by | January 27, 2026 · 5:26 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Bring an end to the slaughter of protesters in Iran and the regime that has perpetrated it. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, marking the beginning of the end of the Holocaust.

GREAT MINDS DO NOT THINK ALIKE: [7:43] – In college, I participated in a psychology study where we were shown words then pictures and asked to identify from the pictures which words we’d seen. Then they reversed it. The guy doing the study said I was in a small percentage of people who see a word and visualize the object. I don’t know if this particular thing is related to phantasia or not. But it was one of the first times I realized my brain wasn’t like other people’s brains.

I am on the hyper- end. I’ve experienced reading a book about which I remembered nothing of character or plot, but on one single page, I knew I had to have read it before, because I had “been in that room.” The down side of this is that it can be very frustrating to read a book by an author who is not good at visualizing. One glaring example is J.K. Rowling. I love the Harry Potter books, but my copies are riddles with penciled notes in the margins where she’s messed up the staging.

MIDDLE EAST: [5:42] – A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln has reportedly entered the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, which includes Iran where anti-government protesters have been getting murdered by the tens of thousands.

MINNESOTA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZxIM9XZp74 [:29] to hear the latest development. It’s good news for a change.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Keep them strong, warm, and smart as they work through this severe winter weather. May they remain alert, avoid harm, and return home safely when the job is done. Let them know how much we respect and appreciate them. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

PSA: If your vehicle has ever been in an accident where the airbag deployed, get the replacement airbags inspected to make sure they were not manufactured in China by Jilin Province Detiannuo Automobile Safety System Co. Ltd., also known as DTN. Instead of saving lives, these airbags fire lethal shrapnel into the faces and chests of passengers. At least ten crashes have involved these bags. Those cases all involved Chevrolet Malibus and Hyundai Sonatas, but officials say there’s no reason to think the deadly airbags are limited to these two vehicle types.

SOWELL: The quotation above was published on August 26, 2014, in an article entitled “Facts vs. Vision.” It’s well worth reading.

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1217700806424567 [:22] to see a variety of Madonna and Child images from various cultures. I once did a paper on this topic. The Japanese Mary is styled after the Buddhist goddess of mercy (image above), to signal to the Japanese that mercy is one of Mary’s virtues. There are many similar examples in the various cultures Christianity has entered. E.g., the Good Shepherd in Roman art.

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CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zd6_wRzzEw8 to watch the Top 5 Dogs of the Week. You have to see what #3 did!!

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by | January 26, 2026 · 6:08 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Close all the lying mouths. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton said, “I want to say one thing to the American people: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

ARRESTS ARE HAPPENING: [13:42] – And it is beautiful!

BACK THE BLUE: Well said and worth your time. [6:02] – One news source says the wounded officer is expected to live.

CALTROPS: An individual participating in the Minneapolis riots has been arrested for throwing tire-deflating devices into the paths of law enforcement vehicles. Upon apprehension, the subject was found to have a bag containing several more of the home-made caltrops.

LIFE: CLICK https://x.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/2014806544769286588 [1:30] to see the masses of people who peacefully gathered to plead for an end to abortion.

MENTAL HEALTH: [2:42] – I love this video! I was born with what I call “the German gene.” I don’t just enjoy order; I crave it. When I have the energy and agency, the things in our home aren’t just decluttered and organized; they’re also alphabetized and color coordinated! LOL

OH CANADA: Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying laws allow patients to request a painless death if an assessor agrees their terminal condition meets certain requirements. Patients often wait weeks, but it can happen the same day the application is lodged if judged to be medically urgent by a MAiD provider.

According to this story, the patient initially asked for MAiD, but then reneged. It was judged that her husband was suffering from burn-out trying to care for her at home and that she needed hospice. The government bean counters said no to hospice, so the husband asked if they could go ahead and kill her.

She was put down that same evening, saving the state-controlled healthcare system many thousands of dollars in end of life care. They say it’s about death with dignity, but it’s really about convenience and money.

