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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, please fill us with your Holy Spirit and renew our hearts and minds. Help us to let go of negative or harmful thoughts. Cleanse us of all impurities or distractions. We trust in your renewal and provision. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

NOT THE VIEW: CLICK https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1866346936829198384 [:58] to hear Rob Schneider talk about his new project which is slated to air at the same time as The View. But it will be funny, instead of “drowning people in politics … shaming people and making people wince.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/rob-schneider-says-hes-working-on-an-all-female-talk-show-which-will-compete-with-the-view

NYC: Mayor Adams said he is working to bypass the New York City Council to change the city’s sanctuary city law ahead of a meeting with Tom Homan about illegal immigration in the city. “The City Council … stated they’re not willing to change the sanctuary city law. I think they’re wrong. I have my teams looking at my power as executive orders.”

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-york-city-mayor-adams-working-to-bypass-city-council-on-sanctuary-city-law-5773255

SHOOTING: Luigi Mangione (26) has been arrested for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He is also being charged with forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of crime, and falsely identifying himself to law enforcement.

Not The Bee reviews the Left Stream Media’s response to Thompson’s death and compares it to how they responded to the similar murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller in 2009.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/luigi-mangione-charged-in-pennsylvania-after-alleged-ceo-shooting-5773604
• https://notthebee.com/article/person-of-interest-ided-in-unitedhealth-assassination
• https://notthebee.com/takes/a-tale-of-two-murdersand-what-it-tells-us

SYRIA: Since the country fell to Islamic extremists, Israel has hit more than 300 chemical weapons, heavy arms, and research facilities as well as depots and airports. Reports say the air strikes have destroyed all capabilities of the Syrian air force, navy and ground forces and that Israeli troops are advancing near the Lebanese border.

• https://notthebee.com/article/israel-has-struck-more-than-300-targets-inside-syria-since-assad-fled-the-country-over-the-weekend

GRAMMY NOTES: One day, my eldest asked me if we were poor. I told her no and asked why she was wondering. She replied, “We don’t have a pool.” I realized a surprising number of neighbors had put in pools that summer and was reminded that, once our basic needs are met, our ideas of wealth and poverty depend on context. So I subscribed to Maryknoll Magazine so my kids would be quietly exposed to what actual poverty looks like.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4xOtrbwHpZU for some awesome cat clips.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bmzN35tn51Q for a sweet squirrel tale.