DAILY PRAYER: Almighty God, please bless our children with good friends and positive role models. Surround them with people who will encourage and inspire them, and who will help them to grow in their faith and character. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1882061584773816367 [:47] to hear Tom Homan announce they’ve arrested 308 serious criminals on the first day. I don’t know if the guy in the photo was among them, but I hope he’s near the top of Homan’s list.
DRILL, BABY, DRILL: I saw some Trump haters sneering about how gas prices didn’t go down the day after the inauguration. Au contraire! Crude oil prices dropped by more than 2 percent during the Jan. 21 trading session.
FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/jammles9/status/1881743885648757101 to see a montage of the last 4 years. Whoopi Goldberg said, “I miss him already.” ::eyeroll::
MELANIA: I was really skeptical about Melania’s inauguration outfit … until I saw how it prefaced her inaugural ball gown. Stunning duo!
MILITARY: These are the same clowns who once told Drill Sergeants they were not allowed to call recruits by their rank, because “privates” is an embarrassing word. Or something. – The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon. Unlike Rubio’s nomination, this one will be close. In the committee, the 14 Republicans voted for him, while all 13 Democrats voted against him. Please pray with me that he is confirmed. Our troops need him.
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. During yesterday’s national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, she had the opportunity to express a unifying Christian message at the dawn of the new administration.
Instead, she spewed again her often-stated contempt for Donald Trump saying there are “some who fear for their lives” because of he is now in office. “They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”
Uhhh … they’re here illegally, which de facto makes them criminals.
POTUS: The Trump administration issued a memo on Tuesday directing all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees to be put on paid leave. The attorneys general from 22 states filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants and non-citizens. Authorities in Panama announced on Jan. 20 that they have launched an audit of the Hong Kong-based port operator that controls ports near the Panama Canal.
- https://genesiustimes.com/breaking-trump-finishes-insurrection-started-4-years-ago-by-becoming-president-again/
- https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/4v2jRe3by1/Jlid8tcrj/exUZFvt30Lj7
STATE DEPARTMENT: [14:32] – Secretary Marco Rubio started work today. “Our rights come from God.” Yes! – Under Biden, government buildings flew pride and BLM flags alongside Old Glory. That ended Monday.
VPOTUS: CLICK https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1882083118032846868 to see J.D. enter the Oval Office for the first time in his life. He embodies the American Dream.
YOU’RE FIRED: The Trump administration has ordered every government agency to shut down their DEI offices by today at 5 PM.
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When MiladyJo and I first got together, half a century ago, I went to meet her family in Chicago. Her cousin (RIP Tom), a Catholic monk, asked me about my church, and I said I was raised Episcopalian. He chuckled and said, “You’re more High Church than we are now.” That was a long age ago.
The Episcopal church today is not the one in which I was raised. The one where I most enjoyed the readings from the Gospels and learned to love Jesus. The one where Father Rogers patiently tried to answer my many questions. The one that was there that day I really needed it.
When Mom’s church went woke, the traditionalists split to a different, modern building and the wokesters got the lovely old place. Mom stayed in the old church, from habit and convenience.
It was such a tragedy how that happened to so many holy places and denominations.
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That Budde woman is a national embarrassment.
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