I loaf and invite my soul

CARDINAL CUPICH: “We’re dehumanizing victims of war by turning the suffering of people and the killing of children and our own soldiers into entertainment. It’s sickening.” No wonder Trump lashed out at the Pope today.

Meanwhile, the lawless killing spree at sea continues.

Also, re: my last post, what the everloving fuck is this:

I wouldn't. I'd try to get "HWÆT!" (shouted really loud) to become a thing again in today's world. Office meeting, and Bill from accounting interrupts Barbara again, and she just cries "HWÆT!" at the top of her lungs. "Right, so as I was saying..." she continues in the stunned silence.

Congratulations to the 58% of Catholic voters who chose Trump in 2024. Your convicted felon is attacking your pope.

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

BRENNAN: Did they mine the strait? Because Trump also said they might not have TURNER: You'll have to ask the president BRENNAN: That's the point. Congress hasn't been briefed TURNER: It's his tweet B: You're a member of oversight and armed services TURNER: You'll have to ask the president

One down. Three to go.

I really never thought I’d see the day the pope was accused of being “too liberal.”

This seems to have gotten memory holed in discussions of Trump's blockade of Iran's blockade. The "peace" deal on the table was that Iran and Trump enter a joint toll booth venture, payable in Trump crypto. And WHY that didn't happen is the underlying question.

@ldfreedman.bsky.social's apt assessment of how Trump's bullying leads him to fail. samf.substack.com/p/the-causes...

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

One step forward for the world: www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

I'm pretty sure "We presented an offer, and they didn't accept it, so fuck it" only counts as "negotiation" in the minds of toddlers.

A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.

America's money goes to Hungary. To Argentina. To fund wars in Iran and invasions of Venezuela. It goes to kill shipwrecked survivors. To ICE, who shoot US citizens and build concentration camps Our money seems to fund death and destruction all across the globe But it never goes to help Americans

Kushner looks like even he can’t believe he’s getting away with being a lead negotiator when he’s the son in law of the president and their family has billions of dollars worth of deals in the region

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

This. Jon is absolutely right.

Barack Obama sent seasoned diplomats and nuclear scientists to negotiate the Iran Deal. Donald Trump sent a few real estate bros and JD Vance. Failure was a foregone conclusion.

I too have written about white conservatives in southern state legislatures rushing through bullshit changes to the law just to thwart the advancement of literally one black man, but I'm a historian who writes about the Jim Crow era South and not a reporter discussing current fucking events there.

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Prophetic 2020 cartoon by Rob Rogers. Rogers was sacked by the vile Trumper owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2018. Since then, his work since has never been better. The idiot owner ran the P-G into the ditch. It's bankrupt and will cease to be on May 3, after 240 years.

Are we great yet⁉️ #Pinks

one reason you dont elect racists is they think “it will be so easy” to win a war in the middle east based on nothing more than what they believe is their superior dna

😍😍😍

Everything 🍊 touches dies. Not always a terrible thing.

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor. In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.

I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.

Obviously it's completely unseemly that they're hoping to bribe Hungarians to vote for Orban. But it's also just bizarre - Orban does nothing for America, but he does a lot for Russia. Why is this Trump's priority? (It's okay, you don't need to answer.)

Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force

We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.

❗️The ceasefire has already been broken, the Russian Federation is now firing MLRS at the Kherson region and border regions Also, drones are flying to attack Kharkiv and the region.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

Two days before Hungary’s election, Trump pledges to buy votes for Viktor Orban with US taxpayer dollars.

Oh. No. There’s no respawning here.

We’re so excited to share our premium accessories for Magic: The Gathering | Secrets of Strixhaven! 🔮✨ Get ready for ingenious new products specifically crafted for the set. 😍 ℹ️Release: 24 April 2026 #gamegenic #SecretsofStrixhaven #MTGSecretsofStrixhaven

The U.S. has made it impossible for many Venezuelans to stay legally, and their own country makes it difficult for them to return. They had their passports confiscated when entering the U.S., under a policy to speed up deportation should they be denied asylum — leaving them unable to fly home.

This is an excellent interview with Heather Cox Richardson. Great way to get to know Maxwell Frost. 👏👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=10eO... @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Data centers should have to pay their fair share — and take every step possible to protect working families. As electricity demand and costs rise across Illinois and the region, I’m joining governors in urging PJM to keep consumers at the center of every decision it makes.

Biggest increase in inflation in 4 years. Biggest monthly increase in gas prices in 60 years. Trump’s war in Iran is costing Americans big here at home.

Fblthp: *in the head* Hullbreacher, shortly after looking at the torn hull: *scarred for life*

Fuck you, Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Gorsuch, you heinous excuses for human beings.

I finished my taxes and am getting money back (as long as this administration is still doing that by the time my turn comes around). Wouldn't put it past them to declare some sort of emergency.

This man IS delicious. If you haven't seen the first of this series with the McDonald's CEO (McDonald's CEO Tries McDonald's), it's a must. www.youtube.com/shorts/iBp5s...

What #MTGStrixhaven college did you enroll in? Grab a free ribbon at #MCVegas and show off your college pride! #MagicCon