The Politics Thread

[DRW50]

The biggest joke is many of the people who are upset over this would not be saying a word if he had their position on Gaza. As you've said before, he was always what he is now, it's just this was seen as their idea of a blue-collar Bernie hero. The story of how he treated that jogger was all I needed to know.

[janea4old]

New Pope has taken the name Leo IV. 
He was born Robert Provost, comes from Chicago, and spent many years working in Peru, and has or had Peruvian citizenship.
Due to all of Provost's work in Peru, I think the late Pope Francis may have regarded him as a fellow South American, symbolically.

February 2025 tweets from the new pope regarding politics:


https://x.com/drprevost/status/1886469097560719594

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article cited in tweet:
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/jd-vance-wrong-jesus-doesnt-ask-us-rank-our-love-others

https://x.com/drprevost/status/1889907998753173882

article cited in tweet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250213055438/https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/02/12/bishops-pope-francis-trump-deportation-249919

Edited 3 hours ago by janea4old

[Khan]

What gets me is this attitude that Fetterman must be suffering from some sort of mental collapse.  Take it from me: you could be mentally well and still be an [!@#$%^&*].