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John Kenneth White
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Professor Emeritus, Catholic University. Author of Grand Old Unraveling. Columnist for The Hill.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 8h
"For an organization that spent untold millions over decades to influence national politics on a single life issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate." #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis?
U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 5d
It’s a beautiful fall day for @houserepublicans.bsky.social to come back to work and restore benefits for the American people.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 6d
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News
In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges
www.vaticannews.va

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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 6d
Some good news from Kansas. apnews.com/article/redi...
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle
Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 7d
If you have requested a mail-in ballot, remember to bring it to your local county election bureau or a Dropbox by 8 p.m. Tuesday!

If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow.

Make sure your voice is heard!

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John Kenneth White @jkennethwhite.bsky.social · 7d
My latest column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 9d
So great to join Hunterdon County Democrats in Flemington, New Jersey this morning to knock doors and get out the vote for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and Democrats up and down the ballot.

With three days until Election Day, we’re doing the work to turn out every vote.
DNC Chair Ken Martin holding voting pamphlets, standing in a residential area with an American flag and autumn leaves in the background. Group of individuals posing on the steps of a building with signs supporting Democratic political candidates in New Jersey.

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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 9d
Trump is more interested in hurting people he sees as his enemies than working for all Americans.

He should stop weaponizing SNAP, follow the federal court order, and ensure millions of Americans don't go hungry.

I am tired of Donald Trump dividing our country.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 9d
"It is for us, and above all, for us believers to convert instruments of hatred into instruments of peace; it is for us to point out the sinister operations that revolve around money & arms trafficking; it is for us to have the courage to look up toward the stars of Abraham's promise." #PopeFrancis

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 10d
"Human dignity demands that every person have access to health care — not as a commodity, but as a fundamental right flowing from the sanctity of human life. The common good requires that we protect the vulnerable first, not reward the wealthy." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
Editorial: As a nation grows sick and the rich grow richer, Catholics must act
Millions of Americans face an imminent health care crisis. Yet hope is faith in action. And the time for Catholics to act is now.
www.ncronline.org

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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 10d
Republicans cut food assistance by $187 BILLION so they could give tax breaks to billionaires.

The reality is, they don't believe in fighting hunger.

Well, I do. It impacts millions of Americans across the country, urban and rural.

We must protect SNAP.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10d
And there it is...

Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week

They haven't voted since mid-September

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d
A remarkable smackdown by Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of the head of the Heritage Foundation

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 10d
"An economy that kills, that excludes, that starves, that concentrates enormous wealth in a few to the detriment of the many, that multiplies poverty and grinds down salaries, that pollutes, that produces war, is not an economy: It is just an emptiness, an absence, a sickness." #PopeFrancis #Hope

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M. Douglas Wray @mdouglaswray.bsky.social · 11d
The two National Guardsmen, Captain Dylan Blahna and Staff Sgt. Demi Palcock, said they want no part of deploying to Chicago to help deport immigrants. "This is not what we signed up for...Look at 1930s, 1940s Germany.

MORE OF THIS!!!!
#NationalGuard

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 11d
“We spoke with multiple people who had been in there for more than a week, more than 10 days – in the same clothes, not having bathed and no access to toothbrushes." #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com

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Rep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 12d
I've been back here in DC ready to work, but Republicans haven't opened the House of Representatives in over a month.

Why have they been off on vacation instead of working to end this shutdown and stop millions of Americans from losing their health care?

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12d
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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House Budget Committee Democrats @housebudgetdems.bsky.social · 12d
"Nearly half of all states are now in or near recession, inflation is climbing, and the labor market is losing strength."

Ranking Member @congressmanboyle.bsky.social on the Fed's decision to cut interest rates amid Trump's economic chaos:
Boyle Statement on October 2025 Fed Interest Rate Decision Today's rate cut is yet another warning sign about the sorry state of Donald Trump's economy. Nearly half of all states are now in or near recession, inflation is climbing, and the labor market is losing strength. This is all a direct result of Trump's reckless tariff taxes and his chaotic economic agenda. At the same time, working families are facing the largest spike in health insurance premiums in our nation's history. I'll keep fighting to lower costs, protect affordable health care, and make sure every American has access to a good-paying job.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 12d
"Consider, human, the wondrous dignity that God has conferred upon you. He formed and created your body in the image of his Beloved Son and your soul in his own likeness. And still, all creatures under heaven know, serve, and obey their Creator better than you do." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 13d
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14d
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At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round
OAKLAND, Calif. (RNS) — For the second time in six weeks, a pastor was struck in the head with a pepper round fired by a US immigration agent as faith leaders protested the arrival of more than 100 US...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14d
Pepper ball rounds Trump immigration agents are firing at protesters:

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/v...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14d
"Trump tariffs force cancellation of Hudson Valley's long-running Christmas festival. Organizers said tariffs 'tripled' costs of stars and lights..."

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Trump tariffs force cancellation of Hudson Valley’s long-running Christmas festival
Organizers of Rhinebeck’s Sinterklaas festival said tariffs pushed up prices more than 300%.
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John Kenneth White @jkennethwhite.bsky.social · 15d
An excellent book!

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 15d
Over 40 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on November 1st.

By not spending money already allocated, the Trump administration is using Americans’ hunger as political leverage.

If you want to help your community, consider donating to a local food pantry.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 15d
"Selfishness is stupid." #PopeFrancis #Hope

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15d
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on Chicago: "[Greg Bovino] was filmed lobbing a tear gas canister into a crowd...deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation."

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