My first piece on covering the war from Ukraine has been published.

I believe @WesternStandard is the only Canadian news outlet on the ground in Ukraine to ask Ukrainians directly about the Russian-WJC controversy. Kiss my ass CBC!

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With due respect, the Articles are about breaking the law and violating the Constitution, not policy disagreements.

For instance, Article III clearly describes how he is in violation of the law requiring congressional approval for a conflict that lasts more than 60 days.

Catholics we are so back

It’s spiritually good to hate war and AI

Underneath the disappointing results are many stories of impressive local organizing, and the solid foundations of a movement that will listen, work hard, and emerge stronger than ever. (1/2)

Massie: "I hope Hegseth addresses the 8 articles of impeachment, and doesn‘t get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and call everybody fat and gay. I may have just given you half his speech, I don't know."

The Russell Brand conviction has me thinking.

Unfriendly reminder: there is no statute of limitations on sexual assault in British Columbia.

Some people have been sleeping too soundly lately, who shouldn’t.

Justice can come anytime.

With the windstorm knocking out power across BC, a huge shoutout to @bchydro crews working hard to get the lights back on.

Thank you for all you do 🙏🏾

Stay safe out there!

Quando essere giusti e onesti avrà un prezzo, pagatelo. Quando perdonare sembrerà una sconfitta, perdonate. Quando tutti vi diranno di pensare prima a voi stessi, non abbiate paura di farvi gli ultimi; siate capaci di dare tempo, soldi, comodità e progetti per servire gli altri. Che chi vi guarda possa chiedersi: “Perché vive così? Da dove trae questa libertà? Perché si amano tanto?”. #ViaggioApostolico #Uruguay

Happy Diwali to all those who celebrate!

Today marks the beginning of Veterans’ Week, and this November also marks the first official Veterans and First Responders Month in British Columbia.

With our deepest sympathies and respect, honouring Private Aidan Goulding as his remains were returned home today with full motorcade escort from YVR.

The American midterms electing the first Muslim, the first woman, the first Palestinian, defeating the MAGA tech bros and AIPAC cucks will never stop being a favourite moment for me in politics.

I can’t wait for us to get back to our generational friendship with America once these Trump republicans have been banished.

Congratulations Texas!! 💙💙💙

Austin Texas sounds like an Eastern European city that just overthrew a dictator

I have been holding my tongue about something that happened during the Ohio gubernatorial race. I refused to speak while the election was underway because I did not want my words mistaken for an attempt to influence anyone’s vote.

But now that the election is over, I have nearly twenty years, my ministry has taken me among the homeless, the abused, the exploited, and the forgotten. I have sat with victims of sexual violence and witnessed the lifelong wounds of childhood trauma.

What Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign did to Amy Acton was among the most morally repulsive things I have witnessed in American politics.

They took a woman whose stepfather was indicted for raping her when she was twelve years old and featured her mother, from whom she had been estranged for nearly fifty years, in a political advertisement attacking her credibility.

The advertisement challenged Acton’s account of her childhood without mentioning the sexual abuse allegations or the circumstances of that estrangement. When people expressed their horror, the campaign defended it.

Imagine examining another person’s childhood suffering and fractured family relationships, then deciding those wounds might help win an election.

Anyone who has worked with survivors of childhood sexual abuse understands the painful realities of denial, betrayal, shame, and estrangement. A child growing into a successful adult does not erase what happened. Nor does a parent’s denial make that suffering disappear.

I find it equally disturbing that an elderly mother, whom Acton herself described as unwell, was brought into this spectacle. Whatever her own struggles or responsibility for the past, exploiting that fractured relationship was grotesque.

To everyone who defended this, consider the message you sent to survivors. To the young woman whose family refuses to believe her. To the man who has carried the shame of childhood abuse for forty years. To the frightened child who has yet to tell anyone.

What did you teach them about the value of their suffering?

I am a priest. I believe in repentance, forgiveness, and redemption. But none of those things requires me to pretend that deliberate cruelty is anything less than a grave moral failure.

Your political allegiance does not absolve you of moral responsibility. You do not get to set aside your conscience during an election and retrieve it afterward.

If your loyalty requires you to defend the exploitation of a childhood sexual abuse survivor, your loyalty has become an idol. And if your conscience cannot recognize the wrong here, examine what political tribalism has done to it.

This is not about Republicans or Democrats. We have a choice as a people: continue excusing cruelty from our preferred political camp, or summon the courage to condemn it wherever it appears.

Amy Acton deserved better. Every survivor who watched this unfold deserved better.

And God help us if we have reached the point where winning an election matters more than protecting the dignity of a wounded human being.

DEAR @Canada, MAGA WANTED TO INVADED YOU AND WE SAID FUCK THAT, WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.

USA 🇺🇸 🤝 CANADA 🇨🇦

How long before they initiate impeachment proceedings?

I am so excited ☺️🤘

Talarico 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Before the vote: “I’m just asking everybody to pretend that I’m on the ballot.”

After the vote: “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”

Apparently, voters followed your instructions.

Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President.

Thank you for matter.