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Like my non-existent career/life isn't ruined enough, let me even more unemployable to every Catholic organization.

I will probably will never be hired by an Catholic Institution for saying this. Despite being a faithful Catholic who has been recognized for her efforts in fundraising research. There's a reason why the word "ruined" is in my name.

Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. chose new leaders on Tuesday. The new president is an archbishop from Oklahoma City who issued a statement two days after President Trump’s inauguration calling on Catholics to remember that Jesus was once a refugee, and to support immigrant families.

At this point, the reflexive trad antipapalism has become a content-independent habit, a schismatic spirit as such. I sent a longtime trad friend some completely innocuous news piece recently where the pope said something completely good and uncontroversial, and he reacted like a demon to holy water

As a mother (married to the father of all of my four children) we relied on government aid (heating fuel assistance) when the kids were young. All mothers (families) need both govt. aid & a strong economy to transfer their employment skills after child bearing years.

Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people. Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people. We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.

This is really good--one of the most powerful and insightful pieces I've read about what @qjurecic.bsky.social appropriately calls "The Third Red Scare." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Ro Khanna, who has called for Chuck Schumer to be replaced, says the only reason other Democrats aren't calling for it is because it would "offend a lot of donors." "Are we gonna be beholden to the donors that have gotten us two terms of Donald Trump, or are we gonna listen to people?"

Not on food stamps, but long term unemployment. Raised four kids, volunteered in my community, built up my skills and networked. There's no "effing" jobs. None. So much for "Making America Great Again"

Bill Clinton use to play golf with Trump, and Bill & Hilary attended Trump's wedding to Melania. Both the political & entertainment establishments platformed and normalized Trump to Americans.

I'm probably one of the most accomplished failure out there. Everything I've done, and it feels like it doesn't matter and has no worth. Long term unemployment (along with the routine rejection) warps your brain and sense of self.

Is Russell Brand wearing a Rosary in this photo?

The Republican healthcare plan is when you get sick you die.

"Christ is the only Redeemer”, says the Pope. Calling Mary co-redemptrix is "an exaggerated expression of love, but we know love leads us to do exaggerated things" - Pope Francis

I'm a Co-Redemptrix. You're Co-Redemptrix. We're All Co-Redemptrixes !!! (We all cooperate with Christ) youtu.be/30LhrhcqGmw?...

All of Our Work-Related Critical Thinking Skills are Being Replaced by Artificial Intelligence. youtu.be/SoGus6B0LC4?...

Is this about right?

Can I tell you about someone else whose followers included adult content creators

And middle aged women, who raised those young adults.....

The only reason I can think to do this is: 1.they still think they have a mandate, 2. the Project 2025 true believers, who’ve wanted this for decades, are calling the shots, or 3. They’re just raw dripping evil

It is both awful that this is happening but also it's great that Trump has decided that this is the hill to die instead of trying to save SNAP from the Democrats and getting to be the hero. Now he can be the face of starvation.

Prayers for Employment - Highly doubt it at this rate. Remember seeing photos of the Great Depression with men holding signs looking for work. LinkedIn is the equivalent. The screenshot isn't me.

All of Our Work-Related Critical Thinking Skills are Being Replaced by Artificial Intelligence. youtu.be/SoGus6B0LC4?...

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Trump really hates America. He hates us and wants our children to starve. youtube.com/shorts/itiyQ...

“Twenty-three deaths is not a statistic — it’s 23 human lives,” Anna Marie Gallagher, the executive director of CLINIC, the U.S. church’s legal ministry for immigrants, said in a statement. www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...

God works outside of time but time works outside of airports

There's going to be a lot of deconstructing for our fellow citizens that were sucked into the propaganda of MAGA. Please be kind to them so our country can heal, when this nightmare is over.

Thank you for your prayers.... I made a video on LinkedIn on my background. www.linkedin.com/posts/reneea...

As someone with four children, I want no part in this. I do desire full time work with benefits & dignity. Having four children destroyed my career. I'm now financially dependent on my husband & young adult children. I hold no resentment towards my young adult children.

Yet Bishop Barron can’t find a criticism of an administration that permits this. And Bishop Barron is an honorable man.

Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich

I need a prayer, I have the urge to write up all my frustration on my LinkedIn account. Obviously, that isn't a prudent idea. Pray that I write up a much milder version for BlueSky.

Honestly, Bishop Robert Barron's response strange. He was once a good priest, but he decided to do these partnerships (with the Daily Wire & Trump's Administration) and is he trapped in fear of retribution?

And here's a YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...

This comment on my site is giving me such joy right now. I told her she should call the FBI and tell them what I did.

Hastily dismantling USAID was mass murder, and was intended as such.

Remember almost a year ago when the richest man on the planet did Nazi salutes on stage, and then the President of the United States hired him to dismantle government programs killing hundreds of thousands of people?

This.

Trump & The GOP have been undermining the Catholic Church within the United States for years.

(From 2019 NBC News) Steve Bannon and U.S. ultra-conservatives take aim at Pope Francis The pontiff has expressed support for migrants and the poor, while warning against nationalism and unfettered capitalism. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...

“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?” Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Lmao

No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...