u/Iamnotbernadette

“In our diversity we find unity not in ties of blood, like so many other nations, but in the principles that have forged us as a people.”

“Patriotism rooted in the founding principles of our nation is a profoundly aspirational patriotism, never content with limitations on fundamental human rights. In this way, it correlates with Catholic social doctrine which continually seeks reform and is never complacent. It is a mission which never diminishes and never ends for us as Catholics and as citizens of the United States.”

https://www.cathstan.org/voices/text-of-cardinal-mcelroys-homily-the-meaning-of-patriotism-as-we-celebrate-our-nations-birth

9 antifascist Salesian priests martyred in Dachau and Auschwitz were beatified on 6 June.

Pope Leo XIV, speaking after the Angelus prayer June 14 recalled the newly beatified, saying, "All were beatified as martyrs, as victims of the persecution by totalitarian regimes because of their fidelity to Christ."

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Thousands of priests were arrested, imprisoned or killed during the war. "Anyone who preserved the identity of a nation, anyone who strengthened its spirit and unity, was inconvenient for an occupier," Bartocha said. "Young people who were given dignity, freedom and a sense of identity are not what an oppressor wanted."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/pope-leo-praises-newly-beatified-salesian-martyrs-killed-their-fidelity-christ

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/new-jersey-primary-election-2026-voters-20260602.html

"When the final figures are in, predicted Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, statewide turnout was likely to have fallen below that of 2025 and 2024, when about 20% of the eligible voters cast ballots."

2020 was a lot higher for the nj02 district, I think not because Amy Kennedy was running but because people were mad that JVD switched parties. They would have turned out for anyone is my guess.

I wonder if south NJ in any district could have much better reps if we could get more people to bother to vote.

https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/new-jersey-primary-results-us-house/#2

I believe that this district can be flipped this election cycle. There are signs all over the country that support this!!

There are three great LOCAL candidates who all have different strengths to bring to the table and could represent NJ02 with integrity. Terri Reese, Tim Alexander, and Zachary Mullock.

Pope Leo is expected to stay the course that Pope Francis set, marking a needed and important shift away from the obsessive and weird focus on sexual morality.

> >Leo was more explicit last month. When a reporter on the papal plane returning from a trip to Africa asked him about a controversy over the blessing of gay couples by priests, Leo said: “We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.”

>His response dismayed and even infuriated many social conservatives, both Catholic and Protestant. But Leo was not forging some new doctrine. On the contrary, he was articulating an older tradition of placing justice above personal chastity. “This statement would have seemed perfectly banal to a theologian of the late 16th century,” Jean-Pascal Gay, a professor of Christian history at the Catholic University of Louvain, wrote in the Catholic newspaper La Croix. “In 2026, it has become almost subversive.”

Gift Link

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/opinion/pope-leo-encyclical-ai-social-doctrine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.xSv3.GDjYTCSlJ8kp&smid=url-share

Register here - https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voter-registration.shtml

A super PAC based in North Jersey that is funded by god knows who is meddling in south Jersey. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-jersey-playbook/2026/04/24/super-pacs-are-popping-up-in-van-drews-district-00889957

They're backing up /u/BaylyWindernj2 who 1. Won't answer questions about his millionaire and billionaire donors who are invested in AI, crypto, and data centers 2. Moved here less than 1 year ago 3. Has lied extensively about his career and experience.

This is the very type of dark money we need rooted out completely from politics from all parties. Let's get one of the three good candidates elected.

Terri Reese

Zack Mullock

Tim Alexander

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Bayly Winder /u/BaylyWindernj2 is also illegally manipulating the election by redboxing on his website.

You can see the redbox here - https://winderforcongress.com/why-bayly/

This guy is so full of shit that I am having a hard time understanding why anyone is taking him serious. He is not against Citizen's United, he's not only FOR it he benefits from it!!

More about his dark money and election meddling here - https://njdemocrat.substack.com/p/super-pac-backs-winder-in-cd-02-congressional