‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers,’ Pope Says Amid Standoff With Trump

'Blessed Are the Peacemakers,’ Pope Says Amid Standoff With Trump
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Pete Hegseth, former weekend co-host of "Fox & Friends," naturally thinks the role of the press is to be "patriotic" by ignoring all his fuckups and cheerleading the war blindly

Exactly. He’ll pardon them… if they only do this one more immoral, illegal, unethical thing…. <anti-christ trickery>

He obviously hired the two students dumber than him… makes me wonder about the rankings of all his dumb appointees. (Underachiever Pete Kegsbreath, for one.)

Trump Press Sec DESPERATE to HIDE This Fact… YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

Watch Scott's full report here: youtu.be/7Uiq5S3YpuI?...

“Don’t believe your lying eyes”—the Trump administration pushes a reality that doesn’t match what Americans are feeling at the pump or seeing in the courts. Meanwhile, efforts to rewrite January 6th are sparking outrage on Capitol Hill. Scott MacFarlane has it all in his evening report.

Nationwide, hospital and providers are leaving private Medicare Advantage plans, putting thousands of seniors at risk of higher costs and the loss of trusted doctors.

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LIVE: Trump's DOJ Is Hiding The Epstein Files. A Fired Insider Just Exposed All Of It. YouTube video by Jim Acosta

Todd Blanche has no business being the acting AG at DOJ as @lawyeroyer.com and I discuss. www.youtube.com/live/NkCrCdj...

Former Trump attorney John Eastman disbarred in California over 2020 election interference efforts A lawyer for Eastman, who played a key role in devising a plan to overturn the election results, said they will seek review before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Former Trump attorney John Eastman disbarred in California over 2020 election interference efforts

😎 Explains a lot.

You mean there's two students that were worse than Trump? Dang!

Yes, Trump Must Go Watch now | Mad Hattery and Other Outrages: A Short Video

“Are we really going to live through 33 months of this ongoing madness, required to endure his obvious inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office?” My short video... open.substack.com/pub/america/...

Politico has revealed a secret agreement between Orbán and Russia, signed back in December and coordinated by Szijjártó and Lavrov.

The document covers almost everything — energy, trade, education, culture and declines EU sanctions.

The Mouse & the Lion got a tail

“If Trump tells me to cut my balls off and put them in his pocket, I will say thank you, I love you sir”

* KUWAIT: 3 POWER, WATER DESALINATION FACILITIES HIT BY IRAN

* KUWAIT: 4 MISSLES, 42 DRONES TARGET COUNTRY IN PAST 24 HOURS

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The only time when the Trump regime isn't lying and stealing is when it's busy covering up its lying and stealing.

More market manipulation

“Doo weeeks, Doo weeeks,” Roy Cohn’s protege always says. It, like him, is meaningless.

The Trump regime is promoting white-power fascism worldwide. That's why JD Vance is in Hungary.

The Art of the Steal

The fact that Donald Trump didn’t follow through on his threats of committing genocide doesn’t mean we should move on from the fact that he threatened to commit genocide.

Steve Bannon & Jeffrey Epstein in the files on using former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to help connect right-wing populist leaders like former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, and Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy Matteo Salvini.

I will continue to work in a bipartisan manner with Nancy Mace and Thomas Massie to seek justice for survivors.

Pam Bondi must still show up on April 14.

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Money will be made by Iran, since your deal just allowed them to charge $2 million per ship to pass through—a fee that never existed prior to the war.

Convicted Felon Donald Trump’s cowardice is in a dead heat with his atrocious negotiation skills.

The US is in a significantly worse position today than when this illegal war was launched by Trump on February 28th.

He blinked. Plain and simple.

DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note April 8, 2026

Big night for Democrats in the swing-state of Wisconsin.
Party official: "Twelve counties that went red in 2025’s election have swung blue"

More insights in my "Day Ahead" daily editorial note:

open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

In her usual Putinesque drawl? Amazing the Epstein Citizenship Scholar can’t speak coherent English after all these decades. <snark font>

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