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Cardinal Dolan gives weak response to Trump AI pope image! Dear Commons Community, U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said yesterday that President Donald Trump’s posting of an AI-generated photo s […]

Trump says he can't run again in 2028: 5 takeaways from 'Meet the Press' interview Moderator Kristen Welker interviews President Donald Trump on Meet the Press. Dear Commons Community, President Donald Trump wouldn’t […]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Shuts Down Trump: ‘Sovereignty is Not for Sale’ Claudia Sheinbaum. Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Raquel Cunha. Dear Commons Community, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed yesterday […]

Trump Backlash Helps Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese to Historic Re-Election! Anthony Albanese Dear Commons Community, For the second time in a week, voters in a prominent US ally angered by President Donald Trump […]

Charles Koch Says Many in the Country Are ‘Abandoning’ Its Principles: He Should Know! Charles Koch in 2019.  Credit…David Zalubowski/Associated Press Dear Commons Community, Charles Koch, the billionaire […]

Pope Francis's final act of kindness: donating his entire personal bank account to prisoners Pope Francis in 2014. Photo by Jeffrey Bruno/ALETEIA ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Dear Commons Community, Even in his final moments, Pope Francis […]

NSF director, Panch Panchanathan, resigns amid cuts to grants and staff reductions   Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan Dear Commons Community, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan, the scientist  Donald Trump chose dur […]

Dick Barnett, champion with Knicks, dies at 88! Dear Commons Community, Dick Barnett, a basketball Hall of Famer who played on both New York Knicks NBA championship teams after being […]

Chris Cillizza, Former CNN analyst, says media turned blind eye to Biden's alleged decline! Dear Commons Community, Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza argued on Monday that journalists’ own unconscious biases stopped t […]

Tens of Thousands of Brits Sign Petition Demanding Trump Be Blocked from Addressing Parliament   Dear Commons Community, Over forty-thousand British citizens have signed a petition demanding Donald Trump be blocked from a […]

Conservative Rick Hess on “Trump’s 100 Days: The Good, the Bad, and the Confounding” Photo courtesy of The Guardian. Dear Commons Community, Conservative Rick Hess , Director of Education Policy Studies at the American […]

New York Governor Hochul and Legislature Pass New State Budget! NY Governor Kathy Hochul Announcing Budget Agreement Dear Commons Community, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced yesterday that a […]

Another Ronald H. Balson Novel: “Karolina's Twins” Dear Commons Community, While on vacation last week, I read a fourth novel by Ronald H. Balson entitled, Karolina’s Twins, written in […]

Liberal Mark Carney Wins Canada Election – Major Rebuke of Trump! Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking to supporters.   (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP) Dear Commons Community, Prime M […]

Maureen Dowd on Trump’s Vicious Sewing Circle – Says the “Princess of Chaos” Hegseth Has to Go! Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Dear Commons Community, Marueen Dowd had a column yesterday in The New York Times where […]

Chubby Checker and Six Others Will Join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!   Dear Commons Community, For all the “oldies but goodies” fans of the 1960s, Chubby Checker is finally joining the Rock & Roll Hall […]

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy’s "..if Democrats don’t learn from their mistakes—we’re cooked.” Senator Chris Murphy Dear Commons Community, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy isn’t drawing arena-size crowds like Vermont Sen. Bernie S […]

Disunity: James Carville says Democrats need to stop letting Bernie Sanders and AOC define the party!   Dear Commons Community, Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued last week on the “Politics War Room” podc […]

Celebrating Francis – The People’s Pope Pope Francis’ Funeral: LIVE from Vatican City Dear Commons Community. This morning, the world said goodbye to Pope Francis in a solemn […]