by | May 2, 2026 · 9:53 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May our faith be a light that draws others to You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1963, the US observed its first Senior Citizens Month, later renamed Older Americans Month. Since its inception, it has been a time to raise awareness of issues facing older Americans as well as honor our contributions to our nation.

CATHOLIC: CLICk either of the links to read about this extraordinary woman.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2050118020920410406 [:57 ] to hear Sen. Warnock [D-GA] spew constitutional nonsense.

“The Senate confirmed every one of these judges, per the constitution.” ~@itspoopintheend

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2049897978849009774 [1:01] to hear Sunny Hostin, a lawyer and TV personality who makes millions, whine about how the SCOTUS decision to block race-based gerrymandering makes her feel. In regards to her having to “go home and tell my children” … said children are 20 and 24 years old. ::eyeroll::

“The Supreme Court just ruled you can’t draw voting maps based on race. The ‘we’re not racists’ Democrats are very unhappy about it. It’s almost as if … “ ~Damani Felder

On CNN @ https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2049837542317449246 –

  • LIBERAL: We haven’t had a black Republican Governor since reconstruction!
  • SCOTT JENNINGS: Republicans tried to elect one in Virginia.
  • LIBERAL: …uh, OK, well, I’m just saying…
  • JENNINGS: And a white Democrat gerrymandered the state.

“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” ~Thomas Sowell

  • Posted: “It’s possible that the Democrats only have 6 districts in the ENTIRE DEEP SOUTH.” ~ @davidslosttt
  • Response: “There are 0 Republican seats in New England.” ~ @seanmdav

DOJ: Read the report @ https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1438506/dl.

FLORIDA: Democrats in dozens of states have used race-based gerrymandering to create voting districts that favoried Democrats. Within hours of SCOTUS declaring the practice unconstitutional, the Florida legislature passed the new districting map. Republicans in other states are demanding the same.

MICHIGAN: Neighborhood Crime Watch signs are specifically intended to warn criminals that they are not welcome. Ann Arbor just had all of them removed, because “we are a welcoming community” and the signs are “are an expression of exclusion.”

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2050032453117698149 [:49] to hear Senator Jack Reed [D-RI] suggest Pete Hegseth shouldn’t be a military leader because he is a Christian who is proud to be American. Everybody has someone or something they believe is or should be #1. I prefer the person making military decisions to have his number ones be Jesus Christ and the well-being of our nation and our fighting men and women.

NEW YUCK CITY: “It turns out Margaret Thatcher wasn’t being dramatic — she was being predictive: ‘The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.’

“Exhibit A: According to the New York Post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already asking the City Council for a budget extension… while simultaneously shaking down Albany for more taxpayer cash. Apparently the money ran out faster than the slogans.

“The freshman mayor’s plan? Tax the rich, fund government-run grocery stores, and call it compassion. The reality? The rich are doing what rich people do when they’re treated like ATMs with legs — they’re leaving. And, inconveniently, they’re taking the money with them.” ~Gary Varvel

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN 2.0: It’s over. The House has passed the Senate’s bill restoring funding and Trump has signed it.

UNITED NATIONS: They elected the Iranian member to be one of the vice presidents of the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. Iran. The US, the UAE, Australia, Britain, France, and Germany condemned this decision.

WASHINGTON: CLICK https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2049562844862324861 [:13] to hear Seattle’s socialist Mayor express her lack of concern about wealthy entrepreneurs fleeing high taxes.

GRAMMY NOTES: Posted to Facebook by our local ReUse It Center – “‘Salvaged'” is just a fancy way of saying the wood is between jobs and waiting to become a house again instead of retiring in a landfill. This is a productive cycle where a tree becomes a doorway, then another doorway, because this lumber has a very strong work ethic and refuses to stay down.” ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVLEwZVbOY [2:07] to watch a “Babies” clip from King Charles’ speech.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K5wwgBdrV9M [1:31] to hear little kids imitating their parents.

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by | April 30, 2026 · 8:00 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Send us all the graces we need today to serve You in love and truth. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in New York City.

CANNABIS: A study entitled “Longitudinal neurocognitive trajectories in a large cohort of youth who use cannabis: combining self-report and toxicology” was published this month in Neuropsychopharmacology. It reported finding that middle and high school-age teens who used cannabis showed 20 percent to 50 percent slower gains across memory, attention, processing speed, and other core cognitive abilities.

