Developing mental strength during hard times isn't about acting tough or ignoring how we feel. Dr Amy Morin says
mental muscle is more about:

- learning how to regulate our thoughts
- learning how to manage our emotions
- learning how to behave productively
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At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’ (RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.

“We are grieved when we meet parents who fear being detained when taking their children to school and when we try to console family members who have already been separated from their loved ones," the bishops wrote.
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'Wow': Experts stunned as judge finds DHS offered 'egregious' lies about major operation A judge on Thursday hit the Trump administration with a massive opinion in which she laid out numerous lies from DHS.Politico's Josh Gerstein reported earlier in the day that Judge Sara Ellis issued a "233(!)-page opinion backing the now-stayed preliminary injunction she issued limiting federal tact...

A judge on Thursday hit the Trump administration with a massive opinion in which she laid out numerous lies from DHS.Politico's Josh Gerstein reported earlier in the day that Judge Sara Ellis issued a "233(!)

Thank you Mary Bruce for being a real journalist.

Pope Leo calls out 'extremely disrespectful' treatment of migrants in the U.S. The U.S.-born pope has spoken out several times against his native country's treatment of migrants in the U.S.

The U.S.-born pope has spoken out several times against his native country's treatment of migrants in the U.S. n.pr/4i4exY4

🚨 Kudos to Mary Bruce from ABC News for having the guts to ask the porcine POTUS about his family profiteering from his presidency & asking Saudi crown prince about orchestrating the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. 👏

I love her attitude

ABC’S MARY BRUCE: “Why wait for Congress? Why not just release the files?”

TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”

(TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)

The GOAT Award goes to Mary Bruce of ABC NEWS! What she did today was totally and unequivocally awesome and amazing! I saw it live. ABC should give her a goddamn raise for this.

Yes

The journalist who asked is Mary Bruce.

Kudos to her for asking.

Are food stamps the great distractor?

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes “Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to ‘break the law’ in Caribbean strikes trib.al/6d2ADCI

Katie Miller is threatening the citizenship of a critic | Arwa Mahdawi Threatening to deport your critics, even those with US citizenship, seems to have become Maga policy

Katie Miller is threatening the citizenship of a critic | Arwa Mahdawi

Go Jays !

He’s fun and helpful

YouTube video by Tod Maffin America didn’t send us their best

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Shirish Date White House correspondent for Huffington Post

Shirish Dáte is a senior White House correspondent at HuffPost.

He's been around a long time. He was also an editor at NPR's Washington desk.

When Trump said he would meet with Putin in Budapest, Dáte is the one who asked who had recommended Budapest for a meeting.

We all know the answer.

Putin

Hungary’s Orban Faces His Stiffest Challenge Yet Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s playbook for countering the opposition to his illiberal power grab doesn’t seem to be working anymore.

Viktor Orban’s playbook for consolidating power in Hungary has become a model for other populist leaders around the world.

Now, though, with elections approaching, that playbook isn’t working so well anymore.

CNN has decided Catherine Connolly is ‘far’ left. Hilarious!

Irish people will be moved to collective farms, or to work in coal mines, those who don’t agree will be sent to the gulag in Rockall for re-education, all enterprise & wealth will become property of the people. Our nukes are on the way!

I’m dual and paying close attention to Ireland …Catherine resonates with my core values ….

For the Americans I know you don’t hear much global news but Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly as our president by a laaaaandslide ✊🏽

Amazing!

Leftwinger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide Independent pledges to be ‘president for all’ after taking 63% of vote in upset for political establishment

“leftwing independent candidate Catherine Connolly won landslide election victory & been declared Ireland’s next president. She pledged to be a “president for all” after securing 63% of the first preference votes, a..result that shook the political establishment”
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Thanks for this - go blue Jays

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a series of three photos of police arresting a peaceful protester in an inflatable penis suit yesterday

POV: it’s still locktober

A woman dressed in a penis suit and a sign that said no dick -tator

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.