Greens Voter

@esrtweet You're just jealous

Hello, Europeans. The first thing you need to understand about the rant I'm about to utter is that I'm not MAGA, not a Trumpite, but a libertarian who has in the past nevertheless been strongly supportive of US military presence overseas. Because I want the wars that defend this country to be fought in somebody else's country, as far away from me as possible with a nice big ocean in the way. Also relevant: I have a history of having lived in Europe and traveled there extensively. I was at one time bilingual in English and Spanish, and have been passably fluent in Italian and French as well. I could probably still find my way around London and Rome and central Paris reasonably well. So if you're tempted to tell yourselves that I'm some kind of parochial American hick, abandon that hope. All that was set-up. So that, when I tell you that almost the entirety of the US electorate, not just Trump supporters, is increasingly fed up with your shit, take me seriously. We've been cleaning up your messes and keeping the sea lanes open since 1917. And that was for you, not us - we, being very close to resource self-sufficient, don't need that investment so much. We've spent enormous amounts of blood and treasure on keeping you safe. We risked nuclear hellfire on our own cities for nearly 50 years to keep Soviet tanks from rolling through the Fulda Gap. Even since the Cold War ended, we've subsidized your socialist-playpen welfare states and disastrous immigration policies by taking the need to maintain militaries more effective than a sack of wet farts off the table. Now we've come looking for help keeping a bunch of rabid Islamic fanatics from getting nuclear weapons that are a clear and present danger to all of you even more than they are to us, and what do we hear? "Waah! It's another Republican president we don't like, just like the last half dozen of them! So we're going to sulk in a corner, except when we're biting at your ankles with crap like airspace restrictions." No. No, we're not going to take this anymore. It's not just conservatives who have had enough, it's moderates and people who used to be strong supporters of liberal internationalism. Our citizen's willingness to pay higher taxes to protect you was upward-bounded by your gratitude. Now that we know your gratitude has effectively gone to zero, so does our willingness. Don't expect this to change if the Democrats take power here. They are much less liberal-internationalist than Republicans now. While they might make mouth noises that soothe you, their overriding concern is the gaping, insatiable maw of their income transfer programs. They'll sacrifice subsidizing Europe's playpen socialism to feed their domestic version in a heartbeat. And there is no longer any significant Democratic constituency to argue against that. In truth, three decades after the Cold War ended there is no American constituency at all for the massive subsidies you get. It frankly surprises me they lasted this long, that we were this patient with your cowardice and your bitchy whining. This moment has been a long time coming. It's not Donald Trump sinking the transatlantic alliance, it is absolutely you.

@SecRubio You yourself come from a drug trafficking family

Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States. Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on Americans and referred to our country as the "Great Satan." This week, I terminated both Afshar and her daughter's legal status and they are now in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States. The Trump Administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.

@TwinkTheory You mean while they were stealing Indian land?

I think a lot about early New England. Just scattered communities of religious extremists who sacrificed everything to come to a continent with winters they’d never experienced before, animals they’d never seen before, spirits they’d never felt. It was blue black at night, so dark your neighbors small fire lit cabin wasn’t even visible to you. Cold, sober, back breaking work. Maybe there were witches, it’d make sense some went crazy, chose to fight for the other side they certainly believed in. Walking through the woods would’ve felt silent, immense, they’d spent their whole lives on an island and now they stood on a colossal landmass they couldn’t even fathom the size of. It probably felt terrifying and awe inspiring all at the same time. The veil must’ve been thin. I bet they felt close to God.

@BMeinl @araghchi How many Jews did your Nazi grandfather kill in WWII?

I had a call with the Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas @araghchi . We discussed the situation in Iran and the spiralling escalation in the Middle East. Diplomatic solutions and de-escalation are urgently needed. I emphasized the need to end the strikes on neighbouring countries and restore freedom of navigation in the Strait Hormuz especially regarding the humanitarian aspect of global food security with a focus on fertilizers and other essential goods. Regarding the Iranian nuclear program Austria supports any diplomatic way forward that leads to a new agreement and full cooperation with the @iaeaorg . In times like this it is important to maintain dialogue.

@PeterCronau They just need to read the SMH

🚨 NEWS ALERT 🚨 The US Embassy in Canberra has been ordered by Washington to recruit Australian opinion leaders to work for them, alongside the US military’s Psychological Operations unit, to strongly increase US propaganda efforts in Australia. ▪️“The United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda. ▪️“The cable, signed by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday, also suggests the embassies and consulates work alongside the US military’s Psychological Operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation. ▪️ “Embassies are told to recruit local influencers, academics and community leaders abroad to carry counter-propaganda messaging — an approach designed to make American-funded narratives feel locally organic rather than centrally directed. ▪️”The State Department said it…had made countering foreign “anti-American” propaganda “a top priority” — and the department would take “an assertive stance on this pernicious issue” by “fully harnessing every tool in our diplomatic toolkit”.” Details -> theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

@g_quadri Yes!

Podemos ser creyentes o no, pero la Iglesia Católica es la institución más trascendente e importante en la historia de la civilización humana, a pesar de sus errores, abusos y excesos, inherentes a toda obra humana. Sigue vigente más de dos mil años despúes de su creación. Le debemos los valores en que se fundan las sociedades liberales, bases de los derechos humanos y de respeto a la dignidad de las personas, catedrales e iglesias asombrosas, universidades, ciudades y centros históricos, cultura, ciencia, alfabetización, escuelas y educación, hospitales y caridad organizada, preservación del pensamiento clásico, principios de la ética y del derecho, las más grandes obras maestras de arte, grandes pensadores y filósofos, y música sacra. Fue el aliento y soporte de los grandes estados-nación de Occidente, y orquestadora de la gobernanza global durante más de un milenio. No ha existido ninguna institución comparable en la historia humana. Es preciso reconocerlo esta Semana Santa...

