DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to follow the Savior with a right spirit and with true understanding. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 19, 1775, American colonists battled British troops at Lexington and Concord. These were the first military actions of the Revolutionary War.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

CALIFORNICATION: In a move to demonstrate their commitment to tolerance and transparency, the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee just voted 11-2 to make investigative journalism illegal. The bill specifically protects “immigrant service centers” like fake Somali daycares or Los Angeles hospice centers from legitimate journalists by classifying them as “harassers.”

• https://x.com/outragedteen_/status/2043805734820003952

CATHOLIC: “Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia.” — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), emphasis mine

• https://catholicclergy.net/are-all-moral-issues-of-the-same-weight-and-importance/

CHICOMS: A Hong Kong court has handed down a one-year prison sentence to a Falun Gong practitioner who criticized the Chinese communist regime’s forced organ harvesting on social media.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/hong-kong-sentences-falun-gong-practitioner-to-prison-under-national-security-law-6013664

EVOLUTION vs. CREATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E3coFgM9qBk [2:25] for yet another example of why Darwin’s theory of evolution can’t hold water.

FRAUD: A federal watchdog estimates that, from fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the government lost between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud. That’s half a trillion dollars! Every freakin’ year!

Programs that provided the easiest access for thieves have been COVID relief and social programs that provide food, housing, and health care.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/521-billion-fraud-landscape-what-to-know-6012329

EYE ROLL: Last year, Rep. Ilhan Omar filed documents with Congress saying she was worth between $6 million and $30 million. Now that her sudden rise in assets has triggered an investigation, she is claiming it was just an accounting error. Her “real” worth is actually less than $100,000.

Translation: Please stop looking into Ilhan’s finances, because she’s definitely not at all tied to the rampant Somali fraud in Minnesota.

Also: Get a forensic accountant on this thing and find out where she hid the big bucks.

• https://notthebee.com/article/ilhan-omar-denies-being-rich-blames-accounting-error-for-discrepancy

IRAN: CLICK https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/2044851662398083129 [:23] to hear Trump’s reply when a reporter asked, “Iran is going to execute four more protesters, including the first woman protester. What do you tell Iran?”

Iranian authorities have sentenced four protesters to death in connection with the January 2026 anti-government protests. They are Bita Hemmati (female), Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl (her husband), Behrouz Zamaninejad, and Kourosh Zamaninejad.

• https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-january-executions/33732949.html

NEWSCUM: Gavin Newsom used $1,561,875 in donations to his campaign PAC to purchase tens of thousands of copies of his new book, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.” The book purchase was by far the biggest expenditure for his federal PAC in the first quarter of 2026. They also accounted for two-thirds of the book’s total print sales.

• https://notthebee.com/article/gavin-newsom-spent-15-million-from-pac-funds-to-buy-copies-of-his-own-book-which-made-up-two-thirds-of-sales
• https://x.com/TheKevinDalton/status/2044893803287654754

POPE LEO IV: After Islamic Moors sacked St. Peter’s Basilica in 846, Pope Leo IV had stout walls builr around the Vatican to protect it from further assaults.

Jesus Enrique Rosas notes that Pope Leo XIV now “sits comfortably sipping tea behind those same medieval walls … telling the rest of the West to be ‘less fearful; of Islam. That those who push back against messages like this are simply talking from a bigoted view of immigration, and aren’t true Christians. … If the walls are good enough for the Pope, why aren’t they allowed for everyone else?”

• https://x.com/ACTBrigitte/status/2044900529717870599
• https://x.com/Knesix/status/2044870836457250974
• https://www.outono.net/elentir/2023/07/09/the-firearms-used-by-the-pontifical-swiss-guard-the-smallest-army-in-the-world/

POPE LEO XIV: If this were true, St. Catherine of Siena wouldn’t be a revered Doctor of the Church. In case you are unfamiliar with her story, Catherine famously criticized Pope Gregory XI for years about living in Avignon, France, nagging him repeatedly to return the papal offices to Rome, which he did in January 1377.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mx3144AtmWk [2:51] to hear VP Vance (devout Catholic convert) comment on this. It’s worth hearing.

