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Time to wear a T-shirt.

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Where is the Republican budget? By law it was required to be passed and in place by Sept 30th. Anyone seen it? Got any idea what might be in it? Why the f-ck is the House taking a month long vacation without getting their work done?

Dems ready to negotiate. Rs remain on vacation.
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"Contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us (5)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
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"True shepherds walk with their people: sometimes in front, sometimes in the middles, sometimes behind. In front to guide, in the middle to encourage and to not forget the smell of the flock, and behind because the people have a nose for finding new paths for the journey." #PopeFrancis #Hope
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"Is the undocumented woman who contributes tirelessly to our parish, caring for the church, leading the daily rosary our neighbor?" #CardinalMcElroy #LiveTheGospel #LoveThyNeighbor #PrayForAmerica www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...
Text of Cardinal McElroy’s homily for World Day of Migrants and Refugees - Catholic Standard
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Great work by my friend @kenjenkinsny.bsky.social. More public officials should stand up the way Ken has in Westchester.
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SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."
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The government has executed more people in 2025 than any year in over a decade — and there are five more executions scheduled over the next week.

Just a handful of states are responsible for these executions, and they’re increasingly out of step with public opinion.
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"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." #HannahArendt
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Constituents across PA-05 have been telling me they’ve received notices of their health insurance premiums going WAY UP.

If this has happened to you, help me fight for your healthcare by sharing your story here: scanlon.house.gov/forms/form/?...
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congressmanboyle.bsky.social
I'm sick and tired of Trump and Russell Vought gleefully demonizing and attacking federal workers.

These folks are our neighbors and friends. They keep America running.

Trump and the billionaires in his cabinet could learn a thing or two from our AFGE neighbors.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White, David Lay Williams

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Greetings from the "insurrection."

Families are out in Chicago's Park Manor and Englewood neighborhoods. Crossing guards are helping children get home. It is a gorgeous fall afternoon.
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by John Kenneth White

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My new column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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"Be careful not to look sad like gloomy hypocrites, but show yourselves as happy in the Lord; be cheerful and gracious." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
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Trump is running everything into the ground while grifting billions for himself and his family.
Photo of an X post by Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom ) stating: "The last 3 government shutdowns: October 1, 2025: President Trump December 22, 2018: President Trump January 20, 2018: President Trump Almost like there is a pattern here." The post includes a profile picture and a verification badge.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White, Steven S. Smith, Rosemary A. Joyce

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🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White

stevenpmillies.com
Napa fingerprints

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Bishops against Cardinal: The Plan to Censure Cupich
The controversy surrounding the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to honor Senator Dick Durbin has rapidly escalated from a local dispute into a revealing test of the internal dynamics of the U.S. hierarc...
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Reposted by John Kenneth White, Timothy D. McBride

simonwdc.bsky.social
This is the second time Trump has disappeared from public view in last six weeks without an explanation.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today
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Reposted by John Kenneth White

scanlon.house.gov
Constituents are calling my office about rising healthcare costs.

I spoke with a woman in her 60s who received a notice that her healthcare costs will increase from $1,000 to $1,800 a month.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White, Karen L. Cox, David Darmofal

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My author, Todd Arrington, was forced to resign as director of the Eisenhower Library and Museum because he wouldn’t give Eisenhower’s personal sword to Trump to use as a gift to King Charles.
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Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword
The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic
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stevenpmillies.com
Abortion cancel culture has claimed Dick Durbin.

Honorably, @durbin.senate.gov has declined an honor from the Archdiocese of Chicago. That's a damn shame. But there are worse things.

I don't ask often. But please share this widely if you would. Thank you.

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"Millions of Abortions Have Continued"
Abortion Cancel Culture Wins Again. What Was Gained?
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scanlon.house.gov
The President thinks it's 'DERANGED' to PREVENT Healthcare costs from going up 75% for AMERICAN FAMILIES.
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What Trump told POLITICO about the impending government shutdown
"The Democrats are deranged," Trump said during a brief phone call.
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by Adam Bonica — Reposted by John Kenneth White

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We’d be wise to remember Milley resisted Trump’s push to use the military on Jan 6. His later words that Trump is “fascist to the core” should remind today’s generals where their duty lies when forced to choose between the Constitution and their careers. We won’t forget. And neither will history.
Trump's top general calls former president "fascist" and "dangerous" threat
"He is now the most dangerous person to this country," Mark Milley told journalist Bob Woodward.
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by Adam Bonica — Reposted by John Kenneth White, Bryan D. Jones

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Trump and Hegseth’s spectacle with generals echoes classic authoritarian rituals—humiliating officers, loyalty tests, framing citizens the “enemy within.” Elsewhere and at home, generals have resisted by insisting their oath is to the Constitution, not the president. That tradition matters now.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White

delauro.house.gov
Just a moment ago, I put forward a plan to keep the government open. Republicans tanked it so they could remain on vacation while Americans struggle with the health care crisis they’ve created.

It’s time to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
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Reposted by John Kenneth White, Henry Jones

meidastouch.com
This photo just about sums it up
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bradlander.bsky.social
Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
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scanlon.house.gov
With hours to go till shutdown, @housedemocrats.bsky.social are on duty.

House Republicans are on vacation.
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conorsen.bsky.social
8-year lows for construction openings:
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congressmanboyle.bsky.social
Horrific news out of Michigan, where a gunman attacked a church during services.

No one should fear for their safety while worshiping with family.

We must end the epidemic of violence plaguing our nation.
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