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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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John Kenneth White @jkennethwhite.bsky.social · 6h
My latest column in The Hill: Voters' New Choice Is Not Left vs. Right, but Up or Down: thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 1d
“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 4d
We welcome our new friends and followers from around the world! We pray for you all every day! May God bless you! May the Lord give you peace! assisiproject.com

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 5d
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:

For months now, polling has been clear: "Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration."

And last week’s elections drove that message home.
Voters Send Clear Message: Enough Is Enough
“Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed."
americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5d
Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.

Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
MSNBC screen on ICE election

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 6d
@housedemocrats.bsky.social are here to work to save healthcare for millions of Americans.

Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer.

The difference couldn't be more stark.

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 6d
Rules Democrats are here to reverse the worst parts of the Senate bill, and extend ACA tax credits.

It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 6d
"The poor cannot be neglected if we are to remain within the great current of the Church’s life that has its source in the Gospel and bears fruit in every time and every place (15)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 6d
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.

"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 7d
"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...
www.ncronline.org

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 12d
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 · 12d
“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 · 13d
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.
apnews.com

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 14d
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 · 14d
My latest column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...
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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 16d
My good friend Father Michael Place has begun writing on Substack.

You'll recognize the person his younger self is there with. Father Mike was the steady theological mind supporting the Bernardin years in Chicago. I urge you to follow him and hear from him today.

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Creating a Place of My Own
When I was in high school and college, I did not particularly enjoy writing papers.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 16d
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 · 16d
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 · 16d
"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 · 17d
"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 · 17d
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 · 17d
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 · 17d
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 · 17d
"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 · 17d
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 · 18d
“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 · 19d
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 · 19d
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 · 19d
"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.