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title: "We Are Not Dictators": Musk Says Congress Needs To Act To Meet DOGE $2 Trillion Savings Goal
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">"We Are Not Dictators": Musk Says Congress Needs To Act To Meet DOGE $2 Trillion Savings Goal</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When Elon Musk joined the Trump administration with the goal of eliminating waste, fraud and abuse through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he set a lofty $2 trillion goal.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/musk%20not%20dictators.JPG?itok=0GivFuol" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/musk%20not%20dictators.JPG?itok=0GivFuol"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c8e9c115-13de-4875-9ea2-022b9013a805" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="308" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/musk%20not%20dictators.JPG?itok=0GivFuol" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Now, four months later, DOGE has cut roughly $<a href="https://www.doge.gov/savings">170 billion</a> - a figure much lower than projected - in no small part due to <strong>activist judges and political pushback </strong>which have stopped the Trump administration from eliminating wide swaths of government bloat.</p>

<p>On Tuesday, <strong>Musk said it was up to Congress to make it happen. </strong></p>

<p>"The ability of Doge to operate is a function of whether the government, and this includes the Congress, is willing to take our advice," Musk said while speaking at an economic forum in Qatar.</p>

<p>"We are not the dictators of the government. <strong>We are the advisors, and so we can, we can advis</strong>e, and the progress we've made thus far, I think, is incredible," Musk continued. "Doge team has done incredible work, <strong>but the magnitude of the savings is proportionate to the support we get from Congress and from the executive branch of the government in general</strong>. So we're not the dictators we all the advisors. But thus far, for advisors. We've been to the George team, to their credit, has made incredible progress." </p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">🚨 Elon Musk on DOGE:<br><br>
"The ability of Doge to operate is a function of whether the government, and this includes the Congress, is willing to take our advice. We are not the dictators of the government. We are the advisors, and so we can, we can advise, and the progress we've… <a href="https://t.co/9RrK2rCxK2">pic.twitter.com/9RrK2rCxK2</a></p>
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href="https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1924826040976777678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>

<p><em>h/t <a href="https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1924826040976777678">@DogeDesigner</a></em></p>

<p>As we <a href="https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1888351368785604870">noted in February</a>, <strong>it will be Congress that decides the endgame...</strong></p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>You cut enough spending - even if it's all grift and fraud - you eventually get a recession, guaranteed.</em></p>

<p><strong><em>That's all Congress is waiting for cause then they use the "emergency" to vote through a far greater spending package ("will someone please think of all the unemployed") one which eclipses all of DOGE's spending cuts.</em></strong></p>

<p><em>What Musk is doing in trying to streamline the govt is admirable but ultimately it will be Congress that decides the endgame. </em></p>

<p><strong><em>And there things are as status quo as always.</em></strong></p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/get_attachment_url_92%2810%29.jpg?itok=vPEw-gFT" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/get_attachment_url_92%2810%29.jpg?itok=vPEw-gFT"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0e539e8a-7a43-48dc-9c1b-b5138339e21c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="750" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/get_attachment_url_92%2810%29.jpg?itok=vPEw-gFT" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></h2>

<h2>'Unless I die'</h2>

<p>In a humorous exchange, Musk said that <strong>he's still committed to being Tesla CEO in five years' time - unless he's dead.</strong></p>

<p>A moderator asked: “Do you see yourself and are you committed to still being the chief executive of Tesla in five years’ time?”</p>

<p>Musk responded: “Yes.”</p>

<p>The moderator pushed further: “No doubt about that at all?”</p>

<p>Musk added, chuckling: <strong>“I can't be still here if I'm dead."</strong></p>
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309092
title: Watch: House GOP leaders give remarks after Trump meeting
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House Republican leaders briefed reporters Tuesday morning after their conference meeting with President Trump. Their remarks came days before Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) self-imposed Memorial Day deadline to pass the GOP’s “big, beautiful” budget bill full of Trump’s legislative priorities. The House Budget Committee advanced the bill early Monday, but it faces further hurdles in the next…

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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=331015
title: Harris: Climate activism in schools is “a good thing”
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]<p>New school subject.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://gript.ie/harris-climate-activism-in-schools-is-a-good-thing/">Harris: Climate activism in schools is “a good thing”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gript.ie/">Gript</a>.</p>


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title: UEFA Europa League final: Man Utd vs Tottenham – Start, team news, lineups
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Manchester United play Tottenham Hotspur in Europa League final as both teams look to end an awful season on a high.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309298
title: Congresswoman LaMonica McIver facing assault charges: What to know
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Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is facing federal charges of assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement after a May 9 visit to the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark.  McIver toured the facility with Democratic Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.) and Robert Menendez Jr. (N.J.) for congressional oversight. The trip took place amid reports of…

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#Administration #House #State Watch #Alina Habba #Delaney Hall #detention center #DHS #ICE #New Jersey #Rep. LaMonica McIver

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title: McIver ‘slammed her forearms’ into immigration officers: Charging docs
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The Justice Department accused Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) of having “slammed her forearms” into immigration officers during a scuffle outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center as officers attempted to arrest Newark’s mayor. The criminal complaint, made public Tuesday, provides the most detailed picture yet of why federal prosecutors believe McIver’s actions…

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title: DOJ targeting DEI campus initiatives under fraud law
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The Department of Justice on Monday announced a new initiative aimed at going after university campuses for antisemitism and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.   DOJ said the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative will use the False Claim Acts, a law which previously has rarely been used against universities, to investigate if schools knowingly violated…

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title: Congressional Black Caucus rallies around McIver after ‘bogus charges’ brought for ICE visitation
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The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) decried the assault charges filed against member Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), announced Monday by New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor following an altercation between the congresswoman and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials at a detention center in Newark.  Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), chair of the caucus, said the charges are “shameful and entirely…

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The EU has also voted to review its trade agreement with Israel due to the "catastrophic" situation in Gaza.

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title: Thune tees up vote to nix California’s EV mandate, defying Senate parliamentarian
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is teeing up a contentious vote to overturn California’s electric vehicle mandate, defying a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian. “This week, we’re going to be moving to take up Congressional Review Act resolutions to overturn Clean Air Act preemption waivers the Environmental Protection Agency granted to California that allow…

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title: Taoiseach not ruling out referendum to lower voting age
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]<p>Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he would not “rule out” holding a referendum to lower the voting age to 16 within the lifetime of this Government.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://gript.ie/taoiseach-not-ruling-out-referendum-to-lower-voting-age-2/">Taoiseach not ruling out referendum to lower voting age</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gript.ie/">Gript</a>.</p>


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title: Big Reset? Is UK About To Sign A Series Of Conflicting Bilateral Trade Deals
author: ;Tyler Durden
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Big Reset? Is UK About To Sign A Series Of Conflicting Bilateral Trade Deals</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>By Bas van Geffen, CFA, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank</em></p>

<p>President Trump has handed Putin a bit of a victory. In a two hours long phone call, the two leaders agreed that Moscow would work on a memorandum with Kiev. However, The US president did not put much pressure on Putin to reach an agreement that ends the war. Trump said he will leave Russia and Ukraine to settle their war through talks, essentially withdrawing as a mediator between the two countries. Yet, despite his earlier threats, Trump did not promise sanctions on Russia, nor aid to Ukraine. That could leave Ukraine –and Europe– to take the strain on all fronts.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/trump%20phone.jpg?itok=vPdGAVUI" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/trump%20phone.jpg?itok=vPdGAVUI"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cf8a0b0a-d865-40cb-b9c6-fb284da9fe3a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="280" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/trump%20phone.jpg?itok=vPdGAVUI" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Europe is still moving ahead when it comes to its own defense capacity – albeit slowly. <strong>Yesterday, EU member states agreed “in principle” to the European Commission’s earlier proposals to provide up to €150 billion in loans for rearmament, backed by the bloc’s shared budget.</strong></p>

<p>The loans come with the precondition that <strong>at least 65% of the components are made by companies in the EU, Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. </strong>Notably, US and UK manufacturers are not (yet) included in this list – with particularly France blocking their inclusion. This should ensure that the European economy benefits from the additional defence spending, and –by extension– it should advance the EU’s strategic autonomy by reducing international dependencies.</p>

<p>UK manufacturers could soon be included in the scheme, though. <strong>As part of a broader trade deal between EU and UK negotiators, the EU will “swiftly explore” the UK joining the €150 billion SAFE scheme.</strong></p>

<p>In a <a href="https://public-eur.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/285245b1-7c6f-ef11-a66d-000d3a4b6c6a/r/MMZR-WOsYUSJ3HF71IEBAAAAAAA?target=%7B%22TargetUrl%22%3A%22https%253A%252F%252Fwww.consilium.europa.eu%252Fmedia%252F1edla1hi%252Feu-uk_joint-statement.pdf%22%2C%22RedirectOptions%22%3A%7B%225%22%3Anull%2C%221%22%3Anull%2C%222%22%3A%7B%22utm_medium%22%3A%22email%22%2C%22utm_term%22%3A%22N%2FA%22%2C%22utm_source%22%3A%22dynamics-rr%22%2C%22utm_campaign%22%3A%221%22%7D%7D%7D&amp;digest=zzUclg7%2Fq6cC2zBtWwlQeLBUbRwHyG4SSNOxXcKm51E%3D&amp;secretVersion=7c13c22c20aa46a1b2fc8b71fde4d19a"><strong>joint statement</strong></a>, the European Union and the United Kingdom announced an agreement that spans, amongst other things, fishery, food, and energy. The UK-EU deal is being hailed as the biggest reset of trade ties since Brexit. However, <strong>the UK government estimates that material changes in these areas will increase GDP by 0.2% by 2040</strong>. That is another marginal gain, after the India FTA. As such, it can only be seen as limiting the damage of Brexit rather than a macroeconomic game changer.</p>

<p>Still, the deal signals a clear trajectory: <strong>the UK is moving towards a relationship with the EU that resembles Switzerland’s. </strong>It is formally sovereign, yet locked in ongoing negotiations and deeply enmeshed in EU frameworks across the entire economy. Indeed, former PM Johnson has already <a href="https://public-eur.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/285245b1-7c6f-ef11-a66d-000d3a4b6c6a/r/MMZR-WOsYUSJ3HF71IEBAAEAAAA?target=%7B%22TargetUrl%22%3A%22https%253A%252F%252Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%252Fpolitics%252F2025%252F05%252F19%252Fboris-johnson-starmer-orange-ball-chewing-gimp-brussels%252F%22%2C%22RedirectOptions%22%3A%7B%225%22%3Anull%2C%221%22%3Anull%2C%222%22%3A%7B%22utm_medium%22%3A%22email%22%2C%22utm_term%22%3A%22N%2FA%22%2C%22utm_source%22%3A%22dynamics-rr%22%2C%22utm_campaign%22%3A%221%22%7D%7D%7D&amp;digest=uDKtii4GVkaeVpegth8%2BAieMgc1E1ykeVb%2BO6zgwcpY%3D&amp;secretVersion=7c13c22c20aa46a1b2fc8b71fde4d19a"><strong>criticised the deal</strong></a>, calling PM Starmer <em>“the orange ball-chewing gimp of Brussels.”</em></p>

<p>For one, the existing fisheries agreement between the UK and the EU has been extended from mid-2026 to 2038. In exchange, the UK will gain improved and simplified access to the EU market for agricultural and food products with no time limits. However, this comes with the condition that the UK must “dynamically align” with EU rules on sanitary and phytosanitary standards, food safety, and general consumer protection. That is similar to the arrangement Switzerland has. This alignment will also involve oversight by the European Court of Justice in specific areas and that’s politically sensitive.</p>

<p>Moreover, <strong>these conditions also mean that the UK cannot strike a trade deal with the US involving food and agriculture</strong>, unless there is no transshipment of goods, or unless the European Union signs a trade deal with the US that solves this issue. <strong>Is the UK about to sign a series of conflicting bilateral trade deals</strong>?</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/EU%20UK.jpg?itok=aqU1nCOI" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/EU%20UK.jpg?itok=aqU1nCOI"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8a46c755-4a78-4ac7-8f23-834477f3d013" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="287" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/EU%20UK.jpg?itok=aqU1nCOI" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Of course, the British trade deal with the US included very limited agreements on agriculture, which perhaps already accounted for the fact that the UK-EU trade agreement would be very food-centred. That said, Trump has hailed his trade deal with the UK as <em>“</em><a href="https://public-eur.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/285245b1-7c6f-ef11-a66d-000d3a4b6c6a/r/MMZR-WOsYUSJ3HF71IEBAAIAAAA?target=%7B%22TargetUrl%22%3A%22https%253A%252F%252Fwww.whitehouse.gov%252Ffact-sheets%252F2025%252F05%252Ffact-sheet-u-s-uk-reach-historic-trade-deal%252F%22%2C%22RedirectOptions%22%3A%7B%225%22%3Anull%2C%221%22%3Anull%2C%222%22%3A%7B%22utm_medium%22%3A%22email%22%2C%22utm_term%22%3A%22N%2FA%22%2C%22utm_source%22%3A%22dynamics-rr%22%2C%22utm_campaign%22%3A%221%22%7D%7D%7D&amp;digest=7D5fVkTYHWPUKbn%2FNSrtqMAqpq3BGcbvWFm4UKAaiOQ%3D&amp;secretVersion=7c13c22c20aa46a1b2fc8b71fde4d19a"><strong><em>dramatically increasing access</em></strong></a><em> for [...] virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers,”</em> and so he could certainly try to push a bit harder – which may still put the UK in a bind.</p>
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5307869
title: Injunction junction: Trump should lose the birthright citizenship case
author: ;James D. Zirin; opinion contributor
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If ever there was a case for nationwide injunctions, this is it. Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional on its face.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309356
title: Trump drops f-bomb, pressures Republicans to get in line behind his legislation
author: ;Mychael Schnell; Emily Brooks; Brett Samuels; Alex Gangitano
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President Trump pressed House Republicans on Tuesday to fall in line behind a massive bill containing key pieces of his agenda, giving lawmakers clarity about where he stands on some of the package’s biggest sticking points during a rare trip to the Capitol. Trump pushed moderate Republicans from blue states to give up their fight…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309082
title: Harris struggled with younger, more-diverse, less engaged voters: Analysis
author: ;Elizabeth Crisp
link: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5309082-democrats-failed-to-recapture-diverse-voters/
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President Trump's 2024 campaign was successful due to his appeal to less frequent voters, while the Democratic ticket of Harris and Walz lost due to a combination of support and turnout drops among key groups.

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#Campaign #News #2020 presidential election #2024 presidential election #Butler #Pa. #Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz #President Trump

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309380
title: Musk pulling back on political spending: ‘I’ve done enough’
author: ;Jared Gans
link: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5309380-elon-musk-plans-reduce-political-spending/
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Elon Musk said he plans to pull back on his political spending after flowing millions of dollars into the 2024 presidential election and other campaigns. Musk said during a discussion at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday that he made his decision because he feels he’s “done enough” but left the door open to future…

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title: DOJ investigating Chicago mayor’s hiring practices
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The Department of Justice said Monday it would launch an investigation into the City of Chicago over its hiring practices.  Officials said the probe would determine whether local leaders are engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination based on race, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They cited Mayor Brandon Johnson’s…

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A Republican senator said a pro-Palestinian protester interrupting a hearing was "progress" because it was in English.

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title: ‘Angry’ Rob Reiner cursed at Emhoff during Biden debate watch party: Book
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Director Rob Reiner reportedly lashed out at then-second gentleman Doug Emhoff last year while the two attended a debate watch party, exclaiming that the country was about to “lose our f‑‑‑ing democracy” because of former President Biden’s disastrous performance. The scene at the Los Angeles home of James Costos last June is depicted in “Original Sin: President Biden’s…

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title: Senators raise ‘improper conduct’ in CBS parent company’s efforts to settle Trump lawsuit
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A trio of senators wrote a letter to Shari Redstone, the chair of Paramount Global, expressing “serious concern” about the possibility the company “may be engaging in improper conduct involving the Trump administration” to settle a lawsuit involving CBS News and win approval of a merger with Skydance Media. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders…

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title: Democrats need to look forward, not back
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Democrats are criticized for focusing on Joe Biden's mental decline instead of Trump's tariffs and tax cuts, which are hurting working families today. Democrats should take a lesson from Republicans who, in past elections, have focused on moving forward and winning the next election instead of self-flagellation.

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title: Schiff On Gold In A Multipolar Currency Regime
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Schiff On Gold In A Multipolar Currency Regime</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/gold-in-a-multipolar-currency-regime"><em>Via SchiffGold.com,</em></a></p>

<p>For now, the U.S. dollar still reigns supreme as the world’s reserve currency. <strong>But cracks in this hegemony are widening,</strong> and in the wake of de-dollarization, there’s <a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/2025-etf-inflows-are-recognition-of-the-golden-bull">a golden opportunity</a> for the yellow metal to re-emerge as a neutral global reserve asset in a multipolar currency regime. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/gold-bars-stacked.jpg?itok=OoIYJdtl" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/gold-bars-stacked.jpg?itok=OoIYJdtl"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ca0dc10a-a02a-4b05-86aa-90fbff589fa8" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/gold-bars-stacked.jpg?itok=OoIYJdtl" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>As nations like China, India, and Russia challenge the dollar’s monopoly, the rise of a multi-currency world underscores why physical gold is not just a hedge, but a strategic necessity.</strong></p>

<p>The dollar’s dominance, cemented by the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement, has rested on its role as the primary medium for international trade, oil pricing, and reserve holdings. Yet, its foundation is eroding. The U.S. national debt exceeds $33 trillion, with <a href="https://www.crfb.org/blogs/interest-debt-grow-past-1-trillion-next-year">interest payments projected to hit $1 trillion</a> annually next year. </p>

<p><strong>Decades of quantitative easing have bloated the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, diluting the dollar’s purchasing power. </strong>Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions—sanctions on Russia, trade disputes with China—have further fed global de-dollarization. Now we have high inflation, interest rates that are still way too low, and a ballooning debt. In fact, <a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/exploring-finance/treasury-has-paid-out-941b-in-interest-over-the-last-12-months">almost half of new debt in 2024 came from interest payments</a> on the debt itself. In that scenario, it would be impossible for other countries not to start considering de-dollarization more seriously.</p>

<p>That’s exactly what’s happening. <strong>Data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/percent-global-fx-reserves-dollars-ticks-up-amounts-fall-imf-data-shows-2025-03-31/">a steady decline in the dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves</a>.</strong> Central banks keep stockpiling gold at a historic pace, especially in Poland and BRICS-aligned countries. As the rest of the world continues to lose trust in the dollar, they’ll bet on gold as a neutral, non-politicized asset.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/uncategorized/treasury-yields-running-amok-amidst-tariff-madness">Look at Treasurys: they’ve been swinging wildly</a> since Trump’s trade wars began and are now sitting over 4.5%.  The dollar’s exorbitant privilege has always been unsustainable, and with the world increasingly realizing that we can’t fix our fiscal mess, a multipolar currency regime is an unfolding reality. </p>

<p><a href="https://x.com/PeterSchiff/status/1922327956925366308">As Peter Schiff recently said</a> on X:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The yield on 10-year Treasuries is back up to 4.5% as the U.S. dollar resumes its broad-based decline. Despite the trade truce, the world is losing confidence in the dollar and our ability to get our fiscal house in order. The consequences of de-dollarization will be profound.</p>
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1922327956925366308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>A multipolar currency regime envisions a world where no single national currency dominates.</strong> <a href="https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative">China is increasingly pushing for different ways to exchange yuan</a> instead of dollars. Russia’s push for gold-backed trade with other BRICS nations is also accelerating the shift. The <a href="https://www.ccn.com/news/business/brics-summit-currency-talks-gold-silver-soar/">2024 BRICS summit floated proposals for a gold-linked trade unit</a>, a direct challenge to the petrodollar.</p>

<p>After years of exporting our inflation, taking advantage of cheap manufacturing elsewhere, and using the threat of war to enforce petrodollar supremacy, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/theyre-ripping-us-off-trumps-long-standing-grievance/story?id=120447216">Trump claims we’re being “ripped off.”</a> In reality, his policies are smashing through everything that has allowed America to enjoy our standard of living to begin with. Those are the same factors that have allowed the dollar to survive for so long.</p>

<p><strong>As nations diversify away from dollar-denominated assets, gold’s share in global reserves is climbing. </strong></p>

<p>With the government’s culture of blatantly unsustainable borrowing trickling down to consumers, America’s unpayable debt cannot simply go on forever. Now other countries are not only realizing it, but acting on it. Though the story of unipolar <a href="https://www.schiffsovereign.com/video/golds-rise-warns-of-dollars-demise-ep-1022/">dollar dominance was always bound to come to an end</a>, in this case, the finale will be a spectacular collapse that upends the way of life Americans have become so accustomed to. </p>

<p>2008 was nothing, and neither was the Great Depression, compared to the end of the dollar’s reign. The longer it gets put off, the worse it will be in the end. However, for better or worse, it may be coming soon. As <a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/interviews/schiff-on-metals-and-miners-dollar-bubble-will-humble-the-economy">Peter recently said on Metals and Miners</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“…stagflation, a combination of a weak economy and rising interest rates, is the one scenario that the Fed never stress tested any of the banks for…They did not run a stress test where you have a recession with high unemployment, but inflation and interest rates go up, not down.”</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The IMF reports that gold now accounts for significantly more of total reserves than it did a decade ago. Other countries know that gold is the ultimate safe haven, not US Treasurys. As the multipolar world takes shape, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bond-market-weakness-could-drive-gold-prices-higher-despite-tariff-pause-peter-schiff/ar-AA1EFQkU">the dollar’s decline could trigger volatility in equities, bonds, and real estate</a>—assets that are tethered to the stability of the dollar.</p>

<p><strong>Gold thrives in uncertainty.</strong> Its price has skyrocketed this year, outpacing inflation and most asset classes. However, its true value lies not in short-term gains, but in its role as a wealth preserver when currencies like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8iBsgcKcyM">the US dollar collapse</a> under the weight of inflationary mismanagement and central planning hubris. </p>

<p><strong>As demand for dollars goes down it will devalue U.S. assets, particularly Treasuries, which foreign entities hold to the tune of trillions. <a href="https://www.schiffgold.com/commentaries/the-dollar-falters-as-gold-remains-stable">As the dollar’s shadow fades</a>, gold reclaims its role as the world’s ultimate store of value—unchained, enduring, and essential.</strong></p>
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309372
title: New Orleans jail employee arrested as 6 escaped inmates remain at large
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A maintenance worker at the New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped last week has been arrested for helping them break out, and a manhunt continues for the six men still at large.

