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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Strengthen all those who serve your Word faithfully and weed out all those who are wolves pretending to be shepherds. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

ARKANSAS: Mary Tracy Morrison founded a school for autistic kids. About a year ago, she instructed one of her students to sit on the floor while surrounded by 18 other students. She told the 18 students to beat up the sitting child while she verbally berated him. The victim was kicked and choked, while Morrison expressed pleasure. When the 30 minutes of torture ended, Morrison instructed the victim to apologize to all other students.

Morrison will serve 30 days behind bars, followed by three months of house arrest, and nine years of probation. She is losing her occupational therapist and related licenses and is prohibited from working with children ever again. She must also complete a mental health assessment and all recommended treatment and never have any contact with the victim.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 8, 1945, Americans celebrated Germany’s defeat with the first Victory in Europe Day.

CALIFORNIA: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2052236986594074957 [:46] to hear the Republican gubernatorial candidate give a simple no, while the two Democrats waffle.

DEI: A white employee of The Times has filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying he was passed over for a job promotion because he is a white male.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2051393146102137066 [:12] to hear a Chicago alderman spew nonsense. For the record, “first-degree corporate abandonment” isn’t a thing; businesses can close stores for any lawful reason, including theft losses.

CLICK https://x.com/the_jefferymead/status/2051471712693223598 [2:56] to hear Jeffrey Mead comment.

EVERYDAY HEROES: When this happened in 1961, Dr. Leonid Rogozov was 27 years old.

FIRST PRINCIPLES: CLICK https://x.com/Tyler2ONeil/status/2045196900068999504 [5:19] to hear Justice Clarence Thomas to explain the roots of Progressivism and why it is fundamentally opposed to our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.

CLICK https://x.com/TodayinHistory/status/2051873154906370263 [:57] to hear Marco Rubio enunciate the first principles of our Founders that we should all continue to embrace.

GEORGIA: Deiby Janamejoy Jansasoy (27) came here from Colombia when Biden left our borders wide open. Last Friday, he decided to drive drunk and ended up killing husband and father Michael Sharpe (47). For the record, he had had his day in court, after which he ignored the judge’s deportation order. After the accident, he tried and failed to escape from police; he has now been charged with homicide by vehicle in the first degree, reckless driving, DUI, failure to maintain lane, and driving without a license. Additional charges may be added or amended as the case continues. Fortunately, this didn’t happen in a sanctuary city or the jerk would already be back on the streets.

MISSISSIPPI: A new report shows that illegal aliens received at least $10.5 million in Medicaid benefits between 2023 and 2025.

OH CANADA: Behold, the real cost of “free” healthcare.

SCAM: [4:53] – Watch from 2:53 on to hear what to do if you get an empty or nearly empty white mailing envelope. The BBB warns its the latest brushing scam where sellers send unsolicited packages to individuals to create fake “verified” reviews which can mean your online information has been compromised.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES: [9/28] – Back in 2017, Southwest Airlines fired flight attendant Charlene Carter for objecting to her union spending her dues money supporting abortion. In 2022, a court ordered Southwest to hire her back and pay her over $900,000 in damages; Southwest refused to comply. In 2023, U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr held Southwest in contempt and ordered the company to reinstate Carter, to pay her more than $810,000 in damages, and to notify employees of their rights against religious discrimination. Southwest refused to comply. After three years, Southwest finally paid Carter $946,102.87, but they are still defending the firing and refusing to inform their employees that their religious liberty is protected at work.

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots’ veggie garden is getting off to a good start. Mama reports they are growing purple sweet potato, peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, carrots, green onions, chives, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, basil, and rosemary.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2052071116953526494 [2:13] to watch a Philly crossing guard treat himself to an ice cream cone and thank Jesus after saving a kid from a runaway truck.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You for always holding us close and leading us through dark times. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. The ship sank in about 18 minutes, killing nearly 1,200 people and pushing the United States closer to World War I.

