John B

Political junkie, reformed conservative and former attorney (@TempleLaw ). #SafariLive #WildEarth fan.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Breaking: DOJ admits a President Trump-prompted $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing from DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. -@CNN

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn

Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Imagine the amount of propaganda it took to convince millions of people that healthcare, food assistance, social programs, clean water, clean air, good wages, housing, equal rights, diversity and a healthy planet for all people was somehow a threat to America and to Christianity.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Firmly rooted in the Word of Jesus, reading the Gospel every day, never stop dreaming of a land where there is peace and fraternity, nor stop looking at the world with wonder, nor stop facing the future with the light of hope. Do not let anything or anyone steal your hope.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, the needy to be called "parasites," and our planet to be ravaged, all while billionaires get richer, we've misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Authentic freedom is founded upon the human person’s capacity to know the truth and adhere to what is good, even at great cost.
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[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Then Jesus said unto the sick, “you better have insurance.”

Then Jesus said unto the stranger, “are you here legally?”

Then Jesus said unto the hungry, “my taxes better not be paying for these loaves and fishes.”

Then Jesus said unto the poor, “this is your own fault.”

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Having become our brother, the Son of God looks at the people; He looks at humanity and sees the oppression that burdens and the violence that causes strength to fade. He sees the wounds of war and the emptiness of consumerism. He sees faces reduced to masks, families torn apart by evil, and young people misled by false ideals. Jesus sees and loves. He loves and suffers for and with us: His compassion expresses not only fraternal closeness, but His desire to redeem. #GospelOfToday (Mt 9:36 – 10:8)

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

The House -- controlled by Republicans -- has passed a war powers resolution on iran.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. https://t.co/cQz8oU5Wkh

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Jesus never fused his name and his relationship with God to an earthly nation. Caesar did that.

The Caesars of our time are doing the same, but with Jesus’ name.

That’s what it looks like to take Jesus’ name in vain.

“My kingdom is not of this world.” -Jesus

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Jesus' harshest words weren't directed towards "sinners."

Jesus' harshest words were directed towards those who used their religion as a tool of oppression and self serving power.

Jesus' harshest words were directed towards religious hypocrisy.

May we remember this.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

What kind of world are we leaving behind? Unfortunately, it is a world distorted by war and war-like language. This pollution of reason comes from the geopolitical sphere and invades every social relationship. Any simplification that creates enemies must be corrected, especially in universities, through complexity of thought and wise exercise of memory.

[The Washington Times @WashTimes]

“Shots fired,” screamed the Secret Service agents.

President Trump and Cabinet members were escorted out of the main ballroom by the Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Buttigieg: That’s why I developed this very unexpected specialty of going to places like Fox News and other conservative outlets, because how can I blame somebody for not embracing my point of view if they’ve literally never even heard it, right?

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a response to JD Vance's comments about Pope Leo XIV:

'For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’

That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.

When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars'

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is unreal:

"As tensions escalated, one U.S. official went so far as to invoke the Avignon Papacy, the period in the 1300s when the French Crown leveraged its military power to dominate the papal authority. The Department of Defense and the Nunciature did not respond to requests for comment."

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

A top Vatican diplomat was summoned to the Pentagon to receive a “bitter lecture” about supporting Trump’s warmongering.

https://t.co/kWGo4g265D

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle has crashed over Kuwait reportedly in a “friendly fire” incident as part of the war with Iran.

The pilot has reportedly survived.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Breaking: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is now threatening “the heaviest offensive operations in the history of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic” toward Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.