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Christopher Hale @chrisjollyhale - For the first time ever, the most famous American in the world is not the president or a Hollywood icon or tech billionaire — it’s the pope.
This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States.
In a society that often equates American influence with might or money or celebrity, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock, preaching love, justice, and mercy.
It suggests that America’s greatest export might not be our entertainment or weaponry, but our capacity for idealism and moral vision.
My argument in @TIME:
https://time.com/7284483/american-pope-leo-xiv-meaning-essay/
https://x.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1921141972275802569

Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer - Republicans keep defending their SNAP cuts as "reducing fraud, waste, and abuse."
Which category does a hungry child fall under?
Are they waste? Are they fraud? Or are they abuse?
https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1923104299434848523

Clandestine @WarClandestine - Hear me out
What if Trump just negotiated a new deal with Iran, without Netanyahu?
Trump visited the red arrows near Iran’s border in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE.