Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, speaking to an audience. (Mike Stewart / Associated Press)
Jon Ossoff: "Draft Dodging Donald loves sending other people’s children to war—
While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions of dollars — bc they’re crooks, & everybody knows it”
The group, “Veterans Against Fascism”, was arrested after staging a protest inside the U.S. Capitol against Trump’s & Israel’s illegal war with Iran
Josh Rogin: “Somebody shorted the oil market today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement—
If you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that's happened at least three times, if not more, since the war began — that's a pattern”
Kash Patel has to be on firing watch — according to The Atlantic, he struggled to log into a computer with his credentials & started to “freak out” assuming he had been fired — he was really just too drunk to correctly input a password, oof 🤦🏻♂️
Kaine: Nations all around the world have secretaries & ministers of defense. Do you know of any that has a secretary & minister of war — are you aware of any nation in the world that calls this function war rather than defense?
Vought: (deflects)
Kaine: I will tell you, there's no other nation
Zohran Mamdani: “For a long time, Republicans have sought to describe themselves as being driven by the needs of working people – when in reality we've seen a chasm in what they've actually delivered for those people”
Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., sitting on a couch with his hand outstretched. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rep Harder to RFK Jr: “What I don’t understand is how you can spend your entire career talking about an issue, & the first minute that you get power to do something about it, you take off the mask & become an apologist for an administration that is increasing mercury more than any other in history”
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Chris Hayes & Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss rising oil prices hitting U.S. consumers as the Iran war drags on.
Bernie Sanders: “Clearly we have a mentally unstable president. He lies all the time — this is a guy who wants half the buildings in the country named after him, who allowed Netanyahu who’s been trying for 40 years to get a president to support a war with Iran”
Pope Leo speaking to an audience. Photo: Yara Nardi—Reuters
Pope Leo: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants — woe to those who manipulate religion & the very name of God for their own military, economic & political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness & filth”
Trump then cancelled $11M in funding for a Catholic children’s charity
Thomas Massie: “Well, nothing's gonna change with Todd Blanch in charge, cuz he was in charge before Pam Bondi left — the difference is now he's legally accountable for complying instead of just being the guy doing the work”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters on the House steps. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
JD Vance on Pope Leo: “Should be very careful when he talks about matters of theology”
AOC: “At the point that you’re attacking the Pope, who do you think has moral authority in this situation?”
Sir Ed Davey MP: "President Trump has threatened to rip up his trade deal with the UK as punishment for us not joining his idiotic war in Iran—
Surely the Prime Minister can't send our King to meet a man who treats our country like a mafia boss running a protection racket"
Imagine what we could do if the ultra wealthy were taxed appropriately or even at middle class rates — everything would be on the table, healthcare, infrastructure, childcare, paid lunches, student loan forgiveness, you name it
Continued: “It is their main tool of global leverage. We are now seeing the consequences of a foreign policy driven by impulse rather than strategy”
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the press. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Hillary Clinton: "It is shocking that Trump said no one informed him that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz—
I find it unbelievable that one of the fundamental pillars of geopolitical strategy in the Middle East was ignored — that was the first thing we assumed Iran would do”
AOC: “The President of the United States has been found convicted in court of felony 34 times, has been found liable. A judge said that he has in fact raped a woman; & by all means & circumstances, the President of the United States is a rapist”
Trump can’t even maintain support from one of the most right wing PMs in Europe
Move the goal posts, rinse & repeat
Political commentator Marina Purkiss: “I am a person that was raised a Catholic. I did all the sacraments. I read the book, you know.
I lost my faith, but I still find that deeply, deeply offensive. The picture is blasphemous — that in itself is the breaking of a commandment”
It’s the subtle things 🤌🏼
Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the White House. Photo: Jim Watson via Getty Images
Mehdi Hasan: “Prominent right-wing conservative Christians are saying this is blasphemy — why would he post this?
And it's like it took you 11 yrs to work out what the rest of us realized on day 1 — that he’s the most unchristian, anti-religious, amoral, immoral man to ever run for the presidency”
Pope Leo XIV gestures during a visit at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs' Monument in El Madania, near Algiers on April 13, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration, nor of raising my voice firmly in proclaiming the message of the Gospel — my duty is not to fit into a partisan agenda, but to be a beacon of revealed truth, even when that truth is uncomfortable for centers of power”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
AOC: “The mistake that I made, you know, from all the movies that we see growing up about heroes & villains — is that I thought that fascist takeover attempts were going to be architected by evil geniuses — I was not expecting how unearned, nepotistic, mediocre, & just dumb the architects would be”
See what a nation can do with high % voter turnout
#Hungary recorded the highest voter turnout in its history today — Magyar supporters are already gathering in Budapest in anticipation of the results
Continued: “A European army is not a loss of sovereignty; it is the protection of our sovereignty against giants that only understand the language of force — & that only respect those who impose power & real capacity to respond"
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at the European Pulse Forum 2026, in Spain. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Spain PM Pedro Sánchez: "We cannot depend on the electoral cycles of the U.S. to know whether we will be protected or not — that is why the creation of a common European army must become a reality. Not in 10 years, not in 2 years, but tomorrow”
Anne Applebaum: Trump operates without strategy or a basis in reality — he’s driven by impulse, grievance, & a constant need to claim victory
