CATHOLIC: This is excellent. [25:17] – What does the Church actually teach about immigration and open borders? How do we balance love and treatment of people who come to our country? Can we morally deport illegals? Is there a hierarchy of love? Yes there is. Hear Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, explain what the Church really teaches about immigration, love, open borders, and care for a nation’s citizens.
DOGE: [2:16] – Good news! A federal judge declined a request to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team from gaining access to records at the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
HECKPHIRE: [3:31] – We saw a t.v. show last night where some guy was trying to modify his genes so he could allegedly live twice as long. My husband’s comment … “Imagine if this were true. We could get stuck with Chuck Schumer for ANOTHER half a century!” Schumer, who will turn 75 in November, has been “serving” in public office since he was 25 years old, immediately after qualifying for the New York bar. Despite having never been paid more than $210,000/year for his political jobs, he has managed to accrue $81 million in net worth.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer
- https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/wealth/chuck-schumer-net-worth/
IRS: Donald Trump has instructed the IRS to begin mass layoffs.
MEDIA: The AP keeps deadnaming the Gulf of America, so Trump rescinded its privilege to join press gaggles inside the Oval Office and on Air Force One. The AP still has its office space at the White House and its seat in the Brady Press Room.
- https://notthebee.com/article/white-house-limits-aps-access-to-oval-office-air-force-one-indefinitely-after-they-refuse-to-recognize-gulf-of-america
- https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-style-guidance-on-gulf-of-mexico-mount-mckinley/
MILITARY: “The U.S. Army will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members. Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused, and all unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused.”
- https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01/va-patient-died-by-suicide-at-top-of-hospitals-garage-in-syracuse.html
- https://notthebee.com/article/us-army-will-no-longer-accept-transgender-recruits-pay-for-sex-change-operations
- https://x.com/USArmy/status/1890490320313286788
TDS: CLICK https://x.com/PatrickJA09/status/1890246929830776991 [1:54] to hear the unhinged verbal assault a teacher laid on a student during a class at Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island, New York. On Feb. 6, 2025, the day after the incident, the teacher was placed on leave. After the video went viral, the school accepted the teacher’s resignation.
N.b., the student put a Superman filter over his face. Some on X have criticized it, but I think if I had recorded and posted that, I would have covered my true face as well.
- https://notthebee.com/article/yall-have-to-listen-to-this-teacher-go-absolutely-bananas-on-students-for-bringing-up-politics-while-he-calls-trump-a-dictator
- https://x.com/PatrickJA09/status/1890576335522918721
GRAMMY NOTES: Recently, I discovered I love junk journaling. This is the page spread I made for Valentine’s Day. Benjamin Bunny was behind the camera that Halloween … wearing a green toilet seat cover and bunny ears on his head! 🙂
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aTfhRJ8JiPg for Nick Freitas’ take on one USAID grant.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c9_WMcUpWb0 to hear a great bit from a comedian who had deaf parents.
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