Remember when this guy made it absolutely clear that the President was responsible for the US government being shut down by the GOP-majority congress?

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It's been a crazy week. You deserve some croonchy #Vaticats ☺️

The Komen foundation is doing Breast Cancer awareness and screenings in St. Peter's Square. Excellent! 😇 F-Cancer!

I was born in the SF Bay Area. Pelosi has been my rep for most of my life. Not once has ANYBODY called her "mom".

Posting this for no reason.

Re: "both sides are the same" This is the difference between how the two parties govern. Just like how the GOP pushed through the $340b budget framework in Feb w/no Dem amendments. Just like how they're pushing THIS budget. ... Stop asking the Dems to compromise if the GOP won't do the same.

Reminder: Nobody at Trump's DOJ can reasonably explain why child-sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security federal prison, dubbed "Club Med", where even her fellow inmates have been shocked by her special privileges. ... But we know why. www.foxnews.com/us/ghislaine...

Somebody got a little territorial and kicked Sabrina off my lap to make it clear that NOBODY messes with her stuff. 😇 #Vaticats

Chinese Child: "Mama... I don't want to eat that!" Chinese Mom: "Eat EVERYTHING on your plate! There are starving children in the US who aren't as fortunate as you!"

Today, Nov 5, We honor the 53 Saints and 158 Blessed ones in the Society of Jesus. The large number of martyrs (Saints & Blessed) shows that witness to Christ and service to the excluded always outweighed fear. We follow their courageous footsteps today!

Superior: "Robert, why didn't you submit your reports on time?" Me: "Well... I finished them last night, but on my way to the office..." (Shows picture) Superior: "Understandable. Have a good day." #Vaticats

Dozens of body cams, street cams and phone cams... and not a SINGLE shot shows anything like the "attack" that ICE claimed this man launched against Bovino. ... Yet ICE insisted he be arrested and sent to trial. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Just a reminder that both Elon Musk and Melania Trump are immigrants to the United States who illegally worked in violation of the terms of their visas.

By his own words, Trump admits that he pardoned a criminal because his "sons are into" crypto. ... When is enough, enough? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Remember when conservatives claimed that the liberals had declared "a war on religion"?

Demanding the government help HIM while it abandons and persecutes millions of people who don't happen to have Adams' wealth & privilege ... is something Dilbert's boss would do. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

No apology. No explanation. No investigation. ICE struck a bystander while driving unsafely, dragged an innocent women out of her car by her feet and kidnapped her in broad daylight, leaving her damaged car in the middle of the street. ... Call ICE what it is. A state-sanctioned paramilitary.

In Trump's first term, his officials were shamed after they ran up private plane bills for personal use. In his 2nd term, his officials are firing those who expose the use of official planes for personal use. ... This is not normal. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

I'm old enough to remember when Trump said that he would repeal and replace the ACA "ON DAY 1!" with something better ... 10 years ago. Or when he said that his amazing health care plan would be ready in 2 weeks ... 7 years ago. www.alternet.org/trump-govern...

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

First the Japanese "deal", then the Chinese "deal", and the Thailand/Cambodia peace deal. World leaders are no longer afraid to fact-check Trump... especially in Asia. Congrats MAGA, you just became irrelevant. newzsquare.com/xi-jinping-f...

The DOJ is indicting dozens of people they KNOW they don't have a chance of convicting ... Because they know the threat of being indicting & the following cost/anxiety will keep others in line. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

To all the MAGA farmers who may lose their farms b/c of Trump's tariff war & beef buyout: Just a reminder that JD Vance is partial owner of a service called "AcreTrader" that buys distressed properties (like your farms) & sells them to international firms.

Israel murdered at least 46 children in Gaza yesterday because of the *unexplained* death of a *soldier* in Rafah. And this is not understood by the US et al to have violated the ‘ceasefire.’

The tl:dr on the DOJ apology over the Portland deployment of the national guard: Trump's DOJ claimed "nearly a quarter" of the 900 "Federal Protective Service" officers had been deployed to portland because of violence against federal buildings. They claimed they NEEDED the national guard.

During the 2024 election, the USCCB had the opportunity to clarify if their statement that "abortion is the preeminent issue" for voting meant that it was the ONLY issue to be considered while voting. ... They declined to do so.

That's a lawsuit.

I'm Filipino. I have a LOT of aunts and uncles (titas and titos), the vast majority of whom are NOT my biological aunts or uncles. It's a term of respect.

Uh oh ... Grandpa forgot to take his pills.

We have a new addition to the #Vaticats! Super shy, but let me pet him. Looks almost like Reginald, but with a different fur pattern! 😇

Remember ICE doesn't have valid warrants for entry, & their "officers" are paid bounties. So if, like the owner of this laundromat, you happen to lock the door, they can only stare angrily while they think of all the money they AREN'T getting by committing atrocities against our communities.

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Consider: A billionaire would not have had to donate $130m to pay the military if billionaires in the US paid the same tax rate that they did in the 80's. In fact, if they did, ALL the programs Trump cut, including the ACA, would be easily funded. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

When future generations speak of this cruelty, it will be in the same breath as the genocide of the indigenous or the internment of Japanese Americans. They will look at the Trump/MAGA era the way we look at McCarthyism. History is repeating. Let those who have ears to hear, be on the right side.

This is NOT how the US Justice System is supposed to work. You do not indict somebody and THEN search for the evidence to indict them. This outrageous incompetency can only have one source: The current President of the United States. www.alternet.org/doj-letitia-...

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"He likes to exaggerate" ... That's all they have to say. That's how you explain Trump claiming that he dropped medication prices by 400% or 1500%. But that's not how a cult works. In a cult, dear leader is never wrong. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump added $8.18t to the national debt in his first term. In just the first 9 months of his 2nd term, he has added $4t. He WILL be the biggest WORST debt POTUS in US history. ... But at least he got a $1 billion plane & $300 million ballroom. Amiright? forbespanama.com/as-nationwid...

Now you know why ICE agents are so willing to violate basic, constitutionally-guaranteed rights.

This went through Texas, yes? By Texas law, shouldn't any ICE/DHS personnel who were part of this act of barbarism be subject to Texas "bounty hunters" and serious jail time?

It doesn't matter how many times you vote for him, how often you praise him, how much money you give him, or how well you support him ... EVERYBODY but Donald goes under the Trump bus.

"We lose money on every transaction, but we make up for it in volume of transactions."

This businesses woman in New York is defying a column of ICE vehicles coming to hurt her community. She's in good company.

Never before has there been a photo taken of the White House that so perfectly encapsulates the actions of the man currently running the United States

That's good news. Once Trump is out of office, the precedent has already been set to demolish every gaudy thing he created.

DECADES of the GOP claiming they KNOW Soros is paying protestors/voters... and not ONCE have they been able to produce even a shred of evidence. Meanwhile, Elon Musk LIVE BROADCASTED HIMSELF giving millions of dollars to MAGA voters... and they didn't even blink.

Not surprisingly, we ALSO call that "committing murder"

After retreat, the Major Superiors made a pilgrimage to the Holy Door. A powerful symbolic act of conversion and renewal before they tackle global challenges. Asking for God's mercy to guide their discernment. #Jesuits #MMS #Rome #Pilgrimage

It was an interesting day at the office. 😇