UPDATE: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced they believe the Iranian dictator, Ali Khamenei, was killed when his compound was destroyed.
February 28, 2026: President Donald J. Trump on the United States Military Major Combat Operations in Iran [8:06]
OPERATION EPIC FURY: “[Iran] rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions and we can’t take it anymore. Instead they attempted to rebuild their nuclear programs and to continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas, and could soon reach the American homeland.
“Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they … actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message.
“For these reasons the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this wicked and radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.
“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground … we are going to annihilate their navy, we’re going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world.”
AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh for stockpiling illegal weapons. On April 19, after a 51-day standoff, FBI agents stormed the compound with tear gas and armored vehicles. Dozens were dead before the whole thing was over.
LENTEN MEDITATION: Love in the Time of Mass Migration – “Implicit in hospitality is the (rebuttable) presumption that one’s guest is not an opportunist. That is, he participates in a shared moral economy and feels a debt. Gratitude and hospitality are two expressions of the same relation, the relation that obtains among members of—let’s call it the community of the gracious, which transcends political and class divisions. Such a guest would offer hospitality of his own if the circumstances were reversed. Also, guests eventually leave.” — Matthew B. Crawford
MARKETING WIN: The person who writes Facebook ads for Finger Lakes ReUse It is brilliant. This one says, “ReUse MegaCenter has denim jeans that someone already washed fifty times. That’s the perfect level of soft. New jeans are stiff and judgmental. Used jeans are comfortable and understand life. Buy the understanding jeans.”
MEDIA: The Department of Homeland Security responded to CNN’s inflammatory reporting with this – “On February 19, 2026, Buffalo Police Department alerted Border Patrol about a non-citizen in their custody. Our agents confirmed that Mr. Shah Alam entered the United States as a refugee on December 24, 2024, and was not amenable to removal. Border Patrol agents offered him a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to a coffee shop, determined to be a warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station. He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance.”
Reports also state the man died as a result of a pre-existing medical condition that had no thing to do with him being dropped off at a donut shop at his request.
MINNESOTA: CLICK https://x.com/BtcLabe/status/2026670677420396731 [1:35] to see the good citizen who recorded this dangerous driver and got him and his employer investigated by the Department of Transportation.
According to Nick Sortor, the truck is owned by a Somalian in Minnesota. The “trucking company” is less than 3 years old, is registered to an apartment, and has only two drivers, one of which can’t read signs written in English.
OBAMACARE: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2027056256163168378 [:26] for a refresher on the lies Obama told us about The Affordable Care Act. Remember when Democrats told us we were selfish and greedy because we said it would do exactly what it has done?!
GRAMMY NOTES: One of my most precious early memories is of the day I got my own library card. Once a week, my mother would drop me off in the children’s room to browse and borrow while she went through the stacks in the adult section. Then we’d visit my disabled godmother and go home. The look, feel, and smell of that children’s room wraps me in love. For years, my favorite sound was the “ker-chunk” the machine made as it stamped the return cards with the due date and cut little chunks out of the sides.
CLICK https://gab.com/PNN2/posts/116129063538700946 to see something I had to google, cuz I thought it must be AI. Nope. It’s just God showing off His sense of humor. The Red-Lipped Batfish uses its modified fins to “walk” on the ocean floor. It is primarily found around the Galápagos Islands.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to choose better. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 27, 2003, Fred Rogers [74] went to his reward.
BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/seanfeucht/status/2026855732516368527 [1:38] to see how much the Democrat Party has changed in the last 30 years. These days, Democrats like John Fetterman who parrot 1995 party talking points are reviled.
DON LEMON: Ann Doucette has filed a lawsuit against Don Lemon alleging that, when he and others stormed Cities Church, he unlawfully interfered with her ability to freely exercise her religion in a private place of worship and caused her severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety, and trauma.
LENTEN MEDITATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kzFIDcFZo2c [1:53] to hear Neal McDonough talk about the impact of his decision to refuse sex scenes out of respect for God and his wife.
GRAMMY NOTES: This reminds me of the first time our eldest did something fun with someone other than us. She came home SO excited to tell us ALL about it, only to discover we had not actually been sitting around, sadly doing nothing because she wasn’t with us. We had rudely gone to Blockbusters and rented a movie and watched it without her. We also had snacks. The “I can’t believe you had fun without me!” look on her face was priceless.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us peace, compassion, and understanding, that we may embrace one another as Your children. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
LEFTIST CULTS: [35:47] – This interview is long, but Bob and I both thought it was worth sharing with all y’all, because it provides insight into the left-wing, group think mindset.
