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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 |
| DO-OVER ON REPEALING OBAMACARE? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Republicans would likely try to partially repeal Obamacare if they win seats on Election Day. “If we had the votes to completely start over, we’d do it. But that depends on what happens in a couple weeks … We’re not satisfied with the way Obamacare is working.” READ |
| GOP HAS DONATION BOOM The Republican National Committee raised $56.8 million over the last three months, including a record amount for one month in a non-presidential election year. The Democratic National Committee has trailed the RNC in fundraising all year. But Democratic candidates for the House are vastly outspending House Republicans in critical swing districts across the country. READ |
| EMISSIONS LOWER According to the EPA, greenhouse gas emissions have declined across multiple sectors since President Donald Trump has been in office. “Thanks to President Trump’s regulatory reform agenda, the economy is booming, energy production is surging, and we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions from major industrial sources,” Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said. READ |
| POLITICS AND VIOLENCE The Minnesota Democratic Party has suspended a spokesman William Davis for one week for calling for violence against Republicans. The suspension came days after Minnesota state representative Sarah Anderson was punched in the arm. Another state representative, Shane Mekeland, was sucker punched while talking with constituents at a restaurant. READ |
| MORE VIOLENCE Joe Alger was praying the Rosary outside an abortion facility when a man punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground. After being treated for injuries at a nearby hospital, Alger declined to press charges. “It’s a painful situation, and I’m not going to make it any worse.” READ |
| MOM OF 8 PUSHES BACK AT FRENCH LEADER French President Emmanuel Macron recently said, “I always say: ‘Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight, or nine children.” When Catherine Ruth Pakaluk heard this, she took to social media to showcase the big families that educated women choose to have. “I thought let’s keep this simple and friendly—I am not interested in picking a fight with the president of France,” she said. READ |
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| FACEBOOK DECEIVING ADVERTISERS? Facebook may have purposely inflated video views to drive advertisers and media companies to spend heavily on video ads on the social media network. New documents suggest the discrepancy between reported and actual views could be anywhere between 150% to 900%. READ |
| SOCIALISM AND CATHOLICISM? John Clark notes that socialism has been condemned by the Catholic Church for 20 centuries. “One would be hard-pressed to find an error that has been condemned more often, more strongly, by more popes, for more serious reasons, than socialism.” READ |
| MICHIGAN BISHOP DIES Bishop Joseph Cistone of Saginaw died after a battle with lung cancer. Originally from Philadelphia, he was appointed to his post by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. READ |
| ARCHBISHOP OF DC Ed Condon asks: “What kind of archbishop is needed in Washington?” READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Luke is known to us primarily as the author of the Gospel that bears his name, and Acts of the Apostles. Actually two volumes of one work, Saint Luke instructs and inspires us with his beautiful treatment of the words and deeds of Jesus and of the early Church. We are blessed by his writings. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Your friends have known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.” (Ps 145:10) READ |
| CULTURE OF LIFE This stunning sculpture of ‘pregnant mountain’ was a tribute to “the woman that gives life, because life is valuable from its conception to its end.” READ |