CORRUPTION: The Small Business Administration gave $90 million in forgivable small business loans to Planned Parenthood, despite it being ineligible as a big business – and Biden’s SBA administrator hid its actions by referring to the abortion provider as “Benghazi” in emails.

COVID-19: The DOJ has charged David Morens (78) with one count of conspiracy against the United States; two counts of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; and two counts of concealment, removal, or mutilation of records. Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, allegedly took kickbacks to destroy and conceal records from investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

JUSTICE: A grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina has returned an indictment against James Comey on one count of making threats against the president and on one count of threatening criminal conduct across state lines through online or other interstate communications.

The charges stem from a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach that Comey posted on April 28, 2025. “86” is a euphemism for killing someone. “47” is a reference to President Trump in his second term.

Last May, when the post got blowback, Comey claimed he didn’t know what “8647 “ meant. Trump responded, “A child knows what that meant,” and reminded us that Comey used to be the boss of the country’s premier law enforcement agency.

LIAR: As is true for all modern presidents, Obama received multiple death threats. Mostly, the Secret Service and FBI deal with them long before they matter. In Obama’s case, only two got anywhere close.

  • 2011: Man fired a gun at the White House.
  • 2014: Man with knife jumped the White House fence and entered the building.

Two. Not eleven. And in both cases, President Obama was not even in the building! Even Wikipedia says there were only “several” assassination threats or plots and that “the Secret Service stated that the volume of threats against Obama was ‘comparable to that under George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.‘”

SCOTUS: On April 29, the Supremes ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that race cannot be used when drawing boundaries for the state’s electoral districts. The majority opinion was written by Justice Alito with, no surprise, Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Brown dissenting.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: [18:10] – Allen was not turned into a “stark raving lunatic.” That phrase describes someone who is completely insane or out of control. Allen’s choices were logical, calculated and well reasoned. His problem is not with his mental health, but that he was reasoning from a set of false assumptions using a set of false facts.

Back in algebra, we were taught how to reason to a true conclusion with a grid that had True and False on the X and Y axes. The only way to get to a True conclusion was to start with both a True hypothesis and True facts. A True hypothesis with False facts and a False hypothesis with either True or False facts resulted in a False conclusion.

IMO, the corruption of people like Cole Allen follows the same demonic game plan as that used by Muhammed and his most fervent followers.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2048955867278573991 [:35] to hear two liberal white women run from facts they don’t like.

USA! UK! CLICK https://x.com/PatAdams96/status/2049149660871131200 [2:33] to hear part of Trump’s speech welcoming King Charles to the White House. At one point in his speech, Trump said to the king, “If it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking German.” When Charles got up, he retorted, “If it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking French.”

VERMONT: Back in 2023, Mid Vermont Christian School decided to forfeit a girls’ basketball game, because the other team had a “trans” boy playing with the girls. Shortly thereafter, the Vermont Principals’ Association banned the entire school from competing in every type of athletic and academic event.

The school of about 111 students was forced to travel out of state in order to compete in anything. The girls’ basketball coach, Chris Goodwin, said it tripled their travel. “You’re getting back at 10 o’clock at night… kids trying to do homework. I don’t want to say there’s a nightmare, but it was difficult.” Along the way, Goodwin said there were teams he coached that had the potential to win the state championship, but never got the chance.

On Tuesday, the Vermont Principals’ Association agreed to pay the school $566,000 in damages and legal fees.

VIRGINIA: The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request from Democrats and the state to pause last week’s ruling by a Tazewell County judge, which blocked the State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the April 21 redistricting referendum. IOW, the high court upheld the lower court ruling that the way the Dems tried to pass the referendum violated the state’s constitution.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3J0kMWlWk48 [:52] for a beautiful moment in sports.

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by | April 29, 2026 · 5:58 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We give every broken piece and unsolved problem of our lives into Your loving care. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: Shane and Jennifer DeGross had been foster parents for almost a decade when Washington State decided to impose a “trans or else” clause in their fostering requirements. The couple refused to agree to affirm any gender confusion of a child placed in their care, saying it violated their Christian faith. A federal court has just ruled in their favor. The judge noted that if the state had banned foster parents from using woke pronouns, he would have ruled that unconstitutional as well.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 29, 1945, American forces reached Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the Nazis. The soldiers walked into a nightmare beyond imagination. The railroad tracks leading to the gates were lined with boxcars filled with the dead — hundreds of bodies, starved, twisted, and left to rot in the spring sun. The stench of death hung in the air, and even the most seasoned soldiers struggled to comprehend what they were seeing.

