Mary Hanlon Castronuovo, M.P.S.
@marycastronuovomps.bsky.social
Retired and paying it forward. Enjoy reading and writing on the intersection of Faith and Politics. faithandpoliticsblog.substack.com
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Those who claim their Faith Tradition has "religious authority" to speak on faith and morals, yet refuse to engage with the sciences (social and psychological) on gender dysphoria, mislead the faithful and inflict grave harm on those who are transgender.
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"This might be the beginning of victory. But it is not victory. Not yet. Allow me to be a wet blanket."
This Photo Shows the Way Forward
Victory without accountability is dangerous.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"This might be the beginning of victory. But it is not victory. Not yet. Allow me to be a wet blanket."
Rubio is , “Johnny Bravo.” Always has been, always will be. (People old enough will understand that Brady Bunch reference.) 😜
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Rubio is , “Johnny Bravo.” Always has been, always will be. (People old enough will understand that Brady Bunch reference.) 😜
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Acting with impunity. Take down their masks!Legitimate Law Enforcement don’t hide behind masks, because they are bound by the rule of law. These thugs? “Cletus” thinks he’ll get a pardon if it comes to that.
The fundamental problem here is not one of bad apples. This is what the agency is designed to do. The barrel is bad to start with.
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Acting with impunity. Take down their masks!Legitimate Law Enforcement don’t hide behind masks, because they are bound by the rule of law. These thugs? “Cletus” thinks he’ll get a pardon if it comes to that.
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Jack Smith: "President Trump has sought to seek revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents and support staff simply for having worked on these cases. To vilify and seek retribution against these people is wrong."
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Jack Smith: "President Trump has sought to seek revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents and support staff simply for having worked on these cases. To vilify and seek retribution against these people is wrong."
This is what living the Gospel looks like, whether you are Christian, or not. 👇🏼
Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is what living the Gospel looks like, whether you are Christian, or not. 👇🏼
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Local news Fox9 reports:
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Local news Fox9 reports:
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE detains Minnesota city worker, a snow plow driver, and transfers him to detention facility in Texas. Where he remains.
"He had every federal authorization to be here," public works director in interview.
hat tip: @longtimehistory.bsky.social
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
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January 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
…”and then they came for me…” 🤷🏼♀️
The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
Opinion | The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women
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January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
…”and then they came for me…” 🤷🏼♀️
The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
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This is real and it is happening.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This is real and it is happening.
1984 was required reading at my college prep high school, in Lisle, IL. File this one under, “and here we are.” 👇🏼
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Orwell’s Warning: Trump’s Multipolar World Order
How foreign policy and attacks on truth mirror Orwell’s 1984 nightmare
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
1984 was required reading at my college prep high school, in Lisle, IL. File this one under, “and here we are.” 👇🏼
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January 6 in History
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
January 6 in History
Was it a key moment in the republic’s eventual demise or a milestone on the road to democracy’s ultimate triumph? The meaning of January 6 is yet to be determined
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January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
January 6 in History
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
Wrote this two years ago: “If the insurrectionist-in-chief returns to power without ever facing any real consequences and while explicitly declaring his intent to establish a vindictive autocracy, then January 6 will have been successful.”
And here we are.
@msnowreports.bsky.social How about you run the full footage of the January 6th, 2021 insurrection, on 1/6/2026, the same way you replayed the coverage of 9/11 for several years? Let the American people feel what it was like, again, to be attacked because clearly many forgot in the last election.
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
@msnowreports.bsky.social How about you run the full footage of the January 6th, 2021 insurrection, on 1/6/2026, the same way you replayed the coverage of 9/11 for several years? Let the American people feel what it was like, again, to be attacked because clearly many forgot in the last election.
How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader
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January 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How Trump Fixed On a Maduro Loyalist as Venezuela’s New Leader www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
It’s never been about the drugs. It’s about oligarchy. Watch what their V.P. does closely.
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
It’s never been about the drugs. It’s about oligarchy. Watch what their V.P. does closely.
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The far right would like you to think that Norman Rockwell was a sort of friendly neighborhood white nationalist. The thing is, he was nothing of the sort. ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social interviews Daisy Rockwell: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The far right would like you to think that Norman Rockwell was a sort of friendly neighborhood white nationalist. The thing is, he was nothing of the sort. ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social interviews Daisy Rockwell: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pU1xY5
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