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.
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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?
•Said racism should be rejected and justice should be sought
MAGA’s worst nightmare!
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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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Helicopter makes emergency landing at Union County airport. The city dedicates a new 112-acre park. And MEVSD board member lobbies Ohio Senate on school funding
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This might be too much tea leaf reading from a single data point, but I did think it was interesting that the biggest shifts to Crawford from Harris were in the ancestrally Dem rural areas in Southwest WI. This gives me hope that such areas might be realizing that right wing politicians aren't looking out of them at all.
Makes me wonder if it's worth being cautiously optimistic about IA-Sen and OH-Sen next year. Both states have large segments of ancestrally dem voter before shifting more firmly into the R camp starting in 2016.
EDIT: "Optimistic" is too strong of a word. I should say cautiously hopeful, or cautiously intrigued, perhaps. Point being I think they're worth keeping an eye on at this stage if nothing else.
I had been ignoring my plant the entire time. I was practically neglecting her. I assumed that just because she was still green and alive that all her needs were being met. I was so wrong. Realizing that she was just there, never wilting but never seeming to reach the sky. I was giving my plant room to breathe but not enough for her to g…