The elevation of Pope Leo XIV is a profound and historic occasion. Like so many around the world, I am praying for him and wishing him and the Church well as his papacy begins.
So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
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It’s about damn time. AOC is a hero. She’s one of the best out there, fighting daily against Trump’s fascist bullshit.
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sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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If you’re looking at the issues and policies that confront labor from the perspective of a public sector decision-maker who has pledged to do her best to promote our general welfare and protect us from the bad guys using best practices, the questions become, what’s the best way for our government to manage the relationship between labor and capital? Which country is already doing it better than the rest, (i.e., the country which is the role model for other democracies to manage the relationship)? How can America transition to becoming a role model for the rest of the world? Of course, today’s corporate citizenship will likely control any regulatory, legislative, and judicial decisions to dump all over things, so great unions (that do all those things Thom listed) are an essential source of countervailing power against the morbidly rich. We need a bunch more progressives in decision-making positions to fight back, because, as John Mack said of his peers on Wall Street, “Regulators have to be much more involved. We cannot control ourselves.” No shit.