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title: Israel Subject To Unprecedented Pressure From Allies Over Gaza Escalation
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Israel Subject To Unprecedented Pressure From Allies Over Gaza Escalation</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The United Kingdom on Tuesday suspended its free-trade agreement negotiations with Israel over the growing Gaza crisis, and after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed disgust at newly expanded Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, also as famine threats at least 500,000 Palestinians.</p>

<p>Starmer described that he and his French and Canadian counterparts are "horrified" by the Netanyahu government's escalation in Gaza. This also comes as international headlines and warnings grow more dire. For example Al Jazeera has the following new <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/20/live-israeli-allies-say-they-will-take-concrete-actions-over-gaza-siege">headline</a>: <strong>"Starving Palestinians resort to eating animal feed, flour mixed with sand"</strong>.</p>

<p>"<strong>We repeat our demand for a ceasefire as the only way to free the hostages</strong>, we repeat our opposition to settlements in the West Bank, and we repeat our demand to massively scale up humanitarian assistance into Gaza," Starmer told parliament.</p>
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<p>A Monday <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/uk-france-and-canada-threaten-concrete-actions-against-israel">joint statement</a> by the UK, France and Canada had threatened sanctions on Israel. Britain further did slap <strong>targeted sanctions on Israeli settler groups</strong> and individuals. </p>

<p>Later on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy voiced agreement with Starmer, saying that Israel’s actions are "morally wrong" and "unjustifiable." He also said of the fresh sanctions, "I have seen for myself the consequences of settler violence. The fear of its victims. The impunity of its perpetrators."</p>

<p>In announcing the pause in free-trade agreement negotiations, Lammy further revealed that the <strong>Israeli ambassador had been summoned</strong>. Britain is reportedly demanding the full resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.</p>

<p>Responding to shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel, Lammy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/20/uk-eu-deal-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-gulf-nations-politic-live-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-682c85998f08a5e9325ebad3">told parliament</a>:</p>

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<p><em>I think the whole house should be able to utterly condemn the Israeli government’s denial of food to hungry children. It is wrong. It’s appalling.</em></p>

<p><em>Opposing the expansion of a war that has killed thousands of children is not rewarding Hamas. Opposing the displacement of 100,000s of civilians is not rewarding Hamas. On this side of the house, we are crystal clear that what is happening is morally wrong, unjustifiable, and it needs to stop.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Starting Friday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced an expanded mobilization of troops for operation 'Gideon's Chariots'. Some two million Palestinians are <strong>expected to be forced into a "humanitarian zone" </strong>while most of the enclave is destroyed and flattened.</p>

<p>The policy somewhat contradicts Trump's main messaging during last week's Gulf tour, wherein he emphasized peace through deal-making, and not 'chaos' in the war-torn Middle East. </p>

<p>This is probably <strong>the most pressure Israel has come under from its Western allies since Oct.7, 2023</strong>. As we previously reported, even Vice President JD Vance <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vance-abruptly-cancels-israel-visit-idf-expands-gaza-operations">abruptly canceled</a> a planned trip to Israel following the Netanyahu government's declaration that it would ramp up operations to conquer all of Gaza.</p>

<p><i>Meanwhile the domestic policy fight within Israel has been ramping up too...</i></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Yair Golan, an IDF major general and leader of Israel’s Democrats Party, said Monday that Israel is killing babies as a hobby:<br><br>
“A sane country does not wage war against civilians, does not kill babies for a hobby, and does not set goals involving the expulsion of populations.” <a href="https://t.co/NofvIAdNW9">pic.twitter.com/NofvIAdNW9</a></p>
— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) <a href="https://twitter.com/DecampDave/status/1924797801650688141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Axios had <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/vance-skip-israel-visit-gaza-operation">written</a> that "The US official said Vance made the decision because <strong>he didn't want his trip to suggest the Trump administration endorsed the Israeli decision to launch a massive operation</strong> at a time when the U.S. is pushing for a ceasefire and hostage deal." </p>

<p>Neither the US nor UK have every fully cut funding or arms transfers to Israel for any reason, and are unlikely to ever escalate to that point, no matter how tense relations become.</p>
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5307536
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Clinical trials are essential for evaluating potential new treatments, advancing the standard of care, and improving patient outcomes, yet only about five percent of Americans participate in them. As it stands, patients from lower-income and rural communities often face substantial economic barriers to participation, including lost wages, time, and out-of-pocket costs for transportation and lodging.…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5307975
title: Here and abroad, fewer see Americans as decent people
author: ;John Kenneth White; opinion contributor
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<p>Le président de la FMSQ affirme que le ministre de la Santé a « perdu le contrôle du réseau ».</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309473
title: Trump tax cuts would add $3.8 trillion to debt: CBO
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President Trump’s tax policies would add roughly $3.8 trillion to the national debt, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The tax provisions of the House GOP’s “one big, beautiful bill” to implement Trump’s domestic policy agenda would slash federal revenues by roughly 10 percent of the current national debt…

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title: Hearing of Jozef Puska’s associates trial begins
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title: PATRICK VINCENT: Society’s misconception of courage
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309566
title: Majority want ‘someone else’ other than Hochul for NY governor: Poll
author: ;Jared Gans
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A majority of voters want someone other than New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to be elected the next governor of the Empire State, according to a new poll.  The Siena College Poll released Tuesday showed 55 percent said they want “someone else” in next year’s gubernatorial race, while 36 percent said they prefer her.…

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Israeli forces raided a neighbourhood in Gaza disguised as civilians, killing a Palestinian fighter and civilians.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309563
title: Ashli Babbitt settlement: 5 things to know
author: ;Sarah Fortinsky
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The Trump administration has agreed to pay just short of $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt’s family after she was shot and killed in the Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The a finalized settlement has not been announced, but a person familiar with…

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#Administration #Blog Briefing Room #Court Battles #State Watch #Ashli Babbitt #ashli babbitt shooting #Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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title: Comey Peddles Unbelievable Excuse For His '8647' Sea Shell Post...
author: ;Tyler Durden
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Comey Peddles Unbelievable Excuse For His '8647' Sea Shell Post...</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://modernity.news/2025/05/20/comey-peddles-unbelievable-excuse-for-his-8647-sea-shell-post/"><em>Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey is playing dumb and innocent after essentially calling for President Trump to be assassinated last week, claiming he had no idea his post would be so controversial.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Comey.jpg?itok=s_WZxdPH" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Comey.jpg?itok=s_WZxdPH"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e390f372-c780-435d-ac3b-cc0fd91dc4db" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Comey.jpg?itok=s_WZxdPH" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>After Comey posted an image of shells on a beach he arranged to read ‘8647’, meaning get rid of Trump, The Secret Service questioned him, but then let him go without any charges.</p>

<p><iframe data-secret="hZLf6UtIS3" frameborder="0" height="500" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" scrolling="no" security="restricted" src="https://modernity.news/2025/05/17/trump-supporters-rage-at-secret-service-for-not-arresting-comey/embed/#?secret=hZLf6UtIS3" title="“Trump Supporters Rage At Secret Service For Not Arresting Comey” — modernity" width="600" data-sanitized-class="wp-embedded-content" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></p>

<p>Now, in an interview with MSNBC he claims he’s just a silly old fella who wears baggy jeans and sweaters and had no idea what he was doing.</p>

<p><em><strong>“I don’t know how we ended up here. Never occurred to me that it was any kind of controversial thing, but that’s the time we live in,” </strong></em>Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace.</p>

<p>It’s got nothing to do with the time we live in, shit posting an image threatening to kill the President when you’re a deep state lackey is always going to cause outrage.</p>

<p>Comey then claimed that he wasn’t the one who arranged the shells, and they were put there by some other TDS addled leftist.</p>

<p><em><strong>“We were walking on the beach, we went to the beach to prepare for this week… and we were walking back towards the road and we saw in the sand someone had arranged shells with numbers. And Patrice, my wife, said, ‘why would someone put an address in the sand?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know’ and we stood over and I said, ‘I think it’s some kind of political message.'”</strong></em></p>

<p>Hurling his own wife under a bus, Comey then added, “She said you know, when I was a server – she did a lot of work in restaurants – 86 meant to remove an item from the menu when you ran out of ingredients. And I said, ‘well to me, as a kid it always meant to leave a place, to ditch a place.’ And she said well that’s very clever you should take a picture of that and I did and posted it on my Instagram and thought nothing more of it until I heard through her that people were saying that it was a call for some sort of assassination which is crazy!”</p>

<p>Pfffffft, SURE.</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">James Comey addresses his “8647” threat against Trump: “We were walking along the beach and we saw on the sand someone had arranged shells with numbers. I thought 86 meant to ditch a place.”<br><br>
What a FRAUD! <a href="https://t.co/oTt5hQsu2v">pic.twitter.com/oTt5hQsu2v</a></p>
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1924567322020159685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>He added, “I thought, what a clever way to express a political view.”</p>

<p><em>“<strong>The shells were the same color for each of the letters, the different colors for the letters. It took a lot of work. Somebody with artistic flair did that.</strong> And I have a hard time believing it was anybody with a a dark intention,” Comey asserted, adding “And it certainly was no dark intention on my part or my spouse’s part.”</em></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">JUST IN: James Comey says he's just a silly old man who wears sweaters and jeans, and was so enamored with the random "clever" shells he "found" on the sand.<br><br>
Comey also boasted about his tax refund, which earned him $347.<br><br>
"I was a grandfather and an author wearing sweaters and… <a href="https://t.co/xCPoLFRf9p">pic.twitter.com/xCPoLFRf9p</a></p>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1924565776834691528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Aw shucks grandpa.</p>

<p><strong>Did the Secret Service really buy this BS?</strong></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">He thinks he's effing Mr. Rogers.</p>
— Geezus Man (@GeezusMan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeezusMan/status/1924626461123551372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<blockquote data-conversation="none" data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">He probably hired a crisis management PR firm and there is no telling how many iterations went into that answer and how many times they rehearsed it.<br><br>
And it’s still laughable.</p>
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) <a href="https://twitter.com/ITGuy1959/status/1924575417622540599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>The full thing is here:</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8A0PVh4PuQQ" title="‘It’s not my first rodeo’: James Comey speaks out after controversial social media post " width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p>Of course, Wallace didn’t bother asking him about this ‘coincidence’:</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309413
title: Musk says he’s committed to being Tesla CEO 5 years from now
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Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday he is committed to being Tesla CEO five years from now as the tech billionaire faces scrutiny over how he balances his time between his businesses and leading President Trump’s cost-cutting initiative. When asked during a virtual appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum whether he sees himself being the CEO…

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#Business #News #Policy #Technology #america pac #DOGE Cuts #Qatar Economic Forum #Tesla #Trump administration #Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747752910
title: Thousands of Gaza’s children face imminent death under Israeli siege: UN
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Food security group says more than 93 percent of children in Gaza, about 930,000, are at risk of famine.

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title: Québec demande l’envoi de Rangers canadiens à Puvirnituq, au Nunavik
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<p>Le ministre de la sécurité publique, François Bonnardel, affirme que Québec en a fait la demande à Ottawa.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309634
title: Schumer says Trump flip-flopped on raising SALT cap
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In a battle of New Yorker vs. New Yorker, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), a resident of Brooklyn, accused President Trump, a longtime resident of Manhattan, of betraying their home state’s taxpayers by telling GOP lawmakers Tuesday that they should “let go” of their bid to raise the cap on state and local tax…

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title: Unifor calls on feds to penalize companies that offshore Canadian jobs – May 20, 2025
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309538
title: Younger American men lonelier than counterparts in other nations: Gallup
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A new study suggests young American men are lonelier than their counterparts in other nations. One in four U.S. men under age 35 report feeling lonely, according to compiled data released Tuesday by Gallup. Overall, 25 percent of men in the U.S. said they experience bouts of loneliness in the day prior to completing the…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5308003
title: Trump administration is dangerously hypocritical on antisemitism
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The Trump administration is attempting to fight one virulent cancer with another, using authoritarian overreach to counter bigotry.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309603
title: Donald Trump pitch fails to move GOP holdouts on ‘big, beautiful bill’
author: ;Mychael Schnell; Mike Lillis; Emily Brooks
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President Trump’s forceful pitch for House GOP lawmakers to rally around the party’s “big, beautiful bill” fell flat Tuesday, as two groups of holdouts — hard-line conservatives and moderate blue-state Republicans — are still demanding changes to win their support.  During a nearly two-hour meeting in the Capitol basement, Trump urged Republicans to support his…

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title: Trump battles Republican dissent to massive tax cut and spending bill
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Donald Trump is trying to convince Republican members of Congress to approve his “big, beautiful bill."

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309355
title: O’Leary: Trump policy bill provision ‘almost seems unfair and un-American’ to small businesses
author: ;Elizabeth Crisp
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Kevin O'Leary, a Shark Tank star, expressed concerns about the "Big, Beautiful Bill" backed by President Trump, warning that a section related to small business tax audits will "cause chaos in valuations" and urging lawmakers to fix the issue.

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https://thehill.com/business/5309355-kevin-oleary-donald-trump-legislative-agenda-small-business-tax-audits/

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#Administration #Business #News #Policy #&quot;Big #Beautiful Bill&quot; #Bipartisan Policy Center #employee retention credit #fox business #House Republicans #IRS #Kevin O'Leary #Maria Bartiromo #President Trump

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309654
title: Trump administration set to limit COVID-19 shot approvals to the elderly, highest-risk
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Top officials in the Trump administration on Tuesday announced they will limit the approval of new COVID-19 vaccines to adults over 65 and people who are high risk. The move is a significant shift away from the current universal recommendation, and comes just two days before the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) independent advisers are…

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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747754161
title: Musk commits to staying Tesla CEO for another five years
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Elon Musk has claimed a turnaround in Tesla's sales after a slump, even as his internet service provider Starlink grows.

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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=330949
title: Man shared child porn to warn others about dangers
author: ;Fatima Gunning
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<p>The post <a href="https://gript.ie/man-shared-child-porn-to-warn-others-about-dangers/">Man shared child porn to warn others about dangers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gript.ie/">Gript</a>.</p>


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title: Coinbase Data Leak Could Put Users In Physical Danger; TechCrunch Founder
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Coinbase Data Leak Could Put Users In Physical Danger; TechCrunch Founder</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-breach-physical-crime-techcrunch-founder"><em>Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com,</em></a></p>

<p>A recent data breach at crypto exchange Coinbase has raised concerns about user safety after hackers gained access to sensitive information, including home addresses.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/0193d4f8-f1c9-7318-8ce2-28cfe013.jpg?itok=pVVCEec_" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/0193d4f8-f1c9-7318-8ce2-28cfe013.jpg?itok=pVVCEec_"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="80fc3cd2-3a6c-477a-9ced-d1d36c14b354" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/0193d4f8-f1c9-7318-8ce2-28cfe013.jpg?itok=pVVCEec_" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, confirmed that less than 1% of its transacting monthly users were affected in an attack that may cost the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/cyber-criminals-steal-coinbase-customer-data-20-m-ransom">exchange up to $400 million</a> in reimbursement expenses, Cointelegraph reported on May 15.</p>

<p>However, the “human cost” of this data breach may be much higher for users, according to Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch and Arrington Capital.</p>

<p><strong>“Very disappointed in Coinbase right now.</strong> Using the cheapest option for customer service has its price,” Arrington said in a May 20 X <a href="https://x.com/arrington/status/1924587249674412266">post</a>, adding:</p>

<blockquote><strong>“Something that has to be said though - this hack - which includes home addresses and account balances - will lead to people dying. It probably has already.</strong>”</blockquote>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/0196ed07-ec36-7bf7-b81a-6df082e9.jpg?itok=Izc9-4k9" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/0196ed07-ec36-7bf7-b81a-6df082e9.jpg?itok=Izc9-4k9"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="837bf29d-9501-4807-b6ca-62903fb6d34a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/0196ed07-ec36-7bf7-b81a-6df082e9.jpg?itok=Izc9-4k9" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><em>Source: Michael </em><a href="https://x.com/arrington/status/1924587249674412266"><em>Arrington</em></a></p>

<p>While no passwords, private keys or account funds were exposed, cybercriminals reportedly bribed overseas customer service contractors to access internal systems. This allowed them to steal personal data that could be used in social engineering scams or even physical extortion attempts.</p>

<p><strong>With Bitcoin trading above $100,000, crypto wealth has <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/100k-bitcoin-impacts-wealth-gap-digital-age">become a growing target for criminals</a>.</strong> Experts warn that leaked address data could expose high-net-worth individuals to real-world risks.</p>

<p>On May 16, Cointelegraph reported on <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/violent-crypto-robberies-rise-six-attacks-investors">six violent robberies</a> that targeted cryptocurrency investors, aiming to extort digital assets via kidnapping or torture.</p>

<p>In a ruthless attack on May 4, the father of a French crypto entrepreneur was <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/europe/crypto-entrepreneur-finger-severed-intl-latam">abducted</a> in Paris, France. The kidnappers cut the victim’s finger and sent a video to his son, demanding 5 million euros in crypto.</p>

<p>The victim was held for two days before French police were able to find and rescue him. According to CNN, five people were <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/04/europe/crypto-entrepreneur-finger-severed-intl-latam">arrested</a> in connection with the kidnapping.</p>

<h2>Crypto exchanges need “layered” cybersecurity</h2>

<p>To prevent similar user data breaches, crypto exchanges need to adopt a “layered defense strategy,” according to Ronghui Gu, the co-founder of CertiK Web3 security firm.</p>

<p>“This can include privileged access management, zero trust architecture, multifactor authentication across internal systems, and continuous monitoring with behavioral analytics,” Gu told Cointelegraph, adding: </p>

<blockquote><em><strong>“Preventive measures such as regular phishing simulations, tailored security training, and restricting third-party access to sensitive systems may help reduce these risks.”</strong></em></blockquote>

<p>However, crypto platforms will need to “rethink their security posture” as attackers “increasingly target human vulnerabilities rather than technical ones,” added Gu, warning of the rising threat of social engineering schemes.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/01942bf5-7206-76b5-abfe-161a827b.jpg?itok=TTvUbCYr" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/01942bf5-7206-76b5-abfe-161a827b.jpg?itok=TTvUbCYr"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2c257832-ec0c-4ded-b2e3-2b1a70bea8e4" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="239" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/01942bf5-7206-76b5-abfe-161a827b.jpg?itok=TTvUbCYr" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><em>Incidents and losses in 2024 by month. Source: CertiK</em></p>

<p><strong>Social engineering schemes, such as <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/phishing-scams-top-crypto-threat-2024-certik">phishing scams, were</a> the most significant security threat of 2024, costing the industry over $1 billion across 296 incidents, </strong>according to CertiK.</p>
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With the dismantling of the Wilson Center and the threats to universities across the country, the future of American scholarship is now uncertain.

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Kid Rock says he doesn’t “have anything to do” with the daily operations at a restaurant bearing his name after the Nashville dining spot was reportedly one of several places that recently closed its kitchen to avoid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.  “Clearly I do not have anything to do with day to…

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President Trump on Tuesday lambasted Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over allegations she assaulted an officer in a clash outside an immigration detention facility. “Oh, give me a break. Did you see her? She was out of control,” Trump told reporters during a visit to the Capitol. “The days of woke are over. That woman —…

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urged House Republicans to heed President Trump’s advice on Medicaid, seeking to blunt efforts to significantly cut health benefits in the GOP’s mammoth budget bill. The president met with GOP members in the Capitol on Tuesday to solidify support for the “one big beautiful” spending bill aimed at extending Trump’s 2017…

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As Israel moves to reoccupy Gaza, foreign media must demand open access and an end to killings of journalists.

