long Time magazine interview this week. TL;DR His crabbed world-view is the same. But his cognitive terrain is alarmingly shrunken This only makes him more dangerous. fallows.substack.com/p/midterm-co...
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Midterm Countdown, 33 Days to Go: Language from Our Leader.
It’s not just your imagination. Donald Trump’s active vocabulary, his train of thought, his ability to filter are all in rapid decline. We’re watching a leaky balloon as it deflates.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 8h
ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element...
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 9h
Day 420—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. A needed reminder from the back of the St. Maximilian Kolbe shrine in MD. “Hatred Destroys, Love Alone Creates. (Photo today)
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 23h
"What a democracy cannot—and should not—tolerate is a secretary of defense who trucks in propaganda and wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Day 419—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. Today is the memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux). Photos of St. Therese at Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD
Garden and statue of St. Therese of Lisieux at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD Garden and statue of St. Therese of Lisieux at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD Statue and sign at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Impeach Hegseth. Day One of lame duck session. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran
In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🧵well worth reading.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 30/09/2026
Again with the testosterone… As someone with a deeper voice and more body hair than Pete Hegseth, let me say: - Few problems have military solutions. - Human rights are a force multiplier, not an obstacle. - Everyone belongs here in the US. - Ordering soldiers to commit murder demands consequences.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wholeheartedly agree with this outstanding @eliotacohen.bsky.social piece. Gift article. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Pete Hegseth’s Magic Marker
The secretary of defense strikes another blow against military preparedness.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Day 418—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
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Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Want to talk about LIVE LAUGH LOVE with friends? Here’s a book club discussion guide that might be helpful: share.google/b5Ym5rfCcmqO...
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Live Laugh Love Book Club Discussion Guide - Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Media kit for Kristin Kobes Du Mez including bio, headshot, and book cover images. Author of Jesus and John Wayne and Live Laugh Love.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. today.” — Always read @hcrichardson.bsky.social The importance of the 2026 election couldn’t be more clear. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Pope Leo gets it. Anyone still pretending AI risk is overhyped is choosing denial over reality. The dangers of AI aren’t “fake news,” and ignoring the experts’ warnings is wild.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Naval Academy faculty has been roughly 50% civilian and 50% military since its founding in 1845. I was a Chemistry major (1972) and part of the military faculty as a Chemistry instructor from 1975-1978. Civilian profs were the core and foundation of the department.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s faded from the news but Hegseth is still working to strangle teaching and speech at the military academies. wapo.st/4hDFceJ
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Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
The move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My friend Mark Cho, co-founder of The Armoury, visited Lovat Mill in Scotland some years ago. He filmed this charming video with Lovat co-owner and design director Alan Cumming, who explains what goes into making tweed. You can see how many bright colors are used to make a "simple" earthy color.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Day 417—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. In addition to prayer, there are 34 days and 7 hours until U.S. Election Day on November 3rd. Vote! days.to/until/electi...
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How Many Days until Election Day in US? | Countdown
35 days until Election Day in US on Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Live countdown clock with days, hours, minutes and seconds.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this might be the best possible outcome. at least I would much rather see CBP money frittered away on vanity ad campaigns rather than spent on torturing more immigrants
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
The American pope draws attention, but there have been scores of American cardinals. You might not always hear much about them, but listen to this one:
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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Tom Cartwright @tomcartwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
McElroy: Americans can no longer 'pass on by,' ignoring how US is treating immigrants www.ncronline.org/news/mcelroy...
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McElroy: Americans can no longer 'pass on by,' ignoring how US is treating immigrants
Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government's mass deportation policy, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy sa...
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Day 416—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MysteryMonday: Have you ever noticed these colorful strips of flooring at the Jay Street–MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn? They are called "Tactile Guideways" and are one of a host of strategies that the @MTA.info is testing  to broaden #accessibility in the #NYC transit system.
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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A timeless reminder that is timely for me today.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"I immediately thought of Viktor Orban as soon as I saw this last ad because they were the same type of thing he did before finally losing his last election earlier this year. He spent 235 million euros of Hungarian taxpayer money on propaganda campaign material." open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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Donald Trump’s latest impeachable offense
Just before noon today, the President of the United States was standing just inches away from the trophy at the Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, wearing an extra-large suit that bulged along his ...
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today In 1941: Ted Williams becomes the last American League player to hit .400! Hitting .39955 on the final day of the season, the Boston #RedSox legend decides to play both games of a doubleheader vs. the Philadelphia A's. He goes 6-for-8 to finish with a .406 BA! #MLB #History
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Damn Yankees” getting a revival…this time co-produced by MLB. And the Washington Senators will now become the Baltimore Orioles playbill.com/article/neil...
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Neil Patrick Harris Will Lead Damn Yankees Broadway Revival Spring 2027
Harris will be joined by Julianne Hough and Austin Scott in a new adaptation of the classic musical.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We must “recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it…We must recognize that in abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cc: @jewyorican.bsky.social
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 415—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. This morning I attended Mass in the church of my childhood—St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus on Victory Blvd on Staten Island, NY. Blessed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today In 2013: New York #Yankees legend Mariano Rivera gets emotional as Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter take him out of his final game at Yankee Stadium! ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #History #NYY #RepBX
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 414—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be. At my grandson’s youth baseball game in Gambrills MD just west of the rain from today’s Nor’easter.
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Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration @benedictinesisters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[PIC] A narrow blue river calmly winds its way along the green floor of a mountain valley [TEXT] God, grant us the patience to give You room to work in our lives. When uncertainty and discomfort arise, help us not to lose heart. Teach us to trust that You are shaping us through seasons we do not understand. Refine our hearts, strengthen our faith and guide our steps. Help us see challenges not only as burdens, but as opportunities for growth in You. May we surrender to Your wisdom and follow wherever Your love leads. Amen.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day 413—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 412—Said my Our Father for our country. Every day until… Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@orioles.com win 4-2 over @bluejays.com in last home game of 2026 season. Players and the ball club thank the fans at the end of the game.
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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The best start of Trey Gibson's short major league career: a career-high six innings, with two hits, one walk and seven strikeouts
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