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| NEW YORK BLACKOUT New York City had another major power outrage, leaving 46,000 people without power during a major heatwave. The outage came just one week after a previous blackout left 75,000 people without electricity. READ |
| MUELLER TESTIMONYHouse Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-NY, seems to have already made up his mind ahead of the expected testimony by former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday. Nadler accused President Trump of committing “high crimes and misdemeanors” on Fox News Sunday. READ |
| MEDIA MISTAKESFormer CBS journalist Sharyl Attkisson detailed 81 media mistakes during the Trump era. Some examples: Time magazine claimed that President Trump removed a bust of Martin Luther King from the Oval Office to the time that NBC alleged that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had “compromising information” on President Trump. READ |
| KEEP YOUR DOCTOR? Joe Biden has released his new healthcare proposal. But when pressed by reporter Joe Simonson, Biden couldn’t promise that Americans would be able to keep their doctors under his plan. READ |
| CITIZENSHIP TEST The Trump administration announced that the U.S. citizenship test would soon be revised to help make it a “meaningful, uniform, and efficient test.” Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the changes would be minor. READ |
| ANOTHER RACIST HOAX? A Georgia Democrat lawmaker claimed a white customer at a grocery store told her to “go back” to where she came from. Her accusations dominated social media and was spread by national media outlets. The accused man, Eric Sparkes, rejected any claims he was racist but admitted to swearing at the politician for having too many grocery items in the express lane. Sparkes himself is a lifelong Democrat. READ |
| CAMPUS NONSENSE Colorado State University updated the “Inclusive Language Guide” to discourage the use of term “America” and “American.” The guide claims that using these words “erases other cultures and depicts the United States as the dominant American country.” READ |
| JUSTICE STEVENS’ LEGACY Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, appointed by President Gerald Ford, died last week. Frustration over his liberal legacy forever changed how conservatives looked at judicial nominations. “This is perhaps one of Justice Stevens’ most surprising legacies: conservative chagrin over his record was one of the factors that led to an eventual overhaul of the Supreme Court vetting and nomination process for Republican presidents,” writes Carrie Severino, chief counsel of the Judicial Crisis Network. READ |
| MIDEAST CHRISTIANS An Iraqi archbishop says “the faith is alive” in his country, despite the previous devastation by ISIS. READ |
| BISHOP SANCTIONED The Vatican has ordered that Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, WV, that he will no longer be allowed to participate in public Masses in his former diocese. In addition, he must “make personal amends.” Bransfield allegedly harassed and assaulted seminarians and priests during his time as bishop. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY “Whether or not Saint Mary Magdalene was a notorious sinner—and she most likely was not—she was one of the women who traveled with Jesus and the Apostles, and was present at the cross. She also was the one chosen to bring the good news of the resurrection to the Apostles.” READ |
| DAILY READINGS “My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.” (Ps 63:2) READ |
| CVTV The Catholic space battle you never heard about! WATCH |
