by | June 20, 2026 · 4:07 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On June 20, 1782, the United States adopted the Great Seal.

BIBLE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2007381917321266 [2:19] to learn why Luke specifies the name and home town of the man who helped Jesus carry the cross.

CALI-CORRUPTION: [13:45] – Click https://x.com/jenvanlaar/status/2067328875240271905 to read a review (with links) to Jennifer Van Laar’s years-long series on Newsom’s squirrely finances.

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1322498279442179 [3:19] to see another video in Josh Pray’s Catholic series. As a Catholic Grandma, I gotta especially love this one! LOL

IRAN DEAL: [10:32] – If they behave, they can rebuild their country.

LEFTIE LOGIC: Funny how outraged they are about a man becoming a trillionaire, while ignoring all their own politicians who have become millionaires on government salaries.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2067303762192896237 [:49] to see how CNN treated algae in the newly renovated Reflecting Pool like a CSI episode. Did they ever cover the algae levels in the pool before it was cleaned?

MILITARY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1640028414798244 [1:43] to watch our “racist” president award the Medal of Honor to Major James Caper, Jr. Caper has also been decorated with a Silver Star and two Bronze Stars.

SOLAR PANELS: CLICK https://x.com/ABC7/status/2067381515030294635 [1:06] to see what happens to air quality when they catch fire.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1508522900947136 [:51] to hear from young woman who, refreshingly, isn’t afraid to question her biases.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mp9ExPLWNcY to see Baby Trump invent “flooding the algorithm” at 3 am … in his bathrobe!

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B8Upq04s5x4 [:58] to watch foster kids learn they’re being adopted. You might need a tissue!

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by | June 19, 2026 · 12:37 pm

Abiding In and Being Known

I happened to – i.e., the Holy Spirit arranged for me – watch these two videos back to back. What a powerful message!

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by | June 19, 2026 · 2:46 am

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IRAN DEAL: The Patriot Professor says Trump got everything he wanted. And on the other side of the aisle, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said President Donald Trump’s Iran deal was an “unconditional surrender.”

On a personal note, one of Dearest’s long-time clients escaped Iran as a boy. In his opinion, the deal is a yuge success for America.

LEFTIE LOSERS: “There used to be a two party system separated by ideology but unified in respect for the law and proliferation of shared American values. Now there are no shared values. It’s just the people that like America vs the people that want to destroy it.” ~Not The Bee

LGBTQ: Jamie Varley (37) and his partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley (32) have been convicted of murder, sexual assault, cruelty and grievous bodily harm to a child, plus over a dozen counts for the indecent photographs and videos they took of their victim. The post-mortem revealed the child had suffered 40 traumatic injuries, including damage to his rectum, a perforated bowel, and bruising to his mouth, throat, anus, bowels, and bladder. The men will be sentenced on June 18th.

MAMA’S BOY: James Talarico (37) thinks he’s qualified to be one of Texas’s two U.S. senators. One might question this assessment after learning the man has a single checking account which he shares with his mother who is a frequent contributor to his political campaigns. Five years ago, she also gave him money to help him move.

“So precious. Finally, a Democrat who practices what he preaches. No independence, total reliance on someone else to foot his bills even as a grown man.” ~ Harris Rigby

STUPID PEOPLE: Overweight women age 45 and up have a long list of infertility issues and are more than twice as likely to miscarry if they do conceive. Just sayin’.

TEXAS RANGERS: Today, the only MLB team to eschew “pride” will be hosting a “Faith & Family Day,” which will include personal testimonies from players about how their faith impacts their lives both on and off the field.

UK: I can’t even read this. Here’s the link if you want to do so.

VAXXX: CLICK https://x.com/MaryBowdenMD/status/2067351559722156332 [1:07] to hear what happened to Dr. Mark Brody when he suggested to his patients that the COVID jab did not have sufficient safety data for them to risk taking it. Dr Brody is now one of six plaintiffs suing seven medical boards for violating the free speech of physicians whose medical opinions differ from other physicians.

VIEW: Jill Biden‘s new book, “View From the East Wing”, sold only 20,000 copies in its first 2 weeks, yet the New York Times ranked it a #1 best seller and included it in it s “The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer” list. Amazon only has it #1 in its “Sociology of Marriage and Family” section, where it competes with such blockbusters as “The Ethical Slut” and a new edition of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” which first came out in 1963.

WORLD WAR II: Florentine art officials had overseen the packing and evacuation of thousands of paintings and artifacts. But Michelangelo’s 17 foot tall David could not be safely moved, so instead, local artisans enclosed it in a carefully engineered brick shield. In the summer of 1945, after the Germans surrendered, preservationists supervised the careful removal of the protective structure.