BIG BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM: On May 5, Trump posted, “The White House Ballroom is going up rapidly on the East side of the White House. The only reason the cost has changed is because, after deep rooted studies, it is approximately twice the size, and a far higher quality, than the original proposal, which would not have been adequate to handle the necessary events, meetings, and even future Inaugurations. The original price was 200 Million Dollars, the double sized, highest quality completed project will be something less than 400 Million Dollars. It will be magnificent, safe, and secure! This was a necessary change, it was done long ago, but the Fake News failed to report it, trying to make it look like there was a cost overrun. Actually, it is coming in ahead of schedule, and under budget! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

CALIFORNICATION: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spent $250,000 of taxpayer money putting up 450 completely useless signs around LA declaring parks and other city property off limits to ICE. These signs hold no legal weight.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1190334739781051 [2:13] to hear a supercut of Democrats calling for violence. This is not a “both sides” issue.

DRUGS: On May 5, 2026, we blew up a narco speedboat headed our way loaded with illegal drugs. No U.S. forces were harmed. CLICK https://truthsocial.com/@OAN/posts/116527642981923056 [:27] to see the surveillance video.

EVERYDAY HEROES: During Prohibition, grape farmers were hit hard because the 18th Amendment wiped out the legal wine industry overnight. To survive, they pivoted to selling “wine bricks,” semi solid blocks of concentrated grape juice that were perfectly legal for making non-alcoholic juice. But everyone understood the wink behind the product.

Labels included playful warnings telling customers not to dissolve the brick in water and leave it in a dark cupboard for twenty days, because that would cause fermentation and turn it into wine. This allowed farmers to obey the letter of the law while giving consumers a roadmap to quietly make wine at home.

As demand grew, some companies even added herbs and flavorings to mimic varieties like Burgundy or port, making the bricks even more appealing to Americans who weren’t ready to give up their wine culture.

FETTERMAN: [13;18] – When he was recovering from a stroke and had trouble reading and speaking, Pennsylvania Democrats loved him. Now that he’s loudly criticizing all the modern Democrat positions that Kennedy Democrats would have condemned, they hate him.

GERRYMANDERING: In the Senate, these states have only one Republican senator among them and she (Susan Collins of Maine) is a died-in-the-wool pro-abortion RINO.

INDIANA: [4:06] – Seven Republican state senators opposed President Trump’s push for fair congressional redistricting. Six have just lost their primaries to Trump-backed, America First challengers.

IRAN: [15:11] – Iran’s recent (ineffective) missile attacks on the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Strait of Hormuz have escalated tensions in the region. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed success despite doing no damage.

PRESIDENT’S PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST: Initiated in 1956 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the program was heavily promoted by President John F. Kennedy and continued until 2013. Interesting how it was dumbed down during Obama’s term when his wife’s “Let’s Move!” initiative was in full swing. CLICK https://truthsocial.com/@rapidresponse47/posts/116527805932310650 [:16] to hear how Trump has restored it.

S&G: Jake Tucker is a prominent Canadian LGBT Pride leader who purchased a baby girl via surrogacy. A Canadian jury has just found him guilty of seven counts of pimping out women for sex and using drugs and tasers on them when they didn’t go willingly.

GRAMMY NOTES: [8:21] – “Relationships that were not meant to last” … I wish I’d heard this 50 years ago!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Have mercy on our times and on our world. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg caught fire while preparing to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and was destroyed in less than a minute. The disaster killed 35 people aboard the airship and one worker on the ground.

DEMOCRATS: Also CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/909597954758257 [2:59].

EVERYDAY HEROES: [2:57] – The unidentified girl has been sent to juvie where she faces several charges.

IRAN: “Project Freedom” plans to free up shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. [29:15] – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine provided an urgent update on the Iran conflict amid escalating hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz.

SCOTUS: [15:01] – Turley Talks explains what the end to racial gerrymandering will mean for the Democrat Party.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/iris_seraphina/status/2049252912426324049 [1:53] to watch an adorable toddler’s persistent attempts to get himself a burrito.

