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I genuinely cannot tell you how wise and strident the conclave has been in choosing an American *Augustinian* as the new pope.
Augustinians are DEEPLY committed to the pursuit of truth, believing that God IS the truth, and that lying, hypocrisy & corruption are therefore a betrayal of God. 🧵
Augustinians are DEEPLY committed to the pursuit of truth, believing that God IS the truth, and that lying, hypocrisy & corruption are therefore a betrayal of God. 🧵
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I genuinely cannot tell you how wise and strident the conclave has been in choosing an American *Augustinian* as the new pope.
Augustinians are DEEPLY committed to the pursuit of truth, believing that God IS the truth, and that lying, hypocrisy & corruption are therefore a betrayal of God. 🧵
Augustinians are DEEPLY committed to the pursuit of truth, believing that God IS the truth, and that lying, hypocrisy & corruption are therefore a betrayal of God. 🧵
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At Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, tourists were stunned by President Trump’s suggestion to turn the attraction back into a functioning penitentiary.
Alcatraz as a Prison? Tourists Say Trump Is on His Own Island.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
At Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, tourists were stunned by President Trump’s suggestion to turn the attraction back into a functioning penitentiary.
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Trump news at a glance: Mass anti-Trump protests sweep nation; supreme court issues midnight order
Trump news at a glance: Mass anti-Trump protests sweep nation; supreme court issues midnight order
Protesters pour into the streets from east coast to west in second wave of demonstrations this month – key US politics stories from Saturday 19 April at a glance
Protesters poured into the streets across the country again on Saturday in the second wave of demonstrations this month, as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into ballot box action.
Large protests took place from east coast to west, in major cities like Washington, New York and Chicago, as well as Rhode Island, Maryland, Wisconsin, Tennessee, South Carolina, among many others. Americans abroad also signalled their opposition to the Trump agenda in the Irish capital of Dublin and other cities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Trump news at a glance: Mass anti-Trump protests sweep nation; supreme court issues midnight order
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According to a public disclosure, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks last week just hours before President Trump announced the partial pause.
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC Asks MTG One Damning Question on Tariffs
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has one question for Marjorie Taylor Greene on what she did during the tariffs whiplash.
newrepublic.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
According to a public disclosure, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks last week just hours before President Trump announced the partial pause.
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
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Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Paying an extortionist -- where do you think it ends? Do you think he honors his side of the supposed "deal"? Really?
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile, as Big Law ill-advisedly pays the protection racket, there's a huge need for lawyers to help regular people Trump is illegally targeting:
www.cm-life.com/article/2025...
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"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
April 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk
Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk
From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government
Thousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a concerted effort to go after the billionaire’s deep pockets as the CEO of the electric vehicle maker.
Protest organizers asked people to do three things: don’t buy a Tesla, sell off Tesla stock and join the “Tesla Takedown” movement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk
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Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company's CEO, Elon Musk.
Photos show how angst against Elon Musk went global during Tesla protests
Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company's CEO, Elon Musk.
www.businessinsider.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company's CEO, Elon Musk.
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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@warnock.senate.gov: "If they're interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they should start with co-president Musk's own companies, and ask why has he gotten $20 billion and more from the federal government. This is wealth-fare at its worst."
March 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@warnock.senate.gov: "If they're interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they should start with co-president Musk's own companies, and ask why has he gotten $20 billion and more from the federal government. This is wealth-fare at its worst."
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
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The families of Tesla crash victims involving self-driving technologies urged the DOT to continue scrutinizing the company, saying they fear oversight will suffer under the Trump administration.
‘Deeply concerned’: Crash victims' families ask DOT not to water down Tesla oversight
The families of several people killed or seriously injured in crashes involving Teslas using self-driving technologies are asking Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy not to allow Elon Musk to influenc...
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The families of Tesla crash victims involving self-driving technologies urged the DOT to continue scrutinizing the company, saying they fear oversight will suffer under the Trump administration.
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TODAY, Trump
🚫Paused Ukraine aid, abandoning allies and helping Putin
🚫Crashed markets, sparking an idiotic trade war with allies
🚫Swore in Linda McMahon to destroy public education
🚫Forced NOAA out of weather offices to prove a point
We MUST channel John Lewis and create
GOOD TROUBLE...NOW!
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🚫Paused Ukraine aid, abandoning allies and helping Putin
🚫Crashed markets, sparking an idiotic trade war with allies
🚫Swore in Linda McMahon to destroy public education
🚫Forced NOAA out of weather offices to prove a point
We MUST channel John Lewis and create
GOOD TROUBLE...NOW!
👍🔁💙
March 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
TODAY, Trump
🚫Paused Ukraine aid, abandoning allies and helping Putin
🚫Crashed markets, sparking an idiotic trade war with allies
🚫Swore in Linda McMahon to destroy public education
🚫Forced NOAA out of weather offices to prove a point
We MUST channel John Lewis and create
GOOD TROUBLE...NOW!
👍🔁💙
🚫Paused Ukraine aid, abandoning allies and helping Putin
🚫Crashed markets, sparking an idiotic trade war with allies
🚫Swore in Linda McMahon to destroy public education
🚫Forced NOAA out of weather offices to prove a point
We MUST channel John Lewis and create
GOOD TROUBLE...NOW!
👍🔁💙
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Continuing what one watchdog called "their pattern of rubber-stamping deeply flawed and unqualified" Cabinet nominees of President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans on Monday confirmed sports entertainment billionaire and prolific GOP fundraiser Linda McMahon to head the U.S. Department of Education
'Another Unqualified Billionaire': Senate Confirms McMahon as Education Secretary | Common Dreams
"The more the president stacks his administration with eccentric billionaires, the further the system gets rigged against working people, seniors, and students," argued one critic.
www.commondreams.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Continuing what one watchdog called "their pattern of rubber-stamping deeply flawed and unqualified" Cabinet nominees of President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans on Monday confirmed sports entertainment billionaire and prolific GOP fundraiser Linda McMahon to head the U.S. Department of Education
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Linda McMahon made millions off staged fights, but now she’s part of a real one—gutting the Department of Education to leave vulnerable kids without the resources they need. She’s ready to dismantle it, starving it of staff & funding. Our children’s future isn’t a game.
Don’t Defund Public Schools
Don’t Defund Public Schools
March 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Linda McMahon made millions off staged fights, but now she’s part of a real one—gutting the Department of Education to leave vulnerable kids without the resources they need. She’s ready to dismantle it, starving it of staff & funding. Our children’s future isn’t a game.
Don’t Defund Public Schools
Don’t Defund Public Schools
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Billionaire Linda McMahon, Trump’s new Education Secretary, bankrolled his Madison Square Garden Rally with $1 million and provided him with more than $10 million in "donations" (bribes). #3E #EndOligarchy #SpookyConnections
March 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Billionaire Linda McMahon, Trump’s new Education Secretary, bankrolled his Madison Square Garden Rally with $1 million and provided him with more than $10 million in "donations" (bribes). #3E #EndOligarchy #SpookyConnections
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EXACTLY!!!!
That’s a strong strategy. Here’s how to support it:
Take Control of the Narrative – By holding a competing event, Democrats force the media to split coverage, preventing a one-sided spectacle.
He thrives on having an enemy in the room. Without Democrats, his speech loses some of its firepower.
Take Control of the Narrative – By holding a competing event, Democrats force the media to split coverage, preventing a one-sided spectacle.
He thrives on having an enemy in the room. Without Democrats, his speech loses some of its firepower.
March 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
EXACTLY!!!!
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Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad