Federal Aviation Commission lifts nationwide ground stop, 4 hours after air traffic chaos commenced; All passengers safe after river cruiser rammed by tanker, New Orleans mayor calls it: ‘Miracle on the Mississippi’; Rubio gives rousing America-first speech to Federalist Society: ‘I am on the American side of every issue — that I even have to say that is stunning’; More on Cdl. Zen’s call to end ‘agenda-driven’ Synod on Synodality; Argentine bishop dies day after his final appeal to Pope Leo on the future of the Traditional Latin Mass; Young liberal women hop on social media to celebrate ‘converting’ to Islam; Catholic priest posts: ‘Angels carry swords because certain issues cannot be resolved with kindness’; Catholics honor 14th-century Franciscans killed by Muslims after attempting to evangelize them in Jerusalem; and more —
FAA LIFTS NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP, 4 HOURS AFTER AIR TRAFFIC CHAOS BEGAN — BUT THOUSANDS OF NYC TRAVELERS LEFT STRANDED [ARTICLE]
Thousands of fed-up travelers were stranded across Big Apple airports Friday after an extremely rare nationwide ground stop delayed and canceled countless flights for hours — before being lifted shortly before 8:30 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced the unprecedented move just before 4 p.m. to ground all flights – prompting a wave of cancellations at some of the nation’s busiest travel hubs, including New York’s LaGuardia and JFK airports.
The fiasco began around 3:30 p.m., when air traffic control facilities that monitor medium and high-altitude flight traffic experienced communication and radar instability issues — and snarled air travel for millions.
Read more at the New York Post
US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY POSTS PICS OF OUTDATED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT [POST]
See @RapidResponse47
NEW ORLEANS MAYOR ON CAPSIZED RIVERBOAT: ‘MIRACLE ON THE MISSISSIPPI’ [ARTICLE]
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno said Friday that every passenger and crew member aboard a river cruise ship was accounted for after an asphalt tanker lost control and capsized the vessel on the Mississippi River.
Thirty-two passengers were taken to area hospitals, none with critical injuries, Moreno said. No one was killed. About 129 passengers, along with crew members, were aboard the American Heritage when the tanker hit it.
Moreno addressed the outcome at an evening news conference.
“We have zero people unaccounted for, which truly is a miracle on the Mississippi,” she said.
The Atlantic Asphalt hit the American Heritage at about 12:30 p.m. while the riverboat sat at the dock, the Port of New Orleans said. It had tied up about two hours earlier to let passengers off. Then the tanker hit. The riverboat took on water and rolled onto its side. New Orleans Fire and Emergency Services later released the radio traffic from around the time of the collision. On it, a responder reports a riverboat taking on water steadily.
Read more at Breitbart
VIDEO OF AFTERMATH OF TANKER CRASH INTO RIVER CRUISER [POST]
Watch @bennyjohnson
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO’S NOVEMBER 13, 2026, KEYNOTE AT THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY NATIONAL LAWYERS CONVENTION [POST]
‘I am on the American side of every issue — that I even have to say that is stunning. I am the Secretary of State of the United States.’
Watch @bennyjohnson; full address available @StateDept
SUMMATION OF RUBIO’S MAIN POINTS [POST]
Watch @EricLDaugh
HOW STEPHEN MILLER CAN BYPASS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS by COLTON OVERCASH [ARTICLE]
With Democrats taking Capitol Hill, the White House has a deep bench of existing authority, discretionary funding, and regulatory levers ready to deploy.
President Trump lost Congress last Tuesday. And now he’s handed control of the White House to Stephen Miller.
Anybody who interprets that move as a peace offering to Democrats probably thinks a rattlesnake just wants a hug.
After all, Trump’s legislative agenda is effectively dead come January. Democrats will control both chambers and have enough subpoena power to keep a small army of lawyers employed. But Trump does not have to spend his remaining two years sulking in the Oval Office. Congress may control the legislative calendar, but it cannot simply switch off the executive branch.
Miller has a powerful opportunity to use existing presidential authority to keep Trump’s agenda moving despite Democratic control of Congress. The challenge is not simply finding ways around lawmakers. It’s identifying which decisions the executive branch can already make without their cooperation.
Read more at The Federalist
YOUNG LIBERAL WOMEN HOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO CELEBRATE ‘CONVERTING’ TO ISLAM [ARTICLE]
There’s a new fad unfolding on social media, where liberal women hop online, usually dressed in Muslim garb, and celebrate converting to Islam. But they’re not just celebrating in the traditional Muslim sense. They’re online trying to convince everybody that Islam is the new “feminist” religion, empowering women all over the world.
Yes, really.
We’re talking about young liberal women who’ve grown up enjoying freedoms that women in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and North Africa can only dream of, suddenly cosplaying, and dressing up for TikTok and explaining how “empowering” it is to embrace a religion that comes with some pretty horrific rules for women.
And the irony gets even richer when some of these newly minted Muslim influencers start posing and flirting for the camera, completely oblivious to how that behavior would be received by the religious conservatives whose traditions they’re celebrating… and mocking, to be honest.
Read more at revolver
WOMAN CELEBRATING CONVERSION TO ISLAM [POST]
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THE PRAYERFUL POSSE DISCUSS CARDINAL ZEN’S WAKE-UP/SHAKE-UP MESSAGE [VIDEO]
Cardinal Joseph Zen calls on Pope Leo to remove three powerful Vatican cardinals, accuses the Synod of advancing hidden agendas.
Watch at Raymond Arroyo (IN: 0:40 – OUT: 14:30)
OUTSPOKEN DEFENDER OF CATHOLIC TRADITION, ARGENTINE ARCHBISHOP HÉCTOR AGUER, HAS DIED THIS WEEK [POST]
See @joaosilveiraaa
ARCHBISHOP HÉCTOR AGUER’S LAST INTERVIEW BEFORE PASSING AWAY [POST]
On the Traditional Latin Mass, the Archbishop said, “The tragedy is that the ecclesiastical establishment has abandoned it to replace it with guitar music.”
See @NiwaLimbu1988
REMINDER
See @JeffreyFasching
TODAY IS THE FEAST OF ST. NICHOLAS TAVELIĆ AND HIS FRANCISCAN COMPANIONS: DEODATUS, PETER, AND STEPHEN [POST]
See @FriarMario
MORE ABOUT ST. NICHOLAS TAVELIĆ AND COMPANIONS [POST]
Watch @tavnet
