Vance Says Pope Leo Should Stay Out of U.S. Affairs

Hey JD, how about you STFU about religion? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Wise words from Spain's Prime Minister: “The momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.”

Have we learned nothing from past religious wars? We humans have, responding w/ Enlightenment, human rights, church-state separation. But some people never learn much, including a war-demon now threatening civilizational death from his Mount Olympus. May we somehow be saved from this madness.

Another "very cool" Jesus who makes me wish my AMERICAN JESUS (now two decades old?) was coming out now.

Too bad my AMERICAN JESUS book wasn't coming out this week. I'd have had plenty to say about Trump unveiling on Good Friday Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ" as his officially sanctioned, tax-supported, warmongering Christian nationalist Jesus. "And it's very cool," the president said.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

Melania Trump brings an AI-powered robot to the White House — and says there could be more of them soon | CNN Politics The storied White House East Room has welcomed politicians, foreign dignitaries, war heroes, celebrities and elite athletes, but on Wednesday, it was the setting for an extremely robotic speech introd...

Which one is the robot? www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/p...

Oil is the problem. Renewables are the solution.

Just wait for the documentary ...

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union | CNN Politics President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Falsehoods = Not News! I suggest future reports with headlines like: "Trump says 3 true things in interview" followed by a short listicle. It's the inadvertent truths that are news. Other than that it's always lying the rest of the way down. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/p...

Perhaps true more broadly, but I'm still in the denial phase.

Now do libraries.

Just saw the trailer and love that it features Bill Lee of the Red Sox who popularized that pitch!

Thanks for this! The sports movie I've seen the most (10x?) was the TV movie "Brian's Song" (1971), based on the friendship between Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. Kind of along the lines of "Love Story," which appeared one year earlier, but with guys and a football. Cried every time.

My boss now and forever
Thank you!

Channeling Guthrie, Cooke, Simone, Holiday, and Dylan, @brucespringsteen.net reminds us that what we are seeing with our own eyes is history in the making. A deep bow here to the people of Minneapolis, and to Bruce, for keeping making it.

I remember that so clearly now. I was a 7-year-old sports fan. Made a huge impression on me. Still does.

This matters b/c religion matters: The Catholic Church is refusing to goose step with the T***p administration.

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

Terrific reporting, as usual by @JackJenkins.me: “You can only preach against ICE for so long before God calls you to get out of the pulpit and get to the streets,” says one OK priest now in MN to protest ICE and help its victims: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Could this happen? Europeans love their football, but they are sick and tired of T***p.

Hope

Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!

GOP congress is entirely responsible for EVERYTHING awful that happens. THey could stop this madness in a day. Yet, they chose not to. How is this not treason??

A poem by Amanda Gorman For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE on January 7th 2026

A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026

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180 degree turnaround from "no regime change" to "regime change."

Live updates: Multiple explosions rock Venezuelan capital Caracas | CNN A CNN team witnessed several explosions on Saturday night in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity. Follow for live updates.

How far from Trump's alleged noninterventionism. First-strike war. Capturing a chief executive. With no idea where it all will lead. Such a short road from the US as a country widely emulated to a rogue state with no concern for international law or the rules of war. edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Ugh. No words. Thinking of you all.

Opinion | How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats’ 2028 Front-Runner

For decades the GOP has been on the right side of a "God Gap" untouched by Dems God talk. Now comes @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's profession to Ezra Klein that he is a "Christmas Catholic," "spiritual, probably, more than religious." A winning formula? Probably? Perhaps? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...