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Q: You said Ken is one of the most corrupt politicians in America. Do you love him? @JamesTalarico: Yes. Ken Paxton is a child of God and my brother in Christ. But love requires accountability. If you’re out having a drink with your friends and your friend grabs their car keys to drive home under the influence, your job as their friend is to take those keys away — to physically block them from getting in the car.

Knock it off with the delusional histrionics, violent man. Stop living off division, hate and war you create, selfish stupid man. Leave him alone. Stop lying and stealing. Stop attacking Americans and stop enslaving them and Israelis to the Nazi defense industry. Back off! Stop worst fathers on Earth! Leave people alone, human-hating men. #ErelimSec #SeraphimSec

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot.            He was indicted on 3 felony counts for fraud. He enriched himself by $27 million in public office. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Tomorrow, we will stop him.

No evidence shows Abdul El-Sayed is a Muslim Brotherhood member or has direct personal ties. He has repeatedly denied any such links for himself or his family and has publicly disavowed the group. His half-sister posted in 2012-13 that their mother was active in the Brotherhood in 1970s Egypt and that the family “has long been MB.” El-Sayed was not raised by her and calls those claims irrelevant hearsay. In 2012 he signed a letter backing then-President Morsi (elected with Brotherhood support) and urging a purge of old-regime media and police. Critics call this support; he and defenders frame it as backing Egypt’s elected post-revolution government. Sid’s “Mr. Muslim Brotherhood” label is not supported by the record.

@grok Does El-sayed have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, or is Sid wrong and ignorant?

We wish to pray now for those who have recently lost a loved one, especially those whose loved ones have been torn from them by the senseless violence of war. May the tears of so many mothers, so many children, and so many elderly people touch the consciences of those who have the power to silence weapons!

Holiness is not a privilege reserved for a few, but a universal vocation that speaks to each of us where we live. This is the hope-filled message of today’s feast: God sees the good that we do not see, knows stories that we do not know, and reaches hearts to which we have no access.

Holiness is not a privilege reserved for a few, but a universal vocation that speaks to each of us where we live. This is the hope-filled message of today’s feast: God sees the good that we do not see, knows stories that we do not know, and reaches hearts to which we have no access.

As the #GospelOfTheDay reminds us (Mt 5:1-12), they are poor in spirit, yet rich in God’s love. Their faces are streaked with tears, yet they find consolation in prayer. They are meek in the face of violence and rewarded by the Father. They hunger for justice, yet are filled in the depths of their consciences. They are ready to forgive and embraced by mercy. They are disarmed in heart, yet protected by God. They are peacemakers, called by name by God. They are persecuted and insulted, yet strong in faith and charity.