2024: Maine’s Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows decided all on her lonesome that Trump can’t be on Maine’s primary ballot; Republican lawmakers in Maine have threatened to bring impeachment proceedings against her and the Trump campaign has challenged the decision in court. Both of Maine’s U.S. Senators – Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Independent Sen. Angus King – say the decision should be overturned.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized calling these efforts “a political distraction.” Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz says they are a “serious frontal attack on democracy.” Presidential wannabe Chris Christie whined that they are turning Trump into a martyr. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reminded states that the U.S. House of Representatives holds ultimate authority over certifying electors.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Anfm6dnoisY to see the real reason behind the efforts to block Trump from state primary ballots.
- https://www.newsmax.com/politics/maine-trump-presidential-ballot-election-insurrection/2023/12/28/id/1147546/
- https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/maine-trump-republicans/2023/12/29/id/1147614/
- https://www.newsmax.com/politics/susan-collins-maine-senator-donald-trump/2023/12/29/id/1147637/
- https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/newsomeopposes-barring-trump/2023/12/23/id/1147024/
- https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-donald-trump-2024/2023/12/29/id/1147655/
- https://www.newsmax.com/politics/chris-christie-donald-trump-2024-election/2023/12/29/id/1147646/
- https://www.newsmax.com/politics/thomas-massie-gop-house/2023/12/29/id/1147642/
BLASPHEMY: A priest in Italy, having decided his flock needed to see a “more inclusive” Holy Family, removed Joseph and replaced him with a female draped in “pride” colors. The birth of Our Lord was a historical event, not a fairy tale that we can rewrite as we choose.
FIDUCIA SUPPLICANS: Cardinal Daniel Sturla, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, who has generally been regarded as a friend and ally of Pope Francis, announced he does not and will not bless homosexual couples. “If people come to ask me for my blessing, I always give it. … (but) it is a completely different thing to bless a homosexual couple.”
The Melkite Catholic Church in the United States has declared that priests may not bless couples in irregular situations unless they receive written permission from the bishop. Although the Melkite CC is in full communion with Rome, they have a separate liturgical rite and diocesan structure.
- https://catholicvote.org/uruguayan-cardinal-vatican-document-on-blessings-says-yes-and-no-at-the-same-time/
- https://catholicvote.org/us-melkite-bishop-priestscould-face-penalties-for-blessing-same-sex-couples-ithout-approval/
FLU JABS: A study entitled “Reduced effectiveness of repeat influenza vaccination: distinguishing among within-season waning, recent clinical infection, and subclinical infection” confirms something that has been known since the early 1970s. Namely, that people who get a flu shot every year are more likely to catch flu.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10071822/
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/repeat-influenza-vaccination-linked-to-higher-risk-of-infection-cdc-preprint-5555230
LIFE LESSONS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zsBf0IOPzMM. This happened to me once at a four-way stop. I was driving a 66-passenger school bus, fully loaded with elementary school children. I had the right of way, having arrived at the corner first. In fact, I had begun my turn when the car blew past the stop line by several feet, leaving me no room to complete my turn. Nobody was behind him, but when I waved at him to back up, he started honking his horn and cussing at me. I inched forward until he finally backed up, but not before giving my kiddos a beautiful display of how NOT to behave on a public roadway. When I got back to the bus garage, I asked my boss what he would have done. He said, “I would have waved hello and smiled sweetly, then turned around and chatted with the kids until he moved.” I never expected to learn valuable life lessons from driving a school bus, but I did. That was one of them.
NICARAGUA: The aggressively anti-Catholic Marxist dictator Daniel Ortega has arrested Bishop Isidro del Carmen Mora Ortega. His whereabouts are unknown.
- https://www.theblaze.com/news/nicaragua-arrests-another-bishop-as-marxist-regime-ramps-up-its-brutal-persecution-of-catholics
- https://omgbulletin.com/world/435511.html
NIGERIA: Between December 23 and 26, Muslim terrorists murdered at least 150 Nigerians in Christian villages and homes.
OH CANADA: In March 2019, “Morgane” Oger led an initiative to get Vancouver’s City Council to revoke its annual grant of $34,000 to Vancouver Rape Relief, the oldest women’s shelter in Canada, until it started allowing trans men to live there. For several months following the removal of funding, the shelter experienced multiple incidents of vandalism, including a deceased rat attached to the front door and graffiti saying “Kill TERFS, trans power.” At that time, Oger suggested that while the vandalism was unacceptable, the shelter may have contributed to such actions through its own behavior.
GRAMMY NOTES: I am over the moon about my Christmas haul this year! In addition to getting a nice stockpile of good quality watercolor paper, I also scored two beautiful additions to my Madonna and Child collection.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557040674833178 and watch her feet!
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ycFEInfHiHc and maybe grab a tissue. ❤
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