• https://x.com/w_terrence/status/2045190915615048033
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena

STRAIT OF HORMUZ: Less than 24 hours after opening the oil-critical shipping lane, Iran closed it again.

• https://notthebee.com/article/iran-closes-straight-of-hormuz-reimposes-restrictions-lifted-on-friday

STUPID PEOPLE: A pro-trans organization called “Them” posted the above to X. Commenters pointed out that he had performed “bottom surgery.”

“It’s impossible to parody a movement that advocates for the castration of children but not dead raccoons.” @WomenAreReals

“Do you only support cutting dicks off living things? Wow.” @HollyBriden

• https://x.com/them/status/2044872026679066695

TOLERANCE: A pro-LGBT group based in Provo, UT, had a fundraiser at a location about 20 minutes from where Charlie Kirk was assassinated less than a year ago. The images above are from the products they were offering for sale.

CLICK https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2044532068911087974 [:06] to watch kids bash at their senator’s face to get candy.

• https://notthebee.com/article/byu-pride-group-makes-piata-with-senator-mike-lees-face-on-it-i-wonder-what-they-think-of-brigham-young

GRAMMY NOTES: I just want to take a moment to show off how gorgeous our forsythia bush is this year!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ws9CJW-cFLw [2:25] to hear from the Best Neighbors Ever (except possibly for the couple that lives across the street from us, who are totally awesome)!

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Look deep into our hearts and fill us with the joy of Your salvation. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere took his historic ride to warn the people of Lexington and Concord that the British were coming. It’s one of the most famous tales from the Revolutionary War, popularized and romanticized in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

BORDER: The House of Representatives has passed a resolution directing the Department of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians, thereby blocking deportations. These seven Republicans voted with the Democrats – Don Bacon (R-NE) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Mike Lawler (R-NY) Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) Carlos Giménez (R-FL) Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).

• https://notthebee.com/article/7-republicans-join-dems-in-voting-to-extend-temporary-legal-status-to-haitian-refugees-in-contradiction-to-trumps-order

CATHOLIC: No. We’re not going to stop being devout Catholics just because we don’t like Pope Leo any more than we stopped being patriotic Americans because we didn’t like President Biden. It’s not about the men at the top; it’s about the faith at the bottom.

CLASS: I’m so sick of people like this tut-tutting about Trump’s memes, jokes, and insults.

DEVIL DUCK: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Py7EmW_MKJ8 [1:45] tell the story of Sergeant Siwash (pron “sea wash”), a courageous Marine Corps duck who may have been the first female Leatherneck war combatant. This is a true story, though Wikipedia says she was won in a raffle, not a card game.

• https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2022/11/23/the-marine-who-was-a-duck-yes-an-actual-duck/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Siwash

NEW YUCK STATE: TransSec Duffy announced the Trump administration is making good on its threat to withhold federal funding from states that refuse to revoke commercial drivers’ licenses they gave to illegal aliens. Sixteen percent of all the CDLs held by foreigners are issued in New York State, which is set to lose $73.5 million in federal funding for refusing to vet any of them.

• https://notthebee.com/article/transportation-secretary-withholds-73-million-from-new-york-because-they-wont-revoke-cdls-held-by-illegals

FOSTER CARE: CLICK https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/2044791405365903774 [:44] to hear Sec. RFK Jr. explain how this administration is reversing Biden era discrimination against Christian foster carers.

• https://notthebee.com/article/rfk-jr-announces-reversal-of-biden-era-foster-care-rule-that-discriminated-against-christians

IMPORTANCE of RELIGION: Gallup is showing a dramatic upsurge in religiosity among young American males.

• https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/young-men-religious-young-women.aspx
• https://notthebee.com/article/gallup-poll-shows-a-nearly-30-increase-in-the-number-of-young-men-who-say-religion-is-very-important-to-them

OPERATION ECONOMIC FURY: On April 15, Treasury Secretary Bessent announced plans to target Iran economically in a way that will be “the financial equivalent of what we saw in the kinetic activities.”