@theisabelb So tell us why Chicago is closing churches.

Viral tweets this week are claiming the "hottest club in NYC is the Catholic Church," and honestly? I completely believe it. Every single week I see viral photos and videos across social platforms from young Catholics in Manhattan seeking genuine community and traditional Christianity, like this one from the beautiful @DepetroKate, NYC's "Pizza to Pews" leader. This is how Gen Z is going to change the world, by reinstilling into American culture our identity as "one nation under God."

@lind25033 @academic_la The Old Testament is based on fact. But you are not going to find exact archaeological evidence for it, but an approximation.

@Busybee32433175 @academic_la An obelisk mentions the habiru, but they are listed as people from Edom, not from the Palestine hill country, & it is not at all clear that the habiru are the Hebrews. For one thing, they are called thieves & cattle rustlers, whereas the Israelites were sheep herders and farmers.

Here is why the Passover story of Egyptian Exodus is completely made up. Not only is there no evidence for it, but it is chronologically impossible. Not on the scale mentioned in the bible or on any scale at all: 1) Decades of intensive archaeological surveys in the Sinai Peninsula have failed to uncover any remains, such as pottery, encampments, or human waste, that would indicate a population of over two million people spent 40 years wandering the desert. Not one piece of pottery, one hearth, or one Hebrew inscription from that era has been found in the Sinai. 2) Ancient Egypt was a highly literate society with meticulous administrative records. Despite this, no Egyptian text from the Bronze Age mentions a mass slave revolt, the devastating plagues, or the loss of an entire army in the sea. 3) Modern archaeology suggests that the ancient Israelites were actually indigenous to Canaan. They appear to have emerged from local Canaanite populations during the Bronze Age collapse, rather than arriving as a conquering force from outside. 4) The biblical figure of 603,550 men (totaling roughly 2.5 million people including families) is logistically impossible for the time. A line of that many people, walking eight abreast, would have been hundreds of miles long, meaning the front would reach the destination while the back was still in Egypt. 5) The Book of Exodus mentions places like the city of Rameses and the land of Goshen, as well as the use of camels, which were not in existence or common at the time the events were supposed to have occurred. This suggests the story was written centuries later. Archaeology shows that at the time the conquest was supposed to happen, Jericho had no walls and was either a tiny village or completely uninhabited. 6) If 2.5 million people entered a land from Egypt, you would expect to see a sudden, massive shift in technology, diet, or burial customs. Instead, we see a slow, internal evolution. The people who became "Israelites" were likely local Canaanite farmers and nomadic herders who moved into the highlands to escape the collapse of the coastal city-states. 7) The Exodus is said to have took place well before there is evidence of Israelites existing. The bible has it at 1446 BCE. The first mention of Israelites is in 1208 by the Pharaoh Merneptah. He mentions them as a foreign people with no ties to Egypt. 8) The biggest hole in the story is that during the 13th century BCE (the time of Ramesses II), Canaan was an Egyptian province. Egypt had forts, tax collectors, and governors all over the "Promised Land."If the Israelites fled Egypt to go to Canaan, they were essentially "fleeing Egypt to go to Egypt." 9) The story appears to have been made up during the Babylonian Exile in the 6th century BCE. They needed a story to give them hope: a story where their God defeats a superpower Egypt) and leads them back to their homeland. By creating a shared "escape" story, they turned a collection of local Canaanite tribes into a single, unified nation. So this is a beautiful story, but a complete myth. Its greatest value is that it has inspired many to pursue freedom, most famously African Americans who identified deeply with the story.

@RCamposDuffy Well, they're certainly not having it at the pentagon. Lol

Catholics technical don’t have “Mass” on Good Friday because there is no consecration of the Eucharist on Good Friday. We have a service where we read the Gospel passion of Christ, venerate the cross (we line up to kiss the feet of Jesus on a large crucifix or the wood of a large cross), and distribute host that was consecrated the day before on Holy Thursday.

@jbendery He's pissed about the Pope. Lol

NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. huffpost.com/entry/news-liv…

@SandwichDoWhat @Michelle_htimS @academic_la Not according to those egyptologists

@Busybee32433175 @Michelle_htimS @academic_la Lol, useless post

@lind25033 @academic_la Those obelisks exist.

@Busybee32433175 @academic_la Sorry--that is false. Read some actual archaeology.

@jaketapper That's noone actually

To those who celebrate, have a blessed Good Friday —

@MountainButorac That's known as a doctrine of signature

Notice anything interesting in this 2000 year old tree in the Garden of Gethsemane? A silent witness to the night Christ sweat blood.

@ctrlamb Weak. Frances would have been better

Vatican: Pope Leo XIV this morning spoke with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, about “the need to reopen all possible channels of diplomatic dialogue” to end the “ongoing conflict” & achieve “a just and lasting peace throughout the Middle East”.

@SecRubio You're not going to heaven, moron

Jeanette and I join our Christian brothers and sisters to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ which made a way for us to live with Him in Eternity.

@SecRubio You come from a drug trafficking family

@SpencerHakimian No

🚨BREAKING: US FIGHTER JET DOWNED PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS

@joekent16jan19 Weren't you ass licking Trump last week?

Pray for our troops in harm’s way. Pray that our leaders end this foolish war.

@HrvatskiV Wow

In 1681, three Croats from Sarajevo— Pavao, Antun & Jakov —purchased the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem and donated it to the Franciscans. A small plaque marks a big role Croatians played in preserving this sacred place. 🇭🇷✝️