SOG Nikon

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today’s world needs the marital covenant in order to know and welcome God’s love, and to overcome the forces that break down relationships and societies, through its unifying and reconciling power.

[Cardinal Dolan @CardinalDolan]

We're in June already! June is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis encouraged all of us to be close to that heart, which beats with love, compassion, mercy, and salvation for all of us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place all our trust in Thee! All for Thee, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. @thegnewsroom

[The Good Newsroom @thegnewsroom]

In his video today, @CardinalDolan explains the significance of the devotion to Mary as Our Lady of Good Counsel.

[The Good Newsroom @thegnewsroom]

One day after Pope Leo XIV was elected, @CardinalDolan speaks to The Good Newsroom audiences from the North American College.

Watch the video here: https://t.co/3XWfWHJ1z4

[Cardinal Dolan @CardinalDolan]

Habemus Papam! I’m honored as a disciple of Jesus Christ, as a priest, Bishop, and Cardinal to have been a big part of it. It’s a great moment of exhilaration, hope, and promise for the Church!
@thegnewsroom

[Maryland Shall Issue @MD_Shall_Issue]

Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond held oral argument in Kipke/Novotny v. Moore, which is our legal challenge to SB1. That legislation severely restricted the right to carry by permit holders. We are grateful for this opportunity to present our views to the the court and look forward to a decision soon. Here is a link to the argument. Oral arguments for our case start at the one hour mark:
https://t.co/r3t81BfzMH

[Murray 🇺🇸 @Rothbard1776]

When life imitates art 😂

[K-Romulus @K_Romulus]

Lawsuit is garbage. To buy a handgun, first need MD handgun qual license. To buy 2+ handguns in 30 days, also need approved Designated Collector status with MSP. Dealer has to register each sale with MSP & wait for bckrd check approval . So registered collectors can’t buy now?

[Maryland Shall Issue @MD_Shall_Issue]

The Fourth Circuit today rejected our constitutional challenge to Maryland's Handgun Qualification License requirement, holding that the law did not even infringe on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. We believe that holding is contrary to controlling Supreme Court precedent and is plainly wrong as a matter of common sense. The majority opinion is, in the words of the dissent, "baseless." The petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court practically writes itself.

https://t.co/DdN6Prox7h

[SOG Nikon @SOG_Nikon]

@DorameDeano So sorry for your loss. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let Your perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed
rest in peace.

[The American College of Pediatricians @ACPeds]

"Transition affirmation is not proven to be safe or effective long term. It does not reduce suicides. It does not repair mental health issues or trauma." Dr. Andre Van Mol of ACPeds. Sign the declaration today at https://t.co/fcWgwBExnp

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

The American College of Pediatricians just put out a 🔥🔥🔥 statement calling out all the major medical associations by name for pushing the gender transition craze on kids.

They ask for these groups to "IMMEDIATELY stop the promotion of social affirmation, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for children and adolescents who experience distress over their biological sex."

The full @ACPeds statement ⬇️

"Therefore, given the recent research and the revelations of the harmful approach advocated by WPATH and its followers in the United States, we, the undersigned, call upon the medical professional organizations of the United States, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the  Endocrine Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to follow the science and their European professional colleagues and immediately stop the promotion of social affirmation, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for children and adolescents who experience distress over their biological sex.  Instead, these organizations should recommend comprehensive evaluations and therapies aimed at identifying and addressing underlying psychological co-morbidities and neurodiversity that often predispose to and accompany gender dysphoria. We also encourage the physicians who are members of these professional organizations to contact their leadership and urge them to adhere to the evidence-based research now available.”

They link to MANY studies on their site: https://t.co/Rjw4geZVvI

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

"Is it my imagination, or have you and your podcast become more political? I enjoyed the interview with @Riley_Gaines_ but was really surprised to see you “go there,” and speak so candidly about such a politically charged topic." Carol Marks

Hi Carol.
It’s your imagination.