LENTEN MEDITATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2146871112387363 [4:48] to hear how the prayers of two old ladies on the Isle of Lewis influenced the direction of American politics.
MILITARY: 56 U.S. Coast Guard members forced out over a Biden-era COVID-19 vaccine mandate will be reinstated with back pay, marking what DHS Secretary Noem called a major victory for “religious, personal and medical freedom.”
PRAYER for OUR NATION: O Sacred Heart of Jesus, King of Heaven and Earth, bless our homeland and purify her from sin. Guide her leaders in truth, justice, and peace, so that she may safeguard all human life, respect the integrity of marriage and the family, and honor the practice of religion. Amen. Alleluia!
GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/26238206945796409 to see an AI video that had me flashing back to my school bus driving days. I faced an icy hill like that one morning, so made all the kids get out before I tried to get down. Thankfully, I missed all the mailboxes as I fishtailed my way down and was able to safely stop at the bottom. The kids walked down and we had clear roads the rest of the way to school.
CLICK https://x.com/breccastoll/status/2026416374516469908 [:45] to hear college students grade Trump’s speech … the day before it happened. My favorite is the one who said, “I watched for a little, but turned it off.”
FULL SPEECH: [2:04:15] – The president enters at around 8:00. His speech begins at around 13:00. Melania and Usha got standing ovations. ❤
More than 80 House and Senate Democrats said they would boycott the speech.
CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2026499164679352656 [:38] to watch what happened when Trump called on audience members to “stand up and show your support” if they agreed with the notion that the “first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
CLICK https://x.com/Th_Midwesterner/status/2026498630450921608 [:07] to see Rashida Tlaib chant “KKK.” She chose to be extra classy with her “F*** ICE” pin and her nonsensical “Release the Files” sign. AG Bondi announced in a letter on February 14 that all of the Epstein files have been released consistent with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Trump promised Iryna Zarutska’s sobbing mother as President Trump, “We will ensure justice for your daughter.” Democrats refused to stand for her.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to have perfect trust in Your tender care. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 25, 1913, the 16th Amendment (income tax) took effect. Prior to this, most federal revenue came from tariffs rather than taxes.
ANGEL FAMILIES: President Donald J. Trump declared February 22, the anniversary of Laken Riley’s death, as National Angel Family Day. In this context. “angels” are the thousands of American lives stolen by illegal aliens. CLICK https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2025955110715531439 to see the “Angel Families Remembrance Ceremony” that President Trump hosted in the East Room on Monday. There are also short clips posted in the Not The Bee piece linked below.
BABY BOXES: [6:03] – I thought this was a new idea. I was wrong.
CHURCH INVASION: A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted nine individuals on felony charges, including conspiracy against rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating, or interfering with the exercise of religious freedom (via force, threat, or obstruction). All nine have pleaded not guilty and the cases are proceeding to trial. [8:25] – Jonathan Parnell, the pastor of the church that Don Lemon et al. invaded on January 18, has spoken about his experience. He said he had been attempting to read aloud from the Bible when “several individuals scattered throughout the sanctuary rose together and, like a flash mob, converged with chants and clenched fists.” When the mob shouted, “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” that led worshipers to flee, “fearing it was an active shooter situation.”
“In that instant, I interpreted what was going on: this was about provocation, intimidation, and spectacle. They were here to incite violence. The spiritual dimension of it all came into focus. A malevolent darkness was behind this—the same darkness behind the murder of pre-born children, and the mutilation of children’s bodies, and the manipulation of children’s minds. Those were all evils our children had escaped, so now the weapon was terror.
“The agitators screamed in our faces and said we weren’t a real church. They harassed individuals for their ethnicity and ‘uttered all kinds of evil’ against us falsely. They spewed lies upon lies, and our refusal to retaliate seemed only to frustrate them.”
HOW JESUS DID IT: [16:28] – I wish I’d heard this 50 years ago. I grew up with bullies and vowed to never be one, because I knew first hand how much it hurt. But I believed my only other option was to suck it up and be a silent, smiling doormat. In therapy, I finally learned about boundaries, but it was not in a biblical context. However, what my therapist taught me amounted to what Kris says here – refusing retaliation while confronting rather than submitting to the abuse. One of the beauties of doing this has been that it quickly exposed which people were worth keeping in my life. The bullies and narcissists responded to boundary setting by icing me out. The genuinely lovely people responded with dialogue and relational growth.
JAMES THE LESS: [6:48] – Season 1, Episode 3 – The Medallion.
