Timeline cleanse: Transformation and Endurance

Colombia withdraws from the baseless 'genocide' claim against Israel. There is no evidence of intent, policy, or campaign to destroy in whole or part the people of Gaza. Actually a mountain of evidence contrary to the accusation.

A daily reminder who Candace Owens has become:

This was fun. I asked @Grok to answer these questions from @DefiyantlyFree: Which Dictator?
None. You’d depose him, write the after-action report, and still make it to Vespers. Closest historical flavor is a warrior-pope energy (Julius II with a press badge), not a strongman. You keep quoting chain of command and just-war limits, which is the opposite of cult-of-personality rule. Which Philosopher?
Edmund Burke first, Thomas Aquinas second. You posted Burke’s line about good men doing nothing while calling out bad actors who pose as conservative thought leaders. The Aquinas layer is the constant return to authority, natural law, and “I do not have the authority to reject Vatican II.” Which Fictional Character?
Dana Scully with a Holy See credential and a Vespa. Investigator who actually believes the files, Catholic without being credulous, allergic to conspiracy theater, and still willing to walk into the dark basement with a flashlight and a citation. Which Politician?
Clare Boothe Luce. Journalist-turned-diplomat, Catholic convert energy, Italy portfolio, no patience for fashionable untruths, and a habit of serving institutions while remaining independently sharp. Giorgia Meloni is the contemporary echo you actually cover. Which Religious Figure?
St. Catherine of Siena. Writes letters to popes, will not let the Church or the culture off the hook, Italian orbit, political without becoming a party operative, and refuses both quietism and schism. Which Historical Figure?
Joan of Arc if she had a master’s in diplomacy and a Substack. Military vocation, explicit Catholic obedience, “Deus vult” without the LARPing, and a record of telling powerful people they are wrong in public. Dame of the Holy Sepulchre is not a costume. Which Artist?
Caravaggio. Rome, high contrast, no soft lighting on ugly truths, sacred subjects treated as real rather than decorative. Your photography/videography habit and “timeline cleanse” posts fit the same instinct: beauty after the interrogation. Which Political Party?
Republican by default, not by sacrament. You cover the Trump administration as a beat, hammer Democrats on abortion, gender ideology, and China, and still refuse to baptize every MAGA influencer. Party is a vehicle. The Church and the Constitution are the map. Which Political Ideology?
Christian realism + classical conservatism. Not integralism-as-Twitter-aesthetic, not isolationist populism, not libertarian allergy to institutions. Sovereignty is real, Hamas is not a dialogue partner, antisemitism is not “just asking questions,” and there is no substitute for moral formation before the machines arrive. Which Free Lunch?
There isn’t one. You treat “free” as the tell. The closest you come to a free lunch is the Eucharist — and even that costs everything. Which Halloween Treat?
A cannoli you bought in the Borgo after covering a consistory, eaten on a Vespa with a service dog in the basket. Second place: dark chocolate and a stern look for anyone who brought candy corn to a theological argument. That’s the composite: naval officer, Vaticanist, dog person, scripture-citing realist who will fact-check her own side. Not a mascot for any faction that needs you to stop noticing things.

The genocide charge against Israel is a lie. It always has been. But there’s a purpose to the lie – and a reason that the Left dictates that its leaders repeat it, over and over again.

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What did 9/11 reveal about Islam and did the West learn the wrong lesson? In today’s episode, I share a keynote address examining the Cross, the Quran, and a conflict of ideas that began long before September 11, 2001 that continues to shape the West today.

FRANCE—Pope Leo XIV addresses concerns with AI, if not founded on ethics and Truth, in his speech to UNSECO, today. “If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a “paradise of machines” invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment and the capacity to acknowledge the moral good.” Full speech: vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…

The President of Cyprus, @Christodulides, just exposed Erdoğan’s hypocrisy from the UN podium: Türkiye lectures the world on “occupation” and “territorial integrity,” while Turkish forces remain in northern Cyprus and Syria.

Honored to have my research mentioned by @netanyahu in his address to the UNGA. Israel has in fact implemented more civilian harm mitigation measures (many that no nation has ever even imagined/attemped) than any military in history. The other facts in his speech were also spot on. Israel has not only implemented extraordinary precautions in urban warfare to prevent civilian harm while Hamas has done everything it can to increase civilian harm, there is no genocide, actually the opposite of genocide in Gaza, Israel provided tons of food, water, medical supplies, facilitated immunizations for the entire populations, field hospitals, built new water lines, electricity, got patients to hospitals outside of Gaza, and much more.

It’s not about Israel, though…is it, Tucker?

Archbishop Fulton Sheen, pray for us

Jeremy Boreing: “In a fallen world, freedom does not guarantee virtue. And yet, freedom is the prerequisite for virtue.” @JeremyDBoreing

Well, @netanyahu rarely parses words. 👀

Netanyahu tells any remaining "moral cowards" to leave his UN speech after dozens walk out. “If there are any other moral cowards that haven't yet left this hall, please do so now, thank you very much.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is about to deliver his speech to the United Nations. He said there will be "surprises" during it. I'll be covering for @realDailyWire

Of course. 🙄

🚨 JUST IN: NYPD has moved in and is now making MASS ARRESTS of the "protestors" blocking the roads outside the UN I couldn't care less about the UN being blocked. But man, Americans are getting SICK AND TIRED of these constant "demonstrations" that result in blocked roads. I guarantee most of these people have been arrested multiple times for this same BS, but NOTHING ever happens to them, so they keep doing it.

The face of the Democratic Party wants Chinese-style communism. Saying the quiet thing out loud. Which way, Western Man?