Did the conclave pick a LIBERAL to be the new pope?
The conclave in the Vatican has elected a new pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, who has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
And while many are thrilled that the Conclave elected an American pope, others are concerned that his political ideology might lean too far to the left, as Prevost hasn’t been shy about blasting Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric.
He made this clear when he shared an American Magazine article on X titled, “Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration.”
The article centers around a letter Pope Francis wrote to the bishops of the United States regarding immigration and mass deportation, which was in response to the Trump administration’s focus on the immigration crisis.
The letter from Pope Francis also criticizes JD Vance’s interpretation of “ordo amoris,” which is a theological concept the vice president used in explaining his view on immigration.
“It seems like they could have picked a super conservative, and they went, ‘We’ll pick one that wants to be political again,’” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments.
“They could have picked a complete looney liberal. I mean, I’m not surprised that he’s different than a conservative on immigration,” BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden counters, though he believes that “a lot of that has to do with wanting to fill the pews in Catholic churches in the United States.”
“The majority of the people, if you go to Catholic churches here, are Hispanic. So part of it is that,” Marsden continues, adding, “It’s nice that it’s an American pope though. I’m going to take that win.”
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DOJ is targeting people who interacted with Trump on Twitter/X — are YOU on a government watch list?
It’s never been easier to get yourself on a government watch list.
According to recently released and heavily redacted search warrants, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice is making sure of that.
The DOJ demanded information on “all users” who interacted with former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account leading up to the Capitol protest on January 6.
The DOJ called on Twitter to provide the department with the “content of all tweets created, drafted, favorited/liked, or retweeted by” Trump’s account, including “deleted tweets.” A list of “all users” that Trump's account “followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked, or unblocked” was also requested.
In addition, the DOJ wanted a list of those who followed, unfollowed, muted, unmuted, blocked, or unblocked Trump as well.
Sara Gonzales thinks it’s all absolutely insane, especially considering Trump was essentially a Twitter icon.
“That’s everyone who’s ever been on Twitter,” Gonzales says, in shock, while Stu Burguiere notes that they might as well just be asking for “all Twitter user information.”
“It shows how deep they’ve gone on this. This is really their game plan, is to target everybody who opposes them, and this is I guess a good starting point,” Stu says.
However, many people who absolutely hated Trump — like those with cases of TDS — obsessively responded to the former president.
“What about all those nice Democrats that have been calling him Hitler all these years?” Stu asks.
“They now are on the government list as well.”
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Britney Spears posts VERY STRANGE video, leaving many wondering if it was wise to free her
Pop icon Britney Spears is just as famous for her music as she is for her ever-prominent presence in the tabloids.
Back in 2020, Spears was finally freed from the controlling conservatorship her father wielded over her, but since her liberation, she’s been doing some rather bizarre things.
And when we say bizarre, we mean even more bizarre than her typical doings.
Sara Gonzales plays a recent clip of Spears, who’s wearing very little clothing (nothing new there), while dancing with large kitchen knives.
The video sparked serious criticism and raised questions regarding the decision to end her conservatorship.
Apparently, “Shakira danced with knives during a concert,” which is where Spears allegedly drew inspiration.
“Her excuse was like, 'I was just trying to do what Shakira did, I was just kind of emulating her, they're not real knives, Halloween is soon, [so] don't worry about it,'" reports Sara.
“But everyone is now up in arms like, ‘Oh my God, we did the wrong thing by trying to convince a judge to release her conservatorship,”’ she mocks.
“I still disagree. … You have the right to be a crazy person in this country.”
“If she wasn't famous, nobody would give her a conservatorship based off of what I've seen,” Sara continues.
Blaze Media editor in chief Matt Peterson admits that he might be “old man-ing this,” but he can’t understand why anyone would care about “Britney Spears doing a knife dance at her mansion” considering all of the other madness on the internet.
“Have you seen the internet? Have you been on the internet? There's a lot of other things wrong with it, too,” he says.
However, “I think that Taylor Swift should get a conservatorship to stay the heck away from the NFL and its football players,” he jokes.
TMZ, on the other hand, finds Britney’s “fascination with knives” a cause for serious concern. A previous report by the tabloid revealed that Spears is apparently paranoid that someone will hurt her, which is why she “keeps [knives] all around the house.”
But that’s not convincing enough for Matt.
“Were some of the people in the riot videos, did any of them have knives?” he asks. “I think I see a lot of people who need conservatorships … roaming around the country.”
Touché.
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