Laura Horvath, Ed.D.

Director of Programs and Global Engagement at Helping Children Worldwide

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A covid vaccine study that the CDC halted over methodological concerns was published in a leading medical journal.

It found that the vaccine reduced the risk of emergency room visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half last winter. https://t.co/RhbZr6Lnma

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

OOF: The plaintiffs who unsuccessfully sued trying to stop Trump from renovating the Reflecting Pool have just uncorked a scathing update to the judge

"This is the foreseeable result of defendants’ decision to bypass the consultative process required by law and which must occur before the government can alter our nation’s most sacred spaces"

"It should go without saying, Congress required agencies to consult with experts and public before making changes to historic properties for a reason. The public is now witnessing what happens when, instead, agencies barrel ahead with ill-conceived plans in a hasty manner to meet an arbitrary deadline imposed by the White House"

[Robert Peston @Peston]

I know we’re mostly inured to Donald Trump’s disregard for institutional norms and proprieties, but pre-announcing the resignation of the prime minister of America’s supposedly most important ally is pretty extreme, even by his standards. UK ministers are genuinely and understandably shocked

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

@Jen22Colorado Stop talking about voter fraud unless you have evidence.

Make a real case for your leadership, your policies, and your plan. I’ll listen to that.

But I’m not an idiot, and I’m not wasting time on baseless conspiracy garbage.

Evidence, or stop saying it.

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

@acnewsitics Stop talking about voter fraud unless you have evidence.

Make a real case for your leadership, your policies, and your plan. I’ll listen to that.

But I’m not an idiot, and I’m not wasting time on baseless conspiracy garbage.

Evidence, or stop saying it.

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

@Mollyploofkins Stop talking about voter fraud unless you have evidence.

Make a real case for your leadership, your policies, and your plan. I’ll listen to that.

But I’m not an idiot, and I’m not wasting time on baseless conspiracy garbage.

Evidence, or stop saying it.

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

@atrupar Stop talking about voter fraud unless you have evidence.

Make a real case for your leadership, your policies, and your plan. I’ll listen to that.

But I’m not an idiot, and I’m not wasting time on baseless conspiracy garbage.

Evidence, or stop saying it. Evidence or SILENCE.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is grotesquely irresponsible.

Why do Republicans think a scandal-ridden reality-TV star was going to perform well in one of the bluest districts in the nation in a likely blue year? They liked his AI videos?

I hate the way California counts ballots, but claims of fraud requires evidence of fraud, not outcomes you don't like.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is unhinged. If a family member behaved this way, you'd worry about them. If a CEO behaved like this, the board would meet. He's living in an alternate reality and furious when a person won't indulge his fantasies.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

They didn't want to award the Capitol Police a medal or a plaque but want to reward the people who orchestrated and took part in the violence that injured me and ended my career. In the name of national reconciliation, they pardoned the same rioters who attacked us and now being rewarded for the violence they inflicted on us the officers.

They are trying to make the lives of the rioters whole or better than before they assaulted us. Yet to the officers, no apology, no compensation, no acknowledgment of the bravery and sacrifice we made to protect “each of your representatives” regardless of what party they belong.

Why did we risk our lives for then?
What a betrayal this is to us and to the rule of law days after “police week”.

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

More than 140 officers were injured defending the Capitol on January 6th.

They waited six years for the plaque in their honor to be hung in the Capitol.

They watched as Donald Trump pardoned every single one of their assailants.

Some of them can no longer work and cannot even get disability benefits.

But Donald Trump has set aside nearly $2 BILLION of your taxpayer money to pay the criminals who assaulted them.

It’s a punch in the face to every police officer in this country who puts his or her life on the line to protect us.

I support Officers Daniel Hodges and Harry Dunn in their lawsuit to stop this outrageous scheme.

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

Left: what @ProFlowers delivered to mom on Mother's Day (3 days after I'd scheduled it, and after swearing to me 2x that they had been delivered, when they had not). On the right is what I thought I'd ordered. NEVER again.

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

@ChristopherHale Disgusting.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Americans reject President Trump’s planned White House ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new poll, and they appear largely unmoved by the intensified calls from the president and his allies in Congress to allow the project to go forward. https://t.co/cSOcucywlt

[David French @DavidAFrench]

One of the saddest and most disturbing realities of the second Trump administration is the gap between the administration’s Christian rhetoric and its corrupt and lawless actions.

The administration wants all the benefits of religion and none of the burdens. It wants to be seen as godly while acting godlessly.

I’m reminded of Jesus’ words in Matthew 15: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” https://t.co/Q6cPKjFEJO

[Laura Horvath, Ed.D. @dochorvath]

Sharing the Mic https://t.co/cdNMjgXULi

[Cedars and Saints🇻🇦 @CedarsAndSaints]

“Please be careful not to use political categories to speak about faith, to speak about the Church. The Church doesn’t belong to any political party; rather, she helps form your conscience.”

Based Pope Leo! 😎

[David French @DavidAFrench]

"As a thought experiment, ask yourself how a president would behave if he believed he was clothed with divine purpose? Wouldn’t he try to expand his power beyond all previous limits? After all, he’s on a mission from God. Or maybe he thinks he’s like God? It’s hard to type those words, but that’s exactly the meaning of the image Trump shared.

Wouldn’t he feel free to start wars based on his judgment alone, based on his command alone? What is Article I of the Constitution compared with the will of the Almighty?

And wouldn’t such a man be jealous of his religious rivals in the battle for the hearts and minds of American Christians? I don’t think it’s possible to separate Trump’s public fight with Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church from his own sense of divine authority." https://t.co/LtXbfYp1Jf

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement Wednesday pushing back at JD Vance after he said Pope Leo XIV should ‘be careful’ when speaking about church teachings:

“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2308). That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.’

When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars.”

[David French @DavidAFrench]

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