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Current view ... at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, CA:

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A pastoral letter from our president, Paulist Fr. René Constanza, in solidarity with migrants and refugees in the United States:

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Thanks to my friends at Paulist Press for carrying my books at the LA Congress and to my friend Anne Kertz Kernion of "Cards by Anne" for turning some of my prayers into beautiful note cards! See you this morning to talk about Lazarus!

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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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Friday night Tequila tweet: Fuck Donald Trump & everyone else who stands with Putin. Fuck @elonmusk & everyone else who doesn’t know what Ukraine is fighting for. Trump & Musk would’ve sided with Great Britain during America’s fight for independence. Fuck them. Slava Ukraini.🇺🇦

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Sure Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the CNO....but they fired the top JAG's in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Why would you fire the top lawyers in the armed services at night on a Friday? That's the part you should be freaking out about.

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LIVE from @lacongress in Anaheim, CA: #Paulist Fr. Steve Bell is serving as the celebrant of the Liturgy of Catholics of African Descent in the convention center arena. Please join us live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/M1C3brt... Come, Holy Spirit!

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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“If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and forty minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic." #JBPritzker #PrayForAmerica

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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

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I'm sorry, I don't understand how anyone could be this stupid. HOW do you still believe he has "business acumen?"

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Abandoning Ukraine would damage U.S. credibility Ukraine security guarantees are more important than business opportunities with Moscow. The Editorial Board www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri

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We hosted a town hall at the Orlando VA with @frost.house.gov to address the concerns of our veterans. With the PACT Act at risk, VA personnel cuts underway, and federal funding freezes affecting benefits, we must stay alert. Our veterans sacrificed for us—it’s our duty to fight for them.

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The message is clear. The Trump WH thinks democracy is a joke.

submitted 2 days ago • 240 comments

The Republican party is now aligned with Putin & European neo Nazi parties.

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Why, look!! There is no separation of powers. No checks and balances. No rule of law. apnews.com/article/trum...

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The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.

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Our booths are ready to welcome guests this Friday to Sunday in the exhibit hall at the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, CA! If you are also here, please visit us in booths 310 to 316. Read about the Paulists here at Congress: open.substack.com/pub/paulistf...

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We cannot normalize any of this stuff.

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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To the @GOP senators and Congressmen who claim to support Ukraine, you do have some power… if you’re unwilling to exercise it then don’t pretend to care about your country more than your political career:

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Remember when you were in school and you read "The Diary of Anne Frank" and you thought of all the things you would have done to stop the Nazis? Do those things now.

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Jamie Raskin: "Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.” Amen!!

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Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

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Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts. How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them? By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs. Trickle up economics.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes sure you don't get scammed by digital payment companies and car lenders. Elon Musk’s role as CEO of X Money and Tesla makes DOGE’s takeover of the CFPB a clear conflict of interest. @schiff.senate.gov and I are pressing for answers.

submitted 3 days ago • 95 comments

We hosted our first tele-town hall of the year & 8,000+ constituents joined to voice their concerns! We discussed President Trump's executive orders, TPS & parole, cuts to federal programs, and the potential impact on vital programs like Social Security, KidCare, and Medicare.

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"The American republic is undergoing a constitutional crisis as the president attempts to rule as an autocrat, a heedless billionaire smashes through people’s lives with sadistic glee, and the U.S. is attempting to reverse eighty years of world leadership." www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

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Kash Patel is a danger to the FBI and a danger to this country. The vote on his nomination is tomorrow. Call your U.S. Senators now. Tell them to vote NO on Patel.👇

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Great to be back at UChicago Institute of Politics tonight. Tune in.

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I love New York City. Eric Adams should spare us further disgust & resign

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Democrats must make clear that, of course, we believe in changing government for the better - and show how different that is from Trump's destruction of government's capacity to protect workers, consumers, and families.

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Prosecutors have found valid charges against Mayor Adams. Therefore charges against him should NOT be dismissed. Orders by convicted felon totally corrupt, Donald Trump should not be followed. That precedent would set us on a disastrous course. Stand strong for the rule of law prosecutors!!

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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Great to start the day off right, running with UChicago Institute of Politics students undeterred by single-digit temps. They say there’s no such thing as bad weather - just bad gear.

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"In free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other." #ThomasPaine

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Donald Trump is a traitor. He’s a traitor to our country. When I first said that publicly a few years ago, it was pretty jarring. It isn’t jarring anymore. Not at all.

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To oppose one’s own country. What a strange position for an American to be in. But bcuz Trump/the United States has decided to stand with Putin, I have no choice. Bcuz I stand with Ukraine, NATO & the free world. Strange, yes. But my country is siding with the invader/dictator. My country is wrong.

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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Everyone has things in their career of which they're ashamed. Nothing...and I mean nothing...in my career in politics makes me more ashamed and regretful than supporting and promoting Marco Rubio. He is the most craven betrayer of his stated ideals of any human I've ever met.

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Feb, 2025, the philosophical battle lines/alliances: On one side: Ukraine, NATO, Europe, the free world, freedom & democracy. On the other side: Putin, Trump, Xi, & all the world’s other dictators. The United States is actually on the wrong side. Our WW II veterans weep.

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