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Does anyone remember what was going on in the 2020-2022 time period? Was there something like a purported pandemic where everyone was imprisoned and forced to work from home, right? On the internet all day. Weren’t there a few other things going on as well? Anything at all?

Add to that, monstrous lies being told in unison by MSM, including Fox News, gaslighting 24/7. Anyone suspecting that the real truth was something different than the narrative had to seek out alternate sources, and those sources were extremely limited. I am humbled to be counted among them.

I made my first call of bullshit on the purported pandemic on February 29, 2020. This was weeks before we even got to the Flatten the Curve hoax. But it didn’t stop there. In case you have forgotten, here is an incomplete list of the not-conspiracy theories covered here and by other select outlets, like Barnhardt.biz, NurseClaireSays.com, FLCCC/Dr Kory, Canon212.com, and… LifeSiteNews.com. Remember, these are all in the 2020-2022 era:

Covid lethality hoax

Social Distancing hoax

Masking hoax

Ventilator hoax

Vaccine hoax (it was somehow ready for human trials March 16th, 2020)

Vaccine as poison

Vaccine derived from abortion

History of Coronavirus vaccine failures/patient death

Original Antigenic Sin

mRNA hoax

ModeRNA hoax (had never produced a successful product, ever)

Ivermectin/Pony Paste

Hunter’s Laptop (Russia Disinformation hoax)

Stolen Election

J6 Insurrection hoax

Jab mandate disobedience, how to obtain an exemption

Remdesivir poison

Hell Mice (CRISPR biotech/aborted baby body parts)

Yay Ukraine hoax

Ukraine biolabs/Victoria Nuland

As I said, this is by no means an exhaustive list. Sorry I don’t have time to hotlink all these, but feel free to copy and paste into the search box on the right. The point here is that any website with a hitherto narrow/niche audience, but then became a much broader source of truth in the season of lies that was 2020-2022, saw its audience BOOM. LifeSiteNews, with certainty, rode that wave.

So for someone to say the decline in traffic is due to current management flying the thing into the ground like a Boeing with a DEI crew is nonsense. Your’s Truly has seen a 75% decline in daily traffic since that time as well.

Anyway, the new regime at LifeSite will reap what they’ve sown. Their blegging will accelerate, perhaps even surpassing 1P5. They won’t make it to the end of the year.

Godspeed, John-Henry.

Steve Jalsevac
@jalsevacs

That is just what John-Henry may have wanted many to believe. It is completely false.

LifeSiteNews has been a close team of many talented persons who created what was an incredibly successful, international pro-life, pro-family news service. None of that could have happened without all those people and their valuable contributions to what, for the first 12 years, was a project of and within Canada’s national pro-life organization that dealt with many international developments related to the culture of death vs. the culture of life.

It was founded, funded, encouraged and guided by CLC and especially by its leader Jim Hughes who was the visionary who saw the great need for the pro-life movement to have its own international news service to counter the lies, manipulations and ignoring of many important developments within the international pro-life movement.

CLC gave us its large email list to begin the incredible growth of LifeSite. LifeSite would never have existed without CLC.

Jim Hughes assumed we would continue to grow and continue as the pro-life, pro-family news agency that it was founded to be and which CLC gave so much to from its own resources.

In recent years, John-Henry worked and insisted that we change the highly successful LifeSiteNews mission to become a dramatically different one of a traditional, Latin Mass Catholic evangelizing, religious organization to draw readers into the Catholic Church according to the teachings of the Council of Trent.

Founding board members Jim Hughes, myself and others strongly opposed this change which we believed would tremendously confuse our loyal readers and subscribers and most new people as to what LifeSiteNews really was because of the schizophrenic messaging that the new mission statement presented.

A large majority of subscribers and readers were not traditional Latin Mass Catholics or not Catholic at all, and the changed LifeSiteNews would appeal to a far narrower audience since the target audience that John-Henry insisted on preaching to were only a tiny fraction of Catholics and violated our founding purpose.