PHONES: There’s a new pay phone in one of the most left-wing areas of the country – San Francisco’s Mission District, but it only connects to another new pay phone in one of the most right-wing areas – Abilene, Texas. It’s an effort to connect people across the political spectrum. The phones are part of a social experiment. The conversations are being recorded and some will be shared as soon as next week @ https://www.instagram.com/matterneuroscience/.

GRAMMY NOTES: [2:29] – My major in college was Art History, but I had a strong concentration in the Middle Ages. Besides taking every Medieval Art History class that was offered, I also took all the Medieval History, Literature, Philosophy, and Music classes. In fact, if I could have fit one more class into my packed schedule, I would have earned a “Certificate in Medieval Studies” from Binghamton University’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Alas, that one class involved reading Dante’s Divine Comedy in the original language … not something you should try to tack on to an already overfull class load. Anyway … since I’m a sucker for medieval stuff, when I come across a gem like this video, I’m gonna share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rthsifb_KRQ [2:37] to see a really cool portrait this guy made of his wife using nothing but dice!

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by | January 25, 2026 · 2:31 pm

Minneapolis Update

An armed man was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. Personally, I think the people who are organizing and financing these protests are toasting the man’s death with expensive champagne. They don’t care about the idiots they incite to riot. They only care about their narratives.

The dead man has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti (37). The Left are waxing lyrical about how he, an American citizen whose home was in south Minneapolis, “grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.” They want us to know he was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and that he worked as a licensed intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration.

  • ABC News headline: “Alex Pretty, ICU Nurse Killed by Federal Agent”
  • AP News “Man killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis was ICU nurse”
  • CBS News “Man killed by federal officer in Minnesota worked as ICU nurse”
  • MPR News “Alex Pretti remembered as kind, competent and quiet”
  • NY Times “Jeffri Pretty knew he wanted to help others”

There’s a lot more to their “vicious Trumpster shoots ICU nurse peacefully protesting ICE” narrative. For example, Pretti brought a 9mm handgun to said protest, fully loaded; he had two extra magazines of ammunition on his person.

Another point we need to consider is that the shooting occurred when Pretti tried to interfere with Border Patrol officers who were attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant who was wanted for violent assault. One source says Pretti approached them with his weapon and was killed as the officers attempted to disarm him. Another says they disarmed him and then shot him.

Some videos of Pretti’s shooting are posted @ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15496439/Border-Patrol-Commander-Greg-Bovino-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-fatally-shooting-Minneapolis-nurse-Alex-Pretti.html. They are chaotic. I can only hope the investigation is thorough and honest.

US Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino said, “I believe that all citizens of the United States have those 1st and 4th amendment rights as long as they do so peacefully, and don‘t delay, obstruct, or assault anyone in doing that — and that’s the issue here, because he was not peacefully doing anything.”

The Left is acting like the agents are acting out because they’re thugs. But let’s not be naive. CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2015219465705726461 to see the kind of crap these officers have been dealing on a daily basis. IMO, the people organizing the protests have been ramping up the violence precisely so protesters will get themselves killed.

Like Renee Good before him, Alex Pretti was part of an organized network dedicated to interfering with immigration enforcement. PJ Media reports, “Cam Higby from Newsmax spent days undercover inside the Signal messaging groups these activists use to coordinate their efforts. What he found was stunning in its sophistication. These aren’t just angry citizens showing up to protest. This is a well-oiled machine running 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

They have carved Minneapolis up into patrol zones where members walk and drive around 24/7, searching for an reporting on the presence of federal vehicles and agents. Higby reports, “They’re running shift changes, clocking in and out, just like any organized operation.” When they find what they’re looking for, they “instruct their ICE chasers to follow and confront agents.” Follow the link below if you want to read his whole report.

And … surprise, surprise … one of their organizers is Amanda Koehler, who also happens to work as a campaign strategist for Gov. “Tampon Tim” Walz. CLICK https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2015157323535114548 [:39] to hear Walz say ICE, BP, and HSI agents are not “law enforcement.” Hmmm … pretty sure they are. Also pretty sure Gov. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey are violating federal laws with their sanctuary crap.

