by | March 28, 2026 · 7:32 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You for being our refuge in times of trouble. Amen. Alleluia!

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.

BIDEN: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reports that some members of the Ukrainian government wanted to enrich then-President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, the money they were talking about originated with American taxpayers; the Biden administration shipped it to Ukraine, allegedly to help them develop clean energy. They’re investigating to see if the plot actually was carried out and whether a criminal referral should be made to the FBI.

BORDER: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1596605108338369 [1:28] to hear about the latest Democrat Lie.

CIVILIZATIONAL IDENTITY: [13:40] – Dr. Steve talks about how the deepest human loyalties are to the shared language, faith, memory, and moral imagination of a people across time. When these are threatened, as the globalists’ open borders have done, “something primal awakens. And that awakening is precisely what we’re witnessing across Europe today.”

EVERYDAY HEROES: On March 25, 2026, an ICE agent saved the life of a 1-year-old boy who became unresponsive and stopped breathing at JFK airport. While the family was waiting in a TSA PreCheck security line, the child went limp in his father’s arms and was unable to breathe for nearly two minutes. The father panicked and called for help.

An ICE officer (deployed to support TSA operations at the airport) heard the cries, rushed over, took the child, assessed the situation, and performed the Heimlich maneuver (or a similar abdominal thrust technique for infants). The boy’s breathing resumed, he recovered fully, paramedics checked him out, and the family was able to continue their travel.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/873888799014618 [1:10] to see security camera footage.

IRAN: CLICK https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2037195704041427300 [1:36] to hear Trump reveal what “big present” Iran sent us to show they’re serious about their peace talks.

LENTEN MEDITATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/esXzzRCNyGA [2:57] to hear this guy’s top 5 best saint quotes.

NEW YUCK CITY: A 31-year-old Colombian male who is here illegally has admitted to molesting a 14-year-old boy in a public bathroom. But he won’t serve any time, because the libtard judge decided rape was only worth six months, which he’d already served. One can only hope the feds grab his sicko, trannie ass and deport him before he hurts anyone else.

OLYMPICS: The International Olympic Committee has (finally) banned transgender athletes from competing in the women’s category at the Olympics.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Protect us from disasters that harm the beautiful air, land, and waters You created for us. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SPACE RACE: Dearest and I recently watched the 1956 sci-fi classic, “Forbidden Planet.“ Right at the beginning, the narrator says, “In the final decade of the 21st Century, men and women in rocket ships landed on the moon.”

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/colmflynnire/status/2036161337865191831 [3:48] to watch the smashing and the follow-up interview where they reveal their hypocrisy. Not The Bee reports the presenters were later forced to apologize.

TRUMP: Trump has signed an executive order instructing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to immediately pay TSA agents and stop the Democrat chaos at our airports.

GRAMMY NOTES: When I was an undergrad, I shared a small one-bedroom apartment with a grad student who had an Irish Setter. We were studying in the room that wasn’t the bedroom when said dog let loose with a fart loud enough to startle him. He sniffed his butt, huffed disgustedly, and took himself off to the bedroom.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GFTItJp8oTI [2:30] to hear a woman reminisce about being pregnant and giving birth while imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1qIaIyKBubU [1:30] to hear about a grandma who joined a biker gang.

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by | March 27, 2026 · 10:19 am

We are not like them

CLICK https://x.com/Cjpearson/status/2036830970016416129 [1:03] to hear the unfunny late night television host, Jimmy Kimmel, sneer at the fact that Trump’s new Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, was once a professional plumber.

On the surface, Kimmel’s sarcasm is very much misplaced. Prior to becoming Trump’s new Secretary of Homeland Security, Mullin served as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma for three years. Prior to that, he represented Oklahoma’s second congressional district in the House for ten years (aka, five terms).

Mullin is also a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He grew up on a ranch on sovereign lands, just under 30 miles east from Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, and, prior to taking his new position, he was the only Native American in the U.S. Senate. If Mullin wasn’t working for Trump, hypocritical lefties would be trumpeting his ethnic diversity creds.

Mullin also has nothing to be ashamed of about his past. When he was 20, his father’s health declined to the point where he could no longer run the family business, Mullin Plumbing, so Markwayne dropped out of college to take over. At the time, the business had 6 employees; Markwayne grew it to where it was the largest plumbing service in the state.

Mullin eventually owned seven other businesses, employing over 150 Oklahomans, making him one of only a handful of legislators who have any experience running a real business. This, despite the fact that their jobs require them to manage the federal government’s $7+ trillion budget and 3+ million strong work force.