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/operation-economic-fury-us-launches-financial-equivalent-of-bombing-iran-6012777

POPE LEO: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s Twitter/X account was deleted within hours of his election to the papacy on May 8, 2025. Although the account itself no longer exists, there are still screenshots and archives of specific posts showing that, during the some 14 years he tweeted, he had strongly sympathized with Democrat policies. His posts included specific criticisms of the Trump administration’s immigration and deportation policies and J.D. Vance’s interpretation of “ordo amoris.”

On April 14th, 2025, he had posted of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” I dunno, Leo. How can you stay silent about the suffering of victims of MS-13, the vicious gang the man belongs to?

• https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/new-pope-old-tweets-pope-leo-xivs-past-social-media-posts-reveal-views-on-us-politics
• https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/pope-old-tweets-criticize-trump

STRAIT OF HORMUZ: After thanking Iran, Trump said the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian shipping would remain in force until Tehran agrees to a deal.

The International Energy Agency says that, if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened, Europe will run out of jet fuel in about six weeks.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/iran-announces-strait-of-hormuz-is-fully-open-during-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-6013512
• https://notthebee.com/article/the-european-union-says-the-continent-is-six-weeks-away-from-running-out-of-jet-fuel

STUPID PEOPLE: Wisconsin’s Democrat Secretary of State thinks hail is evidence of climate change. FYI: Catastrophic hail events are mentioned in ancient texts from thousands of years before mankind began using fossil fuels. For example, in Joshua 10:11, it says the large hailstones that fell during a battle killed more Amorites than did Israelite swords.

• https://notthebee.com/article/wisconsin-secretary-of-state-blames-hail-on-climate-change

TENNESSEE: Thanks to a bill signed last week by Tennessee governor Bill Lee, June in The Volunteer State will be known as “Nuclear Families Month” … instead of that other thing.

• https://notthebee.com/article/tennessee-makes-june-nuclear-family-month-to-the-consternation-of-pride-month-celebrators

TWENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2044606705590313175 [4:37] to hear a steaming pile of crap. Thankfully, Piers calls him out on his baloney. ITA, they were not hiding him from us. I saw signs of mental problems during the 2020 campaign and totally expected the Dems to boot him out during his first year. IMO, the only reason they left him in until the bitter end is that a gaga Joe was easier to manipulate than a bitchy Kamala would have been.

One comment noted that the same guy tried the same TDSy crap in 2017. Another commenter posted, “As someone who cares for a family member with dementia, these people infuriate me. They trivialize people who actually have it. If you’ve been around someone with dementia, you would understand that President Trump has NONE of the characteristics of said disease.”

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You for all You have done and all You will do. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft while en route to the moon.

BORDER: “60 Minutes” recently aired a high-profile interview with three prominent (left-wing) U.S. cardinals: Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of San Diego, and Joseph Tobin of Newark.

During the segment, Cardinal Tobin stood by his previous characterization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a “lawless organization,” claiming the agency “violates guarantees of our Constitution” to “terrify people.”

Cardinal Cupich added, “I would like to know what Catholics feel about this indiscriminate mass deportation. I think that it’s very clear the American people are saying, ‘We really didn’t vote for this.’”

CLICK https://x.com/cspan/status/2044152154944860585 [1:05] to hear “lifelong Catholic” Tom Homan say, “They don’t know what they’re talking about.” ITA.

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/homan-torches-catholic-hierarchy-over-opposition-to-trumps-immigration-policy
• https://www.cathstan.org/voices/in-60-minutes-interview-three-u-s-cardinals-reflect-on-pope-leos-leadership-and-churchs-opposition-to-iran-war-and-mass-deportation

CATHOLIC: Dakota Andrade 2 notes that Pope Leo has said almost nothing about the slaughter of Christians in places like Nigeria. “But the week Trump escalated the Iran war? Leo flew across continents, gave media interviews, posted viral messages, and had three American Cardinals appear on 60 Minutes in what felt like a coordinated response. I’m asking why my Church saves its loudest moments for American politics — and its quietest moments for the people actually dying for the faith. That question deserves an honest answer.“

• https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0jLMhpxkw3wZNQ8VqWpzL1Zjdr4Vavs1xgGKv1saHya54bYZCws8VkXueG6QhsE3Dl&id=61550679231523

DEAR PERSON: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/61571474680589/posts/122160691106715822/?rdid=6mT1yam10EsKxPqr to read a really beautiful story about the impact these hoodies have on total strangers. Trust Pilot reviews give this company 4.0 our of 5.0 stars.

