[image: image.png] *opening thoughts* “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat *Quote from Pope Leo XIV.* I like him already: ” Brothers, sisters… I speak to you, especially to those who no longer believe, no longer hope, no longer pray, because they think God has left. To those who are fed up with scandals, with misused power, with the silence of a Church that sometimes seems more like a palace than a home. I, too, was angry with God. I, too, saw good people die, children suffer, grandparents cry without medicine. And yes… there were days when I prayed and only felt an echo. But then I discovered something: God doesn’t shout. God whispers. And sometimes He whispers from the mud, from pain, from a grandmother who feeds you without having anything. I don’t come to offer you perfect faith. I come to tell you that faith is a walk with stones, puddles, and unexpected hugs. I’m not asking you to believe in everything. I’m asking you not to close the door. Give a chance to the God who waits for you without judgment. I’m just a priest who saw God in the smile of a woman who lost her son… and yet she cooked for others. That changed me. So if you’re broken, if you don’t believe, if you’re tired of the lies… come anyway. With your anger, your doubt, your dirty backpack. No one here will ask you for a VIP card. Because this Church, as long as I breathe, will be a home for the homeless, and a rest for the weary. God doesn’t need soldiers. He needs brothers. And you, yes, you… are one of them.” Robert Prevost (Leo XIV)
part one: “Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas Anjeanette DamonI cover government accountability issues at the local, state and federal level in the Southwest for Propublica part two: *Bill Curry *was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. *Harold Meyerson* is editor at large of *The American Prospect*. topics: Kamala Could Have WonShe was poised to claim the presidency, but Joe Biden and a disastrous campaign defeated her. David Hogg,a distraction or an asset HOW DO YOU SPELL CORRUPTION? C-R-Y-P-T-O FROM THE NYTimes-Enrichment By Eric Lipton Crypto $TRUMP is the family’s cryptocurrency, owned by the president and run by Donald Trump Jr. It has no inherent value beside what people will pay for it; the family describes it as a collectible — like a baseball card. But every time someone purchases a coin (currently worth about $13), the family gets a share. Recently, the president offered rewards. The top 220 buyers are invited to dinner with him next week at his Virginia golf club. The top 25 buyers also get a White House tour. The winners of the contest spent at least $174 million to buy $TRUMP coins. Through an investment firm, the United Arab Emirates put $2 billion into the Trump family’s new cryptocurrency outfit, World Liberty Financial. The company, whose leaders include Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., will make tens of millions of dollars per year from the investment. Donald Trump’s Corruption Reaches New HeightsHis “flying palace” scheme could not be more brazen. Mike Johnson Has Bonkers Defense of Trump’s Open Corruption Trump’s War on the Constitution by Bill Curry Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Frederic Bastiat, Pope Leo XIV, Texas, ProPublica, Angeanette Damoni,We Buy Ugly Houses, Ponzi scheme,Bill Curry, Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, the democratic party, Biden, Harris,Speaker Johnson, corruption, Qatar, planes, constitution, crypto
part one: “Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas Anjeanette DamonI cover government accountability issues at the local, state and federal level in the Southwest for Propublica part two: *Bill Curry *was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. *Harold Meyerson* is editor at large of *The American Prospect*. topics: Kamala Could Have WonShe was poised to claim the presidency, but Joe Biden and a disastrous campaign defeated her. David Hogg,a distraction or an asset HOW DO YOU SPELL CORRUPTION? C-R-Y-P-T-O FROM THE NYTimes-Enrichment By Eric Lipton Crypto $TRUMP is the family’s cryptocurrency, owned by the president and run by Donald Trump Jr. It has no inherent value beside what people will pay for it; the family describes it as a collectible — like a baseball card. But every time someone purchases a coin (currently worth about $13), the family gets a share. Recently, the president offered rewards. The top 220 buyers are invited to dinner with him next week at his Virginia golf club. The top 25 buyers also get a White House tour. The winners of the contest spent at least $174 million to buy $TRUMP coins. Through an investment firm, the United Arab Emirates put $2 billion into the Trump family’s new cryptocurrency outfit, World Liberty Financial. The company, whose leaders include Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., will make tens of millions of dollars per year from the investment. Donald Trump’s Corruption Reaches New HeightsHis “flying palace” scheme could not be more brazen. Mike Johnson Has Bonkers Defense of Trump’s Open Corruption Trump’s War on the Constitution by Bill Curry Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Frederic Bastiat, Pope Leo XIV, Texas, ProPublica, Angeanette Damoni,We Buy Ugly Houses, Ponzi scheme,Bill Curry, Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, the democratic party, Biden, Harris,Speaker Johnson, corruption, Qatar, planes, constitution, crypto