Mullin and his wife have six children, three by birth and three by adoption. For a time, he hosted a call-in radio program called “House Talk” about home improvement.

In his youth, Mullin had a speech impediment and a clubfoot that forced him to wear leg braces. He overcame these impediments to become a good enough wrestler in high school to qualify for a college wrestling scholarship. He has been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He also operated the Oklahoma Fight Club, a jujutsu and mixed martial arts school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and competed as a professional mixed martial arts fighter for one year, claiming a 5–0 record.

The deeper problem with Kimmel’s unfunny sneering at Mullin’s plumbing resumé is that it goes against what the founders envisioned for our government. They distrusted career politicians who were detached from private life and saw public service as a temporary duty after which one would return to one’s true occupation. They wanted citizen legislators who would live under the laws they passed, not professional politicians who operated as an elite class, who voted for their own salaries and benefits, and who exempted themselves from the laws they imposed on constituents.

As @realBrandonGill wrote about Kimmel’s monologue, “The left fundamentally believes that blue collar Americans are beneath them. They think you are somehow intellectually inferior if you work with your hands instead of sitting in graduate school classes. They prefer to elevate mediocrity to the highest levels of government based on useless credentials then Americans who actually play a role in building our country.”

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by | March 27, 2026 · 7:18 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us steadfast faith to hold firm in spite of all evil. Help us to trust that You are in charge. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 27, 1912, in Washington D.C., first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given to the U.S. as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo.

CALIFORNICATION: The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate, because all the candidates are white.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/2036417548040733081 to hear a United States Senator refer to illegal aliens as “undocumented Americans” and admit that they are the “Americans” that Democrats care about most. I checked with Grok, who reported Murphy “was explicitly discussing non-citizens in the U.S. without legal immigration status, not U.S. citizens who simply don’t have driver’s licenses, passports, or other photo ID.”

HYPOCRITES: There are several reasons why the above is FAKE NEWS. One, it takes less than a week to obtain a new copy of one’s U.S. birth certificate. Two, Mika Brzezinski has been abroad multiple times and, therefore, has a passport. Three, The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship at registration; unless Mika moves or changes her name, she will have no problem voting.

LWW: If you’re interested in history and/or sociology, you might want to read “Why Is Lindy West Getting Cancelled?” The article explores the idea that “Liberals judge everything by whether or not it helps Democrats win elections, and the experience of the past 10 years is such that we might say feminism has been ‘weighed in the balance and found wanting.’”

MARYLAND: CLICK https://x.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/2036502199430172774 [1:04] to hear state legislatures debate why taxpayers should provide tampons in all (men’s and women’s) bathrooms in state-owned facilities. A representative of the Republican Freedom Caucus, which opposes the measure, said, “I’ve dubbed this bill, ‘Tampons for Timmy’, because it explains what this bill does. This bill puts tampons in men’s bathrooms across the state in Maryland — including the Ravens’ stadium, Oriole Park, men’s prisons. I just think it’s very, very expensive — and most importantly, totally unnecessary.”

MASSATWOSHITS: In 2023, Massachusetts raised taxes on millionaires. Overall income dropped $4.2 billion because millionaires decided to go live somewhere else.

OH CANADA: After the CEO of Air Canada put out a three-minute video apologizing for the tragic plane-hits-fire-truck incident on Monday, the Official Languages Committee of the Canadian Parliament voted unanimously to demand he come in and explain himself. Canada has two official languages; the CEO, who said “bonjour” at the beginning and “merci” at the end, spoke the rest of his statement in English with French subtitles. The nerve.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Help us to respect and support our leaders, even as we hold them accountable to Your standards of justice and righteousness. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN: Poor Chuckie! ICE agents have eliminated the mile long TSA lines. [8:06] – No doubt Hakeem Jeffries is also disappointed that no Americans have been “brutalized or even killed” by “untrained agents.” Click the link below to read about the training ICE agents actually must complete before they’re allowed to work with the public.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: In 2022, the Swedish government forcibly placed two young girls (10 and 111 yo) into foster care, because their parents took them to church three times a week and practiced their faith at home. According to their lawyers, the government has moved the girls from foster home to foster home. One of the girls has attempted suicide. The parents have done everything they can to get custody, but the government is now moving to have the girls put up for adoption. The parents recently had the European Court of Human Rights refuse their appeal.

TOLERANCE: Somehow we got from “gays should be allowed to marry, because people can’t help who they love” to “damn you to hell if you’re not attracted to [fill in grievance group].“

WREMVE: The Trump administration recently retracted an October 2021 intelligence assessment, titled “Women Advancing White Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremist Radicalization and Recruitment.”

