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JimR-OCDS · 2025-11-18T09:47:15-0600

Mar-a-Lago is a luxury resort, and many wealthy people spent Thanksgiving with Trump
there along with many others present. There is no bombshell revelation here for thinking people
who aren't suffering from Trump-Derangement-Syndrome.

Landon Caeli · 2025-11-18T09:37:47-0600

...Driver facing cameras inside company vehicles are a control violation, because the modern ones detect how many times you yawn, and they check your eye movements... This technology forces drivers to behave a certain way while driving, which is not assisting the driver, but rather controlling the drivers behavior. So it fails the test.

essentialsaltes · 2025-11-18T09:37:37-0600

'10 minutes of murder': Why one family is speaking out about the online extremist network 764

Victims and lawmakers are pleading with platforms to do more to keep kids safe

For more than three years, Colby and Leslie Taylor have quietly waited for the day that justice would be delivered for their 13-year-old son, Jay, who in early 2022 was allegedly pushed into killing himself -- and streaming it live on social media -- by an online tormentor associated with the extremist network known as "764."

But five weeks ago, authorities nearly 5,000 miles away in Germany, where the alleged online tormentor lives, filed murder charges against him, alleging that the 20-year-old medical student abused more than 30 kids online, and left one American, Jay Taylor, dead.

Were it not for a teenage girl in Australia, more than 7,000 miles away, Jay's parents would have never known what really happened to their child.

In the hours after Jay's death, the teen in Australia ended up in another online chat with "White Tiger" and others, who she said were sharing recordings of the suicide and joking about it.

"I couldn't just do nothing about it," she told ABC News, requesting that her name not be used out of fear of reprisal. [She found Jay's dad online, sent him the video, and then dad went to the police, and then on to the FBI.]

"They're seeking the end of the world," corrupting future generations and desensitizing them to violence and gore, explained Pat McMonigle, who until he retired from the FBI last year was one of the agents investigating Jay Taylor's case.

JimR-OCDS · 2025-11-18T09:34:31-0600

Trump ran a series of hotel business so of course Epstein would've stayed at some of them and
had email conversations with Trump, until Trump threw him out.

As Epstein's former attorney, Allan Dershowitz has said, he had access to all of
Epstein's emails and documents and none of the current sitting politicians, including
Trump, were involved.

Delvianna · 2025-11-18T09:30:37-0600

I think Tucker Carlson is an under cover antisemite. He's said things he apparently "doesn't mean" but it was said while laughing and not under duress so I don't believe he doesn't mean them. I think the only reason why he isn't more vocal about it, is because he knows he'll be canceled. I think that is why he was so lax on Fuentes because secretly he agrees with him on a lot.

JimR-OCDS · 2025-11-18T09:28:16-0600

Pope Leo XIV hosted a lunch Sunday for about 1,300 people whom the Vatican called “the poor, displaced, and forgotten.”

Leo’s predecessor Pope Francis, who died in April of 2025, established the "World Day of the Poor."

MSN

It was a luncheon held with 1300 people in attendance and a group of transgender people.
It was not specifically a special embrace for transgender people by the Pope as the article suggest.

Pope Francis was also raked over the coals for this.

Delvianna · 2025-11-18T09:22:52-0600

SabbathBlessings said:
The kitty is gorgeous. I can't wait for the day when Jesus takes away the curse and lions and lambs will lay together. I love animals especially cats can't wait to hug Jesus and a few lions and bears.

lol Amen to that!

Belk · 2025-11-18T09:16:17-0600

rambot said:
When were fiscal conservatives fiscal conservatives?

Before Regan.

Michie · 2025-11-18T09:15:51-0600

Serving others helps us to focus on something outside ourselves and is the greatest way to combat loneliness.

The holiday season is upon us. For some, parties and family gatherings will be attended, and warm memories will be made. Yet, increasingly for many, the holidays are a solitary time of year. Being reminded of all the relationships we may feel we’re missing out on can be especially difficult. Is handling holiday loneliness in a healthy way feasible?