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title: US Should Never Have Gotten 'Entangled' In Ukraine 'Death Trap': Trump
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">US Should Never Have Gotten 'Entangled' In Ukraine 'Death Trap': Trump</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>President Trump following Monday's <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-speak-putin-zelensky-monday-toward-ending-ukraine-bloodbath">phone calls</a> with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said that the United States <strong>should have never intervened in Ukraine</strong> in the first place.</p>

<p>He blasted his predecessor Joe Biden for sinking boundless billions in arms and aid into Kiev's coffers and yet it has only been a "death trap" and "real mess" which US decision-makers should have avoided altogether. "<strong>This is not my war. We got ourselves entangled in something we shouldn't have been involved in, and we would have been a lot better off. It's a real mess. It's a death trap</strong>," he said before reporters Monday afternoon.</p>
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<p><strong>"I do have a certain line, but I don't want to say what that line is because I think it makes the negotiation even more difficult than it is</strong>," Trump asserted. When pressed, he refrained from divulging what precisely that red line is in the press briefing.</p>

<p>Trump also addressed the ever-present potential for the US to get drawn in deeper, which is why he said this should be Europe's mess and responsibility, and not the United States'.</p>

<p>"We don’t have boots on the ground, we wouldn’t have boots on the ground. But we do have a big stake. The financial amount that was put up is just crazy," he added.</p>

<p>"Again,<strong> this was a European situation</strong>. It should have remained a European situation. But we got involved – much more than Europe did – because the past administration felt very strongly that we should," he said. <strong>"We gave massive amounts, I think record-setting amounts, both weaponry and money."</strong></p>

<p>Watch a key segment of the Trump presser:</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Reporter: “Do you have a red line of what would cause you to back away?”<br><br>
Trump: “Yeah, in my head, but not something I'm going to announce…This isn't our war…We got ourselves entangled in something that we shouldn't have been involved in.” <a href="https://t.co/tVCZcyfLhj">pic.twitter.com/tVCZcyfLhj</a></p>
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) <a href="https://twitter.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1924579231465357662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Meanwhile, in the wake of the Trump-Putin call, which lasted over two hours, <strong>the mainstream media has been slamming the US president as essentially giving Putin a free hand</strong>. President Trump had said it went "very well" and that he seems "an imminent end to the war".</p>

<p>For example, below is The Washington Post's perspective in a fresh <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/20/trump-putin-call-ukraine-europe/">Tuesday report</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p data-apitype="text" data-contentid="KDZF2G6ZQFE6HEQVYIGOGUT3FQ" data-el="text" dir="null"><em>A phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin <strong>shut down an effort to pressure Russia into an immediate ceasefire</strong> and instead opened the way for continued fighting while lengthy negotiations take place — much to the consternation of Ukraine and its European allies Tuesday.</em></p>

<p data-apitype="text" data-contentid="63JY6EMDWRFXLHNIBNIM5D4OAE" data-el="text" dir="null"><em><strong>Trump’s abandonment of new sanctions on Russian indicated that he may be stepping away from involvement in the talks</strong>, something that his team has been flagging for weeks. Trump said Monday that the conditions for a ceasefire could only be agreed by the warring parties “because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.”</em></p>

<p data-apitype="text" data-contentid="2XNNLWU3Y5E5VMRELINVXN4PWY" data-el="text" dir="null"><em><strong>European leaders say they had originally been planning with U.S. officials to levy new sanctions on Russia if it did not declare an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine</strong>.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>And yet the reality is that the sanctions themselves would certainly escalate the conflict and proxy war further, providing even less of an opportunity for a diplomatic off-ramp, and Trump knows this.</p>

<p>Trump had written just after the call: "Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.</p>

<p><em>Growing impatience on all sides, even among Trump supporters and conservatives, amid fears that the proxy war could just continue endlessly...</em></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Trump continues to pose as a mediator while simultaneously supplying weapons and intelligence to Ukraine. <a href="https://t.co/Q8vzJr7Bbz">pic.twitter.com/Q8vzJr7Bbz</a></p>
— Thomas Fazi (@battleforeurope) <a href="https://twitter.com/battleforeurope/status/1924754411756118124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>He wrote on Truth Social, "The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of. </p>

<p>He then emphasized, <strong>"The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn’t, I would say so now, rather than later</strong>."</p>

<p>* * * </p>

<p>Fresh remarks from Rubio on Tuesday, defending the president's talks with Putin...</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>Rubio pushes back against claims about the administration's disengagement, says "I see some of those Foreign Ministers, including individuals from Ukraine, more than i see my own children."</em></p>
</blockquote>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">WATCH!! Rubio argues that Putin “hasn’t gotten a single concession” <a href="https://t.co/rMhVwU5SSd">pic.twitter.com/rMhVwU5SSd</a></p>
— Alex Raufoglu (@ralakbar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ralakbar/status/1924838332476924409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>Les travailleurs oeuvraient sur le chantier d'un immeuble lorsque des murs de soutènement se sont effondrés.</p>

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title: The Red Line: Democratic Officials Claim A Dangerous License For Illegality
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Red Line: Democratic Officials Claim A Dangerous License For Illegality</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2025/05/20/the-red-line-democratic-officials-claim-a-license-for-illegality/"><em>Authored by Jonathan Turley,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>Across the country, a new defense is being heard in state and federal courtrooms. </strong>From Democratic members of Congress to judges to city council members, officials claim that their official duties include obstructing the official functions of the federal government. </p>

<p>It is <strong>a type of liberal license that excuses most any crime in the name of combating what Minn. Gov. Tim Walz called the “<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5307956-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-gestapo-trump/">modern-day Gestapo</a>”</strong> of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/images%20%283%29_15.jpg?itok=dH3leeO6" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/images%20%283%29_15.jpg?itok=dH3leeO6"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="79547ee7-7211-46de-adda-0dfb3c7b7164" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="335" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/images%20%283%29_15.jpg?itok=dH3leeO6" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>The latest claimant of this license is Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), who was charged with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers during a protest at Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. McIver is shown on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqIDzHUixco">video</a> forcing her way into an ICE facility and striking and shoving agents in her path.</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kqIDzHUixco" title="DHS Releases Video Of Rep. McIver At Delaney Hall Detention Center—Now She Is Being Charged By DOJ" width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p><strong>This was not a major incursion, but these state and federal officials joined a mob in briefly overwhelming security and breaching the fence barrier after a bus was allowed through the entrance. </strong>Federal officials were able to quickly force back the incursion.</p>

<p>McIver and House Democrats insisted that McIver’s forcing her way into the facility might be trespass and assault for other citizens, but she was merely exercising “legislative oversight.” Rep. Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) <a href="https://www.aol.com/border-czar-homan-shrugs-off-230503183.html">declared</a> “You lay a finger on someone – on Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the representatives that were there – you lay a finger on them, we’re going to have a problem.”</p>

<p><strong>Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) even ominously warned the federal government that Democrats would bring down the house if it tried to charge McIver: “It’s a red line. They know better than to go down that road.”</strong></p>

<p>Well, the red line was crossed in a big way after Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba charged McIver with a felony under Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1).</p>

<p><strong>The ACLU <a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-and-aclu-of-new-jersey-react-to-trump-administrations-charges-against-congresswoman-mciver">called</a> the charged “authoritarianism” and insisted that these state and federal politicians “have every right to exercise their legally authorized oversight responsibilities for expanded immigration detention in New Jersey.”</strong></p>

<p>The problem with the oversight claim is that McIver’s status as a member of Congress does not allow her access into closed federal facilities. Congress can subpoena the Executive Branch or secure court orders for access. However, member do not have immunity from criminal laws in unilaterally forcing their way into any federal office or agency.</p>

<p>If that were the case, Rep. Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez would not have posted images of herself <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450315-photographer-shares-photos-of-ocasio-cortez-at-border-after-concentration-camp/">crying at the fence</a> of an immigrant facility, she could have climbed over the fence in the name of oversight.</p>

<p>Conversely, Republicans in the Biden Administration could have simply pushed their way into the Justice Department to seek the files on the influence-peddling scandal.</p>

<p><strong>Yet, the point of the claim is less of a real criminal defense and more of a political excuse.</strong></p>

<p>It is the same claim being heard this week from Worcester City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj who was shown in a <a href="https://whdh.com/news/worcester-police-release-bodycam-footage-of-ice-arrest/">video shoving</a> and obstructing ICE officers attempting to arrest a woman on immigration charges. Two other individuals (including a Democratic candidate for a school board) were arrested, but not Haxhiaj who claimed that she was merely protecting “a constituent.” After the melee, the city manager issued an order preventing city police from assisting in any way in the carrying out of such civil immigration enforcement efforts by the federal government.</p>

<p><strong>Even judges are claiming the same license.</strong> </p>

<p>In Wisconsin, Judge Hannah Dugan has been charged with obstructing a federal arrest of an illegal immigrant who appeared in her courtroom. Dugan heard about agents waiting outside in the hallway to arrest the man and went outside to confront the agents. She told them to speak to the Chief Judge and that they needed a different warrant.</p>

<p><strong>The agents complied and the Chief Judge confirmed that they could conduct the arrest. In the interim, however, Dugan led the man out a non-public door and facilitated his escape (he was arrested after a chase down a public street).</strong></p>

<p>Judge Duggan also claimed that she was carrying out her duties even though her hearing was over, the charges were not part of state matter, and the arrest was being carried out outside of her courtroom.</p>

<p>As Democratic leaders like Walz engage in rage rhetoric and paint Republicans (and federal law enforcement) as Nazis, political violence across the country. Many of the people burning Teslas and engaging in such crimes claim the same type of license that the ends justify the means. That includes affluent professionals who are now <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2025/04/07/the-american-jacobin-how-some-on-the-left-have-found-release-in-an-age-of-rage/">shoplifting from Whole Foods</a> as a “protest” against Jeff Bezos meeting with Trump.</p>

<p>When the Administration sought to investigate those burning Teslas and dealerships, Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) <a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2025/03/27/rep-goldman-the-fbi-investigation-of-tesla-attacks-is-political-weaponization/">denounced</a> it as a “political weaponization” of the legal system. The comments suggest that such arson is somehow a form of political expression on the left.</p>

<p><strong>House Minority Leader Jeffries was correct that a “red line” was crossed but not the one that he was thinking of in threatening consequences for any charges. The red line is the one separating political expression and criminal conduct.</strong></p>

<p>Border Czar stressed repeatedly to political leaders that they can protest and refuse to help but “you can‘t cross the line” into obstruction and interference with their operations.</p>

<p>If oversight means that members can force their way into any federal facilities, we would have 535 roaming inspectors general who could wander at will through the executive branch.</p>

<p><strong>Rep. McIver would be better to claim a different type of oversight, in allowing her passion to briefly overwhelm her judgment in rushing into the facility.</strong></p>

<p>In the end, however, McIver and Duggan may have a license of a different kind.</p>

<p><strong>Both have an advantage of being charged in liberal districts where they would appear before sympathetic jurors.</strong>  They need to just convince a single jury to engage in “jury nullification,” to vote based on the cause, not the crime, in the case.</p>

<p><em>Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “</em><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1668047047%3Ftag%3Dsimonsayscom&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDFreddoso%40thehill.com%7Cce3c9dc02c24470c534008dd12d814f1%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C1%7C0%7C638687441535176515%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=k5fEv5U%2FfqcDIOipOj6kSiPbIfFkv2RL3ryF6pALU%2BE%3D&amp;reserved=0"><em>The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage</em></a><em>.”</em></p>
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UK imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers as European leaders mount pressure on Israel to end its Gaza offensive.

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title: US Shale Output Nearing Peak As Oil Prices Stagnate
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">US Shale Output Nearing Peak As Oil Prices Stagnate</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Shale-Output-Nearing-Peak-as-Oil-Prices-Stagnate.html"><em>Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,</em></a></p>

<ul><li>
	<p>Low oil prices and economic uncertainty are causing U.S. oil production, particularly in shale basins, to plateau or decline earlier than anticipated.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Major oil companies acknowledge the accelerated peak in U.S. oil output, with the Permian Basin being the last major area still showing growth potential.</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Forecasts for U.S. crude supply are being revised downward as the profitability of shale production is challenged by current oil prices.</p>
	</li>
</ul><p>The decline in oil prices and the prevailing uncertainty about the economy, trade, and supply chains are accelerating the peak in U.S. oil production despite President Donald Trump’s<strong> ‘drill, baby, drill’ </strong>slogan.  </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-16_dqnyjhsqgw.jpg?itok=p4Fi5xzK" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-16_dqnyjhsqgw.jpg?itok=p4Fi5xzK"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a714c979-5485-48c2-a4e0-322bee471c0a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="209" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-16_dqnyjhsqgw.jpg?itok=p4Fi5xzK" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>With the U.S. benchmark <a href="https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/#WTI-Crude">WTI crude prices</a> at $60 per barrel, it’s mostly “hold, baby, hold” in the American shale patch, where output in the major basins except the Permian has already started to level off or drop. </strong></p>

<p>The U.S.-China 90-day tariff pause and the start of trade talks did little to erase the crash in oil prices from April, and even less to restore confidence or wipe out the high uncertainty regarding the economy and the cost of supply with unknown levels of tariffs. The shale patch has historically been immediately responsive to changing market conditions, but living in 90-day cycles of tariffs, no-tariffs, reduced tariffs, or surprise U.S. geopolitical moves could be too much for the oil industry, especially the smaller companies. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm7C56_0.jpg?itok=1A3bmswv" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm7C56_0.jpg?itok=1A3bmswv"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b0799e29-e924-4061-9735-f89ba2629b85" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="256" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm7C56_0.jpg?itok=1A3bmswv" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>The big ones, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Occidental, and ConocoPhillips, aren’t voicing publicly concerns about doing business and doing it as usual at $60 oil. But some of them have already said that the peak in U.S. oil production is being accelerated and could be sooner than previously expected. </p>

<p>The peak, whenever it occurs, does not mean a steep decline afterwards—it would rather be a long plateau of leveling off of U.S. crude oil production in which the slowdown in shale would be partly offset by rising output from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, executives and analysts say.  </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“As you know that most of the shale basins now have either plateaued or starting to decline, except for the Permian,” </strong></em>Vicki Hollub, President and CEO of Occidental Petroleum, <a href="https://www.oxy.com/siteassets/documents/investors/quarterly-earnings/oxy1q25transcript.pdf">said</a> on the Q1 earnings call. </p>

<p><em>“If companies continue to talk about dropping activity levels, I think the Permian could plateau sooner than we expected - and we had expected the Permian to continue growth through 2027,” Hollub added. </em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Oxy had expected that U.S. production overall would peak between 2027 and 2030. </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“It's looking like with the current headwinds or at least volatility and uncertainty around pricing and the economy and recessions and all of that - it's looking like that peak could come sooner,”</strong></em> Hollub said, adding that the Permian would grow very little this year, if at all.  </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Ryan Lance, the chief executive of ConocoPhillips, <a href="https://static.conocophillips.com/files/resources/cop-usq_transcript_2025-05-08.pdf">said</a> on the company’s earnings call that at $60 oil, “the folks that don't have the kind of cost of supply sitting in their portfolio are going to find themselves cash-strapped and returns-strapped.”</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“Obviously, the balance sheets are in pretty good shape across the industry, better than we were in the last downturn, but you'll see a lot of activity cut back,”</strong></em> Lance added. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>At current prices, ConocoPhillips doesn’t expect a lot of things to change for the company, although there would be changes if WTI sinks to $50 per barrel. However, “that's not our view today and doesn't represent where we think the market is going to be for the next few years,” Lance noted. </p>

<p>The current mantra at ConocoPhillips is “don't whipsaw this thing too hard right now…so don't overreact, but don't put your head in the sand either.” </p>

<p><strong>Earlier this month, Diamondback Energy said onshore oil production in the U.S. <a href="https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Shale-Major-Sees-US-Oil-Production-Peaking.html">has already peaked</a>. </strong></p>

<p>“We currently estimate that the U.S. frac crew count is already down ~15% this year, with the Permian Basin crew count down ~20% from its January peak, and both are expected to decline further,” Diamondback said in a <a href="https://www.diamondbackenergy.com/news-releases/news-release-details/letter-stockholders-issued-diamondback-energy-inc-7">letter</a> to investors. </p>

<p>Liberty Energy, the fracking company founded by now-Energy Secretary Chris Wright, is also prepping for a <a href="https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Fracking-Company-Forecasts-Major-Shale-Slowdown.html">slowdown in shale drilling</a>.  </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm78B9_0.jpg?itok=ZCfsg-WY" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm78B9_0.jpg?itok=ZCfsg-WY"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="51b8a987-801d-45be-a180-71fdbe82d17f" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="256" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm78B9_0.jpg?itok=ZCfsg-WY" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>U.S. crude oil supply will rise more slowly than expected for the rest of 2025 and in 2026 and <a href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Crude-Oil-Output-to-Peak-Sooner-Than-Expected.html">peak as early as this year</a>, as WTI prices at $60 per barrel are testing the breakeven point of shale production, energy flows intelligence firm Kpler said last week. </p>

<p><strong>With the low oil prices, Kpler <a href="https://x.com/Kpler/status/1919355178756559254">has now cut</a> its U.S. crude supply forecast by 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 170,000 bpd for the rest of 2025 and into 2026, “as weaker prices threaten to slow shale production.”  </strong></p>

<p>Despite steady near-term activity, growth is slowing in the U.S. shale patch, and U.S. crude output is set to peak this year, Kpler noted. </p>
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt led a mock press briefing Tuesday afternoon in honor of “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day” and after President Trump met with House Republican leaders as they press forward with their reconciliation spending package. During the “briefing,” the kids were given a chance to ask Leavitt questions.…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5308548
title: Four months in, Trump is cementing his legacy for better or worse
author: ;Harlan Ullman; opinion contributor
content: The outlines of Donald Trump’s legacy to the country are emerging.
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309813
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President Trump lashed out at Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) during his visit to the Capitol for the House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday, calling him “a grandstander.”  “I don’t think Thomas Massie understands government. I think he’s a grandstander, frankly” Trump said when asked about Massie’s concerns the president’s legislative agenda will add to the…

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Former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis has done little to quell concerns about his decision to run for reelection, and many in the party acknowledge the issue is likely to dog them as they look toward 2028. The announcement on Sunday that Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer came as Democrats have…

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt faced a series of burning questions on Tuesday from those gathered in the briefing room. What is President Trump’s favorite order at McDonald’s? What is the president’s favorite ice cream? Who is his favorite president, besides himself? The White House hosted the children of journalists and staffers in the…

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title: California task force seizes $123.5 million in illegal cannabis
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California authorities seized $123.5 million in illicit cannabis, 105,700 plants, and 22,057 pounds of processed marijuana, as well as nine illegal firearms, in the largest such operation to date, in an effort to disrupt the illegal cannabis market and protect public safety and the environment.

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title: ‘Rainbow Road’ mural painted for WorldPride in DC
author: ;Daniel Hamburg
content: There's a new mural being created in the District just in time for the start of WorldPride.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper beat back questions about what he knew about former President Biden’s mental acuity before the 2024 election ahead of the release of his new book about the former president’s decline. “The criticism has been that you’re complaining about a cover up about Joe Biden’s mental acuity,” pundit Megyn Kelly said as…

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The news of former President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis is putting a spotlight on his physician, Kevin O’Connor, and whether he took adequate measures to monitor Biden’s health. Biden’s personal office said in a statement Sunday that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two days prior after he was “seen for a new finding of…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309613
title: What’s the guidance on prostate cancer screening? It’s complicated.
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Former President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis is highlighting the importance of screening for one of the most common types of cancer in older men. Biden’s aggressive cancer diagnosis, announced Sunday evening, is causing many to question whether warning signs could have been caught earlier. However, cancer screening is complicated, and experts say early detection and…

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title: The hidden reason law firms that cut deals with Trump may regret it
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The professional rules against serving two or more masters should disqualify these firms from doing any work against the federal government.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309859
title: Hassan, Noem lock horns over habeas corpus
author: ;Zach Schonfeld
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Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) tussled with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a committee hearing Tuesday over habeas corpus, which the administration is considering suspending as it increasingly comes into focus in the legal fights over President Trump’s immigration agenda.   “What is habeas corpus?” Hassan asked during the hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland…

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title: Watch: Trump, Hegseth set to make national security announcement
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President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an announcement from the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. Defense Department officials told The Hill and NewsNation that the comments would focus on national security. The remarks came after Trump’s trip to the Middle East last week, when he visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates,…

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309839
title: Qatar’s PM says luxury jet gift isn’t ‘bribery’ for Trump
author: ;Elizabeth Crisp
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Qatar's Prime Minister has denied allegations that his country is trying to curry favor with President Trump by gifting a $400 million luxury jet to the US to replace Air Force One, stressing that the arrangement was done in full transparency and legality.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5309839-qatar-trump-bribery-air-force-one-luxury-jet-gift/

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#Administration #International #Transportation #Bloomberg #Boeing #Harvard CAPS/Harris poll #pentagon #President Trump #Qatar #Qatar Economic Forum #Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5308723
title: Working for welfare benefits is not punishment
author: ;Merrill Matthews; opinion contributor
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Republicans' proposed work requirement for Medicaid recipients between the ages of 19 and 64 is expected to save the government $300 billion over seven years, while helping individuals regain their dignity and self-respect by requiring them to work for their benefits.

