"Orbán’s loss is a blow to Vance, who has aligned himself with the departing prime minister and his party, Fidesz. There are similarities between the two men. Both had a Christian awakening when it was convenient; both are obsessed with fertility; both scapegoat immigrants."

~ Sarah Jones

#Trump #JDVance #PeterThiel #PopeLeo #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #WhiteChristianNationalism
/26

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-viktor-orbns-loss-was-so-devastating-to-the-new-right.html

"He is a politician who wraps himself in the symbols of faith and patriotism while deferring real moral judgment to power: to donors who funded his rise, to a president whose resentments he must constantly flatter, and to a base that rewards belligerence over wisdom."

#Trump #JDVance #PeterThiel #PopeLeo #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #WhiteChristianNationalism
/25

"Taken together, Vance’s dependence on billionaire patrons, his aggressive foreign‑policy record, and his sneering treatment of Pope Leo paint a picture of total lack of character."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #JDVance #PeterThiel #PopeLeo #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #WhiteChristianNationalism
/24

https://mmansour.substack.com/p/jd-vance-portrait-of-a-dangerous

"Every single time J.D. opens his mouth, He's revealing that huge rift in the Catholic Church. And what they really want is a far-right pope. They were very disappointed in Pope Leo's election. They wanted somebody far more conservative, like Cardinal Erdő from Hungary."

#Trump #JDVance #PeterThiel #PopeLeo #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #WhiteChristianNationalism
/23

"I want you to know that Peter Thiel is a major player behind the Trump administration, as you you you should know, and a major player behind J.D. Vance, Palantir financier, PayPal guy, billionaire. Real bad news bears."

~ Shannon Vavich

#Trump #JDVance #PeterThiel #PopeLeo #TechBros #SiliconValley #broligarchy #WhiteChristianNationalism
/22

https://shannonvavich.substack.com/p/thursday-replay-hegseth-quotes-tarantino

I guess I was sort of right on this one: "Trump says Iran has agreed to hand over enriched uranium" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/17/trump-says-iran-has-agreed-to-hand-over-enriched-uranium_6752515_4.html

#iran #uranium #broligarchy