@BrianBurchUSA Did Pope Leo cancel his trip to the US for the 4th of July?
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Tracey Laughlin
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I was pleased to speak today with His Eminence, Cardinal Christophe Pierre. As expected, he confirmed that recent media characterizations of his meeting with Undersecretary Colby are “fabrications” that were “just invented.” Given the intelligence and seriousness of Mr. Colby, I was likewise not suprised when His Eminence acknowledged there were no threats of any kind in the meeting. “It was a frank and cordial meeting that took place two months ago.” Threat of Avignon? “None.”
DOW Rapid Response@DOWResponse
Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby @USWPColby had a substantive, respectful, and professional meeting with Cardinal Pierre, the then-Papal Nuncio, and his team on January 22, 2026. During the cordial meeting, they discussed a range of topics, including issues of morality in foreign policy, the logic of the U.S. National Security Strategy, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and other topics. Cardinal Pierre expressed his appreciation for the outreach and both sides looked forward to continued open and respectful dialogue. In light of grossly false and distorted recent reporting, the Department of War repeats its statement: Recent reporting of the meeting is highly exaggerated and distorted. The meeting between Pentagon and Vatican officials was a respectful and reasonable discussion. We have nothing but the highest regard and welcome continued dialogue with the Holy See.
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@rossfreed @99Akz @BriannaWu Let's have an investigation into what happened then. Oh right...Bibi won't allow one.
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@99Akz @BriannaWu Why do you want to erase what happened on October 7th?
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Hezbollah has fired over 10,000 missiles at Israeli civilians since October 7th. That was “indiscriminate.”
Israel taking out the terrorists trying to kill them is not.
There is no one that can look at this situation seriously and not see the laughable double standards.
Emmanuel Macron@EmmanuelMacron
I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. I expressed France’s full solidarity in the face of the indiscriminate strikes carried out by Israel in Lebanon today, which resulted in a very high number of civilian casualties. We condemn these strikes in the strongest possible terms. They pose a direct threat to the sustainability of the ceasefire that has just been reached. Lebanon must be fully covered by it. I reiterated the need to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and France’s determination to support the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to uphold the country’s sovereignty and implement the Hezbollah disarmament plan.
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@GeriGomola @DrJacobsRad In other words...okay for me but not for thee.
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Canada is in a quiet democratic crisis.
With 5 MPs crossing the floor to join the Liberals, the will of Canadian voters is being undermined by Carney's desire for a majority and the perfidious nature of those enabling him.
For our democracy to work, Canadians must be able to trust it. Floor crossing undermines that trust.
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
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The Israeli Defense Forces have issued an evacuation order for Beirut’s Jnah area, which includes two major referral hospitals; the Rafik Hariri University Hospital and Al Zahraa Hospital. At this time, no alternative medical facilities are available to receive approximately 450 patients from the two hospitals (including 40 patients in the ICU), rendering their evacuation operationally unfeasible. Both facilities are operating at full capacity, including treating the injured from the strikes of 8 April. This zone also encompasses the @mophleb complex, and hosts five shelters accommodating more than 5000 people.
I urge Israel to reverse this order and ensure the protection of all health facilities, health workers, patients and civilians.
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@BarakRavid So Bibi-speak for the US is about to pull their support.
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🚨🚨 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: In light of Lebanon’s repeated requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed yesterday to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible. The negotiations will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon. Israel appreciates the Lebanese prime minister’s call today to demilitarize Beirut
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@PrairieVeteran @Cherniak Let's go. The Cons would be wiped out at this point.
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@Cherniak If liberals were so confident that their policies are working, why won't they let the Canadian public decide and hold a general election?
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There’s lots of talk about what the Gladu floor crossing means. In my view, it means that even somebody like her who disagrees strongly with many Liberal policies recognizes that this government is good for Canada.
As long as the Liberal Party is not changing its policies to accommodate her, there is no reason to question where we stand on the issues on which she disagrees. Any Canadian willing to support the Liberals despite holding some views that the Liberal Party opposes should be welcome as long as they do not try to change what we stand for or make statements that would sow division. #cdnpoli
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@GayRepublicSwag As soon as it becomes a defensive war, give them a call. They'll be there like they were the last time the US was attacked after 9/11. In the meantime, try giving the Board of Peace a call. What are they up to these days, anyway?
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I support the US removing military protection from any NATO country that refused to help us in our defensive war against Iran!
What do you think?
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Ein israelischer Scharfschütze tötete heute die 9-jährige Ritaj Rehan im nördlichen Gaza, während einer Unterrichtsstunde in einem provisorischen Klassenzelt, das auf den Ruinen ihrer ehemaligen Schule errichtet wurde.
In einer erschütternden Szene trug ihr Vater Abdelraouf, noch immer unter Schock, den kleinen Körper seiner Tochter, ihre Schuhe in der Hand haltend, unfähig, den Verlust zu begreifen.
Über 22.000 palästinensische Kinder wurden im Gazastreifen getötet. Der Völkermord setzt sich aus einem einzigen Grund fort: dem internationalen Versagen, ihn zu stoppen.
