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@caolanrob.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social on Marco Rubio claiming the U.S. has nothing to do with Ukraine's Starlink issues: “Everyone has been passing this off because they know that what they are doing is morally reprehensible.”

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Columbus became a symbol of Italian-American pride after Italy protested the lynching of innocent Italian immigrants. People were not yet aware of what a bad guy Columbus was. www.britannica.com/event/New-Or...

Happy Italian Heritage Month, New York. Here’s continuing to fight for Vito Marcantonio’s vision of a government that works for all working people.

Pope Leo XIV declared capital punishment ''inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

The president of the U.S. Catholic bishops condemned the Trump administration on Friday over its plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan.

As olive harvest nears, Palestinian farmers urgently need international protection - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/olive-harvest-nears-palestinian-farmers-urgently-need-international-protection

Iranian media: Houthis take control of Strait of Mandeb after seizing Mayyun Island - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-media-houthis-take-control-strait-mandeb-after-seizing-mayyun

Here's Jimmy Kimmel's interview with James Talarico—the one Trump ordered could not appear on TV. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

"Love only bears fruit in self-giving: when we are willing to lose a little of ourselves to make room for another; to lose a little time to listen to a friend; to lose a little comfort to share in a time of hardship (6-28-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther

Italy still has vibrant newspapers and they are in an uproar this morning over Trump lashing out at Meloni. (Some are mocking Meloni but everyone mocks Trump.) TRUMP IS AN ASSHOLE "Italy Doesn't Beg" The War of the Kneepads Trump Insults Italy "The USA turns backwards as the world moves forward"

A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...

I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change is driving up homeowners’ insurance costs.

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Ryans from across the world are expected to gather at the Mall of America this July for a roller coaster record attempt.

I’m glad he was here with us, here at the end of all things [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/a...

Yes, the rule does work that way. The LIRR currently doesn’t have many dual mode trains, and they just run them in diesel mode all the time to avoid this. But they want to get way more dual mode trains and actually use the electric capability, so this will become a bigger and bigger problem.

I am usually pro-labor but the LIRR strike is absurd they are already the best paid agency in the country and have tons of extremely generous benefits like 2x wages for working on 2 trains. and now they’re refusing a 4% raise? LIRR union is a perfect example of why US transit is so inefficient

The Navy this week confirmed the loss of a multimillion-dollar MQ-4C Triton intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drone, one of more than a dozen costly unmanned aerial vehicles the U.S. has reportedly lost so far during the Iran war. From Stars and Stripes' Alison Bath:

“The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone…” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Pope Leo in first address in Algeria: “The future belongs to men and women of peace. In the end, justice will always triumph over injustice, just as violence, despite all appearances, will never have the last word.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Cardinal McElroy: “We entered this war not out of necessity but rather choice…Each of these policy failures is equally a moral failure which under Catholic just war principles renders both the initiation of this war and any continuation of it morally illegitimate.” www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...

Prior to Peace Vigil, aPope takes to St. Peter’s Square where thousands are gathered to invite them to follow along. He said: "We want to tell the whole world that it is possible to build peace, a new peace. It is possible to live together with all the peoples of all religions, of all races.”

The Pope is fed up, and today he denounced US foreign policy using the harshest terms yet. There is no need to mention names, for everyone knows who he is talking about; it would be a breach of Vatican protocol to do so. Leo is a Pope in a time of war, and he knows the danger of a “piecemeal” WWIII.

Pope Leo XIV: "Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death. A world of brothers and sisters with one heavenly Father vanishes, as in a nightmare, giving way to a reality populated by enemies"

Pope Leo at Peace Prayer Vigil: We are seeing a “delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive. The balance within the human family has been severely destabilized.” (Full Text): www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope Leo at Prayer Vigil for Peace: “Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is dragged into discourses of death.”

In 1963, Pope John XXIII released Pacem in Terris. Today, amid global conflict, his call for "Peace on Earth" is more urgent than ever. We are made for times such as these. Join us in #prayer and action as we work toward a more just world. #peace

Science educator Bill Nye came out swinging at President Donald Trump on Friday, blasting his administration's proposed cuts to NASA as "surprising, illogical and very troubling" in a scathing new opinion piece.

+Pizzaballa: “Today we do not carry palms in procession. Instead, we carry the cross – a cross that is not a useless burden, but the source of true peace. We do not wave olive branches; rather, we choose to become builders of reconciliation, through every gesture, every word, every relationship.”‬

"Jesus remains steadfast in meekness, while others stir up violence. He offers himself to embrace humanity, even as others raise swords and clubs. He is the light of the world, even though darkness engulfs the earth. He came to bring life, even as plans unfold to condemn him to death." #PopeLeoXIV

LONG ISLAND SHOWED UP!! #nokings

La Polizia israeliana ha impedito al cardinale Pizzaballa, patriarca di Gerusalemme, di raggiungere la Basilica del Santo Sepolcro

This morning, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa and the Custos of the Holy Land, Francesco Ielpo, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. www.custodia.org/it/news/join...

Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”

14th death under ICE custody that we know of. We will update this story as soon as we get more details. We reached out to ICE and DHS on Wednesday night and have received no response.

Qatar produces 30% of the world's helium, which is necessary for MRI's. Doctors have been warned supplies may be cut in half due to Trump's Special Military Operation, now that Qatar have had to halt production of it. www.rawstory.com/iran-war-267...

Making the Strait of Hormuz safe for energy shipments would be a remarkable accomplishment, one that the world has never seen since the beginning of the month.

"There are millions of young people who are asking us to do all that is possible and seemingly impossible to stop war, to stop all wars. It is in thinking first about them, of all children and young people, that we must say together: Never again war!" #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

03/21/2026 Iran has carried out at least eight waves of missile attacks on Israel today. Here’s what we know:

Iran hits Israeli town housing nuclear facility in retaliation for Natanz strike

This cruelty is being done in our name. Shame on this administration. Shame. 13,000 third country deportees so far. Many were ordered deported decades or even generations earlier, but no admin previously would have considered something as inhumane as this as a means of carrying out a removal.

"You don't need a navy to exert an anti-ship campaign...Either unmanned aerial or uncrewed surface vessels, drones, even the threat of mines, is enough to cause havoc." Maritime history and shipping expert @mercoglianos.bsky.social on the rapidly escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.

Dylan Lopez Contreras, the NYC high school student who spent almost a year in immigration detention, held a press conference today and called for the release of others who remain confined. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/n...