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Smile, You’re on Candid Camera

Gary Varvel writes …

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” — Hebrews 4:13

In the movie The Truman Show, Jim Carrey’s character is oblivious to the fact that every second of his life is being broadcast to a global audience. We often live with that same obliviousness.

When my children graduated high school, I put together a tribute video filled with highlight clips: ball games, awards, and family vacations. It was the “Director’s Cut.” I purposefully left the “bad takes”—the tantrums, the failures, and the mistakes—on the cutting room floor to protect the guilty.

But imagine if the footage wasn’t edited. Would you want a theater full of people watching a “Raw Cut” of your private moments? Every hidden failure, every secret sin, and every dark thought projected onto the big screen for all to see?

The reality is that our entire lives are being recorded by a holy God. On Judgment Day, the Bible says we will give an account of it all. That is a terrifying prospect, yet many people remain unconcerned. According to the American Worldview Inventory, 52% of self-identified Christians believe they will be accepted by God based on their own “good works.”

They are in for a tragic surprise. The Bible is clear: “There is none good, no, not one.” Our “good works” cannot cover our bad takes. The penalty for our sin is death, but God loved us enough to provide a way for those scenes to be edited out of the final cut.

When we repent and put our trust in Jesus, God produces the ultimate Director’s Cut. He removes our sins and replaces them with the perfect record of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Years ago, I asked Jesus to become the Producer, Director, and Editor of my life. It was the best decision I ever made.

If you don’t want to face the “Raw Cut” of your life on Judgment Day, put your faith in the one who can edit your story.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank you for journeying with and guiding us in all our trials. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 4, 1904 United States began construction of the Panama Canal.

DEI: They lauded blind auditions (i.e., judges can’t see musician) because they increased the numbers of women, then condemned them because they did not increase the numbers of blacks.

CLICK https://x.com/jameszimmermann/status/2008154467347103779 [1:56] to hear James Zimmermann (Catholic clarinetist and homeschooler of 3) tell his tale of DEI discrimination. His GiveSendGo account is @ https://www.givesendgo.com/jzimm if you want to help him with his legal expenses as he fights DEI in the arts.

HYPOCRITE: “Rules for me, but not for thee.”

MINNESOTA: Last Tuesday, the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee held an oversight hearing on the taxpayer-funded childcare services fraud. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) declined to testify.

RACE: CLICK https://x.com/Mericamemed/status/2050991274921238898 [:52] to hear Victor Glover Jr. give an excellent answer to a woke question.

SCOTUS: In Wednesday’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, six justices declared that racial gerrymandering is racist and therefore a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits any voting practice or procedure that denies or abridges the right to vote on account of race or color nationwide.

Justice Kagan wrote in her dissent that the Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers” and that “only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.

@chrismckeever commented, “We don’t give Union soldiers enough credit for the blood they spilled in…1982.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz raided the old atlases/maps I have in my “art fodder” to make this gorgeous cover for their home school geography binder. I made the “USA” letters with “art fodder” postage stamps and the die cutting machine Dearest gave me last Christmas. ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eIXpuROVJsw [2:35] to enjoy the antics of a Doberman who did not get the memo.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Fill our minds and hearts with Your love! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen became the first African-American attorney. In 1847, he became a Massachusetts Justice of the Peace. He moved to South Carolina after the American Civil War to practice law and was elected as a judge in 1873 and again in 1876. Following the Reconstruction Era, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he continued practicing law.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/ksorbs/status/2050742888779460907 [:58] to hear a Democrat say he is totally fine with a white racist winning a Democrat seat.

EDUCATION: Unlimited student loans have caused the prices of college to skyrocket. Nicholas Kent, Under Secretary of Education, noted, “This is just basic economics. When there is more money in the system, institutions of higher education are going to raise their prices.”

With as many as 75% of all borrowers behind in their student loan payments and about 4,000,000 borrowers in late-stage delinquency, something has needed to change. Democrats wanted to just forgive the loans, leaving taxpayers on the hook to pay for useless, over-priced degrees.

