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Padresteve's Profile
Combat vet, career military officer, Old Catholic priest & chaplain, assistant professor. Write about civil rights & national security fromprogressive POV. Avid SF Giants & Baltimore Orioles fan.
Real Name: Steve
Location: Virginia
Groups: IGTNT Advisory Group, Street Prophets
Diaries published: 65 (1679 days since last diary on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 04:51 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 291 (173 days since last comment on Wed Nov 18, 2020 at 11:36 AM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 76
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: The Historic Christian War on Christmas, 62 comments, 88 recommends
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Last night I published an article about receiving a notice that my absentee ballot as a military voter would not be counted on election night because there was a question about my eligibility to vote in this election.
Now imagine that you are a...
by Padresteve
 2 comments
on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 04:51 PM PDT
with 2 Recommends
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Friends at the Daily Kos,
I wasn’t planning on publishing another article on my blog today, much less posting one over here at the Kos today but this worked me up.
I returned from a wonderful vacation in Germany on Saturday and got my mail today....
by Padresteve
25 comments
on Mon Oct 03, 2016 at 07:14 PM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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Friends at the Daily Kos,
Today was the 71st anniversary of the first atomic bomb being used against the city of Hiroshima. In an instant ninety percent of the city was destroyed, 80,000 people killed, and tens of thousands more would die of...
by Padresteve
7 comments
on Sat Aug 06, 2016 at 06:26 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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Friends at the Daily Kos,
I wrote a series of five articles over at my site Padre Steve's World this week looking at the Republican National Convention, and the coronation of Donald Trump as the would be dictator of the United States. As a historian...
by Padresteve
2 comments
on Sat Jul 23, 2016 at 10:37 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Friends at the Daily Kos,
I published this article about four hours ago over at my site Padre Steve's World and figured that I needed to post it here as well. I have an interesting background for a progressive/liberal. I wasn’t always one, and the...
by Padresteve
16 comments
on Tue Jul 19, 2016 at 06:46 PM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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Friends at the Daily Kos,
Today is the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Indpendence. For me it is the truth both of a concept of Liberty which must continuously be advanced or expanded, and the still imperfect embodiment of...
by Padresteve
25 comments
on Mon Jul 04, 2016 at 09:53 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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- Why? Because this year, we have an unapologetic misogynist, who has no filter between his brain and his mouth, running for the presidency of the United States of America. We have never before seen ...89 comments 129 Recs
- I feel cheated by this election. Every time I log onto Twitter or scroll my online news feed, I’m not only disgusted at the content (or lack thereof) but also disappointed that this is all there ...274 comments 202 Recs
- Retired officers who would like to see the military’s sexual assault problem get better, not worse, are voicing their concern at the example Donald Trump would set if elected president: “This behavior renders him utterly unworthy of being...19 comments 66 Recs
- At least one member of Trump's so-called "evangelical council" is no longer able to stomach the candidate after his leaked on-mic brags about being able to get away with sexual assaults . “Mr. ...61 comments 73 Recs
- Nothing is more satisfying than watching North Carolina Gov. Pat McCory slip further and further into the political quicksand of his own making. In fact, as Hurricane Matthew was bearing down on North Carolina last Friday, McCrory met with a group of...54 comments 70 Recs
- On behalf of the DCCC, Garin-Hart-Yang is out with a poll of Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. They give Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder a small 44-40 lead against Democrat Jay Sidie, with Libertarian Steve Hohe taking 9. (Without Hohe, Yoder has a...13 comments 69 Recs
- As Donald Trump continues to not-prepare for his next debate, his campaign continues to break new ground in sucking. With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any...83 comments 98 Recs
- The rap on Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) as a campaigner is that he's lazy. At least, that's what his Republican colleagues and operatives in Washington say, attributing his endangered Senate seat to a less-than-aggressive campaign. Maybe that's because...6 comments 41 Recs
- Talk about fast turnaround! Hillary Clinton has waited her whole career to take on assholes like Donald Trump on behalf of women in this country. And it shows. This ad below was just released. ...265 comments 176 Recs
- Politico’s battleground state Republican insiders may have faced up to their party’s likely fate in November, but that doesn’t mean they’re acknowledging reality in all ways: Nearly two-thirds of GOP insiders, 66 percent, said Pence would beat...157 comments 73 Recs
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