Absolutely!

MM's cowardice is most likely financially motivated as well, as he too fits into the grifter category.  He'd alienate a large percentage of his readership if he were to adopt certain unpopular positions.  He can sponsor +Vigano but keep him at an arm's length with the old "the opinions expressed by Archbishop Vigano are not necessarily those of the Remnant".

MM's cowardice is most likely financially motivated as well, as he too fits into the grifter category.  He'd alienate a large percentage of his readership if he were to adopt certain unpopular positions.  He can sponsor +Vigano but keep him at an arm's length with the old "the opinions expressed by Archbishop Vigano are not necessarily those of the Remnant".

Very good assessment!

“So here I am, throwing the proverbial stone into the pond.”

Leaves no doubt he believes Bergoglio’s pontificate is invalid, as he’s recognizing himself as the first uncensored prelate to make the claim.  

Wow.

Very “interesting” that he concludes with this:

“where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more”

That’s from Romans 5:20 (which was my CI signature for years).

The problem with his line of reasoning is...how does he prove what Bergoglio's intent was at the time of his election? 

I don't think he feels the need to prove it per se.  More than anything, I feel that he's speculating about how Bergoglio could have "happened".  Perhaps he thinks that there might be a growing consensus that Jorge isn't the pope, or perhaps he thinks that God will resolve the matter.  So, for instance, I speculate that the problem goes back to Siri's election in 1958, an I can't prove that either.  So I think it's more in the interests of thinking through how this all came about or could come about as a help to those whose faith might be scandalized by Jorge.

Here's Lenga being punished by Bergoglio.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/43704/retired-archbishop-disciplined-after-calling-pope-francis-a-heretic

A retired archbishop who accused Pope Francis of heresy has been ordered to cease celebrating Mass in public.

Archbishop Jan Paweł Lenga, the 69-year-old former Archbishop of Karaganda in Kazakhstan, has also been forbidden to preach at Masses or speak to the media.

The sanctions were imposed by the Diocese of Włocławek in central Poland, where the archbishop retired after serving in Kazakhstan.

Archbishop Lenga immediately defied the ruling by giving an interview to WRealu24.tv, in which he insisted that he would continue to speak out.
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KAI said the archbishop had refused to mention Pope Francis's name when celebrating Masses. It added that the measures would remain in effect until the Holy See issues a judgment on the case.

The archbishop has repeatedly criticised Pope Francis. Last year the Polish journal Więź reported that he had called Francis a "usurper and heretic."

Więź said the archbishop had given a book-length interview to the author Stanisław Krajski. The journal quoted the archbishop as saying: "Bergoglio preaches untruth, preaches sin, and does not preach a tradition that lasted so many years, 2,000 years... He proclaims the truth of this world and this is the truth of the devil."