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08/25/2025

Koinonia News Commentary: The Obama Presidential Library — A Monument to Mismanagement

The Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side was supposed to be a crown jewel—a monument to America’s first African American president, a landmark to inspire future generations. Instead, it stands today as an unfinished concrete tower, plagued by cost overruns, delays, and a growing chorus of public disappointment. What was once criticized in sketches has now materialized as a hulking structure, already being called a visual atrocity.

From the beginning, critics lamented the design’s stark, blockish aesthetic. Many compared it to a Cold War bunker or a socialist-era watchtower rather than a beacon of American heritage. That disappointment has only deepened as the unfinished building rises higher into the Chicago skyline. Far from uplifting the community, it projects an oppressive indifference. Social media has had a field day mocking its prison-like appearance, and even sympathetic news outlets have admitted the project is off-track both financially and culturally.

Chicago deserved better. This is a city that once pioneered bold architectural innovation under the likes of Burnham, Sullivan, and Wright. Yet, instead of drawing from that proud heritage, the Obama Library embraces the soulless austerity of Marxist-inspired minimalism. Its design reflects ideology, not inspiration—function stripped of beauty, conformity elevated over creativity, monumentality without meaning.

But the problem is not just architectural. The unfinished state of the project, with its spiraling costs and constant delays, points to deeper failures of leadership. A presidential library should reflect vision, stability, and dignity. Instead, the Obama Center has become a case study in mismanagement, where grand rhetoric has run aground on the shoals of practical ex*****on.

For Christians, the symbolism is not hard to see. Scripture warns us that a house built on sand cannot stand (Matthew 7:26–27). A project that ignores beauty, neglects heritage, and squanders resources is unlikely to inspire future generations. Rather than being a monument to hope and progress, Obama’s unfinished library risks being remembered as a monument to hubris and ideological blindness.

The tragedy is that a rare opportunity has been squandered. Instead of a center that could elevate and unify, Chicago is left with a concrete sermon in sterility, one that preaches not life and vision, but austerity and conformity. Obama’s legacy deserved better. America deserved better. And Chicago, of all places, deserved far better than this monument to mismanagement.
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

08/25/2025

Public Safety and the Tyranny Question

When critics claim that President Trump’s “tough on crime” agenda is tyrannical, we ought to pause and ask what tyranny really is. For those with short memories, these are often the same voices that cheered on sweeping COVID mandates—shutting down churches, silencing choirs, closing small businesses, and locking families inside their homes—while leaving big-box retailers open. They insisted then that such measures were “for the public good.” Now, when law and order is extended into crime-ridden neighborhoods, they decry it as oppression. The hypocrisy is epic.

The Orthodox view of government’s role

From an Orthodox perspective, the role of government is not mysterious. Saint Paul reminds us in Romans 13 that rulers are appointed “to be a terror not to good conduct, but to bad.” The government’s God-given duty is to protect the innocent, punish wrongdoers, and maintain order so that citizens may live in peace. This is not about partisan politics—it is about public safety.

When mayors suggest that violent protests are a proper response to law enforcement, they undermine their God-ordained responsibility. To tolerate violence in the streets while condemning efforts to restore safety is to abandon the very purpose of civic authority. Tyranny is not the presence of order; it is the absence of justice, when laws are applied selectively and the vulnerable are left exposed.

The real danger
• Tyranny looks like this: churches shuttered while casinos remain open; mom-and-pop shops bankrupted while corporate chains profit; neighborhoods terrorized by rioters while police are told to stand down.
• Justice looks like this: equal enforcement of the law, protecting the weak, and ensuring that ordinary citizens can walk their streets without fear.

The Orthodox teaching does not sanctify any political party, but it does uphold a clear principle: civil authority is established for the good of the people, to guard peace and safety. When leaders forget this and reduce everything to partisan score-keeping, they betray their trust.

Closing thought

Christians should not be naïve about power—every government is flawed. But the duty to protect citizens is non-negotiable. A government that fails in this is not compassionate, but negligent. A people who tolerate violence in the name of politics are not free, but enslaved to disorder. Public safety is not tyranny. It is justice.
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

08/22/2025

Political commentary for Koinonia News.

by Bishop Michael
Democrat Pushback Against Trump’s Tough-on-Crime Agenda: Ideological Denial and Orthodox Truth

When President Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he made public safety the cornerstone of his administration. He reinstated the federal death penalty, revoked Biden-era police accountability orders, tied federal funding to stricter cooperation on enforcement, and even asserted federal control over Washington, D.C.’s police. His message was unmistakable: lawlessness would no longer be tolerated.

The Democrat Party, however, has fought back at nearly every turn. Opposition has come not only through lawsuits and legislation, but also through outright denial of violence in the streets—even when evidence shows otherwise. Beneath this denial lies a troubling undercurrent: an ideological sympathy with Marxist, socialist, and collectivist thought, which historically has excused crime, undermined property rights, delegitimized law enforcement, and leveraged unrest for political gain.

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Denying the Obvious
• Rep. Maxine Waters (D–CA) claimed amid Los Angeles unrest: “There was no violence.” Yet footage showed looted stores, burning vehicles, and clashes with police.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom (D–CA) described demonstrations as “peaceful” while the media broadcast arson and injuries.
• Sen. John Fetterman (D–PA) was one of the few dissenting voices in his own party, admitting: “My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.”

These examples are not slips of the tongue; they reveal a pattern of rhetorical denial designed to minimize accountability and reframe disorder as legitimate expression.

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Patterns of Democrat Resistance

1. Recasting Crime as Protest

Marxist Parallels: Marxist ideology often interprets crime as a symptom of class struggle, where property destruction becomes political action.
Democrat Practice: In Portland and New York, prosecutors dismissed large numbers of riot-related arrests, treating violence and looting as “expressions of frustration” rather than crimes.

2. Undermining Property Rights

Marxist Parallels: Marxism treats private property as a form of oppression.
Democrat Practice:
• In Baltimore (2015), Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake admitted giving protesters “space to destroy.”
• In Seattle (2020), CHAZ/CHOP was tolerated for weeks, with businesses left defenseless.
By minimizing property rights, Democrats echo socialist disdain for ownership. In Orthodox teaching, however, property is stewardship—a gift to be used for God’s glory and community good (Exodus 20:15).

3. Weakening Law Enforcement Authority

Marxist Parallels: Communism views police as tools of the oppressive class.
Democrat Practice:
• “Defund the police” efforts in major cities cut budgets and drove officers away.
• Washington State pursuit limits allowed auto theft to double.
• Portland and Seattle restricted non-lethal crowd control, leaving officers unable to disperse violent mobs.
By eroding police authority, Democrats followed Marxist logic that law enforcement is inherently oppressive, rather than God-ordained protection of the innocent (Romans 13:4).

4. Using Disorder as Leverage

Marxist Parallels: Revolutionary movements deliberately exploit unrest to destabilize governments and force systemic change.
Democrat Practice: Democrat officials often condemned Trump’s federal interventions as “authoritarian” more harshly than they condemned rioters. By delaying or refusing to restore order, they allowed chaos to escalate—then used that crisis to argue for further reforms that weakened enforcement.

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Orthodox Critique: Why This is Spiritually Wrong

The Orthodox Church teaches that authority is given by God for the protection of the innocent and restraint of the wicked.
• “For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” (Romans 13:4)
• St. John Chrysostom: “If there were no one to punish, all would rush headlong to the worst excesses.”
• St. Basil the Great: “One man’s sin becomes the cause of another’s downfall when it is not corrected by suitable discipline.”
• St. John Climacus: “Justice without mercy is cruelty, and mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.”

By denying violence, excusing rioting, undermining property, and restraining police, Democrat leaders embrace a pattern of thought rooted in Marxist and socialist ideologies—ideologies fundamentally opposed to the Orthodox Christian vision of justice and order. Orthodox teaching insists that justice and mercy are inseparable: true mercy never means permissiveness toward evil, and true justice never abandons the innocent for political advantage.

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Conclusion: Truth, Justice, and God’s Order

President Trump’s tough-on-crime agenda emphasizes accountability, deterrence, and order. While politically controversial, these principles reflect the Orthodox truth that peace is built upon justice. The Democrat Party’s rejection of this agenda—manifested in lawsuits, legislation, denial of violence, and sympathy with Marxist frameworks—represents a deeper moral failure:
• It dishonors victims of crime.
• It abandons communities to fear and destruction.
• It betrays God’s order by refusing to restrain evil.

Orthodox Christianity calls leaders to a higher standard: to protect the innocent, punish wrongdoing, and preserve peace as servants of God. To embrace ideologies that excuse violence or undermine justice is to rebel not only against Trump’s policies, but against the divine order itself.
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

08/06/2025

Justice or Just Politics? AG Bondi’s Grand Jury Move May Help Restore Trust in American Law
By +Bishop Michael (IBK)
Contributing Editor, Koinonia News
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

In a development that may prove critical to the integrity of American democracy, Attorney General Pam Bondi has taken decisive action to investigate the politically explosive origins of the now-debunked “Trump-Russia collusion” narrative. Acting upon formal criminal referrals submitted by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Bondi has signed an order authorizing a federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury, potentially setting the stage for long-overdue indictments.

These referrals stem from newly declassified intelligence documents, which reportedly implicate officials in the Obama-era intelligence community—acting on a disinformation strategy originated by the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign—in a coordinated effort to falsely link then-candidate Donald Trump to Russian operatives.

According to Fox News, Bondi is taking the matter “very seriously,” and a source close to the investigation said she sees “clear cause for deep concern.” The Department of Justice has declined public comment, as is customary during grand jury proceedings.

Yet what is now clear is that this investigation could represent the first meaningful test of whether America still holds all citizens to the same standard under the law—a claim the political left has long repeated: “No one is above the law.”

⚖️ Equal Justice Cannot Be a Slogan Applied Selectively
For years, conservatives, constitutionalists, and ordinary Americans have watched with growing concern as the justice system appears to have been politicized, particularly against those on the Right. The weaponization of federal agencies against political opponents has become so common that it now has a name: lawfare—using the courts and the threat of prosecution not for justice, but to silence, intimidate, and neutralize dissent.

Prayerfully, this action by AG Bondi may help curtail the prevailing Democrat agenda of weaponizing our justice system through lawfare, reminding all parties that the institutions of justice were never intended to serve political ends, but to safeguard the rights of the people—regardless of who holds power.

If the phrase “no one is above the law” is to mean anything, it must be applied consistently, even when it threatens to expose abuses of power by one’s own party or allies. This grand jury investigation offers an opportunity to restore a measure of credibility and moral integrity to a system that, in the eyes of many, has lost both.

🕊️ Orthodox Commentary: Do Not Put Your Trust in Princes
As a bishop within the Orthodox Church, I also feel compelled to say this:
While I commend AG Bondi’s willingness to pursue justice—no matter how politically inconvenient—we must remember that our ultimate hope is not found in any court, prosecutor, or political leader. Even if their actions align with our values or echo our convictions, they are still but men and women, subject to the same fallenness as all of us.

The Ancient Faith teaches us not to place our trust in political movements. As the Psalmist proclaims:

“Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.” — Psalm 146:3 (LXX)

We live in a time when many on both the Right and Left are tempted to look for saviors in human form. But salvation is not found in a courtroom, a political platform, or a media soundbite. Salvation is found only in Christ, and justice will not be perfected until He returns in glory.

Nevertheless, we are called to stand for truth and to speak against evil, especially when it festers behind the veil of official authority.

🛡️ This Isn’t About Trump—It’s About Truth
The deeper question isn’t whether one supports Donald Trump. It is whether America’s sacred institutions—like the Department of Justice and the intelligence community—have been hijacked for political warfare.

If the evidence brought before the grand jury confirms that high-level officials participated in a conspiracy to deceive the public and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, then accountability is not optional—it is morally necessary.

Because if we do not address corruption at the highest levels, we embolden it at every level.

Our nation cannot survive as a free republic if law is used selectively as a political cudgel. This moment gives us a chance—however fragile—to correct course, and to demonstrate that true justice does not have a party affiliation.

🙏 Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters
So we watch, we pray, and we speak truth.
And as we do, let us remember that God alone sees perfectly, and that while the judgments of men may falter, the judgment of the Lord is eternal and righteous.

Let us pray that this grand jury process, if conducted with integrity, will not only reveal the truth—but will also mark the beginning of a broader reformation of our political and legal systems.

Let it be the beginning of the end for lawfare, and a renewed commitment to the rule of law, not as a political slogan, but as a moral imperative.

And let the Church—Orthodox and unwavering—be a beacon of truth, righteousness, and humility in a world desperately trying to redefine all three.

+Bishop Michael (IBK)
Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church of America
Koinonia News Contributor

07/27/2025

📰 Koinonia News Commentary
Title: Woke Culture Has Lost Its Mind — A Meme, and the Collapse of Common Sense
By +Bishop Michael (IBK)

A meme circulating online reads:

“The same people mad about renaming the Gulf of America had no problem renaming syrup, rice, military bases, and sports teams.”
Let me be clear: this meme didn’t come from Koinonia News, nor is it shared here for laughs. It’s here because it perfectly captures the upside-down logic of woke culture—a movement that long ago stopped making sense.

The meme is meant to be a dig at people who express outrage over the proposed renaming of the Gulf of Mexico—mocking them for not objecting when brands like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were renamed, when military bases were stripped of names from America’s past, and when sports teams were erased in the name of progress.

But the irony is this: the meme exposes the irrationality of the very culture it defends.

🤨 Let’s Walk Through the Madness
The Gulf of Mexico has been named as such for over 500 years, tied to global geography and maritime history—not racism or oppression. Suggesting it should be renamed "The Gulf of America" is not just petty—it’s historically illiterate.
Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were both stripped from products they had come to symbolize—not as a correction of injustice, but as a performative move that erased real faces from cultural memory.
Land O’Lakes went even further. They removed the Native American woman from their butter packaging but kept the land. Let that sink in: They removed the Indian and kept the land. If that’s not ironic, I don’t know what is.
Military bases named after Confederate generals were once considered bridges of reconciliation in a post-war nation. Today, they’re reduced to cultural landmines.
Sports teams, many of which were originally named with admiration (however clumsily expressed), are now being wiped clean with no room for discussion, nuance, or shared meaning.
🧠 Woke Culture Has Lost the Plot
This isn’t about justice anymore. It’s about control, shaming, and rewriting history on the fly.

Woke ideology has traded truth for narrative, traded unity for tribalism, and replaced the pursuit of moral clarity with emotional mob rule. And memes like this are its currency—lazy, sarcastic shots that masquerade as wisdom.

But let’s be real: there’s no moral high ground here.
Just hypocrisy, confusion, and corporate cowardice.

✝️ As Christians, We Say: Enough
We are not called to go along with every cultural trend. We are called to speak the truth in love—even when that truth isn’t popular.

No, we don’t need to rename oceans.
No, butter boxes don’t need to be purged of history.
And no, the people who cheer these changes aren’t more righteous than those who resist them—they're often just louder.

We cannot build a just world on selective outrage, historical erasure, and ideological manipulation.

We must return to a culture of discernment, reason, and actual repentance—not this shallow, performative virtue that changes slogans and boxes but does nothing to change hearts.

🙏 Final Thoughts
If you’re tired of the madness, you’re not alone. You’re not hateful. You’re not “on the wrong side of history.”
You’re just someone still capable of critical thinking—and you’re likely one of the few left speaking up.

Let this meme be what it is: proof that the architects of modern outrage have built a house with no foundation.

And as for me? I’ll keep saying what needs to be said:
Truth doesn’t evolve. Morality isn’t crowdsourced. And renaming butter won’t save anyone’s soul.

In Christ’s truth,
+Bishop Michael (IBK)
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

07/23/2025

Koinonia News
Open Borders, COVID Lockdowns, and Riots in the Streets:
A Christian Call for Truth, Compassion, and National Integrity
By Bishop Michael Callahan
St. Nicholas Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church of America
An Authentic Faith Commentary

When COVID-19 turned the world upside down, American citizens were told that the most loving, responsible thing they could do was to stay home, shut down, and remain silent. Churches closed their doors. Businesses collapsed. Weddings and funerals were canceled. Children were locked out of schools, and families were forbidden from comforting their dying loved ones in hospitals.

We were told this was for the common good. That compassion demanded isolation. That sacrifice would save lives.

And yet, as this was happening, our southern border remained open.

Illegal immigration continued unabated. And while law-abiding Americans mourned alone and suffered in silence, undocumented migrants were bused and flown into sanctuary cities, often untested and unvetted, under the cover of night.

Even then, many of us sensed that something deeper—more orchestrated—was taking place.

Today, that suspicion is no longer theoretical. It’s being confirmed in real time, as violent protests have erupted once again, this time in reaction to President Trump’s renewed effort to deport criminal illegal immigrants.

🔥 Just This Year: The Riots Return
Just this year, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York have once again erupted into mob violence, this time with protestors and agitators marching in defense of criminal illegal immigrants—many of whom are facing deportation for serious offenses including gang affiliation, drug trafficking, violent assault, and even sexual crimes.

Rather than acknowledge the legitimate authority of the state to remove dangerous individuals from our communities, liberal activists and politicians have framed these deportations as acts of cruelty, equating the removal of violent criminals with general hostility toward all immigrants.

This is a false narrative.
It is propaganda.
And it is deeply unjust.
🧨 A Compassion Without Truth
Yes, many protestors claim to be motivated by compassion. But this is a selective and misplaced compassion, grounded in a liberal mythology that refuses to distinguish between lawful immigration and criminality.

It is one thing to show mercy to the stranger. It is another thing entirely to shield those who r**e, assault, steal, or murder, simply because their deportation might challenge political sensibilities.

Where is the compassion for the families torn apart by gang violence?
Where is the compassion for the victims of sanctuary city policies that released repeat offenders back into vulnerable neighborhoods?
Where is the compassion for citizens whose votes are diluted, whose voices are ignored, and whose communities are collapsing under the weight of manipulated representation?

It seems there is no compassion for them.

🧮 How Sanctuary States Are Gaming the System
The United States Constitution requires that congressional seats and Electoral College votes be apportioned according to population. But it makes no distinction between citizens and non-citizens.

This means:

States like California, New York, and Illinois—home to the most aggressive sanctuary policies—receive additional political power because they house large undocumented populations, even if many are here illegally.
Those states gain seats in Congress and more votes in presidential elections, while law-abiding states with smaller undocumented populations lose representation and funding.
The refusal to secure the border—even during the COVID lockdowns—was not an oversight. It was part of a long-term strategy to swell the numbers of sanctuary jurisdictions, ensuring they would benefit politically, financially, and electorally.

That’s why the border never closed.
That’s why protests rage over deportations.
And that’s why criminal illegal immigrants are being rebranded as "victims."

🛑 What COVID Revealed
Perhaps the most revealing aspect of the entire crisis was this:
We were told it was too dangerous to gather for Easter—but not too dangerous to allow tens of thousands of unvetted individuals to cross the border.

Americans were prohibited from:

Attending church
Visiting their dying parents
Hosting weddings or funerals
Sending their children to school
But border crossings?
Still open.
Still protected.
Still feeding the Census count in sanctuary cities.

This wasn't compassion. It was manipulation—an abuse of mercy for the sake of political gain.

🕊️ A Christian Response: Compassion with Justice
As a bishop in the Orthodox Christian tradition, I say this with humility and conviction:

We must love the immigrant, including the undocumented. But we must not become blind to truth in the name of sentimental compassion.
The Scriptures command us to care for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan. But they also call us to uphold justice, to protect the innocent, and to restrain evil.

Christians must not fall prey to reactionary nationalism, nor to false mercy that excuses violence and undermines law.

We are not called to hate.
We are not called to fear.
We are called to truthful love—a love that protects, that discerns, and that upholds both grace and order.

🗳️ A Path Forward: Reforms That Reflect Justice
The time has come to act—not out of rage, but out of righteous clarity:

✅ 1. Enact Voter ID Laws Nationwide

To protect the voice of every legal citizen, we must require voter identification. This is not oppression—it is justice. Every vote must count equally.

🛑 2. Reform the Census

Illegal immigrants should not be counted for political apportionment. Public services may still require inclusive data, but representation in Congress and the Electoral College must reflect citizenship, not sanctuary manipulation.

🔒 3. Secure the Border with Law and Love

We must welcome the stranger through lawful means. A secure border is not a wall of hate—it is a gateway of justice, ensuring that those who come here do so with respect for our laws and our people.

📣 A Final Plea to the Church and the Nation
We are witnessing a nation that:

Tolerates violent mobs but punishes prayerful citizens.
Defends criminality while ignoring its victims.
Rewards defiance of the law while shaming those who seek justice.
This is not sustainable.
It is not moral.
And it is not Christian.

Let us grieve, yes. But let us not grow weary. Let us rise—with grace, with truth, and with holy courage—to be a voice for those who are forgotten:
The victims.
The law-abiding citizens.
The children of broken neighborhoods.
The quiet faithful who long for order and peace.

✝️ In Closing
We must remember:

Justice without mercy is cruelty.
Mercy without truth is deception.
But truth and love together—these are the marks of God’s people.
Let us seek a nation that reflects that holy balance.
Let us pray for leaders with courage.
Let us speak with compassion, but never compromise.

And let us never forget the words of our Lord:

“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)
+Bishop Michael Callahan
Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
St. Nicholas Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church of America

𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

07/22/2025

Koinonia News
Title: How Sanctuary States Gain Power Through Illegal Immigration — And the Unspoken Agenda Behind the Curtain

By Bishop Michael

The primary reason I’m writing this article today is not to stir division, but to offer a warning rooted in love of neighbor and care for our republic. I am deeply concerned that many in the Democrat party—good people, sincere in their compassion—are unaware of the nefarious political agenda operating just beneath the surface of our current immigration policies. It’s an agenda that is never spoken aloud, but its effects are visible everywhere.