• https://dearpersonco.store/products/the-dear-person-hoodie
• https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dearpersonco.store

ERIC SWALWELL: Stephen Cloobeck is a billionaire donor and former supporter of Eric Swalwell. Since the sexual misconduct allegations, Cloobeck says, “Eric who? …You bust the trust, you don’t exist in my life!”

• https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/posts/pfbid02ab5Q6pPq2DYxp9v1VjMfHsYCYuDEjiFYQwpVkYWnPMRPPzxxvw4WPRyx7UrTQLsAl

EVERYDAY HEROES: Four US presidents did not accept their salary for personal use, because they were independently wealthy. While legally required to accept the check, George Washington, Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy, and Donald Trump either donated the funds to charity or to government departments.

FEMINISM: Norah Vincent was a lesbian journalist who disguised herself as a man named “Ned” for about 18 months in the early 2000s with the intention of proving that men have it easier. What she learned was that she and all her toxic feminist cronies were wrong. She wrote, “Men are suffering. They have different problems than women have, but they don’t have it better. They need our sympathy, they need our love, and they need each other more than anything else. They need to be together.”

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Made_Man_(book)
• https://www.legacy.com/news/norah-vincent-1968-2022-bestselling-author-of-self-made-man

POPE LEO: On April 14, Christopher Tremoglie published a piece in The Washington Examiner entitled “Pope Leo attacked Trump first, on several occasions, not the other way around.” He goes back to last fall and examines the timing of various shots fired in the now-famous feud.

• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4527986/pope-leo-trump-feud/

SCOTUS: During a recently appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized an opinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh saying, “This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour.” On Wednesday, she issued a rare public apology, saying, “I regret my hurtful comments” and noted she had also apologized to her colleague privately.

She was way out of line with this one. Not only was it inappropriate of her to publicly attack the character of a fellow judge, but also Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t deserve what she said. For years, he has volunteered at soup kitchens and similar meal programs for the homeless, saying it helps him “stand in the shoes of others” and understand the situations of people experiencing homelessness. He has mentioned talking with those he serves and emphasizing that “every person you serve a meal to is just as good as me or better.”

• https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/15/sotomayor-apologizes-public-remarks-made-brett-kavanaugh/
• https://www.catholicherald.com/article/national/at-hearing-kavanaugh-highlights-his-volunteer-work/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-sonia-sotomayor-apologizes-brett-kavanaugh-hurtful-remarks-rcna332066

STUPID PEOPLE: This week, Good Housekeeping magazine published an article entitled, “Is It Okay to Pick Flowers From Someone’s Yard? A Gardening Expert Weighs In.” For me, it is a very sad commentary that the question even got asked. What’s worse is reading the author’s conclusions. After admitting it’s illegal to trespass and steal, the author says it might be “okay” if you do it “right.” Only at at the very, very end of the article does the author suggest maybe you could ask the property owner for permission before taking what isn’t yours. ::smh::

• https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/a70985546/is-it-okay-to-pick-someone-elses-flowers/

WOKE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/81HRqrFZ60k [2:23] to hear from a woman comparing her mental and emotional health before and after her transition from the Left to the Right.

GRAMMY NOTES: Brittany clearly needs to train up that husband of hers! Mine treats my fabric scissors properly, by which I mean he assumes they may be secretly coated with poison ivy juice.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wotHwslVt9w [:31] to see another cute one from Amanda and Zach.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hgOADP-jh4g [2:16] to hear a very fun true story from Dylan.

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Keep us in Your truth that we may discern what is Your will, what is good and pleasing and perfect. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. The act freed over 3,100 people enslaved in the US capital nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation would free all enslaved people in the US.

• https://info.mysticstamp.com/emancipation-day-in-washington-dc_tdih/

BOASBERG: A federal court has ordered anti-Trump activist Judge Boasberg to drop his criminal contempt probe into the Trump administration’s transfer of alleged Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador.

