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Cardinal Bernardin Memorial Mass
November 14, 2025 in Washington DC and online
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Friends in the DC Metro area, The Bernardin Center is coming to you on Nov 14.
Please join us for Mass and a reception as we remember Cardinal Bernardin on his 29th memorial.
Mass at 12p at Monastery of the Holy Land in America. Reception to follow.
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Please join us for Mass and a reception as we remember Cardinal Bernardin on his 29th memorial.
Mass at 12p at Monastery of the Holy Land in America. Reception to follow.
bernardincenter.substack.com/p/cardinal-b...
Maybe I need to finally shift my Rx to Costco....
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 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
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Maybe I need to finally shift my Rx to Costco....
Pillorying 8 Senate Dems as disloyal to the party for voting their best judgment is the most Trumpian thing you'll ever hear Progressives say.
This is the poison in our system.
Partisanship brought us here. It created all the conditions that raise food & healthcare prices, fracture govt, hurt ppl.
This is the poison in our system.
Partisanship brought us here. It created all the conditions that raise food & healthcare prices, fracture govt, hurt ppl.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Pillorying 8 Senate Dems as disloyal to the party for voting their best judgment is the most Trumpian thing you'll ever hear Progressives say.
This is the poison in our system.
Partisanship brought us here. It created all the conditions that raise food & healthcare prices, fracture govt, hurt ppl.
This is the poison in our system.
Partisanship brought us here. It created all the conditions that raise food & healthcare prices, fracture govt, hurt ppl.
Friends, Commonweal Magazine has become an exciting place for Catholic readers. Not just Heidi Schlumpf, but now they also have added Antonio Spadaro, SJ as a regular contributor. Indispensable reading.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Friends, Commonweal Magazine has become an exciting place for Catholic readers. Not just Heidi Schlumpf, but now they also have added Antonio Spadaro, SJ as a regular contributor. Indispensable reading.
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And it feels like I've got something to prove
But in some ways it's just something to do
But in some ways it's just something to do
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And it feels like I've got something to prove
But in some ways it's just something to do
But in some ways it's just something to do
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
Missed headline opportunity.
Source: National Catholic Register
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Missed headline opportunity.
Source: National Catholic Register
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Surrounded by Saints in New Jersey: Reverence Relics in the Hundreds Across the Hudson
Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Newark, New Jersey, have the opportunity to pray before holy earthly remains every day. Visitors are also welcome.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK
Missed headline opportunity.
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Missed headline opportunity.
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~364000 Americans suffered COVID-related deaths btwn this and Biden's inauguration. Trump continued through that period insisting everything was fine.
I mention this because, if you think the Dems were going to extract subsidies to sustain Obamacare while Americans...
www.npr.org/2020/04/17/8...
I mention this because, if you think the Dems were going to extract subsidies to sustain Obamacare while Americans...
www.npr.org/2020/04/17/8...
Examining Trump's COVID-19 Rhetoric Against Factual Evidence
President Trump is ready to reopen America — at least the parts where coronavirus is less of a problem. How has his rhetoric throughout the crisis matched with the reality on the ground?
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
~364000 Americans suffered COVID-related deaths btwn this and Biden's inauguration. Trump continued through that period insisting everything was fine.
I mention this because, if you think the Dems were going to extract subsidies to sustain Obamacare while Americans...
www.npr.org/2020/04/17/8...
I mention this because, if you think the Dems were going to extract subsidies to sustain Obamacare while Americans...
www.npr.org/2020/04/17/8...
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
For all the noise about this "uniquely dangerous moment" where "the ordinary rules of democracy don't apply," I think some perspective is needed.
I agree. The moment is dangerous. We are off the map. What makes it so?
Mostly the answer is Trump. He is the owner of a smallish family business who...
I agree. The moment is dangerous. We are off the map. What makes it so?
Mostly the answer is Trump. He is the owner of a smallish family business who...
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For all the noise about this "uniquely dangerous moment" where "the ordinary rules of democracy don't apply," I think some perspective is needed.
I agree. The moment is dangerous. We are off the map. What makes it so?
Mostly the answer is Trump. He is the owner of a smallish family business who...
I agree. The moment is dangerous. We are off the map. What makes it so?
Mostly the answer is Trump. He is the owner of a smallish family business who...
Bluesky. An ugly mirror-image of X.
Social media got us here. Social media keeps us here.
Social media got us here. Social media keeps us here.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Bluesky. An ugly mirror-image of X.
Social media got us here. Social media keeps us here.
Social media got us here. Social media keeps us here.
This Red-Blue who's-up-who's-down framing overlooks that federal workers and SNAP recipients, families and small businesses, have paid a price for th3 shutdown.
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This Red-Blue who's-up-who's-down framing overlooks that federal workers and SNAP recipients, families and small businesses, have paid a price for th3 shutdown.
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
But enjoy the "fight," I'm sure it feels good.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
You really think the suffering of the American people was going to make this guy cave?
Really?
Really?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
You really think the suffering of the American people was going to make this guy cave?
Really?
Really?
Burdick v. U.S. (1915)
President Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn and dozens of false GOP electors and other key figures involved in his effort to overturn the 2020 election results, per pardon
attorney Ed Martin.
Add this to the surrender of Schumer to the GOP.
attorney Ed Martin.
Add this to the surrender of Schumer to the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Burdick v. U.S. (1915)
Dumb.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Dumb.
Somebody please tell me why you think there was some amt of "leverage" in the suffering of people who aren't Donald Trump that would've compelled that sociopath to relent.
Why?
Why?
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Somebody please tell me why you think there was some amt of "leverage" in the suffering of people who aren't Donald Trump that would've compelled that sociopath to relent.
Why?
Why?