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#Columnists #Opinion #White House #Biden administration #Center for Budget and Policy Priorities #food stamps #Kaiser Family Foundation #Medicaid #Welfare Benefits

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5307949
title: 5 things to know about SALT, the tax break holding up Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
author: ;Tobias Burns
link: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5307949-salt-tax-cap-fight/
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Republicans’ tax-and-spending cut package faces a number of hurdles in its path to President Trump’s desk, but the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap could be the tallest to surmount. Tax writers on the House Ways and Means Committee have offered to raise the cap to $30,000 for joint filers making up to $400,000…

tags:
#Business #House #State Watch #Andrew Garbarino #Chip Roy #SALT #salt cap #salt deduction #Tom Suozzi

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2166150/journalisme-presse-acces-information
title: Accès à l’information : la FPJQ demande une modification de la Loi sur le Barreau
content: <p>« C’est important pour nous qu’on ferme cette brèche une fois pour toutes. »</p>
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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747750783
title: ‘Blatant political attack’: US lawmaker charged over ICE centre standoff
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Democrats say the Trump administration's decision to charge Congresswoman LaMonica McIver sets a 'dangerous precedent'.

link:
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guid: https://www.mondialisation.ca/?p=5698709
title: Billet de félicitations : les Atlantistes ont enfin réussi à voler le scrutin électoral en Roumanie
author: ;Karine Bechet-Golovko
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<p>Quelle belle victoire ! Les Atlantistes ont réussi cette fois à voler les élections présidentielles en Roumanie, toutes les ficelles de la manipulation électorale ont été mises en oeuvre. Pour la seconde fois, ils ne pouvaient pas se tromper. Le …</p>

link:
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guid: 1032264 at https://www.zerohedge.com
title: Rubio Says Syria Could Be 'Weeks Away' From Civil War, State Collapse (Again)
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Rubio Says Syria Could Be 'Weeks Away' From Civil War, State Collapse (Again)</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last Thursday met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and other ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) officials in Antalya, Turkey - just as President Trump controversially greeted Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (Jolani) in Riyadh. Rubio's was the first such US meeting with a Syrian foreign minister in fifteen years, the State Department later said.</p>

<p>Following this, Rubio on Tuesday went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to defend the administration's dropping of all Syria sanctions, in order to "give them a chance" - as Trump said of Syria while on his Gulf visit. Rubio sounded an alarm, warning that the already war-torn country <strong>could be weeks away from civil war </strong>and <strong>collapse</strong> of the HTS government. Watch:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Syria is likely on the verge of 'full scale civil war' — Marco Rubio<br><br>
The US state secretary laments the country's current rulers 'didn't pass their background check with the FBI' <a href="https://t.co/gBUH1gCYwa">https://t.co/gBUH1gCYwa</a> <a href="https://t.co/g2mY1UMcZC">pic.twitter.com/g2mY1UMcZC</a></p>
— RT (@RT_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1924851512376734033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>"It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they’re facing, <strong>are maybe weeks — not many months — away from potential collapse </strong>and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up," Rubio told the Senate hearing. There have for weeks been running street battles between HTS and Druze factions in the south and in suburbs of Damascus.</p>

<p>Describing the rationale behind dropping the years-long brutal US sanctions, Rubio said: "We want to help that government succeed, because the alternative is full-scale civil war and chaos, <strong>which would, of course, destabilize the entire region</strong>."</p>

<p>Of course, the supreme and dark irony here is that it was Washington which led destabilization efforts in Syria over the last decade in the first place, with the CIA's <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html">Operation Timber Sycamore</a>. Assad fled the country on December 8, and since then the brutal Islamist group HTS and US-designated terrorist Sharaa/Jolani has ruled from Damascus.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">🔥everything is fine🔥 <a href="https://t.co/RIrzRbjLn3">pic.twitter.com/RIrzRbjLn3</a></p>
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) <a href="https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/1924844684595364136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>To state the obvious, <em>just maybe</em> the US should <em>not </em>have sought to overthrow the largely secular government of Bashar al-Assad</strong>, which protected the minority religious communities now being massacred by HTS? Christians, Alawites, Druze, and secularists of all strips in Syria are now living in a new dark ages.</p>

<p>Rubio actually said before the senators that <strong>"When Syria is unstable, the region becomes unstable."</strong></p>

<p>But, he continued, "If we engage them, it may work out, it may not work out. If we did not engage them, it was guaranteed to not work out."</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Important “Islamic State Leader Omar al-Shishani Fought Under U.S. Umbrella as Late as 2013” by <a href="https://twitter.com/BradRHoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BradRHoff</a> <a href="https://t.co/JQg5TwcLDp">https://t.co/JQg5TwcLDp</a></p>
— Joshua Landis (@joshua_landis) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshua_landis/status/707938546737262592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
<p>It should be recalled that over the past decades Rubio himself as a senator had <strong>called for regime change in Damascus</strong> on many occasions.</p>

<p>For example, in 2015 - at a moment the Islamic State was making gains in eastern Syria and across the region, Rubio <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/rubio-campaign-press-release-we-need-plan-stop-the-islamic-state-and-end-assads-regime-now">said</a> "Ending Assad's reign of terror once and for all will be, too. And both will be much more difficult than if we had acted at the outset of the civil war in Syria, <strong>as some of us urged President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton</strong>. But it is still not impossible."</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/trumpjolani.jpg?itok=qdPdksgm" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/trumpjolani.jpg?itok=qdPdksgm"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f40b9ab7-ab45-4112-af3f-0d2691bf1ab7" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="250" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/trumpjolani.jpg?itok=qdPdksgm" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Images: Saudi Press Agency</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>* * *</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>Dear Marco, </em></p>

<p><em>In calling for Assad's removal and approving regime change efforts and policies as a US Senator over the prior decade, this is who you helped empower (news footage below).</em></p>

<p><em>Signed, </em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Syria-Crucified-Stories-Martyrdom-Christian/dp/195589003X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0"><em>Syria's Persecuted Christians</em></a></p>
</blockquote>

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guid: yt:video:ftvIuyr79yw
title: Helga Zepp-LaRouche and Dr. Theodore Postol: What You Have to Know about the Taurus Missile System.
author: ;Schiller Institute
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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747760176
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Announcement comes weeks after the army made gains in and around the capital city to push back the Rapid Support Forces.

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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747765264
title: UN: Gaza aid approvals fall drastically short
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The UN says 100 aid trucks were approved Tuesday to enter Gaza Tuesday, far below the 600 needed daily.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309987
title: Rapid snowmelt jeopardizing summer water supply across the US West
author: ;Sharon Udasin
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Above-normal temperatures combined with paltry precipitation levels have led to rapid snowmelts across the U.S. West — reducing water supplies for the spring and summer, federal meteorologists are warning. Nearly all Western basins are now experiencing a late season “snow drought,” or a period of unusually minimal snow accumulation for a given point in the…

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#Energy &amp; Environment #Equilibrium &amp; Sustainability #News #Policy #State Watch #Colorado #Colorado River #Nevada #New Mexico #rapid snowmelt #Rio Grande #temperatures #Texas #Utah

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5310013
title: Chasten Buttigieg on possible Pete Buttigieg 2028 run: ‘I’m not really ready to think about it’
author: ;Judy Kurtz
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Chasten Buttigieg says he’s not “ready to think about” husband Pete Buttigieg potentially launching a 2028 White House bid.  “I’m not naive to the reality that people talk about it — that he’s very good at what he does,” Chasten Buttigieg said Tuesday in an interview with Dana Bash on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” when asked about his…

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#Campaign #News #2028 presidential race #Biden administration #CNN+ #Democratic presidential primary #indiana #Michigan Senate race #Papa's Coming Home

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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747765975
title: Columbia students heckle acting university president at graduation
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Columbia University students booed the school’s acting president, Claire Shipman, at a graduation ceremony.

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5310018
title: Rubio to Van Hollen: We deported gang members, ‘including the one you had a margarita with’
author: ;Sarah Fortinsky
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s efforts to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador in a fiery exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio knocked his former colleague for traveling to El Salvador to check on the well-being of a…

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#Administration #International #News #Senate #El Salvador #Senate Foreign Relations Committee #state department

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2166226/favoritisme-regie-batiment-pdg-michel-beaudoin
title: Cas de favoritisme à la Régie du bâtiment du Québec
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<p>Selon plusieurs témoins, la directrice des communications serait la « protégée » du PDG de la Régie.</p>

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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5310058
title: Supreme Court sides with Maine Republican censured for transgender athlete post
author: ;Zach Schonfeld
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The Supreme Court ruled a Maine Republican state lawmaker censured for a post about a transgender athlete must be allowed to vote as she mounts a legal challenge. Tuesday’s emergency order blocks Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D) and the clerk from preventing state Rep. Laurel Libby (R) from voting or speaking on the floor as she presses claims…

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guid: 1032202 at https://www.zerohedge.com
title: US Attorney's New Program Sidesteps California's Sanctuary Laws Shielding Illegals From ICE
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">US Attorney's New Program Sidesteps California's Sanctuary Laws Shielding Illegals From ICE</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-attorneys-new-program-gets-around-californias-sanctuary-laws-shielding-illegal-immigrants-from-ice-5860259?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>

<p>In what could be a game changer for the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for California’s Central District and federal partners launched a program to “neutralize California’s sanctuary state policy.”</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image%20%2819%29_8.jpg?itok=TwR0bKt7" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image%20%2819%29_8.jpg?itok=TwR0bKt7"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="54eb1a7d-3d94-40bd-aa39-476ceb81051c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image%20%2819%29_8.jpg?itok=TwR0bKt7" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Operation Guardian Angel, announced by federal officials on May 19, will file complaints and arrest warrants to allow federal authorities to take as many defendants as possible into custody from county jails, according to a Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/operation-guardian-angel-launched-neutralize-californias-sanctuary-state-policies">press release</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“Under the Trump administration, we will not allow sanctuary jurisdictions to stand in the way of keeping the American People safe,”</strong> U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, who launched the test program, <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1924550658369438170">posted</a> on X.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>One of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises for a second term was the mass deportation of millions who came into the country illegally during the Biden administration.</p>

<p><strong>If a person who has been deported reenters the country illegally, that’s a felony under Title 8 law, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.</strong></p>

<p>California’s state law—<a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54">Senate Bill 54</a>—prevents county sheriff’s departments and local law enforcement from honoring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.</p>

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<p><em>“Even if they want to turn them over, they can’t,” McEvoy told The Epoch Times.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Operation Guardian Angel gets around the law through federal arrest warrants, which McEvoy said leave the counties no choice but to hand the targeted illegal immigrants over.</strong></p>

<p>Essayli stated in the press release that “the worst criminal aliens in state custody are frequently released into the community” because California’s sanctuary state policies block cooperation with federal law enforcement.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“These laws effectively render federal immigration detainers meaningless. The days of giving criminal illegal aliens a free pass are over,”</strong></em> he stated.</p>

<p><em><strong>“While California may be presently disregarding detainers, it cannot ignore federal arrest warrants.”</strong></em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The program, which began May 10, has resulted in the arrest of 13 defendants as of May 15 in California. The Operation Guardian Angel task force is made up of ICE, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.</p>

<p>The California federal district is home to the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles County. An estimated 1.5 million illegal immigrants reside in the district, including gang members, the press release said, adding that California’s protection of criminal illegal aliens makes residents less safe.</p>

<p>The release noted that in February 2025, José Cristian Saravia-Sánchez, 30, of Mexico, shot and killed an Inglewood man who tried to stop him from stealing a catalytic converter, which garnered national attention.</p>

<p>He was an illegal immigrant who had been convicted of vehicle theft, removed from the United States in 2013, and arrested 11 times between June 2022 and August 2024, according to the release. However, local law enforcement was prevented by state law from complying with an immigration detainer request, the release stated.</p>

<p>The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times by publication time.</p>
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title: In the Middle East, Kurdistan offers a hopeful model of religious freedom
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The Kurdish Regional Government has set a positive example in the Middle East by embracing different faith communities and making religious freedom a strategic priority, and the US should increase its engagement with the KRG to promote and protect this unique model of tolerance.

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guid: https://www.mondialisation.ca/?p=5698712
title: VIDÉO – Marc Menant : Pasteur l’imposteur
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<p>Marc Menant a mené une enquête sur l’histoire des vaccins et les travaux de Louis Pasteur, en s’appuyant sur les carnets personnels de ce dernier, conservés à la Bibliothèque nationale.</p>
<p>TVL via <a spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/@laileastick" data-sanitized-class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string">L’Aile à Stick</a></p>
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order on Tuesday requiring commercial truck drivers to be fluent in English.  Under the new guidance, drivers who fail to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s English-language proficiency requirements will be placed out of service.  “America First means safety first. Americans are a lot safer on roads…

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title: Multistate salmonella outbreak sparks cucumber recall
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U.S. officials are warning Americans not to eat, sell or serve cucumbers from a Florida grower while they investigate a new multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to the company. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating salmonella infections linked to cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc., in…

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title: The US, BRICS &amp; BlackRock: the Relative Power Index
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5309889
title: Democratic senator says he has recordings of favors ‘promised’ by Trump’s IRS pick
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Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he has recordings of business associates of President Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), saying they expect to get favors from him once he is in office. Wyden cited recordings of two instances of people saying…

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title: "Today I Will Show My Naked Body": Rep. Nancy Mace Combats Voyeurism During Oversight Hearing
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">"Today I Will Show My Naked Body": Rep. Nancy Mace Combats Voyeurism During Oversight Hearing</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) <strong>showed 'photos of her naked body' during a House Oversight meeting on Tuesday </strong>as the latest twist in her crusade against voyeurism.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/6f483ee9_jpg_92.jpg?itok=vhcIH-Pi" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/6f483ee9_jpg_92.jpg?itok=vhcIH-Pi"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="44ff159b-6377-496c-b718-aeb398aa2ade" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/6f483ee9_jpg_92.jpg?itok=vhcIH-Pi" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Mace was engaged to Charleston-based software entrepreneur, Patrick Bryant. After purchasing two properties together, their relationship ended abruptly in 2021 after Mace reportedly discovered Bryant on a dating app.</p>

<p><strong>Mace would later claim</strong> in a <a href="https://scdailygazette.com/2025/02/28/attorneys-for-1-of-the-men-accused-by-mace-demand-evidence-or-an-apology/">February speech</a> on the House floor that in November 2023, she discovered a digital cache of <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/patrick-bryant-nancy-mace-accusations-b2696289.html">over 10,000 videos and photos</a> on Bryant’s phone, depicting rape, nonconsensual photos, and videos of women and underage girls, including herself. </p>

<p>She recounted finding a video of herself naked, unaware she was being filmed, and alleged that Bryant recorded her without consent - and claims that Bryant and several other men conspired to commit <strong>sexual exploitation, voyeurism, and assault </strong>targeting multiple women, including minors, for over two decades.</p>

<p>She also says she found evidence of an app storing files from <strong>a hidden camera - </strong>with one alone containing <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/congresswoman-nancy-mace-house-speech-south-carolina/article_4b162376-e7c7-11ef-8169-2799c722a7b6.html">10,633 videos</a>.</p>

<h2>Rape, Drugging and Sex Trafficking</h2>

<p>Mace alleged that in 2022, while at a property co-owned by Bryant and another accused man, she consumed two vodka sodas, blacked out, and was raped, though she could not confirm if Bryant was the perpetrator - but that Bryant and his associates drugged her and other women, suggesting the incidents might have been filmed or sold on the dark web.</p>

<p>She also accused the men of <a href="https://people.com/nancy-mace-accuses-ex-fiance-patrick-bryant-others-rape-8789748">sex trafficking</a>, alleging they paid each other to abuse women, which she described as a “premeditated, calculated exploitation.”</p>

<p>Bryant, a co-founder of the software firm Code/+/Trust and former chairman of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, categorically denied all allegations.</p>

<p>"I categorically deny these allegations. I take this matter seriously and will cooperate fully with any necessary legal processes to clear my name," he told the <em>Associated Press</em>, calling Mace's accusations "devastatingly harmful" and an attempt to further her political career.</p>

<h2>'Today I will show my naked body'</h2>

<p>Which brings us to today - when Mace <a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1924825678479798513">posted</a> on X; "<span data-sanitized-class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"><strong>Today I will show my naked body on one of the videos predator and rapist Patrick Bryant took of me and many other women.</strong> Mace made the statement one hour after she posted: </span>"<span data-sanitized-class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">In my Oversight hearing today I’m going to expose predator and rapist Patrick Bryant for the monster he is. With evidence. Naked bodies. Legs spread apart. Upskirt photos. The kinds of things he would film and photograph women without their knowledge, permission or consent."</span></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Real men guard a woman’s privacy; predators harvest it.<br><br>
In my Oversight hearing today I’m going to expose predator and rapist Patrick Bryant for the monster he is. With evidence. Naked bodies. Legs spread apart. Upskirt photos. The kinds of things he would film and photograph… <a href="https://t.co/12yh1wqTIv">pic.twitter.com/12yh1wqTIv</a></p>
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepNancyMace/status/1924803913741697240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>

<p>People waited with anticipation...</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Look at Nancy Mace's fuckin' beefers and tell me you don't want to see her naked, shitlord. <a href="https://t.co/gSdXYONGwz">pic.twitter.com/gSdXYONGwz</a></p>
— The Most Antisemitic Man in the World (@mostantisemitic) <a href="https://twitter.com/mostantisemitic/status/1924880768444334481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>

<p>* * *</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-colostrum" data-image-href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-colostrum" data-link-option="2" href="https://store.zerohedge.com/iq-colostrum"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="516760c0-abdd-41a5-9bea-2f2bce4f4c51" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="129" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/colostrum_3.png?itok=JHZ2R6BJ" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Me and the boys getting ready to watch Nancy Mace present her ample receipts on C-SPAN -- <a href="https://t.co/AwgKlHPqG8">pic.twitter.com/AwgKlHPqG8</a></p>
— JK Johnny (@_JohnnyJones) <a href="https://twitter.com/_JohnnyJones/status/1924884940035887537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Needless to say, <strong>it was a huge letdown. </strong></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Nancy Mace seems to bait-and-switch us all by releasing a blurry still from a video of her allegedly “nude,” rather than a clear image of her voluptuous tits.<br><br>
Follow: <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsBarron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsBarron</a> <a href="https://t.co/cjqNdLjiCN">pic.twitter.com/cjqNdLjiCN</a></p>
— News Barron (@NewsBarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsBarron/status/1924896009387184314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EbHaIXfZQmU?si=e8Xb3r611ZvrPmqs" title="YouTube video player" width="560" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p>Mace was ridiculed far and wide...</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Americans: can you please lower taxes and deport illegals?<br><br>
Nancy Mace: <a href="https://t.co/QEJVEoB9Lp">https://t.co/QEJVEoB9Lp</a> <a href="https://t.co/wA3LGExjJF">pic.twitter.com/wA3LGExjJF</a></p>
— Rock (@TheCensoredRock) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCensoredRock/status/1924882807093928241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/the%20nudes.JPG?itok=mz39noSD" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/the%20nudes.JPG?itok=mz39noSD"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="064aa4a1-c410-41a7-b6e2-50068cc87103" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="367" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/the%20nudes.JPG?itok=mz39noSD" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Personally, I think Nancy Mace should go to jail for this bate-and-switch. <a href="https://t.co/8n7qu3JQVs">https://t.co/8n7qu3JQVs</a> <a href="https://t.co/QGPbpJ295y">pic.twitter.com/QGPbpJ295y</a></p>
— BasilianThought (@BasilianThought) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasilianThought/status/1924900227623878915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Nancy "nothing burger" Mace strikes again. <a href="https://t.co/vhQaqFvvzV">pic.twitter.com/vhQaqFvvzV</a></p>
— Yukon Cornelius (@Project_Yukon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Yukon/status/1924900317998838082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://x.com/flapprdotnet/status/1923348454862094411"><strong>Click here</strong></a> for boob redemption...</p>
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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747763350
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US secretary of state appears to acknowledge that humanitarian assistance is not reaching Gaza in 'sufficient amounts'.

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guid: https://www.aljazeera.com/?t=1747768607
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guid: https://thehill.com/?p=5308451
title: Congress should not pay for tax cuts by taxing charities
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Lawmakers are debating two proposals in the latest reconciliation bill that could dismantle the philanthropic sector, a sharply tiered excise tax on private foundation investment income and a provision allowing the federal government to revoke a nonprofit's tax-exempt status without judicial review.

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title: What is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and why has it been criticised?
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title: Walz: ‘A mistake’ for Democrats not to defend transgender rights
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former Democratic nominee for vice president, said it would be “a mistake” for the party not to defend the rights of transgender Americans from Trump administration policies as it figures out how to win over voters in the next election cycle.  The identities of trans, nonbinary and intersex Americans have…

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guid: https://www.mondialisation.ca/?p=5698717
title: Le voyage magique mystérieux qui n’a pas eu lieu
author: ;Philip Giraldi
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<p>Ces derniers jours ont été intéressants, avec le changement de nom du golfe du Mexique et du golfe Persique par les États-Unis, qui ont également doublé leurs efforts d’espionnage contre le Groenland dans l’espoir de l’acquérir prochainement comme territoire américain. …</p>


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title: No Trial Data, No Vax: FDA Demands Gold Standard Testing For Any New COVID-19 Vaccines
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">No Trial Data, No Vax: FDA Demands Gold Standard Testing For Any New COVID-19 Vaccines</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/fda-says-no-licenses-for-covid-19-vaccines-for-many-americans-without-trial-data-5860572?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p><strong>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not approve COVID-19 vaccines for many Americans absent trial data showing that the benefits outweigh the risks</strong>, top agency officials said on May 20.</p>
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<p>“Moving forward, <strong>the FDA will adopt the following Covid-19 vaccination regulatory framework: On the basis of immunogenicity—proof that a vaccine can generate antibody titers in people</strong>—the FDA anticipates that it will be able to make favorable benefit–risk findings for adults over the age of 65 years and for all persons above the age of 6 months with one or more risk factors that put them at high risk for severe Covid-19 outcomes,” such as asthma or cancer, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and Dr. Vinay Prasad, head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929">wrote</a> in a New England Journal of Medicine article.</p>

<p>“For all healthy persons—those with no risk factors for severe Covid-19—between the ages of 6 months and 64 years<strong>, the FDA anticipates the need for randomized, controlled trial data evaluating clinical outcomes before Biologics License Applications can be granted.</strong>”</p>

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<p>Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax, which have received licenses for their COVID-19 vaccines, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>

<p>Several medical groups that have commented on FDA steps concerning COVID-19 vaccines, such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, did not return inquiries.</p>

<p>The FDA in 2024, in its most recent action concerning the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/fda-approves-new-covid-19-vaccines-5710997">approved</a> updated versions for most Americans and extended emergency authorization for others, despite there being no trial data available for those formulations.</p>

<p><strong>The regulatory agency on May 16<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/fda-approves-new-covid-19-vaccine-with-restrictions-5859587"> approved</a> Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for the first time</strong>. The approval was for adults aged 65 and up. The agency said that people aged 12 to 64 could receive a Novavax shot, but only if they have one of the conditions that puts them at higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes.</p>

<p>An earlier version of Novavax’s shot was tested in a randomized, controlled trial in 2021.</p>

<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that people aged 6 months and older receive one of the latest COVID-19 vaccines, but just 13 percent of children and 23 percent of adults have followed that recommendation.</p>

<p><strong>Makary and Prasad noted that a number of other countries, such as Australia and Germany, only recommend COVID-19 vaccines to certain populations.</strong></p>

