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| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 |
| MEDIA BLAMES TRUMP News commentators and pundits claim that President Trump’s harsh rhetoric was a major factor that lead to the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. “You can draw a direct line from all of the vitriol and hate rhetoric about the caravan that’s some 2,000 miles away from our border and the gunman in Pittsburgh, who referenced that, and somehow turned it into an attack on Jews,” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota said. READ |
| PUNDIT COMPARES TRUMP TO ISIS Journalist Julia Ioffe said on CNN that President Trump “radicalized more people than ISIS.” Later Ioffe offered somewhat of apology on air: “I think I exaggerated, and I apologize for that.” READ |
| TROOPS TO THE BORDER The Pentagon will deploy at least 5,200 active-duty troops to the U.S-Mexico border in an effort to prevent members of a migrant caravan from illegally entering the country. President Trump is expected to deliver a speech this week to outline further actions, which may include limiting the ability of migrants to request asylum. READ |
| VULNERABLE DEMOCRAT Facing her most difficult reelection campaign yet, Sen. Claire McCaskill said that she supports Trump’s plan to put troops on the border, and she called protesters who scream at Republicans in restaurants “crazy Democrats.” READ |
| MERKEL TO LEAVE German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not run for another term in 2021 after her party suffered heavy losses in a regional election. She said she took “full responsibility” for the election outcome. Merkel has faced criticism for her 2015 open door policy that allowed 1 million refugees into Germany. READ |
| AMERICA LIKE RWANDA? Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, compared the current political climate in the United States to Rwanda right before the genocide that killed 800,000 people. “When a place gets so tribal that the two tribes won’t have anything to do with each other … that jealousy turns into hate. And we saw what happened to the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda, it turned into a genocide. A million-people hacked to death within a few months.” READ |
| GOSNELL REMAINS IN THEATRES Despite considerable obstacles, the movie Gosnell was still chugging along at the box office. The movie about abortionist Kermit Gosnell has taken in an estimated $3.2 million and was on 467 screens across the country on Sunday. READ |
| HOLLYWOOD PRAYER A Hollywood executive Chuck Lorre placed a “prayer” in the show credits of the TV show “Big Bang Theory.” The “prayer” was really an anti-Trump message that urges “God” to increase midterm voter turnout to combat a “fascist, hate-filled, fear-mongering, demagogic, truth-shattering, autocratic golf cheater.” READ |
| IMAGINE IF SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT After an interviewer mixes up Cory Booker and Eric Holder (both black Democrats), Hillary Clinton quipped, “Yeah, I know they all look alike.” WATCH |
| SCANDAL IN BUFFALO A former Church employee leaked documents from the Diocese of Buffalo which seemed to indicate that the diocese was primarily concerned about protecting the reputation and assets of the Church when dealing with sexual abuse allegations. READ |
| ADORATION AT LATE BISHOP’S REQUEST Following the funeral Mass of Bishop Joseph Cistone of Saginaw, the diocese honored the late bishop’s request to adore the Blessed Sacrament for 40 hours. “I was so surprised that people came through the night,” Sister Ester Mary Nickel of the Religious Sisters of Mercy said. “I must say we’re having a wonderful turnout. I’m grateful.” READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez lost his mother, wife, and daughter within a period of three years. He retired to his sister’s home, and after the death of his son, he entered the Jesuit Order, where he served as college porter. Saint Peter Claver was a seminarian during Saint Alphonsus’ time at the college. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Blessed are those who fear the Lord.” (Ps 128:1) READ |
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