John Kenneth White
@jkennethwhite.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Catholic University. Author of Grand Old Unraveling. Columnist for The Hill.
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"Blessed are those servants of God who are reluctant to excuse themselves and humbly endure shame and criticism for sins they have not committed." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #BeHumble
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Blessed are those servants of God who are reluctant to excuse themselves and humbly endure shame and criticism for sins they have not committed." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #BeHumble
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"Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in #PopeLeoXIV. He is not afraid to embrace the Catholic social teaching concern for workers and the poor, rather than the invisible hand of the market." religionnews.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pope Leo embraces the radical challenge of Catholic social teaching
(RNS) — Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in Leo.
religionnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Those who hoped an American pope would be more supportive of unregulated capitalism will be very disappointed in #PopeLeoXIV. He is not afraid to embrace the Catholic social teaching concern for workers and the poor, rather than the invisible hand of the market." religionnews.com/2025/11/17/p...
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It was truly amazing to be at a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the Epstein survivors when word broke about the Senate's passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Tears, cheers, and relief.
Tears, cheers, and relief.
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It was truly amazing to be at a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the Epstein survivors when word broke about the Senate's passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Tears, cheers, and relief.
Tears, cheers, and relief.
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"We must love only God. And that sets up the triangle: God, the soul, and the world." #DorothyDay assisiproject.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"We must love only God. And that sets up the triangle: God, the soul, and the world." #DorothyDay assisiproject.com
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The American people will remember who tried to prevent the release of the Epstein files.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The American people will remember who tried to prevent the release of the Epstein files.
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8 million Americans rely on SSI to survive. Cutting these benefits will plunge thousands of Americans, including disabled adults and children, into poverty.
Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.
Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.
Scanlon Presses Social Security Administration Regarding Rule Changes Threatening Ability of Supplemental Security Income Recipients to Live With Family
scanlon.house.gov
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
8 million Americans rely on SSI to survive. Cutting these benefits will plunge thousands of Americans, including disabled adults and children, into poverty.
Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.
Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.
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"Any solution built upon revenge and violence...can never bring peace, and will only scatter new seeds of hatred and resentment, generation after generation, in an endless chain of subjugation." #PopeFrancis #Hope
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Any solution built upon revenge and violence...can never bring peace, and will only scatter new seeds of hatred and resentment, generation after generation, in an endless chain of subjugation." #PopeFrancis #Hope
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"In the midst of persecution, suffering, struggles and oppression in our personal lives and in society, God does not abandon us (11-17-25)." #PopeLeoXIV
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"In the midst of persecution, suffering, struggles and oppression in our personal lives and in society, God does not abandon us (11-17-25)." #PopeLeoXIV
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Americans deserve a Congress that works to improve their health and lower their costs, not line the pockets of oil and gas executives at their expense.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Americans deserve a Congress that works to improve their health and lower their costs, not line the pockets of oil and gas executives at their expense.
My latest column in The Hill: Voters' New Choice Is Not Left vs. Right, but Up or Down: thehill.com/opinion/camp...
thehill.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My latest column in The Hill: Voters' New Choice Is Not Left vs. Right, but Up or Down: thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“The darker the hour, the more faith shines like the sun." #PopeLeoXIV
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Not only did key allies of the regime lose top races in New Jersey and Virginia, Americans rebuked his party in “local races – school board, city council, mayor, county – across the country,” as @simonwdc.bsky.social wrote. “Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed.”
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:
For months now, polling has been clear: "Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration."
And last week’s elections drove that message home.
For months now, polling has been clear: "Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration."
And last week’s elections drove that message home.
Voters Send Clear Message: Enough Is Enough
“Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed."
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not only did key allies of the regime lose top races in New Jersey and Virginia, Americans rebuked his party in “local races – school board, city council, mayor, county – across the country,” as @simonwdc.bsky.social wrote. “Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed.”
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We welcome our new friends and followers from around the world! We pray for you all every day! May God bless you! May the Lord give you peace! assisiproject.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We welcome our new friends and followers from around the world! We pray for you all every day! May God bless you! May the Lord give you peace! assisiproject.com
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Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just now on MSNBC: a great segment by @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Bucks County sheriff candidate who ran against ICE’s 287g program.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
Very proud our attention to how local elections matter to ICE policy at @boltsmag.org is helping put these local stakes in the national discourse. They matter.
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@housedemocrats.bsky.social are here to work to save healthcare for millions of Americans.
Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer.
The difference couldn't be more stark.
Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer.
The difference couldn't be more stark.
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social are here to work to save healthcare for millions of Americans.
Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer.
The difference couldn't be more stark.
Our Republican colleagues haven't shown up to work in two months to extend ACA tax credits, but have had no problem passing billionaire tax cuts this summer.
The difference couldn't be more stark.
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Maybe I need to finally shift my Rx to Costco....
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Maybe I need to finally shift my Rx to Costco....
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"The poor cannot be neglected if we are to remain within the great current of the Church’s life that has its source in the Gospel and bears fruit in every time and every place (15)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"The poor cannot be neglected if we are to remain within the great current of the Church’s life that has its source in the Gospel and bears fruit in every time and every place (15)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
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Rules Democrats are here to reverse the worst parts of the Senate bill, and extend ACA tax credits.
It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...
It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Rules Democrats are here to reverse the worst parts of the Senate bill, and extend ACA tax credits.
It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...
It’s going to be a long night. Tune in here: www.c-span.org/event/house-...
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"For an organization that spent untold millions over decades to influence national politics on a single life issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate." #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis?
U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...
www.ncronline.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"For an organization that spent untold millions over decades to influence national politics on a single life issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate." #RebuildMyChurch www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
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Some good news from Kansas. apnews.com/article/redi...
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle
Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Some good news from Kansas. apnews.com/article/redi...
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“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected - Vatican News
In remarks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants in the United States, urges
www.vaticannews.va
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we are going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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It’s a beautiful fall day for @houserepublicans.bsky.social to come back to work and restore benefits for the American people.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It’s a beautiful fall day for @houserepublicans.bsky.social to come back to work and restore benefits for the American people.
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If you have requested a mail-in ballot, remember to bring it to your local county election bureau or a Dropbox by 8 p.m. Tuesday!
If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow.
Make sure your voice is heard!
If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow.
Make sure your voice is heard!
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you have requested a mail-in ballot, remember to bring it to your local county election bureau or a Dropbox by 8 p.m. Tuesday!
If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow.
Make sure your voice is heard!
If you’re voting in-person, remember to head to the polls tomorrow.
Make sure your voice is heard!
My latest column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My latest column in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...