<p>“While all other high-income nations confine vaccine recommendations to older adults (typically those older than 65 years of age), or those at high risk for severe Covid-19, the United States has adopted a one-size-fits-all regulatory framework and has granted broad marketing authorization to all Americans over the age of 6 months,” they wrote on Tuesday. “The U.S. policy has sometimes been justified by arguing that the American people are not sophisticated enough to understand age- and risk-based recommendations. We reject this view.”</p>

<p><strong>The officials said that while the quick development of COVID-19 vaccines was a scientific and medical achievement, the benefit of repeated dosing—some people have received at least six doses—is unclear.</strong></p>

<p>The trials of the vaccines should measure prevention of symptomatic COVID-19, with secondary endpoints including severe COVID-19, hospitalization, and death, according to Makary and Prasad, who said that the trials should include participants who contracted COVID-19 within the past year, and they should follow participants for at least six months “to ensure that early booster gains persist.” The control group could receive a saline placebo, the officials said.</p>

<p>“<strong>Ultimately, these studies alone can provide reassurance that the American repeat-boosters in-perpetuity strategy is evidence-based</strong>,” they wrote.</p>

<p>Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/hhs-to-require-placebo-controlled-trials-for-new-vaccines-5850077">pledged</a> to require placebo-controlled trials for new vaccines.</p>

<p>Makary and Prasad planned to talk about the policy update<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/jbRGlEsbKQ4"> at 1 p.m.</a> on Tuesday.</p>

<p><em>This is a developing story that will be updated.</em></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Boomers, Let's Face It: The Math Doesn't Work</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/boomers-lets-face-it-the-math-doesnt"><em>Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>There are many consequential things we can't discuss factually because the topic upsets everyone.</strong> And since getting upset shuts down any direct discussion of difficult issues, these issues metastasize into problems that end up sinking the ship.</p>

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<p><strong>The </strong><em><strong>Titanic</strong></em><strong> has already struck the iceberg and is doomed, but since this upsets the passengers, we dance around the facts rather than take immediate action.</strong> Everything about the situation is upsetting, and so emotions dominate the zeitgeist: resentments, blame-game, accusations, the whole self-reinforcing dynamic leads to people shouting at others as they drown. The last word, indeed.</p>

<p><strong>Federal deficit spending and the overweighting of entitlement spending on retirees is too upsetting to discuss factually, so we don't. But the math doesn't work, and so the ship will sink.</strong> This was obvious 20 years ago, when I posted this: <a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogs/boomers.html">Boomers, Prepare to Fall on Your Swords</a> (June 2005), in which I suggested that well-off Boomers address the problem by gracefully making the necessary sacrifices rather than heap them on the younger generations.</p>

<p><strong>It was even more obvious by 2013, when I posted this:</strong> <a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogmay13/genX5-13.html">Generation X: An Inconvenient Era</a> (May 23, 2013), in which correspondent Eric A. explains how <em>the math doesn't work</em>.</p>

<p><strong>Let's start with some necessary stipulations.</strong> When I suggest well-off Boomers accept the need to make sacrifices to save the ship from sinking, I suggest this as someone in this cohort.</p>

<p>I am a Boomer, drawing my Social Security benefit, which like my lifetime income, is close to the national median SSA benefit. I'm solidly in the middle of the pack. Being over the age of 65, I also have Medicare benefits. Like many others of my generation, I've lived frugally, saved money, worked hard, etc. Since I'm still working, I pay Social Security and Medicare taxes--15.3% of all earned income as I am self-employed.</p>

<p>Unlike others in my generation, I attribute only a modest percentage of my net worth to frugality and working hard, as the majority of whatever "wealth" I own is the direct result of the hyper-financialization credit-asset bubble that's been inflated since 2007.</p>

<p><strong>Those who were able to buy assets such as houses and stocks decades ago saw their net worth rise to extraordinary heights in the bubble.</strong> Those who didn't or couldn't buy assets before the bubble did not see their net worth rise to extraordinary heights.</p>

<p><strong>Let's go over how we got here.</strong> The current federal tax system and retiree benefits evolved in the 1930s to the mid-1960s. In the 1930s, retirement meant poverty for many workers who were unable to save a nestegg large enough to fund their no-earnings years. Social Security was enacted as a way of using the SSA taxes paid by current workers (1% of wages in those days) to fund a modest retirement income for retirees.</p>

<p><strong>Social Security was always a </strong><em><strong>pay as you go</strong></em><strong> system.</strong> Whatever SSA tax revenues that weren't distributed piled up in a Trust Fund. This Trust Fund was eliminated in the mid-1960s, and excess SSA taxes went into the federal general fund. The current Trust Fund is a useful fiction. When SSA runs a deficit, the Treasury funds the deficit by selling Treasury bonds, just as it does with all other deficit spending.</p>

<p><strong>Political realities demanded that the program be universal to attract widespread support.</strong> So millionaires collect Social Security and Medicare benefits, too. As SSA's financial foundations erode, a modest reform was enacted: above a modest income, 50% of SSA benefits are taxed as regular income.</p>

<p><strong>Back when the program was enacted, there were around 10 workers for every retiree.</strong> The demographics and economy were different then. The economy was mostly domestic, and the bubble of the 1920s had popped. Financialization and globalization were at low ebb. Everyone assumed there would always be 10 workers for every retiree.</p>

<p><strong>But people started living longer, the disabled were added to Social Security, and Medicare ballooned from a modest program to an open-ended spending juggernaut.</strong> In other words, the economy changed, demographics changed, but the system has not been changed to reflect these realities. SSA and Medicare taxes have increased dramatically, but these programs are still funded by payroll taxes paid by employees and employers.</p>

<p>Capital (assets, income from capital gains, speculation and investments) only pays a thin slice of Medicare via the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) on capital gains incomes above $200,000 for single taxpayers and above $250,000 for couples filing jointly.</p>

<p><strong>What we're actually discussing isn't just generational; it's 1) the open-ended nature of the Medicare and Medicaid programs</strong>, 2) the impossibility of relying on two workers to pay all the benefits for each retiree as the number of retirees and beneficiaries exceeds 69 million people while the full-time workforce is 135 million, and 3) the extraordinary wealth divide in the U.S. where the majority of the wealth is held by the top few percent and the retiree generation (Boomers) for the reasons stated above.</p>

<p><strong>The solutions are as obvious as plugging a hole in the ship's hull.</strong></p>

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<p><em>1) The tax burden has to be shifted from labor to capital via financial transaction taxes and ending the multi-trillion dollar exclusions on capital gains.</em></p>

<p><em>2) Social Security and Medicare benefits must be means tested; those collecting $10,000 a month in other pensions and investment income don't need Social Security benefits, which should be reserved for those with no other substantive source of steady income in their retirement years.</em></p>

<p><em>3) The open-ended entitlement programs must be limited in some fashion, and there is no way to do this that will not upset everyone. Hard choices--triage--must be made, as doing nothing is choosing to let the ship sink.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Let's feast on the facts of the matter.</strong> Those who need a calming agent, please do so now.</p>

<p><strong>Here's household/non-profit net worth.</strong> The household sector has a net worth of $160 trillion. Notice that the total is far above the inflation rate. This is a credit-asset bubble on steroids.</p>

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<p><strong>Here is total debt.</strong> Borrow a bunch of money into existence and dump it into financial speculation, and voila, a debt-fueled asset bubble for the ages.</p>

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<p><strong>Here is total public debt.</strong> Is a parabolic rise really sustainable? No, the math doesn't work, especially as interest rates rise: the debt costs nothing to service at 0%, but the interest payments are huge at 4%.</p>

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<p><strong>Apologists love to attribute the debt to inflation or "growth," but that's misdirection.</strong> As a percentage of the nation's GDP (gross domestic product), the debt has risen 4-fold since president Reagan shepherded Social Security reforms in the early 1980s, and doubled as a percentage of GDP since 2007, before the Federal Reserve bailed out the status quo with hyper-financialization.</p>

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<p><strong>Here is a pie chart of federal spending.</strong> Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 44%. Toss in the other mandatory spending--a big chunk of which is interest paid on federal debt--and there's not much left to cut. The reality is there is no way to slow the runaway debt train without tackling open-ended retirement / healthcare programs.</p>

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<p><strong>The vast majority of projected growth in federal spending stems from these programs and the interest paid on funds borrowed to fund them.</strong> Unfortunately, these facts don't disappear because we don't like them.</p>

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<p><strong>Boomers hold the majority of net worth.</strong> So it follows that increasing taxes on capital will impact the Boomers who are wealthy--and younger folks who are wealthy, too, of course.</p>

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<p><strong>It's interesting how debt and the net worth of the top 1% have soared in tandem.</strong> Could it be that soaring debt-asset bubbles have benefited the top 1% far more than the debt bubble has benefited the bottom 50%? And if that's the case, then what does this suggest in terms of saving the ship from sinking?</p>

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<p><strong>The passengers on the </strong><em><strong>Titanic</strong></em><strong> arguing with each other can't stop the ship from sinking by "winning the argument."</strong> Silencing those willing to discuss the issues factually doesn't actually make the factual realities go away.</p>

<p><strong>Those of us who run businesses / are self-employed don't have the luxury of not dealing with financial realities. Triage comes with every enterprise.</strong> We need a national discussion of triage that doesn't immediately degrade into denial or histrionics. And no, AI and stablecoins aren't going to make all this go away, any more than hoping the Central Bank of Mars will emerge to give us a 36 trillion-quatloo bailout.</p>

<p><strong>Boomers--and Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z--let's face it: the math doesn't work.</strong> Triage means sacrifices will have to be made and distributed to those most able to afford them to spare those least able to afford them. The ship is not just taking on water; it's loaded with <em>third rails</em> and sacred cows that can't be touched, and so it's doomed to sink if we do nothing.</p>
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Delaware has become the 11th state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical aid, while opponents argue that this normalizes a culture of death and puts vulnerable members of society at risk.

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Home Depot’s chief financial officer Richard McPhail said Tuesday that the company would not raise prices amid President Trump’s tariff agenda. “Because of our scale, the great partnerships we have with our suppliers and productivity that we continue to drive in our business, we intend to generally maintain our current pricing levels across our portfolio,”…

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The Pentagon is convening a new panel to review the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and previous investigations into the event, according to a new memo released Tuesday. The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, orders a “Special Review Panel” to examine prior investigations and analyze the decision-making that led to the chaotic…

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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A New Hampshire man who was heralded as <strong>the first black sheriff in the state's history was sentenced on Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for squandering $19,000 of taxpayers' money on expensive getaways with multiple love interests </strong>-- and then lying to investigators about what he'd done. Tightly following the script we've seen so many times before, <strong>the disgraced "barrier-breaker" had previously said fellow Democrats who investigated his crimes were racists, </strong>and that his term in office was "rife with inequities." Despite repeatedly lying to the court and violating his bail conditions, his sentence was a fraction of what prosecutors sought. </p>

<p>At 35 years old, Democrat Mark Brave was <strong>also the youngest-ever sheriff i</strong>n New Hampshire history when he was elected in November 2020 -- following the summer of George Floyd and amid the Black Lives Matter mania that swept the country and helped usher under-qualified blacks into many top roles in and out of law enforcement. "<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-e25df8ff28c8bdf1f8b2fa71c5985001">It’s something I feel should have happened a long time ago</a>, but I’m honored that I will be the person to pave the way,” said Brave at the time. (Alas, some barriers proved insurmountable that year, as a self-described <a href="https://apnews.com/article/e1580367018108b09755dfb994395c0a">transgender Satanist</a> lost the Cheshire County New Hampshire sheriff race.) </p>

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<p>“<a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/former-new-hampshire-sheriff-sentenced-to-prison-20335111.php">His repeated lies, misuse of taxpayer funds, and abuse of office</a> were not just criminal — they were a profound betrayal of the public trust and the oath he took to serve with integrity,” said New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella in a statement. That said, <strong>the sentence handed down by lily-white Judge Dan St. Hilaire was far lighter than the seven- to 14-year confinement that prosecutors had requested</strong>. Brave will technically be eligible for parole in 3 1/2 years, but the reality is that <strong>he'll walk even sooner</strong> if he participates in certain prison programs. He must pay $18,969 in restitution to Strafford County. </p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/brave-cuffed-682b4bdebdf54.jpeg?itok=GyeKPatk" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/brave-cuffed-682b4bdebdf54.jpeg?itok=GyeKPatk"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d9e6fb30-7fca-4e5b-af6c-20ab463056d2" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="306" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/brave-cuffed-682b4bdebdf54.jpeg?itok=GyeKPatk" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><strong>Mark Brave was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs</strong> (WMUR)</figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p><strong>The judge's leniency was at odds with his characterization of Brave's conduct.</strong> “The court has reviewed a record that has been unlike any other case that has come before it, mainly because of <a href="https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/ex-sheriff-mark-brave-sentenced-to-minimum-of-3-years-in-prison-for-perjury/article_e796a635-cf80-43bc-acb8-c62115585286.html">the continuation of the crimes that were being committed while the case was proceeding</a>." The judge was apparently referring to Brave's: </p>

<ul><li>Lying to the grand jury</li>
	<li>Lying on his application for public defense by <a href="https://nhjournal.com/court-brave-tried-to-hide-1-5-million-to-score-free-lawyer/">failing to disclose $1.5 million</a> received on the sale of his home</li>
	<li>Violating his bail conditions by paying $52,000 to lease an apartment in Boston, when he was mandated to remain in New Hampshire; he also traveled to Florida and Puerto Rico</li>
	<li>Lying to the judge, saying he was living in Dover with his ex-wife and that he was out of money</li>
	<li>Failing to disclose his purchase of a 1968 Porsche, though he posted videos and photos of the vehicle to social media</li>
</ul><p>Brave went wild with his county credit card, using it to fund <strong>multiple trips to destinations in Florida, Baltimore and Maryland for getaways with various women </strong>-- with at least some of the trysts happening <a href="https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/ex-sheriff-mark-brave-sentenced-to-minimum-of-3-years-in-prison-for-perjury/article_e796a635-cf80-43bc-acb8-c62115585286.html">while Brave was married</a>. He attempted to conceal his misuse of funds by attributing the travel to <strong>fictional business meetings</strong> and training sessions. He also lied to investigators and a grand jury. Some of his lies were exposed by <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-05-19/former-strafford-county-sheriff-to-serve-jail-time-for-theft-perjury">hotel lobby security cameras that captured him in the company of women</a> on trips where he claimed to have been traveling alone.      </p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/freezenia.jpg?itok=zY4FuX5C" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/freezenia.jpg?itok=zY4FuX5C"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="effbe633-4dd9-4d2b-8334-8981d0829a89" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="483" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/freezenia.jpg?itok=zY4FuX5C" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><strong>Brave created an entirely-new job in his department for longtime "friend" Freezenia Veras -- then jetted off to Florida with her using a county credit card </strong>(<a href="https://nhjournal.com/mark-braves-taxpayer-funded-love-life/"><em>NH Journal</em></a>)</figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Brave's misconduct started to unravel when an audit prompted an inquiry into JetBlue tickets purchased for a 2022 trip to Fort Lauderdale. <strong>Not content to merely steal public money, Brave opted for JetBlue's pricey "EvenMore" package</strong>, with the pair of tickets costing $1,615. Defending the expenditure, Brave said he needed the extra room because he's 6' 2" tall, and <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/lies-mark-brave-told-got-035900280.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE_BmpwckAYhvrEBzBv8I3ybPZbOKcwlbb0oCDA__EDiLYBlReIDyqnECDRL4CwzNm9dGHUKIo11mu6XE-AGFN5XATPMgCFNFjKVwOw5np1UuGSP9y1lFHGpd_PYfY60lDVxicpHerNwroL8u9RISTJJjgZMt0uadmimF0hM6Wpb">claimed he'd traveled with a "well-built, muscular" deputy</a>. Investigators found, however, that he was traveling with female employee.</p>

<p>In <strong>another comical instance</strong> in which he was caught in a lie about a supposed business trip with a colleague, County Administrator Raymond Bower asked Brave why the hotel room only had a single king-bed. "There was a slight pause, and he said, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/lies-mark-brave-told-got-035900280.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE_BmpwckAYhvrEBzBv8I3ybPZbOKcwlbb0oCDA__EDiLYBlReIDyqnECDRL4CwzNm9dGHUKIo11mu6XE-AGFN5XATPMgCFNFjKVwOw5np1UuGSP9y1lFHGpd_PYfY60lDVxicpHerNwroL8u9RISTJJjgZMt0uadmimF0hM6Wpb">“Oh, aw, the other person slept on the couch,” </a>Bower said in an affidavit.  He also lied about spending money on business meals associated with meetings with the completely fictional "New England Sheriff's Association." </p>

<p>He also <strong>installed a friend, Freezenia Veras, in a newly-created $80,000 job</strong>, and <a href="https://nhjournal.com/braves-love-life-got-him-in-trouble-but-his-lies-put-him-in-jail/">jetted off to Florida </a>with her for a non-existent consultation with a law enforcement agency. In one of his many lies to a grand jury, Brave denied that he took another woman on a dinner cruise using his county credit card. <strong>When prosecutors whipped out a photo of Brave and the woman,</strong> <strong>he hilariously couldn't come up with her name:</strong> "Her name, her name is … um … let me see, I forget which one this is. I’ve been dating a lot of people,” he told the grand jury, according to <a href="https://nhjournal.com/braves-love-life-got-him-in-trouble-but-his-lies-put-him-in-jail/"><em>NH Journal</em></a>. </p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/epp-schmidt-1-768x1023%202.jpg?itok=iViCd-oQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/epp-schmidt-1-768x1023%202.jpg?itok=iViCd-oQ"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7f0b51b3-eb9c-4801-8a99-393c5a4364c8" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="472" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/epp-schmidt-1-768x1023%202.jpg?itok=iViCd-oQ" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><strong>Brave used public money for his trip to visit Kenisha Epps-Schmidt -- then talked her into giving him $2,300 for a used-car purchase he never made</strong> (<a href="https://nhjournal.com/mark-braves-taxpayer-funded-love-life/"><em>NH Journal</em></a>)</figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Brave also traveled to Maryland to spend time with Kenisha Epps-Schmidt, whom he'd met online. He tried papering over that embezzlement by attributing the trip to a Washington DC meeting with Rep. Chris Pappas that never happened. <strong>Brave proceeded to cheat Epps-Schmidt out of $2,300 she gave him to buy a car </strong>-- <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/lies-mark-brave-told-got-035900280.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE_BmpwckAYhvrEBzBv8I3ybPZbOKcwlbb0oCDA__EDiLYBlReIDyqnECDRL4CwzNm9dGHUKIo11mu6XE-AGFN5XATPMgCFNFjKVwOw5np1UuGSP9y1lFHGpd_PYfY60lDVxicpHerNwroL8u9RISTJJjgZMt0uadmimF0hM6Wpb">which he never did</a>.   </p>

<p>Add it all up, and <strong>we have another low-IQ miscreant advanced to a position of authority because he had the right skin color.</strong> That's bad enough, but the black-catering madness carried over over to his sentencing, as a white Republican judge ensured a short stay in prison despite the black defendant's profound and repeated contempt for the criminal justice system all throughout the adjudication of his crime.   </p>

<p>As part of his plea deal, Brave is barred from seeking a law enforcement job during his post-confinement probation. That still leaves him in prime position to become the boyfriend of a leftist congresswoman or a progressive NGO executive and take a salary for providing "security consultant" services. <strong><em><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/cori-bush-private-security">Just axe former Rep. Cori Bush</a> or Black Lives Matters Global Network Foundation co-founder <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/whats-more-tragic-capitalism-blm-faces-bankruptcy-founder-cullors-cut-warner-bros">Patrissee Cullors</a> how it works. </em></strong> </p>
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title: First Blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi’ of the Holy Father Leo XIV (8 May 2025)
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 <p>Peace be with you all!</p>
<p>Dear brothers and sisters, these are the first words spoken by the risen Christ, the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for God’s flock. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world. Peace be with you!</p>
<p>It is the peace of the risen Christ. A peace that is unarmed and disarming, humble and persevering. A peace that comes from God, the God who loves us all, unconditionally.</p>
<p>We can still hear the faint yet ever courageous voice of Pope Francis as he blessed Rome, the Pope who blessed Rome, who gave his blessing to the world, the whole world, on the morning of Easter. Allow me to extend that same blessing: God loves us, God loves you all, and evil will not prevail! All of us are in God’s hands. So, let us move forward, without fear, together, hand in hand with God and with one another other! We are followers of Christ. Christ goes before us. The world needs his light. Humanity needs him as the bridge that can lead us to God and his love. Help us, one and all, to build bridges through dialogue and encounter, joining together as one people, always at peace. Thank you, Pope Francis!</p>
<p>I also thank my brother Cardinals, who have chosen me to be the Successor of Peter and to walk together with you as a Church, united, ever pursuing peace and justice, ever seeking to act as men and women faithful to Jesus Christ, in order to proclaim the Gospel without fear, to be missionaries.</p>
<p>I am an Augustinian, a son of Saint Augustine, who once said, “With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a bishop.” In this sense, all of us can journey together toward the homeland that God has prepared for us.</p>
<p>A special greeting to the Church of Rome! Together, we must look for ways to be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges and encourages dialogue, a Church ever open to welcoming, like this Square with its open arms, all those who are in need of our charity, our presence, our readiness to dialogue and our love.</p>
<p>(In Spanish)</p>
<p><i>Y si me permiten también una palabra, un saludo a todos y en modo particular a mi querida diócesis de Chiclayo, en el Perú, donde un pueblo fiel ha acompañado a su obispo, ha compartido su fe y ha dado tanto, tanto, para seguir siendo Iglesia fiel de Jesucristo.</i></p>
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<p>And if you also allow me a brief word, a greeting to everyone and in particular to my beloved Diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru, where a faithful people has accompanied its Bishop, shared its faith and given so much, so much, to continue being a faithful Church of Jesus Christ.</p>
<p>To all of you, brothers and sisters in Rome, in Italy, throughout the world: we want to be a synodal Church, a Church that moves forward, a Church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, that always seeks to be close above all to those who are suffering.</p>
<p>Today is the day of the Prayer of Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii. Our Mother Mary always wants to walk at our side, to remain close to us, to help us with her intercession and her love. So I would like to pray together with you. Let us pray together for this new mission, for the whole Church, for peace in the world, and let us ask Mary, our Mother, for this special grace: <i>Hail Mary...</i></p>
<p><i>[Solemn blessing]</i></p>

