Daniel Rober

Rotta is named after Pius XII’s nuncio to Budapest during WWII.

the thing about this is that it would make a huge chunk of New Yorkers who consider free curb space to store their cars to be an inalienable right absolutely nuclear-level lose their shit, but also that group of people voted 95% for cuomo or sliwa anyway

Can think of at least one person in the room who was shaking his head at ChatGPT reference.

THE GODFATHER, PART II (Coppola, 1974)

Lot going on in this paragraph from new O’Connell/Pique book on election of Leo.

Lot going on in this paragraph from new O’Connell/Pique book on election of Leo.

Opinion | ‘I See Him as a Pretty Thoroughgoing Illiberal at This Stage’

Postliberals having yet another moment in the spotlight: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

When was the last time a cabinet secretary was subpoenaed by a chamber controlled by the president’s party?

Despite his retirement as Archbishop of NY, Cardinal Dolan still at risk of being thrown under the bus.

Despite his retirement as Archbishop of NY, Cardinal Dolan still at risk of being thrown under the bus.

New Warners probably gonna just pick this up as the sequel.

Good take. Don’t be a doomer but do be clear-eyed about these guys.

Andrew’s been more focused on the local reactionary media environment.

Would that it were true but Cuomo and his brother are both fully committed to reactionary grifting.

Here's 15 minutes of an extraordinary new opera-in-progress based on (my version of) the Odyssey, composed by Tom Smail, libretto by Isabella Bywater - performed and discussed (with Alicia Stallings) at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. www.ascsa.edu.gr/events/detai...

So this kid gets to tweet away without sanction while a faculty member is hounded out of directing an institute.

The latter story is a textbook case of bringing the administration to heel. They saw a professor they had it in for getting a minor promotion and jumped on it.

So this kid gets to tweet away without sanction while a faculty member is hounded out of directing an institute.

Message: right-wing pressure works and will continue to be applied.

Imagine for second the emails she’s been getting. All for taking over an institute none of these people had heard of until the usual suspects riled them up.

This woman was made the subject of a pressure campaign including bishops with no business to weigh in at all. There’s a word for what this amounts to and it’s not “faithful Catholic witness.”

Message: right-wing pressure works and will continue to be applied.

I hope you all see what's happening: The cops and a bunch of bad-faith "influencers" are manufacturing a crisis over a snowball because they have nothing to hold over the mayor while crime in NYC continues its years-long decline. Watch carefully who plays along with this charade.

McCay 17

Waiting until it’s her turn to give it.

They’ve got Gwen Stefani but I’ve got major doubt.

I’ve got a prayer app for you: get a one-volume breviary (not published by Word on Fire).

Hallow sponsoring Tucker tells you all you need to know.

Notre Dame professor's appointment pits academic freedom against bishops' authority Who ultimately defines the boundaries of acceptable academic discourse within a Catholic institution?

Again I ask if any of these people cared about this institute before a professor they clearly had it in for was appointed to run it?

I kind of wonder if this is his take on the Second Amendment or even something like police violence. “I’m unarmed!”