CLICK https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2015164997576360225 [1:16] to hear a specific call to violence from a former cross-dressing activist slash Minnesota Antifa member slash online recruiter named Kyle Wagner tell his followers to “Get your f—king guns and stop these f—king people” on Instagram. Wagner has branded himself on the neck with the gang tattoo of the Antifa “Iron Front” logo, similar to how neo-Nazis brand themselves with fascist symbols.

In other news, one of the rioters attempting to protect criminal illegal aliens from being detained and then deported actually bit off the finger of a Homeland Security Investigations office. It is likely he will lose the finger.

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by | January 25, 2026 · 7:40 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Have mercy on the souls of those in Purgatory, particularly those who have died from violence without time to prepare. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge – Hitler’s final large-scale offensive on the Western Front – came to an end. For U.S. forces, it had been the deadliest engagement in the European theater.

FBI: [3:14] – Two of the “Top 10 Wanted” were nabbed in one day. In their report, the anchors mention taking illegals off the streets as a major factor. I heard now-former Assistant Director Dan Bongino say on his broadcast that a lot of credit also goes to the FBI’s decision to employ “broken windows” policing. It worked in NYC when Rudy Giuliani was mayor and they’re proving now that it works at the federal level as well.

GODDESS POSE: Many yoga poses are worshipful offerings to demons. There is a school of thought called “Christian Yoga” that claims to use these poses as a way to meditate and grow in true faith. Personally, I’m on the side that says avoiding the poses is the safest way.

ICE PROTESTS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2685963238424537 [10:25] to hear Greg Gutfeld hit the truth with a sledgehammer.

I’M EXCITED: I was recently diagnosed with “severe osteoarthritis” in my left knee. According to three doctors, I’m headed for painful, expensive knee replacement surgery. I’d rather not, so this caught my eye. It’s a loooong way from being available, but I can hope!

I’M OFFENDED: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1380396410299003 [3:00] to hear Brad Stine riff on political correctness. Good comment: “Taking offense is usually someone trying to control the conversation or shut it down.”

JACK SMITH: On Thursday, former special counsel Jack Smith made a number of damning admissions during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. You can read about them at the link.

OBAMA: [2:12] – In 2012, with 1,000+ deportations/day, our Democrat president categorically refused to halt deportations of adults who had brought their children into the U.S. illegally. Where were all the hysterical protesters?

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, I bind and rebuke all demonic spirits fueling this storm and ask God and all His angels to protect the vulnerable and support rescue workers wherever they are needed. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

RED PILL: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1676453429992797 [2:32] to hear an excellent walk away story.

STOLEN VALOR: William Kelly, the loud- and foul-mouthed activist who was arrested for his part in last Sunday’s St. Paul church invasion, has said, on camera, that he is a military veteran who has seen combat. He also wears a Combat Infantryman Badge on his hat. Here are the facts …

William Kelly did serve in the U.S. Army, but he did so as a paper pusher. Think “Radar” on M.A.S.H. Even if he had ever deployed to a war zone, which he didn’t, he would not have gone on combat missions with infantry soldiers who earned the right to wear that medal.

But William Kelly wasn’t even a good paper pusher. In 2008, he was court-martialed and found guilty of stealing. His rank was dropped to Private (E-1) and he was booted out of the Army with a Bad Conduct Discharge.

TRUMP: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1192572996409845 [2:00] to hear Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel talk about the difference between the Biden and Trump administrations.

GRAMMY NOTES: Every year, the Mascots design and build cars for the Pinewood and Powderpuff Derby that their scout troops hold. Bootz won second for the boys!

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by | January 24, 2026 · 6:57 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Focus our eyes on You and You alone. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, setting off the California Gold Rush. Approximately 300,000 people flocked to the region, forever altering the course of history for both California and the nation.

BOARD OF PEACE: [15:41] – Fox News’ Jesse Watters talks about what Trump did in Davos.

CALIFORNICATION: In April 2024, California passed a $20 minimum wage law for fast food workers. As conservatives predicted, it has led to the loss of approximately 18,000 jobs.

