Rahm Emmanuel, considered one of the most pro Israel members of the Obama admin and a 2028 presidential candidate, is going to deliver a speech on Wednesday where he will call for an end to all taxpayer funded aid to Israel and sanctions on people, banks and companies engaged in settlement activity.

Heather Cox Richardson for Maine Senate. If she is willing to do it.

Needless to say, some of the greatest anti-Communists were Social Democrats. Trump wouldn’t know since he never was an anti-Communist—he wanted to cut business deals with the Soviet Union and admired the brutal repression of the Chinese regime.

NEW: Pope Leo XIV marked America’s 250th with a letter declaring that defending human life means “welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants.” The same weekend at Mount Rushmore, Donald Trump named his “communist menace” — and it wasn’t a foreign power. It was “newcomers to our country.”

I'm going to KEEP talking about how Florida Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

The Trump Administration wanted Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States for our 250th anniversary. Instead, he visited the Italian migrant island of Lampedusa and lifted up the plight of those who undertake a dangerous journey to new lands in search of a better future for their children.

NEW: One day after the Society of St. Pius X consecrated four bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV, the Vatican has excommunicated members of the right-wing dissident group. The decree extends the automatic penalty to lay people who formally adhere to the group, whose American following has grown.

Why is CJR interviewing Tucker Carlson? And if you're going to interview him, why wouldn't you ask him any remotely difficult questions? www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Decision Desk HQ projects Melat Kiros wins the CO US House 1 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:31 PM EDT

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Interesting to see that the new Texas Democratic Party's platform -Recognizes the Nakba -Calls for dismantling all settlements in East Jerusalem & WB -Calls on Dem members of Congress to support the Block The Bombs and Justice for Hind Rajab Acts -Supports offensive weapons embargo -Condemns AIPAC

About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.

GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: "It is not in the United States' interest, certainly not in Ohio's interest, to have people who are working every single day, who are supporting a family, buying houses, and really are contributing, and yank them out."

Stonewall Pride Mass in NYC's Greenwich Village draws #Catholics for message of faith, inclusion, hope. Via @camillobarone.bsky.social in NCR... #pride #LGBTQ #faith www.ncronline.org/news/stonewa...

UPDATE: @aoc.bsky.social endorses @justinjpearson.bsky.social in TN-9 www.instagram.com/p/DaA9A9WRvk...

Dodgers fullfill $1 million pledge in response to ICE raids. Owners divest from prison group. Free and unlocked here: www.aol.com/sports/dodge...

Hunter speaks! Dems need to listen. 🙌🔥

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease: https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/new-orleans-man-becomes-first-louisiana-functionally-cured-sickle-cell-disease/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

22nd June 1971, Reprise Records released Mitchell's 4th studio album, Blue. Universally regarded by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time, the vulnerability of tracks like "River" and "A Case of You" redefined the confessional singer-songwriter genre. A firm favourite of mine. #Blue

“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed. “As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV says that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexual ethics must be less prioritized over “greater, more important issues.” “We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, there are much greater issues.”

Black lives matter isn’t a political slogan. It’s a deeply Christian claim. After I said that on Fox News, a viewer told me it contradicted Jesus’s teaching. My Catholic faith — shaped in a Tennessee parish once targeted by the Ku Klux Klan — taught me otherwise.

"It looks like D.C. will get its first democratic socialist mayor." @samdelgado.bsky.social and @curiouskurz.bsky.social for @51st.news 51st.news/janeese-lewi...

Joyce Beatty is why the name came off the Kennedy Center. Her focus and tenacity... It should escape no one that she's also a Black woman.

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV warned smugglers that they would face God’s wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants, demanding they stop and repent. For the second day in a row in the Canary Islands, the pope insisted migrants be welcomed and integrated into society. “All of us are migrants.”

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

Putin refuses a ceasefire. Zelenskyy agrees to it. Putin refuses a direct meeting. Zelenskyy agrees to it. Putin continues to attack Ukrainian civilians. Zelenskyy retaliates on strategic and military targets. Politicians calling for "both sides" to "negotiate" serve russia.

Is this big? Because it seems big. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

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On Platner, from Zeteo’s First draft morning newsletter: zeteo.com/p/did-the-ne...

Trump Threatens Migrants With Bank Account Closures and Asset Seizures Trump says accounts tied to undocumented immigrants could be shut down and funds confiscated meidasnews.com/news/trump-t...

Dollar tree cashiers should be able to own a house and take their kids on a beach vacation. You shouldn’t need a masters degree and a fancy job title to have the opportunity to enjoy things.

Trump’s first round of MAGA hires to work in his administration in 2025 scraped the bottom of the barrel of unqualified hacks and grifters. Now he’s moved on to scraping the sludge and slime that was stuck to the bottom.

There likely will be a time in the not too distant future when Zohran Mamdani, who struggled to get endorsements from prominent Democrats even after winning the nomination, will be one of the most sought after endorsements for Dem candidates across the country.

Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. bsky.app/profile/atru...

It’s telling how many of the large news organizations who are flush with money aren’t sending journalists to cover ICE (and now state trooper) violence overnight outside Delaney Hall and the independent outlets with far less financial and insurance coverage are braving it.

I interviewed Bret Michaels once. It was not long after I had been diagnosed with diabetes, and I was pretty scared and raw about that news. Michaels, a diabetic himself, was extraordinarily kind and helpful to me in that moment. He is on my Good Dude list forever.

All dogs are therapy dogs. Most are just freelancing.

Some context: there's a 6-year statute of limitations on false claims. The Trump administration can dismiss any individual case (known as a qui tam case) but they won't be able to do that throughout. Dem candidates can say right now that they would pursue this or not stand in the way of qui tams.

Free link to article www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...

For the record: if music sounds good to your ears then it's good music. Stop letting people tell you otherwise.

Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas is a masterclass in Catholic Social Doctrine which will reverberate for generations. Not only does Leo take on AI, but calls out the ethic and moral implications of living in a moment when humans are treated as robots. By all accounts, Leo’s encyclical is Rerum Novarum 2.0.

“May the Spirit of the risen One may save us from the evil of war, which is overcome not by a superpower, but by the omnipotence of love. “Let us pray that he free humanity from misery, which is redeemed not by immeasurable wealth, but by an inexhaustible gift.” — Pope Leo XIV

He's completely incompetent, even apart from being deranged.

JB PRITZKER Could Be A Good Candidate For President........ ?

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...