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Darel E. Paul

@darelmass

Professor of Political Science | Scholar of contemporary elite ideologies |

 Massachusetts, USA
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Joined May 2011
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I am proud to repost last week's second-most-read article at @firstthingsmag. Alas, not everybody can be #1! firstthings.com/lgbtq-is-far…
LGBTQ Is Far from Dead - First Things

LGBTQ Is Far from Dead - First Things

An old platitude of the cultural left is that sexual identity is innate. In vintage early-2010s style, people are simply “born this way.” Social science tells us otherwise. Data...

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That's a hilarious definition of "overperformance" when only three Republican House candidates in New England even broke 40% of the vote!
Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) profile pictureNate Silver
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Note also the GOP overperformance in New England, the one part of the country where non-MAGA Republicans still exist as candidates for major offices, basically.
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According to official statistics released on November 1, 2026, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) currently has 602 members in total, including: •410 priests; •24 deacons; •168 seminarians (excluding deacons); •An average age of 39 years. In 2026, 25 priests were ordained - the highest number since the FSSP’s founding in 1988. The average over the past 12 years is approximately 15 ordinations per year. There has been continuous growth despite the difficulties created by Traditionis Custodes, published in 2021. The FSSP serves 154 dioceses, with 257 centers of Mass, 48 personal parishes, and 144 houses. While many dioceses face a serious vocational crisis, the FSSP continues to grow, with full seminaries and a notably young average age: a clear sign of the vitality of the Traditional Mass and of classical priestly formation.
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In Compact, @darelmass brings the bad news to us social conservatives. compactmag.com/article/why-v…
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@matthewschmitzNov 6
The biggest loser of the midterms is JD Vance nytimes.com/2026/11/06/opini…
Opinion | After These Midterms, JD Vance Is in a Bind

Opinion | After These Midterms, JD Vance Is in a Bind

He will need to sell voters on a tarnished Trump brand.

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This is just Canada getting ready to join France in the European Union. nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Canada added no private sector jobs from 2019 to 2024 — U.S. did the exact opposite

Canada added no private sector jobs from 2019 to 2024 — U.S. did the exact opposite

Study by Fraser Institute found Alberta was the only province where government employment didn’t outpace private sector employment

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Fr. Paul@BackwardsFeetMar 2
Pete Hegseth's mom is Marty Haugen's sister Hegseth is the nephew of the composer of "Gather Us In", "All Are Welcome", "Eye Has Not Seen", and "Shepherd Me, O God"
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The median voter in America supports neither broad deportation nor strong immigration restriction. S/he supports controlled ("legal") positive migration at levels the typical Trump voter would consider "high." There is no getting around these facts. city-journal.org/article/mid…
Trump Squandered the GOP’s Immigration Advantage

Trump Squandered the GOP’s Immigration Advantage

Republicans lost the 2026 midterms in part because they misunderstood the immigration beliefs of Americans—including Hispanics.

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This is going to be DeSantis's biggest problem in 2028: he exudes much of the pre-Trump GOP's politics.
Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) profile pictureRon DeSantis
@RonDeSantisNov 5
4 consecutive years of reducing the budget = lowest per capital spending in America.
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FSSP sees record ordinations as Latin Mass order steadily grows

FSSP sees record ordinations as Latin Mass order steadily grows

The Fraternity of Saint Peter saw 25 ordinations in 2026, as growth of the Latin Mass order continued apace despite restrictions on the old rite more generally

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Many artists actively hate human beings. Don't think it's only bizarre tech-bros in Silicon Valley.
The War on Beauty (@thewaronbeauty) profile pictureThe War on Beauty
@thewaronbeautyNov 5
Art Terrorism.
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FYI, the State of California has not actually executed anyone in over 20 years.
Breaking911 (@Breaking911) profile pictureBreaking911
@Breaking911Nov 5
BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on the state’s death row to life without parole, in the largest mass commutation in modern U.S. history.
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Rachel Bovard
@rachelbovardNov 5
"Cyanide" Hang it in the Louvre
Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) profile picturePeter Baker
@peterbakernytNov 5
Six days before the election, more than two dozen Trump strategists logged onto a private video call. The mood was grim. The talk turned to cyanide. “Do you want the white pill first, or the black pill first?" @ShaneGoldmacher @jonathanvswan @maggieNYT nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/po…
‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse

‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump’s Historic Collapse

How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.

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After Seeing Election Results, Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On America buff.ly/4wppxgt
After Seeing Election Results, Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On America

After Seeing Election Results, Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On America

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States after his political party suffered massive losses in the midterm elections.

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Hmmm. Just spitballing here, but... maybe as punishment for elevating people like Laura Loomer to positions of influence?
Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) profile pictureLaura Loomer
@LauraLoomerNov 4
If God is in charge, why did he let our country get taken over by Muslims and communists? Something for people to think about.
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@JohnDSailerNov 5
Three NYT reporters contributed to this piece which begins by suggesting that "white pill" and "black pill" refer to... cyanide?
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Patrick T. Brown@PTBwritesNov 5
Always read @darelmass, particularly in the aftermath of a wave election
Matthew Schmitz (@matthewschmitz) profile pictureMatthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitzNov 5
Attacking Iran wasn’t the only Trump policy that drove up costs compactmag.com/article/why-v…
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Total votes cast for all gubernatorial candidates, 2026 vs. 2022, in states that flipped Dem in 2026 Nevada: (not yet fully counted) Georgia: +6% Ohio: +11% Iowa: +12% Texas: +22%!
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Americans have voted on inflation twice now (2024 & 2026), and both times they have said that they hate it. First they took it out on Biden, then they took it out on Trump. This is a serious problem for national populism going forward. compactmag.com/article/why-v…
Why Voters Turned Against MAGA

Why Voters Turned Against MAGA

It has been nearly twenty years since the United States last experienced a wave election.

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Oliver Traldi
@olivertraldiNov 5
Last night's Twitter jokes are tomorrow's academic monographs
Stuart Schrader (@stschrader1) profile pictureStuart Schrader@stschrader1Nov 4
The question on university campuses should now be how to get rid of all the administrators who caved to and collaborated with a grossly unpopular political agenda, including curricular changes, reversals on diversity mandates, buying into AI hype, clamping down on Gaza protests…
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These Talarico takes just couldn't be dumber. The religious left has always been with us. Have you people never seen a town bedecked in Pride flags??? vox.com/politics/508840/jame…
The Christian left is here

The Christian left is here

With James Talarico’s victory in Texas, a movement to reclaim religion from the right has its first big win.

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