CHURCH INVASION: Loud- and foul-mouthed William Kelly has been arrested for his part in last Sunday’s incident in St. Paul. He has been charged federally under 18 U.S.C. § 241 (conspiracy against rights, related to interfering with religious freedom/exercise) and is facing up to 10 years in prison.

DAVOS: From Gary Varvel on “Pulling the Fangs of the Globalists” – When President Trump went to Davos and stared down the global elites at the World Economic Forum, he wasn’t there to bow — he was there to bite back.

While the “globalist” class has spent decades draining the lifeblood of American workers through bad trade deals, open borders, and foreign-first policies, Trump told them their era of control is over. Nations, he said, should serve their own people first — not unelected bureaucrats, multinational corporations, or utopian schemes dreamed up in Swiss boardrooms.

That’s what this cartoon represents. The globalist agenda only has power as long as the American people believe they are helpless. But once you pull the fangs — once you expose the lies and reject the system — the monster loses its grip.

America doesn’t need permission from Davos to be sovereign. We already have a Constitution. And we finally have a president willing to defend it.

ELECTRICITY: Enacted in 1935, The Federal Power Act reserved to the states to authority to set retail electricity prices and determine the mix of in-state power generation. In blue states, climate alarmist Democrats have used this authority to push wind and solar power, while limiting coal, gas, and nuclear plants. In red states, the opposite has occurred. Today, red states, especially in the south and southeast, have much more reliable and affordable electricity.

FAFO: Lexie Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital posted a vicious hate message on TikTok saying she hoped President Trump’s Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, suffered a fourth-degree tear during delivery. “I hope you f—-ing rip from bow to stern and never s— normally again, you c—.” The hospital announced that, following a prompt review, Lawler is no longer employed.

GREENLAND: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1595858131541820 [1:35] to hear a list of all the places the U.S. has purchased in the past and all of our previous attempts to buy Greenland.

HYPOCRITES: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013376043642732688 [:45] to hear an ignorant liberal sneer at Republicans with not one, but two fake facts.

  1. Fire hoses were not used in Selma, but in Birmingham, where Public Safety Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor ordered local police and fire departments to use fire hoses (along with police dogs) to disperse demonstrators.
  2. Connor was a lifelong Democrat, as was Alabama Governor George Wallace who directed the Alabama State Troopers to stop the Selma march “by whatever means necessary.” The man who carried out Wallace’s vague order was Alabama State Trooper Director Albert J. Lingo, who was known as a man who was “hell on niggers.”

JP MORGAN: Trump has filed a $5 billion lawsuit in Miami’s Florida state court against JPMorgan Chase for having closed all of his accounts back in 2021 because they didn’t like his politics.

LIFE: On January 22, the Trump administration ended the use of human fetal tissue in federally-funded research. That policy will apply to all NIH grants, cooperative agreements, transaction awards, research and development contracts, and the NIH Intramural Research Program.

LYING LIARS: To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The View had actress Pam Grier talk about the racism she experienced while growing up in Columbus, Ohio in the 1950s. According to her, her mom would often have to get her and her siblings to avert their eyes lest they see a body hanging from a tree.

According to the Ohio Lynching Victims Memorial, the last lynching was in 1911.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to trust only in Your providence. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: On January 22, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. issued a joint statement saying, “Today, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization, freeing itself from its constraints, as President [Donald] Trump promised on his first day in office. This action responds to the WHO’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic and seeks to rectify the harm from those failures inflicted on the American people.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1857695284864847 [1:04] to see a heartwarming tale that Grok says is real, not AI.

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by | January 23, 2026 · 7:21 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We offer You today the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to graduate from medical school. After further training in London and Paris, she opened an infirmary in New York City, helping some of the city’s most in-need people. Blackwell’s practice focused on women and children.

I was intrigued to learn that the only school that would accept her as a student was Geneva Medical College, which later became Hobart and William Smith Colleges. My mother grew up in Geneva, NY, and my father, eldest brother, and nephew all graduated from Hobart College.

