BAKE THE CAKE OR ELSE! An Oregon court upholds $135K ruling against Christian bakers who refused to bake cake for same-sex “wedding.” http://cvote.it/2CgwwZN
DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTIONISM Just 58% of President Trump nominees have been confirmed. At this point it was 69% for President Barack Obama, 76% for President George W. Bush. http://cvote.it/2CiOxqI
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION The Trump administration is proposing new requirements that will make it harder for congressional offices to get green cards for constituents. http://cvote.it/2CiX5Oe
GREAT NEWS FROM IOWA A Planned Parenthood abortion facility is closing in Iowa today after nearly two decades. The closing is a direct result of Iowa lawmakers no longer giving $2.7 million of taxpayer funding every year to the abortion giant. http://cvote.it/2CfEHG2
SENATE 2018 President Trump tears into red-state Democrat Joe Manchin, a Senator from West Virginia who faces a tough reelection next year. “‘Hey, let’s get together, let’s do bipartisan,'” Trump said, imitating Manchin. “I say, ‘Good, let’s go.’ Then you don’t hear from him again.” Trump added: “He talks. But he doesn’t do anything.” http://cvote.it/2CjBvsW
CULTURE Bono, the frontman for U2, is in hot water for calling modern music “very girly” in Rolling Stone magazine. http://cvote.it/2ChBMfH
LGBT The transgender movement has caught many Catholics off-guard. But faithful Catholics are responding by rearticulating the Church’s teaching on sexual identity and applying it to the challenges raised by gender ideology. http://cvote.it/2CgTr7n
COLLEGE SURVIVES Thomas Aquinas College survives harrowing ‘Thomas’ fire — the worst wildfire in southern California history. http://cvote.it/2CfVb0G
FATIMA Fatima nun has 15,000 pages of evidence for beatification cause. http://cvote.it/2Cj9v8L
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Thomas Becket – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!” (Ps 96:1) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TECHNOLOGY Father Jason Signalness asks Alexa a few questions about Church history, and the answers are revealing. http://cvote.it/2ChSGLi