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Fr. Gregory Jensen on Wisconsin’s Clergy Mandatory Reporter Act

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On August 22, Paul spoke with Fr. Gregory Jensen about pending legislation in Wisconsin which would require clergy to violate the trust with penitents by requiring them to report to the state certain confessions they hear.

Fr. Gregory Jensen

ACTON.ORG: Wisconsin Democrats Want to Hear Your Confession

“As in other states, clergy in Wisconsin are mandated reporters of suspected cases of child abuse or mistreatment. If passed the Clergy Mandatory Reporting Act would, according to one of the bill’s co-sponsors, require “that members of the clergy report any instances of child abuse, including sexual abuse, ending the loophole of unjust cover-ups and misreporting currently occurring in our state.” The “loophole” referred to is the priest-penitent privilege that exempts clergy from reporting abuse revealed solely in confession (“the seal of confession”).”

Run Sheet for Tuesday, August 27th

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You Are Here: “A Story of Hope in the Darkest of Times”

GUEST: Peter Gentile, Producer of You Are Here

When 38 planes carrying 6,500 individuals arrived at Gander, Newfoundland on 9/11, the eastern-most point of North America, the small Canadian town came together to host a group of strangers who would leave as family.

“7,000 people showed up in a community of 9,000 and stayed for four days.”

The people of Gander showcased the best in humanity. They united together as a community to not only give these strangers a place to stay, but to welcome them with love and generosity as if their unexpected visit had been joyously anticipated.

“They treated us like welcomed, invited guests,” said passenger Kevin Jung. “And I kept thinking, ‘We’re not guests!’ Guests are invited; we just fell out of the sky into their town.”

“You Are Here,” from award-winning producer Peter Gentile, will show in nearly 800 U.S. movie theaters as a one-night event on September 11, 2019.

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WSJ: Americans Have Shifted Dramatically on What Values Matter Most

  • Views varied sharply by age. Among people 55 and older, for example, nearly 80% said patriotism was very important, compared with 42% of those ages 18-38—the millennial generation and older members of Gen-Z. Two-thirds of the older group cited religion as very important, compared with fewer than one-third of the younger group.
  • “There’s an emerging America where issues like children, religion and patriotism are far less important. And in America, it’s the emerging generation that calls the shots about where the country is headed,” said Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt.

CT: Study: Babylon Bee’s Satire Gets Shared by People Who Think It’s Real

CT: Screens Are Changing the Way We Read Scripture

AP: Buttigieg making faith-based appeal to voters in 2020 bid

Mike the Cop Speaks

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On Monday, August 26, Paul spoke with YouTube sensation Mike the Cop about the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality calling for the firing of a white police officer in Royal Oak who responded to a call by a white woman who reported a black man acting suspiciously around her (story linked below).

Paul’s conversation with Mike the Cop

Who Ya’ Gonna Call . . . . . ?

Guest: Mike the Cop

Mike The Cop began his law enforcement career in 2009. After beginning to create social media content in 2014 he co-founded Humanizing the Badge and subsequently the Call for Backup Campaign.

DETROIT NEWS: Group seeks firing of Royal Oak officer who stopped black man

NY TIMES: Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired

  • “…the Staten Island district attorney and the Justice Department declined to charge him with a crime…”
  • “The unintended consequence of Mr. Garner’s death must have a consequence of its own,” Commissioner O’Neill said. “It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.”

CBS PHILLY: Crowd Taunts Philadelphia Police Officers, Laugh At Them In Midst Of Gunfire During Standoff In Nicetown-Tioga

CBS NEWS: Videos show NYPD officers being doused with water, pelted with buckets while responding to calls

Run Sheet for Monday, August 26th

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Who Ya’ Gonna Call . . . . . ?

Guest: Mike the Cop

Mike The Cop began his law enforcement career in 2009. After beginning to create social media content in 2014 he co-founded Humanizing the Badge and subsequently the Call for Backup Campaign.

DETROIT NEWS: Group seeks firing of Royal Oak officer who stopped black man

NY TIMES: Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired

  • “…the Staten Island district attorney and the Justice Department declined to charge him with a crime…”
  • “The unintended consequence of Mr. Garner’s death must have a consequence of its own,” Commissioner O’Neill said. “It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.”