Sadly, John-Henry was able to arrange a board vote that outnumbered those who never thought they would have to vote on such a dramatic change, including other board memberss who were removed prior to the vote for poor behaviours because they were so intensely opposed to the change in what they had given so much of themselves to for a number of years.

One of those board members was wholly responsible for encouraging and paying for LifeSiteNews to incorporate in the United States and was a very generous donor and constantly active supporter in many other ways. The other removed board member was also a major donor and played a large role in our highly successful sustainers program

LifeSite will not die because it has always had a strong appeal to international pro-life Catholics/Christians amd others of goodwill and has never been dependent on any one person.

Our fears about the dangers of the dramatic mission change have proven to have been valid. Readership has plummeted, many have been dismayed by the change, LifeSite has been widely viewed as a sedavacatist website and donations have dramatically declined this past campaign.

Without major needed change LifeSiteNews cannot survive. With common sense return to the incredibly successful founding mission and a return to collaborative management, rather than top-down, one person control, it stands a very good chance of tremendous renewal for the good of all.

We will still always been based on traditional Catholic/Christian moral principles in all we do, as we always have been.
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He begins with a laundry list of splainer platitudes, until he finally gets to the unforgivable sin:

“LifeSite has been widely viewed as a sedavacatist website”

John-Henry had been speaking way too much truth. Visible, obvious truths, that any honest person can see. Truths about purported popes. This was too much for the compromised “board of directors” and Steve Jalsevac, and whomever else their handlers might be.

You will have to click on the tweet to unroll the whole thing: Be sure to read the replies.

https://twitter.com/jalsevacs/status/1943060853881999769?s=46&t=QVRahZjR0Wj-QYIIJUNMOA

Across the transom. This is from a long time Trad priest who is known to me, currently affiliated with one of the Ecclesia Dei communities. It is brief and to the point. He wishes to remain anon for this post, but I can’t help but encourage it be shared with other “full communion” priests in those orders, and their lay faithful, with the knowledge that this is written by one of their own (NOT a Sede priest). The crux of his argument: Since it is already quite evident we are dealing with another heretic on the seat, is no one concerned for the soul of  Robert Prevost? Well, why the hell not? His soul is in danger. Does Fraternal Charity not compel us to call this out? Isn’t it for his own good? You’re not crazy for hearing and seeing what is plain to hear and see from Hagan Leo 14. As our Lord said, “Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.” (Matt 11:4, Luke 7:22) -nvp

Mark, forgive me for dumping this on your desk, but I thought NVP could expose a glaring lacuna in Trad Inc. media. Here goes:

Why aren’t Catholics and, in particular, Catholic influencers calling a spade a spade? Here’s what I mean. When an authority in the Church fails freely, consciously and gravely in his duty to shepherd his flock and promote and protect the true good of souls and the true interests of Our Lord and His Church, he is gravely dishonoring Our Lord and harming the Church and souls.

Why, then, isn’t this grave dereliction of duty called plainly what it is, namely, mortal sin, worthy of eternal damnation for him who commits it and who leaves this world unrepentant. The more weighty his responsibility and lofty his position in the hierarchy, the greater will be his eternal punishment. Is this truth just too hard for them to handle?

Perhaps you could consider calling out Trad Inc. media for their strange timidity. We’re not looking at a hierarchy today that exists for our entertainment. Nor is the hierarchy merely and innocently playing politics or making administrative blunders or, for that matter, blowing us away with crafty moves akin to some holy game of 5-D chess. No, we’re dealing here with effectively evil prelates and pastors sliding headlong into the eternal abyss of Hell-fire and brimstone awaiting them.

Simple and obvious case in point: Pope Leo XIV’s continuing to keep the heretical and perverted Cardinal Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernandez in his curial position as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

I need not illustrate the obvious eternal consequences for the soul of Pope Leo XIV. Any man of solid Catholic understanding knows the unpleasant outcome. Horror, anyone? Is no one horrified at the prospect of Leo‘s damnation? Is there anyone out there in Catholic media? Hello?