• https://notthebee.com/article/court-orders-activist-judge-to-drop-criminal-contempt-inquiry-into-trumps-deportation-of-venezuelan-gang-members

CHICOMS: There is an interesting article at Not The Bee about why the new U.S. defense agreement with Indonesia is a Very Big Deal.

• https://notthebee.com/article/the-us-secretary-of-war-visited-indonesia-the-week-we-started-a-blockade-of-iran-come-see-why-thats-insanely-important

ERIC SWALWELL: The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau has opened an investigation into Lonna Drewes’ claims that Eric Swalwell drugged, choked, and raped her. Campaign receipts match the date and place she provided in her complaint.

• https://notthebee.com/article/los-angeles-sheriffs-office-campaign-expense-records-corroborate-details-of-woman-who-accuses-eric-swalwell-of-raping-her-in-2018

LIFE: A new report from the Justice Department reveals that the Biden-era Justice Department coordinated with abortion-rights groups like Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation to help weaponize The FACE Act against pro-life activists. Trump has pardoned the peaceful pro-life activists that were sentenced to jail under Biden and the DOJ has now purged any employee who was involved in persecuting them.

• https://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/biden-admin-weaponized-face-act-against-pro-life-activists-doj-alleges-in-report-todd-blanche-planned-parenthood https://notthebee.com/article/doj-report-shows-biden-teamed-up-with-planned-parethood-to-track-down-pro-lifers-in-weaponization-of-face-act

NEBRASKA: On Tuesday, police in Omaha shot and killed Noemi Guzman (31) who was snarling and slashing a 3-year-old boy she had abducted. The boy is being treated for a large laceration across the left side of his face and to his hand, which will no doubt leave massive scars. Thankfully, he is expected to survive his injuries, but I doubt he or his parents will easily heal from their emotional traumas.

In March of 2024, Guzman doused her father in a flammable liquid and cut him with a knife, set a fire inside the house, then ran to a nearby Catholic Church, where she broke into the rectory, threatened the priest with her knife, and destroyed property. After this incident, a judge inexplicably released her on her own recognizance, ordering her to comply with Board of Mental Health requirements and avoid the church. Right, cuz demon-possessed, crazy people are so good at following rules.

Guzman was later found not guilty of four felonies by reason of insanity, then assigned a treatment plan and again released into the community. IMO, whoever is responsible for her not getting locked up is responsible for that little boy’s injuries.

• https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/15/noemi-guzman-toddler-walmart-omaha-police-bodycam-video-insanity-not-guilty/

STUPID PEOPLE: Tucker Carlson posted, “The people in charge don’t want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus.”

Joy Behar said, “Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’”

I am going to give all y’all the courtesy of not belaboring such obvious fallacies.

• https://notthebee.com/takes/a-very-short-op-ed-about-tucker-being-officially-cooked
• https://notthebee.com/article/noted-bible-scholar-joy-behar-says-jesus-didnt-go-around-saying-he-was-the-messiah

TRANS: Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner, one-time Olympic champion and leading figure in the trans movement, now says he’s a hypocrite for accepting Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” award. CLICK https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/2043675955495887055 [:36] to hear it.

• https://notthebee.com/article/caitlyn-jenner-calls-himself-a-hypocrite-for-accepting-woman-of-the-year-award

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let Your face shine on us and save us from our sins. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: [6:33] – Calvary Chapel San Jose refused to cancel services or impose Governor Gavin Newsom’s mask mandate, accumulating $1.2 million in penalties. Now the ACLJ is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the church’s case.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died less than 12 hours after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. He was the first US president to be assassinated, just as the Civil War was drawing to a close.

• https://info.mysticstamp.com/this-day-in-history-april-15-1865-2_tdih/

BORDER: During an immigration inspection, Border Patrol agents stopped a Chevrolet Malibu and uncovered four passengers in the country illegally, including a juvenile locked in the trunk of the vehicle, unable to exit without assistance. Agents also discovered the driver armed with a loaded, ready-to-fire firearm.

All subjects were transported to the Ajo Border Patrol Station for further processing. The driver was presented for prosecution on charges of transporting aliens unlawfully present in the United States. The adult passengers will be held as material witnesses and subsequently processed for removal proceedings. The juvenile was placed directly into removal proceedings.

