Email Archive

Like Leo said: Power is not an end but a ​means toward ⁠the common good Friends,   Pope Leo has now warned of democracies sliding into “majoritarian tyranny.”   Pretty easy to guess who he's talking about.   In a ​letter issued by the...

Trump sent Vance to save his guy in Europe. It didn't work. Friends,   I keep getting a version of the same question — does this work? Can we actually beat this? Because it often feels like Trump, MAGA, and Christian Nationalism have the momentum.  ...

Democrats are just catching up. Here's what that looked like in New Orleans. Friends,   Yesterday was invigorating! The DNC held its spring meeting in New Orleans, and I participated in a session on interfaith leadership in politics. They gave us an hour and a...

Here's what I told them — and where I'm headed next. Friends,   Reuters this week reported on Trump's increasing use of religious rhetoric to rile support for his Iran war and the Christian Nationalists amplifying his message.   The article quotes me...

Would your group like to hear from me? Friends,   This morning, I spent an hour on Zoom with a group called Seniors Taking Action — seniors who show up every week to write postcards, phone bank, and register voters because, in their words, when seniors act,...

Trump said a whole civilization will die tonight. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling it evil. Friends,   This morning, the President of the United States posted this on Truth Social:   "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back...

The Trump administration doesn't get to define these traditions. Friends,   Today is Good Friday, and we're in the middle of Passover. For many people in my life, this is a sacred week.   Both traditions ask the same basic question: what do you do when the...

Now we finish the job… Friends,   Pam Bondi was fired today.   She was the Attorney General whose DOJ obstructed state investigators trying to find out who was responsible for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in the streets of my hometown of...

The quarter ends at midnight and the road ahead is long… Friends,   Eight million people showed up to No Kings protests last weekend. The Pope stood in St. Peter's Square and rebuked MAGA Christianity in front of the world.   Minnesota is suing the federal...

God doesn't listen to the prayers of those who wage war… Friends,   Yesterday, in front of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV stood up on Palm Sunday and delivered a direct rebuke of MAGA Christianity — from the steps of the...

We were right there with them… Friends,   Yesterday, at least 8 million people showed up to No Kings protests. More than 3,300 events across all 50 states and nearly every continent. Organizers are calling it the largest single-day nonviolent protest in modern...

"I love you more than you could ever hate me." Friends,   The dangerous rhetoric and actions of this administration continue to shock the American people. Pete Hegseth's pastor prays "that God kills" Common Good candidate James Talarico.   This is Brooks...

Her car is sitting in a federal warehouse, unexamined… Friends,   Minnesota investigators have a court-ordered warrant for Renee Good's car.   It's sitting in a federal storage facility a few miles from my house in Minneapolis — locked away,...

Faith communities belong in the middle of this Friends,   There is always hope in this world. There are always things we can do to make things better. That’s why Vote Common Good is an official sponsoring organization of the No Kings rallies happening this...

He closed an official war briefing with a prayer. In Jesus' name... Friends,   As a person of faith, I was again sickened by what I heard from this administration at the end of today's Pentagon press briefing on the Iran war. Pete Hegseth looked into the camera...

He said he cannot in good conscience support it... Friends,   In a move that shocked the nation, Trump's own counterterrorism director quit yesterday.   Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center — nominated by Trump and confirmed...

War is not holy. MAGA Christianity is not the way… Friends,   Pope Leo didn't mince words this week.   The first American pope — speaking to a world in the grip of war — asked our leaders sending bombs into Iran a pointed, personal question:...

Seat by seat, we’re taking the People’s House back Friends,   First: thank you. Because of you, a dozen Candidates for the Common Good swept victories last week. From Texas and Arkansas to North Carolina, Vote Common Good candidates for the Common Good won their...

This is Christian Nationalism, and it has consequences… Friends,   Six American soldiers were brought home in flag-draped coffins on Saturday. The death toll has since risen to eight.   Their commander-in-chief sent them to fight an unconstitutional war...

You made this conversation possible... Friends,   The New York Times covered James Talarico's campaign this morning, citing a Vote Common Good event where he made the case against Christian Nationalism from inside the church.   It's the kind of coverage...

Her replacement is terrifying... Friends,   Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today.   She's brought nothing but chaos and terror to our country for 13...

Friends,   Last night, James Talarico — a Common Good candidate — won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas. Now we go to work.   We've been working with James’ campaign since the Fall. We saw what happened when more than 1,000...

Friends,   We are now facing militarized Christian Nationalism.   On Monday morning, as U.S. and Israeli bombs were falling on Tehran, a combat unit commander stood before his noncommissioned officers for a briefing.   He told them Trump’s war on...

Friends,   While America was sleeping and without the approval of Congress, Donald Trump launched a war on Iran.   From Mar-a-Lago, he released a video confirming "major combat operations in Iran," citing "imminent threats" to justify the strikes.   The...

Friends,   This November, the people who built these detention centers and locked babies inside them are going to ask voters to keep them in power. We’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen. These aren't calls from a war zone. These calls are from...

Friends,   Yesterday, the ACLU released a report that every one of you needs to hear about.   When Operation Metro Surge ended in Minnesota, many people exhaled. And honestly, that made sense.   Two months of sustained pressure from faith communities,...

Friends,   Today, the Washington Post broke a story I've been dreading.   Pro-Trump activists are circulating a 17-page draft executive order — they say they're doing it in coordination with the White House. And if Trump signs it, it could be the most...

Friends,   On Saturday, I proudly stood with the Collier County Free Indivisible SWFL community in Naples, Florida, and said what I know is true — what's happening in this country has nothing to do with immigration policy.   We are dealing with a...

Friends,   Last week, we cautiously celebrated the end of ICE’s Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. It was a real win after two months of sustained resistance from faith communities, neighbors, and organizers.   Together, we said the pressure worked....

Friends,   Right before the new year, we asked you to take a few minutes and tell us where Vote Common Good should focus in 2026.   The response was incredible! Nearly 900 of you answered the survey.   We asked what concerns you most about threats to...

Friends,   It finally came out in the Department of Justice files.   Steve Bannon wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in June 2019 saying: "Will take down Francis. The Clintons, Xi, Francis, EU – come on brother."

Friends,   At midnight tonight, the Department of Homeland Security will shut down.   DHS isn't shutting down because of a typical budget fight over spending levels — it's because Senate Democrats are refusing to fund these agencies until there are...

Friends,   After two months of terrorizing our communities, after killing two innocent people, after arresting over 4,000 Minnesotans, border czar Tom Homan announced this morning that Operation Metro Surge is ending.   They said they're leaving...

Friends,   Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is using MAGA Christianity to justify mass deportations, calling it the "Biblical case for border security."   Meanwhile, thousands of clergy are in the streets getting arrested, opening sanctuary, and standing...

Renee Good and Alex Pretti deserve justice Friends,   Today, we're joining a campaign launched by COL (Ret.) Adam Miller, candidate for Congress in Ohio's 15th District, along with partners like Progressive Democrats of America, Turn Left, Arsenal — and...

Friends,   This morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, a blatantly Christian Nationalist event posing as a nonpartisan event, Donald Trump told the room: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat…I don't know why they're here."

VCG,   I was just interviewed for an article in The Bulwark about Don Lemon getting arrested for reporting on protesters inside a church.   The Trump Administration claims the protesters violated federal laws meant to protect churches from having their...