Those plans to cut Medicaid and SNAP you've heard about? They're being paired with plans to extend and expand tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans. Here's what that means for Kentuckians:

Medicaid in Kentucky gets absolutely hammered in the House bill--loss of $1.7 billion, 2nd-worst proportionally of all states, and lost coverage of 207,000-345,000 Kentuckians, 5th-worst among states

Our country is not only in a constitutional crisis; we are in a biblical crisis. americamagazine.org/faith/2025/05/…

Over the last 40 years, successive waves of tax legislation supposedly aimed at broadening prosperity. However, in practice, they have done little more than widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots.Editorial: One big shameful bill ncronline.org/node/302501 via NCR

It's important to call these actions what they are: evil. One estimate says Elon Musk's cuts to USAID "have already resulted in 300,000 deaths." The world's richest man has made the poor suffer even more. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opi…

Job Corps, which provides residential education and job training to low-income youth ages 16-24, is the latest administration budget cut. Kentucky centers in Prestonsburg, Morganfield and Greenville that serve over 500 young people are being shuttered.

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Cardinal McElroy: "It's right to be able to control our borders. However, what's going on now is something far beyond that. It's not only incompatible with Catholic teaching, it's inhumane and morally repugnant."

Our own Dustin Pugel (Dustin Pugel 🇺🇦) was on KET Monday discussing the harms of cutting Medicaid in Kentucky. "These cuts are real and they're going to be felt by more than the folks who are going to lose their health insurance."

Read the full report here, including recommendations on how lawmakers can begin reforming criminal legal system fines and fees in Kentucky before more lives are harmed. kypolicy.org/the-hidden-web…

Today I joined hundreds walking to the ICE field office in Detroit, motivated by a truth that flows from the Gospel: Everyone has inherent dignity. We recognize this dignity above all else and seek to bring our nation back to its roots of charity, accompaniment, and welcome.

“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.”Matthew 25:40

left: violent crime in the usa and uk (tanking) right: the share who believe crime is on the rise (steady/growing)

This is a great initiative from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Take the Cabrini Pledge. Stand with our brothers and sisters who are migrants and refugees. Make the Pledge here: usccb.org/cabrinipledge

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“Let me be clear: the Church stands with migrants. We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with a father who labors in silence for his family. We stand with a young person who dreams of safety and a better future. “Our parishes and schools will

U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore | USCCB usccb.org/news/2025/us-b…

Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record nytimes.com/interactive/20…

I was honored to file an amicus brief today in the birthright citizenship case before the U.S. Supreme Court, expressing the view of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that the president’s executive order is contrary to Catholic social teaching and immoral. Link to brief below: