We're live. Welcome back to the Loopcast. It's Tom Erica and Josh. The Loopcast is brought to you by the Loop. Every Catholic American's favorite morning newsletter. We got a great show ahead for you guys today. I already see some St. Michael's in the chat. Completely agree. My goodness. I don't think I've agreed to St. Michael more in my entire life than I have been recently. So today's show we have we're going to be covering a deadly shooting in Grand Blake Michigan. Close to heart for me. I grew up in recently. So today's show we have, we're going to be covering that deadly shooting in Grand Blake, Michigan. Close to heart for me. I grew up in Michigan. So we're going to be covering that and it's entirety what we know now. So federal troops being sent over to Portland. I'm going to get into that situation. I did a little bit of digging on Portland. And it's crazier than you could have possibly imagined. Erica, you spent some time in D.C. over the weekend. You were actually on the speaker's balcony. So let's just say the influence grows day by day. It's pretty fun. There's a federal shutdown potentially coming up. And Erica got all the details from, of course, tinfoil time, our favorite DC insider. And then, of course, good news, Twilight Zone. We're going to keep a light. We're going to give you good information. That's what we do here at the Loopcast. So before we get to that, Josh, you're wearing purple today. I believe there's a story behind that. Yeah, well, it is Michael Moss, the Feast of the Archangels. And so in the great epic battle in heaven, where Michael down near the archangels,

the second to last row of all the different choirs of angels,

and Lucifer's way at the top of the seraphon.

He's in like the front row,

and he grabs Lucifer by a scruff of his neck,

throws him out of heaven,

and Lucifer, as we'll call him, Satan,

lands in a brush of blackberries and spits on him on his way down to hell.

And that's why blackberries taste sour after the feast of my.

It's true.

That's the reason that that's the folk for a why if you don't pick your blackberries before Michael Moss, they're going to taste sour.

And they do say late when you

eat them late they taste really sour yeah that is that's some sick Lord so purple for you know

wear purple on St. Michael's Feastay in honor of the you know to recognize you know the blackberries

and what Miguel did to get the devil out of heaven.

And, of course, two-thirds of the angels and all that stuff stayed.

One-third left.

Those are the evil spirits of problem among the world seeking ruin of souls.

And that's why we need to invoke our not only guardian angels, but St. Michael, the archangel, to defend us in battle.

So that's why we were, you know, this was one of the reasons why I wanted to start this Novena to St. Michael four years ago. We've been doing it every year here. When I had a friend in mind at church, she goes, you know something? Those prayers were so good. And I think, Erica, you had a lot of reason to deal with that, if I'm not mistaken. He he goes these prayers are so good you should pray them

every month yeah I said hey listen I will recommend that so Brian I have heard your this is a different

Brian not Brian birch miss Brian I've heard your call and I am telling everyone on the loop cast by the way

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