The Biden CIA that invented the “rem-vees” acronym wasn’t targeting the kind of Liberal White Women who wave coat hangers and drive their cars into law enforcement officers to advance their left-wing ideals.

They were going after SAHMs (Stay At Home Moms), church goers, home schoolers, pro-lifers. They were targeting the kind of people who deliberately give birth to white babies, then go to school board meetings and complain about their kids being transitioned behind their backs.

GRAMMY NOTES: Buzz’s godmother saw this painting while on pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, and had to get it for him. Her Confirmation saint is St. Francis; his is St. Carlo Acutis! I absolutely love the way the artist made it look like it’s a very old fresco.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MzHZJBuGU6o [2:05] and enjoy this clip from the Kathy Bates 2002 movie, Unconditional Love.

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by | March 26, 2026 · 7:11 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May Your kingdom come and Your will be done, on Earth as in Heaven. Amen. Alleluia!

1A: In 2018, the Brownsburg Community School Corporation of Indiana ordered staff to use students’ preferred names/pronouns. High school music teacher, John Kluge, initially tried a compromise (using last names only), but the district rejected it and he ultimately resigned and sued the district with help from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), alleging religious discrimination and violation of his rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. After years of litigation (including appeals), the district agreed earlier this month to pay Kluge $650,000 and provide training for senior staff on religious accommodation under federal law.

AMERICAN HISTORY: March 26 is National Science Appreciation Day. On this date in 1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announced the first successful polio vaccine, offering hope against one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century.

CALIFORNIA: CLICK https://rumble.com/v77e3as-democrat-stephen-a.-smith-stunned-when-he-learns-truth-about-his-own-partys.html [2:21] to hear California State Rep. Kevin Kiley talk to Stephen A. Riley about how voter ID is the global norm, yet is actually banned in California.

Out of the approximately 100 countries in the world that are typically classified as democracies, only Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the United States require no ID for national elections.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2036630909529837868 [1:36] to hear Scott Jennings try to get former Democrat Congresswoman Val Demings to answer one simple question. And when he tried to answer her question, she kept interrupting him.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zeRCti-ZgRY [2:50] to hear a brief story from a survivor of the Kindertransport of 1938-1939, when the United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, from Germany, Austria, occupied Czechoslovakia and the Free City of Danzig. The children were placed in British foster homes, hostels, schools, and farms. Some of the children were able to reunite with their families after the war, but most often they were the only members of their families who survived the Holocaust. Today, there are statues commemorating the effort in London and Harwich, Berlin and Hamburg, Gdansk (Poland), and Hook of Holland.

LENTEN MEDITATION: Sometimes God works through lazy people! ~ On November 9, 1989, East German official Günter Schabowski walked into a routine press conference holding a sheet of notes he hadn’t properly read.

The East German government had drafted a plan to gradually relax travel restrictions, a slow, controlled process meant to unfold over weeks. But when a reporter asked when the new rules would take effect, Schabowski flipped through his papers, confused, and casually replied: “As far as I know… it takes effect immediately.”

He wasn’t supposed to say that. The policy wasn’t finalized, the border guards weren’t informed, and nothing was prepared.

But the world heard “immediately.” Within minutes, the announcement spread across TV and radio. Thousands of East Berliners rushed to the checkpoints demanding to cross.

The border guards, overwhelmed and lacking orders, panicked. Just before midnight, one commander made a split-second decision: he opened the gate. Crowds surged through, cheering, climbing the Wall, and celebrating with West Berliners.

What was meant to be a slow reform became the moment the Berlin Wall fell, triggered not by diplomacy or military force, but by a single misread sentence.

MILITARY: Details are scarce, for obvious reasons, but the Pentagon has announced the elite Army 82nd Airborne Division is deploying to the Middle East. These highly-trained special forces are able to parachute into hostile territory and secure key infrastructure, airfields, and other land targets.

PRAY FOR AMERICA: Amen.

STUPID PEOPLE: I just unfollowed a relative who posted that The SAVE Act is a Republican ploy to keep women from voting. If I didn’t already know from multiple past experiences that she’s beyond help, I’d send the above to her. Instead, I’m going to share it with you. I realize y’all know this stuff … but it will make me feel better.

TOLERANCE: Racist much?

