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Awkward way for Joni Ernst to find out she isn’t funny. Let’s stop sending people like Joni Ernst and Lindsey Graham to the Senate.

We live in a strange and dangerous time, when words can't be believed and those that live in immorality and injustice think they'll live forever. But the time of retribution is coming, as it always does, and the wrong-doers will pass, as they always do. All things must pass.

"Medicaid work requirements"

The 600 member Southern Adirondack Audubon Society whose mission "to protect the environment by preserving natural habitats and promoting environmental education”, had their insurance cancelled by The Hartford Insurance Company. The Audubon Society paid their premium and never had a claim....

The official White House account also posted this It’s a blatant insult to Catholics and a mockery of their faith.

"Knowledge is truly your sharpest weapon in a world hell-bent on telling you things that simply are not true." George M.Johnson All Boys Aren't Blue

Nine years ago today, Daniel Berrigan, SJ, priest and poet, passed away. A strident advocate for peace, he took action to witness against the govt role in a dehumanizing war in Vietnam. We can and must learn from him, and learn again what witnessing for justice means. Put it all on the line.

"Status quo is not working" "Build something new" Just platitudes, and not even good campaign slogans. We've become sloppy in our thinking, like we've been sitting on the couch for 30 years. New leadership, new foundational ideas must emerge. New people who can capture the imagination.

"Do you know how this all will end? The portrait will be unhung, and the man will be hung." Klaus Von Stauffenberg, Valkyrie

All of these names, inscribed in granite, from a small New Hampshire town, fighting for a new country and the freedom it promises. Now, after 250 years, the current president casts shame on that country, their legacy, and himself.

Since the #Dems can't come up with a strategy, let me spell it out for them: - Fairness and equity in decision making - Responsibility to global partners - Ethical governance - Protecting workers and communities - Stewardship of economic stability and growth There you go.. give it your best shot!

It gets worse. This Signal situation is just the tip of the iceberg of incompetence in this administration.

Jesus had no qualms entering the Temple and scattering the money changers. The US Bishops are apparently too busy.

"Unfortunately, the political community is not always organized and today our people are living in a time of crisis and seeking a new way of life so that they can move beyond the shameful times which we presently experience and form a new society and a new people.” St.Oscar Romero, 1980