CATHOLIC: [5:25] – The doctrine of the Assumption of Mary refers to the belief that Mary was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life. This event is celebrated in the Catholic Church and signifies her unique role in salvation history as the Mother of God.

CHICOMS: The White House Government Transparency Task Force has released newly declassified intelligence emails showing that, between 2014 and 2020, NSA employees deliberately chose not to tell the president, Congress, or the Director of National Intelligence that they had evidence of the Chinese Communist Party attempting to influence our elections.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/nsa-blocked-reports-of-ccp-interference-in-us-elections-from-reaching-trump-declassified-docs-6076308

DEBT: We passed $40 TRILLION this week. I remember when Obama campaigned on how Bush’s additions to the national debt were totally unacceptable. Then, as soon as he and his Democrat super-majority got into power, they boosted our deficit spending to over $1 trillion per year.

• https://www.usdebtclock.org/
• https://notthebee.com/article/breaking-us-officially-hits-40-trillion-in-debt-just-four-years-after-reaching-30-trillion-
• https://notthebee.com/takes/op-ed-who-pays-the-bill

EVERYDAY HEROES: [5:56] – I need a tissue!

IRAN: [20:28] – We control the Strait of Hormuz.

MAHA: Dr. Alex writes, “Ultra-processed food is engineered to slip straight past your fullness signals, because it’s soft and calorie-dense and gone before your body has had time to notice, so you end up eating more of it and feeling satisfied less, and that isn’t a willpower flaw in you, it’s clever design working exactly as intended.

“It’s all about profits profits profits. …

“What changed things for me wasn’t willpower either, it was slowly crowding the junk out with more real food on the plate … because once the good stuff is there and easy to reach, the processed stuff loses it’s grip on you bit by bit. … It honestly does become easier the more you do it.”

• “Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake” @ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31105044/
• Ad Libitum means “of or relating to a diet in which the amount of food is not restricted.”

MICHIGAN: Abdul El-Sayed is the man Michigan Democrats chose to run for one of their U.S. Senate seats. From 1999 through at least 2004, his mother, Fatten Fathy Elkomy, worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency (aka, Islamic African Relief Agency), an organization that was designated as a terror-support group in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Treasury for directly financing Osama bin Laden and other jihadi groups including Hamas and the Taliban.

In 2010, the DOJ charged the Islamic American Relief Agency with 33 counts of sending money to Iraq in violation of federal sanctions. In the list of exhibits, Elkomy is cited 14 times, eight for participating in illegal wire transfers and five for participating in phone calls about those transfers. Elkomy’s brother and El-Sayed’s uncle, Mohamed or Mohammed Elkomy, is cited 19 times for participating in phone calls between donors, IARA officials, and others.

• https://notthebee.com/article/abdul-el-sayeds-mom-worked-for-terror-group-that-provided-financial-support-for-hamas-taliban-and-osama-bin-laden

MINNESOTA: In 2021, the Minnesota Department of Human Services honored Salman Ahmed Elmi as an “outstanding refugee.” Last week, the Somalian was charged with eight counts related to $1 million in Medicaid fraud. Elmi and his co-conspirators at Reva Health in Golden Valley have connections to a sex trafficking ring. Prosecutors say Reva Health paid kickbacks to people to use their information for fraudulent claims.

• https://www.fox9.com/news/ellison-brings-medicaid-fraud-charges-against-man-charged-mn-sex-trafficking-case
• https://notthebee.com/article/somali-man-named-outstanding-refugee-by-minnesota-government-indicted-for-medicaid-fraud-connected-to-sex-trafficking-ring

VOTER FRAUD: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that, so far, they have compared 128 million voter records with citizenship records and found 24,000 votes that were cast in 2020 elections by noncitizens. They still have 32 million more voter records to check, so that number will likely rise.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-census-bureau-analysis-of-128-million-votes-identified-24000-non-citizen-voters-in-2020-election-6076755

WHITE HOUSE: The new helipad is done. They used granite, because it can handle 35,000 pounds per square inch, whereas concrete can only hold 5,000 pounds. The ScottsMiracle-Gro Company is coming in to replace all the grass on the South Lawn for free.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-unveils-upgrades-to-white-house-grounds-6077148

WOLVES: The Anglican Church of Canada has published liturgies for those who are choosing to be killed by the Canadian government.