This is not merely about “hating Trump.” The emotional outrage, the violent protests, and the virtue-signaling headlines are just the tip of the iceberg. At the heart of this coordinated effort is a deeper strategy—the intentional consolidation of power, by manipulating the rules of representation and distorting the balance of our democratic system.

🧮 Power Without Citizenship: A Broken System
Every ten years, the Census counts all persons residing in the United States—regardless of citizenship status. That number determines:

How 435 House seats are apportioned.
How many Electoral College votes each state receives.
In sanctuary states like California, New York, and Illinois, which openly defy federal immigration enforcement and shield millions of illegal immigrants, political power increases even though many of those counted cannot vote and are not citizens.

This inflates representation in Congress and presidential elections for sanctuary states—at the expense of states that follow immigration law. Law-abiding citizens in places like Ohio, Iowa, or Arizona now have less influence than those in states swollen by undocumented populations.

🏛️ Mayors and Governors Who Know Exactly What They're Doing
Let us not pretend that this is accidental. The mayors of Los Angeles and Chicago, and the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, are fully aware of this system and have embraced policies that ensure their states and cities benefit from it:

Refusing to cooperate with ICE.
Welcoming undocumented immigrants with city resources.
Encouraging populations that cannot vote, but still increase federal funding and representation.
Even worse, this political strategy is implemented while their cities crumble under the weight of homelessness, crime, and social decay.

And nowhere is this more obvious than San Francisco—a once-beautiful city now internationally known for its feces-laden streets, open-air drug use, rampant theft, and homelessness. This is not a caricature—it is the direct result of failed liberal governance that prioritizes ideology over order, slogans over solutions, and illegal protection over lawful citizenship.

San Francisco has become one of the most cogent examples of the collapse that follows when political power is pursued at all costs, no matter the damage to the people they claim to serve.

🤝 The Deceptive Moral High Ground
The modern Left claims to hold the moral high ground—presenting sanctuary policies as compassionate, just, even Christian. But it’s a false compassion.

How is it compassionate to protect gang members and violent criminals, while American families live in fear?
How is it just to divert housing and healthcare to undocumented residents, while veterans sleep on concrete in their own hometowns?
How is it moral to shield lawbreakers and then punish citizens who demand accountability?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) revealed the depth of this agenda when she defended her efforts to educate illegal immigrants on how to evade federal officers, claiming she was “serving her constituents.” But the question must be asked: When did undocumented foreigners become more important to elected officials than the legal citizens who pay their salaries?

The sad truth is that many well-meaning Democrats are being manipulated—used as foot soldiers for an agenda they don’t fully understand. The slogans are nice, the hashtags are moving, but the end goal is not justice—it’s political power.

🗳️ Representation Rigged
Here’s the real crisis: illegal immigration, though not resulting in mass illegal voting, still directly affects the outcome of national elections.

More undocumented immigrants = more seats in Congress.
More seats = more Electoral College votes.
More votes = greater national influence for left-leaning states.
And all of this is based not on votes, but on bodies—legal or illegal. It's a systemic injustice that silences the voice of lawful citizens and rewards those who undermine federal law.

🕊️ What the Church Must Say
As a bishop, I must speak clearly: True Christian compassion is never lawless. Jesus did not abolish justice—He fulfilled it. He taught mercy with truth, love with boundaries, forgiveness with repentance.

St. Paul reminds us in Romans 13 that governments exist to punish evildoers and reward those who do good. When mayors and governors flip that principle on its head—defending criminals and punishing lawful citizens—they are no longer governing under God's design.

📣 A Final Plea: Wake Up Before It's Too Late
I write this not to condemn my political opponents, but to plead with fellow citizens—especially moderate and traditional Democrats—to open their eyes.

This is not the party of your grandparents. The modern Democrat leadership has embraced policies that threaten our republic, dilute citizenship, and betray the very people they claim to represent.

We must:

Demand that apportionment reflect citizenship.
Enforce immigration law equally across all states.
Reject false moral arguments that distort mercy into an excuse for manipulation.
Let us return to justice rooted in truth, compassion grounded in order, and a republic guided by equal voice—not engineered outcomes.

The curtain has been pulled back.
The agenda is visible.
And the time to speak and act is now.

+Bishop Michael
𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔.

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