‘CATASTROPHE’: JOBS REPORT RELEASED BY BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN The Biden-Harris administration’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing an increase of 12,000 jobs – a small fraction of the projected 100,000. The Daily Wire noted this the smallest increase in jobs since December 2020 – during the height of the COVID outbreak. A spokeswoman from former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign called the report a “catastrophe,” adding it “definitively reveals how badly Kamala Harris broke our economy.”READ
PA SUPREME COURT: UNDATED BALLOTS WILL NOT COUNT IN ELECTION The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots that are not properly dated will not count in the 2024 election in the battleground state.RNC Chairman Michael Whatley praised the ruling, saying that the Court “upheld the law, and the dated ballot requirement will be in effect for this election. Democrats have repeatedly tried to eliminate this important ballot safeguard, and we have stopped them each time.”READ
CATHOLIC-OWNED BUSINESSES FEATURED IN CHRISTMAS SHOPPING GUIDE “Catholic Owned,” a platform a husband and wife duo launched last year, is in the business of promoting Catholic businesses. The company has a goal to cultivate and grow what its co-founders are calling the “New Catholic Economy.” Catholic Owned has now released its Christmastide Shopping Guide, which features a list of 37 Catholic-owned businesses.READ
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MINNESOTA SOMALI LEADERS BACK TRUMP A coalition of leaders of the sizable Somali-American community in Minnesota rallied in support of Trump on Saturday. “The left left us,” Mohamed Ahmed said at the rally. “Our condition is horrible. We can’t afford anything.” Ahmed also pointed to plummeting educational standards in the state, whose current governor is Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.READ
FAR-LEFT CONGRESSWOMAN DOES NOT ENDORSE HARRISRep. Rashida Tlaib, D-MI, a member of the “Squad,” declined to endorse Harris on Saturday. The New York Post called Tlaib’s move not to back her party’s nominee “a critical decision that could tip the scales against Democrats in Michigan,” a key battleground state. Michigan has a large Muslim community, which has been trending away from the Democrats. Tlaib, a Palestinian American, is one of three Muslim members of Congress.READ
BOEING NIXES DEI DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING BACKLASHAerospace giant Boeing is taking steps to eliminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) department, conservative scholar Christopher Rufo reported last week. The move comes months after Rufo penned a report that showed “how DEI was undermining competence at the company,” he explained. “Insiders tell us it helped put pressure on the new CEO, who made the decision to shutter the department.”READ
STATE OF PLAY: SENATE RACESWhilea lot of time has been spent discussing the presidential race (and rightly so), it is not the only electoral contest that will be decidedtomorrow. In the next “State of Play,” Anthony Iafrate explores the seven key U.S. Senate races that will decide who controls the upper chamber – and therefore whether the next president will be able to achieve his or her agenda.READ
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STATE OF PLAY: HOUSE RACES Heading into Election Day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, currently presides over one of the smallest majorities in the history of the lower chamber. The race for control of the House remains a tossup as Democrats need just a net gain of a few seats to retake control. Anthony Iafrate breaks down seven of the most hotly contested House races of the 2024 election cycle.READ
QUEBEC ‘ASSISTED SUICIDE’ LAW GOES INTO EFFECT A law in the Canadian province of Quebec went into effect last week that states some patients, including those suffering from dementia, no longer need to “consent” to “assisted suicide” immediately before they die. Instead, they can now make their “request” in advance. Canadian Catholic journalist Amanda Achtman warned “so-called ‘advance requests’ will drastically increase the premature deaths of those with dementia.”READ
THANK GOD FOR THE HILLBILLY Catholic culture is coming back into style like old Scotch whisky. Huh? Well, the “ghost distilleries” of Scotland are firing up again after shutting down in the 70s. What was previously thought unprofitable is now making a comeback. In the Catholic Church, the ancient tradition retreated from the wider culture in favor of felt banners and saccharine pop songs, but it’s making a comeback now. And one great example is the Hillbilly Thomists. Check it out.READ
CATHOLIC 101What is the Apostolic Pardon and when should a Catholic receive it? This gift of absolution at the hour of death is one of the greatest graces Christ has offered us through His priests. Learn all about it (and the requirements to perform it) here.READ
SAINT OF THE DAY St. Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) had considered leaving everything behind to become a monk, but was called upon as a papal representative to participate in the conclusion of the Council of Trent at the age of 25 – and contributed greatly to producing the Council’s Catechism. Later, as an archbishop and cardinal, he worked very hard to provide catechesis for the young and provided special pastoral care to Catholics who fled England to escape persecution.READ
DAILY PSALM “In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.” (Psalm 131)READ
NOVENA: DAY 9 Blessed Miguel Pro, who were martyred at the hands of an anti-Catholic government, please help us forgive our persecutors as you did and proclaim without fear, “Viva, Cristo Rey!” May God grant us the grace to overcome indifference and engage in political action to sanctify our local, state, and national governments. Amen.
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