Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in "countercurrent" politics, which focus on the common good. What is urgently needed is the courage of new visions and an educational pact that gives young people space and trust. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea vatican.va/content/leo-xi... 8:31 AM • 4/21/26 • 142K Views

Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com The rapid technological evolution we are witnessing has accelerated speculative behavior in search of raw materials. This shift seems to overshadow fundamental imperatives such as the safeguarding of creation, the rights of local communities, the dignity of labor, and the protection of public health. I thus renew the appeal of Pope Francis, who passed away exactly one year ago: "Today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills." 8:31 AM • 4/21/26 • 32K Views

Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com Even more than in the past, it is clear today that the proliferation of armed conflicts is often driven by the exploitation of oil and mineral deposits, with no regard for international law or the self-determination of peoples. 8:31 AM • 4/21/26 • 58K Views

Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com Without a change of direction in the assumption of political responsibility, and without respect for institutions and international agreements, humanity's destiny risks being tragically compromised. God does not want this. His holy Name must not be profaned by the desire for domination, arrogance, or discrimination. Above all, it must never be invoked to justify death-dealing choices and actions. 8:31 AM • 4/21/26 • 57K Views

Pope Leo:

“Even more than in the past, it is clear today that the proliferation of armed conflicts is often driven by the exploitation of oil and mineral deposits, with no regard for international law or the self-determination of peoples.”

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"Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"

If Jeffries wants to join Team Fight, he's very welcome.

Came here to do that.

Emily has done more to fight rising fascism in in this country than many of us ever will individually.

This is ridiculous

Also I might add, it remains to be seen if a jury find them guilty for what they did.

SPLC being assholes
Politically motivated prosecution
SPLC not being criminally guilty

All can be true

Yeah it's the exact same situation really. IIRC it's 360,000 (or whatever the number) children are reported missing each year.... Including all the ones that showed back up bc they ran off or were at a friend's or 1000 other possible things.

Using a large general number to obscure small reality

This is basically what all Democratic voters need to be saying to the Democratic Party for the next three years, even if they *do* intend to hold their nose and vote for whoever in the end. Just keep your nose-holding to yourself and focus on holding the party's feet to the fire.

The "we need bipartisanship!" thing originally began not as a call for liberals to work with conservatives but for liberal northern Republicans and liberal northern Democrats to work together to advance liberal policies in an era where conservative Dixiecrats dominated commitee chairmanships etc.

Wow I've shared this a lot in 16 days.

I could see this all as a ploy to come off as reasonable for what the speaker does come out and say. Basically a way for the state to say "this is where we could have gone. But we're going to be bigger than that and not"

Yes but I'd also caveat that he has been successful enough he can do things on his own (doesn't he have his own production company?). He may be cast less, but I don't think he would be prevented from getting a role he wanted.

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

It is more democratic in process if nothing else. Letting the public decide at least. Also 'more' could be doing A LOT of work there.

Needs a little more thinly veiled contempt for the reader. 'Here is why you are wrong (and foolish). This is why I am so clearly right'

I fear one of these days he's going to hear about it and be enraged. Good way to escalate things beyond his normal atrocities.

because he's classically good looking and his staff say mean things about trump online.... like, that's really it.

And they STILL only got 15% unfavorable

if this polling result surprises you, i am issuing emergency guidance for you to touch grass immediately

ya know, I'm pretty sure I can safely say he was upside down on most issues then.

also found this slide very telling, also why centrist dems will utterly reject the findings here

is this a bit?

in what way does the existence of misogyny and racism negate the poor campaign that was run?

FFS the polling at the top of this threat SHOWS voters had a multitude of reasons to not vote for her.

This is what I keep saying to people. The idea that Harris lost due to misogyny or racism simply doesn't hold water. The voters who wouldn't vote for her for those reasons damn near certain wouldn't vote for her because she was a Dem period.

depends on what you mean by 'thumb on the scales', there is no evidence whatsoever that votes were changed or results were tampered with.

What musk DID do is provide money and data driven advertising courtesy of X. Which did have an impact on results, but in a reasonable way.

Trump is within sight of an under 30% overall approval rating.

One of the most important causes right now is to establish a media narrative and popular support behind severe punishments and consequences to our present criminals running things.

Decided to do a little more digging to learn more about those 2020 Biden voters who skipped 2024, why they skipped, and what sort of message might win them back, and found this helpful research by Celinda Lake from last year: waytowin.docsend.com/view/rnv5spt...

GALLEGO: Earlier today, you told Sec. Kennedy that Trump never demanded you to cut interest rates. Is that your sworn testimony?

WARSH: That is, senator.

GALLEGO: Okay. Well someone here is lying then. Because Trump confirmed he pressed you on interest rate cuts.

It’s critical to note that this clip should be taken as evidence that Trump is (obviously) taking cuts of the funds being used to build his new white house ballroom, the arc, etc

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

that's still not standing by your point. either put up or shut up

The premise of madman theory is that the appearance of irrationality makes otherwise non-credible threats seem credible. For instance, in an era of mutually assured destruction, threats by a rational leader to escalate a dispute may seem suicidal and thus easily dismissible by adversaries. However, suicidal threats may seem credible if the leader is believed to be irrational. International relations scholars have been skeptical of madman theory as a strategy for success in coercive bargaining.[2][3] Prominent "madmen", such as Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev, Saddam Hussein, Donald Trump, and Muammar Gaddafi failed to win coercive disputes.[4] One difficulty is making others believe you are genuinely a madman.[4] Another difficulty is the inability of a madman to assure others that they will not be punished if they yield to a particular demand.[4] One study found that madman theory is frequently counterproductive,

Very funny that Donald Trump has been added to this list, especially the context in which he appears...

coward

You asserted something - that the platform had nothing to do with Cheney's endorsement. Do you stand by that? Knowing the opposing assertion is that if Harris had an actual progressive platform Cheney wouldn't have been on board.