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| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 |
| TRUMP TO CARAVAN: TURN AROUND President Trump told people in the migrant caravan to turn around and U.S. troops planned to move toward the southern border. “To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!” READ |
| 8 MILLION ALREADY VOTED With absentee and early voting, 8.1 million Americans have already cast their ballot in the 2018 midterm election — that’s an increase of almost 200,000 from this point in 2016. Two years ago, it was Democrats who held a lead in early voting at 45%, with 38% for Republicans and independents or other at 17%. In 2018, it’s Republicans leading in early voting at 44%, Democrats at 40%, and other at 16%. READ |
| SENATOR: INVESTIGATE AVENATTI Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a 28-page memo to the Justice Department calling on them to investigate lawyer Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick for allegedly making false statements to Congress. READ |
| WOMAN: AVENATTI “TWISTED MY WORDS” NBC News has discovered apparent inconsistencies in a second sword statement from another woman whose testimony lawyer Michael Avenatti submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The second woman insisted that she never saw Brett Kavanaugh spike punch or act inappropriate toward women. She said: “I do not like that [Avenatti] twisted my words.” READ |
| WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS More and more Democrats are running on a total phaseout of fossil fuels. The list include candidates for governor not just in California or Colorado, but also in industrial states like Michigan. READ |
| MAIL-ORDER ABORTION PILLS An online European service has been quietly selling mail-order abortion pills to women in the United States for several months. But the FDA is now investigating the company for possibly violating abortion drug laws. READ |
| CNN BLAMES TRUMP CNN’s electronic caption read: “CNN: Trump Has No Plans to Claim Any Personal Responsibility for Inciting Serial Bomber.” But when James Hodgkinson (a volunteer for Democrat Bernie Sanders) shot Republican Congressman Steve Scalise, the news network did not blame Bernie Sanders. READ |
| “MEDICARE FOR ALL” President Trump and health secretary Alex Azar say that the Democrats plan of “Medicare for All” is phony. Azar said it really means “a single government system for every American that won’t resemble Medicare at all” and noted that it would have a price tag of $32.6 trillion over the next 10 years. READ |
| MEMPHIS BISHOP SPEAKS Bishop Martin Holley believes that Cardinal Wuerl orchestrated him getting fired as Bishop of Memphis. Holley believe this was retaliation against him for not recommending Cardinal Wuerl to a high-level Vatican position of Secretary of State. “I stood in his way for something he wanted,” Holley said. READ |
| “NO ONE LIVES ON A BRIDGE” Fr. Philip Bochanski, executive director of Courage International, said that “The Church builds bridges not as permanent sites of compromise” but to bring people to Christ who “will transform your life.” READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Peter of Alcantara lived in the 16th century, a time of great Church reform. He was confessor for Saint Teresa of Avila, another great reformer. Saint Peter was known for his life of penitance and the virtue of patience. He founded a branch of the Franciscans known as the Alcantarines. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” (Ps 24:6) READ |
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