this gotta be fake, no?

Are calipers standard issue when becoming a member of the House Republican Conference now?

CUFI declined a request for comment.

1. President Trump: Do what I want or I exterminate you! 2. Int'l law and genocide experts, the Pope, rational people: Trump is promising to commit genocide. 3. President Trump: Do what I want or I exterminate you!

This is the permission structure that allows them to commit crimes and be absolved of them (see SCOTUS). Centuries of human-crafted laws that reject a divine right to rule are intended specifically to prevent such injustices. And yet here we are.

This agenda long predates Samson. Groups like Americans Defending Freedom and Center for Family and Human Rights have been working to refine human rights as “natural rights” — the main goal is to delegitimize LGBTQ and reproductive rights as protected under international law.

Yeah, the erstwhile party of “small government” is determined to use the power of the state of regulate a person’s most intimate quality — their identity.

Let’s go Giants! Beat the Dodger-enabling Nationals.

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Wow. Choosing Erdogan's Turkey as a place of less risk from "state-imposed violence and hostility" really says something.

I've watched this five times because I want it to be allegory so bad.

Thing is, people at the political level in the State Department think it’s a good thing they’re pissing off the Muslim world — as in, in MAGA world if you aren’t triggering someone, you’re doing it wrong.

Imagine if Biden … oh never fucking mind.

There are two headlines for such stories: 1. Democrats vote against Israel. 2. Democrats defend human rights principles. One headline more accurately describes the dynamic. The other headline is what media keeps using.

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

How many children have been sexually abused who would not otherwise have been because Trump let their victimizer out of prison?

“I put a question into ChatGPT about the internment of people the then-President considered enemies of the state during World War II and what I got from ChatGPT was that President Trump is right to intern those he considers enemies of the state.”

“I consulted the Oracle and the Oracle confirms my priors.”

This point is obvious but Trump’s legitimization of national (Iran) control over this Strait is bad news for Taiwan, giving succor to the PRC ‘s territorial claim to that Strait and undermining U.S. position on international freedom of navigation.

JD Vance Klu Klux Klan 🤝 The Pope is a threat to America

No better explanation of Vance's scorn for The Pope than this classic:

Hand it to the chuds to turn the witty quip “is the Pope Catholic?” into US government policy.

The separation of church and state is designed to PROTECT religion from the state. The reason these guys want to tear down the wall is to use the power of the state to impose THEIR version of religion.

He’s wrong of course. But we must note that the clearest path toward legalizing the “sharia law” they hate is to legitimize Patrick’s position here.

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Happy Steamed Hamsiverary.

"Imagine the wife beater stops beating his wife someday because the situation resolves itself somehow, then you could look at a wife beating rate close to zero. That's something the police need to pay attention to."

fun fact: Ed Meese is still alive!

Scott has been a government employee (and one with power) for 15+ years.

An effect of the Pope’s “not fear Trump” approach is that it creates a bright-line contrast with all the GOP Members of Congress, CEOs, university presidents, and media executives who choose to fear Trump.

A Republican colleague once said in a meeting that Orbán had kept CCP influence out of Hungary more than it otherwise would have been. We’re about to find how how much he was lying (or deluding himself).

Republican bigotry against Muslims is a threat to the entire IRF enterprise. Can the US government be an effective advocate for int'l religious freedom when the Party running that government is actively hostile toward a particular religion? Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/gops-anti-...

You will learn a lot in this episode with @lauratmurphy.bsky.social. She covers the definition of slavery and forced labor, academic freedom, and the meaning of bravery in an era of democratic backsliding. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...

My informed opinion is that a majority of Democrats would not think that Israel is committing genocide if the Government of Israel weren't engaged in conduct that UN experts have concluded amounts to genocide. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Says the guy who just returned from visibly inserting himself into another country’s politics (unsuccessfully)!

A 1950-year record of apolitical papacies coming to an end. Sad.

🚨VICE PRESIDENT CALLS JESUS A JOKE 🚨

"I like your AntiChrist, I do not like your AntiChristians. Your AntiChristians are so unlike your AntiChrist." -- AntiGandhi

"support" is a curious term given that the Trump Administration cut funding to the ICRC resulting in the elimination of nearly 3,000 positions.

My hot take is that President Trump, by attacking the Pope, denigrating Muslims and cultivating antisemitism, cannot be accused of religious bias because he disrespects them all equally, and thus must be considered a true champion of religious liberty.

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BREAKING: President Trump calls for a naval blockade of Vatican City.

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When the guitars hit in Sonic Youth's Against Fascism (1:57). Almost orgsnmic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWzI...

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