Trump has insulted and threatened the Pope. But the Church continues to call out his illegal actions. They remember the history of what happened when the Church made peace with a tyrant.
There will be no Trump Concordat this time.
My latest.
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Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice newsletter interviewed me about my push for the news media to report loudly on Trump’s dangerous mental unfitness.
“They don’t want to make themselves part of the story by calling him out," I said. "They’re afraid he will direct his deranged behavior toward them."
Unbelievably corrupt. Companies reportedly had to bribe Corey Lewandowski—the DHS “special employee,” de facto chief of staff, and guy having an extramarital affair with then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem—to win contracts.
On its own would be the most corrupt thing in many presidential administrations.
"Grandpa Simpson rattled off his usual list of grievances about dairy tariffs & liquor boycotts before announcing a new target: the soon-to-be-opened bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario & Detroit, Michigan."
Good read today!
Also watch for a House vote to overturn Canadian tariffs this afternoon ..
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
The message Trump is sending to members of the media both famous and obscure is this: “The gloves are off. If we decide we don’t like what you say, we’ll bring the weight of the federal government down on your head.”
By @paulwaldman.bsky.social in @atrupar.com’s PN:
"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."
The AI-chat-enabled stuffed toy Bondu invites little kids to have intimate conversations with it, like an LLM imaginary friend. It also exposed virtually all their chats on a web interface with no security. Anyone with a Gmail account could log in and read transcripts. www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Ready or Not - The Fugees
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This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
This was the year that was not the year This was the year that was not the year I repaired the bathroom tap and emptied out the kitchen drawer of a lifetime’s worth of crap. This was the year that was not the year in which I launched a new career. A West End hit eluded me as did Time Person of the Year. This was the year that was not the year I became a household name. Action figures were not sold of me. I wasn’t made a dame. This was the year that was not the year I spent less time on my phone. A night of passion did not happen in a boutique hotel in Rome. This was the year that was the year I didn't get that much done – much the same as the year before, much like the one to come. Brian Bilston
This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-year poem.
Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."
the fifa peace prize trophy with zombie-like hands holding up a crumbling earth
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
these are two extremely similar images of rthe same moment by the two named photographers of Trump standing at his desk looking forward, annoyed, as a man suffers a medical emergency next to him with a bunch of people around, one of whom is lifting the man's legs up
I can't decide if I like Harnik or Caballero-Reynolds's angle better.
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Is it something us internet folk might be able to see?
Absolutely true; I will not go down that road again, sometimes with the same fucking people.
The sentiment makes complete sense to me, but I don't think the state should cut bits off people. If there's a middle way I'm listening.
Stephen Miller accidentally claims that Trump has unlimited authority over the US military and then shuts up when he realizes he gave the game away.
This should be the only story anywhere.
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“This is where we are. Donald Trump, with the help of his sycophants, is waging war against our own country. And he’s doing it for no good reason besides his hunger for power and his sadistic, sociopathic need to seek vengeance against his perceived enemies.”
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
Wired has been doing sterling work
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.
ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.
A judge has ordered his immediate release.
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This is an extraordinary story, and one that highlights how intensely Girard and Schmitt still inform modern politics.
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Love hearing an NPR reporter repeat Vought's line about "unconstitutional DEI principles" with nary a query about what the fuck that actually means. At some point we need journalists to make this administration explain some of these batshit utterances.