CHURCH INVASION 1: CLICK https://x.com/Cjpearson/status/2014139217589174543 [1:11] to hear a CNN talking head let slide what Nekima Levy Armstrong, the protest’s leading organizer, said about the incident. I’m sorry, but challenging the pastor about how a staff member earns a living belongs at a private meeting with the pastor or at a parish council or vestry meeting, not at a WORSHIP service.

CHURCH INVASION 2: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2014069906589745586 [:58] to hear Chauntyll Louisa Allen shoot off her mouth about why they felt justified in storming a church service. It’s interesting to me that she thinks the church shouldn’t allow an ICE agent to be a pastor. I kinda feel the same way about her serving on the Saint Paul Public Schools Board.

CHURCH INVASION 3: I saw a number of people on social media sneering at Christians who are upset about the church invasion, because “Jesus flipped tables IN THE TEMPLE.” This is a gross misunderstanding of the text. Jesus did not interrupt a worship service. The temple priests did not allow temple donations and tithes to be paid with Roman coinage, so people had to exchange the coins they used in the markets for coins that were minted by the temple. The tables he overturned belonged to money changers in the outside court yard who were charging exorbitant exchange rates.

FAFO: CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/2014103247888220398 [:56] to hear CNN allow a young smug punk (Cameron Kasky) tell obvious lies about the President and what happened afterwards. As I’ve mentioned here before, Kasky’s one and only claim to fame is that he survived a school shooting. Basically, he’s David Hogg 2.0, but with less education.

FAKE NEWS: Destiny and Shawn Jackson are Minneapolis parents who claimed their truck was “lifted off the ground” by a tear gas canister as they were peacefully driving home with 6 kids from a basketball game at Anderson Middle School. CBS wasted no time pimping out the tale. The Jacksons wasted no time putting up a GoFundMe page that scored them more than $173K.

There’s one teensy-weensy problem with their narrative: It’s a Big Fat Lie. Videos show Destiny and Shawn were not at a ball game; they were on the street, participating in the protest, long before the tear gas was released. If the children were exposed to tear gas, it is because their parents endangered them by leaving them in a vehicle while they went out and harassed federal officers.

GREENLAND: Suzanne Downing has an interesting piece at The Alaska Story comparing how Inuit people have fared under the Alaska model of statehood versus the Greenland model of self-rule under Denmark. You can read the article for details, but the basics are this –

  • In Alaska, the Inuit people enjoy both economic power and political sovereignty unlike anything seen anywhere else else in the world.
  • In Greenland, the Inuit people have an elected government that owns and manages all resources; with minimal development, the nation depends on money from Denmark to function.

Anyone familiar with the historic failures of socialist governments can guess how well the people fare. One indicator is that Greenland’s suicide rates, particularly among Inuit men, are among the highest in the world, alongside higher levels of substance abuse and domestic violence.

ICE: Homeland Security @ DHS.gov tweeted, “On January 20, ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Adrien Alexander Conejo Arias. an illegal alien from Ecuador who was RELEASED into the U.S. by the Biden administration.

“As agents approached the driver Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias fled on foot—abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.”

MENTAL HEALTH: Trump just signed an executive order to bring back insane asylums and mental institutions, stressing the importance of getting ‘people off the streets.’

According to Grok (multiple sources), lifetime arrest rates among homeless adults with severe mental illness range from roughly 63% to 90% depending on the study. Incarceration rates are between 48% to 67%.

IOW, rather than hospitalize and treat them, we put them on the streets where they cannot function and mostly end up in jail or the morgue.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Soften the hearts of the angry people and awaken in them a spirit of kindness and courtesy. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SAINTS AREN’T UNIFORM: [5:45] – Be who God created you to be.

VAXXXINE: Newly released emails from 2021 show the government’s “public health” concerns about COVID-19 were actually centered primarily on forcing the untested mRNA gene therapy serums on American citizens.

On August 24, 2021, the results of a massive (770,000+ subjects) Israeli study were published in a paper entitled “Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity: reinfections versus breakthrough infections.” It found that prior infection conferred substantially stronger protection against reinfection than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

The emails show that government officials like Anthony Fauci did not want these findings to be publicized, les they undermine the administration’s push for universal vaccination.

