Bush Rehabilitation

Oh, how the audience laughed. George W Bush, America’s former worst president until the age of reality TV politics, was giving a speech last week in Texas when he reached the topic of the war in Ukraine.

“Russian elections are rigged,” he told the audience. “Political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the electoral process. The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.”

The error hung in the air for a surprisingly long moment before Bush corrected himself. “I mean, of Ukraine.”

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Banned From Communion

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should not be admitted to Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, nor should she present herself to receive the Eucharist, until she publicly repudiates her support for abortion.

Cordileone said on May 20 that the step was “purely pastoral, not political” and came after Pelosi, D-Calif., who has described herself as a “devout Catholic,” repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to reach out to her to discuss her abortion advocacy.

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Full Text: Archbishop Cordileone’s Letter to Nancy Pelosi Banning Her From Holy Communion

These Catholic Bishops Support Holy Communion Ban for Nancy Pelosi

Banning Abortion Is the Only Reasonable Moral Choice

Roe v. Wade Leaker

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday defended judicial independence, arguing that government institutions mustn’t allow themselves to be strong-armed into delivering outcomes that people demand, according to news outlets.

Thomas made the remarks at a May 6 judicial conference in Atlanta, where he was asked by a moderator to discuss the biggest threats to judicial independence, according to Law360.

In his response, Thomas decried what he described as an erosion of respect for the high court and made an apparent reference to protests that erupted after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion suggesting the court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, with major implications for access to abortion.

Read more at “Clarence Thomas Delivers a Message to Roe v. Wade Leaker”

Chief Justice John Roberts Confirms Draft Overturning Roe is Real, Will Launch Investigation

Statement by President Joe Biden