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[Catholic Caucus] The Spirit of Modernism: How God Is Purifying His Church St. Pius X called Modernism the “synthesis of all heresies,” but the real danger may be the spirit that drives Catholics to reject antiquity and pursue novelty. From Benedict XV and Pius XII to Karl Rahner, James Hitchcock, and Michael Davies, the warnings are remarkably consistent. Could the crisis in the Church itself be part of God’s providential cure?In his Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith, Bishop Athanasius Schneider provided the following question and answer:“75. In our day, what is the most insidious enemy of the Church’s constant...

A two-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being stabbed multiple times in the face by a complete stranger while sitting in a stroller at a Providence school bus stop. The attacker had previously been accused of stabbing two other children, but was repeatedly found incompetent to stand trial before simply being released back into the community.

The prospect of a Democratic "blue wave" in the US midterm elections may be less certain than some polls suggest, with experts warning that Donald Trump’s supporters could be under-represented in surveys. Democrats currently hold an advantage over Republicans in several polls ahead of the 3 November elections. However, some pollsters have questioned whether that lead is being overstated because Republican voters are less likely to respond to surveys, according to a report by Axios. Polls underestimated Trump’s support in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. Although surveys have generally been more accurate in midterm elections, some also underestimated...

The billionaire should join the mega-project through his Boring Company, Kirill Dmitriev has saidThe time has come for Elon Musk to join efforts to build a 70-mile underwater tunnel linking Russia and the US, Russian presidential aide Kirill Dmitriev has said. Dmitriev, who also heads Russia's sovereign wealth fund (RDIF), first proposed the project in October 2025, describing it as a link that would "symbolize unity" and saying it would spur resource exploration, create jobs, and boost both economies. The tunnel would run under the Bering Strait, which is 51 miles wide at its narrowest point and separates Russia's Chukotka...

A fully and rapidly reusable rocket will fundamentally change how humanity accesses outer space. "The Holy Grail of Rocketry" continues the ongoing Starship series with a look back at the scrappy days of SpaceX engineers proving reuse was possible and takes you onboard a high-seas race to recover a floating Starship. Starship -- The Holy Grail of Rocketry | 28:29 SpaceX | 7M subscribers | 2,498,739 views | September 18, 2026

ChatGPT_SummaryAlex Gibney’s documentary Musk examines Elon Musk’s rise from technology entrepreneur to one of the world’s most powerful and politically influential figures. The nearly four-hour film explores Musk’s business ventures, personal life, political activities, and growing influence over critical technologies.Gibney initially admired Musk’s contributions to electric vehicles and renewable energy. However, after four years of research, he became increasingly concerned about the concentration of power in Musk’s hands. The documentary covers Tesla, SpaceX, Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (renamed X), his artificial intelligence ambitions, and his alliance with Donald Trump.Musk declined to participate in the film, so Gibney uses a computer-generated...

James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, on Sunday dismissed GOP conspiracy theories about his flu-induced absence from the campaign trail and sought to turn the tables. “I had the flu,” he said in an exclusive interview with MS NOW. “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s wild that someone can just post something on the internet and then the media just runs with it.” He dismissed the brouhaha as “silly season in our politics” and issued a fresh challenge to his GOP rival, Ken Paxton, who spent the better part of 10 days fueling wild speculation...

Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico pledged in writing to support the Equality Act. But as Republicans hammer his past statements supporting transgender youth, his campaign appears to be working on its message around whether he still supports it. … "If elected, James will review every bill he's asked to vote on and do what's best for the people of Texas," campaign spokesperson JT Ennis told The Washington Post.

Sophie Cunningham of the WNBA's Indiana Fever is firing back at fellow female basketball player Sydney Colson who told Cunningham to "shut the f*** up" when it comes to keeping men out of the women's league. Colson, who is now a free agent after playing with the Fever, had said of Cunningham, "When you say things that are harmful, you talking about the trans sh**, nobody respects … shut the f*** up. Nobody wants to hear your opinion." In response, Cunningham said: "I literally don't even care what anyone says about me anymore. Because I've said this so many times,...

James Talarico speaks for the first time since disappearing from the campaign trail for two weeks and denies reports that he had a mental health episode

It’s an awesome day in the gun community when I get to come to you with good news, but the latest NFA update about silencers and SBR’s is the best news in a long time.