Stephanie Edewaard Weidle, executive director of Feds For Freedom, said, “This is the evidence right here showing that our nation’s scientific leaders were not acting scientifically, and there needs to be accountability. We in the medical freedom fighting world, we already knew this, but to see it spelled out in these FOIA documents just makes it worse. People lost their jobs and their lives were turned upside down based on the argument that natural immunity was not enough.”

THE VIEW: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2014100693691539728 [:16] to hear Whoopi Goldberg declare that Trump wants to deport women of color so he can marry their white husbands to white women. It makes me sad that people actually APPLAUD this lunacy.

TRUMP’S AUGUSTAN AGE: [17:36] – I doubt I understood all of this, but it was fascinating to listen to!

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by | January 22, 2026 · 5:00 am

Celebration of Life Day

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Author of all Life. Every human being is created in Your very image and likeness. We ask that You bring a change of heart to every person in every nation to end the killing of our unborn brothers and sisters. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7–2 in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Roe vs Wade, effectively abolishing the right of the separate states to protect the right to life of unborn human beings. Beginning on January 22, 1974, the annual March for Life began to advocate for the legal protection of unborn human life.

BORDER: Nearly 30 percent of ICE agents, and about 50 percent of Border Patrol agents in the U.S. are Latino.

CATHOLIC: Cory Groeneveld entered Eternal Life last week. His asked that, in lieu of flowers, everyone go to confession and get back to church.

CLINTONS: Bill and Hillary have both ignored House Oversight Committee subpoenas. Rep. James Comer says “the Clintons’ lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only. No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons’ ridiculous offer.”

Angel Ureña, deputy chief of staff to the former president, says, “We never said no to a transcript. Interviews are on the record and under oath. Whether it was written or typed isn’t why this is happening. If that were the last or only issue, we’d be in a different position. You keep misdirecting to protect you-know-who and God knows what.”

Comer says he is proceeding with contempt charges.

DEMOCRATS: Barack Obama’s ICE chief, Tom Homan, received an award for 920,000 removals. Donald Trump’s ICE chief, Tom Homan, gets called a Nazi.

DENMARK: Indigenous peoples have lived on Greenland for thousands of years. Denmark has controlled it since 1721. The Danes apparently don’t like indigenous people much, because from 1966 through 1992, the government secretly implanted intra-uterine devices (IUDs) into the wombs of more than 4,500 women and girls in Greenland. Some were as young as 12 years old.

The Danes also practice genocide on unborn babies with Down syndrome. The government has universal screening among pregnant women for early detection and encourages them to abort those who test positive. In 2019, in a country of over 6 million people, only 18 children were born with Down syndrome in Denmark.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Ma1YQjQIjU [1:12] to hear about the sweet, cuddly way hockey fans in Hershey, PA, support charities.

HYPOCRITES: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013762968291549608 [:59] to hear a Democrat smugly tell us “filthy rich Republicans” how turrible it would be if ICE succeeds in removing the illegal aliens who work for less than minimum wage. These are the same people who demand we raise the minimum wage for citizens to a “livable” level.

LIFE: Fifty years ago, Father Frank Pavone dedicated his life and ministry to defending the unborn. Half a century later, though it has cost him his priestly functions, he says, “The calling has not softened. The mission has not changed. The resolve has only grown stronger. Protect life. Proclaim truth. Never surrender. Life is worth fighting for. Always.”

MINNESOTA: None of this falls under the definition of a “peaceful protest.”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Bless and protect from all evil those who fight to end discrimination at every level in society. Grant them strength, courage, and perseverance in their quest to protect human life regardless of age or disability. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

RENEE GOOD: On the day of the shooting, Becca Good screamed that the ICE officer had shot her “wife.” When a records search failed to produce any evidence, their lawyer admitted they were not married. Renee just had her last name legally changed to match her lesbian partner’s last name. Her last name at birth was Ganger.

Her last name from her first failed marriage was Sheppard. She and her ex-husband, Justin, had two sons who are now 15 and 12 years old. They have been living with their father since the divorce in 2016.

