"The internet is on fire with criticism of the 12 bishops who prayed over President Trump in the Oval Office. Let me remind everyone that bishops are priests and pastors and should not have to apologize for praying over presidents. This assault on public prayer is based on a secular vision of life—not the essential evangelization required by the Gospel. Not only should we give them the space to be evaluated outside the secular political lens, they should give that grace to themselves in the face of this unwarranted criticism. “As I prayed about, I thought that this is what Catholics do. We pray for people,” said Archbishop James Golka. “No matter whether we agree or disagree on anything, we always pray for our country and leaders.” Imagine the church restricting who it could dialogue with or preach to: it would be a a history without Ambrose preaching to Theodosius; without John Paul II converting General Wojciech Jaruzelski on his death bed; without Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty befriending Nazi Herbert Kappler in prison. The right and duty to witness to figures in authority dates back to the time of Caesar. Those men all did many things worse by orders of magnitude than this leader, who has also done some things exceptionally well, whatever the honest criticism of some of his policies are. I also question the selective outrage potentially at work here. Do honest Catholics believe this outrage would exist for praying over Obama, Biden, or even George W.? These men were there as priests and they prayed as priests do. That is a win for the faith, no matter the man in the presidential chair. Archbishop Golka was right. This IS what Catholics do." – CatholicVote President & CEO Kelsey Reinhardt @catholickelsey

While Washington is raising prices on everything from gas to groceries, we’re working hard to make life more affordable for working people.

A Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him. Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution. cbsn.ws/3Ude66r

Donald Norcross compared Jeff Van Drew to Hitler at a Gloucester County rally and later apologized ebx.sh/htPyL8

"I was a United States Senator, so I know what happens in those rooms. In those rooms there are conversations that happen, where it's important for certain people to stand up and speak, to help at least encourage a certain conscience about what we should care about, in terms of the work we do in the halls of Washington D.C., and with some clarity about how it will actually play out in the streets of America."

Watch journalist Leroy Truth confront the superintendent of elections in Hudson County, Maryanne Kelleher, about alleged voter fraud. 👇 Union City has 15 schools that can be used for voting, but Mayor Brian Stack uses 10 suspicious voting trailers! This type of hard-nosed reporting would never happen with the legacy media. @DawnFantasia_NJ

Voters gave some insightful and interesting thoughts today in Morris County as New Jersey Kicks off its first day of Early in person voting. newjerseyglobe.com/local/at-…

Get this: In Hudson County, voting machine screens show two Column A's but no Column B. Democrats are on Column B. This only affects Spanish-language screens. newjerseyglobe.com/local/gli…