The remarkable survival of Christa Pike after an attempted execution in Tennessee poses equally remarkable legal questions about whether a second state attempt to kill her would violate the Constitution. snip At the time, it was the only known U.S. case of a condemned person surviving an attempted execution. Francis, who at age 16 had been convicted of murdering a former employer, challenged a second electrocution by arguing it would violate 14th Amendment due process rights, a 5th Amendment prohibition on multiple punishments, and amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment. Attorneys for Christa Pike could likely...

The conversation of capitalism and socialism has been heating up ahead of the November midterm election, with the U.S. House adopting a resolution last month to denounce socialism. In Michigan, new polling from Mitchell Research & Communications found that a majority of voters surveyed favor capitalism over socialism. According to a poll commissioned by CBS News Detroit and other local outlets, 52% of voters support capitalism, compared to 26% who support socialism. When it comes to party affiliation, more Democrats support socialism (42%) than capitalism (22%), whereas Republicans strongly support capitalism (86%). Additionally, socialism receives more support among voters aged...

James Talarico is in one of the most competitive Senate races this cycle, and he disappeared from the campaign trail for almost two weeks. He supposedly reappeared this weekend to poke at Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton over debates, and his team showed him attending a Kacey Musgraves concert. Talarico is once again being hailed as the Democrats’ best hope to win statewide in the Lone Star State, but his absence drew attention, especially since it looked like he checked into a mental health clinic. That’s not what his campaign said; it said he was sidelined with the flu. This...

After making All About Eve, receiving twelve Oscar nominations and winning six (including best picture and best director), writer and director Joseph Mankiewicz directed a film that got no Oscar nominations and has languished in the back forty of his career. It's a comedy where one of the leads attempts suicide and characters spend long stretches discussing death and morality. You might say that they don't make them like this anymore but the truth is that they do – there's no shortage of modern comedies where the tone lapses all over the place (Downsizing, Don't Look Up, JoJo Rabbit) and...

Ever do something foolish when you were 15? Of course you did. I’d steal change from my father to buy pistachio nuts. They only came covered in red dye, back then, thus I carried the evidence on my fingers to render my dinner table denials useless as I compounded my theft then my lie by being literally caught red-handed. Last week Braiden Bell, 29, was hired by the NBA Trail Blazers as their new play-by-play voice. Dream job delivered. But it lasted minutes, as Bell was fired after some enterprising local television snoop revealed some ugly, silly and childish social...

Iran announces a large oil tanker has hit a naval mine while exiting the Strait of Hormuz through the US-backed southern Omani corridor, with a massive explosion and fire in the engine room. It is the second such incident under 24 hours. A crude oil supertanker exploded and caught fire after it hit a mine while trying to leave the Strait of Hormuz using an "unauthorised and dangerous route", Iranian media Press TV has reported. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement said the crude oil supertanker had switched off its navigation and global positioning systems while trying...

War Report: The Structural Metric of Planetary Automation: How Elite Robotics via Elon Musk, Autonomous Logistics, and the Declassification of Tesla Hardware Will Shift the Universal High Income under Genuine Land Law; the Material Spearhead of Transformation; Tesla Optimus 2027; and the Surge of Household Fleets The irreversible release of advanced allied utility technologies is no longer confined to the shadows, but breaks with mathematical precision directly through the civilian infrastructure wall. Elon Musk has officially declassified that the first units of the humanoid robot Tesla Optimus will enter large scale manufacturing and distribution for the civilian household sector in...

“On October 8, 2026, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) released the latest issue of its Urdu-language magazine Nawa-i-Ghazwa-e-Hind ("The Voice of The Battle of India"), celebrating Hamam al-Hammami – the co-pilot of the Flydubai plane carrying mainly Israeli passengers – for attempting to hijack and crash it into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport. The cover of the latest issue of the magazine features an image of the Flydubai aircraft crashing onto an Israeli airport and honoring the co-pilot Hamam Al-Hammami. The magazine tells Muslim pilots that, though the operation failed, it still "carries a message for Muslim commercial pilots...

Charles Murr on one of Spain's most-watched podcasts: "John Paul I died two hours after trying to remove Baggio" In the United States, for months now Catholic priests have been appearing on the country’s major podcasts—those that draw millions of viewers far removed from the Church and accustomed to uncut conversations lasting three or four hours. The exorcist Chad Ripperger has been on former soldier Shawn Ryan’s show twice, in March and in July, to discuss possessions, the Antichrist, and the diabolical attack on the family. In September, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, devoted two...