Rebecca Hamilton
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Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Will You Vote for Lies, Race Hatred and Fear?
President Trump is running the Republican mid-term campaign, and he has turned it into a campaign of hate and fear. In his desire to hold onto both houses of Congress for the Republicans, he has whistled every racist dog whistle known. He’s run ads describing illegal immigrants as murderers, he’s announced that → Read More
Anti-Semitism, Racism, Misogyny, Islamaphobia, Homophobia are the Devil’s Handiwork.
I may not write specifically about the latest mass shooting. I’ve been dealing with the tragic death of a close family friend, a young person who should have had their life ahead of them, and that makes this terrible tragedy too painful. I am so sorry for the lives that were taken Saturday. It echoes the shooting in → Read More
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Mail Bombs Sent to Trump Critics
The FBI came through, and it didn't take them long to do it. They have arrested a suspect in connection with the mail bombs that were sent to President Trump's critics in the past week. The suspect has been identified as Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Florida resident. President Trump followed the arrest with a → Read More
We Need to Remember What Real Presidents Do.
I'm sure that Public Catholic readers will have their faves who aren't on this list. I imagine you'll also disagree with the inclusion of one of two of those who are already on it. However, watching this is a good reminder of what real presidents do ... or did ... for this country; how much they cared about all the → Read More
Rape Survivor Confronts Man Who Laughed When Trump Mocked Dr Ford
Sexual assault survivor Cristen Hemmings did something that most rape survivors feel too vulnerable to do. She confronted one of the men who took pleasure in President Trump's mockery of Dr Christine Ford. The blackguard in question was one of Ms Hemmings' fellow Mississippi election officials. This fellow got to sit → Read More
The Fallout: How to Help Women Who Say They’re Leaving the Church
Mary Pezzulo, who blogs over at Steel Magnificat, wrote a column today addressing what not to say when someone you know says they are leaving the Church. She admonished her readers not to say that you’re glad they’re going and have they read John six. I must admit that in all my years of messing with chickens, I → Read More
Dr Christine Ford in Hiding Because of Death Threats
We have such a fine president. His leadership brings out the best of people, doesn't it? Here's an example of what rape, sexual assault and child abuse victims can expect in Trump's America. Dr Christine Ford, who courageously came forward about the attempted rape she was subjected to by Supreme Court Justice → Read More
Senator Flake Reflects on Reaction to His Call for Kavanaugh Investigation
Senator Flake on the reaction to the fact that he asked for an investigation of the charges against Judge Kavanaugh. I think it's interesting because of his reference to "tribal politics." That's actually a gentle term for the crazy partisanship we've witnessed. He went into more detail in an interview with → Read More
Our Rape Culture Runs on ‘Friends’ Who Don’t Stand Up for Victims
It turns out that the source of the New Yorker story about Judge Kavanaugh’s second assault was not the accuser herself. It was her Yale classmates who were chattering on email about Kavanaugh’s assault on Ms Ramirez and wondering if the story would “come out.” That, in the real-world of sexual assault, is what → Read More
Woman Who Signed Letter Supporting Kavanaugh Learns He Trashed Her in Raunchy Yearbook Comments
One of the co-signers of a letter defending Brett Kavanaugh has learned that he and his friends used the highschool year book as something akin to a bathroom wall … and they were writing about her. Renate Schroeder Dolphin has learned that Kavanaugh and his buds wrote comments in their yearbooks about being part of → Read More
Second Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward
A new accusation of sexual misconduct has surfaced against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. This time, it’s an allegation of exposing himself and pushing his penis into the face of a female classmate at Yale. Once again, he was drunk at the time, once he again he says it’s a lie, and once again the right-wing → Read More
Sexual Assault Groups Stop Work with Senate Over Treatment of Dr Christine Ford
Back in 1991, Senate Republicans behaved like brutes toward Anita Hill. Of course, they got away with it. Brutalizing women who have been victims of sexual assault to punish them for coming forward is a time-honored practice around the globe. It's all part of keeping them from coming forward. It's about forcing them → Read More
Did Kavanaugh and Trump Do a Deal for the Nomination?
I watched a bit of the confirmation hearings for Judge Kavanaugh this morning. Judge Kavanaugh is the current nominee for the Supreme Court. Those of us who would like to see Roe v Wade and Casey overturned are hoping that whoever becomes the next Supreme Court justice will vote to do just that. However, anyone who → Read More
Cardinal McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was prominent in the Church’s response to the clergy sex abuse crisis the United States. That was early days in the crisis. Pope John Paul II was pope, and the Vatican was still sniffing and tutting and dismissing the scandal as an overheated “American problem.” Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating was … → Read More
Californians Will Vote on Splitting State Into Three Parts
A move financed and pushed by a persistent California billionaire has finally made it onto the November ballot. This is the third attempt by venture capitalist Tim Draper to get his idea of dividing California into several smaller states onto the ballot for a vote of the people. His earlier petition attempts, which would have … → Read More
North Korea Agrees to "Work Toward Nuclear Free North Korean Peninsula"
The America/Korea Summit came and went in a flash. The result was a letter of agreement (which was obviously mostly drafted in advance) between the two nations. So far as I can see — and this is a very quick take — what we really gained was a better relationship with North Korea. The major … → Read More
What are the Top 5 Issues Congress Won't Touch?
So while Congress is positioning itself for the next election, what has it done about the problems of this country? Here are 5 urgent problems it has not addressed. What has Congress done about … 1. School safety. Remember the school shootings? What, besides yip and yap about gun control, which doesn’t address the causes … → Read More
The Irish Abortion Vote: 10 Things Pro-Life People Must Do
We lost the vote on legal abortion in Ireland. In fact, we lost by a landslide. The vote was more than 2 to 1 to legalize abortion. I don’t know anything about the inner workings of how the vote shaped up. To know that, you must be on the ground with that intuitive understanding of … → Read More
Did Former President Obama Cause the Recent Market Drop?
Sorry folks, I can’t resist this. If you’ve been following the stock market, you know that it’s dropped roughly 10% in the past few days. After claiming, from before he even took office, that the healthy (for some people) economy was due entirely to President Trump, the Trump bot media is now faced with … → Read More
My Heart Attack Did Everything It Could to Warn Me
I wrote a post for the National Catholic Register discussing my latest medical problems. Here it is. My heart attack did everything it could to warn me, short of standing up, waving its arms and giving a stadium whistle. Looking back, with that oh-so-clear 20/20 hindsight, I can see that I had been having symptoms … → Read More