"It is one of those moments of clarity, of which there are almost too many now. Musk is, and has always been, one of the most pathetic and loneliest individuals. That he is also the wealthiest provides invaluable context."

#Trump #Republicans #SNAP #hunger #food #children #cruelty #ElonMusk
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Reminding us that money can't buy us love, Jared Yates Sexton writes,

"I doubt that I have to explain the significance here, but, out of an abundance of caution, let’s go. The world’s richest man had to instruct his in-house AI program to give him the simulation of a woman looking at him and promising that she will always love him."

#Trump #Republicans #SNAP #hunger #food #children #cruelty #ElonMusk
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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/money-cant-buy-you-love-fascist-oligarchs

"This is a grotesque pageant of greed and decay. The Trump regime is an oligarchy masquerading as populism, siphoning public wealth to reward its cronies while dismantling the systems that keep Americans alive."

#Trump #Republicans #SNAP #hunger #food #children #cruelty
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"Fox News just gave Melania Trump its 'Patriot of the Year' award while millions of Americans struggle to pay rent and afford groceries. Trump points to the stock market as proof of prosperity, ignoring that it only reflects the fortunes of billionaires. Working people face the opposite reality—a K-shaped economy where one line soars while the other plummets."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Republicans #SNAP #hunger #food #children #cruelty
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/saturday-afternoon-news-updates-11825

Is this too much to ask of privileged people who parse religion for the rest of us while defending the idea that some of us are less than human, less than deserving of love, born disordered?

What would Jesus say and do?

#Trump #JDVance #Catholic #PopeLeo #cruelty #food #hunger #children #SNAP #immigrants #ICE #heterosexism
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Some cruelties are acceptable to Catholics who speak constantly about love, it seems — like the cruelty that excludes, demeans, and dehumanizes LGBTQ human beings.

But too much cruelty: that's a bridge too far.

What many of us have looked for and not found in a lot of religious circles is a commitment to NO CRUELTY AT ALL. Zip. Nada. None and done with the cruelty.

#Trump #JDVance #Catholic #PopeLeo #cruelty #food #hunger #children #SNAP #immigrants #ICE #heterosexism
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So it doesn't surprise me at all to read that she's now explaining the conflict between the Trump administration and the Catholic church as due to the fact that the church cannot countenance "this much cruelty."

I read that phrase and think immediately, "Oh, then you're saying, aren't you, that the Catholic church can countenance SOME cruelty — just not this much cruelty?"

#Trump #JDVance #Catholic #PopeLeo #cruelty #food #hunger #children #SNAP #immigrants #ICE #heterosexism
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She has published essays in The American Conservative and First Things, after all. She promotes a heteronormative ethic in the name of her Catholicism which excludes, demeans, and dehumanizes LGBTQ human beings.

All while writing about love, love, love….

#Trump #JDVance #Catholic #PopeLeo #cruelty #food #hunger #children #SNAP #immigrants #ICE #heterosexism
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