OH CANADA: In case you’re living under a rock, the U.S. men’s hockey team beat the Canada team at the Olympics! CLICK https://x.com/HarrisonKrank/status/2025740079319175508 [2:42] to hear Trump’s call to the team afterwards while FBI Director Patel holds the phone. POTUS invited the team to be his guests at the SOTU and they cheered.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Bless our country with leaders who are wise and just, and who seek to govern according to Your principles. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots got dumped on by the blizzard. Mama said it was excellent play snow, so after lessons, they bundled up and enjoyed it.
DAILY PRAYER: Lord, please bring a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
HISTORY: On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.
BORDER: ICE has arrested an illegal alien from Liberia who they say was working as a Minnesota corrections officer while also being AWOL from the PA National Guard, all while masquerading as a U.S. citizen despite having no legal status in the U.S. He is also alleged to have committed marriage fraud and is on the voter rolls.
CALIFORNIA: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2025749760443908555 [:38] to hear another racist Democrat admit he’s just as dumb as black people. The clip is from a book tour event in Atlanta, Georgia, on or around February 22, 2026 when he was speaking to a predominantly black audience while promoting his memoir Young Man in a Hurry. One commenter said, “I’m surprised he didn’t mention anything about not knowing his dad.”
CLIMATE HOAX: How alarmists use biased statistical analyses to create scary looking charts designed to alarm, rather than to educate. [6:40] – One issue I have with “oh noes warming” is the assumption that the current averages are ideal. They’re not. They’re just what we’re used to. Life was actually better during the Medieval Warm Period, which was significantly warmer than now.
JAMES THE LESS: Season 1, Episode 2. [5:51].
LENTEN MEDITATION: I encourage you to read the two short posts linked below. They tell the story of Clarissa’s mystical experience and conversion to Christianity when she was a young child in the U.S.S.R.
LYING LIARS: [2:40] – Three years ago, the Biden White House insisted that none of them knew one single thing about the August 8, 2022 raid on Mar-a-Lago before they heard about it on the news.
CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2025033737633767626 [2:26] to hear a new Fox News report about newly obtained emails that show the White House was coordinating with the DOJ about the raid for 3 months before it occurred.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Grant President Trump and Secretary Rubio the wisdom they need to broker a lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
SECOND FAMILY: [10:59] – JD and Usha are so easy to like.
SMH: @DE_CHRIZZ0 commented, “I, apparently a naive idiot, had assumed that this was what ‘we background check our drivers’ always meant.”
“The silence was full of angels” [23:24] – This wonderful message reminds me of a couple of experiences I’ve had with total strangers. In one, a man sat down next to me and began pouring his heart out about his spiritual struggles. What he was going through was what I had just been going through myself, so I had Bible verses and personal answers to prayer fresh in my mind. In the other, a woman in a parking lot started crying and telling me how she had miscarried, but because she was unmarried, none of the people in her life would let her grieve. I didn’t say much, just folded her into my arms and let her weep on my shoulder. I had never seen either of those people before and have never seen them since. But now I know how they happened to choose me!
DAILY PRAYER: Come, Holy Spirit. Fill our hearts and our minds. Enkindle in us the fires of your love and your wisdom. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: Our first president, George Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony.
CATHOLIC: About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St. Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily remains of the beloved saint. From Feb. 22 to March 22, the Lower Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi will welcome pilgrims from around the world who will come to the Italian city to pray before the body of the man whom ecclesial tradition has described as “the living mirror of the Gospel.”
The event marks a moment of great historical and spiritual importance on the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. For the first time, his body will be transferred from its resting place in an underground chapel and placed in front of the papal altar in the Lower Basilica. In this way, the church will hold a “revealed treasure” for one month, granting pilgrims time for veneration and prayer. Five of my nearest and dearest will be among them.
DAMON IMANI: [4:11] – Damon Imani is an Iranian video producer and satirist. You can find his content at the links below. CLICK https://x.com/JustJenRX/status/2024972788923044106 [1:40] to see Damon Imani insert himself into an episode of The View.
EDUCATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7eS-Bx01ew [1:53] to see how much things have changed since I was a graduate student grading papers that were produced on actual typewriters.
I would like to direct the governor to California’s Department of Public Health website, linked below, which provides a convenient means to replace a lost birth certificate.
INTELLIGENT DESIGN: [9:59] – Dr. Katie Hinde’s discovered that during nursing, a baby’s saliva actually travels backward into the mother’s nipple. This tiny drop of spit acts as a biological status report. If the baby is fighting a fever or an infection, the mother’s body detects the pathogens in the saliva. Within hours, her mammary glands transform into a pharmacy. The milk surges with specific white blood cells and custom antibodies designed to fight that exact illness. When the baby gets better, the “medicine” stops, and the milk returns to normal. It wasn’t just nutrition; it was a real-time conversation between two bodies. The baby was signaling a need, and the mother was responding with a cure. She also found that breast milk contains over 200 sugars that babies can’t even digest. These sugars exist solely to feed the “good” bacteria in a baby’s gut, essentially building an immune system from scratch.