I wonder how so many people convinced themselves that there was some amount of pain the shutdown could inflict on the American people that would make the sociopath relent, a win exists.
With the chess pieces Dems actually have this isn't a bad play.
All that ruins it is the circular firing squad.
With the chess pieces Dems actually have this isn't a bad play.
All that ruins it is the circular firing squad.
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I wonder how so many people convinced themselves that there was some amount of pain the shutdown could inflict on the American people that would make the sociopath relent, a win exists.
With the chess pieces Dems actually have this isn't a bad play.
All that ruins it is the circular firing squad.
With the chess pieces Dems actually have this isn't a bad play.
All that ruins it is the circular firing squad.
The terminally online discourse succeeds as memes and fails as politics.
I've insisted all along there is a Left version of MAGA's madness and we're watching it tonight. The madness isnt authoritarianism. Its a failure to think politically that sees only an inevitably partisan world.
I've insisted all along there is a Left version of MAGA's madness and we're watching it tonight. The madness isnt authoritarianism. Its a failure to think politically that sees only an inevitably partisan world.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The terminally online discourse succeeds as memes and fails as politics.
I've insisted all along there is a Left version of MAGA's madness and we're watching it tonight. The madness isnt authoritarianism. Its a failure to think politically that sees only an inevitably partisan world.
I've insisted all along there is a Left version of MAGA's madness and we're watching it tonight. The madness isnt authoritarianism. Its a failure to think politically that sees only an inevitably partisan world.
If the Dems vote to reopen govt—
-federal workers get paid
-SNAP resumes
-Grijalva sworn in
-Epstein discharge petition
-vote on ACA subsidies that GOP owns if it fails
-govt will shut down again in Jan and we try it all again
If the Dems don't vote to reopen govt—
-well theyre being tough right?
-federal workers get paid
-SNAP resumes
-Grijalva sworn in
-Epstein discharge petition
-vote on ACA subsidies that GOP owns if it fails
-govt will shut down again in Jan and we try it all again
If the Dems don't vote to reopen govt—
-well theyre being tough right?
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If the Dems vote to reopen govt—
-federal workers get paid
-SNAP resumes
-Grijalva sworn in
-Epstein discharge petition
-vote on ACA subsidies that GOP owns if it fails
-govt will shut down again in Jan and we try it all again
If the Dems don't vote to reopen govt—
-well theyre being tough right?
-federal workers get paid
-SNAP resumes
-Grijalva sworn in
-Epstein discharge petition
-vote on ACA subsidies that GOP owns if it fails
-govt will shut down again in Jan and we try it all again
If the Dems don't vote to reopen govt—
-well theyre being tough right?
Gavin Newsom is right—Prop 50 should be called the Rigged Vote Recovery Act, one cannot play fair always in an unfair fight.
Also—playing unfair even for the right reasons is playing with fire. The intoxication of righteousness is as deadly to politics as corruption.
This isn't over after Trump.
Also—playing unfair even for the right reasons is playing with fire. The intoxication of righteousness is as deadly to politics as corruption.
This isn't over after Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Gavin Newsom is right—Prop 50 should be called the Rigged Vote Recovery Act, one cannot play fair always in an unfair fight.
Also—playing unfair even for the right reasons is playing with fire. The intoxication of righteousness is as deadly to politics as corruption.
This isn't over after Trump.
Also—playing unfair even for the right reasons is playing with fire. The intoxication of righteousness is as deadly to politics as corruption.
This isn't over after Trump.
Roman Catholic ecclesiology and social teaching should be seen as mirrors of one another. Synodality and solidarity are not so different when you reflect deeply on their common call—
Todos, todos, todos.
Todos, todos, todos.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Roman Catholic ecclesiology and social teaching should be seen as mirrors of one another. Synodality and solidarity are not so different when you reflect deeply on their common call—
Todos, todos, todos.
Todos, todos, todos.
Red-Blue thinking dominates media cvrg to tell you abt Trump or Dems winning/losing the shutdown. That's wrong.
Trump inflicts pain to win.
Dems holding out for healthcare or trying to get SNAP are abt the ppl of the US for whom we have a govt.
This all is clarifying when you see it right.
Trump inflicts pain to win.
Dems holding out for healthcare or trying to get SNAP are abt the ppl of the US for whom we have a govt.
This all is clarifying when you see it right.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Red-Blue thinking dominates media cvrg to tell you abt Trump or Dems winning/losing the shutdown. That's wrong.
Trump inflicts pain to win.
Dems holding out for healthcare or trying to get SNAP are abt the ppl of the US for whom we have a govt.
This all is clarifying when you see it right.
Trump inflicts pain to win.
Dems holding out for healthcare or trying to get SNAP are abt the ppl of the US for whom we have a govt.
This all is clarifying when you see it right.
I wish every diocese and parish, every bishop and pastor, every member of diocesan and parish staff professing bewilderment at synodality and hoping to quantify its actions, measure its effects could heed these wise words.
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: The Church is a ‘construction site’ for a community to be built without haste - Vatican News
Celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Church, urging the faithful to be ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wish every diocese and parish, every bishop and pastor, every member of diocesan and parish staff professing bewilderment at synodality and hoping to quantify its actions, measure its effects could heed these wise words.
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Everything in Trump's narrow experience tells him causing pain is leverage to get what he wants.
He doesn't understand the dynamics of accountability, and more than anything that's why we are trapped in this shutdown.
He doesn't understand the dynamics of accountability, and more than anything that's why we are trapped in this shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Everything in Trump's narrow experience tells him causing pain is leverage to get what he wants.
He doesn't understand the dynamics of accountability, and more than anything that's why we are trapped in this shutdown.
He doesn't understand the dynamics of accountability, and more than anything that's why we are trapped in this shutdown.