MAGA is in FULL MELTDOWN mode, absolutely MELTING DOWN over the new pope
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/new-pope-robert-prevost-social-media-maga-meltdown-1235334802/
MAGA Melts Down Over New Pope’s Anti-Trump, Pro-Immigrant Social Media
Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has been critical of the president and his actions

to rank our love for others,” Prevost wrote. (He added a second post critical of Vance’s misunderstanding of the doctrine of “ordo amoris.”)
In his most recent post before entering Conclave, Prevost criticized Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for making light of the deportation and detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Prevost linked to an article from the website Catholic Standard comparing the plights and persecutions experienced by immigrant and refugee communities to the Passion of Jesus Christ.
The reaction from the MAGA right — which in recent years has also taken a liking to ultra-conservative Catholicism — was immediate and predictable.
“WOKE MARXIST POPE,” wrote Laura Loomer — a far-right 9/11 conspiracy theorist who is close enough to Trump to advise him on national security staffing decisions. In another post, Loomer wrote that Prevost was “just another Marxist puppet in the Vatican,” and that “Catholics don’t have anything good to look forward to.”

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https://formiche.net/2025/05/dalle-auto-alla-geopolitica-cosi-lindustria-tedesca-mira-alla-difesa-e-allo-spazio/
There is a Germany that is once again looking at geopolitics, but it does so with its feet firmly on the ground and its eyes on space. A Germany that, while trying to move away from the monoculture of the automobile, repositions its industry at the center of the continent's major strategic supply chains. This is where Rheinmetall's trajectory fits in, as the defense giant has become the main European champion of industrial reconversion in recent months. From converted automotive plants for the production of armored vehicles to the creation of new production lines for satellites, Berlin seems determined to take serious action. This is a silent but profound shift, which says a lot about how Germany is trying to get its production machine moving again.
The change in pace can be seen in concrete choices. After converting part of the plants in Berlin and Neuss-once dedicated to the automotive sector
—Rheinmetall is now looking with interest at the historic Volkswagen plant in Osnabrück, considered "very suitable" for the production of military vehicles. However, the company is not limiting itself solely to the production of armaments and is also targeting another strategic sector for European competitiveness: space. In recent days, Rheinmetall announced the creation of a joint venture with the Finnish company Iceye to build Sar (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites, capable of observing the Earth's surface with millimetric precision, day and night, under any atmospheric conditions. Production will be located at the same site in Neuss, confirming a strategy that is now evident, aimed at transforming the old automotive hubs into new centers for the European strategic industry.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-heard-pakistans-lahore-amid-tensions-with-india-say-geo-news-reuters-2025-05-08/
Whoever loses, we win

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv/

MAGA is literally SEETHING as the Catholic Church elects the first African American pope.
White MAGATS are crying out fascist dog whistles!
https://www.ncronline.org/news/white-smoke-black-pope-genealogist-says-leo-xiv-has-louisiana-african-roots
White smoke, Black pope? Genealogist says Leo XIV has Louisiana African roots

The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name as bishop of Rome. He is the first North American pope and, according to a prominent genealogist, a pope with African-Creole ancestry.

The understated candidate triumphed on the second day of voting in a count kept under permanent Vatican seal. The results were announced with white smoke in St. Peter's Square Thursday evening, May 8, with the new pope making his first appearance to a crowd of more than 100,000 from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

"Thank you to my cardinal brothers who chose me to be the successor of Peter and to walk together with you as a united church searching all together for peace and justice," the 69-year-old Chicago native said in a bilingual (Italian and Spanish) address that included odes of thanks to his predecessor, Pope Francis.

"We have to look together how to be a missionary church, building bridges, dialogue, always open to receiving with open arms for everyone, like this square, open to all, to all who need our charity, our presence, dialogue, love."

Leo XIV is a member of a religious order named for the famous African St. Augustine of Hippo.

Louisiana Creole expert Jari Honora has traced Prevost's ancestry to the Black community of New Orleans. His maternal ancestors lived in the Crescent City before migrating to Chicago in the early 20th century, Honora said.

