Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

Strange how nobody is threatening to send in the National Guard to deal with this domestic terrorism.

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Yo.

This is a chart of Soybean prices from Trump's first term, the 4 years of Biden, then Trump II.

Those Catholics only thought that Leo would be a break w/Francis b/c Fox/Newsmax/EWTN had been pushing the "American Pope" angle. They assumed that any American clergy would be MAGA.

Their gaslighting is entirely self-inflicted.

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How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Donald Trump's ex-spiritual adviser pleads guilty to child sex abuse Morris is the founder and former senior pastor of Gateway Church, one of Texas's largest evangelical congregations.

Consider:

Morris has been part of Trump's inner circle since before the 2016 election.

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Me? I'm a quark.

It's a little cold at the moment. Stay warm!

Source:

It's not just Pope Leo, but also Pope Francis AND Pope Benedict.

Musk, Thiel, and Bannon appear in newly released Epstein records, years after sex-offender plea | Fortune The schedules show high-profile names penciled in for lunches, flights, and island trips.

Remember that time that FBI Podcaster Kash Patel testified under oath to Congress that there were no more noteworthy disclosures from the Epstein files

... then a few days later we found out that Elon Musk, Peter Theil and Steve Bannon were all listed in the files?

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Trump Cuts Funding to 16 Blue States That Didn’t Vote for Him Amid the shutdown fight, Donald Trump is increasing pressure on states with two Democratic senators.

Trump is now openly retaliating against states that didn't vote fo him because he doesn't know what else to do.

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Stop trying to tell me that "both sides are the same."

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There's no doubt the GOP will blame future poor economic data on the shutdown.

But consider:

The Purchasing Manager Index has reported the shrinking of the US manufacturing sector for 5 straight months.

(Much like how the US economy was in recession BEFORE COVID.)

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Schwarzenegger: ‘Catholic Church a powerhouse for environmental activism’ - Vatican News Ahead of the ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ conference in Castel Gandolfo, Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Vatican News about the Church’s vast ...

Get to da choopa! 😇

Also, as long as he's in the neighborhood, if Mr. @schwarzenegger.bsky.social wants to stop by the Curia for a drink and a smoke overlooking Rome, he would be most welcome. 😁

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If your party controls the White House, the Senate, the House AND SCOTUS, and you're still blaming the other party for your failed majority vote

... maybe you're just really bad at your job?

Pope Leo weighs in on controversy over Cardinal Cupich giving Sen. Durbin immigration award "They are very complex issues," Pope Leo said, and "I don't know if anyone has all the truth on them."

Pope Leo XIV weighs in on award controversy, says you are not really pro-life if you say you are against abortion but for the death penalty & questions whether one can pro-life if they are ‘in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants’ in the US. www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/09...

Carry on my good man. Carry on.

Hegseth & Trump ordered 800 of our top military commanders from all over the world to fly to a Marine Corps base outside of DC and all gather in one room today to listen to unserious, performative shit like this. What a fucking waste of money & time. What a stupid security risk.

US FCC to consider ending merger ban among US broadcast networks The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to consider whether to lift the long-standing prohibition on a merger between any of the largest four broadcast networks and to consider relaxing other media ownership rules.

Two things:

1. Yup... b/c having massive media conglomerates have worked so well for us, let's let them become even BIGGER! /s

2. This is why every media company is settling up w/Trump. They can smell money in the water.

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Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.

Pope Leo in remarks to journalists tonight: "Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life.” www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

Today I learned that in 1140 king Conrad put the city of Weinsberg under siege. The city surrendered and the king permitted the women of the city to leave with whatever possessions they could carry.

The women left their belongings behind & instead carried their men on their shoulders.

A room full of people who are REQUIRED to be there and can't ask him questions, leave, show disapproval, or speak their minds.

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This is the only crowd that Trump enjoys.

Yakima bishop urges federal government to release misidentified immigrant Bishop Joseph Tyson of Yakima, Washington, is calling for the release of José López, a local man who was arrested by immigration officers in mid-September. "There was a kind of racial profiling here,"...

Yakima (WA) Catholic Bishop Joseph Tyson is calling on federal authorities to release a local undocumented man who was recently taken into custody in an apparent case of racial profiling. www.ncronline.org/news/yakima-...

I'm with you.

Living over here gives the distance necessary to look at my home country and think, "how can half my countrymen think that this is good or normal?" ☹️

Don't let a little thing like fascism get in the way of profit.

Remember that when our freedoms were on the line the tech giants, even the one that once professed "don't be evil" put their quarterly earnings ahead of our well-being.

I speak of the slivers of "traditional Republican values" that persist in small pockets.

- Quality public education (1800's GOP)
- Foreign policy based on EARNED trust
- Balanced budgets (not just sound bites)

They still exist in the GOP but those voices are FAR eclipsed by the orange shadow.

'That's false': Kash Patel stuns observers by correcting Trump on 'outlandish' FBI claim FBI Director Kash Patel shocked observers over the weekend when he issued a correction to a false statement made by Donald Trump.It all started when President Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to...

Coming soon to Truth Social:

"Kash Patel. So sad. Yet another Biden failure. Did you know that he also lied about there not being any notable names in the Epstein files? He fired himself by being an enemy of the people. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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There is very little that is salvageable from today's GOP.

"Clever girl"

Trump victory as US economy grows at fastest pace in nearly two years America already thought that it made a ton of money over the summer. Turns out, the economy raked in even more.

He fired those who weren't willing to fudge the numbers to make his economic policies look successful. That doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in these numbers.

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That's why GOOD presidents don't go hyper-partisan over IGs and stats positions.

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