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Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
I had to read two stories this week about the Republican Party or its affiliates hiring hitmen.
One was by @AlJazeera and was a brilliant undercover sting. The other was by @VanityFair and focused on Jared Kushner.
US @GOP politics is beginning to look more like Russian politics.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
I am genuinely astonished that, after Donald Trump has spent the past two years stripping Ukraine of virtually all Congressionally-approved aid, threatening Ukraine, fawning over Putin and bending over backwards to please him in every conceivable way, blaming Ukraine for being invaded, hurling vicious, absurd insults, blackmail, and torrents of lies at it, twisting its arm to force it into capitulation, humiliating it with his antics, making it a scapegoat for his own failures and incompetence in the eyes of voters, and now openly and definitively entering into direct collusion with the Kremlin and siding with it in exchange for promised corrupt “business opportunities” for himself, his family, and his inner circle -- there are still people who have the nerve search with a magnifying glass for ways in which Zelensky failed to kiss Trump's ass enthusiastically enough to explain why he has been treating Ukraine this way.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
It shouldn't be lost that we are currently living in a timeline wherein Russia has co-opted both the White House and a mad billionaire to shield Russia's war against the western world from US Congressional action.
Lawmakers from both parties in the U.S. House and Senate are pressing the Pentagon to expand its Starshield agreement and restore unrestricted, high-speed satellite connectivity for Ukraine.
They warn that disruptions to the service are jeopardizing critical battlefield communications and undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian aggression.
Once at a dinner party in Ireland I said that baptism is a way for men to give birth. They break water (the mother is sidelined - that’s important) and the child is born into the life of the church. Womb envy, imho. There’s a lot of it about.
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Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
The decision to throttle Starshield “appears to have come from a small circle around the president, Musk and Steve Witkoff…Reports suggest Musk wanted to punish Ukraine for striking Russian refineries. One official says he contacted the White House only after imposing the restrictions.”
One American government source says that Donald Trump is panicked by terrible polling ahead of the midterms. And that Volodymyr Zelensky is a convenient scapegoat economist.com/europe/2026/10…
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
Concerning to see bishops doing this sort of political stunt. Concerning to see them going rogue around the USCCB and other normal channels for political engagement.
Breaking: White House names 12 bishops who prayed with Trump, defends president's record ncronline.org/node/342536 via @NCRonline
It was a political endorsement and promoted as such.
The Bishops Who Gave Trump a Catholic Photo Op Twelve Days Before the Midterms Caused Scandal mikefoxcatechist.substack.co…
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
“The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there.” An unbelievable state of affairs.
The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. We’re waiting for interceptors that were already agreed on. But they are still not coming. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.
All of this is happening while we continue our quite successful operations on the front. We keep defending positions. Things have become harder – partly because of the Starlink and Starshield policies and speed limits. But our frontline is still holding and I am proud of how strong our people are.
From an address at the Hudson Institute. (2/3)
He’s sorry if you’re offended but it’s actually your fault. Classic.
NEW: Denver Archbishop James Golka distanced himself on Friday from the White House video of him praying over President Trump, saying he had expected a private meeting. He stopped short of apologizing.
He told the Denver Catholic he is “heartbroken that people are hurt,” then accused some Catholics of using the moment to sow disunity.
The division came from the photo op itself, staged in the Oval Office 12 days before an election. None of the other 11 bishops has responded to requests for comment. thelettersfromleo.com/p/arch…
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
Meta's "accidental" suspension of the No Kings Instagram account — at a time when the org was posting updates from ongoing marches — was not an anomaly. I found dozens of similar instances of Meta "mistakenly" targeting left-leaning activist accounts, often during crucial election windows.
My latest.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
Members of both parties saying the Pentagon must find other partners than SpaceX. The next Congress will be a different one for Musk.
Starlink/Starshield restrictions on Ukraine remain in place even after President Trump reportedly directed a resumption of full service.
SpaceX must restore full service immediately. And Congress must find new partners to ensure Elon Musk and SpaceX do not execute a veto over U.S. national security.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
Voters In Tennessee Say Machines Are Defaulting To Choose GOP Candidate Marsha Blackburn
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Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
No, @elonmusk, the U.S. stopped funding Ukraine last year. In fact, U.S. companies make money on American weapons for which we Europeans pay.
The more you meddle in our politics and the more you play politics with your products, the more you damage your brand.
Cahir O’Doherty retweeted
"What's actually going on in Ukraine" without mentioning the fact that Russia is invading it. Incredible.
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NEW: The man who organized Thursday’s Oval Office prayer with 12 Catholic bishops resigned as a university dean in 2022 after faculty accused him of misrepresenting his education and called him a “con artist.”
A senior Vatican official told me the gathering was “a highly inappropriate meeting and an insult to Pope Leo.”
Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, was “deeply frustrated” by the meeting, a source close to him told The Pillar. thelettersfromleo.com/p/heri…
