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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

Are you kidding. They are the most to be feared lol as it could mean anything.
For me, it's not a they, it's a me. Why are you afraid of me?

Whatever the power in charge thinks is good and we have seen that played out already. Its never good.
In this case, the majority of secularists wants a continuation of the status quo under the First Amendment. It's Landon Caeli who wants to rewrite the Constitution.
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Homeless mother given 'key' to new apartment by Pope Leo XIV

At 35 weeks pregnant Nadia Howlader became homeless, living on the streets of Sydney, Australia, but all of that changed when she was given a key to a new apartment by Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 16 on the ninth World Day of the Poor.

Continuing a tradition begun by Pope Francis last year to combat homelessness and bring hope to vulnerable families during the 2025 Jubilee year of Hope in 13 countries, Pope Leo blessed 13 keys — one of which symbolized the key to Howlader’s new apartment in a Sydney suburb, faciliated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Australia.

Howlader, and her daughter Alisha, traveled to Rome with members of the society for an audience with the pope where she received the blessed key from Pope Leo and thanked him for the generous gift.

The “13 Houses” campaign was inspired by the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s patron, St. Vincent de Paul, and his decision in 1643 to use an endowment from French King Louis XIII to build 13 small houses near the Vincentian headquarters in Paris to care for abandoned children.

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What happened in the past has an effect on us today, all because Sin is in the world.

That happens a lot in this forum doesn't it?

People have their pet personal beliefs or favorite church teachings that have made into their personal beliefs, that they then defend to the uttermost. They turn those personal beliefs into hills they are willing to die upon.

Most of the things I've seen people promote on here should have been prayed over first instead of just shooting from the hip.
Yep and another thing I see these days are people that just have a few prepared c&p’s and will only reply with those rather than actually engage in debate. Sad really.
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Government Taking Stakes in Private Companies - Veering Toward Fascism Through Corporatocracy

Energy secretary suggests nationalizing private power generators to lower electricity prices, add capacity.

Trump’s Energy Secretary Wants Walmart Backup Generators Powering U.S. Grid

Chris Wright acknowledged prices are still rising

Chris Wright: “We will take backup generators already at data centers or behind the back of a Walmart and bring those on when we need extra electricity production.”

He suggested those private-sector generators, typically installed for emergency use, could be tapped when the grid requires supplemental electricity. Wright did not outline how such a program would work or whether companies have agreed to participate.
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Vatican's 2025 Christmas tree installed in St. Peter's Square

A towering Christmas tree now stands in the center of St. Peter’s Square, after the spruce arrived at the Vatican on Thursday morning.

The 88-foot-tall spruce tree from Italy’s Bolzano province was erected next to the ancient Egyptian obelisk which stands in the middle of the 17th century Baroque square designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

This year, the northern Italian municipalities of Lagundo and Ultimo gifted the Christmas tree to the Vatican. The tree was harvested in the alpine valley of Ultimo.

In an Oct. 20 interview published on the Vatican State website, Bishop Ivo Muser of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone said the tree reaffirms the local church’s “spiritual and emotional bond” with the pope.

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