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Pope Leo XIV TODAY:

“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. Blessed are the peacemakers, but woe to those who manipulate religion and the name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

He is NOT backing down.

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Heidi Li Feldman 3d ago

Minnesota continues to lead the way. Hennepin County is prosecuting an ICE agent for felony assault. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/minnesota-ice-agent-assault

ICE agent charged with assault for allegedly pointing gun at people in car

Minnesota prosecutors say this is first criminal case against a federal agent involved in Trump’s immigration crackdown

The Guardian

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Lawfare 3d ago

Viktor Orbán’s defeat will have consequences for the country, Europe, and aspiring autocrats around the world, writes Daniel Kelemen. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-hungary-escaped-electoral-autocracy

How Hungary Escaped Electoral Autocracy

Viktor Orbán’s defeat will have consequences for the country, Europe, and aspiring autocrats around the world.

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Tom von Alten 3d ago

Jamie Raskin: "I think that we are in the fight of our lives every day until the election, then after the election, we keep fighting all the way until we seat a new Democratic Congress."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-36KphO_ls8

Trump is trying to trample Congress’s power. Not on Jamie Raskin’s watch.

YouTube

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Show thread

Mastodon Migration 3d ago

@benroyce

So far there is one Democrat, JB Pritzker, who places prosecution of current administration officials illegal acts at the top of the list for the next administration.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116264604166662455

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦3d ago

President #Zelenskyy paid tribute to WWII victims with Dutch PM Rob Jetten.

Honour the fallen, ensure justice for russia’s war crimes in #Ukraine.

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Today's civil wars and religion potpourri, through a lens darkly (and one bright spot, at the end)
https://fortboise.org/blog/202604.html#p0416

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Heidi Li Feldman 3d ago

Pete Hegseth is a vicious religious fanatic. His attacks on the press, couched in Christian biblical terms, are as troubling as his determination to wreak more violence in Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/pete-hegseth-iran-energy-infrastructure

Hegseth says US is ‘locked and loaded’ to finish job of destroying Iran energy grid

US defense secretary said Iran’s energy infrastructure is ‘not destroyed yet’ at presser where he also lambasted the media

The Guardian

Tom von Alten 3d ago

Heidi Li Feldman 3d ago

Another person caught up in the Republican Fascist ICE nightmare. Nobody is safe from the lawlessness. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/ice-immigration-court-interpreter-detained

Texas immigration court interpreter detained by ICE says ‘they want to make me disappear’

Meenu Batra, the state’s only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu interpreter, says she was treated ‘like a criminal’

The Guardian

Tom von Alten 3d ago

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽3d ago

Pelosi for the win. https://www.comicsands.com/pelosi-trump-jesus-photo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Pelosi Calls Trump's AI Jesus Post 'Worthy Of A Diagnosis': VIDEO

Pelosi for the win.

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