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| FRIDAY, JUNE 1 |
| VULGAR COMIC Two companies have suspended ads from Samantha Bee’s television show after the “comedian” made a extremely vulgar remark about first daughter Ivanka Trump. Unlike Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee has not lost her job. READ |
| TARIFFS IMPOSED The Trump administration imposed a 25% tariff on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminum on Canada, Mexico, and the EU. These three trading partners had received a two-month exemption from the tariffs to allow for trade negotiations, but that deadline was reached at midnight. READ |
| PRESIDENTIAL PARDON Conservative writer and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza was pardoned by President Trump, who said he was treated unfairly by prosecutors. President Trump said he is also considering pardons for television star Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat. READ |
| MASS SHOOTERS CRAVE ATTENTION The Broward County State Attorney’s Office released video of what the Parkland shooter recorded on his cell phone prior to the massacre. Media outlets reported on the videos, and several actually posted the videos on their news site. “As a deterrent against this behavior, the names and faces of mass shooters need to be forever removed from our media reporting. Committing acts of tremendous evil should not be rewarded with the eternal infamy these murderers seek,” said Kyle Kashuv, a student at Parkland High. READ |
| ANOTHER PUSH ON OBAMACARE REPEAL A coalition of 40 different policy groups aims to release a partial repeal of Obamacare later this month. The plan would use block grants to let states craft their own plans. A key element of the proposal would ensure that 50% of the funds would be used to help people acquire private insurance, rather than simply dumping everyone into Medicaid. READ |
| PATRON SAINT OF WHAT? Bishop Robert Morlino didn’t pull any punches in his commencement speech at Thomas Aquinas College. “People today have been taught to be offended, people live to be offended. That’s why they need a ‘safe space’ and a ‘cry closet,’ and what they mean by that seems to be a space where they can be safe from hearing the voice of reason and truth,” he said. “If you speak the truth, you might not be safe… So let’s be politically incorrect, like St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of political incorrectness.” READ |
| SAINT CHESTERTON? The Bishop of Northampton, England, will consult with the Vatican about possibly opening a cause for the canonization of Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton. READ |
| CHURCH ABUSE SETTLEMENT The Archdiocese of Saint Paul-Minneapolis reached an agreement to pay $210 million in restitution to victims of sex abuse. Archbishop Bernard Hebda expressed gratitude for those came forward. “I recognize that the abuse stole so much from you — your childhood, your innocence, your safety, your ability to trust, and in many cases, your faith…. The Church let you down, and I’m very sorry.” READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Justin, apologist and martyr, was one of the most important Christian writers of the second century. He himself tells how his study of all the schools of philosophy led him to Christianity, and how he dedicated his life to the defense of the Christian faith as “the one certain and profitable philosophy.” READ |
| DAILY MASS READINGS “The Lord comes to judge the earth.” (Ps 96:13) READ |
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