“The Catholic Social Teaching tradition that Pope Leo belongs to would frame this as: No, he’s not a politician; yes, the gospel is political," Anna Rowlands told @mitchellatencio.com for @sojo.net.
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Harry Sisson: Trump is having a mental health episode right now. He’s been posting on social media all night. He posted at: 9:49pm (Ai Jesus photo) 9:50pm (Trump tower on moon) 10:10pm (dumb meme) 10:32pm (news clip) 10:53pm (news clip) 12:43am (announcing Hormuz blockade) 2:35am (article about Biden) 2:36am (article on naval blockade) 2:37am (article on Rep. Swalwell) 2:37am (posted the same article about Biden again) 2:38am (article on his ballroom) 4:10am (article on Iran) He’s not sleeping, he’s pretending to be Jesus, and he’s posting all night. He’s not well.
Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."
Trump is no friend to the UK — he’s a dangerous, corrupt gangster.
The PM must call off the state visit to Washington before it’s too late.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
This is not just a victory for the people of Hungary, but for all those around the world who believe in international cooperation, democracy and the rule of law 🇭🇺
Authoritarianism is brittle. Autocrats want you to believe they are all-powerful and unstoppable, but it‘s just a confidence game. A self-perpetuating bluff. Today the Hungarians showed just how weak and empty Orbánism always was.
Trumpism is next.
Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon.
Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.
Orbán turns out to be more of a democrat than the U.S. president and a nontrivial number of GOP candidates.
Blockading a blockade is the work of a pure stable genius like no one has ever seen before. Only Donald Trump could have thought of this.
It's like, "You think you can shoot at us? Well, we'll show you—we'll shoot ourselves!!"
We should all have tears in our eyes.
"Just to tell you how crazy this has gotten.
We are at a point where #Trump Admin is not allied w #Europe, where it sees NATO as potential foe, where #Vance says enemy of both US and Orbán is the EU.
And guess which other world leader supports Orbán and interferes with Hungary's election?
#Putin"
US President Donald Trump says the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. https://aje.news/x545rk
We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline
Iran: We will blockade the straits of Hormuz if you attack us.
Donald: No, WE will blockade the straits of Hormuz unless you surrender to us.
Iran: Ok. That might save us some trouble tbh.
Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."
Viktor Orbán has ruled Hungary corruptly for most of the past 28 years.
He’s packed the courts, crushed a free press, and bent election systems in his favor.
Trump and Putin are both intervening to help him.
And the Hungarian people still have the power to take their country back from him.
Bruce Springsteen is making me a fan... Opening his concert in Los Angeles yesterday, worth the wait to see the transition to the opening song 90 seconds in. ✌️❤️🇺🇸 #Resist
Boston Globe mock front page from April 9, 2016. Date says April 9, 2017, with giant headline “DEPORTATIONS TO BEGIN” and “Markets sink as trade war looms.”
Ten years ago today, in April 2016, the Boston Globe printed a satirical front page imagining a future Trump administration. The page was called "alarmist," "hyperbolic," "dystopian." But we’ve put up with so much since then it now looks like . . . a slow Thursday?
Black-and-white political graphic showing Donald Trump on the left and Keir Starmer on the right. Bold text reads: “tell Starmer: CANCEL THE KING’S TRUMP VISIT,” with the word “CANCEL” highlighted in yellow. The Liberal Democrats logo appears at the bottom left, and a link reading “libdems.org.uk/cancelkingsvisit” is displayed at the bottom.
Donald Trump has threatened international law, insulted our troops and sent British people’s bills skyrocketing.
A State Visit is the highest honour our country can give. Rewarding Donald Trump right now would be a massive mistake.
It is very easy to become accustomed to Trump’s ravings, and laugh them off. That’s a dangerous thing to do.
When Trump states: “A whole civilization will die tonight,” he is threatening to commit genocide.
We can’t allow that to happen. Congress must end this war NOW.
The time to do something is now, and we must act.
If the Iranians really want to fuck with us they should offer to open the straights in return for Trump’s resignation.
SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.
Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
The House must come back into session immediately to vote to end Trump’s war. The President is unhinged, lawless and bringing global chaos and we must stop him NOW.
Our service members, Iranian civilians and our country’s national security depend on it.
Read my full statement here:
Did I accidentally shove a fistful of LSD up my arse or did this really happen?
Trump is such an easy fucking mark.
“This is a grave and era-defining moment for the world. Donald Trump is making wilder and increasingly concerning threats by the hour. “If Trump follows through and attacks civilian targets, Keir Starmer must immediately recall Parliament. The Prime Minister must also withdraw US access to UK bases now. “MPs must be given a chance to hold the Government to account and prevent the UK from being complicit in war crimes and breaches of international law.” ED DAVEY MP
This is a grave and era-defining moment for the world. Donald Trump is making wilder and increasingly concerning threats by the hour.
ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.
Starting to think that if the founding fathers were any good at founding fathering, they would have given the power to declare war to Congress rather than one man in the White House.
This is how to do it. Sen Chris Murphy also tells me:
"Everybody in that chain of command has to think hard about whether they want to be part of the execution of that order."
He predicts bombing Iran's power plants/bridges will kill thousands at the outset. 2/
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