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[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Bye-Bye Billionaire Ballroom 👋🏼

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Well it sounds like Trump and his Administration have lied again and this time it’s about the Downed Pilot in Iran that they allegedly rescued because there was no downed pilot and there was no rescue of a pilot according to Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar!

[Chasten Glezman Buttigieg @Chasten]

The same Duffys who threw endless fits on national television when Pete was working from our son's ICU bedside are now bragging about their multi-month, taxpayer-funded family road trip while gas and grocery prices soar for American families because of Trump's war of choice. How much more unfocused, unserious, and out of touch can you be?

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@OccupyDemocrats Ranger Pete and Fossil Rock spending our hard earned money.

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@ProjectLincoln @TheRickWilson @LPAdvocacy @harryjsisson Can you do some of these Epstein billboards in the purple states, like NC and GA?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This veteran, a two-time Trump voter, says he’s voting for Democrats in 2026 because he believes the country needs to send Trump a midterm message:

“The shine’s kind of coming off the Trump presidency. You really kind of see through the true core of who he is versus what he campaigned on.”

People are finally waking up

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@RpsAgainstTrump But at least her dad thinks she’s sexy…

https://t.co/EvczBxkSaM

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

Dear @FLOTUS,

Your intentional hypocrisy and your enabling of a madman who happens to be your husband won't cut it here. @jimmykimmel is a comedian and a truly decent man. Perhaps you would not recognize that quality. That said, his joke was to mock the fact that you seem in public to despise your husband. However, in light of this weekend, perhaps he wishes he could have that joke back.

That said, we cannot ignore the behavior of your husband. He has incited a level of violence and hatred in this country that is not ok. Just recently, he posted the message below about Robert Mueller's death and it was far worse than your complaint about Kimmel. He also lies. On February 18th, 2018, the day that I buried my daughter, he posted the message below about the Parkland shooting. He knew it had nothing to do with the Russia investigation, but he could not help his bullshit tendencies and narcissistic need to make it about himself. He made the worst day of my life, the day that I buried my daughter even worse.

Today, when a question about political violence came up, rather than acting Presidential and calling it out, he sounded as if he accepted it. Honestly, it had me wondering if he plans more political violence in the future which is why he chose not to call it out today. Let's not forget his role on January 6th. Will he engage in future political violence? Do you and he even discuss what he does or was Kimmel right to assume you despise him?

Sorry Melania that you are married to an evil and despicable human. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel today.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

MAGA: Treasonous Obama gave Iran $400 Million in Cash

MAGA: When Trump gives Iran $20 BILLION

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"I don't even know what that phrase means and I doubt that I said that... How I can I answer something that I didn't say... I'd like to hear the recording."

Okay @RFKJr_Official. Here you go. Here's you caught lying on tape:

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@Franklin_Graham @realDonaldTrump You need to revisit the commandments then. I recommend paying particular attention to #9.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than:

Tesla
Southwest
Disney
Live Nation
HP
United
PayPal
CVS Health
Palantir
Citigroup
PG&E
3M

That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax.

It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@KofC https://t.co/fqWL7sNDLu

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Yes, he really said that.

Yesterday Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo XIV for not knowing enough theology: "I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology ... If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful, you’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth," he said, at a Turning Point conference.

One of the many, many, ironies about that statement is that it came in response to Pope Leo's comments about war and peace and, specifically, the concept of "just war," which originated with St. Augustine. As many have already noted, when the Vice President was making his comments, Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, and twice Prior General of the Augustinians before his election as Pope, was visiting the hometown of St. Augustine, then called "Hippo," now in Annaba, a town in modern-day Algeria. For good measure, Pope Leo XIV, the man critiqued for insufficient theological education, earned not only a master's degree in divinity, but also licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

JD Vance's recent conversion to Catholicism is beside the point, because many converts are of course not only highly intelligent (and learned in theology) but faithful and energetic Catholics. We rejoice over everyone entering the church.

What most of us do not rejoice over, however, is a deadly combination of inaccuracy and hubris. Pace, Vice President Vance, but the current war in Iran is not a just war under Catholic doctrine. You can hear that from church leaders from across the theological spectrum, from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the military vicariate and former head of the @USCCB, to Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington who holds doctorates in both theology and political science. You can look all that up online. Suffice to say, the Vice President doesn't seem to understand the tenets of just war.

Nor does he seem to understand the fundamental position of the church, which is for peace. "War is always a defeat for humanity," as St. John Paul II said. If that authority isn't enough, then turn to Jesus who said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the warmongers." And after the Resurrection, the Risen Christ says to the frightened disciples not "Vengeance is mine" but "Peace be with you."

Incidentally, the day before, the Vice President said that the Pope (and the Vatican) should stick to teaching about morality, also seeming to forget that war and peace are profoundly moral issues.

For his part, Pope Leo was focused yesterday on his spiritual father, St. Augustine. After what seemed like an emotional visit to Hippo, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. During his homily he said, "The primary task of pastors as ministers of the Gospel is therefore to bear witness to God before the world with one heart and one soul, not permitting our concerns to lead us astray through fear, nor trends to undermine us through compromise."

Amen. Let's all continue to pray for the Holy Father as he works for peace.

(Image: Pope Leo XIV prays at the archeological ruins of Hippo, home of St. Augustine, in current-day Algeria. CNS photo).

[💕 Brittany Belle 💕 @BrittanyinTexas]

Colbert NAILS Maria Bartiromo’s reaction to Trump’s gas price comments 🤣🤣🤣

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@AmericanPhD1984 @JustTheTweets17 It’s weird how the secret service guy had a towel/wash cloth on him. Do they normally carry those with them, or did he know what was coming?

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Senator Thom Tillis is asked by a reporter about Trump’s Jesus Meme saying he thought it was a Doctor and also his comments about the Pope. I never thought I would agree with him on anything till now!

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Mr. Vice President @JDVance , my fellow Catholic, are you going to condemn this world leaders actions related to the Pope? Didn’t think so but know this: he’s doing this in part to troll you to make sure the world knows that you are his supplicant.

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

'The pope is weak on foreign policy'

[Swlisaland 🇺🇸 @swlisaland]

@WUTangKids Cringe