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hMoNYXO-1NE [1:46] to hear something I never heard before … and I majored in Art History! I really love the brain one (shown above). Intelligent Design posits that information is a hallmark of an intelligent mind and that, because there is information embedded in DNA, it must have been created by an intelligent mind. I look at what Michaelangelo painted and that’s what I see.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UzV2M1_1oVs [2:04] to see the traumatized gal who finally meets a good guy. I need a tissue. ❤

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tfszZuVPR3I [2:18] to see toddler martial arts. LOL!!

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by | March 25, 2026 · 7:45 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant us the graces we need to let go of the past, trust You for the future, and be grateful for the present. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: Sidewalk Advocates for Life has sued Detroit in federal court over an ordinance it passed instituting a 15 foot buffer zone around all abortion facilities where pro-life advocates cannot enter. The ordinance also creates an eight foot floating buffer within 100 feet of an abortion facility for any client.

“The Ordinance, which is enforceable through criminal penalties, violates the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Freedom of Assembly Clauses of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as the Michigan Constitution,” said the lawsuit, which was filed by the Thomas More Society.

Sidewalk Advocates stand on public sidewalks offering kindness and information to those women who are willing to receive it. A typical sign reads “Ask Me About Free Ultrasounds and Pregnancy Tests.” Detroit’s ordinance, which criminalizes this behavior, is similar to one implemented by Pittsburgh that the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as overly burdensome to free speech.

AMERICAN HISTORY: March 25th has been a bad date in our history –

On March 25, 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. garment factory in New York City.

On March 25, 1947, 111 miners died when coal dust exploded inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois.

On March 25, 1990, 87 people were killed when fire raced through the Happy Land social club in New York City.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: On Sunday, a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus was installed on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is across the street from the White House.

In 2020, rioters tore the original down from its site in Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood and threw it into the river. It was fished out by the Knights of Columbus, who paid for rebuilding it with a $30K grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

After Baltimore officials declined to restore it to its original site, Trump decided to put it up on White House property.

EDUCATION: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2035784483345924425 [:26] to hear what an Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University-San Bernardino had to say about mtf trannies being “real women.”

GOSNELL: Kermit Gosnell has reportedly died while serving time for murdering newborns who survived abortion, the involuntary manslaughter of a woman who died after an illegal abortion, and illegally selling painkillers. Investigators recovered the remains of numerous fetuses inside his filthy clinic where he had a high school student injecting patients with drugs prior to their abortions. Witnesses say the only clean room in the place was the one reserved for white patients. The Grand Jury Report and staff testimony indicated that Gosnell probably killed many more women and viable fetuses but that the other cases could not be proven due to missing or destroyed records and limited physical evidence.

LAKEN RILEY 2.0: Do you remember the hours of coverage over days and even weeks after the deaths of left-wing “martyrs” like George Floyd (died of drug overdose while committing a felony), Renee Good (shot while trying to ram a cop with her car), and Alex Pretti (shot while scuffling with law enforcement officers while carrying a gun)?

Eighteen-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman was murdered by an illegal alien while watching the Northern Lights with friends. The Slime Stream Media hasn’t given her 3 minutes of their time.

LENTEN MEDITATION: The fruits of the Holy Spirit are Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, and Self-Control. I’m thinking “not choking someone” must fall under at least five of them.

MARYLAND: [2:21] – “Quadruple Amputee Cornhole Player Allegedly Shot A Man Then Drove The Getaway Car” < real headline.

LIFE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H2F3-6bhqtY [1:55] to hear this year’s Oscar winner for Best Actress celebrate marriage and motherhood.

OBAMACARE: March 23, 2010. Sixteen years ago, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, thus locking into statutory concrete the dysfunctional status quo that burdens us today. At the link, read Robert Moffitt’s summary of the disaster Democrats inflicted on us and what Trump proposes to fix it.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Protect our hearts from devising evil against one another and help us to build a society based on love and respect for all. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCOTUS: On March 23, 2026, the Supremes heard oral arguments in the case of Watson v. Republican National Committee, which involves a challenge to Mississippi’s law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received and counted up to five business days later.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, “Well, maybe we should have another president now because wasn’t it in Florida that they were counting military votes after receipt?“

Paul Clement, attorney for the Republicans, answered, “So, with all due respect, that is the reddest of red herrings” and explained that the situation in Florida after the 2000 election (so, Bush, not Trump) was a one-time only, court-ordered remedy granted because the State of Florida had failed to get absentee ballots to overseas/military voters at least 45 days in advance of election day.

