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Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election (r/news)
- invyros: > Tensions escalated between the Pope and the US president in April, after the Pope called for peace in the wake of US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
> “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job,” Trump said about the Pope afterwards.
You can tell who the bad guys are when they’re making enemies with people calling for peace. - Citizen-Kang: It’d be hilarious if Trump accused Pope Leo XIV of voter fraud. I guess that’d be a real gut check for Catholic MAGA.
- No_Idea_Guy: More broadly, he is the first pontiff to vote in a secular, democratic election that we know of. We don’t know his preferences, but it’s clear this man takes voting seriously and strategically.
>While registered in heavily Democratic Cook County, Prevost requested Democratic primary ballots in 2008 and 2010. After moving to the more conservative suburban Will County, he requested Republican primary ballots in 2012, 2014 and 2016. The records also show that he submitted ballots in every general election since 2000 except those in 2020 and 2022.
Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain and blames ‘incompetence’ for her failed execution (r/news)
- pulchritudinouser: I’m a veterinarian who has done hundreds of euthanasias, everything from baby bird to 200+ lb pig with my fair share of horror stories and I literally don’t understand how you can fuck it up this badly
- RelevantDragonflyer: I mean, she’s not wrong.
- AudibleNod: >“I’m deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position,” she said. “I continue to think about my victim’s family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured."
The one good thing is the governor put a stop to the other execution that was scheduled for this year. And he ordered an investigation. Her lawyer says she could sue for the delay in the ambulance.
ICE agent is indicted after striking, injuring immigrant with his vehicle in Houston (r/news)
- invyros: > ICE had said it was conducting a targeted enforcement operation to arrest Jose Mendoza-Cervantes and was not targeting Parra or another man who was also in a truck with Mendoza-Cervantes before they fled on foot.
> But Mendoza-Cervantes’ daughter told Houston immigrant rights group FIEL of Houston and Parra’s attorney Kim Bruno that her father had been dead since 2017.
I have literally no idea how to unpack this. - BananasPineapple05: Well, here’s hoping this actually leads to real-life consequences. For once.
Unless we think this will be expedited and he’ll get a presidential pardon? - that_70_show_fan: I don’t understand how some agents are prosecuted swiftly and others are protected?
The police said Sandra Birchmore’s death was a suicide. Then the FBI accused a cop of murder (r/news)
- Kentust: Ah yes, the police. When you need a crime covered up, they’re the right institution for the job. I just wish they had some other useful purpose.
- imaconnect4guy: Do not ever let your kids do those police mentoring programs. It’s just an opportunity for cops to groom children
- Waynky: There’s a lot wrong here obviously.
But this part right here is a real systemic issue:
In January 2021, a woman called Stoughton police and reported Farwell’s relationship with Birchmore.
Farwell was incensed, saying in a text to Birchmore, “You have no idea how bad what she did is.”
When a complaint like that is made, the person that gets complained about should not be aware of it until some investigation is done.
Beijing Queer film festival cancelled after harassment from authorities | China (r/news)
- No_Cucumber3978: “Beijing Independent film festival, China’s most prominent independent film festival, was
closed down in 2014
after the authorities detained the founders and shut off the electricity supply to the venue. Last year, an independent
Chinese film festival that was due to be held in New York
was cancelled after harassment from the Chinese authorities, an incident which raised concern about transnational repression."
Ominous at best. What a world we live in where films produce such arcane practices. - KingKapwn: China is currently going through a demographic crisis (like much of their neighbours) of very low birthrates and lopsided gender ratios, so bad that it threatens the long term viability of the Chinese state in just a few generations. As such, the CCP has heavily targeted queer representation out of the fear that it will further push the birth rate lower.
A lot of people also mistake China being socialist with China being progressive. China is heavily conservative much to people’s surprise. - CharlieKonR: Details from the article …
”Founded in 2001 by a group of Peking University students, the festival grew to become the only film festival in mainland China to offer a public forum for films and discussions exploring LGBTQ+ issues.”
”In a statement posted on Instagram late on Thursday, the organisers said: “We regret to inform you that the Love Queer Film Week … has been cancelled. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment that the cancellation of this event may cause to those who planned to participate or had been looking forward to the film week.”
Screenings of LGBTQ+ themed films were also cancelled at another Beijing film festival earlier this year due to police harassment