CLICK https://x.com/CatholicArena/status/2090365812188082249 [1:10] and cringe at a pseudo-liturgical recitation of “The Sparkle Creed.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/did-you-know-the-anglican-church-of-canada-published-a-liturgy-for-assisted-suicide-this-summer
• https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/trial-use-ministry-with-sick-and-dying-maid-june-2026.pdf

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nuyF74DSj-Q [2:31] to hear a fabulous story of God’s grace worked out through an EMT’s craving for coffee.

BABYLON BEE: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that after declaring the Strait of Hormuz an official U.S. territory, it had immediately been filled by a floating Trump golf course.

Trump unveiled the blueprints for several championship multi-hole golf courses to be constructed in the Strait, which were to be built alongside a floating luxury resort. Sources reported that Trump had tentatively named the resort “Mar-a-Hormuz.”

• https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-claims-strait-of-hormuz-for-us-unveils-floating-golf-course

CANNABIS: A study entitled, “Myocardial Infarction and Cardiovascular Risks Associated With Cannabis Use” was published last year in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. It revealed that cannabis use “appears to pose a substantial and independent risk for [adverse cardiovascular events, including MI, ischemic stroke, HF, and mortality], even in a population without traditional cardiovascular risk factors.”

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12235408/#&_intcmp=fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_13

COVID COVER-UP: One of Fauci’s senior advisers at NIAID has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in exchange for prosecutors dropping four other charges. Dr. David Morens admits he worked to defraud the United States by obstructing FOIA requests in an effort to protect Peter Daszak, who helped funnel money from NIAID to gain-of-function researchers in Wuhan, China. Morens is due to be sentenced in November.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/former-fauci-aide-pleads-guilty-to-federal-crime-6076686

LIFE: [3:13] – Idaho, North Dakota, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa, South Dakota, and Tennessee have passed laws requiring that family-life curricula covering human growth, development, or sexuality include accurate and detailed information about early fetal development.

MAHA: If you sit for most of your working day, the most useful thing I can hand you isn’t an hour in a gym, it’s a five minute movement snack you can drop right into the middle of it.

Set a timer, and for five minutes cycle gently through three moves. Stand up and sit back down from your chair ten times, slow and controlled. Then ten press-ups against the wall or the edge of a desk. Then twenty calf raises, up onto your toes and down, holding the desk if you need the balance. Round and round until the timer goes.

It takes almost nothing, but it breaks the long sit into pieces, gets the big muscles in your legs pulling sugar out of your blood, and wakes your head up far better than another coffee would.

• Dr. Alex’s “The Long Game” newsletter

SCIENCE: Studies have linked sugary drinks with higher rates of liver, breast and colorectal cancers. Now, a new study shows that those who consume one or more sugary drinks per day are almost two and a half times as likely to develop gastric cancer as those who consume fewer than one per month.

According to my 5-second Google search, “Approximately 60% of U.S. adults’ calorie consumption comes from ultra-processed foods, which includes items like soda. This trend indicates a significant overlap between soda consumption and the intake of ultra-processed foods.” [emphasis added]

• https://www.foxnews.com/health/popular-daily-drinking-habit-nearly-triple-risk-deadly-cancer-major-study-finds
• https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2025/07/ultra-processed-food–five-things-to-know.html

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: [5:34] – I expect every denomination has this problem.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2083298122393789 [2:52] for a refresher course in liberal hypocrisy.

CLIMATE HOAX: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2014812257256145207 [:21] to hear AOC tell us in January 2019 that, “The world will end in 12 years if we don’t stop climate change.“

@AnthonyCumia correctly ponders, “Why is she freezing her eggs if the earth has only 5 years left?“

• https://notthebee.com/article/this-old-clip-of-aoc-makes-me-wonder-why-shes-bothering-to-freeze-her-eggs-anyway

MAHA: [18:50] – Dr. Alex explains how studies have shown the benefit of not just eating whole foods, but of eating a wide variety of them. Thirty plants sounds like a lot, but it isn’t about volume, but variety. And the variety includes not just veggies, but also whole fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices. Yesterday, I made the most diverse salad I could concoct with ingredients on hand. I got 20 different plants into one cereal bowl. And it was delicious!

