Bob DiCostanzo

"In short, instead of the country debating whether war is necessary and justified as Madison and the rest of the framers intended, the executive branch is acting as judge, jury, and executioner." washingtonexaminer.com/premium/454715…

From August 2025 to March 2026, this administration's attack on Venezuela cost at least $4.7 BILLION. The costs are mounting still. Read more in this new report by @CostsOfWar with researchers at @IPS_DC @defpriorities: ips-dc.org/what-did-the-u…

Just one of the many consequences of a foolish, illegal, and unjust war.

The ease with which Iran has obstructed Hormuz suggests that the United States can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation—even against weaker adversaries—through some of the world's narrowest sea lanes. NEW from @jekavanagh in @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/27/ira…

"The only way Washington's outdated, immoral and counterproductive Cuba policy could be worse is if the president used military force. The unfolding Iran debacle should provide a glaring reminder that wars lead to damaging unintended consequences." @AEGallagher10

MAGA just spent the last week calling the Pope a "liberal from Chicago". Yesterday Pope Leo got on a plane and stated that he is: - Not for open borders - Not for gay blessings - Condemns any killing of protesters - Puts the gospel first

Taiwan's KMT offers US an off-ramp from war with China asiatimes.com/2026/04/taiwan… via @asiatimesonline Honored to have this new op-ed appear in Asia Times.

"Not only is the war deeply unpopular in the United States, but its effects on the American and global economies are real — and likely to grow. The longer the impasse lasts, the more severe fuel and fertilizer shortages will become..." nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opi…

We must save democracy from unprecedented attacks* *by rigging elections through gerrymandering.

When I think of America first, I think of UAE bailouts.

JUST IN: Cardinal Pizzaballa & Catholic leaders in Holy Land state their “profound indignation & unreserved condemnation of the desecration of a representation of Jesus Crucified by an Israeli soldier in a Lebanese village.” Pizzaballa adds: “This act constitutes a grave affront to the Christian faith and adds to other reported incidents of desecration of Christian symbols by IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon. It further reveals a disturbing failure in moral and human formation, wherein even the most elementary reverence for the sacred and for the dignity of others has been gravely compromised. The Assembly calls for immediate and decisive disciplinary action, a credible process of accountability, and clear assurances that such conduct will neither be tolerated nor repeated. Yet even in the face of such offense, the Cross remains unassailable in its meaning. As Saint Paul the Apostle declares, “far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal 6:14). For believers, the Cross endures as a source of dignity, hope, and redemption, and as a summons to overcome violence through sacrificial love. It is precisely in this light that the Church continues to proclaim that true peace cannot be born of violence, but must remain, in the words of Pope Leo XIV, “unarmed… a peace that calls to ‘put [the] sword back into its sheath.’” For this reason, the Assembly renews, with urgency, its call to bring to an end the war that has tormented this region for far too long, and to embrace a path where peace is witnessed in restraint, dialogue, responsibility, and reverence for the sacred and for every human life.”

@Barber4Liberty @catholiccom Then you haven’t followed him very closely.

@catholiccom @BCD_76 Perhaps bit it is interesting 🤔 I think that this Pope in particular tends to speak only when it serves his own personal political leftist ideology.

This was rough to hear from a public Catholic. The pope has every right to speak on politics and public affairs, because politics concerns man and the common good, and every facet of those realities belongs under the judgment of God.

Imagine wasting money on one of the few people in Congress trying to reduce the size and scope of government.

Your friend is wrong.

The US and Israel have different interests. This is so plainly obvious only a political class of politicians could miss it. cbc.ca/news/world/leb…

Imagine taking this response seriously after Trump said he was going to wipe out Iranian civilization.

This is incorrect. The chart does not include entitlement programs, which is the largest federal government expense. Still, war spending should be reduced.

Don’t forget what they did to us. I stood alone in the House of Representatives against this.

And right out the door because of higher food and oil prices.