CBS PHILLY: Crowd Taunts Philadelphia Police Officers, Laugh At Them In Midst Of Gunfire During Standoff In Nicetown-Tioga

CBS NEWS: Videos show NYPD officers being doused with water, pelted with buckets while responding to calls

SHAKA SENGHOR: When We Remove The Masks We Wear: A story of two black men and a white police officer

INDEPENDENT UK: Black man convinces 200 Ku Klux Klansmen to leave white supremacist group by befriending them

CELEBRATE LIFE MAG: She’s come this far by faith: The unstoppable Jessica Long

RNS: Pastor of church which was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history is running for office

WSJ: Americans Have Shifted Dramatically on What Values Matter Most

  • Views varied sharply by age. Among people 55 and older, for example, nearly 80% said patriotism was very important, compared with 42% of those ages 18-38—the millennial generation and older members of Gen-Z. Two-thirds of the older group cited religion as very important, compared with fewer than one-third of the younger group.
  • “There’s an emerging America where issues like children, religion and patriotism are far less important. And in America, it’s the emerging generation that calls the shots about where the country is headed,” said Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt.

NYT: A Love Letter to Neighborhood Bookshops

  • “Amazon has demonstrated no gift for creating anything like such a store, and that’s in part because independent bookstores don’t operate according to the normal rules of capitalism. They aren’t trying to beat each other. They aren’t even trying to beat Amazon. They’re creating communities — cozy places to beat the heat or come in from the cold. An independent bookstore is a place where someone comes around the register as soon as you walk in the door and says, “You have to read this; it has your name all over it!”

HOUR DETROIT: 9 Independent Book Stores Worth a Visit in Metro Detroit​

CT: Study: Babylon Bee’s Satire Gets Shared by People Who Think It’s Real

CT: Screens Are Changing the Way We Read Scripture

AP: Buttigieg making faith-based appeal to voters in 2020 bid

Run Sheet for Thursday, August 22

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ACTON.ORG: Wisconsin Democrats Want to Hear Your Confession

“As in other states, clergy in Wisconsin are mandated reporters of suspected cases of child abuse or mistreatment. If passed the Clergy Mandatory Reporting Act would, according to one of the bill’s co-sponsors, require “that members of the clergy report any instances of child abuse, including sexual abuse, ending the loophole of unjust cover-ups and misreporting currently occurring in our state.” The “loophole” referred to is the priest-penitent privilege that exempts clergy from reporting abuse revealed solely in confession (“the seal of confession”).”

Fr. Gregory Jensen

CT: The Rise of the Bible-Teaching, Plato-Loving, Homeschool Elitists

“…Western society today is increasingly eager to cut itself off from both its Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman roots. America’s elite universities, and increasingly non-elite ones, have rapidly jettisoned requirements for courses in Western thought…”

“If the country is preparing to enter a type of second Dark Ages devoid of classical thought, another unlikely group of people is arising to preserve the Great Books of the Western intellectual tradition: conservative evangelical Christians.”

“It has been the Presbyterians and other Calvinists who have lit the way in classical Christian education.”

Dr. Louis Markos

Who Ya’ Gonna Call . . . . . ?

DETROIT NEWS: Group seeks firing of Royal Oak officer who stopped black man

NY TIMES: Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired

  • “…the Staten Island district attorney and the Justice Department declined to charge him with a crime…”
  • “The unintended consequence of Mr. Garner’s death must have a consequence of its own,” Commissioner O’Neill said. “It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.”

CBS PHILLY: Crowd Taunts Philadelphia Police Officers, Laugh At Them In Midst Of Gunfire During Standoff In Nicetown-Tioga

CBS NEWS: Videos show NYPD officers being doused with water, pelted with buckets while responding to calls

Mike the Cop

DAVID FRENCH: A Michigan Court Case Shows the Right of Armed Self-Defense Is Broader Than You Might Think

CT: Study: Babylon Bee’s Satire Gets Shared by People Who Think It’s Real

The Last Trump. . . .
Headlines related to President Trump from various media sources.

There is no media bias, I tell you! . . .

Trump says, “I am the chosen one.” Media goes nuts.
Newsweek portrays Obama as Messiah. Not a peep.