DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray today for our loved ones who do not love You. Please open their minds and hearts to Your beauty, Your truth, and Your healing love. And, help us to be good to them. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
BUYOUT: About 75,000 federal workers, slightly less than four percent of the 2.3 million-person federal civil service workforce, accepted the Trump administration’s retirement buyout offer before it expired, allowing them to receive full pay and benefits until Sept. 30 while being exempt from daily attendance rules and layoffs. Since 2000, the average daily retirement total was 274. On average, the buyout offer reaped 6,250 employees each day while it was offered.
DOGE: Fourteen states — Arizona, Michigan, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — have sued, asking the court to bar Musk and his DOGE team from access data systems or make changes to the disbursement of public funds, government contracts, regulations or personnel.
- https://notthebee.com/article/14-liberal-states-sue-trump-and-musk-because-the-states-hate-democracy-or-something
- https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/02/14/how-the-media-is-trying-to-scare-the-people-about-elon-musk-n2185587
DOGE: Roses are red, violets are blue. DOGE has made $3.4 billion in waste bid adieu. – The latest include a $45 million DEI scholarship in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and an $8.2 million USDA contract for “environmental compliance services for the implementation of pilot projects developed under the partnership for climate smart commodities.” The White House has also canceled $500,000 in subscriptions to Politico.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doge-has-made-over-3-4-billion-in-cuts-so-far-white-house-5808335
- https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-vow-to-fight-doge-by-wasting-more-money-than-ever
DOWNSIZING: Now that the buyout offer has terminated, the Trump administration has started sending pink slips to unnecessary members of the federal workforce. Among those who should be kicking themselves for passing on the generous buyout severance package are those whose didn’t bother to return to work after the pandemic and whose jobs were deemed nonessential during the last government shutdown. This would include more than half of the IRS workforce. Some of these latter may have a future in border security, however, as Tom Homan reportedly believes their skills could be used to hunt down illegals.
EU: Vice President J.D. Vance gave Europe a well deserved scolding in a very meaty speech. [19:40] – The tragedy he refers to occurred the day before his speech when an Afghani Islamic extremist deliberately drove his car into a crowd, injuring at least 28 people, including children, and some critically. The perp is a 24-year-old man who BBC described as a migrant seeking asylum from the Islamic extremist government in his native land. Wait, wut? He is also allegedly known to police for previous offenses, which begs the question a second time. Why he was still in Germany?
LOUISIANA: The state’s Surgeon General Ralph Abraham had ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs to encourage vaccinations. The state will still stock and provide vaccines, but will now put emphasis on encouraging citizens to learn about the risks and benefits of various vaccines before deciding.
MEDIA: In 2022, Trump filed a lawsuit again the Pulitzer Prize panel’s award to the New York Times and the Washington Post for pushing the false “Russian collusion” narrative. The Pulitzer Prize Board filed a motion to have the lawsuit dismissed. On Wednesday, appellate court in Florida unanimously denied the motion. In his written concurrence, Judge Ed Artau affirmed that the trial court had jurisdiction over the defendants and concluded that the issues in the lawsuit are actionable.
MILITARY: [10:02] – This convo between Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and Fox’s Maria Bartiromo is worth your time.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fV9OFPcNfm8 to see the lady in the pink coat.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzksxqHnCE for a LEGO lesson.
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