Pope Leo criticizes "idolatry of self" in latest rebuke of Iran conflict: "Enough with war!" Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran on Saturday, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump.

Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump.

So put the TSA employees on the ICE payroll.

Today I began reading Timothy Egan’s “ A Fever in the Heartland.”
After only 5 chapters, I am thoroughly disturbed, dare I say, horrified not just by the history, but also the rhymes in current events and trends.
#booksky

Send AI empowered robots accompanied by Musk, Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and Bondi. Cheaper, faster, safer, and more entertaining.

There…fixed it for you.

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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“How can we enjoy our tacos, guacamole, and tequila with all this Spanish?”

CATO: “.. this totally imaginary $18 trillion political talking point continues to be repeated endlessly in the hope that nobody in the public or press would ever be brave enough to rudely ask for some explanation or shred of evidence.”

@cato.org
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“…the $9.6 trillion statistical fraud somehow became magically transformed into the even more unfathomable number of $18 trillion—a figure not one of the hundreds of economists employed by the White House, Treasury, and Commerce Departments ever attempted to validate.”

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

With no Andy to stop him from acting on his worst instincts.

no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

For this, he deserves a rating of at least 3.5 Epsteins

So get the local DA and local judge to file an indictment and warrant for the murderer’s arrest. We are exhausted with the handwringing.

When?

Are there any exploration companies willing to invest in offshore or Arctic wells with oil around $60 per barrel?

I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez This week marks 50 years of Spanish democracy, but the failure to talk more about the crimes of the dictatorship leaves us vulnerable, says the journalist María Ramírez

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The DOJ has had plenty of time to redact and scrub the files of anything that might incriminate those that the regime wants to protect.

The American Taliban.

Shutdown Offer | Explainer YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Here we go again…. 🙄

How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

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Look! He’s Melvin Douglas singing
“Green Acres is the place to be,
Farm livin’ is the life for me,
Land spreadin’ out so far and wide,
Keep Manhattan just give me that countryside.”
What a weirdo.

It’s all performative. Meanwhile, potus frees George Santos.

“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”

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I am wondering if OpenAI is turning itself (with the help of the other complicit parties to its “deals”) into a “too big to fail” entity. Will the US taxpayer end up bailing them all out to prevent a stock market and/or full economy collapse?

Disgusting.

“A government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American.”
-Jimmy Kimmel, Sept 23, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel is Back! YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

“A government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American.”

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Oh look! Another school for society’s wealthy elite!