Leo XIV is not known to have publicly commented having African ancestry, which is part of a mixed heritage that also includes French, Italian and Spanish roots. According to the U.S. Census, Prevost's mother, the late Mildr

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygn83j7meo
US President Donald Trump has called the election of the first American pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, a "great honour" for the country and said he looks forward to meeting him.

Trump is among the many American political figures applauding the historic appointment of the 69-year-old native Chicagoan to lead the Catholic Church.

"To have the Pope from America is a great honour," Trump said later when asked for reaction to the news.

Pope Leo was born in Chicago and attended university outside Philadelphia, before becoming a missionary in Peru.

Trump's Republican colleague, House Speaker Mike Johnson also congratulated the new pope and wrote on social media: "May God bless the first American papacy in these historic days."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Catholic, also extended his congratulations.

"This is a moment of profound significance for the Catholic Church, offering renewed hope and continuity amid the 2025 Jubilee Year to over a billion faithful worldwide," Rubio said.

"The United States looks forward to deepening our enduring relationship with the Holy See with the first American pontiff."

The US has the fourth largest number of Catholics.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also offered a note of congratulations on social media.

"Everything dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago! Congratulations to the first American Pope Leo XIV! We hope to welcome you back home soon."

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called the moment "historic".

"Hailing from Chicago, Pope Leo XIV ushers in a new chapter that I join those in our state welcoming in at a time when we need compassion, unity, and peace," he wrote on social media.

Vice-President JD Vance, a Catholic himself, praised the pope's election.

"I'm sure millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church," Vance wrote on X.

American media billionaires now down to trump and sing his praises and thanks him for supporting billionaires by brokering trade deal with UK billionaires
https://www.rawstory.com/wsj-trump-trade/
'Fine with us!' WSJ's conservative editors cheer as GOP pretends Trump retreat is 'genius'

The Wall Street Journal editorial board, a long-standing traditional economic conservative group that has sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's trade isolationism for months, breathed a sigh of relief at the trade deal the president is on the verge of brokering with the United Kingdom.

The deal is fairly modest in scope, the board acknowledged, and it doesn't change the fact that Trump has been setting world trade on fire and endangering the U.S. economy for no reason — but, they wrote, if staging a win like this is what it takes to let Trump walk away and unwind the rest of the trade war, so be it.

"It appears the deal won’t reduce Britain’s health-and-safety standards for American beef, which has long been U.S. ranchers’ main sticking point. Also left out is Britain’s ban on imports of American chicken that’s been disinfected in a chlorine wash, despite the lack of any health risks," the board wrote. However, "the details here matter less at the current moment than the direction of U.S. trade policy, as the buoyant market response recognizes. A month ago the world looked to be on the edge of a potential 1930s-style trade meltdown."

What matters, the board continued, is that Trump "is promising many more trade deals to come, as he tries to execute a retreat from his tariff morass." A significant development given that Trump seems sincerely to believe tariffs are necessary, even as his own supporters beg him for relief.

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"Mr. Trump and his protectionist chorus will say this was the plan all along, as if a flight from the dollar and U.S. equities and a surge in bond yields were anticipated," said the report. "The President likes

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/pakistan-says-three-air-bases-targeted-by-indian-missiles-2025-05-10/
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) - Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after U.S. pressure and diplomacy, announcing a sudden stop to a conflict that had seemed to be spiralling alarmingly.
But within hours, violations were reported from the main cities of Indian Kashmir, the territory that had borne the brunt of four days of fighting.
Blasts were heard in Srinagar and Jammu and projectiles and flashes were seen in the night sky over Jammu, similar to the events of the previous evening, according to authorities, residents and Reuters witnesses.
Military spokespeople in both countries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The fighting had been the worst between the old South Asian enemies in nearly three decades and threatened to erupt into a full-scale war in one of the world's most volatile and densely populated regions.
There were briefly fears that nuclear arsenals might come into play as Pakistan's military said a top body overseeing its nuclear weapons would meet.
But the defence minister said no such meeting was scheduled, hours after a night of heavy fighting in which the two countries targeted each other’s military bases and the combined civilian death toll rose to 66.
"Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect," Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar posted on X. "Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!"
The Indian foreign secretary said the two countries' military chiefs had spoken to each other and agreed that all fighting would stop at 5 p.m. Indian time (1130 GMT), without using the word "ceasefire".