GRAMMY NOTES: My recovery has been up and down, but with more up overall. At Monday’s PT, we worked out a plan for me to start taking short walks with Dearest. On Tuesday, I got to the end of our driveway, but my knee was too swollen on Wednesday and Thursday to go outside. Still, me even trying to take a walk is a big deal!

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by | June 18, 2026 · 6:10 am

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The man pictured is Dr. William Chester Minor (1834–1920), an American army surgeon who served during the American Civil War. Haunted by severe paranoia and hallucinations, likely what would today be diagnosed as schizophrenia, Minor moved to London in 1871 in search of peace. Instead, his mental state deteriorated, culminating in a tragic night in 1872 when, gripped by a delusion that an intruder had broken into his room, he chased and fatally shot an innocent English stoker named George Merrett. Minor was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the ‘Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum’ in Berkshire, England. As he had his US Army pension and was judged not dangerous, he was given rather comfortable quarters and was able to buy and read books.

While confined at Broadmoor, Minor learned of a public appeal by James Murray, the primary editor of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Murray was seeking volunteers to read books and submit quotations illustrating how specific words were used over time. Given a comfortable suite, his pension, and the ability to buy and store thousands of rare, antiquarian books, Minor dedicated his life to this literary crusade. He became one of the dictionary’s most prolific and meticulous contributors, providing over 10,000 highly precise source citations that helped shape the foundational text of the English language.

For nearly two decades, Minor and Murray corresponded solely by mail, with Minor using his personal address at Broadmoor rather than indicating it was an asylum. Murray deeply admired the mysterious “Dr. Minor” for his unparalleled academic rigor and eventually decided to visit him in person around 1896 to properly thank him. Upon arrival, Murray was astounded to discover that his star researcher was not a reclusive country gentleman, but an inmate in a high-security asylum for the criminally insane. Despite the shocking revelation, the two men formed a deep, respectful friendship, and Minor continued his contributions until his health severely declined in his later years.

A profoundly poignant twist to this story is that Eliza Merrett, the widow of the man Minor killed, actually became one of his frequent visitors and a crucial lifeline. After learning of Minor’s genuine remorse and his worsening psychiatric torment, she forgave him, and the two struck up an extraordinary, empathetic connection.

Because Minor’s military pension left him quite wealthy inside Broadmoor, he provided regular financial support to Eliza and her children. In return, she would regularly travel to London bookshops on his behalf, purchasing and hand-delivering many of the rare, antiquarian volumes that Minor used to research his 10,000 definitions for the dictionary.

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by | June 18, 2026 · 4:48 am

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AMERICA 250: On June 18, 1855, the first ship passed through the Soo Locks, located on the St. Mary’s River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Today there are four locks, and an average of 10,000 ships pass through them each year.

CALIFORNIA: CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2067061479803609548 [1:27] to hear Benny Johnson respond to Newsom’s whining.

CHRISTIAN: @RealBrittHughes posted, “So in California, school staff can transition your child behind your back, girls are forced to sacrifice their sports to boys, kids are pumped full of artificial hormones, and drag queens dance for preschoolers. But put a Bible verse on a hat and THAT causes outrage.”

EGYPT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2184920718935114 [2:08] to hear why Coptic Christians tattoo their children with a small blue cross on their inner wrists.

The poster’s comments remind me of something one of my kids told me after deploying. “They don’t worry about whether their kids will get into a good college. They worry about whether their loved on es will all come home safe for dinner.”

EDUCATION: The Education Department fixed the New York Slime’s biased headline.

ELON MUSK: Sen. Chuck Schumer recently accused Elon Musk of “Stealing bread from American tables!” Elon responded, “I provide tens of thousands of jobs and did a full audit of the United States government… for free. I think Senator Schumer should worry more about his own fraud and abuse of power.” I genuinely feel sorry for what Schumer will have to face at Judgment. He’s told so many lies and hurt so many people.

LITERALLY HITLER: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1380426893929081 [2:19] to hear a badly educated American compare the Holocaust with the Trump administration deporting illegal aliens in accordance with established U.S. immigration laws.

NYC: [14:58] – Mamdani is performing exactly the way Republicans said he would.

PURE EVIL: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kn5c6KGd658 [2:56] to hear what the Left has at best ignored, at worst sponsored.

SOUND OF MUSIC: [3:18] – So fun!

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: If Satan can appear as an angel of light, then I’m sure he can give sinners warm fuzzies that feel very spiritual.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1552781263229356 [:57] to hear an activist lie – or ignorantly spew someone else’s lies – to score political points. According to the CDC, the successful teen suicide rate is 9.4 individuals per 100,000, which is below 1%. I didn’t find any data comparing gays with all teens.