The Thief of Joy

Remember that “comparison is the thief of joy.” Unfortunately, if you are on social media, life becomes a 24/7 game of comparison, with completely unrealistic expectations based on polished photos of the best parts of other people’s lives.

On the other side, recalling that someone can always be found who is worse off than you isn’t comforting, either. This kind of thinking is quite depressing and again requires comparing oneself to others rather than to oneself.

So, don’t compare. Your neighbors or coworkers may or may not be having a great holiday season surrounded by loved ones. You truly will never know. Leave the comparison at the door, and your loneliness will ease. Choosing not to compare your life with others’ lives is possible but requires some self-discipline, especially with the help of prayer.

Focus on Gratitude

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How to Handle Spending the Holidays Alone – Catholic Stand

catholicstand.com

Clare73 · 2025-11-18T09:13:13-0600

Fisherking said:
No, we get too technical translating these words at times,

Oh, that's rich. . .

Michie · 2025-11-18T09:12:41-0600

Young people come to New York City to chase careers, materialism and pleasure. The pursuit of faith isn’t exactly on the Big Apple checklist.

However, at a recent, very crowded Sunday night mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, Father Jonah Teller, OP made a simple announcement indicating that times are changing.

According to Teller, the number enrolled in the parish’s Order of Christian Initiation of Adults — the process in which adults convert to Catholicism — had tripled since last year, with roughly 130 people signing up.

There’s a similar story at St. Vincent Ferrer on the Upper East Side, where their OCIA numbers have doubled since last year, swelling to nearly 90 people.

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New Yorkers turning to the church, number of Catholic converts soaring, according to priests

“We’re out of space and exploring adding more masses,” Father Daniel Ray told The Post.

nypost.com

Michie · 2025-11-18T09:09:38-0600

Amid an immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents conducted an operation Saturday that resulted in a church's cleaning crew fleeing the property and one person with a final order of removal being detained.

In a statement to The Christian Post, Public Affairs Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that CBP agents "were conducting an immigration enforcement operation" on Saturday "when they encountered an individual, who immediately fled toward the grounds of a church."

“During the pursuit, a cleaning crew who were on the grounds also began to flee in different directions," McLaughlin stated. "Agents apprehend a member of the cleaning crew, an illegal alien from El Salvador who was issued a final order of removal from a judge over a year ago."

Continued below.

Charlotte immigration raids spill onto church property; cleaning crew member arrested

Amid an immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, U S Customs and Border Patrol agents conducted an operation Saturday that resulted in a church s cleaning crew fleeing the

www.christianpost.com

Maria Billingsley · 2025-11-18T09:03:59-0600

Michie said:
Is California Governor Gavin Newsom a “Christian nationalist?” Considering his speech at a press conference two weeks back, the answer could easily be yes.

Speaking alongside California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Johnson on October 28, Gov. Newsom announced legal action against the Trump administration as the federal government’s shutdown began to impact SNAP benefits.

The record-breaking shutdown lasted 43 days. As a result, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program had expired on November 1, the first funding lapse in the program’s 60-year history, impacting the roughly 42 million Americans who receive SNAP aid.

Thankfully, President Trump signed a continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) on November 12, reopening the government through January and restoring the program’s funding.

At the press conference, Gov. Newsom pointed to his time at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit institution. He was raised Catholic.

“I spent a little time at a wonderful Jesuit university. If there was anything I remember about my four years with Fr. Coz, is that the New Testament and Old Testament have one thing dominantly in common,” Newsom contended, citing Matthew, Isaiah, Luke and Proverbs in particular. “It’s around food. It’s about serving those that are hungry.”

“It’s not a suggestion in the Old [and] the New Testament. It’s core and central to what it is to align to God’s will. Period. Full stop.”

“These guys need to stop the B.S. in Washington,” Newsom continued. “They’re sitting there in their prayer breakfasts. Maybe they got an edited version of [President] Donald Trump’s Bible, and they edited all of that out … Cruelty is the policy.”

