Taylor: "The day I decided to resign from that administration, one of my mentors from Capitol Hill, John McCain, died. Flags were lowered across the country, and the president was trying to call us in Australia, on the other side of the world, to tell us: Don't issue a statement honoring John McCain, raise the flags. I don't care whether you agree with John McCain or disagree with him, like Bob Mueller, he served this country in uniform, and he was a U.S. senator. He deserved to be honored with the flags lowered, but for the president of the United States to be so petty, so small and petty, to order us to raise the flags in an act that was an outright insult, that tells you everything you need to know about this man and his lack of integrity and morals."
"The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments."
George Mason wrote that in 1776.
Strong leaders take questions. Weak ones take away the microphone. Trump is such a weak man.
Jon Stewart on the Supreme Court: “They have single-handedly made it impossible for us to reform and save our democracy. The way they have made it that corporations are people and money is speech. There has to be a process of amending the Constitution. This idea that Citizens United stands as the law of the land is the biggest bunch of shit. The Constitution is in a suicide pact and money in elections is killing this country”
“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥
Katie Phang delivered a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang as she sounded the alarm about the stakes of the November midterms.
“I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
“The stakes have never been higher,” Phang said. “We are 49 days away from the November midterms. Are you registered to vote? Check it. Do you know where you need to go? Make sure you’re doing it.”
“Don’t let anybody tell you it’s not worth it. And don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t get out and vote.”
Phang closed: “Every day we are given the choice to be on the right side of history, and every day we should make that choice the right way.”
The Vatican has officially declared environmental destruction a ”sin against creation and the Creator” in a major new doctrinal text.
The 29,000-word document, titled Caring for Our Common Home, elevates ecological concern from a merely political or scientific issue into a direct matter of personal faith.
Authorized under Pope Leo XIV, the text declares that destroying natural habitats, polluting, and exploiting resources are not just civic failures, but a 'sin against creation and against the Creator' that directly violates God's plan.
This shift from Pope Francis' earlier concept of 'ecological sin' to a more explicit 'sin against the Creator' is designed to reshape how believers view their daily environmental impact. The Vatican emphasizes that failing to safeguard the planet severely harms the poorest populations and future generations, distorting the core relationships that define humanity. By placing ecological action squarely in the realm of moral responsibility, the Church is challenging millions of people to treat environmental care as a fundamental requirement of their faith.
source: O'Connell, G. (2026). Vatican theological commission defines 'sin against creation and the Creator' in new document. America Magazine.
Trump on the deaths of these 18 American soldiers in his Iran War: "It’s small potatoes for us. It’s not a big thing." Hundreds more have been wounded.
When he ridiculed our POW’s and called our veterans “suckers and losers” you should have believed him the first time.
My uncle told me, “Women today are too independent, Men don't feel needed anymore” I asked him, “Why does a woman being capable of taking care of herself make you feel less like a man?” He said, “Because men are supposed to provide” I asked, “Then what happens when she can provide for herself?” He said, “She'll stop respecting him” I looked at him and said, “Or maybe she’ll finally have the freedom to respect a man because she genuinely admires him, not because she depends on him” He went quiet. I wasn't trying to win the argument. I just wanted him to hear how strange that sounds when you say it out loud.
A Michigan Catholic deacon stands up for Muslims in Dearborn after a Christian nationalist rally called for their removal from the country:
“To the men and women protesting in the name of Jesus, hurling hate at our Muslim brothers and sisters — not in his name, and certainly not on my watch.
“I count many Muslims as my friends, my neighbors, my associates, and yes, my barber. Men and women of integrity, of family, and of faith. We may not be brothers in faith, but we are certainly and absolutely brothers and sisters in humanity.
“And freedom of religion is not a footnote to being an American. It is a cornerstone. The same First Amendment that protects my right to go to Mass protects your right to the mosque.
“It grieves me that in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace is being used as a weapon to spread fear, intolerance, and hate. That is not the gospel. That is not the cross. And that certainly is not of Christ.
“So let me be clear. In the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke this spirit of hatred and division. Scripture does not leave us confused about this. We are called to rebuke evil, and tonight, this is evil — using the name of the Savior who dined with outcasts to cast out our neighbors, good people.*
“John tells us exactly how Christians should be known: by this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another — and your neighbor.
“He makes it even plainer: if anyone says “I love God” and hates his brother, he is a liar.
“So no. You do not speak for me. You do not speak for my church. And you do not speak for Christ when you chant hate at people of God, no matter the faith.
“To my Muslim friends in this room and in this city: you are welcome here. You belong here. Your freedom to worship is my freedom to worship, and I will stand for it because my faith demands it.
“We can disagree — and we probably will — on theology, and still defend each other’s dignity. That’s not weakness. That’s Christianity. That is American.”
Hunter Biden: “We need to have Nuremberg trials. We need to have truth and reconciliation. If Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are gonna come in and take the tact that Merrick Garland did, they best step aside today”
🚨MUST WATCH: Jon Ossoff just showed up on national TV with a blowtorch, systematically tearing down their entire circus piece by piece.
Whoever in Trump's camp convinced him that Jon Ossoff would roll over and stay silent needs to be fired.
Btw, who's Natalie Harp? 🤣