THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space rescue services needed? 2 ‘stranded’ astronaut incidents are a ‘massive wake-up call,’ experts say.

That trio of Chinese astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — have been orbiting Earth for more than six months. Prior to the landing delay, the Shenzhou 20 trio had handed over operation of the Tiangong space station to the newly arrived Shenzhou 21 crew. They were due to return back to Earth under parachute on Nov. 5., but the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced the landing wave-off the same day, explaining that the crew’s spacecraft “is suspected of being struck by small space debris and impact analysis and risk assessment [s] are underway.”

The CMSA provided a brief on the status of the crew on Nov. 11, writing that “Following the postponement of the Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft return mission, the project team, adhering to the principles of ‘life first, safety first,’ immediately activated emergency plans and measures” and that “All work is progressing steadily and orderly according to plan.” However, the statement does not elaborate on what specific issue the Shenzhou 20 encountered or where the problem lies. Some speculation revolves around a possible launch, if needed, of an uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft as a replacement vehicle for the damaged spacecraft. In light of details provided by China’s space agency, experts are now left to wonder what the state of the Shenzhou 20 relief efforts might be.

“I wonder out loud why they would not be more forthcoming about specifics of the event,” responds Darren McKnight, an orbital debris specialist and senior technical fellow of LeoLabs, a group dedicated to space domain awareness.

McKnight observes that the Chinese are not usually forthcoming about anything where they would ‘lose face,’ a very Eastern philosophy. “However, we are all now citizens of the space environment and lack of communication about events such as this hurts everyone,” McKnight told Space.com.

Given that China is tight-lipped about most everything and they’re the worst orbital litterbugs, don’t expect them to say much.

FIGHT THE POWER: Fort Lewis TPUSA wins recognition after initial rejection by student government.

DECLINE IS A CHOICE:

It’s astounding that DE destroyed what they had. A monopoly providing a steady flow of income while providing predictable corporate governance laws. Then, the judges who knew better destroyed it. Typical of the left but still makes no sense to me. Now the real the whirlwind.

— Danny (@QuidamVeritas) November 12, 2025

Sometimes, it’s a choice imposed on the people by ideologically driven judges, but still.

SARAH ANDERSON: Tracking China in the Americas: Hongqi Bridge Is Falling Down — and Everything Else Is Too. “Welcome to the fourth installment of my ‘Tracking China in the Americas’ series, in which I cover some underreported stories on China’s footprint in the Western Hemisphere. I actually had something different planned for this week — a deep dive into how China is reaching out to young people in the Western Hemisphere — but when I saw this bridge fall, I knew I had to switch gears.”

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Princeton hires professor who denied Oct. 7 massacre to teach course on Gaza.

HOW MANY MEMORIES CAN YOU HOLD IN YOUR HAND? What’s your five favorite memories? You know they exist, but you can’t measure their length or height or depth because they aren’t material. So at the very least, that tells us the material universe is not “all there is.” J. Warner Wallace of Cold-Case Christianity addresses the implications on HillFaith.

I HOPE NOT, BUT IT COULD CERTAINLY AUGMENT THEM: AI is learning how to teach: Will bots replace human teachers? “The story of EdTech has largely been one of expensive failure,” Hendrick writes. There’s evidence that AI tutoring can be highly effective, if structured to supplement human teaching. However, “many uses of AI in education actively harm learning.” Research confirms what teachers suspect: “When AI does the thinking, students stop doing it themselves.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Kamala Harris Is Now Sniffing the Paste Before She Eats It. “Yes, it’s only been a couple of weeks since the last time we kicked off the Briefing by mocking Kamala Harris but, dear readers, she keeps going out in public and saying stuff. If she’s teeing them up, we would be remiss if we didn’t hit them somewhere. I hope that you’re all on board with me on this one.”

DON SURBER: The Other Side of a “60 Minutes” Sob Story.

BUILD MORE NUKES, NOW! Estimated power demand will outstrip supply by 2032.

CDR SALAMANDER: A Wakeup Call at Whitman AFB. “We don’t hire enough imaginative thinkers, and the clock watchers and pension counters who seem to do most of the domestic risk mitigation work have never met with a functional Red Team.”

FASTER, PLEASE: Ted Cruz schedules hearing on impeaching ‘rogue’ federal judges.

The hearing comes after Republicans complained that some judges have intervened with President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Several lawmakers have introduced legislation this year that seeks to curb rogue judges, after multiple judges issued nationwide injunctions on some of Trump’s agenda, instead of focusing on the people in the specific case.

The Senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled to take place next week, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. No witnesses have been announced so far, but it will occur in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. It is expected to begin at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Stay tuned…

IMPROVEMENT: Notre Dame Cathedral Nears One-Year Anniversary of Grand Reopening After Devastating 2019 Fire.

COLD WAR II: How the Hell Did We Let China Buy a Trailer Park in THIS Spot?

DO DEMOCRATS HAVE ANY NON-GARBAGE CANDIDATES IN THE PIPELINE? Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Deleted Post Calling Border Patrol ‘White Supremacists’ and Blaming US for Illegal Immigration.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Paxton Sues Leftist Open Borders Group Over Voter Registration Fraud. “There’s no election fraud vector Democrats won’t try. With some blue states handing driver’s licenses out like candy in a ploy to get illegal aliens onto the voting roles, Paxton is wise to nip this particular fraud attempt in the bud.”

COMMUNISTS ARE JUST NAZIS WITH BETTER HAIR — AND PR.

108 years ago today, the Russian revolution changed the world.

Lenin and the Bolsheviks, under the banner of communism, unleashed policies that led to the starvation of 40–50 million people.

You should not be a communist. https://t.co/FFLcLbB1f9

— PragerU (@prageru) November 11, 2025

EARLY BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: Amazon Fire TV 50″ Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV. #CommissionEarned

GREAT MOMENTS IN GASLIGHTING:

This is one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard https://t.co/fb5X1Sab3w

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) November 12, 2025

Interviewer: What are your thoughts on Bad Bunny performing at this year’s Super Bowl?

Charlotte Jones: I think it is awesome, and our Latino fan base is amazing. When you think about the Super Bowl, you want to be number one performer in the world to be there. We’re a global stage, and we can’t ever forget that. Our game goes out to everybody around the world. And to get the premier entertainer to want to be a part of our game, I think is amazing. We have mixed culture. Our whole society is based on immigrants that have come here and founded our country*. And I think we can celebrate that. And I think the show’s going be amazing.

Interviewer: You don’t think at a time when his comments were divisive as it relates to President Trump, when everyone was just seeking this political unification, that you’d want somebody who maybe didn’t touch politics to be on the stage?

Charlotte Jones: Yeah, I don’t think our game is about politics. I don’t think people tune in to look at politics. We do everything we can to avoid politics. And I think in that moment, that people will be watching the game, they’ll be celebrating music, and nobody will be thinking about what comments on the left side, what comments on the right side. That this is about bringing people together.

Curiously, Mr. Bunny doesn’t seem to think that his show “is about bringing people together:” Bad Bunny Says Super Bowl Critics ‘Have Four Months To Learn’ Spanish.

Flashback: Why is an anti-American crossdresser being chosen to headline the most American event ever?

That’s why:

* The late Charlie Kirk would like a word here:

THINGS CAN ALWAYS GET WORSE: If Schumer Gets Booted From Leadership, the Replacement Options Are Nightmares. “The need to recycle Granny Maojackets in a presidential race eight years after the then-upstart Obama threw her from the early polling heights she occupied was the surest sign that the Dems were struggling for candidates whom the American electorate cared about.”

WHY DO DEMOCRATS HATE PARENTS AND SCHOOLKIDS?

Loathsome. He’s actually telling *parents* who want choices about their own kids’ education (his family can do whatever it wants because they’re loaded) to “f_ck all the way off.” https://t.co/leUmzWcymM

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 11, 2025

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  Fixing Up Love (Building a Life Book 1  (Number 2 will be up soon!)

Amaryllis left school with a worthless degree and a fiance who wasn’t that into her. She refused to go back home to wallow in her family’s judgment of her choices, so she took refuge with her best friend instead. Her very handy best friend, who was fixing up a foreclosed house he’d bought. It was a really big job, and he could definitely use her help. His handiness kind of made her want to get handsy, but would fixing up the house together fix up their relationship as well?

WHY SCHUMER’S SHUTDOWN KILLS OBAMACARE: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calculated that shutting down the federal government was the key to preserving those Biden-era “temporary” tax subsidies that are scheduled to end December 31. Check out my report in this morning’s Washington Stand on why Schumer is getting the exact opposite result.

THIS:   Honor, Duty, Service and Sacrifice on This Wrong Side of Heaven. Today is Veteran’s Day, a day set aside to honor all those who chose to give up a portion of their life to serve in the U.S. Armed Services.

TO BE FAIR, SHE’S FAIRLY AMAZING:  Sometimes, Even the Marines Need a Little Help.  How MCA Hogarth took on a gaming Goliath… and won.