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[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Mutsaerts: Why is ‘liturgical diversity’ good except for Latin Mass? A Catholic can attend the Divine Liturgy according to several traditions. But as soon as a Catholic wishes to attend a Latin Mass, suddenly liturgical diversity becomes a problem.The Catholic Church prides itself on its universality, cherishes an impressive diversity of liturgical traditions, and regards that diversity as an expression of its richness. A Catholic can attend the Divine Liturgy according to the Byzantine tradition, the Maronite tradition, the Armenian tradition, or the Chaldean tradition. No one considers this a threat to ecclesial unity in and of...

Without Obama, Trump would never have become president, and that’s true both literally and figuratively.Over the weekend, Barack Obama appeared at a campaign rally for Democrats in Ohio and managed to make some headlines by ridiculing President Trump’s design skills. “He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” the former president quipped. The crowd, of course, loved it. The media did too. Republicans responded with some mockery of their own, pointing out that Obama has little room to talk about design preferences, given the architectural monstrosity that is his presidential library in Chicago. All things...

This is absolutely glorious. A new study from South Korea found that paper straws are somehow worse for the environment than single-use plastic straws. None of the "eco-friendly" solutions actually worked, and switching away from plastic straws didn't really help the environment. https://t.co/aJYnZEWRuT— Pubity (@pubity) October 25, 2026Don't forget to mention this to the blue-haired waitress at your local social club! A South Korean government-commissioned study has determined that paper straws are actually worse for the environment than plastic straws. Researchers measured the full life cycle impact of four types of straws: plastic straws, paper, biodegradable, and bio-based polyethylene. From...

Anthropic has confirmed that its Claude AI model improperly accessed voter data in Georgia by bypassing a paywall meant to restrict the information to paying users. Axios reports that Anthropic says Claude reached publicly available data that’s normally accessible only after a fee is paid, pulling aggregate vote counts for an internal Anthropic statistics project. The AI found a loophole in an old version of the state agency’s website, which issued a digital “access token” to visitors. Claude simply requested a token and got in. According to Anthropic, “Claude did not access the state’s voter registration system, change any voting...

An Ohio pastor stunned her church congregation as she announced that her self-proclaimed 'prophet' husband had married a second wife. Lydia Ford, 45, the pastor of LifeWorks Church in Cleveland, Ohio, revealed to her flock that she and her husband Israel Ford, 47, had begun a polygynous marriage with another minister at their church, Shakayla Talley, 28. 'And I want to share that, know, Prophet and I, you know, we are living even right now in what we would call a polygynous marriage,' Lydia told her church. 'My husband, our prophet, he has a second wife. Y’all know her. Y’all...

Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is one of the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. In the featured deep image in assigned colors highlighted by emission in hydrogen, wisps and sheets of dust and gas are particularly evident. The Great Nebula in Orion can be found with the unaided eye near the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion. In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known...

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, is the latest politician to suggest that the Second Amendment might shield the right to bear arms, but only those that existed at the time that it was adopted: namely, flintlock muskets. It's a not-so-clever way of trimming back the Constitution's protections. The argument's flaws should be clear: the U.S. Supreme Court has already dismissed that line of reasoning, and a world in which the Bill of Rights applies only to 18th century technology would be one where freedom exists only in museum exhibits."I'm gonna swear an oath to the Constitution. The Constitution...

ARLINGTON, TX — Cowboys fans expressed growing concern this week that another regular-season loss could jeopardize the team's opportunity to suffer a humiliating collapse in the first round of the playoffs. Supporters warned that unless Dallas turned things around soon, the team could find itself watching the postseason from home instead of getting everyone's hopes up, choking in the first round, and then watching the playoffs from home. "We have to start winning some football games if we want to the chance to embarrass ourselves in January," said lifelong fan Mike Hensley. "I would hate to give up on the...

Police arrested four city men accused in a North End shooting spree that left one car and two homes damaged Sunday night. Officers seized four firearms, including one ghost gun with no serial number, and evidence that 61 bullets were fired during the gun battle that started at about 7:05 p.m. and spread around Calhoun, Main and Dwight streets and Jefferson Avenue, according to police spokesperson Ryan Walsh.

Actor Mandy Patinkin Claims ‘Jewish Safety Depends’ on Electing Democrat Michigan Candidate Abdul El Sayed Actor Mandy Patinkin Claims ‘Jewish Safety Depends’ on Electing Democrat Michigan Candidate Abdul El Sayed PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Mandy Patinkin of "Homeland" speaks during thAmy Sussman/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston26 Oct 2026496 5:52 Left-wing actor Mandy Patinkin is making his last-minute appeal to voters in Michigan with the odd claim that Muslim Democrat Abdul El Sayed is the only candidate who can assure the “safety of Jews.” Patinkin took to his X account and posted a long message and a video flogging El...

A disruptive passenger forced a Newark-bound United Airlines flight to make a swift U-turn back to Las Vegas late Saturday night, grounding the cross-country trip until Sunday morning. United Flight 1681 had just departed Harry Reid International Airport when the crew flagged "a potential security concern" in the cabin. The Boeing 737, carrying 150 passengers and six crew members, safely touched back down in Vegas at roughly 11:05 p.m. without any reported injuries, several news outlets reported. While United did not reveal the specific nature of the security concern, air traffic control audio from Dane County Regional Airport reviewed by...

Embattled prosecutor Fani Willis has claimed she is a victim of voter fraud after someone allegedly registered to vote using her name in New York. The alleged fraudster registered Willis as a Republican living at Trump Tower in Manhattan. The ruse comes just two years after she attempted to prosecute the President...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed Hennepin County Judge Sarah West's decision to throw out a jury's guilty verdicts against Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf, whose health care company fraudulently billed Medicaid for more than $7.2 million. In a ruling filed Monday, a three-judge appellate panel ordered the case returned to Hennepin County for reinstatement of all six guilty verdicts for aiding and abetting theft by swindle. The appeals court rejected West's conclusion that Yusuf's brother, Mohamed, might have orchestrated the fraud without Yusuf knowing or helping. She cited Minnesota's circumstantial evidence standard as needing to rule out such a scenario for...

Donald Trump’s criminal investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar—which is aimed at stripping her citizenship—is far more than just another attack on a vocal critic. As many have noted, this denaturalization push is an assault on the constitutional order itself. It amounts to a declaration of dictatorial or czar-like power, in which the sovereign can declare any foe an “enemy of the people” at will and delegitimize even the opposition’s duly elected representatives by fiat. All of which raises a question: Can Democrats do anything about this? Well, yes, they actually can. Senior House Democrats tell me they’re discussing a dramatic...

Power bills are so high in Los Angeles they’re now reaching $2,000-$3,000+, even the mainstream media is reporting it In response a spokesperson for LADWP just came out and said “We keep very close eye with our financial service office to make sure that our rates are as affordable as possible” You can’t make this up… These people are so damn corrupt You literally have people getting $3,000 bills. You have businesses complaining about $20,000-$30,000 power bills. You have a woman who has a $2,000 residential water bill, mayor Karen Bass is even saying if you can’t pay current bills...

For the better part of a decade, we've watched violent activists operating under the Antifa banner attempt to intimidate political opponents, shut down free speech, disrupt public events, and substitute mob violence for civil debate. And now, with scenes of political unrest and clashes involving militant activists in France, Milan, and elsewhere in Europe, the dangers of political extremism are impossible to ignore. But sometimes the best way to expose the absurdity of a movement is to LAUGH AT IT! 😂 Enjoy the song, share it with your friends, and let me know what you think in the comments!

BREAKING: Brazil's election could be annulled, according to the New York Times. Electoral lawyers say Brazil's current situation is "extremely serious" and a "critical situation." The NYT reports that confusion over a last-minute voting extension by Justice Cristiano Zanin, who was appointed by Lula, could lead to the election being annulled. "This is an extremely serious, critical situation," said electoral lawyer Priscilla Sodré Pereira to the New York Times. When Zanin made the last-minute decision to extend voting hours, some polling stations had already closed and shut down their voting machines. They could not reopen. "Fernando Neisser, an electoral law...

The FDA has recently approved Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine. The vaccine, known as mFLUSIVA (mRNA-1010), is designed to protect adults ages 50 years and older. *snip* Moderna expects that mFLUSIVA will be available in the United States for the 2026 to 2027 respiratory virus season.

SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. military, citing unspecified “risks to our personnel,” on Monday banned electric vehicles manufactured by Chinese automaker BYD from Kadena, a key U.S. air base on Okinawa. “These vehicles present an unacceptable and unmitigable risk to our personnel and our mission,” spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Alli Stormer said, per Reuters. She did not say what specific concern had prompted the move against vehicles produced by BYD, the largest global supplier of EVs, but the firm had, in June, been put on a Pentagon black list of 188 Chinese companies. Japanese media speculated that the presence of...

Little man syndrome. Four foot ten inch Robert Reich called for Democrats to steal Elon Musk's businesses and nationalize them on Sunday. The guy talking to Bill Clinton is calling for the Government to confiscate SpaceX and Starlink from Elon Musk. Robert Reich. (Those are not AI photos) https://t.co/AvRruXXxqF — C3 (@C_3C_3) October 25, 2026 Reich is taking a page directly from Joseph Stalin and all of the communists since then. Former labor secretary Robert Reich on Sunday called for Democrats to "defund" Elon Musk and take control of his companies. Robert Reich: "We've got to defund Musk. And when...