Inside the camp, the living moved like ghosts. Survivors emerged slowly from the barracks, their striped uniforms draped over skeletal frames, eyes sunken but still searching — not for food, but for proof that what they saw was real. One American soldier, hardened by months of brutal combat, stopped in his tracks. Overcome by the sight of the living and the dead intermingled, he dropped his weapon, knelt, and wept as he cut through the barbed wire that had held them prisoner for so long.

A survivor, frail and trembling, reached out and whispered through cracked lips, “Tell the world… tell the world.” That plea became a promise — one carried home by every soldier who bore witness that day. The liberation of Dachau was not just a military victory; it was a reckoning with the depths of human cruelty and the enduring strength of those who survived it. For many who entered those gates, it remained the single most haunting memory of their lives — a vision of suffering that demanded to be remembered, and never repeated.

CATHOLIC: St. Fidelis was a Capuchin friar in the early 17th century. His preaching and holy life inspired many Calvinists to convert to the Roman Catholic faith. On April 24, 1622, he was confronted by 20 Calvinist soldiers who demanded he renounce the Catholic faith. When he refused, they murdered him.

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iC2escBUQXM [1:42] to hear him run circles around an Oxford professor.

FAFO: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2048880206899724425 [:20] to hear a now-former Cincinnati kindergarten teacher complain that Trump wasn’t killed.

LIARS: The New York Post published Cole Allen’s full manifesto on April 26, 2026 at 11:38 a.m. ET. It was immediately and widely circulated. Nearly six hours later, Barack Obama claimed we didn’t know the shooter’s motives. A full DAY later, The New York Times published an article also saying we didn’t yet know the White House Correspondent Dinner shooter’s motive.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2048881918586859708 [2:58] to hear Lee Zeldin, Trump’s administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, go head to head with Rep. Rosa DeLaura [D-CT-3] during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the EPA budget on April 28, 2026. At another point in the hearing, DeLaura told Zeldin he should try drinking a weed killer.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/marcthiessen/status/2048431783335588041 [:08 ] to hear Jimmy Kimmel joke about Trump being assassinated.

CLICK https://x.com/niceblackdude/status/2048974364755071092 [2:42] to hear Kimmel double down on his ugly “joke.”

CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2048898848454488381 [1:07] to hear Kimmel and Jake Tapper clutching pearls about a handful of jerks who made fun of Paul Pelosi after he was attacked.

CLICK https://x.com/LyndenBlake/status/2048829891450188107 [:20] to hear Rep. Andy Ogles [R-TN-5] recount what he heard a jerknalist say while they were all cowering under their table.

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by | April 28, 2026 · 6:11 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We submit all our plans for today to You in love and trust. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 28, 1881, the U.S. and Great Britain sign the Rush-Bagot treaty, demilitarizing the US-Canada border. Photo: Memorial terrace to the Rush–Bagot Treaty at Old Fort Niagara.

BROKEN WINDOWS: There is a theory of law enforcement that enforcing the law in small things reduces more serious crimes by a lot. Liberal like to say it’s hooey, but San Francisco (of all places) has just proven them wrong.

After the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system (aka, BART) replaced their old 1970s-style, waist-high gates with ones you can’t just hop over, ridership and revenue went up, while crime and maintenance costs went down.

BART General Manager Bob Powers noted that, in addition to the fare gates, they had improved lighting, upgraded security, and made service more “customer-centered.” Funny thing how providing a “comfortable experience for everyone who rides” would magically result in a staggering $10 million increase in revenue.

EDUCATION: CLICK the links below if you would not be too depressed to hear how hate-filled some of our teachers are.

These people and their students need prayer!

HEALTH: More than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed in US courts against the makers of Ozempic by patients alleging the drug caused stomach paralysis, vision loss, and other severe complications they were not clearly warned about.

Ozempic, also sold under brands like Wegovy and Rybelsus, belongs to a group of medicines called GLP-1 receptor agonists. These drugs were originally approved to treat type 2 diabetes but soon became popular for weight loss because they suppress appetite, help regulate blood sugar and eventually help in losing weight.