Your question reminds of a common refrain I hear nowadays from friends of mine on both sides of the aisle. “I didn’t leave my party, my party left me!” I can sympathize. In this case, I would tell you that I haven’t become any more political than I’ve ever been – but everything around me certainly has. Or maybe, everything has just become more controversial, and therefore everything feels more political?

Either way, the facts surrounding Riley’s ordeal are not in dispute. She and her teammates were told by the NCAA to either compete with a man or quit the sport they loved. They were told to either share a locker room with a man or seek professional psychiatric help. They were also told that failing to accept the swimmer formerly known as Will Thomas as a woman, might result in his suicide, and that his blood would be on their hands.

For daring to question the fairness of these decisions, Riley Gaines was branded a bigot and a transphobe. She was attacked by protestors at San Francisco State and held against her will for several hours. Her captors were not punished. In fact, they were congratulated by the administrators at the college.

It's also important to know that Riley Gaines never suggested to me that adults be denied the right to identify as a member of the opposite sex or take whatever steps they wish to take in order to facilitate a physical transition. We both support that right, even if we don’t support the idea that taxpayers should pay for it, or that minors should be allowed to proceed with irreversible surgeries without their parent’sconsent. But mostly, we both believe that it’s fundamentally unfair to allow men to compete against women, and deeply troubling that so many otherwise sensible Americans stood by and said nothing, as the NCAA made a mockery of Title IX, and ran roughshod over decades of hard-fought women’s rights.

As I said to her on the podcast, Riley Gaines reminds me of the kid in The Emperor’s New Clothes - the only one in the crowd to point out the obvious fact that the man parading before them was stark naked, while the townspeople pretended, he wasn’t. Just like the townspeople in America who pretended that Lea Thomas was a woman, simply because he changed his name and claimed to be one. Even when he leapt from a ranking of #462 as "Will," to #1 as "Lea," the townspeople just couldn't see the difference between him, and the women he so completely and totally dominated. Even when the townspeople saw with their own eyes, a telltale bulge in the women’s bathing suit he wore on the podium, they still applauded the emperor's new clothes, and congratulated him for his great triumph.

Those townspeople will not be remembered for their politics, Carol. They'll be remembered for their cowardice. Just as Riley Gaines will be remembered for her courage.

Our whole conversation is here, https://t.co/b73KGUw7sn or on @Apple, and @Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

Her book, Swimming Against the Current, is terrific, and worth your time. https://t.co/8Ni9lcVNmb

[Philip Van Cleave VCDL @VCDL_ORG]

@MomsDemand You bet! I’ll be wearing these:

https://t.co/j6vlKzhd2X

[Philip Van Cleave VCDL @VCDL_ORG]

@GIFFORDS_org Now if we can just go after the gun-control lobby for their frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

[Maryland Shall Issue @MD_Shall_Issue]

Today we filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court challenging as unconstitutional under the First Amendment Anne Arundel County's law coercing local FFLs to display and distribute the County's "suicide prevention" and "conflict resolution" literature to every customer. In what should be viewed as a smear against gun owners everywhere, the County apparently believes that gun owners are uniquely in need of this literature as if, somehow, the mere presence of a firearm or ammunition makes gun owners more likely to commit suicide or engage in violence. We shall see what the Supreme Court says about that.

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

25 yr old pizza delivery man runs into burning house, saves four children who tell him another might be in the house. He goes back in, finds the girl, jumps out a window with her, and carries her to a cop who captures the moment on his bodycam.

[Cardinal Dolan @CardinalDolan]

Do you know why nine days of prayer are called a novena? The first novena occurred when the Apostles and our Blessed Mother prayed for the gift of the Holy Spirit for nine days after Jesus returned to Heaven on Ascension Thursday. @thegnewsroom

[Florida’s Voice @FLVoiceNews]

WATCH: Ron DeSantis reacts to protestors shouting at him "From the River to the Sea" at a press conference in UF last week

"I think the more they open their mouth - I think they look like a horse's patoot."