Trump has a different plan. On Thursday, his Department of Education announced several new rules to limit graduate student borrowing. One is to impose loan limits for graduate programs. Another is to create new, income-based repayment plans for loans.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4UvJ0zVmf4E [2:02] to hear from an amazing mama. One of the hardest things about parenting is that you don’t get meaningful feedback until years or decades after the fact. Kudos to this mama for making a really awesome choice and also for raising a teen who still chooses to snuggle and be emotionally vulnerable with her mother.

IRAN: The 1973 War Powers Resolution gives the Commander-in-Chief 60 days to carry out combat operations without congressional authority. President Donald Trump initiated hostilities in Iran on February 28. There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026.

MILITARY: As of 2026, there are about 40 US military bases in Germany, with around 20 major sites primarily located in the south and southwest of the country. These bases host approximately 35,000 to 39,000 US soldiers, along with around 13,000 Air Force personnel. The Department of War will be reducing our military presence in Germany by 5,000 troops over the next six to twelve months.

SCIENCE: It’s in that bit where the male goes into the female and makes babies so the species doesn’t die out.

SWEDEN: The government will no longer use the term “Islamophobia,” which one politician said, “Islamists exploit … to advance their agenda and secure EU funding.” The dictionary defines “phobia” as “a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.” There is nothing irrational about fearing people who want to kill you.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/PabloReports/status/2049898783350182242 [:55] to hear Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) respond perfectly to a reporter’s race-baiting question.

GRAMMY NOTES: Yowza!! I absolute blazed through my puzzle today!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BF0QK-UFN-0 [2:19] to see a guy try to propose during a SCRABBLE game.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1zmqqMWvIc [2:48] to watch an hysterical game of bluff.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May our faith be a light that draws others to You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1963, the US observed its first Senior Citizens Month, later renamed Older Americans Month. Since its inception, it has been a time to raise awareness of issues facing older Americans as well as honor our contributions to our nation.

CATHOLIC: CLICk either of the links to read about this extraordinary woman.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2050118020920410406 [:57 ] to hear Sen. Warnock [D-GA] spew constitutional nonsense.

The Senate confirmed every one of these judges, per the constitution.” ~@itspoopintheend

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2049897978849009774 [1:01] to hear Sunny Hostin, a lawyer and TV personality who makes millions, whine about how the SCOTUS decision to block race-based gerrymandering makes her feel. In regards to her having to “go home and tell my children” … said children are 20 and 24 years old. ::eyeroll::

The Supreme Court just ruled you can’t draw voting maps based on race. The ‘we’re not racists’ Democrats are very unhappy about it. It’s almost as if … “ ~Damani Felder

On CNN @ https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2049837542317449246

  • LIBERAL: We haven’t had a black Republican Governor since reconstruction!
  • SCOTT JENNINGS: Republicans tried to elect one in Virginia.
  • LIBERAL: …uh, OK, well, I’m just saying…
  • JENNINGS: And a white Democrat gerrymandered the state.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” ~Thomas Sowell

  • Posted: “It’s possible that the Democrats only have 6 districts in the ENTIRE DEEP SOUTH.” ~ @davidslosttt
  • Response: “There are 0 Republican seats in New England.” ~ @seanmdav

DOJ: Read the report @ https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1438506/dl.

FLORIDA: Democrats in dozens of states have used race-based gerrymandering to create voting districts that favoried Democrats. Within hours of SCOTUS declaring the practice unconstitutional, the Florida legislature passed the new districting map. Republicans in other states are demanding the same.

MICHIGAN: Neighborhood Crime Watch signs are specifically intended to warn criminals that they are not welcome. Ann Arbor just had all of them removed, because “we are a welcoming community” and the signs are “are an expression of exclusion.”

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2050032453117698149 [:49] to hear Senator Jack Reed [D-RI] suggest Pete Hegseth shouldn’t be a military leader because he is a Christian who is proud to be American. Everybody has someone or something they believe is or should be #1. I prefer the person making military decisions to have his number ones be Jesus Christ and the well-being of our nation and our fighting men and women.

NEW YUCK CITY: “It turns out Margaret Thatcher wasn’t being dramatic — she was being predictive: ‘The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.’

“Exhibit A: According to the New York Post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already asking the City Council for a budget extension… while simultaneously shaking down Albany for more taxpayer cash. Apparently the money ran out faster than the slogans.

“The freshman mayor’s plan? Tax the rich, fund government-run grocery stores, and call it compassion. The reality? The rich are doing what rich people do when they’re treated like ATMs with legs — they’re leaving. And, inconveniently, they’re taking the money with them.” ~Gary Varvel

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN 2.0: It’s over. The House has passed the Senate’s bill restoring funding and Trump has signed it.

UNITED NATIONS: They elected the Iranian member to be one of the vice presidents of the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. Iran. The US, the UAE, Australia, Britain, France, and Germany condemned this decision.

WASHINGTON: CLICK https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2049562844862324861 [:13] to hear Seattle’s socialist Mayor express her lack of concern about wealthy entrepreneurs fleeing high taxes.

GRAMMY NOTES: Posted to Facebook by our local ReUse It Center – “‘Salvaged'” is just a fancy way of saying the wood is between jobs and waiting to become a house again instead of retiring in a landfill. This is a productive cycle where a tree becomes a doorway, then another doorway, because this lumber has a very strong work ethic and refuses to stay down.” ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVLEwZVbOY [2:07] to watch a “Babies” clip from King Charles’ speech.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K5wwgBdrV9M [1:31] to hear little kids imitating their parents.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Send us all the graces we need today to serve You in love and truth. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in New York City.

CANNABIS: A study entitled “Longitudinal neurocognitive trajectories in a large cohort of youth who use cannabis: combining self-report and toxicology” was published this month in Neuropsychopharmacology. It reported finding that middle and high school-age teens who used cannabis showed 20 percent to 50 percent slower gains across memory, attention, processing speed, and other core cognitive abilities.

CORRUPTION: The Small Business Administration gave $90 million in forgivable small business loans to Planned Parenthood, despite it being ineligible as a big business – and Biden’s SBA administrator hid its actions by referring to the abortion provider as “Benghazi” in emails.

COVID-19: The DOJ has charged David Morens (78) with one count of conspiracy against the United States; two counts of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; and two counts of concealment, removal, or mutilation of records. Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, allegedly took kickbacks to destroy and conceal records from investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

JUSTICE: A grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina has returned an indictment against James Comey on one count of making threats against the president and on one count of threatening criminal conduct across state lines through online or other interstate communications.

The charges stem from a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach that Comey posted on April 28, 2025. “86” is a euphemism for killing someone. “47” is a reference to President Trump in his second term.

Last May, when the post got blowback, Comey claimed he didn’t know what “8647 “ meant. Trump responded, “A child knows what that meant,” and reminded us that Comey used to be the boss of the country’s premier law enforcement agency.

LIAR: As is true for all modern presidents, Obama received multiple death threats. Mostly, the Secret Service and FBI deal with them long before they matter. In Obama’s case, only two got anywhere close.

  • 2011: Man fired a gun at the White House.
  • 2014: Man with knife jumped the White House fence and entered the building.

Two. Not eleven. And in both cases, President Obama was not even in the building! Even Wikipedia says there were only “several” assassination threats or plots and that “the Secret Service stated that the volume of threats against Obama was ‘comparable to that under George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.‘”

SCOTUS: On April 29, the Supremes ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that race cannot be used when drawing boundaries for the state’s electoral districts. The majority opinion was written by Justice Alito with, no surprise, Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Brown dissenting.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: [18:10] – Allen was not turned into a “stark raving lunatic.” That phrase describes someone who is completely insane or out of control. Allen’s choices were logical, calculated and well reasoned. His problem is not with his mental health, but that he was reasoning from a set of false assumptions using a set of false facts.

Back in algebra, we were taught how to reason to a true conclusion with a grid that had True and False on the X and Y axes. The only way to get to a True conclusion was to start with both a True hypothesis and True facts. A True hypothesis with False facts and a False hypothesis with either True or False facts resulted in a False conclusion.

IMO, the corruption of people like Cole Allen follows the same demonic game plan as that used by Muhammed and his most fervent followers.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2048955867278573991 [:35] to hear two liberal white women run from facts they don’t like.

USA! UK! CLICK https://x.com/PatAdams96/status/2049149660871131200 [2:33] to hear part of Trump’s speech welcoming King Charles to the White House. At one point in his speech, Trump said to the king, “If it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking German.” When Charles got up, he retorted, “If it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking French.”

VERMONT: Back in 2023, Mid Vermont Christian School decided to forfeit a girls’ basketball game, because the other team had a “trans” boy playing with the girls. Shortly thereafter, the Vermont Principals’ Association banned the entire school from competing in every type of athletic and academic event.

The school of about 111 students was forced to travel out of state in order to compete in anything. The girls’ basketball coach, Chris Goodwin, said it tripled their travel. “You’re getting back at 10 o’clock at night… kids trying to do homework. I don’t want to say there’s a nightmare, but it was difficult.” Along the way, Goodwin said there were teams he coached that had the potential to win the state championship, but never got the chance.

On Tuesday, the Vermont Principals’ Association agreed to pay the school $566,000 in damages and legal fees.

VIRGINIA: The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request from Democrats and the state to pause last week’s ruling by a Tazewell County judge, which blocked the State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum. IOW, the high court upheld the lower court ruling that the way the Dems tried to pass the referendum violated the state’s constitution.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3J0kMWlWk48 [:52] for a beautiful moment in sports.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We give every broken piece and unsolved problem of our lives into Your loving care. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: Shane and Jennifer DeGross had been foster parents for almost a decade when Washington State decided to impose a “trans or else” clause in their fostering requirements. The couple refused to agree to affirm any gender confusion of a child placed in their care, saying it violated their Christian faith. A federal court has just ruled in their favor. The judge noted that if the state had banned foster parents from using woke pronouns, he would have ruled that unconstitutional as well.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 29, 1945, American forces reached Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the Nazis. The soldiers walked into a nightmare beyond imagination. The railroad tracks leading to the gates were lined with boxcars filled with the dead — hundreds of bodies, starved, twisted, and left to rot in the spring sun. The stench of death hung in the air, and even the most seasoned soldiers struggled to comprehend what they were seeing.

Inside the camp, the living moved like ghosts. Survivors emerged slowly from the barracks, their striped uniforms draped over skeletal frames, eyes sunken but still searching — not for food, but for proof that what they saw was real. One American soldier, hardened by months of brutal combat, stopped in his tracks. Overcome by the sight of the living and the dead intermingled, he dropped his weapon, knelt, and wept as he cut through the barbed wire that had held them prisoner for so long.

A survivor, frail and trembling, reached out and whispered through cracked lips, “Tell the world… tell the world.” That plea became a promise — one carried home by every soldier who bore witness that day. The liberation of Dachau was not just a military victory; it was a reckoning with the depths of human cruelty and the enduring strength of those who survived it. For many who entered those gates, it remained the single most haunting memory of their lives — a vision of suffering that demanded to be remembered, and never repeated.

CATHOLIC: St. Fidelis was a Capuchin friar in the early 17th century. His preaching and holy life inspired many Calvinists to convert to the Roman Catholic faith. On April 24, 1622, he was confronted by 20 Calvinist soldiers who demanded he renounce the Catholic faith. When he refused, they murdered him.

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iC2escBUQXM [1:42] to hear him run circles around an Oxford professor.

FAFO: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2048880206899724425 [:20] to hear a now-former Cincinnati kindergarten teacher complain that Trump wasn’t killed.