Her last name from her second, also failed marriage was Macklin, which began on April 27, 2018. She and Timmy Ray Macklin Jr. had the now 6-year-old son who is mentioned in news reports. Renee and Timmy separated sometime in 2020–2022 when their son was an infant/toddler. Although Renee established a serious relationship with her next lover, Becca Good, she and Timmy never got divorced. Timmy died on May 25, 2023 at the age of 36. His cause of death is not in the public record.

Tim Macklin, Sr. has said that he and his wife are seeking legal custody of their grandson, who is now an orphan. As the boy’s biological grandparents, they likely have a stronger legal claim than the mother’s lesbian lover does. Tim Sr. said Becca is currently caring for the boy.

SHEPHERDS: CLICK https://x.com/ClownWorld/status/2014001087301435659 [:22] to hear a priest say that he has planned for any protesters who bust into his church.

THE NETHERLANDS: [14:07] – Horrifying.

VANCE: Congratulations to the whole family!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/873161612239574 to see kids playing on giant wheels. It looks like fun, but I’m wondering how many mashed fingers happen.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1397482741739620 to watch … 11? … full body flips in a row!

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by | January 21, 2026 · 6:04 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 21, 1954, the first nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus is launched on the Thames River in Connecticut. It would quickly break all speed and distance records and mark the start of a new age of underwater travel, exploration, and warfare.

FACE Act: 18 U.S. Code § 248 – Freedom of access to clinic entrances, or FACE Act, does not just protect abortion clinics. It also explicitly protects churches.

“Whoever

  1. by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or providing reproductive health services;
  2. by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship

shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b) and the civil remedies provided in subsection (c).” Penalties include fines and jail time.

LYING LIAR: Cameron Kasky is a Democrat activist and college dropout who, like David Hogg, owes his claim to fame to having been one of the students who happened to be present during a school shooting. He is also a liar.

CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2013455047288377517 [:42] to hear him say Donald Trump was involved in a global sex trafficking ring.

CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/2013474108164460911 [1:06] to hear him state that ICE is targeting legal citizens.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, May we, as a people, choose to live in a way that honors You, and may Your favor rest upon us as we strive to be a nation under Your guidance and protection. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

RACISM: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2012960682212262398 [1:12] to hear Democrat Rep. Lateefah Simon tell Republicans to “keep Dr. King’s name out of your mouth.” IMO, Reverend King belongs to all Americans and Rep. Simon is a racist.

REPEAT OFFENDER: William Kelly, who goes by “DaWokeFarmer” on TikTok, is one of the anti-ICE agitators who stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sunday. CLICK https://x.com/JohnMcCloy/status/2013038763841053078/video/3 [:34] to see a clip he took of himself inside Cities Church, screaming insults at the congregation.

CLICK https://x.com/RealSpitfire/status/2013304642411618552 [:40] to hear him challenge the feds to come after him. I just love how articulate his arguments are. “F bomb. F bomb. F’ing F bomb.” Yup. TOTALLY convincing.

Members of Pete Hegseth’s congregation at Christ Church in Washington, D.C., say, “William Kelly is a regular outside our church, he screams incredibly vile and gross things at families, at children at people, he’s called my wife a c—, a whore and a Nazi breeder, all sorts of fun things.”

CLICK https://x.com/JohnMcCloy/status/2013038763841053078/video/4 [:52] to hear him harassing soldiers. In the video, he claims to be a volunteer who does this stuff out of love for the Constitution. He is actually a full-time agitator with no visible means of support apart from a GoFundMe account. But since he travels from state to state, it’s clear somebody is paying his expenses … which means he’s not a volunteer at all.

RULES for WHO: CLICK https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2013377594440220973 [:50] to hear a liberal white woman cheering for Don Lemon and the protesters who disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. The same people shouting about their First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly believe that, if they don’t like your politics, they can violate your First Amendment rights.

The DOJ and FBI are both investigating the protesters for possible violations of federal law.

SWEDEN: “If you have a residence permit for protection reasons, you cannot travel to the country from which you have fled.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz found this really fun cancellation mark in a bag of random stamps she bought at a thrift shop.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2273035613212341 [1:16] to enjoy some of Sen. Kennedy’s humor.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/825265366655608 [:25] to enjoy a wonderful clip from Judge Frank’s court room.

