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Catholic League’s Annual NYT Ad In Support Of Pedophile Priests

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Claiming, “the issue is homosexuality, not pedophilia,” the Catholic League — which is essentially a one-man shop named Bill Donohue — today published its annual New York Times ad supporting pedophile priests. The ad, mockingly titled, “Straight Talk About The Catholic Church,” never states that sexual abuse of children by members of the Catholic Church is abhorrent, and actually asks, “Why are priests being singled out when the sexual abuse of minors among other segments of the population is ongoing today?,” without ever understanding the actual answer.

In the huge, 2358 word advertorial, 63-year old Catholic League president Donohue asks, “How often has the Church been ripped for following the advice of psychiatrists who thought they could ‘fix’ molesters?,” and says that because “the New York Times found that the practice of moving abusers around who work in New York’s state-run homes is commonplace,” that it should be OK for the Catholic Church to do the same.

One year ago, the Catholic League also published an advertiorial, titled, “Going for the Vatican Jugular,”  in support of the Vatican and the Pope over their ongoing pedophile priests scandal. The ad blasted, among others, the New York Times, stating, as Donohue often does, “The Times continues to editorialize about the ‘pedophilia crisis,’ when all along it’s been a homosexual crisis.”

 


Donohue mistakenly compares apples with oranges, and gets lemonade. In an illogical and offensive attempt to shield Catholic Church hierarchy, he writes, “Planned Parenthood counselors routinely learn about cases of statutory rape; mandatory reporting would obviously work against their clients’ interests.” But priests are not clients of their supervisors. They are employees, and subject to the law just as everyone else is. Supervisors of priests are not counsellors, they are not mental health professionals, who, rightly, are required to report any abuse if it could be ongoing.

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“There is a huge difference between an accusation, a credible accusation, a substantiated accusation and a finding of guilt. But not when it applies to priests,” Donohue writes, adding, “Quite frankly, it is more acceptable in our society today to defend the rights of Gitmo detainees than Catholic priests.” Donohue, misunderstanding fact, and misunderstanding that Gitmo detainees are being detained, (and, if reports are/were true, tortured,) forgets to mention that priests, regardless of guilt or innocence, are allowed to walk the streets and continue with their lives as they please.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey from April, 2010 found just 35% of Americans have a favorable view of the pope, and only 59% of American Catholics did.

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Donohue boldly and baldly accuses gay men — not pedophile priests — of the abhorrent sexual and emotional abuse, molestation, and rape of young boys and girls. Yes, girls are molested and raped by priests too, a fact Donohue conveniently leaves out.

As Wayne Besen, founder of Truth Wins Out writes today, “Interestingly, Donohue never tried to explain why there isn’t an avalanche of multi-million dollar sexual abuse lawsuits in LGBT neighborhoods, churches, and community centers – as there are in Catholic dioceses.”

“Bill Donohue’s blame game is a disgraceful attempt to deflect criticism from the Catholic Church’s poor handling of many sexual abuse cases against minors,” Besen says, adding, “He ought to be ashamed of himself for serving as an apologist for gross misdeeds in the Catholic Church. Instead of showing humility, Donohue is trying to humiliate and bully abuse victims and look for scapegoats.”

The issue is not homosexuality, it is pedophilia. And it is disgusting, offensive, and abhorrent that Donohue claims to speak for America’s Catholics, who themselves appear to be disgusted by the Vatican’s stance and lack of action.

TPM notes “According to The New York Times, the standard lowest rate available for groups and non-profits for a one-page ad is $52,030.”

 

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Republicans Scuttled Trump Health Care Fix Because They Felt ‘Left Out’: Report

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President Donald Trump was set to announce a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, as soon as Monday, to help fix Obamacare premiums that are set to skyrocket, but the White House pulled the announcement and delayed its plans in part because House Republicans reportedly felt “left out.”

The Trump White House is now delaying announcing any health care plan — it “will not be this week,” reported PBS Newshour’s Lisa Desjardins.

“This as Republican members of Congress, including senior members,” Desjardins wrote, “expressed outrage at being left out of any process on what they all know is a critical issue – affecting huge #s of constituents.”

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Desjardins added that House Republicans are directing their anger not only at the White House but at Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

“This has been quickly rising and the idea of a WH-only sudden [health care] plan has rank and file fuming at their leader,” she added.

