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DAILY PRAYER: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our deaths. Amen.

AI: Helpful advice for discerning what is real. [2:40] – I actually dismissed the bunnies as AI the first time I saw them, but only because we get to watch real bunnies in our back yard regularly. Only one and sometimes two come in the evening, before dark, to roll around in our sand pit and eat the clover etc. in our never-sprayed lawn. They tend to stay near the bushes and stop what they’re doing often to check their surroundings, because they’re prey. The idea that a whole herd of them would cavort, together, and after dark seemed absurd.

BOASBERG: [8:02] – The August 8, 2025 mandamus order issued against Judge James E. Boasberg by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated his criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.

• https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/clear-abuse-of-discretion-trump-appointed-judges-just-took-drastic-measure-to-nuke-a-courts-criminal-contempt-threat-against-the-administration/

KAMALA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7o8zH2yC_Wk to hear Teamsters’ boss, Sean O’Brien, tell Tucker Carlson how Kamala Harris treated union members. There is a longer clip embedded at the Daily Mail link below.

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3339267/Teamsters-boss-blows-lid-Kamala-Harris-Tucker-Carlson.html

SAVOR THE MEMORIES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1087646812912814 and https://www.facebook.com/reel/1526822561619361. Hat tip to my cousin who shared these with me and, hey there, girl! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

VIRGINIA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TWfZ1N7r7sY to hear Nick Freitas sum up the situation.

• https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-school-system-investigating-claims-staff-arranged-students-abortions-without-parental-consent

WAR ON DRUGS: [28:49] – Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid similar to morphine, but more powerful. It is a prescription drug but is also manufactured illegally and is sometimes mixed with other illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine, often without the user’s knowledge. The potency of fentanyl makes it very addictive and puts users at a high risk for overdose.

Illegally manufactured fentanyl has become more prevalent in the United States in recent years, leading to a huge increase in drug overdose deaths. Fentanyl overdoses are now the driving force behind the opioid epidemic, accounting for the majority of overdose deaths in the United States. In 2023, around 72,776 people in the United States died from a drug overdose that involved fentanyl.

• https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
• https://www.statista.com/statistics/895945/fentanyl-overdose-deaths-us/