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 <p>I will begin with a word in English, and the rest is in Italian.</p> 
<p>But I want to repeat the words from the Responsorial Psalm: “I will sing a new song to the Lord, because he has done marvels.”</p> 
<p>And indeed, not just with me but with all of us. My brother Cardinals, as we celebrate this morning, I invite you to recognize the marvels that the Lord has done, the blessings that the Lord continues to pour out on all of us through the Ministry of Peter.</p> 
<p>You have called me to carry that cross, and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me, as we continue as a Church, as a community of friends of Jesus, as believers to announce the Good News, to announce the Gospel.</p> 
<p><i>[Continued in Italian]</i></p> 
<p>“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (<i>Mt</i> 16:16). In these words, Peter, asked by the Master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened and handed on for two thousand years.</p> 
<p>Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God: the one Saviour, who alone reveals the face of the Father.</p> 
<p>In him, God, in order to make himself close and accessible to men and women, revealed himself to us in the trusting eyes of a child, in the lively mind of a young person and in the mature features of a man (cf. <i>Gaudium et Spes</i>, 22), finally appearing to his disciples after the resurrection with his glorious body. He thus showed us a model of human holiness that we can all imitate, together with the promise of an eternal destiny that transcends all our limits and abilities.</p> 
<p>Peter, in his response, understands both of these things: the gift of God and the path to follow in order to allow himself to be changed by that gift. They are two inseparable aspects of salvation entrusted to the Church to be proclaimed for the good of the human race. Indeed, they are entrusted to us, who were chosen by him before we were formed in our mothers’ wombs (cf. <i>Jer </i>1:5), reborn in the waters of Baptism and, surpassing our limitations and with no merit of our own, brought here and sent forth from here, so that the Gospel might be proclaimed to every creature (cf. <i>Mk</i> 16:15).</p> 
<p>In a particular way, God has called me by your election to succeed the Prince of the Apostles, and has entrusted this treasure to me so that, with his help, I may be its faithful administrator (cf. <i>1 Cor</i> 4:2) for the sake of the entire mystical Body of the Church. He has done so in order that she may be ever more fully a city set on a hill (cf. <i>Rev</i> 21:10), an ark of salvation sailing through the waters of history and a beacon that illumines the dark nights of this world. And this, not so much through the magnificence of her structures or the grandeur of her buildings – like the monuments among which we find ourselves – but rather through the holiness of her members. For we are the people whom God has chosen as his own, so that we may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called us out of darkness into his marvellous light (cf. <i>1 Pet</i> 2:9).</p> 
<p>Peter, however, makes his profession of faith in reply to a specific question: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (<i>Mt</i>16:13). The question is not insignificant. It concerns an essential aspect of our ministry, namely, the world in which we live, with its limitations and its potential, its questions and its convictions.</p> 
<p>“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” If we reflect on the scene we are considering, we might find two possible answers, which characterize two different attitudes.</p> 
<p>First, there is the world’s response. Matthew tells us that this conversation between Jesus and his disciples takes place in the beautiful town of Caesarea Philippi, filled with luxurious palaces, set in a magnificent natural landscape at the foot of Mount Hermon, but also a place of cruel power plays and the scene of betrayals and infidelity. This setting speaks to us of a world that considers Jesus a completely insignificant person, at best someone with an unusual and striking way of speaking and acting. And so, once his presence becomes irksome because of his demands for honesty and his stern moral requirements, this “world” will not hesitate to reject and eliminate him.</p> 
<p>Then there is the other possible response to Jesus’ question: that of ordinary people. For them, the Nazarene is not a charlatan, but an upright man, one who has courage, who speaks well and says the right things, like other great prophets in the history of Israel. That is why they follow him, at least for as long as they can do so without too much risk or inconvenience. Yet to them he is only a man, and therefore, in times of danger, during his passion, they too abandon him and depart disappointed.</p> 
<p>What is striking about these two attitudes is their relevance today. They embody notions that we could easily find on the lips of many men and women in our own time, even if, while essentially identical, they are expressed in different language.</p> 
<p>Even today, there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent. Settings where other securities are preferred, like technology, money, success, power, or pleasure.</p> 
<p>These are contexts where it is not easy to preach the Gospel and bear witness to its truth, where believers are mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied. Yet, precisely for this reason, they are the places where our missionary outreach is desperately needed. A lack of faith is often tragically accompanied by the loss of meaning in life, the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of human dignity, the crisis of the family and so many other wounds that afflict our society.</p> 
<p>Today, too, there are many settings in which Jesus, although appreciated as a man, is reduced to a kind of charismatic leader or superman. This is true not only among non-believers but also among many baptized Christians, who thus end up living, at this level, in a state of practical atheism.</p> 
<p>This is the world that has been entrusted to us, a world in which, as Pope Francis taught us so many times, we are called to bear witness to our joyful faith in Jesus the Saviour. Therefore, it is essential that we too repeat, with Peter: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (<i>Mt</i> 16:16).</p> 
<p>It is essential to do this, first of all, in our personal relationship with the Lord, in our commitment to a daily journey of conversion. Then, to do so as a Church, experiencing together our fidelity to the Lord and bringing the Good News to all (cf. <i>Lumen Gentium</i>, 1).</p> 
<p>I say this first of all to myself, as the Successor of Peter, as I begin my mission as Bishop of Rome and, according to the well-known expression of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, am called to preside in charity over the universal Church (cf. <i>Letter to the Romans</i>, Prologue). Saint Ignatius, who was led in chains to this city, the place of his impending sacrifice, wrote to the Christians there: “Then I will truly be a disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world no longer sees my body” (<i>Letter to the Romans</i>, IV, 1). Ignatius was speaking about being devoured by wild beasts in the arena – and so it happened – but his words apply more generally to an indispensable commitment for all those in the Church who exercise a ministry of authority. It is to move aside so that Christ may remain, to make oneself small so that he may be known and glorified (cf. <i>Jn</i> 3:30), to spend oneself to the utmost so that all may have the opportunity to know and love him.</p> 
<p>May God grant me this grace, today and always, through the loving intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church.<br> _____________________</p> 
<p><i><a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/05/09/250509d.html">Holy See Press Office Bulletin</a></i>, 9 May 2025</p>


title: Address of the Holy Father to the College of Cardinals (10 May 2025)
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 <p>Thank you very much, Your Eminence. Before taking our seats, let us begin with a prayer, asking the Lord to continue to accompany this College, and above all the entire Church with this spirit, with enthusiasm, but also with deep faith. Let us pray together in Latin.</p> 
<p>Pater noster… Ave Maria…</p> 
<p>In the first part of this meeting, there will be a short talk with some reflections that I would like to share with you. But then there will be a second part, a bit like the opportunity that many of you had asked for: a sort of dialogue with the College of Cardinals to hear what advice, suggestions, proposals, concrete things, which have already been discussed in the days leading up to the Conclave.</p> 
<p>Dear Brother Cardinals,</p> 
<p>I greet all of you with gratitude for this meeting and for the days that preceded it. Days that were sad because of the loss of the Holy Father Pope Francis and demanding due to the responsibilities we confronted together, yet at the same time, in accordance with the promise Jesus himself made to us, days rich in grace and consolation in the Spirit (cf. <i>Jn</i> 14:25-27).</p> 
<p>You, dear Cardinals, are the closest collaborators of the Pope. This has proved a great comfort to me in accepting a yoke clearly far beyond my own limited powers, as it would be for any of us. Your presence reminds me that the Lord, who has entrusted me with this mission, will not leave me alone in bearing its responsibility. I know, before all else, that I can always count on his help, the help of the Lord, and through his grace and providence, on your closeness and that of so many of our brothers and sisters throughout the world who believe in God, love the Church and support the Vicar of Christ by their prayers and good works.</p> 
<p>I thank the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re – who deserves applause, at least once, if not more – whose wisdom, the fruit of a long life and many years of faithful service to the Apostolic See, has helped us greatly during this time. I thank the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell – I believe he is present today – for the important and demanding work that he has done throughout the period of the Vacant See and for the convocation of the Conclave. My thoughts also go to our brother Cardinals who, for reasons of health, were unable to be present, and I join you in embracing them in communion of affection and prayer.</p> 
<p>At this moment, both sad and joyful, providentially bathed in the light of Easter, I would like all of us to see the passing of our beloved Holy Father Pope Francis and the Conclave as a paschal event, a stage in that long exodus through which the Lord continues to guide us towards the fullness of life. In this perspective, we entrust to the “merciful Father and God of all consolation” (<i>2 Cor</i> 1:3) the soul of the late Pontiff and also the future of the Church.</p> 
<p>Beginning with Saint Peter and up to myself, his unworthy Successor, the Pope has been a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters, and nothing more than this. It has been clearly seen in the example of so many of my Predecessors, and most recently by Pope Francis himself, with his example of complete dedication to service and to sober simplicity of life, his abandonment to God throughout his ministry and his serene trust at the moment of his return to the Father’s house. Let us take up this precious legacy and continue on the journey, inspired by the same hope that is born of faith.</p> 
<p>It is the Risen Lord, present among us, who protects and guides the Church, and continues to fill her with hope through the love “poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (<i>Rom</i> 5:5). It is up to us to be docile listeners to his voice and faithful ministers of his plan of salvation, mindful that God loves to communicate himself, not in the roar of thunder and earthquakes, but in the “whisper of a gentle breeze” (<i>1 Kings</i> 19:12) or, as some translate it, in a “sound of sheer silence.” It is this essential and important encounter to which we must guide and accompany all the holy People of God entrusted to our care.</p> 
<p>In these days, we have been able to see the beauty and feel the strength of this immense community, which with such affection and devotion has greeted and mourned its Shepherd, accompanying him with faith and prayer at the time of his final encounter with the Lord. We have seen the true grandeur of the Church, which is alive in the rich variety of her members in union with her one Head, Christ, “the shepherd and guardian” (<i>1 Peter</i> 2:25) of our souls. She is the womb from which we were born and at the same time the flock (cf. <i>Jn</i> 21:15-17), the field (cf. <i>Mk</i> 4:1-20) entrusted to us to protect and cultivate, to nourish with the sacraments of salvation and to make fruitful by our sowing the seed of the Word, so that, steadfast in one accord and enthusiastic in mission, she may press forward, like the Israelites in the desert, in the shadow of the cloud and in the light of God’s fire (cf. <i>Ex</i> 13:21).</p> 
<p>In this regard, I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the <a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm">Second Vatican Council</a>. Pope Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth in the Apostolic Exhortation <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html">Evangelii Gaudium</a></i>, from which I would like to highlight several fundamental points: the return to the primacy of Christ in proclamation (cf. No. 11); the missionary conversion of the entire Christian community (cf. No. 9); growth in collegiality and synodality (cf. No. 33); attention to the <i>sensus fidei</i> (cf. Nos. 119-120), especially in its most authentic and inclusive forms, such as popular piety (cf. No. 123); loving care for the least and the rejected (cf. No. 53); courageous and trusting dialogue with the contemporary world in its various components and realities (cf. No. 84; Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html">Gaudium et Spes</a></i>, 1-2).</p> 
<p>These are evangelical principles that have always inspired and guided the life and activity of God’s Family. In these values, the merciful face of the Father has been revealed and continues to be revealed in his incarnate Son, the ultimate hope of all who sincerely seek truth, justice, peace and fraternity (cf. Benedict XVI, <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html">Spe Salvi</a></i>, 2; Francis, <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html">Spes Non Confundit</a></i>, 3).</p> 
<p>Sensing myself called to continue in this same path, I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html">Rerum Novarum</a></i> addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour.</p> 
<p>Dear brothers, I would like to conclude the first part of our meeting by making my own – and proposing to you as well – the hope that Saint Paul VI expressed at the inauguration of his Petrine Ministry in 1963: “May it pass over the whole world like a great flame of faith and love kindled in all men and women of good will. May it shed light on paths of mutual cooperation and bless humanity abundantly, now and always, with the very strength of God, without whose help nothing is valid, nothing is holy” (Message <i>Qui Fausto Die </i>addressed to the entire human family, 22 June 1963).</p> 
<p>May these also be our sentiments, to be translated into prayer and commitment, with the Lord’s help. Thank you!</p>

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title: Holy Mass in the Crypt of Saint Peter’s Basilica (11 May 2025)
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 <p>I will begin with a word in English and maybe another one in Italian.</p> 
<p>The Gospel that we just heard on this Sunday of the Good Shepherd: My sheep listen to my voice, I know them and they follow me.</p> 
<p>I think about the Good Shepherd, especially on this Sunday, which is so significant in Easter time. While we celebrate the beginning of this new mission of the ministry that the Church has called me to, there is no better example than Jesus Christ himself, to whom we give our lives and whom we depend on. Jesus Christ whom we follow, he is the Good Shepherd, and he is the one who gives us life: the way and the truth and the life. So we celebrate with joy this day and we deeply appreciate your presence here.</p> 
<p>Today is Mother’s Day. I think there is only one mother present: happy Mother’s Day! One of the most wonderful expressions of the love of God is the love that is poured out by mothers, especially to their children and grandchildren.</p> 
<p>This Sunday is known to be special for several different reasons: one of the first ones I would mention is vocations. During the recent work of the Cardinals, before and after the election of the new Pope, we spoke a lot about vocations in the Church and how important it is that all of us search together. First and foremost by giving [a] good example in our lives, with joy, living the joy of the Gospel, not discouraging others, but rather looking for ways to encourage young people to hear the voice of the Lord and to follow it and to serve in the Church. “I am the Good Shepherd”, he tells us.</p> 
<p>[In Italian] Now I will add just a word also in Italian, because this mission we carry forward is no longer to a single diocese, but to all the Church: this universal spirit is important. And we also find it in the first Reading we heard (<i>Acts</i> 13, 14:43-52). Paul and Barnabas go to Antioch; the Jews go first, but they do not want to listen to the voice of the Lord, and so they begin to announce the Gospel to all the world, to the pagans. They go, as we know, on this great mission. Saint Paul comes to Rome, where he also eventually [fulfilled] it. Another example of the witness of a good shepherd. But in that example, there is also a very special invitation to us all. I also said it in a very personal way, what it is to proclaim the Gospel to the whole world.</p> 
<p>Take courage! Without fear! Many times in the Gospel Jesus says: “Do not be afraid”. We need to be courageous in the witness we give, with the world and above all with life: giving life, serving, sometimes with great sacrifices in order to live out this very mission.</p> 
<p>I saw a little reflection that made me think a lot, because it also comes out in the Gospel. In this sense, someone asked: “When you think about your life, how do you explain where you have arrived?”. The answer they gave in this reflection is in a certain sense mine too, with the verb “to listen”. How important it is to listen! Jesus says, “My sheep listen to my voice”. And I think it is important for all of us to learn how to listen more, to enter into dialogue. First and foremost, with the Lord: always listen to the Word of God. Then also listen to others, to know how to build bridges, to know how to listen without judging, not closing the doors thinking that we have all the truth and no-one else can tell us anything. It is very important to listen to the voice of the Lord, to listen to it, in this dialogue, and to see where the Lord is calling us towards.</p> 
<p>Walking together in the Church, let us ask the Lord to give us this grace of being able to listen to His Word, to serve all His people.</p> 
<p>______________________________________</p> 
<p><i><a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/05/11/250511d.html">Holy See Press Office Bulletin</a></i>, 11 May 2025</p>

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title: Regina Caeli, 11 May 2025
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 <p><i>Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!</i></p> 
<p>I consider it a gift from God that the first Sunday of my service as Bishop of Rome is Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. On this Sunday, we always hear proclaimed at Mass a passage from the tenth chapter from the Gospel of John, where Jesus reveals himself as the true Shepherd: who knows and loves his sheep and gives his life for them.</p> 
<p>This Sunday also marks the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which we have celebrated for the last sixty-two years. Rome is also hosting the Jubilee of Bands and Popular Entertainment today. I greet all these pilgrims with affection and thank them because, with their music and performances, they enliven the feast of Christ the Good Shepherd: the One who guides the Church with his Holy Spirit.</p> 
<p>In the Gospel, Jesus says that he knows his sheep and that they listen to his voice and follow him (cf. Jn 10:27). Indeed, as Pope Saint Gregory the Great teaches, people “respond to the love of those who love them” (Homily 14:3-6).</p> 
<p>Today brothers and sisters, I therefore have the joy of praying with you and all the People of God for vocations, especially those to the priesthood and consecrated life. The Church has such a great need for them! It is important that young men and women on their vocational journey find <i>acceptance</i>, <i>listening</i> and <i>encouragement</i> in their communities, and that they can look up to credible models of generous dedication to God and to their brothers and sisters.</p> 
<p>Let us take up the invitation that Pope Francis left us in his <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/vocations/documents/20250319-messaggio-62-gm-vocazioni.html">Message for today</a>: the invitation to welcome and accompany young people. And let us ask our heavenly Father to assist us in living in service to one another, each according to his or her state of life, shepherds after his own heart (cf. Jer 3:15) capable of helping one another to walk in love and truth. And to young people, I say: “Do not be afraid! Accept the invitation of the Church and of Christ the Lord!”</p> 
<p>May the Virgin Mary, whose entire life was a response to the Lord’s call, always accompany us in following Jesus.</p> 
<p>____________________</p> 
<p><b>After the Regina Caeli</b></p> 
<p>Dear brothers and sisters,</p> 
<p>The immense tragedy of the Second World War ended eighty years ago, on 8 May, after having claimed sixty million victims. In today’s dramatic scenario of a piecemeal third world war, as Pope Francis stated many times, I too address the world’s leaders, repeating the ever-timely appeal: “Never again war!”.</p> 
<p>I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. May everything possible be done to reach an authentic, just and lasting peace, as soon as possible. Let all the prisoners be freed and the children return to their own families.</p> 
<p>I am deeply saddened by what is happening in the Gaza Strip: may there be an immediate ceasefire! Let humanitarian aid be provided to the stricken civil population, and let all the hostages be freed.</p> 
<p>On the other hand, I have welcomed with satisfaction the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and I hope that through the upcoming negotiations, a lasting accord may be reached soon.</p> 
<p>But how many other conflicts there are in the world! I entrust this heartfelt appeal to the Queen of Peace, so that she may present it to the Lord Jesus to obtain for us the miracle of peace.</p> 
<p>And now I affectionately greet you all, Romans and pilgrims from various countries. I greet the members of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the group of doctors from Granada (Spain), the faithful of Malta, Panama, Dallas (Texas), Valladolid, Torrelodones (Madrid), Montesilvano, and Cinisi (Palermo).</p> 
<p>I greet the participants in the “Let’s choose life” demonstration, the young people of the Fraternity of Blessed Mary Immaculate and Saint Francis of Assisi, of Reggio Emilia.</p> 
<p>Today in Italy and in other countries we celebrate Mother’s Day. I send a fond greeting to all mothers, with a prayer for them, and for those who are already in Heaven.</p> 
<p>Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!</p> 
<p>Thank you all, a happy Sunday to everyone!</p>