Sincerely,

X

Again, if you aren’t following Chris Jackson’s epic new substack, what are you waiting for? -nvp

The Lavender Legacy Continues: Leo XIV Endorses Fiducia Supplicans

By Chris Jackson

Well, that didn’t take long.

Not even two months after the white smoke, and already the Vatican’s top doctrinal officer has made it crystal clear: the controversial Fiducia Supplicans, Francis’s infamous 2023 document that legitimized blessings for same-sex couples, will “absolutely” remain in force under Leo XIV.

So much for reform.

The Lavender Curtain Doesn’t Close

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, still head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, told Il Messaggero’s Franca Giansoldati:

“The Declaration will remain… Fiducia Supplicans will absolutely not fall into oblivion.”

Not “revised.”

Not “reconsidered.”

Not “suspended pending further synodal reflection.”

Nope. Just reaffirmed, defended, and permanently installed.

This follows Fiducia Supplicans’s literal text, which opens the door to “blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples” under the guise of “non-liturgical” gestures. As if wrapping modernist rebellion in the language of nuance somehow justifies the theological rot.

Austen Ivereigh boasted the same on X:

“The blessings of gay people in relationships… will remain.”

Rich Raho added,

“Received in audience just 2 days ago by Pope Leo, DDF Prefect Cardinal Fernandez forcefully says Fiducia Supplicans ‘will remain’…”

So let’s be honest: Fiducia has not just survived the Francis era, it is being institutionalized under Leo. That means any traditionalist pundit, bishop, or blogger still claiming we’ve entered a new era of “reform” is either naive or willfully blind.

Trad Inc. Did a 24-Hour Pivot and Now We See Why

When Leo XIV was elected, many Trad Inc. voices, who just days earlier warned about Fernandez, LGBTQ blessings, and Francis’s doctrinal chaos, suddenly pivoted to a hopeful, even glowing tone.

“Maybe this is our Benedict XVII!”

“Let’s give him time.”

“His voice is so pastoral!”

That sudden shift wasn’t based on any doctrinal clarification or papal repentance. It was based on papal aesthetics, low expectations, and above all, a desperate hunger for permission to cling to Rome no matter how corrupted it becomes.

They told us Leo might rein in the synodal madness. That he would at least walk back Fiducia Supplicans. That he wouldn’t double down on Francis’s worst excesses.

Wrong on every count.

Trad Inc. sold you a fairytale. And they did it fast, within hours of Leo’s election, because they didn’t want to be caught on the wrong side of papal access, TLM favors, or Vatican press credentials.

…

Fernandez: Still in Power, Still in Charge

This whole debacle proves something more disturbing: Fernández is still the gatekeeper of doctrine. The man who ghostwrote Amoris Laetitia, shoved Traditionis Custodes down our throats, and gave us Fiducia Supplicans: he’s still calling the shots under Leo.

“Absolutely not,” he said, when asked if Fiducia might fade away.

That’s a full-throated affirmation of Francis’s theological revolution.

And remember, Leo could have fired him.

So far he hasn’t.

Final Thoughts: The Real Continuity

They said Leo would restore continuity with tradition.

They were right, but not in the way they meant.

This is continuity with Vatican II. Continuity with Amoris. Continuity with Traditionis Custodes. Continuity with Pachamama. Continuity with rainbow stoles on rainbow altars and the deconstruction of Catholic moral theology in real time.

It’s the continuity of apostasy.

Let’s be blunt: Fiducia Supplicans is no longer a temporary anomaly, but the new normal in the conciliar church. And Leo XIV has just signed off on it.

You were warned.

You were mocked for saying it.

And now you’re watching it unfold.

So what will Trad Inc. say now?

Will they issue a correction?

Will they admit they were wrong?