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Gavin Newsom becomes a 'Christian nationalist'

Is California Governor Gavin Newsom a Christian nationalist

www.christianpost.com

My opinion on this article:

This article completely misconstrues and redefines Christian nationalism in a manner that is far more dangerous than the political reality it seeks to describe. By labeling Governor Newsom a "Christian nationalist" simply because he cites Scripture to support funding for social aid (feeding the hungry), the author is attempting to normalize and neutralize a specific political ideology. The widely recognized definition of Christian nationalism refers to the belief that the United States must be governed as an explicitly Christian nation, granting legal and political privilege to one religious identity, often threatening the constitutional principles of pluralism and the separation of church and state. The act of equating this specific political power structure with the simple act of any politician using their faith as a source of moral inspiration—regardless of party or policy—is a misleading rhetorical tactic. This redefinition is dangerous because it strips the term of its critical meaning, making it impossible to address the actual threat posed by those who seek to formally fuse state power with a narrow, exclusionary religious agenda.
Let us reason. Please.

Thanks for sharing.
Be blessed

JimR-OCDS · 2025-11-18T09:00:08-0600

Arcangl86 said:
Not what I asked. I asked if they had the power to. They did. The Democrats on the other hand had no power to pass the bill on their own. Thus, the Republicans owned the shutdown because they could have unilaterally avoided it.

Ok? It's still a different bill then the one the House passed and thus would have required the House to pass again. Which would have been hard to do since Johnson intentionally recessed the house before the budget deadline with no set time to return. So even with this compromise, the shut down would have happened.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that all those democrats are moderate to conservative, represent purple states, and were courting Republican votes.

I mean I agree with you about this, but that's never going to happen.

It almost happened under Hillarycare. Once people understand that their premium payments are
much higher than the increase in taxes to pay for the single-payer universal healthcare bill, they'll
be in favor of it.

johnnypapa · 2025-11-18T08:58:19-0600

He should ask Pope Leo for an extension to parishes that celebrated the Latin Mass.

Michie · 2025-11-18T08:58:04-0600

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen

essentialsaltes · 2025-11-18T08:53:57-0600

The Trump administration is racing to reframe his tariff rollbacks

Late Friday, the White House announced the president had signed an executive order exempting more than 200 food products, including bananas, beef and coffee, from the so-called reciprocal tariffs he has imposed on U.S. trading partners.

The move comes as the trade duties have begun to face economic, legal and political resistance that cast doubt on their efficacy.

They were perfectly effective at raising prices on these goods!

White House officials are insisting the rollbacks do not amount to a retreat from the president's staunch defense of tariffs as an economic driver.

While some of the factors influencing the cost increases are not directly tied to tariffs, economists have estimated that consumers have been shouldering more than 50% of the overall price increases seen from Trump's import duties.

[It should have been obvious to not impose tariffs in the first place on items not produced in the US.] But whether all the products that were most recently exempted from tariffs fall into the category of “not produced in the United States” is doubtful.

Beef and oranges are produced in the United States, for example, and yet they were included on Friday’s list of broad exemptions from all reciprocal tariffs — not just from duties on imports from countries where the U.S. has secured trade deals. [not to mention the large US taxpayer donation to Argentina.]

Key elements of Trump’s tariff regime now also face legal jeopardy, however, as the Supreme Court weighs whether Trump illegally bypassed Congress when he imposed 'reciprocal' duties and fentanyl-related tariffs using emergency powers authorization.

Mark Dohle · 2025-11-18T08:51:33-0600

Living Chalice, living Host

I am a living torrent of grace, which is the love of God flowing through Me.
When you come to possess Me, through the power of the Holy Spirit,
My love flows through you. You become My living vessel; you become
My hands; you become My gaze; you speak My words. This is what it means
to be My living chalices and living hosts. This love is manifested concretely,
tangibly, through your tenderness.

The Love Crucified Community.
The Simple Path to Union with God (p. 279). Kindle Edition.

