Ridiculous. Inappropriate on many levels - and the federal government should be in the business of cutting waste, which this is.

Jesus Christ, through His Incarnation, comes to meet every person in the midst of their own story, and reveals Himself as the true source of living water capable of quenching our thirst. This thirst that dwells in every human heart is not so much a thirst for material things, but a thirst for meaning, truth, and fulfilment. Jesus responds to our profound desire for relationship and communion with God, in whom the fullness of life forever resides. #ApostolicJourney #France vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…

Hundreds of thousands of worshippers flood the heart of Paris as Pope Leo XIV celebrates a massive open-air Mass and calls on Catholics to openly share their faith in an "increasingly secularized society." The Vatican estimates 800,000 people packed the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde, with families lifting children toward the popemobile as the American pope traveled through the French capital. The setting carries deep history: Place de la Concorde was an execution ground during the French Revolution, where King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were guillotined. The enormous gathering comes as France sees a surge in adult conversions, with annual adult baptisms reportedly tripling since 2016 to 13,000 this year. See the remarkable scenes from Paris and what Pope Leo told the massive crowd: foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-d…

Brehm: Minneapolis needs to eliminate addiction. Instead, it’s enabling it. startribune.com/brehm-minnea…

Wonderful read. varsity.startribune.com/hill…

Nimco Ahmed—Peggy Flanagan’s friend of nearly 25 years—runs an autism center under investigation by Minnesota DHS. The center was also terminated from Medicaid. Flanagan has been part of the administration as Minnesota’s fraud crisis exploded. Now she wants a promotion. Why should Minnesotans trust her to clean up a mess that happened on her watch? foxnews.com/politics/mn-dem-…

Dems have an absolute handful in this Minnesota Senate race. Michele is the best candidate the MN GOP has had in two decades.

KSTP/SurveyUSA: State of the races for MN governor and U.S. Senate: Republican Lisa Demuth makes big gain in Gov race against Democrat Amy Klobuchar. U.S. Senate race now a dead heat between Republican Michele Tafoya and Democrat Peggy Flanagan. @kstp

This race is wide open, and we are closing the gap every day. Peggy Flanagan has spent eight years as lieutenant governor. Minnesotans deserve answers about the failures that allowed billions of taxpayer dollars to be stolen. I’m running to bring accountability to Washington and make sure Minnesota taxpayers come first.

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EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayers spent $500K+ on security for Mary Moriarty as she criticizes 'fear mongering' on crime "Mary Moriarty spends her time telling Minneapolis residents not to worry about crime while spending $513,000 to make sure she doesn’t have to worry about it herself," said attorney Chris Madel.

If the Walz administration had taken fraud seriously when even DFL legislators were trying to bring it up, maybe he’d still have a political career. Pushing back against legitimate fraud concerns as a “republican talking point” was putting politics ahead of basic governance.

Spot on

Sammy Sosa running with the American Flag the first Cubs home game after 9/11 🇺🇸

On September 13, 2001, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II made history by directing the U.S. National Anthem to be played during the Changing of the Guard, the first time another nation’s anthem had been played during the ceremony. Today, Harriet and I were honored to witness that tribute repeated to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. We are deeply grateful to the Royal Family and the British people for standing with the United States in our time of need, and for the enduring friendship between our two nations.

Never forget.

Sen. Tafoya? Minnesota Polling Shows a Dead Heat dailysignal.com/2026/09/08/s…

Just thinking about tomorrow. This is from twenty years ago, “I Just Called To Say I Love You,”wsj.com/articles/SB115774704… via @WSJ

President Bush: "Our nation occasionally goes through isolationist periods. Where the attitude is 'we've got too many problems at home therefore who cares what happens overseas.' Which really means to me they don't pay attention to the lesson of 9/11.