The SAVE Act: A new CBS/YouGov survey of U.S. adults shows that 68% say stronger voter ID laws would have no impact on their decisions to vote, while 22% say they would be more likely to vote vs. 9% who say they would be less likely to vote. Among Blacks, more likely was 26% vs. 12% less likely. Among Hispanics, the numbers were 31% vs. 13%.

CLICK https://x.com/BrandonStraka/status/2036146784368730577 [:43] to listen to Schumer and Dem talking heads admit they don’t know where their birth certificates are or, presumably, how to get a new one.

Pro Tip: To get a new birth certificate, contact the vital records office in the state where you were born. You can typically request a certified copy online, by mail, or in person, and you may need to provide identification and pay a fee.

TSA: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1939385073324374 [:42] to see ICE agents at Houston airport handing out water and holding spots in the long TSA line so passengers can take potty breaks.

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/bourne_beth2345/status/2032582898487013630 [1:30] to hear Beth Bourne speak truth to power.

GRAMMY NOTES: One time, my parents gave us pennies to polish on the carpet on the floor of the back seat. I can’t remember if there was a prize for the shiniest penny, but I surely remember working very hard to make mine the shiniest!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JM0pcN1pHwg [2:34] to hear about a psychological experiment that demonstrated how powerful the things we think and say about ourselves can be.

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by | March 24, 2026 · 9:48 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 24, 1663, King Charles II approved the Carolina Charter, granting land in America to a group of eight Englishmen. Establishing the first laws in the Carolina province, it guaranteed religious and political freedom.

BORDER: Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman (18) was shot in the head by an illegal alien while she and friends were out watching the Northern Lights. DHS confirms that the suspect, Jose Medina-Medina, is now in federal custody facing charges of first degree murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a weapon.

In May 2023, he was caught at the border trying to enter illegally from Venezuela; the Biden administration’s open border policy forced Border Patrol to release him into the interior. In June 2023, he was caught shoplifting in Chicago, but was released rather than turned over to ICE, because of the Democrats’ sanctuary city policy.

I saw comments on this story suggesting it was Trump’s fault that he was still in the country, that ICE should have already removed him. These are the same people who complain about rapists being deported. This guy’s only known crimes before known have been shoplifting and being here illegally … exactly the kinds of things Democrats say aren’t “real” crimes.

CBS NEWS: Yesterday, CBS News shut down its radio news service after nearly a century of continuous broadcasting.

IRAN: On Saturday, Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward the joint U.S.–U.K. military facility at Diego Garcia. One missile broke apart during flight, while a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyed the other. Although neither missile hit the base, the distance they traveled exceeded what was long assumed to be the maximum range for Iranian missiles.

In response to the attacks, Anthony Scaramucci shot out the tweet shown above. His phrasing suggests he assumed “the Diego Garcia” is one of our ships. It’s not. It’s an island on which we and the Brits have shared a military base for more than half a century.

LAGUARDIA AIRPORT: Two pilots were killed and dozens of passengers were injured when an Air Canada plane crashed into a fire truck at 11:38 p.m. EST on Sunday night. In the hours before the crash, New York had been experiencing heavy rain, so visibility was limited. CLICK https://x.com/BNONews/status/2035957754389471605 [1:05] to hear the ATC radio traffic.

LONDON: On March 23, four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Community Ambulance service were set on fire in Golders Green. It took six fire engines and 40 firefighters more than an hour to bring the blazes under control. The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is investigating the arson attack as an antisemitic hate crime. CLICK https://truthsocial.com/@epochtimes/posts/116279102908227562 [:39] to see the damage.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Keep a special watch over our nation while our cyber security guys are not being paid. Keep us safe from terror attacks. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCHUMER SHUT DOWN SUMMARY: Since February 14, 2026, Democrats have refused to fund DHS, demanding immigration enforcement reforms within ICE and CBP. Although these two agencies are within DHS, they are already funded, so the shutdown is mainly affecting TSA airport screening, Coast Guard, FEMA, Secret Service, and CISA cybersecurity.

Over 85,000 essential DHS personnel are working without regular paychecks; hundreds of TSA workers can’t afford this and have been forced to quit. Elon Musk has offered to pay them, but I haven’t heard if Trump has taken him up on that offer.

Republicans have repeatedly brought forward bills to fund all of DHS at prior levels or with minimal changes, which Democrats have voted down. These bills passed the House, but are hung up in the Senate, where they have a 60-vote threshold.

Democrats have put up targeted bills to fund just TSA, but Republicans (with White House backing from/pressure by President Trump) have voted them down.

Democrats are now saying the problems at the airports are Republicans’ fault. Republicans are accusing Democrats of holding national security hostage for political/immigration reasons.