• https://www.facebook.com/USBPChiefTCA/posts/pfbid02q2VpGhWAZbV7g6CRe7dpvcnihc7MGgMSh3RXpU7douoAYc2ZJjYDA7549TYY8ppPl

CATHOLIC: Bingo. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/921430623957742 [:46] to hear Speaker Mike talk about Trump’s border policy, which Pope Leo condemned. N.b., the Vatican has very strict border rules. I won’t go into the pope’s latest remarks about Iran, because my blood pressure can’t handle it.

CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2043881513364693036 [1:37] to hear Bill O’Reilly make some really good points.

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2044035431130423369 [1;48] to hear Hal Lambert gives his perspective.

• https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/13/trump-doubles-down-on-attacks-pope-refuses-to-apologize/

ILLINOIS: Unlike Pope Leo’s loud and public condemnations of Trump’s policies, Pope Leo’s plea to Pritzker to not sign the suicide bill was reportedly personal and private.

• https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/13/jb-pritzker-shares-newfound-love-for-pope-leo-after-blatantly-defying-him-on-assisted-suicide-bill/

MISS AMERICA: The pageant has fixed its contract language to clarify that biological males are not women.

• https://www.lc.org/newsroom/details/041326-miss-america-pageant-now-knows-what-a-woman-is-1

PARENTING and POLITICS: Also, the most likely conservatives to have children are those with moderate-to-high IQ scores.

• https://notthebee.com/article/report-very-conservative-millennial-men-have-four-times-as-many-kids-as-very-liberal-men-their-age

STRAIT of HORMUZ: [9:49] – Go, Navy.

STUPID PEOPLE: My kids and I got to watch a cow birthing once. It was a boy, so they didn’t name him. Well, they kinda named him (“Veal”) with a wink to me and we didn’t explain it to the kids.

SWALWELL: Rep. Eric “Fang Banger” Swalwell (D-CA) has ended his gubernatorial campaign and resigned from Congress over serious allegations of sexual misconduct.

Victor Davis Hanson [9:56] talks about why his party threw Swalwell under the bus.

Dr. Steve [14:46] repeats some of what VDH said, then adds more about what’s coming in DC.

• https://notthebee.com/article/eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress-after-rape-allegations
• https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/swalwell-gonzales-announce-resignations-in-wake-of-allegations-shaking-up-congress
• https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/swalwell-exit-shakes-up-california-race-governor-04-13-2026
• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/swalwell-announces-resignation-congress-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations-torpedoed-gubernatorial-bid

TOLERANCE: [12:38] – Also, FAFO.

VERMONT: He’s too young to sign a contract, so I guess his parents would have to cosign any legislation.

• https://www.news10.com/news/meet-the-14-year-old-vying-for-governor-of-vermont/

WISCONSIN: CLICK https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2043217610041651563 [3:38] to hear about Sundas ‘Sunny’ Naqvi (28) gained national attention last month when she went viral with her claims that she had been unlawfully detained by ICE officers for roughly 43 hours. She wasn’t. She was at a hotel spa (security photos above).

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGO3TJ6g6Gw [5:26] if you’ve got time to watch a very funny video. As I’m posting this, it isn’t embedding. May be it will for you.

COLLEGE SCAM: From 2004 to 2024, college completions in the U.S. rose by 54% while entry-level jobs suitable for new graduates grew by just 42%. Even worse, from 2014 to 2024, computer and information sciences graduates rose by 110%, while entry-level openings in these field grew by 6%. At this point, about 40% of college grads under 30 are carrying an average of $30K in student loan debt, with nearly 43% of them working at jobs that only require a high school diploma.

• https://notthebee.com/article/43-of-new-graduates-are-underemployed-according-to-new-report
• https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-by-age-group

EVERYDAY HEROES: Artemis II, NASA’s 10-day test flight around the moon on April 10 with the safe return of the spacecraft and its crew, which gently parachuted into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, less than a mile from its target.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/science/artemis-ii-mission-ends-with-splashdown-off-san-diego-6010423

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Exorcist Msgr. Rossetti writes, “Jesus is Lord. It is he and he alone who has conquered Satan. It is in his name that the demons are cast out. And time and again I have seen the power of that holy name: Jesus!