RED HERRINGS: During the Cold War, Soviety submarines illegally invaded Swedish waters, so the Swedish Navy took every underwater acoustic signal anomaly seriously. For 15 years, they were baffled by signals that looked exactly like a submarine, except it was somehow able to split into two, then four, then merge back together again. Sweden spent millions trying to figure out what was going on until, in 1996, civilian marine biologists analyzed the signals and informed the Navy they were biological. Specifically, herring. Herring communicate at night by releasing short bursts of air from their swim bladders, creating a distinctive “tick” sound. Large schools do this in synchronized patterns to stay together and those bursts perfectly mimicked submarine acoustic signatures on Sweden’s ultra-sensitive sensors.

REFLECTING POOL: @SethAbramson called this a “grotesque” example of Trump’s “enshittification of America.” From a grammatical point of view, I’m thinking that removing goose poo should properly be referred to as “deshittification.”

SCOTUS: On April 27, SCOTUS summarily reversed a lower court ruling that tried to block Texas from implementing its mid-decade congressional redistricting map. The new districts will be in effect in November.

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots are going to grow veggies this summer.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/giF96YXEcJY to admire a beeyoootifull emergency landing by a Jet Blue pilot.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fmTSxc8kH54 [2:52] and just enjoy.

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by | April 27, 2026 · 9:08 am

WHCD Shooting

Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto with graphics added by CtH.

Hello everybody!

So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.

I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”

I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)

I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.

I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.

I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)

While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)

Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t*

Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

Rebuttals to objections:

Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.

Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.

Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.

Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?

This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.

Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.

Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.

Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.

Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack

Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.

Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.

I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.)

Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.

Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.

Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.

Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.

Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.

Thank you all for everything.

Sincerely,

Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen

PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.

Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.

What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.

No damn security.

Not in transport.

Not in the hotel.

Not in the event.

Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.

I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.

The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.

Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.

Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed s–t.

Actually insane.

Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.

Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.

There’s been some nonsense talk about how Trump supposedly has the “lowest approval rating in history” and that the WHCD shooting was staged to improve those numbers. You can look at the historical approval records yourself; there’s no paywall.

On April 21, 2026, House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, posted to social media, “Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight. We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

On April 26, 2026, the day after the WHCD shooting, Jeffries posted to social media, “America will not be lectured about civility by far right extremists in Congress. Particularly those who provide aid and comfort to hundreds of violent rioters who brutally beat police officers on January 6. There will be ample time to vigorously debate the issues of the day. Now is a time to unify.”

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2048407639063711811 [:26] to hear Jamie Raskin respond to a question about his “heated rhetoric” with “What rhetoric?”

  • On Apr 7, 2026, Rep. Jamie Raskin called a Trump speech a “rambling and hate-filled diatribe” and urged Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment to get rid of him.
  • On Feb. 25, 2026, he called Trump “the most corrupt president in American history.”
  • In 2024, he called Trump a “career criminal” and “incorrigible recidivist con man” with a legacy of “American carnage” that nearly toppled the constitutional order.

Babylon Bee writes, “‘This Is A Both Sides Issue,’ Says Side That Shot President Trump, Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, Tried To Shoot Trump Again, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro, Tried To Shoot Trump A Third Time … murdered schoolkids in Minnesota, murdered schoolchildren in Nashville, burned an elderly Jewish woman to death in Colorado, murdered a couple at the Jewish embassy in D.C., seized campus buildings and held janitors hostage, assaulted students on campus who appeared Jewish, ambushed ICE officers in Dallas and shot an officer in the neck, assassinated FBI officer David Underwood, assassinated the United Healthcare CEO, cheered the murder of over 1,200 civilians on October 7th, murdered schoolkids in Colorado in 2019, injured over 700 police offers in 2020 riots, murdered retired police captain David Dorn, murdered a 16-year-old boy in ‘CHAZ’, burned down Minneapolis, firebombed a Washington ICE center, murdered six people in Waukesha, assassinated five Dallas officers in 2016, assassinated three police in Baton Rouge in 2016 (you know what, we’re going to stop now, this is getting sad).”

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by | April 27, 2026 · 6:16 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Keep our president safe from all harms. And grant us the graces we need to pray sincerely for the conversion of the minds and hearts of those who hate him. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 27, 1865, the paddle-wheel steamboat, SS Sultana, blew up, killing 1,800 of its 2,427 passengers. Most of those aboard were Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prisoner of war camps. It remains the worst maritime disaster in US history.

BORDER: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ALdhp-191tw [1:27] to hear a “Public Service Announcement” from someone who allegedly moved here from a place with “better vibes, music, food, culture, history.” She has NO accent, which means that, if she was born abroad, she almost certainly moved here while she was a small child and likely has little or no memory of her “better” birth place.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment have collected more than enough valid signatures to put the question on next November’s ballot. The amendment would add a new section to the state Constitution requiring voters to show government-issued identification when voting in person, or to give the last four digits of a unique government-issued identifying number when voting by mail. If the amendment passes, the state will provide voter ID cards at no cost.

CATHOLIC: Professor of History, Dr. Thomas Madden, debunks common myths. [35:46]

  1. False: “The Catholic Church taught the Earth is flat.”
  2. False: “The Galileo affair proves the Catholic Church was against science.”
  3. False: “The medieval inquisition was a reign of terror.”
  4. Semi-False: “The Catholic Church burned Joan of Arc at the stake.”
  5. False: “There’s never been a bad pope.”
  6. False: “The Catholic Church kept the Bible from the people.”
  7. False: “The Catholic Church burned pagan literature.”

DRY EYES: Dearest and I both suffer from dry eyes. The article linked below explains a lot about why the eye drops and heated mask only help for a while. I’m not up for spending $130 on the advertised product, but I am going to try using heat and massage. Since the eye mask we got from the doctor cools off too fast, I’m switching to my home-made rice bag. i.e., a sturdy cloth bag filled with a pound of dry rice and nuked at power five for two minutes.

ENERGY: America’s energy exports hit a record 12.9 million barrels a day last week.

IRAN: [8:36] – A good update.

GRAMMY NOTES: I was an usher at a wedding once. The bride said she didn’t want the male guests trailing after the female/usher guests like lost puppies. I got such delighted responses from the guys when I offered my arm and explained. So fun!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/3947061672094230 for a bunch of nifty beach/pool hacks.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TRw-Ep09p20 for a wonderful “product review.”

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by | April 26, 2026 · 8:20 am

Shooting at WHCD

On Saturday evening, an assailant breached a security checkpoint near the White House Correspondents Dinner and shot a Secret Service agent. The agent, whose vest caught the bullet, is doing well.

The president and first lady were evacuated safely and the shooter was apprehended.

We all know that if the president had been a Democrat, the leftists would be screaming for gun control.

Instead, they’re mourning the fact that the shooter only managed to wound a Secret Service agent.

Minocqua Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin, has been promising “free beer all day” the moment someone kills President Trump. The owner of this brewery, Kirk Bangstad, is running for state office as a Democrat. He sells t-shirts and hoodies saying, “I wish it was free beer day at Minocqua Brewing Company,” “FDT,” “Abolish ICE,” and “Do your part. Punch a NAZI in the face.”

Vincent Hawkins, an ER nurse and anti-ICE organizer, is organizing a GoFundMe account for the shooter. “I’m sure it’ll hit $10 million.”

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by | April 26, 2026 · 6:03 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May your kingdom come over the whole world under the staff of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Amen. Alleluia.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 26, 1933, Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

CATHOLIC: [6:31] – This is worth your time and prayerful reflection.

EVERYDAY HEROES: In April 2018, a man was threatening to jump from an overpass onto the I-696 freeway in Detroit. Michigan State Police contacted nearby truck drivers via dispatch. Thirteen semi-truck drivers responded, parking their rigs side by side beneath the bridge. The truckers stayed in position for hours while negotiators talked to the man, who eventually allowed himself to be taken to a hospital for help.

FBI: On Monday, Cuba deported Eri “Rose” Ethington (42) and his/”her” lover, Carly Ann “Blue” Crosby (32), both of Cache County, Utah. Upon landing in the United States, the FBI transported them to Richmond, Virginia, for arraignment. The remainder of their case will be handled in Salt Lake City. The two have been charged with International Parental Kidnapping for stealing Ethington’s 10-year-old son from his custodial parent and taking him to Havana to have his boy parts removed.

IRAN: [12:05] – Updates on the Strait of Hormuz and other war news.

LIFE: Nearly four years ago, the Biden FBI sent an armed goon squad to arrest Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck in front of his wife and seven children. He was acquitted and this week won a settlement of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Sadly, We The People will be paying that bill. The people actually responsible will have to wait for eternal judgment to face any consequences.

SEAN OF THE SOUTH: Sean Dietrich reminds me of Garrison Keillor and Bailey White. Grok says that most of the short stories he posts at “Sean of the South” are “true or very closely based on true events and real people.” I hope you’ll click on the link below and find out how “Which Color Do You Want?” ends.