VIRGINIA: Gov. Spanberger has signed a bill into law which adds Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact, an interstate agreement between states to award the entirety of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

Two points are worth noting. One, Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution forbids states from entering into contracts with each other without Congressional approval. Two, in 2024, Harris won the state’s popular and electoral votes, while Trump won the national popular vote.

VP VANCE: On June 16, 2026, JD appeared for the first time on The View. CLICK https://x.com/NJBeisner/status/2066930129062994272 [1:20] to watch them actually let him talk, which is extraordinary, given how rude they usually are to conservative guests.

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by | June 17, 2026 · 4:02 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On June 17, 1775, American colonists inflicted heavy British casualties in their loss at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Showing that the inexperienced colonial militias could stand up against the well-trained British, it raised morale and increased support for independence.

COLORADO: Denver Public Schools Board has voted unanimously to fire a gay teacher after she reportedly made female students kiss each other and graded them on it.

FBI: The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C. The alleged plan involved using explosive-laden drones to hit buildings near the event, force a mass evacuation and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team. A “second wave” was then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate.

FLEABANE: [7:43] – This native annual is important to pollinators, so obviously it needs to be featured here. 🙂

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT: [15:14] – CLICK https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/2066555621240086903 [:34] to hear what a “tolerant” Democrat wished for Donald’s birthday.

IRAN: A fake news story is circulating alleging we will pay Iran $300 million. Trump says it was started by “Dumocrats.” It’s pretty rich of them, seeing as they had zero problems with Obama sending $400 million in pallets of cash to Iran in 2016.

MAINE: The Democrat’s Nazi-tattooed Senate nominee, Graham Platner, is in trouble again, this time for posts he made on Reddit. In one from 2012, he commented on a young girl’s failed suicide attempt, “Someone clearly isn’t trying hard enough.” In another from 2020, he responded to a piece entitled, “White People Aren’t as Racist or Stupid as Trump Thinks” that “Living in white rural America, I’m afraid to tell you they actually are.“

MILITARY: On Monday morning, during a routine flight, a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. All eight people aboard perished.

NORTH CAROLINA: After Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, a junior at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte got permission from the front office to paint the school’s spirit rock, a tradition kids have used for years.

Within hours, the school had painted over her message. Then the principal emailed the entire school that the girl, Gabby Stout, was a vandal who had broken the code of conduct and was being reported to local law enforcement. The administration also pulled Gabby out of class again and again, confiscated her phone and made her write a confession.

Her family sued and has just won. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has been court ordered to pay the family $95,000, publicly clear Gabby’s name, and admit in writing she did nothing wrong.

TOLERANCE: Her family wrote, “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for Trump, passion for second-hand thrifting, and love for a good story. We are bereft without her. We loved her so so much, as did all who met her.”

This story has me wondering how many souls choose an eternity in Hell over accepting that God loves Donald Trump too.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sOrHZMX99Nk [1:26] to hear Sen. John Kennedy talk about two of his dogs. I wish I could vote for this man, instead of whoever tries to unseat Upchuck Schumer!

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by | June 16, 2026 · 6:23 am

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CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZLYLUePZCT/?igsh=MWJ3OGk4ZzVuczNqNg%3D%3D to hear a Prot expound on his admiration for the way mackerel snappers pray. He’s not wrong! But he is funny about it. LOL

IRAN: [8:02] – The signing ceremony is set for Friday.

MUTANT APPLE: The half-and-half apple is the result of a rare, but naturally occurring gene mutation.

PRIDE: One Giants player refused to wear the special “Pride Night” ball caps. Several others referenced the passage in Genesis 9 where God promises never to destroy the earth with a flood again and establishes the rainbow as a sign of this covenant.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Peter Heck’s op-ed “One of the world’s biggest podcasters just came face-to-face with the peace that’s only found in Jesus” is worth your time. It’s a good reminder that we are often the only gospel people will encounter.

“Long before anyone asks what we believe about God, they observe how we respond to disappointment. They notice how we handle success. They watch how we treat people who disagree with us. They see whether anxiety governs our lives or whether there is a deeper stability beneath the surface. In other words, they encounter the fruit before they encounter the explanation.”

TRANS: Big WINS from the Trump administration! Two hospitals – Cleveland Clinic and Texas Children’s Hospital – are closing their gender clinics and committing big bucks to detransition care. I love the DOJ announcement, which replaces “gender affirming care” with “sex rejecting procedures.”

