Since congressional districts aren’t drawn fairly by either party, let’s get rid of disticts and move to statewide proportional representation in every state. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Are you starting to get the impression that the “weak on crime” rhetoric isn’t going to affect how Leo lives the Gospel?
"When the Trump administration dismantled [USAID] last year, it wiped out virtually an entire industry ... Nearly all of the agency’s 16,000 employees were laid off. An estimated 280,000 contractors, partners and local hires worldwide lost their jobs as well." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
Pope Leo today: "Blessed are the peacemakers."
"Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."
Athletes and sports teams are not role models.
Seriously, could any of us have predicted that BlackBerry would soon release the Key2? It remains the finest cellphone ever made.
Recent Catholic convert literally tries to be more Catholic than the Pope. From the New York Times: "'I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology,' Mr. Vance said." I'm sure the Pope will take JD Vance's theological critique under advisement.
Nicholas Enrich, former USAID acting assistant administrator for global health, explains in his new book how the breathtaking ignorance and callousness of Trump appointees resulted in the destruction of foreign aid and hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...
"Of the four nations Leo will visit in his 11-day tour of the African continent, Cameroon and Angola have been particularly impacted by the cuts to USAID operations which began at the start of President Donald Trump's second term." www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
A photo of a large dirt mound that contains the remnants of the East Wing of the White House. In the foreground, golfers play the 7th hole of the East Potomac White course and hope they don’t inhale asbestos.
I found the East Wing of the White House today.
“Orbán’s loss brings to an end the assumption of inevitability that has pervaded the MAGA movement, as well as the belief … that illiberal parties are somehow destined not just to win but to hold power forever … As it turns out, history doesn’t work like that.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“I’ve had a very good record of endorsing candidates, but I don’t know Viktor Orban. I don’t think I’ve ever met him. Some people say that he was a fan of MAGA, and perhaps he was, perhaps he wasn’t, I just don’t know. I think JD is a supporter of his. You’d have to ask him.”
Image of a social media post by Donald Trump endorsing Viktor Orban.
Trump statement today: “I’ve had a very good record of endorsing candidates, but I don’t know Viktor Orban. I don’t think I’ve ever met him. Some people say that he was a fan of MAGA, and perhaps he was, perhaps he wasn’t, I just don’t know. I think JD is a supporter of his. You’d have to ask him.”
Photograph of Hungarian philanthropist George Soros with a paraphrase from “The Godfather”: “Tell Viktor it was me. I want him to know it was me.”
"NATO’s essence is a defensive alliance. The alliance was designed to prevent wars, not to go to war."
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How Trump plans to steal the 2026 elections: an “executive order that would declare a national emergency based on false claims of foreign interference in the 2020 election. That declaration would be used to unlock sweeping presidential powers over how Americans vote.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
Cars and motorcycles lined up for gasoline near the Prime Minister’s office in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Massive line for gasoline this morning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, stretching 1.5 km (almost a mile) from the Trust Filling Station near the Prime Minister’s office. Major ramifications worldwide of Trump’s war of choice on Iran.
“The US is no longer a democracy.… ‘What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country.’ …The main factor is a ‘rapid and aggressive concentration of powers in the presidency.’ ”
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NEW: In Pastoral Letter released today, El Paso’s Bishop Seitz denounces mass detention and mass deportation calling both a “grave moral evil;” Seitz goes to say that: “No one has to obey an immoral order.” www.hopeborder.org/_files/ugd/e...
Trump lets Russia earn more money to fund its intelligence services, which provide intel to Iran to help Iran kill Americans. Trump remains a master strategist. #NAFO www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
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Donald Trump is a master strategist. After 9 days of war, 7 American service members killed, a billion dollars a day in costs, and the Middle East in flames, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed and replaced by … wait for it … Supreme Leader Khamenei. Clausewitz wept. (h/t The Economist)
Kristi brought the Shield of the Americas.
How did we end up with so many white South Africans in positions of power?
Donald Trump is a master strategist. After 9 days of war, 7 American service members killed, a billion dollars a day in costs, and the Middle East in flames, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed and replaced by … wait for it … Supreme Leader Khamenei. Clausewitz wept. (h/t The Economist)
Donald Trump is a master strategist. After 9 days of war, 7 American service members killed, a billion dollars a day in costs, and the Middle East in flames, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed and replaced by … wait for it … Supreme Leader Khamenei. Clausewitz wept. (h/t The Economist)
This is why the United States and NATO need Ukraine in the Alliance. Not so we can help defend Ukraine, but so Ukraine can help defend us. #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #H2P
Donald Trump is a master strategist. After 9 days of war, 7 American service members killed, a billion dollars a day in costs, and the Middle East in flames, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed and replaced by … wait for it … Supreme Leader Khamenei. Clausewitz wept. (h/t The Economist)
Photo of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with caption, “The U.S. may lift sanctions on Russian oil.”
Washington Post headline reading, “Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say.”
Treason. Giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
"US and Qatari officials are in talks with Ukraine to purchase Ukrainian interceptor drones to intercept Iranian Shahed drones." Today's reminder that we needs Ukraine as an ally not so we can defend Ukraine but so Ukraine can help defend us and our allies. #NAFO understandingwar.org/research/mid...