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Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Consti...
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“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions”
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For POTUS, much of the appeal of the boat bombing scheme is that it is dramatic, performative military action.
But a USCG sniper shooting out the engine of moving fast boat from a helicopter is impressive and makes for good content.
Seems like entertainment wise that could substitute for bombings.
But a USCG sniper shooting out the engine of moving fast boat from a helicopter is impressive and makes for good content.
Seems like entertainment wise that could substitute for bombings.
Notable that POTUS is posting a Fox News story about the USCG disabling and interdicting a vessel suspected of carrying drugs.
Demonstrates his awareness of alternatives to blowing up suspected drug boats.
And that killing people is very much a deliberate and completely unnecessary choice.
Demonstrates his awareness of alternatives to blowing up suspected drug boats.
And that killing people is very much a deliberate and completely unnecessary choice.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For POTUS, much of the appeal of the boat bombing scheme is that it is dramatic, performative military action.
But a USCG sniper shooting out the engine of moving fast boat from a helicopter is impressive and makes for good content.
Seems like entertainment wise that could substitute for bombings.
But a USCG sniper shooting out the engine of moving fast boat from a helicopter is impressive and makes for good content.
Seems like entertainment wise that could substitute for bombings.
The isolated villages served by these mobile clinics are often surrounded by Israeli settlements and “people are afraid to leave, for fear of having something happen—maybe to their crops or their homes or have their land taken, particularly now.”
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Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem brings hope and help to West Bank Christians
Economic and political conditions for West Bank Christians have grown dire, but Holy Family Hospital remains a beacon of hope and faith.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The isolated villages served by these mobile clinics are often surrounded by Israeli settlements and “people are afraid to leave, for fear of having something happen—maybe to their crops or their homes or have their land taken, particularly now.”
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Going to the periphery is no metaphor for the work of Holy Family Hospital. Its mobile clinics depart from Bethlehem weekly for service visits to Bedouin and other Palestinian that have been cut off because of Israeli security walls and roadways prohibited to Palestinians across the West Bank.
Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem brings hope and help to West Bank Christians
Economic and political conditions for West Bank Christians have grown dire, but Holy Family Hospital remains a beacon of hope and faith.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Going to the periphery is no metaphor for the work of Holy Family Hospital. Its mobile clinics depart from Bethlehem weekly for service visits to Bedouin and other Palestinian that have been cut off because of Israeli security walls and roadways prohibited to Palestinians across the West Bank.
“True justice,” the archbishop said, “is achieved through transparent legal procedures, accountability, and respect for life—not through violence outside the law.”
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12...
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12...
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Consti...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“True justice,” the archbishop said, “is achieved through transparent legal procedures, accountability, and respect for life—not through violence outside the law.”
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12...
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12...
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions”
www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12...
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Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Consti...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions”
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Local police officials feeling obligated to encourage locals to call local police if they're unsure if they're encountering federal law enforcement — because of federal law enforcement tactics — strikes me as significant development.
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Local police officials feeling obligated to encourage locals to call local police if they're unsure if they're encountering federal law enforcement — because of federal law enforcement tactics — strikes me as significant development.
Geez when you put it like that it sounds terrible
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Geez when you put it like that it sounds terrible
Not at all stinky
Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself
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November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Not at all stinky
Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Targeting Venezuela and Pardoning Honduran Ex-President, Trump Contradicts Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
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November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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CNN headline.
The 2 turkey's pardoned, join 1,000 + J6 traitors & Giuliani.
The 2 turkey's pardoned, join 1,000 + J6 traitors & Giuliani.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
CNN headline.
The 2 turkey's pardoned, join 1,000 + J6 traitors & Giuliani.
The 2 turkey's pardoned, join 1,000 + J6 traitors & Giuliani.
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Democracy dies in dampness
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Democracy dies in dampness
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the will to actually do it? www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the will to actually do it? www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
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Affluent states seem to have lost their interest in combatting global poverty
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We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Affluent states seem to have lost their interest in combatting global poverty
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In January Mr. Trump cheered on Elon Musk, the world’s richest human, as he led a “cost cutting” rampage that put an end to 60 years of foreign aid disbursementsfrom the now-terminated U.S. Agency for International Development.
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We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In January Mr. Trump cheered on Elon Musk, the world’s richest human, as he led a “cost cutting” rampage that put an end to 60 years of foreign aid disbursementsfrom the now-terminated U.S. Agency for International Development.
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“The truth is to end hunger, to provide water to every person around the world, to provide a school meal to every child around the world”—The United States “absolutely” has the capacity to abolish these “scourges” of global poverty. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“The truth is to end hunger, to provide water to every person around the world, to provide a school meal to every child around the world”—The United States “absolutely” has the capacity to abolish these “scourges” of global poverty. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
“What’s the point of being the richest and most powerful country in the world if we’re not going to share some of that bounty? What are we, the dragon sitting on top of a pile of gold? That’s not the kind of country that most Americans want to live in.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“What’s the point of being the richest and most powerful country in the world if we’re not going to share some of that bounty? What are we, the dragon sitting on top of a pile of gold? That’s not the kind of country that most Americans want to live in.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
This family can’t catch a break
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This family can’t catch a break
In January Mr. Trump cheered on Elon Musk, the world’s richest human, as he led a “cost cutting” rampage that put an end to 60 years of foreign aid.
www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In January Mr. Trump cheered on Elon Musk, the world’s richest human, as he led a “cost cutting” rampage that put an end to 60 years of foreign aid.
www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
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"The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday."
Now that is a first sentence for the ages.
Now that is a first sentence for the ages.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday."
Now that is a first sentence for the ages.
Now that is a first sentence for the ages.
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Exactly. 💯
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Exactly. 💯
Expectations for any sort of substantial outcome to the Group of 20 summit this weekend in Johannesburg were already pretty low. And they are falling fast.
The United States did not even send a delegation—an unprecedented snub.
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The United States did not even send a delegation—an unprecedented snub.
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Expectations for any sort of substantial outcome to the Group of 20 summit this weekend in Johannesburg were already pretty low. And they are falling fast.
The United States did not even send a delegation—an unprecedented snub.
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
The United States did not even send a delegation—an unprecedented snub.
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
Affluent states seem to have lost their interest in combatting global poverty
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
We know how to fight global poverty. But do we have the energy to actually do it?
While affluent nations step back from humanitarian relief and economic development assistance, the world is on the verge of reversing progress against global poverty.
www.americamagazine.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Affluent states seem to have lost their interest in combatting global poverty
www.americamagazine.org/weekly-dispa...
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“I know that African Americans have to do that with their children, with their teenagers. I never thought in my life that I would have to do that. And I’m sure I am not the only father that has had that kind of talk with their family,” he said.
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North Carolina’s Catholic response to the ICE immigration crackdown
As an ICE campaign continues in Charlotte, local Catholic parishes respond and mass attendance plummets.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“I know that African Americans have to do that with their children, with their teenagers. I never thought in my life that I would have to do that. And I’m sure I am not the only father that has had that kind of talk with their family,” he said.
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