LIARS: The New York Post published Cole Allen’s full manifesto on April 26, 2026 at 11:38 a.m. ET. It was immediately and widely circulated. Nearly six hours later, Barack Obama claimed we didn’t know the shooter’s motives. A full DAY later, The New York Times published an article also saying we didn’t yet know the White House Correspondent Dinner shooter’s motive.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2048881918586859708 [2:58] to hear Lee Zeldin, Trump’s administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, go head to head with Rep. Rosa DeLaura [D-CT-3] during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the EPA budget on April 28, 2026. At another point in the hearing, DeLaura told Zeldin he should try drinking a weed killer.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/marcthiessen/status/2048431783335588041 [:08 ] to hear Jimmy Kimmel joke about Trump being assassinated.

CLICK https://x.com/niceblackdude/status/2048974364755071092 [2:42] to hear Kimmel double down on his ugly “joke.”

CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2048898848454488381 [1:07] to hear Kimmel and Jake Tapper clutching pearls about a handful of jerks who made fun of Paul Pelosi after he was attacked.

CLICK https://x.com/LyndenBlake/status/2048829891450188107 [:20] to hear Rep. Andy Ogles [R-TN-5] recount what he heard a jerknalist say while they were all cowering under their table.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We submit all our plans for today to You in love and trust. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 28, 1881, the U.S. and Great Britain sign the Rush-Bagot treaty, demilitarizing the US-Canada border. Photo: Memorial terrace to the Rush–Bagot Treaty at Old Fort Niagara.

BROKEN WINDOWS: There is a theory of law enforcement that enforcing the law in small things reduces more serious crimes by a lot. Liberal like to say it’s hooey, but San Francisco (of all places) has just proven them wrong.

After the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system (aka, BART) replaced their old 1970s-style, waist-high gates with ones you can’t just hop over, ridership and revenue went up, while crime and maintenance costs went down.

BART General Manager Bob Powers noted that, in addition to the fare gates, they had improved lighting, upgraded security, and made service more “customer-centered.” Funny thing how providing a “comfortable experience for everyone who rides” would magically result in a staggering $10 million increase in revenue.

EDUCATION: CLICK the links below if you would not be too depressed to hear how hate-filled some of our teachers are.

These people and their students need prayer!

HEALTH: More than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed in US courts against the makers of Ozempic by patients alleging the drug caused stomach paralysis, vision loss, and other severe complications they were not clearly warned about.

Ozempic, also sold under brands like Wegovy and Rybelsus, belongs to a group of medicines called GLP-1 receptor agonists. These drugs were originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes but soon became popular for weight loss because they suppress appetite, help regulate blood sugar and eventually help in losing weight.

RED HERRINGS: During the Cold War, Soviety submarines illegally invaded Swedish waters, so the Swedish Navy took every underwater acoustic signal anomaly seriously. For 15 years, they were baffled by signals that looked exactly like a submarine, except it was somehow able to split into two, then four, then merge back together again. Sweden spent millions trying to figure out what was going on until, in 1996, civilian marine biologists analyzed the signals and informed the Navy they were biological. Specifically, herring. Herring communicate at night by releasing short bursts of air from their swim bladders, creating a distinctive “tick” sound. Large schools do this in synchronized patterns to stay together and those bursts perfectly mimicked submarine acoustic signatures on Sweden’s ultra-sensitive sensors.

REFLECTING POOL: @SethAbramson called this a “grotesque” example of Trump’s “enshittification of America.” From a grammatical point of view, I’m thinking that removing goose poo should properly be referred to as “deshittification.”

SCOTUS: On April 27, SCOTUS summarily reversed a lower court ruling that tried to block Texas from implementing its mid-decade congressional redistricting map. The new districts will be in effect in November.

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots are going to grow veggies this summer.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/giF96YXEcJY to admire a beeyoootifull emergency landing by a Jet Blue pilot.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fmTSxc8kH54 [2:52] and just enjoy.

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