SWALWELL: Newly declassified FBI files show that the FBI knew Rep. Eric Swalwell’s mistress, Fang Fang (aka, “Christine” Fang), was tied to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), Beijing’s notorious intelligence service and that her parents were MSS agents. They knew she was raising money for California Democrats and was willing to use sex as a means of getting ahead in the world of U.S. politics. Instead of prosecuting her, they tried to recruit her as a double agent. She fled the country.

Prosecutor Jack Smith, who would later pursue Donald Trump on criminal charges, declined to prosecute her lover, then-Rep. Eric Swalwell, despite the FBI having evidence the Democrat congressman had accepted illegal donations from Fang and placed her interns in Congress.

• https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/6amfbi-had-evidence-swalwell-got-illegal-donations-suspected
• https://notthebee.com/article/newly-released-docs-show-eric-swalwell-received-illegal-campaign-donations-from-fang-fang

WASHINGTON: CLICK https://x.com/FrontlinesTPUSA/status/2089490963664408866 [12:13] to watch a 12-minute tour of Seattle’s fabulous library.

• https://notthebee.com/article/watch-these-reporters-visit-seattles-beautiful-165m-library-its-full-of-drug-zombies

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TI5fhjarksU to watch a little boy with a big dream.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed, granting women the right to vote.

BORDER: [14:49] – Dr. Steve gives an update on one of Trump’s biggest campaign promises.

IRAN: Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Major General Amir Hatami announced the regime will pay $30,000 bounty to any individual who “kills or captures a U.S. soldier and hands them over to authorities.” If a woman kills or captures a US soldier, the bounty will be $60,000.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/iran-offers-30000-bounty-to-kill-us-soldiers-6075756

MAHA: [19:13] – The Real Food Show presents “How to Make the PERFECT Omelet”with Chef Geoffrey Zakarian. We are so fortunate to live near a free-range chicken farm. The yolks on these eggs are a gorgeous orange color, not the wimpy yellow I was used to from caged chickens.

BTW, if you crack eggs on a flat surface, not on the edge of a bowl (like RFK, Jr. did), you won’t get bits of shell in your food.

MASSACHUSETTS: Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña (61) has been arrested and charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. According to the DOJ, the Democrat used $150,000 of a COVID-19 small-business loan to fund his mayoral campaign, catch up on back taxes, and settle two private debts.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/massachusetts-mayor-charged-with-using-covid-loan-for-election-campaign-debt-payments-6075521
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_DePe%C3%B1a

PSA: Heart muscle that dies does not come back. Time is the whole game.

The classic heart attack is heavy central chest pain that does not settle, sometimes spreading to the arm, neck or jaw, with sweating, nausea, breathlessness or a sense of dread.

However, women, people with diabetes and older people are far more likely to present without that crushing chest pain. Instead it can be breathlessness, or sudden overwhelming fatigue, or pain in the back or the jaw, or nausea and vomiting that looks like a stomach bug.

CALL 911 when experiencing new, severe or lasting chest discomfort, or chest discomfort at rest, or any of the above combined with sweating, breathlessness or a feeling that something is badly wrong.

Do not drive yourself. Do not wait to see if it passes.

• Dr. Alex’s “The Long Game” e-mails

TRUMP ECONOMY: As promised, manufacturing and jobs are returning to our shores. The Institute for Supply Management survey for July shows U.S. manufacturing activity has increased to the highest level in more than four years. And the ISM Manufacturing Employment in the United States has hit a new four-year record high for high-paying, family-sustaining jobs.

Construction jobs related directly to factories and trade are soaring under President Donald Trump at 10 times the pace he inherited from former President Joe Biden. In the first quarter of 2025, when Trump took office, the United States only added 9,300 such construction jobs. So far in the third quarter of 2026, America has added 93,000 such construction positions.

• https://www.reuters.com/business/us-manufacturing-activity-jumps-more-than-four-year-high-july-2026-08-03/
• https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/ism-manufacturing-employment
• https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-quiet-manufacturing-boom-6074899
• https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/23/trump-admin-american-manufacturing/

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9z8-jGDkobY to enjoy a new R*CKST*R.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-DPPeqWmSxw to see another doggie do his thang.

HAWAII: Democratic Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports stemming from a bribe she allegedly took as a state lawmaker in 2022.

• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hawaiis-democratic-lieutenant-governor-indicted-state-corruption-investigation

HHS: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be investing $102 million to establish 415 new healthcare centers to add to the 158 existing ones providing comprehensive primary care in rural areas.

FYI: The Health Resources and Services Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland. It is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-expands-primary-care-to-nearly-1-million-more-americans-6075211
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Resources_and_Services_Administration

HOME AGAIN: Kevin Rideout works as a pilot for the Christian organization, Serving In Mission (SIM). Last October, he was abducted by Islamist jihadis in Niger, which is currently ruled by a military junta that ousted Western partners including the United States in favor of an alliance with Russia.

• https://notthebee.com/article/trump-announces-return-of-kevin-rideout-a-christian-missionary-pilot-who-was-captured-by-islamists-nine-months-ago-
• https://www.sim.org/stories/kevin-rideout-release/

MAHA: [8:30] – If you’ve ever wondered what the second number in your blood pressure readings actually means for your health, watch this one.

MILITARY: Because the newer, electromagnetic catapult system used on Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have proven to be both more expensive and less effective than the older steam catapults, President Donald Trump has ordered the Navy to return to the latter.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-orders-navy-to-replace-newer-fighter-launch-system-with-older-steam-catapults-6075032

NEW YORK: Phase one: “It’s not happening.” Phase two: “It’s a right-wing conspiracy theory.” Phase three: “It might be happening, but only a little bit.” Phase four: “Yes, it’s happening and we’re proud of it.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/ny-governor-brags-about-using-7-million-in-taxpayer-dollars-to-cover-legal-bills-for-migrant-children

PSA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recalled more than 19 million eggs for possible salmonella contamination. These include white shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs produced and distributed from farms in Texas and marked with “sell by” or “best by dates” ranging from July 20 to Aug. 17. They were available for sale at Kroger stores in Louisiana and Texas and Brookshire Grocery stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Consumers who purchased the affected eggs should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase for a refund.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/fda-raises-egg-recall-to-highest-risk-level-over-salmonella-risk-6075218

SLEEP: “Sleep is the foundation the rest of your health is built on, and I mean that almost literally, because when you skimp on it everything downstream suffers, from your appetite and your mood to your blood sugar, your immune system and even how much muscle you manage to hold onto. There’s barely a part of the body that a run of bad nights doesn’t steadily touch. … You can chase every clever hack going, but if the sleep underneath it isn’t there, you’re building on sand, and everything else becomes a great deal harder than it needs to be.” ~ From “The Long Game” newsletter by Dr. Alex

• Sleep duration and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies @ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20469800/

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1082992730732691 [ :25] to watch two leftists respond to “Should voters have ID?”

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/JDVance/status/2087939909239677308 [3:16] to hear Vance, Kennedy, and Christine announce the release of the “Wolves in White Coats” report linked below.

• https://notthebee.com/article/trump-admin-report-shows-hospitals-have-raked-in-serious-cash-by-castrating-kids-in-the-name-of-gender-ideology
• https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/wolves-in-white-coats-report.pdf

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=27809993301972374 [:29] to hear Speaker Johnson tell a funny Trump story.

ABDUL’s CLUES: CLICK https://x.com/_Apollosol/status/2087689369620480031 [:57] to see an actual ad from the far-left Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan.

• https://notthebee.com/article/this-is-a-real-political-ad-from-michigans-abdul-al-sayed-its-not-parody

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1017267694460559 [1:12] to hear about the experience that made a Protestant think, “Is it possible that Catholics believe in Jesus?”

LEAVITT: She’s leaving her post as press secretary.

• https://notthebee.com/article/karoline-leavitt-is-out-as-press-secretary

MAHA: [12:09] – Maltodextrin is a highly processed carbohydrate derived from starch that is used as a thickener, sweetener, and stabilizer in many foods. It has no nutritional value, can spike blood sugars, and may cause gut problems, weight gain, and allergic reactions.

It can be found in many different types of foods, such as artificial sweeteners, baked goods, beer, cererals, chips, condiments, infant formulas, low-fat and reduced-calorie products, meal-replacement shakes, nutrition bars, pie fillings, salad dressings, sauces, snack foods, spice mixes, weight-training supplements, and yogurt.

• https://www.medicinenet.com/what_is_maltodextrin_and_is_it_bad_for_you/article.htm

RUBIO: A photo taken of Rubio during Zelensky’s visit to the White House has become the basis for numerous memes. For his birthday, the White House made a collage of the best of them and everyone signed it.

