So all the Trad clergy alive today are "vagus clergy" who "might has well have obtained their academic credentials from Cracker Jack boxes". Such respect for the Trad clergy.

I should have used the term vagantes, but absolutely.  Are you claiming these Trad clergy have any jurisdiction or authority within the Church?  Strange coming from the R&R who reject the teaching of the entire hierarchy that they claim have jurisdiction and teaching authority.  It's OK for you to blow them off.  So, not only do they have no authority, but they have nothing but a rudimentary seminary training (most of them do) that would allow them to function as simple parish priests.  They have none of the advanced degrees that would normally be required before someone might have credential to posture as a theologian.

So I'm correct on both counts.  Of course, you forget that nearly all the Trad clergy think that the Resistance are schismatic, the SSPX do and so do SVs ... but you know better there too.

This is nothing more than the typical appeal to authority as filtered out by confirmation bias.

It's nothing but an absurd soup of contradiction all around.  If you're allowed to reject the teaching of the Vicar of Christ and the entire Episcopacy that you claim all have jurisdiction and teaching authority, I'm allowed to dismiss the "teaching" (aka gratuitous opinions) of the Trad clergy who not only have zero authority but who also have a very limited parish-priest level education.

Instead of actually trying to argue the case from principles, you do the old appeal to authority, "because muh Trad clergy", while ignoring the higher authority of the man you claim to be the Vicar of Christ ... but only those authorities that line up with what you already WANT to believe in the first place.

It's pathetic.

Yes, absolutely shocking.
I'm not American, so I don't follow the politics too closely. But I once - along with Archbishop Vigano - held out hopes that Trump could be part of the solution.
Soon after the recent trouble reignited in the Holy Land, I saw an interview in which Trump very clearly favoured the action taken by Israel.
That confirmed for me that he is well and truly part of the problem and absolutely not the solution.
Only Fatima has the solution now.
Pray the Rosary!

Thank you.  Yet another individual who still has a moral compass left.

Here's a lot of detail about what Trump has been encouraging "Bibi" to do ...

https://x.com/AJIunit/status/1841885939791999043

Yes, absolutely shocking.
I'm not American, so I don't follow the politics too closely. But I once - along with Archbishop Vigano - held out hopes that Trump could be part of the solution.

Speaking of Vigano, does he still support Trump? 

Thank you.  Yet another individual who still has a moral compass left.

Here's a lot of detail about what Trump has been encouraging "Bibi" to do ...

https://x.com/AJIunit/status/1841885939791999043

Yes, it is utterly demonic. I was shocked and bitterly disappointed when I first heard Trump's wholehearted approval of what they are doing.

So I'm correct on both counts.  Of course, you forget that nearly all the Trad clergy think that the Resistance are schismatic, the SSPX do and so do SVs ... but you know better there too.

This is nothing more than the typical appeal to authority as filtered out by confirmation bias.

You forget that I don't condemn those who agree/disagree that "the Resistance is schismatic" -- because there is a certain fog of war, or confusion, surrounding the Crisis in the Church. Hence the reason we shouldn't -- and can't -- bind the consciences of others on these matters.

Yes, I hold MANY, MANY unpopular and minority positions, especially considered on a world scale. But that doesn't mean I condemn those who disagree with me as being in objective mortal sin.

Unless there's a Catholic Church dogma they're going against, I (as a layman without Church authority) can't condemn them. Not a disputed controversial theological point either -- we're talking about dogmas, things you have to believe in order to have the Faith.

A good Pope leading a Catholic Church NOT in Crisis would cut through the Trump controversy like a hot knife through butter. There would be perfect Catholic teaching, leadership, and clarity on the matter. But we don't have that luxury. We are each left to our own lights, our own opinions, our own prudence in this matter. We are like sheep without a shepherd.
Some will get it (objectively) right. Some will get it (objectively) wrong. God will condemn NONE OF THE ABOVE on this one particular heading, and no human can condemn others either based on what "best guess" they went with.

We're all forced to muddle along the best we can, and serve God in all things we do, even banal things like eating, sleeping, working, and voting.

I don't know if it rises to the level of mortal sin if the person is lacking awareness, morally and spiritually regarding voting in the spectacle- but it is implying consent by active participation.
After what the world have been through in the past 5 years, it amazes me that the automatic default reverts right back to the same ignorant position of putting our faith in clowns. 
We are currently in and looking at a much greater chastisement. There is no mitigating this any longer. There is no one on earth that can stop it. Full steam ahead.
If our Lady is correct ( and she always is) We will only have the Rosary and the promises of it to get us through. I think the most immediate perparation for the election is to continue to do our station of life, prepare as best as you can and stay on your knees with the Rosary. Make sure you get to confession and the Sacraments before election day because there is no telling when your next communion might be. 

I don't know if it rises to the level of mortal sin if the person is lacking awareness, morally and spiritually regarding voting in the spectacle- but it is implying consent by active participation.
After what the world have been through in the past 5 years, it amazes me that the automatic default reverts right back to the same ignorant position of putting our faith in clowns.
We are currently in and looking at a much greater chastisement. There is no mitigating this any longer. There is no one on earth that can stop it. Full steam ahead.
If our Lady is correct ( and she always is) We will only have the Rosary and the promises of it to get us through. I think the most immediate perparation for the election is to continue to do our station of life, prepare as best as you can and stay on your knees with the Rosary. Make sure you get to confession and the Sacraments before election day because there is no telling when your next communion might be.

You deserve a thousand upvotes my friend.
 It's like the famous Mark Twain quote, "it's easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled."
How many times have I read here and elsewhere, "oh, but Trump didn't mandate the vax!" Nah, he just aided and abetted the most massive brainwashing operation in the history of mankind. Why would he need to mandate something that most took all too willingly out of blind fear, killing grandma, losing their job, facing social ostracism, not being able to travel...and a thousand other methods of coercion. It's easy to see now how the antichrist will be able to seduce even the faithful, by pride...the pride of being unable to admit you were conned and continued to be conned by such a sleazy human being