  • Summary by Grok and from what I’ve read and heard on the ‘net

STUPID PEOPLE: In case you were wondering why Somali fraudsters are thriving in Minneapolis, CLICK https://x.com/TheGrayRider/status/2035813090948718997 [:21] to hear Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say that Trump could simply hire more TSA agents to replace the ones that aren’t showing up for work because they’re not getting paid.

TERROR: [2:17] – An Iraq veteran was killed and two other people were wounded after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh shouted “Allah Akbar” and opened fire in an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. FBI Director Kash Patel praised the students who took down the alleged terrorist saying, “The shooter is now deceased thanks to a group of brave students who stepped in and subdued him — actions that undoubtedly saved lives along with the quick response of law enforcement.” He went on to say the attack is being investigated as an act of terrorism.

TSA: Trump followed through on his promise to send ICE agents to airports to help overburdened, unpaid TSA workers keep the security lines moving.

VOTER ID: I asked Grok about the page number. It said SNAP-specific apps are more like 9 pages, but that combined/multi-program applications can be longer, in some states up to 28 or 29 pages. CLICK https://x.com/SenMikeLee/status/2035861330172023237 [1:15] to hear Sen. Mike Lee expose the embarrassing absurdity of the Democrats’ opposition to The SAVE Act.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/ClownWorld/status/2036079551688692163 [:15] to see a highway mural that comes to life.

CLICK https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/1917610898971361342 [:32] to hear a highway play music.

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by | March 23, 2026 · 8:58 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 23, 1857, the first commercial safety elevator was installed in New York City by the Otis Company. This new design solved a long-standing danger and made it practical for people—not just cargo—to move safely between floors in tall buildings. When the Empire State Building opened in 1931, it had 64 Otis elevators to move thousands of people quickly through 102 floors.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://x.com/KnowledgeArchiv/status/2035417153554526518 [1:44] to hear Milton Friedman talk about the four ways to spend money.

LYING LIAR: CLICK https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2035526665380499792 [:32] to hear former CIA Director John Brennan claim he has seen no indication that Iran posed an imminent threat that would have justified Trump’s bombing campaign.

Who cares what he says? (A) He hasn’t been read in on security threats in eight years. (B) He pushed the Russia collusion hoax. (C) He told us Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, May our hearts be united in the pursuit of peace, justice, and truth for the good of all. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

STUPID PEOPLE: When someone’s “lived experience” supports their narrative, they tell us that is the only thing that really matters.

GRAMMY NOTES: Dearest grew up in a house with an Otis elevator, because the previous owner had been a wealthy woman with mobility issues. It allowed his parents to stay in their home at the end of their own lives.

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by | March 22, 2026 · 8:33 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to hear Your voice clearly when You are speaking to us, that we may discern what is Your will, what is good and pleasing and perfect. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 22, the British Parliament passed The Stamp Act of 1765, imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies. It led to widespread protests and was a significant factor in the growing tensions that eventually sparked the American Revolution.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/TheMissingPlaque/posts/pfbid02bhc37N47JbGdXmrDA3dktJQezzCEPSWnoKJ1cY23uCArnK7oaexfCeXgzp5Nqpwkl to read the fascinating life story of Lena Himmelstein.

LENTEN MEDITATION: Today is the Feast of St. Joseph who is rightly called “Terror of Demons.” Msgr. Rosetti writes about an exorcism during which they felt called to pray the Litany of St. Joseph. During the prayer, the demons were strongly affected whenever they said, “St. Joseph, Terror of Demons.”

“I will never forget the hatred of the demons and their desperation when we said the Litany of St Joseph. During that moment I felt his presence and help. In fact, I was granted a vision of St. Joseph at that time. When we invoked his help, I could see him in the room. It is a moment I will never forget.’

MEDIA: Some real world examples –

  • “US economy going strong under Biden” (The Guardian, September 2023)
  • “Biden says U.S. economy is world’s best.” (CNBC, April 2024)
  • “All the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics” (The New York Times, October 2024)
  • “Trump says affordability crisis is over. Voters and data disagree” (The Guardian, February 2026)
  • “’This is Trump recession’: CEOs say tariff inflation, layoffs to come” (CNBC, April 2025)
  • “Trump Is About to Lose Control of the Economy” (The New York Times, January 2026)

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Remove ignorance and fill our people with true insight, clear purpose, and godly values. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN: Chuckie’s latest political anti-Trump stunt is blocking funding for DHS. He’s claiming it’s to force reforms in ICE, but ICE is already funded.