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by | January 20, 2026 · 6:46 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Eternal Father, We offer You the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first US president to be sworn in under the new rules of the 20th Amendment. Since then, every president has been sworn in on January 20.

BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VpWu09EBrvY [2:34] to hear an interview with a cop in a patrol car. It’s worth your time.

LIFE AFTER LIFE: “If you seek Him, you will find Him.” [4:11] – I met someone once who had had one of these experiences. It was obvious it had had a PROFOUND impact on his life.

MINNESOTA: Gov. Walz has mobilized his state’s National Guard and is having them wear bright vests over their uniform so anti-ICE protesters can ‘distinguish them from other agencies.’

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, As we begin the second year of President Trump’s second term, we ask Your blessing on him, that he will be mindful of and in alignment with Your will in all things. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

GRAMMY NOTES: I am reposting the meditation about alignment that I posted yesterday, because it really hit me where I live. I have been thinking and praying about it a lot. I have wasted far too many of the hours God has given me brooding over the past and fearing for the future.

There are times and reasons to think about the past or to plan for the future, but as C.S. Lewis has pointed out, those times and reasons are only aligned with God’s will when they are the legitimate business of the present. Our lives only intersect with eternity in the now. The past is fixed; the futures we imagine may or may not happen. Our holy task is to focus on being aligned with God’s will in each present moment.

Somewhere in this pondering, it crossed my mind that it’s like magnetic lines of force. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v5Jprglwua4 to watch a brief demonstration.

When I imagine each of us being one of those little iron filings, I have to laugh at how futile it is to think we can see God’s pattern and meaning for our lives from our perspective. Only He can see the whole pattern. Our entire job is merely to align ourselves with His will so that we take our proper places in that pattern.

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by | January 19, 2026 · 2:55 pm

Minnesota Update

Protesters disrupted services at Cities Church in St. Paul where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement serves as a pastor.

CLICK https://x.com/SteveAustinWI/status/2013119981047677088 [2:46] to see video of the incident.

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013224923238412537 [4:02] to hear a man explain why he feels violated by what the protesters did to his church service.

U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said her agency is investigating the incident for possible federal civil rights violations.

CLICK https://x.com/ksoklower48/status/2013094997042872390 [:22] to hear Gov. Walz warn us about how terrible it would be if church services were raided and worshipers harassed.

Surprisingly (to me), the most relevant federal statute may be The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). While it has primarily been used to prosecute peaceful anti-abortion protesters, it actually prohibits the use of force, threats, or physical obstruction to interfere with individuals seeking reproductive health services or exercising their religious rights at places of worship.

Cities Church could potentially also take this to a local court and sue for criminal trespass. Churches (including their buildings, grounds, parking lots, and related facilities) are typically considered private property, even when they are open to the public for services, events, or general visitation. This means the church leadership (or authorized representatives, like pastors, elders, or property managers) can control access, decide who is welcome, and revoke permission for anyone to be there.

These protesters engaged in criminal trespass by knowingly and intentionally entering to disrupt and then refusing to leave when asked. Penalties vary by state and severity and can include fines, jail time, probation, or community service. Our constitutional rights to gather and express ourselves are only guaranteed on government property. Private property owners get to choose when and how they happen.

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013222406538543263 [:55] to watch Don Lemon hassle one of the ministers (not the ICE guy), trying to make a case that protesters’ right to freedom of speech somehow supersedes the congregation’s right to worship. They’re in the same amendment!

CLICK https://x.com/michaeljknowles/status/2013290671377887551 [:19] to hear Don Lemon protesting is about making people uncomfortable. The First Amendment actually guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Traumatizing kids at church doesn’t qualify.

CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2013332463578161504 [:44] to hear Don Lemon state, unequivocally, that the members of this church are entitled white supremacists.

CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2013094694692028909 [:31] to hear Don Lemon’s “rules for thee, not for me” hypocrisy concerning the right to free speech.

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