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Latest Articles Articles Activity Comments [Catholic Caucus] SSPX to Tucho: No Thanks! We’ll Stay Catholic [Catholic Caucus] SSPX to Tucho: No Thanks! We’ll Stay CatholicPagliarani’s letter to Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández turns Rome’s “dialogue” offer inside out and exposes the real price of “full communion”A letter that smiles while it draws blood The first thing that hits you is how calm it is.Hiraeth In Exile is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.Upgrade to paidIt is a courtly, Roman-style thank you note with a blade hidden in the fold. Pagliarani opens by praising “perfect transparency,” then immediately reframes the entire encounter as something the Society proposed... Dozens of U.S. Planes Are at Jordan Base, Satellite Images and Flight Data Show New satellite imagery and flight tracking data show a base in central Jordan has become a key hub for the U.S. military’s planning for possible strikes on Iran. Imagery captured on Friday shows more than 60 attack aircraft parked at the base, known as Muwaffaq Salti, roughly tripling the number of jets that are normally there. And at least 68 cargo planes have landed at the base since Sunday, according to flight tracking data. More fighter jets could be parked under shelters. The satellite images also show more modern aircraft, including F-35 stealth jets, compared to the aircraft normally seen... Three engineers charged with allegedly stealing Google trade secrets and sending them to Iran Three engineers were arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets from Google and other U.S. technology organizations and sending the confidential data to unauthorized locations, including Iran. Sheriff is accused of locking FBI AND his own detectives out of crucial decision-making in Nancy Guthrie kidnap probe “Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has 'locked down' the Nancy Guthrie investigation amid escalating tensions between his team and the FBI that have reached the boiling point, the Daily Mail can reveal. Several sources say that Nanos is now insisting that only he and two of his highest-ranking inner circle will make decisions regarding the case of the missing 84-year-old. Several PCSD sources confirmed to the Daily Mail that just three decision makers are leading the department's investigation: Sheriff Nanos, Chief Jesus Lopez and Captain Juan Carlos Navarro.” A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dismissed them. As the fourth anniversary of the invasion approaches and the world enters a new period of geopolitical uncertainty, Europe’s politicians and spy services continue to draw lessons from the failures of 2022. The phone call William Burns had travelled halfway around the world to speak with Vladimir Putin, but in the end he had... Trump Hints At ‘Foreign Influence’ Over SCOTUS After Tariff Ruling: ‘You’re Gonna Find Out’ President Donald Trump on Friday escalated his criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court following its decision to strike down most of his sweeping global tariffs, suggesting that “foreign interests” may have influenced the justices who ruled against him. The comments came just hours after the high court, in a 6–3 ruling, determined that Trump had exceeded his authority by imposing broad import duties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts concluded that the statute does not grant a president the power to levy tariffs, a responsibility the Constitution assigns to Congress. During... USA and Canada to meet in Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal game The United States and Canada men’s ice hockey teams will play for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday’s final day of the Milano Cortina Games after both teams won their semi-final contests on Friday evening. Canada left things late in the first game, coming from two goals down to win 3-2 over Finland on Nathan MacKinnon’s winner with 35.2 seconds remaining. The US took a more straightforward tack in the nightcap to set up the heavyweight final, roaring past Slovakia 6-2 after Jack Hughes and Jack Eichel scored in a 19-second span during the second period to blow things open,... Mike Pence Gloats over SCOTUS Decision to Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs Former Vice President Mike Pence gloated over the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).Pence took to X on Friday after the court issued its 6-3 decision against the tariffs, calling it a “victory” for Americans....I'm proud of the work our organization @AmericanFreedom has done on this case through our robust amicus brief program to advance economic freedom and defend the Constitution.With this historic decision, America can now return to the pursuit of