I have always struggled to become more tender. The softer emotions are a struggle for me, but as I age, I do find some deep changes going on that are beyond my doing. This morning at Vigils, we had a reading from St. Albert. In the short piece, he repeated the phrase from Jesus: “Open to me.” At first, I found the repetition a little irritating. However, after Vigils, as I was walking around the cloister, that phrase found a place in my heart that still repeats that plea. God’s nature is love, yet we have to open up to it.

While the growth in freedom is slow, we have to desire it, and it is not an easy path. No matter the path we choose, there will always be difficulties. It is just to follow Christ is to open one’s heart, no matter how slowly, to the deepening understanding of the mercy and compassion shown in Christ Jesus. That knowledge allows us to, if necessary, continually begin again, and not to be weary. Sometimes it is our sins that lead to sanctification. Our failures can be learning experiences; they force us to learn of our need for grace.

We are called to greater simplicity in our interior lives, and over time, to let go of all that is unnecessary in our journey to union with God. I am still at the beginning, and will be for all eternity, such is the fathomless mystery of our relationship with God.

It is Christ Jesus in His humanity that shows us the depth of the love of the Father, and in and through Him we live in the Father’s love as he does.

So be of good cheer, yes, you and I will fall, but grace is there to go higher up and deeper in. The only enemy is what we do with ourselves and our refusal to trust. Trust is a choice, and it calls forth the death of a self that is wounded, shattered, self-centered, and fearful.

Open to me, little one
for you are my child,
I hold you in the palm of my hand,
my love is beyond understanding
powerful, fiery, and stronger
than death.Br.-MD

johnnypapa · 2025-11-18T08:44:46-0600

Michie said:
Border czar Tom Homan strongly opposed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) “special message” on immigration, saying the statement would encourage people to make a dangerous trek to the United States.

Homan told EWTN News on Nov. 14 that the “Catholic Church is wrong. I’m sorry. I’m a lifelong Catholic. I’m saying it as not only a border czar. I’ll say it as a Catholic. I think they need to spend time fixing Catholic Church in my opinion.”

The bishops approved the message on immigration at the 2025 Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 12. “We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” the message said.

More than 95% of the American bishops voted to support the message. The bishops said in the message they “are bound to our people by ties of communion and compassion in Our Lord Jesus Christ” and “are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.”

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Border czar Homan says ‘Catholic Church is wrong’ on immigration

Border czar Tom Homan strongly opposed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) “special message” on immigration.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Homan makes good points. Maybe focus on the welfare of these countries that are causing their citizens to leave.

johnnypapa · 2025-11-18T08:37:10-0600

Day 1 11/18/25

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus and our Mother, penetrated with the most lively confidence in your all-powerful and never-failing intercession, manifested so often through the Miraculous Medal, we your loving and trustful children implore you to obtain for us the graces and favors we ask during this Novena, if they be beneficial to our immortal souls, and the souls for whom we pray.

(Privately form your petitions here.)

You know, O Mary, how often our souls have been the sanctuaries of your Son who hates iniquity. Obtain for us, then, a deep hatred of sin and that purity of heart, which will attach us to God alone so that our every thought word and deed may tend to his greater glory. Obtain for us also a spirit of prayer and self-denial, that we may recover by penance what we have lost by sin, and at length attain to that blessed abode where you are the Queen of angels and of men. Amen.

Yusuphhai · 2025-11-18T06:14:10-0600

Why do American Jews choose Asia as a bridge between Jews and the West?

SabbathBlessings · 2025-11-18T05:54:09-0600

BrotherJJ said:
Gen 26:1–6 describe a decisive point in Isaac’s life. There's famine, he receives divine instruction. Don't go down to Egypt, stay in the land (Gerar) God will show him. God reiterates the promises made to Abraham. And how Abraham obeyed (as stated post #7, after Gen 6 where the Lord God had already declared Abram, BY FAITH, righteous). The context here is Isaac's test of obedience.

I believe it means exactly what it says, but we can agree to disagree.

St_Worm2 · 2025-11-18T05:46:26-0600

Pillow Fight/Fighting

(Yes, it's a professional sport now, on ESPN8

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