• https://notthebee.com/article/the-white-house-made-marco-rubio-a-birthday-meme-collage-and-its-the-most-beautiful-thing-ive-ever-seen

STUPID PEOPLE: Kamala Harris is proclaiming that Trump “is trying to push the SAVE Act, which would require PROOF of who you are to vote!” Well, duh! That is exactly the point!

• https://notthebee.com/article/kamala-warns-that-save-act-would-require-proof-of-who-you-are-to-vote

TDS: [2:09] – Libtards protest the guy they call “Hitler” by defacing the nation’s memorial to those who died fighting the real Hitler.

• https://notthebee.com/article/liberal-white-woman-fights-fascism-by-defacing-national-memorial-to-soldiers-who-died-fighting-hitler

WOMEN’S SPORTS: I’m glad we finally agree on something!

GRAMMY NOTES: My petunias are so pretty!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nSu0lfS_Zfk [:25] to watch Triplet Dad make funny bathroom art.

CLICK https://x.com/CBSEveningNews/status/2085875595825520906 [2:04] to hear “how a duck helped a retriever stay golden.”

AOC: They started dating in 2011. When she got elected, he moved to D.C. with her. They finally got engaged in 2022, but never set a wedding date. Now they’re history and she’s freezing her eggs.

• https://babylonbee.com/news/aoc-has-her-boyfriend-frozen-in-case-she-wants-him-in-the-future

EVERYDAY HEROES: The Florida Chamber of Commerce put up a billboard on one of NYC’s busiest corners to announce they have named Mamdani its “Economic Developer of the Year.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/florida-names-mamdani-economic-developer-of-the-year-with-giant-billboard-in-times-square

HEALTH: “What actually changes your health is small changes made gradually and then kept going. A little more veg on the plate, a short walk on the days you can, a slightly earlier night. None of it dramatic, all of it repeated for years.” ~ Dr. Alex

• Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population @ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29712712/

LIFE: CLICK https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-late-term-abortion-2 to read why abortion advocates claim that “late-term abortion” isn’t a thing.

CLICK https://x.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/2086905415808561552 [:10] to watch women applaud their state for expanding abortion on demand to cover the thing that isn’t a thing.

MAHA: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2086896558306443561 [1:15] to watch President Trump sign a new US vaccine schedule that decreases the number of baby jabs from 72 to 11. It also spreads them out over multiple visits.

SPLC: The DOJ has arrested Heidi Beirich, former CFO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, on fraud charges in connection with her use of donor money to support white supremacist groups.

• https://notthebee.com/article/doj-confirms-arrest-of-former-splc-cfo-on-fraud-charges

WISCONSIN: The far-leftie narrowly lost to the moderate, demonstrating how divided the Democrats are these days.

• https://notthebee.com/article/francesca-hong-loses-wisconsin-primary-after-late-night-ballot-dump
• https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hong-wisconsin-democrats/2026/08/12/id/1265849/

GRAMMY NOTES: [4:18] – My girls grew up with the I Spy books. I’ve kept them for the grands to enjoy.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2087235148756488642 [:37] to watch an Amazon driver untangle and salute a U.S. flag.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/10-jy_d2I4Q [1:22] to watch the very goofy end to a tennis match.

AFGHANISTAN: Currently, over 2.2 million girls are denied the right to attend school beyond primary education.

• https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/banned-education-review-right-education-afghanistan

AOC: According to a study done in 2010, a woman’s supply of healthy eggs declines rapidly after the age of 35, which is probably what prompted the 36-year-old presidential wannabe to start the process of freezing some of hers for future fertilization and implantation.

CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2086875770505355508 [:26] to hear her swoon about getting to be on RuPaul’s Drag Race in February and early March 2020.

CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2052430680357777650 [:19] to hear her say three months ago that Blacks created democracy in this country.

• https://notthebee.com/article/aoc-goes-viral-injecting-herself-at-36-so-she-can-freeze-her-eggs-weve-got-the-reactions
• https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/us-news/aoc-starts-process-of-freezing-her-eggs-hints-at-2028-mindset-i-think-its-badass/
• https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/how-many-eggs-does-a-woman-have
• https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-to-guest-judge-on-rupauls-drag-race/

BORDER: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yZ57U67Jg-M [2:30] to hear Nick Freitas explain clearly and simply how we can have strong borders and a robust immigration policy, while not violating God’s command to treat resident aliens well.

