by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 16, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 13, 2026 | Emails
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....
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 12, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 10, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 8, 2026 | Emails
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,...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 7, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 3, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Apr 2, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Mar 31, 2026 | Emails
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...
by Vote Common Good Team | Mar 30, 2026 | Emails
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...