VENEZUELA: A U.S. military strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.

WALKAWAY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1627955434935658 [3:14] to hear 5 reasons why one woman is no longer a Democrat. Response in comments from Lester Sohun – “As a long time Democrat I have to admit I was going to prove her wrong. I did the research, and surprise, surprise I proved myself wrong. The woman is right. Thanks for the wake up. I am definately no longer going to blindly support a party that keeps me poor.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GDnoemLr69Q [1:43] and grab a “happy tears” tissue.

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by | June 15, 2026 · 5:21 am

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DELUSIONAL DEMOCRATS: [12:11] – Victor Davis Hanson discusses the Democrats’ desperate attempt to win back the working middle class.

HEALTH: [13:59] – Researchers have discovered a third circulatory system within the human body alongside the previously known cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. This interstitial system closely matches the model of the human body that’s been used in Traditional Eastern Medicine for thousands of years.

TRILLIONAIRE: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has become the first trillionaire on the planet following SpaceX’s Wall Street debut.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tQVXcYZXFlM [2:55] to see what went into making Alyssa her dream coat. ❤

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by | June 12, 2026 · 5:52 am

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BORDER: POTUS has signed “The Secure America Act”, guaranteeing that ICE and Border Patrol will be fully funded through 2029.

CALI: Republican Steve Hilton was the clear winner in the recent jungle primary until mail-in votes that arrived after election day went largely to Democrat Xavier Becerra. With 88% of the votes counted, Becerra has 27.9% vs. Hilton’s 24.9%. If nothing changes, they’ll be the two candidates on the gubernatorial ballot in November.

DEMOCRATS: The two articles linked below are a fun read back-to-back. #1 is about what Democrats need to do to win. #2 is about what Democrats are actually doing.

FLORIDA: [14:45] – So much win!

LAWFARE: “E. Jean Carroll is a total loon.” [First five minutes of 10:36] – The second five minutes cover fraud and DOCTOR Jill Biden’s book.

LOUISIANA: On Wednesday, Gov. Landry signed his state’s “Biological Truth Act,” which declares that, “‘Sex’ means an individual’s biological sex, either male or female, as observed or clinically certified at birth. ‘Gender identity’ and other subjective terms shall not be used as synonyms or substitutes for the term ‘sex.’”

WELFARE FRAUD: A new report from the USDA revealed more than $3 billion in potential fraud, waste, and abuse. Among the thievery … 185,986 deceased people in 29 states collecting SNAP benefits (aka, food stamps), at an annual cost to We the Taxpayers of $419.6 million.

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by | June 10, 2026 · 7:24 am

A Byte or Two

FEMINISM: “No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one.” ~Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), French feminist

IRAN: Israel says Iran violated the cease fire on Sunday, launching missiles that the Israeli defense system intercepted. The attack came hours after Trump said in an interview on “Meet the Press” that the United States was “very close” to securing a deal with Iranian officials.

LIBERAL LOGIC: CLICK https://x.com/TheCarolineMc/status/2063803200902168769 [:45] to hear a Graham Platner supporter dismiss his Nazi tattoo as no big deal.

MEDIA: In 2025, Bari Weiss took over CBS News with the goal of making it less biased. After she fired 60 Minutes host, Scott Pelley, he said Weiss had actually asked the staff why the public didn’t trust the media any more, whining, “Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about? Because we certainly didn’t believe that.”

CLICK the link below to see multiple clips of the interview.

PATRIOTISM: @BuzzPatterson posted – When I was the Air Force Military Aide to Bill Clinton (and again, that was not a political appointee position, it was a military assignment), I served daily with very young staffers who were appointed because of their efforts in the campaign or who their parents were.

I really enjoyed interacting with most of them. Bright kids from Ivy League school. But their naïveté and lack of experience showed. Dramatically.

One day I was walking across the White House “campus,” the “18 acres,” and I encountered one of the young female staffers. We chatted for a bit, and she asked me, “So, why did you join the military? Were your career options limited or were you forced to by a judge?”

I wanted to throat punch her, but I said, “No, ma’am, I volunteered.”

She asked, “But why? Lack of education? No other options?”

“No, ma’am, I volunteered. Really. Not only do I have a Bachelor’s but also an MBA.”

She asked again, “Then why?”

I shook my head and walked away. They simply can’t understand a higher calling. They are incapable of understanding that another human who would selflessly serve.

Therein lies much of the Democrat vs. military disconnect. They’re missing the patriotism chip.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063633787343282240 [1:25] to watch POTUS “comment” (loudly) about California’s blatant election fraud. CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063634419106115887 [:50] to watch him end the interview.

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