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@mcfargey @RealAlbanianPat PP is an absolute fucking gift who keeps on giving! Why would the Liberals ever want to see him removed?? I guess we can all agree he really should stay on.
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@RealAlbanianPat Wow. Who’s removing him??
I’m always amazed at how quickly people fall into the liberals trap.
Who do you think is orchestrating this?
The liberals want to eliminate Poilievre at any cost.
Posts like this are exactly what they want.
Help them sow their seeds of dissent.
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If Pierre Poilievre is removed the Conservative Party will collapse breakup within a month and we are going back to the 90s
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@CounterTyrannyX @Copernicus2013 @bonchieredstate @redsteeze Yeah I know, the US is the savior of the world. Doing a bang up job so far.🙄 The world would be a safer place if your President actually focused on America First like he ran on.
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No it spends what it spends as part of foreign policy for strategic long-term benefit of Free Republics.
EU does not care, it will willingly turn itself into communist hellholes, so long as their voters keep voting for more healthcare, benefits, welfare handouts, because they're all greedy money-lovers.
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Yeah, I don't really feel like funding 65% of NATO's military strength anymore for these people.
They side with Russia when it's convenient, they buy Russian energy, and they do nothing but virtue signal from the sidelines.
So let them live in the world they've built.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yashar
The leaders of these countries have released a joint statement on the situation in Iran which includes a call to end the war. France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Romania, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Slovakia, Greece, Spain, Norway, Finland, Japan, along with the European Union. “We welcome the two-week ceasefire concluded between the United States and Iran today. We thank Pakistan and all partners involved for facilitating this important agreement. The goal must now be to negotiate a swift and lasting end to the war within the coming days. This can only be achieved through diplomatic means. We strongly encourage quick progress towards a substantive negotiated settlement. This will be crucial to protect the civilian population of Iran and ensure security in the region. It can avert a severe global energy crisis. We support these diplomatic efforts. To this end, we are in close contact with the United States and other partners. We call upon all sides to implement the ceasefire, including in Lebanon. Our Governments will contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.” Signed By: Emmanuel Macron — France Giorgia Meloni — Italy Friedrich Merz — Germany Keir Starmer — United Kingdom Mark Carney — Canada Nicusor Dan — Romania Mette Frederiksen — Denmark Bjarni Benediktsson Frostadóttir — Iceland Rob Jetten — Netherlands Ulf Kristersson — Sweden Michal Šimečka — Slovakia Kyriakos Mitsotakis — Greece Pedro Sánchez — Spain Jonas Gahr Støre — Norway Alexander Stubb — Finland Sanae Takaichi — Japan Ursula von der Leyen — European Commission (EU) Antonio Costa — European Council (EU)
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@JJ_McCullough Because the Cons are doing this to themselves. They are deserting a leader they despise. They warned their party last Fall this would happen, there would be many more to follow, if they didn't fix their leadership problem. This isn't Carney's problem to fix.
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The one thing I don’t understand, however, is why Carney wants to cobble together a razor-thin majority government through a bunch of Conservative floor-crossings instead of just calling a snap election he’d surely win.
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@CounterTyrannyX @Copernicus2013 @bonchieredstate @redsteeze And will the US dismantle its military if it leaves NATO? It spends what it spends as part of domestic policy.
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@KristinRaworth Then PP shouldn't have voted against the bill brought to the floor that would have triggered a by-election if a member crossed the floor. Whoops!
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Call me old fashioned but I think you should get a mandate for a majority government from Canadians voters, not floor crossing.
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@jamiljivani Conservative MPs not wanting to be Conservatives anymore because these Conservatives MPs don’t like their Conservative leader is… *checks notes*… a Liberal problem. 😆🤷🏻♂️🇨🇦
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@jamiljivani This many floor crossers exposes the collapse in faith in their leadership under Poilievre. Read the room...and the warning the first few who did it last Fall gave their party, prior to the January leadership convention. You didn't listen and you now reap what you sew.
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Floor-crossers expose the Liberal Party's real agenda.
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@TMIWITW @CyfIuthrin @bonchieredstate Doesn't change the fact Trump allowed them to restart their nuclear program. Art of the Deal!
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@trlaughlin @CyfIuthrin @bonchieredstate Yeah, shoulda kept sending the mullah pallets of cash. 🙄
Shut up.
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@trlaughlin @Copernicus2013 @bonchieredstate @redsteeze No, it's only Eastern Europe that has started doing more than 3% recent times, and their economies are much smaller anyway.
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@SueAnnLevy @jill84221546 @DSRpilgrim @MelanieBennet_ Federal Tracker: Liberals Maintain Double-Digit Lead share.google/7J0c7JRqXTWCnM…
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@jill84221546 @DSRpilgrim @MelanieBennet_ Please cite references.
I haven’t seen them.
If you are going to quote pollsters, I need to know who they are.
Or did CBC tell you to say that?
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I'm much more interested in asking why so many Conservatives Party MPs are crossing the floor than I am the fact that the Liberals managed to poach them.
Marilyn Gladu@MarilynGladuSL
Proud to be the newest member of our new Liberal Government.
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