SHEEPLE: CLICK https://x.com/VladTheInflator/status/2047693369032470773 [1:02] to hear Kaitlin Bennett gently explain to a student activist how he is being a hypocrite. I once had a VERY sincere young woman ask for my signature on a climate action petition. I kindly gave her a few facts and suggested she should find out what the other side is saying before promoting a cause. She teared up and speed walked off my property.

SPLC: [16:07] – Federal filings show the Obama Foundation gave the Soros-connected Tides Foundation $1 million in 2022 and 2023 each. According to the NY Post, this money was donated to the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center. Instead it was funneled via Tides to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which used some of it to finance white supremacist groups. The SPLC then used the existence of these groups to raise funds to help them in their “fight” against racial hatred and violence.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2047836739079929957 [:32] and marvel at another pointlessly mean thing some LWW put out on social media.

@Smatterchuboy commented, “There are so many things JD Vance can be thankful for in his life. You’ve just pointed out another one.”

@StillHere1976 commented, “Yeah, a guy who overcame coming from a very humble background, serves in the U.S. Marine Corps, honorably, went on to get a law degree from Yale, went on to successes in that field, then became a U.S. Senator, now VP of the U.S.? What a nightmare!“

For the record, Usha Vance is a first generation American of Telugu Indian immigrant parents. She was graduated with a B.A. (History) from Yale University and with a J.D. from Yale Law School. Before joining a law firm, she served as a law clerk for several senior federal judges, including Chief Justice John Roberts. Her husband calls her one of the smartest people he has ever known. I think it’s obvious in the photo above how she feels about him.

VIRGINIA: CLICK https://x.com/NickMinock/status/2047349930478522849/video/1 [1:06] to hear Democratic state Sen. Lamont Bagby say that conservative Virginians shouldn’t worry that Democrats like him can’t understand rural America because, “I grew up watching the Waltons. I grew up with Opie. I even watched the Dukes of Hazzard. I think I know a little bit about rural America.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Me. Except my bed wasn’t high enough to store stuff under and we didn’t have a rug.

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by | April 25, 2026 · 9:07 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Unending praise be to You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Amen! Alleluia!

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 25, 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The first proposals for a deep waterway linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes were considered in the 1890s. It took more than a half-century to turn the ideas into reality with construction being nearly as ambitious as the Panama Canal project.

DEMOCRATS: Iran’s political, religious, and military leadership are all dead, their navy, air force, and missile launchers are toast, and they’ve lost control of the Strait of Hormuz. Only in fevered Democrat brains like Hakeem Jeffries’ does this add up to “a stronger position” than before.

EDUCATION: I had trouble with 7×8= and 8×8=, so borrowed the flash cards. I remember sitting in bed, flipping between them, saying “56, 64, 56, 64” over and over. To this day, when I encounter 8×8=, I do “56, 64” in my head. LOL

EVERYDAY HEROES: [3:10] – This is so cool!

HYPOCRITES: I asked Grok for sex jokes these three have told about Trump. There were a lot, most of them too gross to repeat on this venue.

Jimmy Kimmel: “The president didn’t want me to tell any jokes about him tonight, but he also didn’t want to pay me $130,000 to shut up. So, here we are. Sorry, mushroom d**k.”

Jimmy Fallon: “In her testimony, Stormy talked about seeing Trump in his satin pajamas, spanking him with a magazine, and having unprotected sex.” He paused, then added with a wince: “Yep, Stormy said they had unprotected sex. Trump was like, ‘The hush money was supposed to be my protection.’”

Stephen Colbert: Frequently joked about Trump dozing in court during salacious testimony and punned on the trial being in “the city that never sleeps… with Stormy Daniels.”

I then asked Grok for jokes any of these three have told about Eric Swalwell’s sexual activities.

“Here’s a straightforward answer on jokes from Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, or Jimmy Kimmel about Eric Swalwell’s alleged sexual activities. There are essentially none that have been publicly documented or aired on their shows.”