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title: Audience of the Holy Father Leo XIV to representatives of the media (12 May 2025)
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 <p>Good morning and thank you for this wonderful reception! They say when they clap at the beginning it does not matter much, if you are still awake at the end and you still want to applaud…thank you very much!</p> 
<p><i>Brothers and sisters,</i></p> 
<p>I welcome you, representatives of the media from around the world. Thank you for the work you have done and continue to do in these days, which is truly a time of grace for the Church.</p> 
<p>In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus proclaimed: “Blessed are the peacemakers” (<i>Mt</i> 5:9). This is a Beatitude that challenges all of us, but it is particularly relevant to you, calling each one of you to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition and never separates the search for truth from the love with which we must humbly seek it.  Peace begins with each one of us: in the way we look at others, listen to others and speak about others. In this sense, the way we communicate is of fundamental importance: we must say “no” to the war of words and images, we must reject the paradigm of war.</p> 
<p>Let me, therefore, reiterate today the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for seeking to report the truth, and with these words I also ask for the release of these imprisoned journalists. The Church recognises in these witnesses – I am thinking of those who report on war even at the cost of their lives – the courage of those who defend dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed, because only informed individuals can make free choices. The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press.</p> 
<p>Thank you, dear friends, for your service to the truth. You have been in Rome these past few weeks to report on the Church, its diversity and, at the same time, its unity. You were present during the liturgies of Holy Week and then reported on the sorrow felt over the death of Pope Francis, which nevertheless took place in the light of Easter. That same Easter faith drew us into the spirit of the Conclave, during which you worked long and tiring days. Yet, even on this occasion, you managed to recount the beauty of Christ’s love that unites and makes us one people, guided by the Good Shepherd.</p> 
<p>We are living in times that are both difficult to navigate and to recount. They present a challenge for all of us but it is one that we should not run away from. On the contrary, they demand that each one of us, in our different roles and services, never give in to mediocrity. The Church must face the challenges posed by the times. In the same way, communication and journalism do not exist outside of time and history. Saint Augustine reminds of this when he said, “Let us live well and the times will be good. We are the times” (<i>Discourse</i> 80.8).</p> 
<p>Thank you, therefore, for what you have done to move beyond stereotypes and clichés through which we often interpret Christian life and the life of the Church itself. Thank you because you have captured the essence of who we are and conveyed it to the whole world through every form of media possible.</p> 
<p>Today, one of the most important challenges is to promote communication that can bring us out of the “Tower of Babel” in which we sometimes find ourselves, out of the confusion of loveless languages that are often ideological or partisan. Therefore, your service, with the words you use and the style you adopt, is crucial. As you know, communication is not only the transmission of information, but it is also the creation of a culture, of human and digital environments that become spaces for dialogue and discussion. In looking at how technology is developing, this mission becomes ever more necessary. I am thinking in particular of artificial intelligence, with its immense potential, which nevertheless requires responsibility and discernment in order to ensure that it can be used for the good of all, so that it can benefit all of humanity. This responsibility concerns everyone in proportion to his or her age and role in society.</p> 
<p>Dear friends, we will get to know each other better over time. We have experienced – we can say together – truly special days. We have shared them through every form of media: TV, radio, internet, and social media. I sincerely hope that each of us can say that these days unveiled a little bit of the mystery of our humanity and left us with a desire for love and peace. For this reason, I repeat to you today the invitation made by Pope Francis in his <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/20250124-messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html">message for this year’s World Day of Social Communications</a>: let us disarm communication of all prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even hatred; let us free it from aggression. We do not need loud, forceful communication, but rather communication that is capable of listening and of gathering the voices of the weak who have no voice. Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world. Disarmed and disarming communication allows us to share a different view of the world and to act in a manner consistent with our human dignity.</p> 
<p>You are at the forefront of reporting on conflicts and aspirations for peace, on situations of injustice and poverty, and on the silent work of so many people striving to create a better world. For this reason, I ask you to choose consciously and courageously the path of communication in favour of peace.</p> 
<p>Thank you all and may God bless you!</p>


title: To participants in the Jubilee of the Oriental Churches (14 May 2025)
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 <p>In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Peace be with you.</p> 
<p><i>Your Beatitudes, Your Eminence, Your Excellencies,<br> Dear priests, consecrated men and women,<br> Dear brothers and sisters,</i></p> 
<p><i>Christ is risen. He is truly risen!</i> I greet you in these words that Eastern Christians in many lands never tire of repeating during the Easter season, as they profess the very heart of our faith and hope. It is very moving for me to see you here during the Jubilee of Hope, a hope unshakably grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Welcome to Rome! I am happy to be with you and to devote one of the first audiences of my pontificate to the Eastern faithful.</p> 
<p>You are precious in God’s eyes. Looking at you, I think of the diversity of your origins, your glorious history and the bitter sufferings that many of your communities have endured or continue to endure. I would like to reaffirm the conviction of Pope Francis that the Eastern Churches are to be “cherished and esteemed for the unique spiritual and sapiential traditions that they preserve, and for all that they have to say to us about the Christian life, synodality, and the liturgy. We think of early Fathers, the Councils, and monasticism… inestimable treasures for the Church (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/june/documents/20240627-roaco.html">Address to Participants in the Meeting of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches [ROACO]</a>,</i> 27 June 2024).</p> 
<p>I would also like to mention <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Pope Leo XIII</a>, the first Pope to devote a specific document to the dignity of your Churches, inspired above all by the fact that, in his words, “the work of human redemption began in the East” (cf. Apostolic Letter <i>Orientalium Dignitas</i>, 30 November 1894). Truly, you have “a unique and privileged role as the original setting where the Church was born” (SAINT JOHN PAUL II, <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1995/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19950502_orientale-lumen.html">Orientale Lumen</a></i>, 5). It is significant that several of your liturgies – which you are now solemnly celebrating in Rome in accordance with your various traditions – continue to use the language of the Lord Jesus. Indeed, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Pope Leo XIII</a> made a heartfelt appeal that the “legitimate variety of Eastern liturgy and discipline... may redound to the great honor and benefit of the Church” (<i>Orientalium Dignitas</i>). His desire remains ever timely. In our own day too, many of our Eastern brothers and sisters, including some of you, have been forced to flee their homelands because of war and persecution, instability and poverty, and risk losing not only their native lands, but also, when they reach the West, their religious identity. As a result, with the passing of generations, the priceless heritage of the Eastern Churches is being lost.</p> 
<p>Over a century ago, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Leo XIII</a> pointed out that “preserving the Eastern rites is more important than is generally realized”. He went so far as to decree that “any Latin-Rite missionary, whether a member of the secular or regular clergy, who by advice or support draws any Eastern-Rite Catholic to the Latin Rite” ought to be “dismissed and removed from his office” (<i>ibid</i>). We willingly reiterate this appeal to preserve and promote the Christian East, especially in the diaspora. In addition to establishing Eastern circumscriptions wherever possible and opportune, there is a need to promote greater awareness among Latin Christians. In this regard, I ask the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches – which I thank for its work – to help me to define principles, norms, and guidelines whereby Latin Bishops can concretely support Eastern Catholics in the diaspora in their efforts to preserve their living traditions and thus, by their distinctive witness, to enrich the communities in which they live.</p> 
<p>The Church needs you. The contribution that the Christian East can offer us today is immense! We have great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains alive in your liturgies, liturgies that engage the human person in his or her entirety, that sing of the beauty of salvation and evoke a sense of wonder at how God’s majesty embraces our human frailty! It is likewise important to rediscover, especially in the Christian West, a sense of the primacy of God, the importance of mystagogy and the values so typical of Eastern spirituality: constant intercession, penance, fasting, and weeping for one’s own sins and for those of all humanity (<i>penthos</i>)! It is vital, then, that you preserve your traditions without attenuating them, for the sake perhaps of practicality or convenience, lest they be corrupted by the mentality of consumerism and utilitarianism.</p> 
<p>Your traditions of spirituality, ancient yet ever new, are medicinal. In them, the drama of human misery is combined with wonder at God’s mercy, so that our sinfulness does not lead to despair, but opens us to accepting the gracious gift of becoming creatures who are healed, divinized and raised to the heights of heaven. For this, we ought to give endless praise and thanks to the Lord. Together, we can pray with Saint Ephrem the Syrian and say to the Lord Jesus: “Glory to you, who laid your cross as a bridge over death… Glory to you who clothed yourself in the body of mortal man, and made it the source of life for all mortals” (<i>Homily on our Lord</i>, 9). We must ask, then, for the grace to see the certainty of Easter in every trial of life and not to lose heart, remembering, as another great Eastern Father wrote, that “the greatest sin is not to believe in the power of the Resurrection” (SAINT ISAAC OF NINEVEH, <i>Sermones ascetici</i>, I, 5).</p> 
<p>Who, better than you, can sing a song of hope even amid the abyss of violence? Who, better than you, who have experienced the horrors of war so closely that <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Pope Francis</a> referred to you as “martyr Churches” (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/june/documents/20240627-roaco.html">Address to ROACO</a></i>, ibid.)? From the Holy Land to Ukraine, from Lebanon to Syria, from the Middle East to Tigray and the Caucasus, how much violence do we see! Rising up from this horror, from the slaughter of so many young people, which ought to provoke outrage because lives are being sacrificed in the name of military conquest, there resounds an appeal: the appeal not so much of the Pope, but of Christ himself, who repeats: “Peace be with you!” (<i>Jn</i> 20:19, 21, 26). And he adds: “Peace I leave you; my peace I give to you. I do not give it to you as the world gives it” (<i>Jn</i> 14:27). Christ’s peace is not the sepulchral silence that reigns after conflict; it is not the fruit of oppression, but rather a gift that is meant for all, a gift that brings new life. Let us pray for this peace, which is reconciliation, forgiveness, and the courage to turn the page and start anew.</p> 
<p>For my part, I will make every effort so that this peace may prevail. The Holy See is always ready to help bring enemies together, face to face, to talk to one another, so that peoples everywhere may once more find hope and recover the dignity they deserve, the dignity of peace. The peoples of our world desire peace, and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let us talk, let us negotiate! War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must be silenced, for they do not resolve problems but only increase them. Those who make history are the peacemakers, not those who sow seeds of suffering. Our neighbours are not first our enemies, but our fellow human beings; not criminals to be hated, but other men and women with whom we can speak. Let us reject the Manichean notions so typical of that mindset of violence that divides the world into those who are good and those who are evil.</p> 
<p>The Church will never tire of repeating: let weapons be silenced. I would like to thank God for all those who, in silence, prayer and self-sacrifice, are sowing seeds of peace. I thank God for those Christians – Eastern and Latin alike – who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands, resisting the temptation to abandon them. Christians must be given the opportunity, and not just in words, to remain in their native lands with all the rights needed for a secure existence. Please, let us strive for this!</p> 
<p>Thank you, dear brothers and sisters of the East, the lands where Jesus, the Sun of Justice, dawned, for being “lights in our world” (cf. <i>Mt</i> 5:14). Continue to be outstanding for your faith, hope, and charity, and nothing else. May your Churches be exemplary, and may your Pastors promote communion with integrity, especially in the Synods of Bishops, that they may be places of fraternity and authentic co-responsibility. Ensure transparency in the administration of goods and be signs of humble and complete dedication to the holy people of God, without regard for honors, worldly power or appearance. Saint Symeon the New Theologian used an eloquent image in this regard: “Just as one who throws dust on the flame of a burning furnace extinguishes it, so the cares of this life and every kind of attachment to petty and worthless things destroy the warmth of the heart that was initially kindled” (<i>Practical and Theological Chapters</i>, 63). Today more than ever, the splendor of the Christian East demands freedom from all worldly attachments and from every tendency contrary to communion, in order to remain faithful in obedience and in evangelical witness.</p> 
<p>I thank you for this, and in cordially giving you my blessing, I ask you to pray for the Church and to raise your powerful prayers of intercession for my ministry. Thank you!</p>

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title: To the Brothers of the Christian Schools (15 May 2025)
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 <p>In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, peace be with you.</p> 
<p><i>Your Eminence,<br> Dear brothers and sisters, welcome!</i></p> 
<p>I am very pleased to receive you, in the third centenary of the promulgation of the Bull <i>In apostolicae Dignitatis solio</i>, with which <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/holy-father/benedetto-xiii.html">Pope Benedict XIII</a> approved your Institute and your Regulations (26 January 1725). It also coincides with the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the proclamation, by <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en.html">Pope Pius XII</a>, of Saint John Baptist de La Salle as “Heavenly patron of all educators” (cf. Apostolic Letter <i>Quod ait</i>, 15 May 1950: <i>AAS</i> 12, 1950, 631-632).</p> 
<p>After three centuries, it is good to see how your presence continues to bear the freshness of a rich and vast educational entity, with which, in various parts of the world, you still dedicate yourselves to the formation of the young with enthusiasm, fidelity and a spirit of sacrifice.</p> 
<p>Precisely in the light of this anniversary, I would like to pause and reflect with you on two aspects of your history that I consider important for all of us: <i>attention to current events</i> and the <i>ministerial and missionary dimension of teaching</i> in the community.</p> 
<p>The beginnings of your work say a great deal about “current events”. Saint John Baptist de La Salle began by responding to the request for help from a layperson, Adriano Nyel, who was struggling to maintain his “school of the poor”. Your founder recognized in his request for help a sign of God; he accepted the challenge and set to work. Thus, beyond his own intentions and expectations, he brought to life to a new teaching system: that of the Christian Schools, free and open to everyone. Among the innovative elements he introduced in this pedagogical revolution were the teaching of classes and no longer of individual pupils; instead of Latin, the adoption of French as the language of instruction, which was accessible to all; Sunday lessons, in which even young people forced to work on weekdays were able to participate; and the involvement of families in the school curriculum, according to the principle of the “educational triangle”, which is still valid today. Thus, problems, as they arose, instead of discouraging him, stimulated him to seek creative answers and to venture onto new and often unexplored paths.</p> 
<p>All this can but make us think, and it also raises useful questions. What, in the world of youth today, are the most urgent challenges to be faced? What values are to be promoted? What resources can be counted on?</p> 
<p>Young people of our time, like those of every age, are a volcano of life, energy, sentiments and ideas. It can be seen from the wonderful things they are able to do, in so many fields. However, they also need help in order for this great wealth to grow in harmony, and to overcome what, albeit in a different way to the past, can still hinder their healthy development.</p> 
<p>While, for example, in the seventeenth century the use of the Latin language was an insuperable barrier to communication for many people, today there are other obstacles to be faced. Think of the isolation caused by rampant relational models increasingly marked by superficiality, individualism and emotional instability; the spread of patterns of thought weakened by relativism; and the prevalence of rhythms and lifestyles in which there is not enough room for listening, reflection and dialogue, at school, in the family, and sometimes among peers themselves, with consequent loneliness.</p> 
<p>These are demanding challenges, but we too, like Saint John Baptist de La Salle, can turn them into springboards to explore ways, develop tools and adopt new languages to continue to touch the hearts of pupils, helping them and spurring them on to face every obstacle with courage in order to give the best of themselves in life, according to God’s plans. In this sense, the attention you pay, in your schools, to the training of teachers and to the creation of educating communities in which the teaching effort is enriched by the contribution of all is commendable. I encourage you to continue along these paths.</p> 
<p>But I would like to point out another aspect of the Lasallian reality that I consider important: <i>teaching</i> lived as <i>ministry</i> <i>and mission</i>, as <i>consecration</i> in the Church. Saint John Baptist de La Salle did not want there to be priests among the teachers of the Christian Schools, but only “brothers”, so that all your efforts would be directed, with God’s help, to the education of the pupils. He loved to say: “Your altar is the cathedra”, thus promoting a reality hitherto unknown in the Church of his time: that of <i>lay </i>teachers and catechists, invested in the community with a genuine “ministry”, in accordance with the principle of evangelizing by educating, and educating by evangelizing (cf. Francis, <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2022/may/documents/20220521-fratelli-scuole-cristiane.html">Address to participants in the General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools</a></i>, 21 May 2022).</p> 
<p>In this way the charism of the school, which you embrace with the fourth vow of teaching, besides being a service to society and a valuable work of charity, still appears today as one of the most beautiful and eloquent expressions of that priestly, prophetic and kingly <i>munus</i> we have all received in Baptism, as highlighted in the documents of the <a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm">Vatican Council II</a>. Thus, in your educational entities, religious brothers make prophetically visible, through their consecration, the baptismal ministry that spurs everyone (cf. Dogmatic Constitution <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html">Lumen Gentium</a></i>, 44), each according to his or her status and duties, without differences, “as living members, to expend all their energy for the growth of the Church and its continuous sanctification” (<a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html"><i>ivi</i>.</a>, 33).</p> 
<p>For this reason, I hope that vocations to Lasallian religious consecration may grow, that they may be encouraged and promoted, in your schools and outside them, and that, in synergy with all the other formative components, they may contribute to inspiring joyful and fruitful paths of holiness among the young people who attend them.</p> 
<p>Thank you for what you do! I pray for you, and I impart to you the apostolic Blessing, which I gladly extend to all the Lasallian Family.<br> ___________________</p> 
<p><i><a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/05/15/250515a.html">Holy See Press Office Bulletin</a></i>, 15 May 2025</p>

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title: To Members of the Diplomatic Corps (16 May 2025)
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 <p><i>Your Eminence,<br> Your Excellencies,<br> Ladies and Gentlemen,</i></p> 
<p>Peace be with you!</p> 
<p>I thank His Excellency Mr George Poulides, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, for his cordial greeting in your name, and for the tireless work that he has carried out with his characteristic energy, commitment and kindness. These qualities have earned him the esteem of all my predecessors whom he has met in these years of his mission to the Holy See, particularly the late <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Pope Francis</a>.</p> 
<p>I would also like to express my gratitude for your many messages of good wishes following my election, as well as those expressing condolence for the death of <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Pope Francis</a>. Some of those messages also came from countries with which the Holy See does not have diplomatic relations, a significant sign of esteem that indicates a strengthening of mutual relations.</p> 
<p>In our dialogue, I would like us always to preserve the sense of being a family. Indeed, the diplomatic community represents the entire family of peoples, a family that shares the joys and sorrows of life and the human and spiritual values that give it meaning and direction. Papal diplomacy is an expression of the very catholicity of the Church. In its diplomatic activity, the Holy See is inspired by a pastoral outreach that leads it not to seek privileges but to strengthen its evangelical mission at the service of humanity. Resisting all forms of indifference, it appeals to consciences, as witnessed by the constant efforts of my venerable predecessor, ever attentive to the cry of the poor, the needy and the marginalized, as well as to contemporary challenges, ranging from the protection of creation to artificial intelligence.</p> 
<p>In addition to being a visible sign of your countries’ respect for the Apostolic See, your presence here today is a gift for me. It allows me to renew the Church’s aspiration — and my own — to reach out and embrace all individuals and peoples on the Earth, who need and yearn for truth, justice and peace! In a certain sense, my own life experience, which has spanned North America, South America and Europe, has been marked by this aspiration to transcend borders in order to encounter different peoples and cultures.</p> 
<p>Through the constant and patient work of the Secretariat of State, I intend to strengthen understanding and dialogue with you and with your countries, many of which I have already had the grace to visit, especially during my time as Prior General of the Augustinians. I trust that God’s providence will allow me further occasions to get to know the countries from which you come and enable me to have occasions to confirm in the faith our many brothers and sisters throughout the world and to build new bridges with all people of good will.</p> 
<p>In our dialogue, I would like us to keep in mind three essential words that represent the pillars of the Church’s missionary activity and the aim of the Holy See’s diplomacy.</p> 
<p>The first word is <i>peace</i>. All too often we consider it a “negative” word, indicative only of the absence of war and conflict, since opposition is a perennial part of human nature, frequently leading us to live in a constant “state of conflict” at home, at work and in society. Peace then appears simply as a respite, a pause between one dispute and another, given that, no matter how hard we try, tensions will always be present, a little like embers burning beneath the ashes, ready to ignite at any moment.</p> 
<p>From a Christian perspective – but also in other religious traditions – peace is first and foremost a gift. It is the first gift of Christ: “My peace I give to you” (<i>Jn</i> 14:27). Yet it is an active and demanding gift. It engages and challenges each of us, regardless of our cultural background or religious affiliation, demanding first of all that we work on ourselves. Peace is built in the heart and from the heart, by eliminating pride and vindictiveness and carefully choosing our words. For words too, not only weapons, can wound and even kill.</p> 
<p>In this regard, I believe that religions and interreligious dialogue can make a fundamental contribution to fostering a climate of peace. This naturally requires full respect for religious freedom in every country, since religious experience is an essential dimension of the human person. Without it, it is difficult, if not impossible, to bring about the purification of the heart necessary for building peaceful relationships.</p> 
<p>This effort, in which all of us are called to take part, can begin to eliminate the root causes of all conflicts and every destructive urge for conquest. It demands a genuine willingness to engage in dialogue, inspired by the desire to communicate rather than clash. As a result, there is a need to give new life to multilateral diplomacy and to those international institutions conceived and designed primarily to remedy eventual disputes within the international community. Naturally, there must also be a resolve to halt the production of instruments of destruction and death, since, as Pope Francis noted in  <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/documents/20250420-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html">his last <i>Urbi et Orbi </i>Message</a>: No peace is “possible without true disarmament [and] the requirement that every people provide for its own defence must not turn into a race to rearmament.” <a name="_ftnref1" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/may/documents/20250516-corpo-diplomatico.html#_ftn1" data-sanitized-class=" cleaner">[1]</a></p> 
<p>The second word is <i>justice</i>. Working for peace requires acting justly. As I have already mentioned, I chose my name thinking first of all of <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Leo XIII</a>, the Pope of the first great social Encyclical, <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html">Rerum Novarum</a></i>. In this time of epochal change, the Holy See cannot fail to make its voice heard in the face of the many imbalances and injustices that lead, not least, to unworthy working conditions and increasingly fragmented and conflict-ridden societies. Every effort should be made to overcome the global inequalities – between opulence and destitution – that are carving deep divides between continents, countries and even within individual societies.</p> 
<p>It is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, “a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society.” <a name="_ftnref2" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/may/documents/20250516-corpo-diplomatico.html#_ftn2" data-sanitized-class=" cleaner">[2]</a> In addition, no one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike.</p> 
<p>My own story is that of a citizen, the descendant of immigrants, who in turn chose to emigrate. All of us, in the course of our lives, can find ourselves healthy or sick, employed or unemployed, living in our native land or in a foreign country, yet our dignity always remains unchanged: it is the dignity of a creature willed and loved by God.</p> 
<p>The third word is <i>truth</i>. Truly peaceful relationships cannot be built, also within the international community, apart from truth. Where words take on ambiguous and ambivalent connotations, and the virtual world, with its altered perception of reality, takes over unchecked, it is difficult to build authentic relationships, since the objective and real premises of communication are lacking.</p> 
<p>For her part, the Church can never be exempted from speaking the truth about humanity and the world, resorting whenever necessary to blunt language that may initially create misunderstanding. Yet truth can never be separated from charity, which always has at its root a concern for the life and well-being of every man and woman. Furthermore, from the Christian perspective, truth is not the affirmation of abstract and disembodied principles, but an encounter with the person of Christ himself, alive in the midst of the community of believers. Truth, then, does not create division, but rather enables us to confront all the more resolutely the challenges of our time, such as migration, the ethical use of artificial intelligence and the protection of our beloved planet Earth. These are challenges that require commitment and cooperation on the part of all, since no one can think of facing them alone.</p> 
<p>Dear Ambassadors,</p> 
<p>My ministry has begun in the heart of a <a href="https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html">Jubilee Year</a>, devoted in a particular way to hope. It is a time of conversion and renewal and, above all, an opportunity to leave conflicts behind and embark on a new path, confident that, by working together, each of us in accordance with his or her own sensibilities and responsibilities, can build a world in which everyone can lead an authentically human life in truth, justice and peace. It is my hope that this will be the case everywhere, starting with those places that suffer most grievously, like Ukraine and the Holy Land.</p> 
<p>I thank you for all the work you are doing to build bridges between your countries and the Holy See, and I cordially impart my blessing to you, your families and your peoples. Thank you! Thank you for all the work that you do!</p> 
<p>____________________________________________</p> 
<p><a name="_ftn1" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/may/documents/20250516-corpo-diplomatico.html#_ftnref1" data-sanitized-class=" cleaner">[1]</a> FRANCIS,  <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/documents/20250420-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html"><i>Urbi et Orbi </i>Message</a>, 20 April 2025.</p> 
<p><a name="_ftn2" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/may/documents/20250516-corpo-diplomatico.html#_ftnref2" data-sanitized-class=" cleaner">[2]</a> LEO XIII, Encyclical  <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html"><i>Rerum Novarum</i></a>, 15 May 1891, 9.</p>