CLICK https://x.com/Ella__Dorsey/status/2034953731322638680 [:19] to see one airport affected by lack of funding for TSA officers. Elon Musk tweeted an offer to pay TSA personnel salaries until Democrats get their thumbs out. Then Trump posted on Truth Social that, if Democrats don’t vote to fund DHS before Monday, he will send ICE agents to the airports to get the security lines moving again.

CLICK https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2034300175162736788 [1:07] to hear Sen. Fetterman point out that our cyber security people also are not working right now. We’ve had … what? FOUR terror attacks in the past week?

STUPID PEOPLE: Christina Lorey posted, “Hey MAGA. If you’re suddenly so ‘pro ID,’ you’re cool with us adding the same requirement for gun purchases, right?”

The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) mandates that licensed firearm dealers require purchasers produce a valid government-issued photo ID. Before owning a gun, citizens must also complete ATF Form 4473 and pass a criminal background check.

TOLERANCE: She is a disgrace to a noble profession.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fukflkZ-bBs [1:24] to watch a baby stingray hatch.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8GR5vitGJk8 [1:14] to see the towel war.

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by | March 21, 2026 · 7:32 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May we be children of Your Spirit, who leads us in the way of truth. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led the third (and finally successful) march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest southern registration boards using poll taxes, literacy tests, and other strategies to deny blacks their right to vote.

CALIFORNICATION: CLICK https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2033708929398845886 [39:53] to see Nick Shirley’s exposé on the massive amount of fraud going on under Newsom’s nose. Shirley is the young investigative journalist who exposed widespread childcare fraud in Minnesota, leading to a federal probe, a freeze on childcare payments, and Shirley testifying before Congress. Now he’s going after fraud in California. On Wednesday, he posted the video above.

CESAR CHAVEZ: [:54] – An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the revered co-founder of the United Farm Workers groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement.

DEMOCRATS: They remind me of captive chimpanzees who throw feces at visitors, staff, and each other because they are frustrated, annoyed, angry, or bored.

GAS PRICES: When gas prices spiked under Biden, the media said it wasn’t POTUS’ fault, because gas prices are “set globally.” They called it “Putin’s price hike.”

When prices went down under Trump, they said POTUS “doesn’t deserve credit” because presidents “can’t control gas prices.“

Now that prices are up because of Trump’s war on Iran, the media is happy to blame him.

IRAN: On Thursday, the government executed three young men for “waging war against God.” What they actually did was participate in the widespread pro-democracy protests. One of the three was Saleh Mohammadi, a member of Iran’s national wrestling team. He turned 19 last week.

LENTEN MEDITATION: [7:41] – I have wondered for many years what meditation really is. This explains it with neurological studies and ties it to the scriptures.

NEW YUCK: CLICK https://x.com/RealJessica/status/2034310185506771118 [1:05] to hear Gov. Hochul this week beg high income earners to come back to New York.

CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1563698354592387072 [:20] to hear her three years ago tell Republicans to “jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong. You are not New Yorkers.”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Help us, as citizens, to speak and act in ways that contribute to the flourishing of our communities. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SNAP: A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to fraud for buying food stamps at a discount, using them to buy soda wholesale, then selling it to gas stations and convenience stores for a profit. He has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,554,804 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

TEXAS: [2:49] – On Tuesday, Kyle Najm Chris (39) entered Zwink Elementary School in Klein, TX, carrying a gun and taser and wearing military tactical gear. Chris is a naturalized citizen from Iraq who changed his name from Muhi Mohanad Nahm to “Kyle Nahm Chris” possibly as an homage to SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle. On LinkedIn, he listed himself as a private investigator/security officer named “Chris Muhi.”

On Tuesday, Chris slipped through the first set of doors by following someone who either held them open or failed to ensure they closed. Fortunately, the school’s second set of security doors blocked him from entering the hallways and approaching any school children.

After entering the school, he reportedly asked the school’s secretary if there was an armed officer on campus. When asked to identify himself, he refused to do so and, when he was told there was an armed officer on campus, he left the school and drove away in a dark blue Dodge Charger.

Chris has no personal connection to Zwink or any other school in Klein. He was arrested and is currently out on bond, facing a felony charge of possession of a prohibited weapon.

The SAVE Act: CLICK https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2034736068088500688 [:16] to hear Democrat Senator Hickenlooper lie his lying face off.

FACT: If passed, the law would apply only to people who are registering to vote, either for the first time or because they have moved, changed their name, or changed their party affiliation. [The bill refers only to “application[s] to register to vote.” There is no mention of forcing anyone to renew or re-register.]