JAMES THE LESS: [4:16] – What happens when an atheist who just wants a job meets a girl who just wants to be a nun?
LIFE: They chose “Seven Weeks” because that is when a new human being is the size of a coffee bean. [1:02] – Seven Weeks Coffee is organic and uses proceeds to support 1,500 pro-life pregnancy centers.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord, unite our hearts and heal every division within our nation. Let Your peace rule over us all.
TARIFFS: The Supreme Court has ruled that the law Trump was invoking to issue many of his tariffs doesn’t actually give him that authority. The ruling was a 6-3 decision, with Thomas, Kavanaugh and Alito dissenting. So Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs based on a different law.
TRANS: [4:36] – After this piece aired, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told CBN News that the teacher has been fired.
GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz says she was at the USPS, trying to mail me a package, but “nothing was working! She kept zeroing out the scale and doing all kinds of things to reset and nothing. For I don’t know how long. Then it occurred to me to pray. I went with St Michael prayer and then also asked “whoever the patron saint of postal workers and mail carriers is” to please intercede for us. And sure enough, everything worked fine after that! So for good measure, I added “and please make sure my packages get where they’re going!” ❤
BTW, St. Gabriel is the patron saint of postal workers. The lily and horn are symbols associated with him. The “X” on his breastplate is likely meant to be the Greek letter “chi”, the first letter in ”christos” which means “annointed.”
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We surrender ourselves into Your hands and ask You to guid e our thoughts, decisions, and conversations according to Your will. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York.
BIDEN: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2024297647637451263 [:46] for a quick reminder of who the Democrats and their lapdogs in the media put in and kept in the Oval Office for four loooong years.
CANADA: In 2017, Barry Neufeld was a school trustee for the Chilliwack School District who tried to protect kids by stopping woke school policies that have destroyed children’s safety across the Western world. The wokies have spent nearly a DECADE hauling him into court and this month, they won. The BC Human Rights Tribunal fined him $750,000 saying, “If a person elects not to ‘believe’ that gender identity is separate from sex assigned at birth, then they do not ‘believe’ in transpeople. This is a form of existential denial.”
CATHOLICS and CAPPUCCINOS: [42:31] – Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Patricia Heaton discuss their first time meeting, faith, and rising to fame.
EPSTEIN: The newly released Epstein files contain evidence that Jeffrey Epstein had a long-standing fixation on the Vatican and hatred for the papacy. A tranche of emails and text messages, dating primarily from 2014 to 2019, reveals a pattern of mockery, ideological hostility, and political strategizing centered on the Vatican. In a 2013 email, he called the idea that “every life has equal value” “Catholicism at its worst.” And during Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to the United States, Epstein exchanged messages with his brother, Mark Epstein, in which he suggested inviting Francis for a “massage,” followed by a lewd and sacrilegious joke about the Pope sexually climaxing while invoking the name of Jesus. In another message, Epstein quoted John Milton’s Paradise Lost – “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.” I’m guessing the man may now have discovered that it’s not “reign” in Hell, but rather “be enslaved” in Hell.
LENTEN MEDITATION: Every vice has an opposing virtue. It’s not enough to resist temptation to sin; we must also strive to practice the virtue that will make that sin unthinkable.
MASS SOCIAL MEDIA INDUCED ILLNESS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/882499584402137 [3:57] to hear how gender dysphoria went from a disorder to a trend to a civil rights activist cause. The whole thing put me in mind of the Salem witch trials, so I googled “trans and salem witch” and actually got a hit at Catholic Education dot org from three years ago. It’s an interesting article.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, May Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, cover every person and place in this country. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
SMH: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2024791135806460311 [2:42] to watch a bunch of blue-haired “social justice warriors” prove the speaker’s point for her. Power to “the people”, but not to the speaker’s microphone.
TRUCKERS: On Wednesday, the DOT announced it is decertifying more than 550 U.S. commercial driving schools that were found to be employing unqualified instructors, using fraudulent addresses, and failing to properly train applicants for transporting hazardous materials.
VERMONT: A Christian couple with three children of their own got licensed in January 2024 to take in foster kids. Then the state’s Department for Children and Families (DCF) made them take part in an LGBTQ+ training and agree to participate in a trans foster child’s gender affirming “care.” The Center for American Liberty represented the couple in a lawsuit against DCF for “conditioning the ability to serve vulnerable children on compelled speech and mandatory adherence to the government’s preferred views.” The state has backed down.
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