Free Trade with Free Nations under the Constitution of the United States!... Olympian Eileen Gu Says She Feels Like a ‘Punching Bag’ Amid Fan Backlash Over Ditching Team USA for China Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu is complaining that she feels like a “punching bag” for those who criticize her for turning her back on the USA and choosing to compete for China at the Winter Games in Milan, Italy.Gu reacted on Thursday to Vice President JD Vance, who said he hoped that US-born athletes would “want to compete with the United States of America.”Despite that, Vance did not mention her by name, the turncoat Olympian told reporters, “I’m flattered. Thanks, JD! That’s sweet,” according to the New York Post.The five-time Olympic medalist then agreed that she feels like a “punching... Gen Z are scared of DRIVING: Car phobias are leaving youngsters terrified of basic tasks including parallel parking, hill starts, and merging onto a motorway, study finds Experts from Tempcover surveyed youngsters about the common motoring tasks they find the most daunting. Changing a flat tyre was the biggest fear, while parallel parking, hill starts, and merging onto a motorway were also found to terrify hundreds of young drivers. The findings will come as no surprise to many Gen Z, who regularly post about their driving phobias on TikTok. Gen Z's biggest driving fears Changing a flat tyre (36%) Jump-starting the car when the battery is dead (36%) Parallel parking (24%) Checking the tyre pressure at a garage and topping them up with air (22%) Hill starts... President Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Decision on Tariffs It isn't over until it's over, or the Fat Lady Sings. Tariffs, are not done. Here is Scott Bessent also speaking on the supject today: Scott Bessent Supposedly, Kavanugh's dissent included the roadmap for what Trump should use, that his use of that Emergency Act he ued was the wrong one to use, and pointed to the correct one. Here's the best I cvan find for that aspect of the riuling: Kavanaugh in dissent: Bad policy or not, Trump's tariffs were 'clearly lawful' Mapped: The U.S. Cities at Risk of Sinking Across the United States, the ground beneath many major cities is gradually subsiding. Research published in Nature Cities shows that 25 of the 28 largest U.S. urban areas are sinking, a trend with serious implications for infrastructure durability, flood risk, and long-term resilience. Taliban OKs Slavery, Domestic Violence in Updated Criminal Code Taliban “supreme leader” Hibatullah Akhundzada recently approved a novel criminal code, multiple outlets reported this week, that dramatically expands the legal ability for men to physically abuse women and children and provides for the creation of a formal “slave” class in the country. The Taliban is a radical Islamist terror organization that currently operates as the uncontested government of Afghanistan. The Taliban returned to power on August 15, 2021, following former President Joe Biden’s decision to extend the 20-year-old Afghan War beyond the deadline of May 15 of that year that President Donald Trump had previously agreed to. The Taliban’s... John Solomon: President Trump is preparing to release records “mostly secret since 2019” showing “multiple foreign powers” breached election systems. He warns vulnerabilities must be fixed “before the 2026 election.” (1 min video of John Solomon at the link)https://x.com/RealAmVoice/status/2024866839512134109 Real America's Voice (RAV)@RealAmVoice·6hTRUMP TO DECLASSIFY ELECTION EVIDENCE?@jsolomonreports says President Trump is preparing to release records “mostly secret since 2019” showing “multiple foreign powers” breached election systems. He warns vulnerabilities must be fixed “before the 2026 election.” FULL DOCUMENTARY: The Real History of Slavery(Video) “The Real History of Slavery” by Matt Walsh (Dropped Feb 18, 2026 – 1.5–2 hours of straight fire) 🔥 THE MAIN RED PILL (in one sentence) Slavery wasn’t America’s “unique sin.” It was humanity’s default setting for thousands of years — every race, every continent did it on a massive scale. America got the tiny scraps… then helped end it. 📊 THE NUMBERS THAT BLOW UP THE LIE • Africans shipped across the Atlantic: ~12.5 million • Only 3% (≈ 472,000) ever landed in what became the USA • Most went to Brazil (5.4 million) and Caribbean sugar hellholes 🩸... Trump has lost the tariff battle but not the tariff war The Supreme Court’s tariff decision landed about where conventional wisdom said it would: The justices ruled 6–3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act simply doesn’t give the president the sweeping authority the Trump administration claimed. That’s not a political rebuke. It’s a legal one, and a narrow one at that. Chief Justice John Roberts put the bottom line plainly: “