From Gaza to Lebanon: Forcible Displacement Dressed in Humanitarian Garb In recent hostilities, first in the Gaza Strip and now in Lebanon, the Israeli military has adopted a new modus operandi: issuing blanket relocation directives instructing millions of people to indefi...

From Gaza to Lebanon: Forcible Displacement Dressed in Humanitarian Garb | by Eitan Diamond and Ellen Nohle

Amazing.

"... all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights"

A national disgrace.

Think about it, there must be higher love
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is wasted time
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
...
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love (oh oh)

Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God said, "No" Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but
The next time you see me comin', you better run"
Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Including the next President (probably)

He's running.

UPDATE: 36 Senators vote to block $150M of 1000-lb bombs to Israel. Another record high, after 40 voted to block bulldozers.

Blumenthal, Coons, Cortez Masto, Fetterman, Gillibrand, Peters, Reed, Rosen, Schumer, Warner, and Whitehouse voted with Republicans.

Absolutely historic vote today where 40 US Senators voted to block the sale of Caterpillar D-9 bulldozers to Israel, citing civilian harm Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.

Though the measure was defeated (as expected), the tide is turning. Just last year, this number was 27.

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman on Doctrine Issues Clarification on Just War Theory “When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercis...

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman on Doctrine Issues Clarification on Just War Theory:

www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...

PSA from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:

"a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’"

“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology”

Funnier if it said "the statement of Pope Leo XIV, who is also Catholic, ..."

Pope Leo, in Algeria, blasts 'neocolonial' conflicts after Trump criticism Pope Leo said that the future belongs to those who do not allow themselves to be blinded by power or wealth.

"Neocolonial tendencies" would be a good band name tbh

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Pope Leo aka "The TWAIL Pope" in Algeria today:

"respecting the dignity of everyone and allowing yourselves to be moved by the pain of others ... is more urgent than ever in the face of continuous violations of international law and neocolonial tendencies."

"Military lawyers ... may have become the lawyerly equivalent of a slowly boiled frog, so accustomed to justifying, normalizing, stretching and manufacturing grey areas and uncertainties, that saying no when saying no matters becomes exceptionally difficult, even unthinkable."

The President of Iran condemns insults to the Pope and the desecration of Jesus by the President of the United States.

What a time to be alive.

Pope Leo aka "The TWAIL Pope" at the Maqam Echahid Martyr's Memorial today:

"Our presence here at this monument pays tribute to this history of Algeria and to the very spirit of a people who fought for the independence, dignity and sovereignty of this nation."

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes New Lines verified three cases in Tehran and Karaj where sites were hit multiple times, increasing the harm to civilians and first responders for little military advantage

NEW: An exclusive investigation has verified three cases in which U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran followed a "double-tap" pattern — striking again after civilians gathered at the scene. @chrisosieck.bsky.social and @ntabrizy.bsky.social report for newlinesmag.com/reportage/us...

“Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.”

I'm not personably Christian but this is incredible content.

Not a Christian myself but I find it surprising that this is considered acceptable behavior.

But that's none of my business...

I was elected as a democratic socialist, and will continue to govern as a democratic socialist.

100 days in — and we’re just getting started.

The nuclear issue should be the easiest to solve. If they couldn't make progress on that then the outlook is bleak.

"The sports hall, school and residential areas struck on Feb. 28 in Lamerd are all within 300 yards of an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps compound, though it remains unclear if any of the buildings in the compound were indeed hit."

New Evidence Further Implicates U.S. Missiles in Strikes That Killed 21 Civilians in Iran

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...

"The strike killed at least five children"

"Helma Ahmadizadeh, 10, and Elham Zaeri, 11"

"The youngest victim was 2-year-old Avina Barzegar"

""a young boy, Ilia Khatami, was killed alongside his coach"

"a second boy, Abdul Mosavar Rahmani, . was from Afghanistan"

Just kids.

If Vance shares this perception, and this tone, the negotiations are doomed to fail.

The ICJ announces that former judge Stephen M. Schwebel has died.

"God does not bless any conflict."

Pope Leo: