Amy Findlay

@thehill I made my boys register. Why not do this?

Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December thehill.com/policy/defense…

@AdeleScalia Yikes I read that first as "boob" which is what I need...Been there, done that, hair too fine and curly.

Okay who’s getting a bob this spring/summer? I’m getting the itch.

@ComfortablySmug Occasional magic erase. What are you doing in there?

How often do you wash/have cleaned the walls inside your house?

@chicagotribune Your timing is amazing.

From the Editorial Board: We worried at the outset of this war that Trump didn’t really have a plan beyond the bombs in Iran. After Wednesday night’s speech, our concern only is amplified. chicagotribune.com/2026/04/03/edi…

@VividProwess Let Israel name it, they're so good at that.

Movie name ideas for this historic search and rescue operation?

@Osinttechnical I cancelled my Time subscription in the early 90s...

Trump's chief of staff was "concerned aides were... telling Trump what he wanted to hear instead of what he needed to hear. " -Time The President has begun many recent mornings watching video clips compiled by military officials of battlefield successes.

@CynicalPublius @ConceptualJames Brilliant, thank you.

Extremely insightful post.

@chicagotribune Iran has been at war with and attacking the US for 47 years. Where have you been?! Trump is almost beside the point, except that he has had the moral fortitude to act.

Commentary: The United States is in the position it’s in today because Trump’s predilections on Iran have failed consistently since his first term. Every assumption he’s carried has been dead wrong on every level. chicagotribune.com/2026/03/31/col…

@flowerlady61 I didn't know that. I bet many don't.

Um, he’s also an anti Catholic bigot. Wow, unfollowing her 😂 Is there NO ONE worthy of listening to?

@SKMorefield @jeffreytucker That's a total crock.

If we had just minded our own business regarding the Middle East over the last 75 years instead of constantly meddling, if we had never built a base, never sent an operative, never gave money, never did a single purposeful thing to cause instability or attempt to overthrow a regime we didn't like for one reason or another, if our involvement had been relegated only to friendly trading with partners willing to trade, the world would be exponentially safer than it is right now. I am a proud American and believe this country has done far more good than bad in its history, but it is an irrefutable fact that our actions in the Middle East have made things worse, not better, than they would have been in our absence.

@CynicalPublius @TaylorRMarshall Marie bc well Mary

@TaylorRMarshall Richard. Because it was my father's confirmation name. No other reason.

My confirmation name is “John” after Saint John the Apostle. I chose him because he had his head on Christ’s heart at the Last Supper, and I cared for the Virgin Mary. Who is your confirmation Saint and why did you choose him or her?

@Osint613 Kind of sounds like you're rooting for US to fail.

IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Moosavi: Today, we attacked the residence of American pilots and aircrew in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, with a drone and a missile, and struck a gathering of 200 people. Now, to the list of casualties and damages for Trump and Hegseth, apart from the AWACS, tankers, and fuel depots, a list of casualties and injuries to the flight crew has also been added.

@catholickelsey @CatholicVote This was rectified almost immediately. Calling BS.

Something happened this morning in Jerusalem that I cannot let pass without comment.   On the day Christians worldwide call Palm Sunday—the opening of the most sacred week of the liturgical year—Israeli national police stopped Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.   Let me be precise about what this means. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands on the ground of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most sacred site in Christendom. And the Latin Patriarch, the highest Catholic authority in the Holy Land, was turned away at its door.   Not at the head of a crowd. He was not leading a procession. He and three priests, a private delegation, were well within every restriction Israel's Home Front Command established for public gatherings.    "For the first time in centuries," the Christian Patriarchs of Jerusalem declared today in a joint statement, "the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre."   For the first time in centuries.   I believe in Israel's right to security. I believe in the legitimacy of sovereign nations to make prudential decisions about public order, especially in wartime. And I want to be very clear: the security challenges Israel faces are real, and the Christian community is not indifferent to them.   But this is precisely where a distinction must be made: one that the Christian Patriarchs themselves articulated with precision, and that even the United States Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, did not hesitate to make publicly.   Ambassador Huckabee, who is by any measure a friend of Israel, called today's decision "an unfortunate overreach" that is "difficult to understand or justify." He noted what the joint statement also made clear: the Home Front Command's own guidelines restrict gatherings to fifty people or fewer. The Patriarch's delegation numbered four.   Four people. Private. Without ceremony. Below every threshold. The Israeli government's stated explanation (that the Patriarch was barred for his own personal safety) does not hold up under scrutiny. Churches, synagogues, and mosques throughout Jerusalem have operated within the 50-person restriction without incident. The Patriarch and the Custos of the Holy Land had, by their own account, complied with every wartime restriction since the conflict began. They canceled public gatherings, banned attendance, arranged broadcasts for the hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide who look to Jerusalem this week.   What was denied today was a pastor entering a church with an agreement to livestream the Mass precisely due to the imposed restrictions, not a crowd attempting to flaunt security measures.   The joint statement, signed not by one tradition but by the full community of Christian Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem—representing Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian faithful alike—called the decision "a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure" and "an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo."    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of Israel's closest European allies, called it "an offense not only to the faithful but to any community that respects religious freedom" and summoned Israel's Ambassador to Italy. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the action and affirmed that worship must be guaranteed in Jerusalem for all religions.   These are not Israel's critics speaking. These are Israel's friends.   I want to say something directly to the government of Israel, and I ask that it be received in the spirit it is offered, namely as honest counsel from people who genuinely want Israel to succeed and who understand what is at stake in the Christian world this week. 1/2

@SohrabAhmari Sadly, he may be worse than his predecessor, and that’s saying something.

"Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, ... saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not ​listen: your hands are full of blood' " (quoting Isaiah). Pope Leo's sermons are quietly devastating. Et dicebat qui habet aures audiendi audiat.

@Osint613 How is this relevant, and why in the world would you post anything he said?

@allie__voss @InezFeltscher Or the 60s and 70s.

I’m sorry, but if you’re a girl who grew up in the United States in the early 2000s….please be serious No one told you that

No Kings.

@BlockClubCHI Embarrassing.

Chicago’s "Abolish ICE" snowplow is ready to hit the streets. blockclubchi.co/4uROOrV

@ComfortablySmug @RuthlessPodcast I feel like French has been outdoing himself lately. Like every darn day 🤯. Can't believe he's out.

Ladies and Gentlemen Welcome to Round 2 of #HackMadness presented by @RuthlessPodcast

@BlockClubCHI I hope I see them so I can thank them.

ICE agents were seen at O'Hare Airport on Monday, part of a federal effort to shorten lengthy TSA lines. blockclubchi.co/4bCySRu