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title: To the members of the "Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice" Foundation (17 May 2025)
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 <p>Good morning everyone!</p> 
<p><i>Dear brothers and sisters, welcome!</i></p> 
<p>I thank the President and members of the <a href="https://www.centesimusannus.va/en.html" target="_blank"><i>Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice</i> Foundation</a>, and I greet all of you who are taking part in this annual International Conference and General Assembly.</p> 
<p>The theme of this year’s Conference – “Overcoming Polarizations and Rebuilding Global Governance: The Ethical Foundations” – speaks to us of the deepest purpose of the Church’s social doctrine as a contribution to peace and dialogue in the service of building bridges of universal fraternity. Especially in this Easter season, we realize that the Risen Lord always goes before us, even at times when injustice and death seem to prevail. Let us help one another, as I said on the evening of my election, “to build bridges through dialogue and encounter, joining together as one people, always at peace.” This is not something that happens by chance, but is rather an active and continuous interplay of grace and freedom, one that our meeting today seeks to respect and support.</p> 
<p>Pope <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Leo XIII</a>, who lived in an age of momentous and disruptive change, sought to promote peace by encouraging social dialogue between capital and labour, technology and human intelligence, and different political cultures and nations. <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Pope Francis</a> spoke of a “polycrisis” in describing the dramatic nature of our own age, marked by wars, climate change, growing inequalities, forced and contested migration, stigmatized poverty, disruptive technological innovations, job insecurity and precarious labour rights (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2025/documents/20250226-messaggio-pontificia-academia-provita.html">Message to Participants in the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life</a></i>, 3 March 2025). On such important issues, the Church’s social doctrine is called to provide insights that facilitate dialogue between science and conscience, and thus make an essential contribution to better understanding, hope and peace.</p> 
<p>This doctrine helps us to realize that more important than our problems or eventual solutions is the way we approach them, guided by criteria of discernment, sound ethical principles and openness to God’s grace.</p> 
<p>You have the opportunity to show that the Church’s social doctrine, with its specific anthropological approach, seeks to encourage genuine engagement with social issues. It does not claim to possess a monopoly on truth, either in its analysis of problems or its proposal of concrete solutions. Where social questions are concerned, knowing how best to approach them is more important than providing immediate responses to why things happen or how to deal with them. The aim is to learn how to confront problems, for these are always different, since every generation is new, and faces new challenges, dreams and questions.</p> 
<p>This is a fundamental aspect of our attempts to build a “culture of encounter” through dialogue and social friendship. For many of our contemporaries, the words “dialogue” and “doctrine” can seem incompatible. Perhaps when we hear the word “doctrine,” we tend to think of a set of ideas belonging to a religion. The word itself makes us feel less disposed to reflect, call things into question or seek new alternatives.</p> 
<p>In the case of the Church’s social doctrine, we need to make clear that the word “doctrine” has another, more positive meaning, without which dialogue itself would be meaningless. “Doctrine” can be a synonym of “science,” “discipline” and “knowledge.” Understood in this way, doctrine appears as the product of research, and hence of hypotheses, discussions, progress and setbacks, all aimed at conveying a reliable, organized and systematic body of knowledge about a given issue. Consequently, a doctrine is not the same as an opinion, but is rather a common, collective and even multidisciplinary pursuit of truth.</p> 
<p>“Indoctrination” is immoral. It stifles critical judgement and undermines the sacred freedom of<b> </b>conscience, even if erroneous. It resists new notions and rejects movement, change or the evolution of ideas in the face of new problems. “Doctrine,” on the other hand, as a serious, serene and rigorous discourse, aims to teach us primarily how to approach problems and, even more importantly, how to approach people. It also helps us to make prudential judgements when confronted with challenges. Seriousness, rigour and serenity are what we must learn from every doctrine, including the Church’s social doctrine.</p> 
<p>In the context of the ongoing digital revolution, we must rediscover, emphasize and cultivate our duty to train others in critical thinking, countering temptations to the contrary, which can also be found in ecclesial circles. There is so little dialogue around us; shouting often replaces it, not infrequently in the form of fake news and irrational arguments proposed by a few loud voices. Deeper reflection and study are essential, as well as a commitment to encounter and listen to the poor, who are a treasure for the Church and for humanity. Their viewpoints, though often disregarded, are vital if we are to see the world through God’s eyes. Those born and raised far from the centers of power should not merely be taught the Church’s social doctrine; they should also be recognized as carrying it forward and putting it into practice. Individuals committed to the betterment of society, popular movements and the various Catholic workers’ groups are an expression of those existential peripheries where hope endures and springs anew. I urge you to let the voice of the poor be heard.</p> 
<p>Dear friends, as the <a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm">Second Vatican Council</a> states, “in every age, the Church carries the responsibility of reading the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel, if she is to carry out her task. In language intelligible to every generation, she should be able to answer the ever-recurring questions which people ask about the meaning of this present life and of the life to come, and how one is related to the other” (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html">Gaudium et Spes</a></i>, 4).</p> 
<p>I invite you, then, to participate actively and creatively in this discernment process, and thus contribute, with all of God’s people, to the development of the Church’s social doctrine in this age of significant social changes, listening to everyone and engaging in dialogue with all. In our day, there is a widespread thirst for justice, a desire for authentic fatherhood and motherhood, a profound longing for spirituality, especially among young people and the marginalized, who do not always find effective means of making their needs known. There is a growing demand for the Church’s social doctrine, to which we need to respond.</p> 
<p>I thank all of you for your commitment and for your prayers for my ministry, and I cordially bless you and your families, and all that you do. Thank you!</p>

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5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Sunday in the Time of Easter - Holy Mass for the Beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV (18 May 2025)

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 <p><i>Dear Brother Cardinals,<br> Brother Bishops and Priests,<br> Distinguished Authorities and Members of the Diplomatic Corps.<br> Greetings to the pilgrims who have come for the Jubilee of Confraternities!</i></p> 
<p>I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. Saint Augustine wrote: Lord, “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you” (<i>Confessions</i>, I: 1,1).</p> 
<p>In these days, we have experienced intense emotions. The death of Pope Francis filled our hearts with sadness. In those difficult hours, we felt like the crowds that the Gospel says were “like sheep without a shepherd” (<i>Mt</i> 9:36). Then, on Easter Sunday, we received his final blessing and, in the light of the resurrection, we experienced the days that followed in the certainty that the Lord never abandons his people, but gathers them when they are scattered and guards them “as a shepherd guards his flock” (<i>Jer</i> 31:10).</p> 
<p>In this spirit of faith, the College of Cardinals met for the conclave. Coming from different backgrounds and experiences, we placed in God’s hands our desire to elect the new Successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome, a shepherd capable of preserving the rich heritage of the Christian faith and, at the same time, looking to the future, in order to confront the questions, concerns and challenges of today’s world.  Accompanied by your prayers, we could feel the working of the Holy Spirit, who was able to bring us into harmony, like musical instruments, so that our heartstrings could vibrate in a single melody.</p> 
<p>I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, <i>I come to you as a brother</i>, who desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy, walking with you on the path of God’s love, for he wants us all to be united in one family.</p> 
<p><i>Love and unity</i>: these are the two dimensions of the mission entrusted to Peter by Jesus.</p> 
<p>We see this in today’s Gospel, which takes us to the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus began the mission he received from the Father: to be a “fisher” of humanity in order to draw it up from the waters of evil and death. Walking along the shore, he had called Peter and the other first disciples to be, like him, “fishers of men”. Now, after the resurrection, it is up to them to carry on this mission, to cast their nets again and again, to bring the hope of the Gospel into the “waters” of the world, to sail the seas of life so that all may experience God’s embrace.</p> 
<p>How can Peter carry out this task? The Gospel tells us that it is possible only because his own life was touched by the infinite and unconditional love of God, even in the hour of his failure and denial. For this reason, when Jesus addresses Peter, the Gospel uses the Greek verb <i>agapáo</i>, which refers to the love that God has for us, to the offering of himself without reserve and without calculation. Whereas the verb used in Peter’s response describes the love of friendship that we have for one another.</p> 
<p>Consequently, when Jesus asks Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” (<i>Jn</i> 21:16), he is referring to the love of the Father. It is as if Jesus said to him, “Only if you have known and experienced this love of God, which never fails, will you be able to feed my lambs. Only in the love of God the Father will you be able to love your brothers and sisters with that same ‘more’, that is, by offering your life for your brothers and sisters.”</p> 
<p>Peter is thus entrusted with the task of “loving more” and giving his life for the flock.  The ministry of Peter is distinguished precisely by this self-sacrificing love, because the Church of Rome presides in charity and its true authority is the charity of Christ.  It is never a question of capturing others by force, by religious propaganda or by means of power.  Instead, it is always and only a question of loving as Jesus did.</p> 
<p>The Apostle Peter himself tells us that Jesus “is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, and has become the cornerstone” (<i>Acts</i> 4:11). Moreover, if the rock is Christ, Peter must shepherd the flock without ever yielding to the temptation to be an autocrat, lording it over those entrusted to him (cf. <i>1 Pet</i> 5:3). On the contrary, he is called to serve the faith of his brothers and sisters, and to walk alongside them, for all of us are “living stones” (<i>1 Pet</i> 2:5), called through our baptism to build God’s house in fraternal communion, in the harmony of the Spirit, in the coexistence of diversity.  In the words of Saint Augustine: “The Church consists of all those who are in harmony with their brothers and sisters and who love their neighbour” (<i>Serm. </i>359,9).</p> 
<p>Brothers and sisters, I would like that our first great desire be for <i>a united Church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.</i></p> 
<p>In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalises the poorest. For our part, we want to be a small leaven of unity, communion and fraternity within the world. We want to say to the world, with humility and joy: Look to Christ! Come closer to him! Welcome his word that enlightens and consoles! Listen to his offer of love and become his one family: <i>in the one Christ, we are one. </i>This is the path to follow together, among ourselves but also with our sister Christian churches, with those who follow other religious paths, with those who are searching for God, with all women and men of good will, in order to build a new world where peace reigns!</p> 
<p>This is the missionary spirit that must animate us; not closing ourselves off in our small groups, nor feeling superior to the world.  We are called to offer God’s love to everyone, in order to achieve that unity which does not cancel out differences but values the personal history of each person and the social and religious culture of every people.</p> 
<p>Brothers and sisters, this is the hour for love! The heart of the Gospel is the love of God that makes us brothers and sisters. With my predecessor <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en.html">Leo XIII</a>, we can ask ourselves today: If this criterion “were to prevail in the world, would not every conflict cease and peace return?” (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html">Rerum Novarum</a></i>, 20).</p> 
<p>With the light and the strength of the Holy Spirit, let us build a Church founded on God’s love, a sign of unity, a missionary Church that opens its arms to the world, proclaims the word, allows itself to be made “restless” by history, and becomes a leaven of harmony for humanity.</p> 
<p>Together, as one people, as brothers and sisters, let us walk towards God and love one another.</p>


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title: Regina Caeli, 18 May 2025
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 <p>As we conclude <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2025/5/18/inizio-pontificato.html">this celebration</a>, I greet and thank all of you, the people of Rome and the faithful from many parts of the world, who wished to participate.</p> 
<p>In particular, I express my gratitude to the Official Delegations from numerous countries, as well as to the representatives of Churches and Ecclesial Communities and other religions.</p> 
<p>I extend a warm welcome to the thousands of pilgrims who have come from every continent for the <a href="https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en/pellegrinaggio/calendario-giubileo/GrandiEventi/Giubileo-delle-Confraternite.html">Jubilee of Confraternities</a>. Dear brothers and sisters, I thank you for keeping the great heritage of popular piety alive!</p> 
<p>During Mass, I strongly felt the spiritual presence of <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Pope Francis</a> accompanying us from heaven. Reflecting on our participation in the communion of saints, I recall that yesterday in Chambéry, France, the priest Camille Costa de Beauregard, was beatified. He lived from the end of the 1800s to the beginning of the 1900s, and was a witness of great pastoral charity.</p> 
<p>In the joy of faith and communion, we cannot forget our brothers and sisters who are suffering because of war. In Gaza, the surviving children, families and elderly are reduced to starvation. In Myanmar, new hostilities have cut short innocent young lives. Finally, war-torn Ukraine awaits negotiations for a just and lasting peace.</p> 
<p>Therefore, as we entrust to Mary the service of the Bishop of Rome, Pastor of the universal Church, let us, from the “Barque of Peter,” look to her, Star of the Sea, Our Lady of Good Counsel, as a sign of hope. We implore her intercession for the gift of peace, for support and comfort for those who suffer, and for the grace for all of us to be witnesses to the Risen Lord.</p>


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title: To Representatives of other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, and Other Religions (19 May 2025)
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 <p><i>Dear brothers and sisters,</i></p> 
<p>With great joy I extend my cordial greetings to all of you, Representatives of other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, as well as of other religions, who participated in the inaugural celebration of my ministry as Bishop of Rome and Successor of Peter. I express fraternal affection to His All Holiness Bartholomew, His Beatitude Theophilos III and His Holiness Mar Awa III, and to each of you I am deeply grateful for your presence and prayers, which are a great comfort and encouragement.</p> 
<p>One of the strong emphases of Pope <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Francis</a>’ pontificate was that of universal fraternity. In this regard the Holy Spirit really “urged” him to advance with great strides the initiatives already undertaken by previous Pontiffs, especially since Saint <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en.html">John XXIII.</a> The Pope of <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html">Fratelli Tutti</a></i> promoted both the ecumenical path and interreligious dialogue. He did so above all by cultivating interpersonal relations, in such a way that, without taking anything away from ecclesial bonds, the human trait of the encounter was always valued. May God help us to treasure his witness!</p> 
<p>My election has taken place during the year of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. That Council represents a milestone in the formulation of the Creed shared by all Churches and Ecclesial Communities. While we are on the journey to re-establishing full communion among all Christians, we recognise that this unity can only be unity in faith. As Bishop of Rome, I consider one of my priorities to be that of seeking the re-establishment of full and visible communion among all those who profess the same faith in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.</p> 
<p>Indeed, unity has always been a constant concern of mine, as witnessed by the motto I chose for my episcopal ministry: <i>In Illo uno unum</i>, an expression of Saint Augustine of Hippo that reminds us how we too, although we are many, “in the One — that is Christ — we are one” (<i>Enarr. in Ps.</i>, 127, 3). What is more, our communion is realised to the extent that we meet in the Lord Jesus. The more faithful and obedient we are to him, the more united we are among ourselves. We Christians, then, are all called to pray and work together to reach this goal, step by step, which is and remains the work of the Holy Spirit.</p> 
<p>Aware, moreover, that synodality and ecumenism are closely linked, I would like to assure you of my intention to continue Pope <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Francis’</a> commitment to promoting the synodal nature of the Catholic Church and developing new and concrete forms for an ever stronger synodality in ecumenical relations.</p> 
<p>Our common path can and must also be understood in the broad sense of involving everyone, in the spirit of human fraternity that I mentioned above. Now is the time for dialogue and building bridges. I am therefore pleased and grateful for the presence of representatives of other religious traditions, who share the search for God and his will, which is always and only the will of love and life for men and women and for all creatures.</p> 
<p>You have witnessed the remarkable efforts made by Pope <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en.html">Francis</a> in favour of interreligious dialogue. Through his words and actions, he opened new avenues of encounter, to promote “the culture of dialogue as the path; mutual collaboration as the code of conduct; reciprocal understanding as the method and standard” (<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/travels/2019/outside/documents/papa-francesco_20190204_documento-fratellanza-umana.html"><i>A</i> <i>Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together</i></a>, Abu Dhabi, 4 February 2019). I thank the <a href="https://www.dicasteryinterreligious.va/">Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue</a> for the essential role it plays in this patient work of encouraging meetings and concrete exchanges aimed at building relationships based on human fraternity.</p> 
<p>In a special way I greet our Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters. Because of the Jewish roots of Christianity, all Christians have a special relationship with Judaism. The conciliar Declaration <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html">Nostra Aetate</a></i> (no. 4) emphasises the greatness of the spiritual heritage shared by Christians and Jews, encouraging mutual knowledge and esteem. The theological dialogue between Christians and Jews remains ever important and close to my heart. Even in these difficult times, marked by conflicts and misunderstandings, it is necessary to continue the momentum of this precious dialogue of ours.</p> 
<p>Relations between the Catholic Church and Muslims have been marked by a growing commitment to dialogue and fraternity, fostered by esteem for these our brothers and sisters who “worship God, who is one, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has also spoken to humanity” (<i>i</i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html"><i>bid</i>.</a>, 3). This approach, based on mutual respect and freedom of conscience, is a solid foundation for building bridges between our communities.</p> 
<p>To all of you, representatives of other religious traditions, I express my gratitude for your participation in this meeting and for your contribution to peace. In a world wounded by violence and conflict, each of the communities represented here brings its own contribution of wisdom, compassion and commitment to the good of humanity and the preservation of our common home. I am convinced that if we are in agreement, and free from ideological and political conditioning, we can be effective in saying “no” to war and “yes” to peace, “no” to the arms race and “yes” to disarmament, “no” to an economy that impoverishes peoples and the Earth and “yes” to integral development.</p> 
<p>The witness of our fraternity, which I hope we will be able to show with effective gestures, will certainly contribute to building a more peaceful world, something that all men and women of good will desire in their hearts.</p> 
<p>Dear friends, thank you again for your closeness. Let us ask for God’s blessing in our hearts: may his infinite goodness and wisdom help us to live as his children and as brothers and sisters to each other, so that hope may grow in the world. I offer you my heartfelt gratitude.</p>


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title: Visit to the Tomb of St. Paul (20 May 2025)
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 <p>The passage of Scripture that we have just heard is the opening of a beautiful letter written by Saint Paul to the Christians of Rome. Its message revolves around three great themes: <i>grace</i>, <i>faith</i> and <i>justification</i>. As we entrust the beginning of this new Pontificate to the intercession of the Apostle of the Gentiles, let us reflect together on that message.</p> 
<p>Saint Paul starts by saying that he received from God the <i>grace</i> of his vocation (cf. <i>Rom</i> 1:5). He acknowledges, in other words, that his encounter with Christ and his own ministry were the fruit of God’s prior love, which called him to a new life while he was still far from the Gospel and persecuting the Church. Saint Augustine, who was also a convert, spoke of the same experience in these words: “How can we choose, unless we have first been chosen? We cannot love, unless someone has loved us first” (<i>Serm. </i>34, 2). At the root of every vocation, God is present, in his mercy and his goodness, as generous as that of a mother (cf. <i>Is</i> 66:11-13) who nourishes her child with her own body for as long as the child is unable to feed itself (cf. SAINT AUGUSTINE, <i>Enn. in Ps.</i> 130, 9).</p> 
<p>In the same passage, Paul also speaks of “the obedience of faith” (<i>Rom</i> 1:5), and here too he shares his own experience. When the Lord appeared to him on the road to Damascus (cf. <i>Acts</i> 9:1-30), he did not take away his freedom, but gave him the opportunity to make a decision, to choose an obedience that would prove costly and entail interior and exterior struggles, which Paul proved willing to face. Salvation does not come about by magic, but by a mysterious interplay of <i>grace</i> and <i>faith</i>, of God’s prevenient love and of our trusting and free acceptance (cf. <i>2 Tim</i> 1:12).</p> 
<p>As we thank the Lord for the calling that changed Saul’s life, let us ask him to enable us to respond in the same way to his grace, and to become, ourselves, witnesses of the love “poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (<i>Rom</i> 5:5). Let us ask the Lord for the grace to cultivate and spread his charity, and to become true neighbours to one another (cf. FRANCIS<i>, <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250125-vespri-unita-cristiani.html">Homily at Second Vespers of the Solemnity of the Conversion of Saint Paul</a></i>, 25 January 2024). Let us compete in showing the love that, following his encounter with Christ, drove the former persecutor to become “all things to all people” (cf. <i>1 Cor</i> 9:19-23), even to the point of martyrdom. In this way, for us as for Paul, the weakness of the flesh will show the power of faith in God that brings <i>justification </i>(cf. <i>Rom</i> 5:1-5).</p> 
<p>For centuries, this Basilica has been entrusted to the care of a Benedictine community. How can we fail to mention, then, as we speak of love as the source and driving force of the preaching of the Gospel, the insistent appeals of Saint Benedict, in his Rule, to fraternal charity in the monastery and hospitality towards all (<i>Rule, </i>cc. LIII; LXIII).</p> 
<p>I would like to conclude, though, by recalling the words that, more than a thousand years later, another Benedict, Pope <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en.html">Benedict XVI</a>, addressed to young people: “Dear friends,” he said, “God loves us. This is the great truth of our life; it is what makes everything else meaningful.” Indeed, “our life originates as part of a loving plan of God,” and faith leads us to “open our hearts to this mystery of love and to live as men and women conscious of being loved by God” (<i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2011/august/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20110820_veglia-madrid.html">Homily at the Prayer Vigil with Young People</a></i>, Madrid, 20 August 2011).</p> 
<p>Here we see, in all its simplicity and uniqueness, the basis of every mission, including my own mission as the Successor of Peter and the heir to Paul’s apostolic zeal. May the Lord grant me the grace to respond faithfully to his call.</p>