Democrat Senator Duckworth also lied when she tweeted, “Under the SAVE Act, you cannot use your driver’s license to register to vote. Republicans want you to buy a passport instead. If you can afford one. This is a modern-day poll tax.”

FACT: If passed, the law would require each state to create a means by which those who cannot provide documentary proof of United States citizenship to sign an attestation under penalty of perjury that the applicant is a citizen. [Page 12, Line 20ff]

WELFARE: A report issued by The Center for Immigration Studies reveals that while 28% of the US born households use traditional welfare programs, the rates among non-citizens from certain countries is far higher.

GRAMMY NOTES: I can just see our ancestors rolling their eyes at us when we complain about scrubbing our shiny porcelain indoor flush toilets and folding laundry that was washed and dried by machines.

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by | March 20, 2026 · 8:53 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise and thank You for another day. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 20, 1854, the Republican Party of the United States was officially founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, as a direct response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act—a divisive law that threatened to extend slavery into new territories. As anti-slavery sentiment intensified, former Whigs, Free Soilers, and disaffected Democrats coalesced into a new political movement dedicated to preventing the spread of slavery.

ARKANSAS: Last week, Governor Sanders was having lunch with two other moms at The Croissanterie restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas. As they were finishing their meal, the owner told them that the governor’s presence was making employees feel threatened and uncomfortable due to her political views. IOW, Governor Sanders was harming them with her thoughts. ::smh::

Persecutory delusion (aka, paranoid delusion): A fixed, false belief that others intend to harm you, even when there’s clear evidence to the contrary. In many cases, people with persecutory delusions believe harm could come through various means, including psychological or “invisible” ones like others’ malicious thoughts, intentions, curses, psychic attacks, or mental influence.

BWAHAHA: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2034352627119468712 [:27] to hear him back when he was absotively sure that Kamala Harris was going to win.

DOGE: Over the last 4 weeks, agencies terminated or descoped 95 wasteful contracts, saving We The People $757 million.

LENTEN MEDITATION: “Albert Göring was the younger brother of Hermann Göring, one of the most powerful figures in Nazi Germany, but Albert took a radically different path. Born into the same influential Bavarian family, he grew up watching his brother rise within the Nazi hierarchy while he himself rejected the regime’s ideology.

“During the 1930s and throughout World War II, Albert quietly used his family name and connections to help Jews, political dissidents, and other persecuted people escape arrest, secure forged documents, or flee the country.

“He even intervened directly at factories and offices, demanding the release of forced laborers by signing orders with the Göring name, knowing officials would obey out of fear of his brother.

“After the war, Albert’s moral courage was overshadowed by the infamy of his surname. Despite testimonies from survivors he had saved, he was detained and interrogated by Allied authorities who struggled to believe a Göring could have opposed Nazism.

“Though eventually cleared, he returned to a Germany that wanted nothing to do with the relatives of high-ranking Nazis. He lived the rest of his life in obscurity, working modest jobs and dying in 1966 without public recognition.

“Only decades later did historians begin to uncover the extent of his humanitarian efforts, revealing a man who risked everything to defy his own family and the regime they served.”

LIFE: Scotland has voted NO to legalizing assisted suicide!

MAGA: Have you EVER seen any poll that had a 100% result?! The same NBC News poll shows that, in November 2024, 28% of Americans identified as MAGA; that number is now 30%. So much for the Left’s current Talking Point t hat MAGA loyalists have abandoned Trump over the Iran war. ::snork::

MILITARY: And properly so. A person must be a U.S. citizen to vote. From our nation’s founding to the present day, non-citizens have served in the U.S. military.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Protect our leaders from corruption and misguided counsel. Give them courage to make difficult decisions with integrity. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

THE SAVE ACT: CLICK https://x.com/MichaelARothman/status/2034346419180769533 [:41] to hear Sen. Schumer claim The SAVE Act appeals to “only the most fringe element of the MAGA base” and that “most Americans do not support” it. CNN’s polling shows that around 30% of Americans identify as MAGA, while The SAVE Act is favored by 85% of White Americans, 82% of Latino Americans, and 75% of Black Americans.

GRAMMY NOTES: When one of mine was a senior who had been accepted to college the next year, she asked me to go with her to the grocery store. She’d bounced her first check and wanted me to just stand beside her while she talked to the store owner about it. It’s right up there with braiding her hair the night before kindergarten on my list of favorite parenting memories.

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