Don’t hold your breath.

https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/the-lavender-legacy-continues-leo

Full crosspost from Laura Wood at Thinking Housewife. If you don’t follow her, you should. -nvp

NOT long ago, I bought two salvia coccinea plants. I knew from experience that the tubular, scarlet-red flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds.

I have had this variety before, but never ones so breathtakingly gorgeous. The blossoms on the vertical stems were so huge they weighed down the slender, green supports. They were deep red. I imagined a whole summer with these superior specimens and with happy hummingbirds. I put the plants in a new wooden planter and fertilized them. Then, I thought, “Maybe just a little more.”

I wanted so eagerly that these heavenly plants retain their spectacular blooms — and so I did it. I used more fertilizer than I normally would.

Since then, those first flowers have expired, replaced by ones that are shriveled, have tiny black spots and do not open.  And these are usually such easy plants to grow!

I blew it. I loved them too much.

It’s a familiar experience. I’ve been around this block before. I’ve sung this tune before. I’ve waved this flag more than once.

Love is such a good thing, you would think more would always be better. But it’s not. We can love too much. We can love an idea too much. We can love an object too much. We can love a person too much.

In the case of an idea, we may become over-enthusiastic and impractical — a crusader  or utopian fanatic instead of a realist. With an over-loved object, we are dragged down to earth, not elevated by the nobility we crave to possess. It’s possible even to love one’s country or one’s people too much and fail to place them in the long sweep of history.

All kinds of problems result from loving another person too much: unrealistic expectations, being the most common. We may lose our independence of judgement and drift away from our very being. I once knew a woman who loved her father very much. She loved him enough to tell him the truth. He ended up disinheriting her, and she lived out her days in poverty. Had she loved him too much? I know a man who gave a young woman everything she wanted, delaying their wedding for years because she wanted a certain kind of event. She left him a few months after their big party. He had definitely loved her too much.

For some people, loving too much can be so painful, they may give up loving at all. Goodbye, and done with that.

Obsession destroys. The worst kind of excess, of course, is loving one’s self too much. Excessive self-love is so common it’s fair to call it a universal experience. How many idols can a single human being erect in a lifetime? More than we can count. Some are such minor deities; others are destroying, rampaging gods, leaving nothing behind but tawdry and false admiration.

There is only one thing in this vale of tears we can’t love too much. And that is God…

We can love him in the wrong way, but never too much. A scrupulous person loves God in the wrong way, failing to understand that God knows we live in this world and can only do so much. A sentimentalist loves God in an overly-emotional or an entirely emotional way. But feeling is not more important than simple obedience. It is possible to love God well with very little sentiment and even through the deliberate mortification of our feelings. It may be that our fondest consolations must go.

Those red flowers would be so impressive and patriotic this beautiful July Fourth Day. Drat. I am reminded in this trivial matter of my own limits once again. Must I play this record so many times? And you, dear fellow patriot?

I am reminded that in the end, there is only one thing we can never love too much.

https://www.thinkinghousewife.com/2025/07/loving-too-much/#

h/t Dr Mazza.

Back to the Future. Released in theaters July 3, 1985. I’m at a loss to write about what it felt like at that time. Peak Reagan, though we found out decades later that that was quite the Blue Pill.

Released for Fourth of July long weekend, but the movie is set in the Fall. School had to be in session, of course! The opening sequence, which contains a most unfortunate blasphemy, takes place on October 26th. Muslim terrorists have their plutonium stolen, and it was permitted to portray them on-screen. Imagine.

Marty goes back to 1955, and the entire premise of the film hinges on the cultural shockwave that immerses the viewer. Truly, a different world. But if the movie were made today, he would go back to 1995. Aside from smartphones not existing yet (though cell phones did), really the only thing that would stand out? Awful drab brown fashion, Nash Bridges and Frasier most famous examples? For the record, the best thing on TV during the mid-90s was Whose Line is it Anyway. Look for the reruns, and thank me later. Now, enjoy a little Huey.