EDUCATION: The Lowering Student Loans Act has been referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IT proposes a cap of 2% for Federal Direct Loans issued on or after July 1, 2026.

• https://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/reps-thompson-and-moylan-introduce-bipartisan-lowering-student-loans-act

EVERYDAY HEROES: [1:49] – A Massachusetts nurse who cared for a medically fragile newborn in the hospital has officially adopted the little girl two years after bringing her home as a foster child.

ISLAM: CLICK https://x.com/camhigby/status/2086832961731600739 [:25] to hear a clip from a Cam Higby podcast. The full video is linked in the thread.

MASSACHUSETTS: In May 2024, Governor Maura Healey posted the photos above with, “As a Catholic, I believe in our responsibility to care for others, especially those who are the most vulnerable among us.“

On Monday, August 10, 2026, she signed legislation removing all restrictions on abortions performed at or after 24 weeks of pregnancy, thereby legalizing the murder of fully formed, perfectly healthy, viable pre-born human beings for any reason whatsoever.

• https://x.com/MassGovernor/status/1793698010393686034

MICHIGAN: [16: 47] – CLICK https://x.com/Tectone/status/2085718952563392798 [:10] to hear what Hasan Piker said after 9/11.

Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill posted, “Hatred of white people is the glue that holds the Democrat Party together.”

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Piker
• https://notthebee.com/article/resurfaced-clip-shows-dsa-pundit-hasan-piker-being-candid-about-immigration-f-your-sisters–f-your-daughters–destroy-the-white-race-b

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CLICK https://x.com/champagne_scar/status/2085420009463943418 [3:30] to hear a clip of British political activist Laurence Fox speaking at Oxford Union on the dangers of Islam to Western Civilization.

When he said he was going to expose an image of Muhammad, the place went nuts. The young Muslim woman who asked if it wasn’t enough that they had invited him to speak made his entire point in real time.

BTW, he mentioned that the UK had overturned blasphemy laws. If you’re interested in the timeline of that issue, I’ve provided a link below to the Wikipedia article.

• https://notthebee.com/article/laurence-fox-exposes-tolerant-islam-by-threatening-to-show-a-cartoon-of-the-prophet-muhammad-at-an-oxford-union-debate
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_the_United_Kingdom

RIP: The military base formerly known as Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina has been named after the late Lindsey Graham. The late senator spent 33 years in the military and used his influence in Washington to our servicemembers’ benefit.

Secretary Bessent said, “Joint Base Graham is the backbone of Air Force’s C-17 fleet, the workhorse of our air defense… From today forward, these planes will have Joint Base Graham on their tail — a reminder that Sen. Graham was the American people’s workhorse.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/south-carolina-military-base-named-after-lindsey-graham

ICE: All Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will be equipped with body-worn cameras by the end of August, which will be ahead of schedule. “We’re committed to transparency and accountability,” the acting director, David Venturella, said.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ice-to-complete-rollout-of-body-worn-cameras-this-month-6072894

MAHA: Well worth your time! [19:27] – The premiere episode of The Real Food Show demonstrates how to make Crispy Salmon Cakes with Apple, White Bean & Greens Salad using simple, everyday ingredients that fit almost any budget.

MAMDANI: [14:27] – Mayor Zoflake is what you get when a trust fund baby who has never held a job gets put in charge of real jobs and wages.

OHIO: Kirk Perry (62) and his nephew, Jamarea Grant (32), both pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud in a scheme they cooked up to bill the government nearly $400,000 for work that Grant did not actually perform. Perry, a former United States Department of Agriculture program director, was sentenced earlier this week to 24 months in prison. He will also be required to repay what he stole from We The People.

• https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/08/09/taxpayers-fleeced-nearly-400k-in-usda-nepotism-scheme-official-sentenced-n2680932

GRAMMY NOTES: I broke four thousand steps yesterday, then got up early this morning to go to the gym! My physical therapist, who works in the same building, saw me walk by and exclaimed, “You’re walking like you never had a knee replacement!”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/Aubrey_Senyolo/status/2085540022900387978 [2:10] to watch a mama rhino teach her baby who rules the road.