Fr. Geoff Rose, OSFS
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Priest of the Oblates of St Francis de Sales. President of St. Francis de Sales School. Chaplain to the Lingap Center. V†J! #IsaiahOne17 #LoveWins
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The Constitution requires, point blank, that the Treasury provide a detailed accounting of all government spending to Congress
Something that's just occurred to me is how are they going to account for these payments when the shutdown ends? Like, if they act as if these were part of regular paid salaries, you're going to see some soldiers bring claims of "No, that was a private gift, pay my full wages on top of that please".
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Constitution requires, point blank, that the Treasury provide a detailed accounting of all government spending to Congress
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Remember, the Speaker has absolute control over every piece of legislation in the House, so he can always negotiate anything. EXCEPT a Discharge Petition. Grijalva will sign the DC, and force the Epstein files bill to the floor. As another Skeeter pointed out, this is the Epstein Shutdown.
KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?
MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.
MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Remember, the Speaker has absolute control over every piece of legislation in the House, so he can always negotiate anything. EXCEPT a Discharge Petition. Grijalva will sign the DC, and force the Epstein files bill to the floor. As another Skeeter pointed out, this is the Epstein Shutdown.
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I spoke to a man who said his relatives fought against the fascists in WWIi and this is now our turn. He was dressed in a dinosaur costume & sang for me Barney’s theme song about love and family.
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No Kings Protest in NYC: A Joyful Mood
A recording from Steven Beschloss's live video
www.americaamerica.news
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I spoke to a man who said his relatives fought against the fascists in WWIi and this is now our turn. He was dressed in a dinosaur costume & sang for me Barney’s theme song about love and family.
www.americaamerica.news/p/no-kings-p...
www.americaamerica.news/p/no-kings-p...
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Of all the people CNN could’ve platformed to tell a personal redemption story, they chose the least authentic and deserving person in America for their dwindling audience.
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Of all the people CNN could’ve platformed to tell a personal redemption story, they chose the least authentic and deserving person in America for their dwindling audience.
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"One of the fired FBI employees, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after having left for the day and informed of the dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News."
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"One of the fired FBI employees, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after having left for the day and informed of the dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News."
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incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Chaka Khan releases her version of Prince’s classic “I Feel for You” 41 years ago today.
The intro repeating her name became iconic, but “I was embarrassed,” she said later. “I didn’t like anybody saying my name over. I said, ‘I gotta live with this.’”
The intro repeating her name became iconic, but “I was embarrassed,” she said later. “I didn’t like anybody saying my name over. I said, ‘I gotta live with this.’”
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Chaka Khan releases her version of Prince’s classic “I Feel for You” 41 years ago today.
The intro repeating her name became iconic, but “I was embarrassed,” she said later. “I didn’t like anybody saying my name over. I said, ‘I gotta live with this.’”
The intro repeating her name became iconic, but “I was embarrassed,” she said later. “I didn’t like anybody saying my name over. I said, ‘I gotta live with this.’”
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There’s “only one sector truly holding up in ADP job numbers now." 👀
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October 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There’s “only one sector truly holding up in ADP job numbers now." 👀
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this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
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"Those best positioned [in Hungary] to uphold democratic norms chose the comfort of an illusion over the courage of action. They were and are invisible by choice.... The lesson of Hungary is this: We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing."
July 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Those best positioned [in Hungary] to uphold democratic norms chose the comfort of an illusion over the courage of action. They were and are invisible by choice.... The lesson of Hungary is this: We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing."
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Journalists are now in danger in Gaza — not just from Israeli attacks, but from starvation.
The Associated Press, AFP, BBC News & Reuters issued this joint statement about journalists in Gaza today with alt text:
July 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Journalists are now in danger in Gaza — not just from Israeli attacks, but from starvation.
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"Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's controversial new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks after it opened deep in the Everglades, the archbishop of Miami said."
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Miami archbishop joins Knights on Bikes to pray for clergy access to Alligator Alcatraz
Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks after it opened, said Archbishop ...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's controversial new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks after it opened deep in the Everglades, the archbishop of Miami said."
www.ncronline.org/news/miami-a...
www.ncronline.org/news/miami-a...