MAINE: Platner is leading the US Senate race in Maine, meaning that the same Democrats who were horrified by Pete Hegseth’s “Nazi” tattoos and Elon Musk’s “Nazi” salute are totally unconcerned by Graham Platner’s ink and gesture.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047708403795955942 [:51] to hear the pathetic decision of jerknalists over Trump’s decision to finally, for the first time, attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It’s not like we needed any more evidence of their rampant bias, but here it is.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/REVWUTRUTH/status/2047661796396302626 [:50] to hear SecDef Hegseth answer “a very TMZ question.” My response is this: THANK YOU! My brother got sent to a war we weren’t 100% committed to winning. My kids got sent to wars that everybody now says were “stupid.” I still have two kids in uniform. It gives me tremendous comfort knowing Trump and Hegseth are in charge.

MYTH BUSTER: The political party switch myth refers to the misconception that the Democratic and Republican parties switched ideologies in the mid-20th century, particularly regarding race and civil rights. The Republican Party was founded specifically to end slavery, which was supported by the Democratic Party. Democrats started the Civil War, established the Ku Klux Klan, and opposed the Civil Rights Movement. Modern-day liberals like to claim the parties somehow switched places on these issues in the 1960s. What really happened is that racist Democrats changed their strategies for suppressing and controlling black participation in our political and economic systems.

S&G: From June 1 through June 4, Israel will host Israel will host the biggest LGBTQ festival the Middle East has ever seen. Organizers plan to convert the area into a temporary city with 15 hotels, beach venues, a central performance stage and nonstop programming. The venue? The Dead Sea, where Sodom and Gomorrah used to be.

STUPID PEOPLE: If her vagina is making noises, she probably has a yeast infection and should see a doctor.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2047397605974720615 [3:11] to hear him explain how much $$ he saved We The People $298 million. Government bureaucrats wanted $300 million and 3+ years to rip up the famous reflecting pool. Trump said hell no. He called in pool experts and had them scrub, seal, and seal it. Total cost: $2 million. Not gonna hold my breath waiting on the legacy media to report this.

GRAMMY NOTES: I am really enjoying having adult offspring. In a recent group family email, one of our dear daughters offered her sister the following advice. “Take a day to war game what those options might look like and develop some courses of action to consider. Weigh pros and cons. Walk through the possibilities now and really lay out – if this, then that. Might make a future decision (if needed) easier to make.” Such a smart girl we raised! :-)<3

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by | April 24, 2026 · 7:57 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Grant us Your peace to the eternal glory of Your name. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 24, 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

BUDGET: [16:43] – Update on the second Schumer Shutdown.

FAFO: A night in jail for assaulting a federal officer? Check. Fired? As one commenter noted, “If she were at work, then she probably had a Walmart vest on and was, therefore, representing Walmart.” So, also check.

HHS: Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had to answer dumb questions from low IQ Democrat senators.

CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2046977124272062797 [:42].

CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2047019441494335805 [:43].

CLICK https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/2046686994651070894 [1:15].

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047042223238172995 [1:21].

CLICK https://x.com/ResisttheMS/status/2047023883086364897 [1:38].

IRAN: [10:29] – On April 22, Iranian forces fired on two commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. One ship was damaged, but no crew members were harmed. They and a third ship may have been seized by the IRGC. Trump said he did not view the incidents as a violation of the current ceasefire, because the vessels did not belong to the United States or Israel.

MEDIA: Why does the media always ask Ivanka Trump about the way her father treats women, but they never ask Chelsea Clinton the same question?

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/2046975390128697679 [1:01] to hear Sunny Hostin (The View) say the war in Iran “is estimated to have already cost us $50 billion. $50 billion, which is more money than this country has spent since World War II.” To date, we have spent roughly $188 billion on the war in Ukraine.

CLICK https://x.com/Jamesjonesik8/status/2047303168145723503 [2:17] to hear Jessica Tarlov (Fox) insist that RFK Jr. is denying people access to the COVID jab. She’s wrong. It’s available at major pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, and others, as well as clinics and some doctor’s offices. In most states, no prescription is required.

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2047122029736874276 [:38] unless you don’t want to lose some IQ points listening to a really self-destructive LWW living with major TDS.

VIRGINIA: [14:31] – Dr. Steve talks about the redistricting war and where he sees them going. Spoiler Alert: It’s beautiful!

GRAMMY NOTES: One of my precious offspring wrote this to me yesterday. “It has been so hard for me to raise children so far away from [home]. Every little holiday, every school activity, there is a small part of me missing from the joy – right where I wish my parents could be enjoying their grandbabies.” I need a tissue.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/MustangMan_TX/status/2047114656813056271 [:15] for a quick laugh.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4tftez0GgYo [1:10] to watch horses sleeping.

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