“But there is something about Mary that really gets to demons. Exorcisms often affirm that Satan is particularly humiliated by Mary and her power over him. Satan believes all humans are vastly inferior to him. He recoils at being wholly overcome so completely by this little woman.”

CLICK https://www.catholicexorcism.org/post/exorcist-diary-389-demons-choke-on-the-name-of-mary to read the rest.

SLEEP: There are three types of sleep patterns: monophasic (one long nighttime sleep, typically 7–9 hours), polyphasic (three or more shorter sleeps throughout the day and night), and biphasic (two sleeps of 3-5 hours each). Within biphasic, there are different types, including “siesta” style (daytime nap + longer core sleep at night) and “segmented” (two roughly equal sleep periods at night, with a wakeful interval in between.

In pre-industrial societies and widespread use of electric lights, biphasic sleeping was common. The siesta style suited people who napped during the hottest part of the day, while people in cooler areas would go to bed early, wake naturally in the middle of the night for an hour or two, then return to sleep. During that 2-hour window, people would pray, have sex, read, write, think, and connect with their families. Some of the greatest works in human history were reportedly created in what some called “The God Hours.”

Experiments have shown that, when people have a minimum of artificial light, they naturally shift to biphasic sleeping. Both research and anecdotal reports suggest that biphasic sleep reduces fatigue, lower stress levels, and improves memory, concentration, creativity, and mood. It depends on what works best for your body and your schedule. The main things are to be consistent in when and how long you sleep and to get 7-9 hours of sleep in total.

• https://www.bulletproof.com/sleep-articles/best-sleep-cycle/
• https://www.baptisthealth.com/blog/healthy-living/which-sleep-cycle-is-best-for-you
• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319425

TOLERANCE: William Scott Kelly, one of the lefties who stormed the church in Minneapolis in January, incited another leftist Minneapolis mob on Saturday. This time, the target was a Hispanic female named Savanah Hernandez who reports for Turning Point USA.

She says she went to film and report on a protest outside Whipple ICE Detention Center in Minneapolis. Kelly identified her to his cronies as a conservative, at which point “they confronted, surrounded and assaulted me for just being there.” CLICK https://x.com/AprilSpark1890/status/2043118899625943413 [3:03] to see how the allegedly “anti-fascists” behaved.

Four people were arrested, but this being Minnesota, who knows if they’ll suffer any real consequences. However, the DOJ says they are opening an investigation, so maybe.

• https://notthebee.com/article/tolerant-white-liberals-punch-shove-hispanic-reporter-to-fight-racism-and-bigotry
• https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/4-arrested-during-protests-at-whipple-building-for-allegedly-assaulting-journalist-deputy/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-anti-ice-protest-journalist-assault-fbi/

WOKE LEFT: Years ago, we managed a small apartment building. One of the tenants once bitched that we were “making money hand over fist.” I asked how he figured that and he said he had multiplied his rent by the six units in the building. I quoted all the monthly expenses, starting with the ginormous first mortgage for buying the place, the less substantial second mortgage for the new roof, upgraded insulation, replacement furnace, and storm windows, which the old building just plain needed, plus new locks and fire alarm system that new laws had required. IF every unit was rented and every tenant paid in full, we netted $100 profit … which we put into improvements like fresh paint, sanding and varnishing wooden floors, installing better mail boxes, hiding the trash cans behind lattice, planting bushes, trees, and flowers for the yard, and putting carpet in his living room, because his downstairs neighbor said he walked too loud. He said, “Oh.”

WOKE RIGHT: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WzMOtm5Vd5o [1:46] to hear a clip of Megyn Kelly’s nonsense and enjoy listening to Officer Tatum respond. My favorite comments:

@P7_2017 – “Why is Trump being held to such a staggeringly high standard, and autopen was asked about ice cream?”

@flynnnewsblog9627 – “Imagine a regime that murders 40,000 of its own citizens having nuclear weapons.”

@tinymatt – “trump has talked about taking down iran for over 40 years.”

@snakepliskin2266 – “They used to call this gossip. Now they call it News.”