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A “blind trust” is pretty much the opposite of what Trump and his kids are doing
Q: On the dinner, you mentioned this is not a WH dinner, but the president is always the president & the Trump family is making money off this. So how is this not POTUS using the office to enrich himself?
LEAVITT: All of the president's assets are in a blind trust that is managed by his children
LEAVITT: All of the president's assets are in a blind trust that is managed by his children
May 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A “blind trust” is pretty much the opposite of what Trump and his kids are doing
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Trump and RFK Jr. say today's kids are "the sickest generation in American history." Is that just a feeling? Here are some facts:
About 46% of children born in the U.S. in 1800 did not live to see their 5th birthday. In 1900, the figure was 24%. Now it's under 1%.
About 46% of children born in the U.S. in 1800 did not live to see their 5th birthday. In 1900, the figure was 24%. Now it's under 1%.
Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of U.S. Children as ‘Sickest Generation’
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump and RFK Jr. say today's kids are "the sickest generation in American history." Is that just a feeling? Here are some facts:
About 46% of children born in the U.S. in 1800 did not live to see their 5th birthday. In 1900, the figure was 24%. Now it's under 1%.
About 46% of children born in the U.S. in 1800 did not live to see their 5th birthday. In 1900, the figure was 24%. Now it's under 1%.
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America: We figured out how to go from a bunch of small colonies to the most powerful country in the world. One word: Immigration! And it’s been such a powerful engine of success that it’s positive effects have overcome lots of bad politics and foolish policies.
Trump administration: Hold my beer.
Trump administration: Hold my beer.
May 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
America: We figured out how to go from a bunch of small colonies to the most powerful country in the world. One word: Immigration! And it’s been such a powerful engine of success that it’s positive effects have overcome lots of bad politics and foolish policies.
Trump administration: Hold my beer.
Trump administration: Hold my beer.
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Keep in mind, DHS is run by someone who thinks that Habeas Corpus is the right of the president to deport anyone they want.
The DHS press release announcing the Harvard thing is truly batshit
Harvard University Loses Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certification for Pro-Terrorist Conduct | Homeland Security
Today, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered DHS to terminate the Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification.
www.dhs.gov
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Keep in mind, DHS is run by someone who thinks that Habeas Corpus is the right of the president to deport anyone they want.
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“As in the last Trump presidency, we see that purported deficit hawks are far more interested in securing large-scale tax cuts for the wealthy while raking the poorest Americans over the coals than they are in actually addressing our burgeoning national debt.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
GOP ‘Moderates’ Lied Their Way Through Cutting Medicaid
The “big, beautiful bill” is a hot mess.
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May 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“As in the last Trump presidency, we see that purported deficit hawks are far more interested in securing large-scale tax cuts for the wealthy while raking the poorest Americans over the coals than they are in actually addressing our burgeoning national debt.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-modera...
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NEWS: Aidan Hutchinson said he’s been “fully cleared” for football activities.
The Lions’ defensive end suffered a broken tibia and fibula in October.
Read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...
The Lions’ defensive end suffered a broken tibia and fibula in October.
Read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...
May 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
NEWS: Aidan Hutchinson said he’s been “fully cleared” for football activities.
The Lions’ defensive end suffered a broken tibia and fibula in October.
Read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...
The Lions’ defensive end suffered a broken tibia and fibula in October.
Read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/637...
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This is some authoritarian shit. Noem said since Harvard won’t give her disciplinary records on students, she’s terminating their foreign exchange student program immediately, and ordered that foreign students must transfer to other schools or have visas revoked.
May 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is some authoritarian shit. Noem said since Harvard won’t give her disciplinary records on students, she’s terminating their foreign exchange student program immediately, and ordered that foreign students must transfer to other schools or have visas revoked.
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Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
May 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
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REUTERS: “U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.”
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May 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
REUTERS: “U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.”
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At the end of Pope Leo's inaugural mass, he singled out the need for peace in: Gaza ("the surviving children, families, older people are reduced to hunger"), Myanmar (where violence has "cut short innocent young lives") and Ukraine (which "awaits negotiations for a fair and lasting peace").
May 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
At the end of Pope Leo's inaugural mass, he singled out the need for peace in: Gaza ("the surviving children, families, older people are reduced to hunger"), Myanmar (where violence has "cut short innocent young lives") and Ukraine (which "awaits negotiations for a fair and lasting peace").
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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.