just so we're all super clear on what the threat was, what france actually did was send goons to break into the pope's house and beat him to death and then replaced him with a series of popes they liked better, who lived basically in captivity in france

April 08, 2026 - 20:41 UTC

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My god! I wonder what the 6 Catholic Supreme Court Justices think of this.
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It would be 6-3 in favor of trump installing an antipope
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sigh!!!!
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tbh awarding you the vance conversion square even if he doesn't divorce usha
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you gotta put the lathe down
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jesus fucking christ this card, i cannot look away, every square is worse than the last no matter what order you read it in
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The Arlington Papacy
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Holy shit
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It's frankly stunning. they fucked up so bad that we're close to having leftists with Vatican flags in their display names
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that's some real funny Adult Convert shit to both know about and bring up
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I mean the American Antipope was a joke a lot of people who know about that shit made in 2025.

That it's actually a threat used by the American administration is just complete madness.
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Colbyโ€™s grandfather was Bill Colby, DCI, and a very practicing Catholic.

From couping Vietnam to threatening to depose the pope in three generations.
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lmao can you imagine. well france got away with it back when they used scribes and carrier pigeons so obviously we can do it in 2026 when a billion catholics have the internet and will find out in about 4 seconds and start swarming us like that scene in World War Z
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Time to activate Silas

#OpusDei
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What do you expect from a guy named Elbridge ?
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TBH, from a guy named Edbridge, I kinda expect a Boston Brahmin, far, far too refined to ever think of stooping to the level of a common NY mobster.
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IIRC, at one point, there was a Pope kidnapped and held hostage in Fontainebleau outside Paris.

I recall visiting the so-called Papal Apartments there.
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Well, now we know why the Pope is always surrounded by the Swiss Guards.
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Waitโ€ฆโ€reached for a 14th century weaponโ€????
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Sโ€™cuse me while I get my mace
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c'mon give us the unvarnished take.
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usa would do that. think it's a great idea
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Hey hey, the pope died from the *humiliation* of it. Nothing to do with being slapped around with gauntlets.
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the idea of dropping dead of embarrassment from getting punched by a bunch of guys is so fucking 1300s its perfect
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The absolute arrogance of these assholes...
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I really hope history will describe this regime and it's apparachiks in terms of a mob
They use mob tactics
They talk like mobsters
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These people are all high on their own farts. Just crazy morons.
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It is shocking that anyone in the Trump Administration would have known about this. One of them must have asked ChatGPT, in advance, "what is a good way to threaten a Pope?"
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there's a specific Type Of Guy at play here
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I think the Swiss would have something to say if someone tried this.
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Oh the dweebs in the funny outfits? What are they gonna- *dies immediately*
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This slipped by me today. I want to be outraged. Because it deserves my outrage. But Iโ€™m tired So Fโ€™nn tired.
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THANK YOU - wasn't interested enough to figure out just how vile their threat was
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Iโ€™m not catholic but
Heโ€™s a holy man a great holy man
wtf
32nd sub basement of hell will be crowded
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This is unhinged.
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It's a big stretch to call that captivity when they literally lived like princes in a small state and built a big palace. They were accomplices more than puppets.
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You know what that's fair, I personally would not want to live in a gilded cage surrounded by french soldiers but there was clear collaborating going on there
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More in case ppl want to know:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy
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Insanity, amd also funny how dumb this is.
Yeah Sure, like Iran is going so well for you. And now you want every catholic and the EU against you??
Go ahead.
Lets see the logistics work out when all the catholics in your army turn Saboteur.
I'll wait ๐Ÿ˜…
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What the absolute fuck
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i hope we get one hell of a response. this is very funny considering the dude is from chicago
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i'm thinking about how a bunch of the mobs that trump probably has to worry about are majority catholic
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That sounds illegal though ๐Ÿค”
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The goals of Trump-aligned Opus Dei
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