Jeanie Hannaman

May 2, 2025

Upset About Trump’s Aggressive Deportations? Thank A Democrat, by Eddie Scarry

By: Eddie Scarry, The Federalist - If looking at the mass deportation effort by the Trump administration bothers you, remember who put us in this position... Remember when all national polls said Kamala was popular? Yeah, that’s why it’s so hard to take seriously a new CNN one showing that a majority of Americans now supposedly say the Trump administration has “gone too far … when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the United States illegally.”... I’m skeptical that even a quarter of Americans... even just one person is upset by it, they can take it up with Democrats. They’re the reason Trump has had to get creative in this whole process. ...

May 2, 2025

China’s Puzzling Influence On the Conclave, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) choose this week, during the papal interregnum, to announce the “election” of new Catholic bishops without papal approval, in apparent* violation of their secret agreement with the Vatican?... Let’s start with the most obvious explanation. The CCP realizes that the new Pope might not be as accommodating as Pope Francis. So rather than wait, nominate a candidate, and have the new Pope refuse to confirm the choice, they acted now to create a fait accompli. You can imagine the explanation: “Well, we would have asked for papal approval, but there was no Pope to ask.”

May 2, 2025

Republicans Weigh Budget Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood, Redirect Money to Pro-Life Centers, by Antonino Cambria

By Antonino Cambria, LifeSiteNews - House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated earlier this week that Republicans are considering cutting funds for abortion giants and redirecting them toward pro-life centers as part of the House budget blueprint... Johnson indicated briefly on April 29 that the reconciliation process for the latest budget blueprint has included discussion on slashing federal funding for major abortion organizations and reallocating those funds toward pro-life organizations, per OSV News. Multiple congressional Republicans have signaled support for defunding Planned Parenthood and banning abortion funding since Trump won the 2024 election.

May 2, 2025

Do You Love Me? Third Sunday of Easter, by Gayle Somers

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - St. John tells us that an appearance of Jesus at the Sea of Tiberius (also called the Sea of Galilee) was “the third time Jesus was revealed to His disciples after being raised from the dead.” As is always the case in St. John’s Gospel, there are layers of symbolism in the simple action described. The disciples have already seen the Risen Lord, but they have not yet been commissioned by Him to make disciples of all nations (see Mt. 28:15-20), nor have they received the promised Holy Spirit for the power they will need for this work (see Acts 1:4). ...