Chris Tobe, CFA, CAIA

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NEW: Pope Leo XIV told a lakeside congregation on Saturday that the cynics who call turning the other cheek “for losers” have it wrong, using a word Trump has spent decades using to brand people as weak, including Leo. “Hatred and violence bring nothing good, only destruction and death, always.”

Turning the Other Cheek Is Not for “Losers” — Pope Leo XIV’s Message From a Boat on Lake Albano

He is the first pope in four centuries at Castel Gandolfo to carry the Madonna across the water himself. The word he put in the cynics’ mouths is the one Donald Trump reaches for whenever he wants to ...

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NEW: Pope Leo XIV told lawmakers worldwide that AI must never be allowed to rival humanity, as fights over data center construction spread across the United States. The address came a week after Rep. Ro Khanna — Silicon Valley’s congressman — met the pope to talk about data center regulations.

The Data Center Revolt Finds Its Champion in Pope Leo XIV

Seventy-one percent of Americans oppose the data centers, and Ro Khanna just flew to Rome for the argument underneath the anger. This morning the pope handed it to lawmakers everywhere.

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I wonder how much of our taxpayer money sent to Israel gets recycled through AIPAC to fuck with our elections so they can keep stealing more of our taxpayer money to use against us. What say you Jared Moskowitz, John Fetterman, Chuck Schumer?

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Fuck Israel! Fuck Netanyahu! Your time in the barrel is nigh. "House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it" "Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has soured" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it

Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has soured

theguardian.com

I’m voting yes on Rep. Thomas Massie’s amendment to zero out all aid to Israel, including aid for offensive and defensive weapons like the Iron Dome. I cannot vote for aid to a country that committed genocide and has used tax dollars to detain Americans like me.

NEW: Ireland’s top Catholic archbishop used the evening of America’s 250th birthday to condemn “sinister forces who foster hate and division” against immigrants. He called hostility toward immigrants that claims to defend Christianity “blasphemous.”

“Blasphemous” — Archbishop Farrell Condemns Trump’s War on Immigrants

On the evening America celebrated its 250th birthday, Dublin’s archbishop named anti-immigrant hatred for what it is — while Pope Leo prayed with migrants on Lampedusa.

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