Ryan Ellis

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@biggsag @TPCarney My formula: Pre-retirement income x 80% Then minus Social Security benefits Then x25 That’s the goal.

@RyanLEllis @TPCarney Orman's retirement savings goal is crazy high, even for an audience that's higher-income. It's just to scare people and generate clicks. Malpractice.

Suze Orman said nobody should retire without $5 million? I feel like there's an interesting story to tell about how wrong she is about many important things and why. aol.com/finance/retire…

Eisenhower's twin warnings have merged into a single tax-exempt industry. New on The Exempt Class today. Beware of the “nonprofit” military-industrial complex scottahodge.substack.com/p/beware-of-th…

Even more opposition to the giant tax hike put forth by Bernie Moreno and Elizabeth Warren: atr.org/no-conservativ…

@conncarroll @wwwojtekk The answer is neither populism nor libertarianism. The answer is common sense national interest, limited government, pro-family conservative answers on just about all this stuff.

@RyanLEllis @wwwojtekk yeah he was wrong about a lot of other stuff too. like drug legalization.

JD Vance is wiser than his libertarian friends

A gov't financing itself with unclaimed property acquires a financial interest in finding more to seize. Shorter inactivity periods, broader definitions of owner contact, and shortcuts all produce the same result: more revenue. | @RyanLEllis nationalreview.com/2026/07/the-ba…

@conncarroll @wwwojtekk The man died decades ago. Can we talk about what immigration and welfare policy we should have in 2026 America?

@wwwojtekk @RyanLEllis Assuming the welfare state he is FOR illegal immigration. Here is his quote: “It’s a good thing for the illegal immigrants. It’s a good thing for the United States. It’s a good thing for the citizens of the country. But, it’s only good so long as it’s illegal.”

The Backdoor Property Tax You’ve Never Heard Of "Unclaimed-property laws began with a worthy objective. If someone genuinely forgot about a bank account, stock certificate, or dividend check, the state held the property until the owner or heirs reclaimed it. The idea was that the state was a safekeeper of valuables; however, some states have stretched that principle beyond recognition. In the case of investment accounts, instead of asking whether property is truly abandoned, states increasingly ask whether an owner has interacted with an account in very specific and limited ways. A few years without logging into an online brokerage account can trigger the seizure and liquidation of appreciating investments, even when every statement reaches the customer’s address and every dividend is properly credited to the customer’s account. Buy-and-hold investing is maliciously twisted by state governments into accusations of abandonment." nationalreview.com/2026/07/the-ba…

SNAP lost $10.1 billion to improper payments in FY2025, with more than 10% of benefits distributed incorrectly. That's why Congress reformed the program through H.R. 1, the "Working Families Tax Cuts," giving states stronger incentives to reduce waste and improve accountability. #SNAP #Taxpayers #FiscalResponsibility

@NMantis7 @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR I’m directly quoting Fr P. “The ordinary means of salvation cannot be found at your local parish.” This isn’t hard. Sacraments are what saves us. What else could he be talking about?

@RyanLEllis @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Thats your claim, not theirs

SSPX states anew re the consecrations: “The precise reason why the consecrations of July 1 were carried out is to continue to publicly denounce the errors present in the current magisterium &, therefore, to preserve the Catholic faith in all its integrity” On @FSSPXFR

@NMantis7 @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR The SSPX says that you can’t be saved at any local parish. That’s a sacramental validity claim for a Catholic.

@RyanLEllis @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Actually thats what sacramental law im the Catholic church says

@NMantis7 @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Is that what the SSPX says? Or do they say unconditionally that the means cannot be found there? Pretty sure it’s real wine and bread, the water flows in the baptismal font, etc. And the words are used that are supposed to be used. Same at Catholic parishes everywhere.

@RyanLEllis @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Depends on the form and matter

@NMantis7 @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Does my local parish have valid sacraments or not?

@RyanLEllis @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Go to a clown mass and let us know, sheesh

@MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR If the sacraments are valid there, the means of salvation exist at my local parish. It’s easy and straightforward.

@RyanLEllis @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR So you're saying it's blank and white, and the way we do things doesn't matter? As long as sacramental validity exists?

@Sonia53335483 @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR This has nothing to do with the actual question at hand: does my neighborhood parish have valid sacraments or not?

@MrBasedGuy @RyanLEllis @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR x.com/bunkerottavian… Novo Ordo

@beil_cathy @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Bottom line: are the sacraments at the territorial parish I live in valid or not?

Yes, it is pretty simple. But you've managed to twist a clear theological distinction into something the SSPX never said. They did not claim that "Novus Ordo people cannot be saved." That is a blatant strawman. The SSPX is saying that Novus Ordo parishes (as they commonly operate today) do not provide the proper and adequate means for salvation. That is very different from declaring that no one attending one can possibly be saved. The Church herself has always taught the same principle with Protestants: they do not have the proper and adequate means for salvation in their communities (no valid priesthood, no Eucharist, incomplete faith, etc.). Yet the Church has never taught that individual Protestants cannot be saved. God can save souls of good will through extraordinary means such as invincible ignorance, implicit desire, perfect contrition, and the like, even when they lack the ordinary instruments of grace. The exact same distinction applies here. The SSPX warns that the ordinary structures in many Novus Ordo settings, the liturgy, catechesis, preaching, and overall environment, no longer reliably supply what souls need to persevere in the Faith and reach Heaven. This is a realistic assessment of the post-conciliar crisis, not a blanket condemnation of every individual soul. On the sacraments: SSPX priests affirm that Novus Ordo sacraments are valid (when proper matter, form, and intention are present). But validity alone is not the same as fruitfulness or safety. One can receive valid sacraments in a context that still endangers the Faith through ambiguity, dilution of doctrine, or liturgical practices that obscure the sacrificial reality of the Mass. That is why the SSPX urges the faithful to seek the proper and adequate means, the Traditional liturgy and formation that produced saints for centuries. It is pastoral concern for souls, rooted in the Church's perennial teaching, not Pharisaical judgment. If we truly want souls saved, we should examine why these deficiencies exist and return to what the Church has always provided, rather than presuming extraordinary graces will compensate for systemic problems.

@aaron_renn Thanks, Novus Ordo.

Ryan Burge: Built for a Church That No Longer Exists - The Archdiocese of Detroit is running out of priests, parishioners, and time graphsaboutreligion.com/p/built-for-a-…

@munderw341 @DDFStrand Shut it, troll.

@DDFStrand The Inquisition. Collaboration with the Nazis. To name a few.

When I encounter the newly converted trad Cath, I find most, not all, have a romantic idea of the Catholic Church. Once you leave DC, NYC, and a few other major metros, you will find a very different church than the pristine one they conjure up online.

@ViewFromAS46610 @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Maybe some did. They were much more careful and diplomatic before Fr P weaponized them into schism.

@RyanLEllis @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR Um… perhaps you should spend some time going through some of the older SSPX videos on YT

@JoeCoolei @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR That’s exactly what they are saying, though.

@RyanLEllis @MrBasedGuy @MLJHaynes @FSSPXFR I loved going to my SSPX church but a few people would sometimes tell me I shouldn’t go to my novus ordo parish. I don’t believe that’s the opinion of the SSPX that only they are good enough, but if that’s the actual belief, there’s not much communion in that, schismatic