GRAMMY NOTES: If this guy didn’t have my actual brother for high school history, he had someone a lot like him.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XitC1rHftVg [2:28] to hear about Mr. Smith’s productive day.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ecteMBKfBMQ [1:46] to watch an awesome dad take his toddler for a bike ride.

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You, for by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world. Amen. Alleluia.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 12, 1861, the Civil War started when North and South clashed for the first time at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

• https://info.mysticstamp.com/battle-of-fort-sumter-begins-civil-war_tdih/

BOOTYJUDGE: CLICK https://x.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/2042666853441409493 [1:19] to hear Mayor Pete cherry pick financial numbers.

• https://www.heritage.org/debt/commentary/trumps-record-far-superior-bidens-debt-and-inflation
• https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/

BROLLY BROUHAHA: Apparently, some people are spending time being upset about what Trump did with his umbrella. CLICK https://x.com/SaltyGoat17/status/2042648852654624866 [:52]. CLICK https://x.com/ChrisMartzWX/status/2042686822413676654 [:10] to see what Biden did with his.

CALIFORNICATION: Democrats are moving a bill through the state legislature that, if enacted into law, will expand access to publicly funded attorneys for individuals facing immigration proceedings in California. IOW, citizen taxpayers will get to pay for illegals to have lawyers.

• https://notthebee.com/article/proposed-california-bill-would-have-taxpayers-cover-legal-fees-for-illegal-aliens

CATHOLIC: [5:08] – Our roots in this nation.

FIRST LADY: Melania Trump is fluent in her native language, Slovenian, and in English, although she does have a heavy accent. In addition, she has a good understanding of Serbian and can carry on conversations in French, German, and Italian.

Shall we now recall Barack Obama calling military medical personnel “CORPSE men” not once, but three times in the same speech? Or Jill Biden mangling the famous United Farm Workers motto “Si se puede”? Or, I know, let’s review all the times Joe Biden said something nobody could even understand?

• https://www.cnn.com/us/melania-trump-fast-facts

FLORIDA: CLICK https://x.com/GMA/status/2041838021729722583 [1:47] to hear about a school bus driver who now faces multiple charges for recklessly endangering a bus load of kids. When I drove a school bus, we had to stop before every train track crossing, open the doors and listen before deciding if it was safe to cross.

• https://notthebee.com/article/school-bus-driver-misses-railroad-signal-nearly-gets-pummeled-by-train-while-transporting-children

GNOSTICISM and the WOKE RIGHT: In the first hour, Dr. Steve Turley provides a very interesting (to me) analysis of what he sees behind the new anti-Trumpism of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owen, Megyn Kelly, and Alex Jones. He refers to “a pattern of permanent grievance,” which is what I believe underlies Marjorie Taylor Greene’s revolt against MAGA. These people made their chops being the self-righteous voices of the persecuted conservative minority. But MAGA isn’t the minority any more and, somehow, these people can’t be happy about it.

Dr. Patrick Moore says the same thing happened with Greenpeace, the organization he helped found and now condemns. But after they accomplished their goals to convince humans that polluting the environment was bad and they should stop murdering whales, the self-righteous activists in Greenpeace couldn’t just take the win and go home happy. The same is true of angry, self-righteous feminists.

In short, for some people, it’s not about the causes, it’s about the shrieking. IMO, it boils down to the facts that sin is easy and anger is habit forming.

LYING LIARS: ABC reports, “Immigrant advocates in North Carolina are calling for justice after they say two children and their parents were swiftly deported to Honduras without due process.”

Homeland Security reports, “This illegal alien family unit was issued a final order of removal by a judge after they failed to show up for their immigration hearing. They were returned to their home country of Honduras together. They received full due process and had no pending asylum claims or immigration applications.”

• https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2042403765806911910

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/2041885215929332002 [:49] to hear Lawrence O’Donnell gasp at the fact that Pete Hegseth said, “We leave no man behind.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/lawrence-odonnell-decries-hegseth-for-saying-we-leave-no-man-behind-because-like-what-if-a-woman-had-been-in-that-plane

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, In 1861, our nation went to war with itself because we could not find a peaceful solution to our differences. Please grant us the graces we need to not do that again. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots left early this morning. We had a wonderful visit. We are exhausted.