HILLARY RIGGED PRIMARY? Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile said that Hillary Clinton hijacked the Democratic National Committee to ensure that Bernie Sanders would not win the nomination. http://cvote.it/2yqQNLn
JUDGES, JUDGES, JUDGES Look what happens when Republicans get some backbone! The Senate GOP threatened to keep the Senate in session all weekend if Democrats insisted on invoking all 30 hours of debate for each judicial nomination. Democrats caved. “We did a calculation. We could stay through the weekend and by Monday have the same result,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL. http://cvote.it/2yrCgij
TAX PLAN House Republicans release the details of their tax plan. The corporate tax would fall to 20% from the current rate of 35% (highest in the industrial world). The plan would double the personal deduction but eliminate the dependent child deduction. The child tax credit would increase from $1000 to $1600. A checklist of the changes: http://cvote.it/2yqNIe1
ATTACK ON FAITH Another Democrat attacks a judicial candidate’s religious beliefs. This time it was Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, who interrogated judicial nominee Trevor McFadden for his membership in a church that broke away from the main Episcopal Church over homosexuality. http://cvote.it/2yqeHX5
TWITTER VS FREE SPEECH Conservatives weren’t just paranoid! Social media giant Twitter admitted to the Senate that their systems hid 48% of tweets using the hashtag #DNCLeak and 25% of tweets using #PodestaEmails while just 2% of the tweets came from potentially Russian-based accounts. Twitter claims it was done to fight automation and spam from dominating their site. http://cvote.it/2ypMG20
RUSSIA & ELECTION Noah Rothman is a conservative who does not like Trump one bit. But he said Democrats are silly if they think a few goofy Facebook ads from Russians could tip the entire presidential election. http://cvote.it/2ypzeeB
MEDIA BIAS The Hill’s stupid coverage of Rick Perry’s sexual assault comment is why nobody trusts the media. http://cvote.it/2yqQpMV
FEDERAL RESERVE President Trump picks Jerome Powell to replace Janet Yellin as Fed chair. http://cvote.it/2yqfkjp
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD Here’s how you can help the Holy Souls in Purgatory. http://cvote.it/2yqepzu
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Martin de Porres – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.” (Ps 147:12) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
CATHOLIC VOTE RADIO HOUR Four fascinating new interviews in this latest podcast. We’re covering the Hollywood scandals, how the Trump administration is bypassing the UN to help Mideast Christians, and the fight over judges in the Senate. Host Stephen Herreid also sits down with Andrew Klavan, a former Hollywood screenwriter who went from apolitical Jew to conservative Christian. http://cvote.it/2ypAazD