When your government tells you; "we're all in the same boat!"

Let us ask Mary, Queen of Peace, to teach us to renounce hurtful words, hasty judgment, gossip, and slander. May we learn to cherish and nurture love within our families, among friends, in the workplace, on social media, in political debates, and in Christian communities, so that hatred may give way to hope and peace. #ApostolicJourney

In the richest country on earth, 20% of our seniors should not be forced to live on $15,000 a year or less. We must lift the cap on taxable income, increase Social Security benefits, and strengthen Social Security's solvency for generations to come.

“If you do not vote, you have sold us out. If you sit at home talking about neither party is doing anything for you, you’ve betrayed us. Every time you sit silently and won’t use your voice or your vote, you have enabled evil” ~Dr. Howard-John Wesley Alfred Street Baptist Church

We wanted to understand what’s happening with the Strait of Hormuz. So we talked to five raw milk drinkers at an emergency room in Idaho.

"Christ is the answer to the deepest yearnings of the human heart."- Saint Pope John Paul ll

Before I paste the text that came with this photo, I just want to say this: Senator Tammy Duckworth has more courage, bravery, self-sacrifice and compassion in her pinkie finger than President Donald Trump has in his wildest dreams. Read on: November 11, 2008. Barack Obama had been president-elect for only seven days. The world was tracking every move he made. Reporters wanted statements. Cameras wanted moments. Washington expected spectacle. Instead, Obama chose silence. That Veterans Day, he traveled to the Bronze Soldiers Memorial near Soldier Field in Chicago and walked beside a woman who understood sacrifice more deeply than most Americans ever will. Her name was Tammy Duckworth. Four years earlier, she had lost both her legs in Iraq. In November 2004, Captain Duckworth was co-piloting a Black Hawk helicopter north of Baghdad when a rocket-propelled grenade tore through the aircraft. The explosion nearly killed her instantly. Her right leg was destroyed. Her left leg was shattered beyond repair. Her arm suffered severe damage as the helicopter crashed to the ground. She survived. But survival came with months of surgeries, rehabilitation, and learning how to live inside a completely different body. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center, during some of those darkest days, a junior senator from Illinois walked into her hospital room. Barack Obama sat down and listened. Not for headlines. Not for cameras. He listened as Duckworth explained how wounded veterans were being failed by the very system meant to support them. Later, he asked her to testify before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. She spoke honestly about delayed care, endless paperwork, and veterans abandoned after returning home from war. Obama remembered every word. In 2006, Tammy Duckworth became Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. She fought relentlessly for veterans struggling with disability claims, PTSD, and broken bureaucracy. Obama’s Senate office came to know her well. She kept calling. Kept pushing. Kept fighting for people too exhausted to fight alone. Then came Veterans Day 2008. Obama could have attended any major ceremony in the country. Instead, he asked Duckworth to join him at a quiet memorial ceremony closed to the press. No speeches. No performances. No political theater. Just shared silence between two people who understood what service actually costs. Tammy Duckworth never stopped serving. She later became a congresswoman, then a United States senator, and the first sitting senator to give birth while in office. But that quiet moment in Chicago still says the most. Because real leadership is not about being seen. It is about showing up for people when nobody is watching.

When I paid over $4 a gallon for gas today, I thought to myself, “Thank god the reflecting pool is bigger than skyscrapers.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” -William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (Act 1, Scene 1)

🚨 BREAKING: Sexual Chocolate has dropped out of Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert.

BREAKING: Renowned opera singer Enrico Palazzo has pulled out of the Great American State Fair.

Today’s forecast: 100% chance of carrying on.

The way Christians are contorting their faith into a farce just to avoid Talarico in favor of Paxton says everything about the demise of Christianity in America.

No senior should have to pay property taxes. They worked hard all their life, paid their mortgage and when they retire they should not be afraid of losing it due to property taxes. This is not a one state issue, should be in all states.

Great place to spend a summer afternoon or evening.

The Oakland Coliseum used to be such a beautiful place to catch a ball game....Such a shame

37,369 flags. 37,369 lives. Boston Common’s Memorial Day display honors every Massachusetts service member who gave their life defending this country. ❤️

#FansFirstMovement stands for: 
• Ending corporate stadium handouts
• Protecting communities from relocation threats
• Revoking MLB’s anti-trust exemption
• Demanding transparency in stadium financing
• Putting fans before owners Sports belong to the people who support them. #RootedInCommunity #SportsForThePeople #CommunityOverGreed #FansOverBillionaires #PublicMoneyPublicGood #CorporateWelfare #EconomicJustice #ProtectTaxpayers #PublicAccountability

We must always remember those that think that they might be forgotten. #MemorialDay