The Trump White House also delayed announcing any fix because House Republicans do not want to extend the Obamacare subsidy premiums, which the president’s plan would have done.

In response to pressure from the House GOP, Trump reportedly pulled the announcement.

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MS NOW’s Jake Traylor reported on Monday, “White House to delay healthcare proposal after significant congressional backlash.”

“According to two White House officials,” Traylor noted, “the announcement has been delayed, with one of those officials citing strong congressional backlash to Trump’s proposed plan.”

Some Democrats blasted Republicans for the delay.

“Yet another delay while Republicans wait to see if a health care plan will fall from the sky,” wrote U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

House Ways and Means Democrats added, “BREAKING: The 15 year waiting period for the GOP health care plan will NOT end today.”

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GOP Lawmaker Suggests US ‘About to Go In’ to Venezuela for Oil

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A Republican congresswoman says that the United States is about to “go in” to Venezuela and suggests one of the reasons is oil.

“The U.S. is considering dropping leaflets in Venezuela as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, sources say,” CBS News reported.

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) told Fox Business on Monday that she expects that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will succumb to U.S. pressure and step down.

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The Fox Business host told Salazar, “I would love to see a change in government. The dictators there rely on Venezuelan oil, but at the same time, a lot of Americans don’t want actual U.S. participation in regime change in Venezuela. They would much prefer the Venezuelans to do it on their own.”

“Maduro is not a brave boy,” said Salazar, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“So now that he has understood that he’s on that very nefarious list of the terrorist organizations, that the airspace above Venezuela has been closed off, and the commercial airlines from the United States are not flying, he’s understanding that we’re about to go in,” Salazar declared.

“He understands that he is, he has been our enemy for the last 25 years,” she noted, before explaining her thoughts on why the U.S. should “go in” to Venezuela.

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“Venezuela, for those Americans who do not understand why we need to go in — for three, basically for three reasons,” she said.

“Venezuela, for the American oil companies, will be a field day, because it will be more than a trillion dollars in economic activity. American companies can go in and fix all the oil pipe, the whole oil rigs, and everything that has to do with the Venezuelan petroleum companies, or everything that has to do with oil and the derivatives.”

She went on to say, “We’re going to be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who want to be free.”

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Trump Was Set to Announce Health Care Fix but Republicans Objected: Report

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President Donald Trump was expected to announce as soon as Monday a long-awaited fix for the expiring Obamacare subsidies, to prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing to double and in some cases even triple their current levels, but congressional Republicans reportedly have objected.

Trump was prepared to extend the subsidies for two more years, according to multiple reports including from MS NOW‘s Jake Traylor and Politico.

Traylor had reported that the president would be calling on Congress to send him legislation that would halt the Obamacare premium spikes.

“The announcement is expected to occur at the White House, and is slated to feature remarks from Trump and Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,” Traylor had reported on Sunday.

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Also on Sunday, Politico had reported that “The White House expects to soon unveil a health policy framework that includes a two-year extension of Obamacare subsidies due to expire at the end of next month and new limits on eligibility, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the unannounced plans.”

Trump has on his Monday schedule a 4 PM Oval Office executive order signing scheduled. It is unclear if that was to be for the extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.

Now, Traylor reports, “White House to delay healthcare proposal after significant congressional backlash.”

“According to two White House officials the announcement has been delayed, with one of those officials citing strong congressional backlash to Trump’s proposed plan. Trump planned to make an announcement as early as Monday proposing a framework to address health care costs which included an extension of Obamacare subsides.”

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Monday afternoon, CNBC reported that “Republicans are proposing direct Health Savings Account payments to ACA enrollees rather than extending enhanced premium tax credits.”

“The White House is expected to make an announcement this week addressing efforts to either renew or replace the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,” CNBC added, appearing to make clear any decision has yet to be set in stone.

Bobby Kogan, Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy at American Progress, responded to Traylor’s reporting:

“It’s because congressional Republicans want the enhanced subsidies to expire,” Kogan wrote. “That’s why they didn’t extend them in [the One Big Beautiful Bill Act], and that’s why they kept calling them a ‘December problem’ even though open enrollment [began] on November 1.”

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