DAILY PRAYER: Hail Mary, Full of grace, The Lord is with Thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS: On Wednesday, U.S. Bishops officially banned gender transition treatment at Catholic hospitals. Bishops will have autonomy in putting the new directives into law for their dioceses. More than one in seven patients in the U.S. are treated each day at Catholic hospitals. In some areas, Catholic hospitals are the only medical centers available.
CROCKETT: One of the Left’s Trump-hating darlings has just been outed for the elitist fraud she is. Federal Election Commission filings show that Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-39) has spent nearly $75,000 on luxury hotels, transportation and security this year. While “representing” her Dallas constituents, she found it necessary to stay at luxury hotels and use limousine services to visit Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-firebrand-spends-eye-popping-amount-campaign-cash-luxury-hotels-limo-services
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas’s_30th_congressional_district
EVERYDAY HEROES: “Am I gonna be alone?” Amy said to me the first night I took her. I grew up with little money and a loud house. When my mama passed, I helped raise my cousins. I learned early—family means staying. Years later, I started volunteering at a youth center. That’s where I met Amy, quiet and careful with her twin brothers, Micah and Miles. When I finished my foster classes, Amy was the first to move in. One night, she told me about their baby sister, Laila, placed in another foster home, almost adopted. The next morning, I called the agency. A week later, I met the couple and asked them to let the kids stay together. They agreed. Four beds. Four toothbrushes. One house is finally whole. At court, Amy looked up and said, “We don’t gotta pack anymore.”
HISTORY: During the Great Depression, widespread layoffs hit nearly every profession, including journalism. Women reporters were especially vulnerable, often the first to be dismissed when newsrooms downsized. Eleanor Roosevelt, recognizing this imbalance, took an extraordinary step: she began hosting her own press conferences, but with one condition, only female journalists could attend.
This wasn’t just symbolic. By creating a space where women had exclusive access to the First Lady’s insights and announcements, Roosevelt made their presence essential to news coverage. Editors were forced to keep women on staff if they wanted access to her briefings, effectively shielding dozens from unemployment and elevating their professional standing.
Beyond economic survival, Roosevelt’s move reshaped the role of women in media. Her press conferences became a platform for discussing social justice, civil rights, and women’s issues, topics often sidelined in mainstream coverage. In doing so, she didn’t just protect jobs; she expanded the scope and influence of women’s voices in American journalism.
ICE: On November 4 in Los Angeles, CA, ICE officers arrested Victoria Sorocean, an illegal alien wanted in her home country for premeditated murder committed with exceptional cruelty. Sorocean and an accomplice beat the victim with a stick and electrical cable before throwing the victim out a ninth-floor window. In 2013, she fled to the U.S. to avoid prison.
ICE had her in custody during the Biden administration, yet despite her murder conviction, they released her to roam free in American neighborhoods, as they did so many other criminals. Not this time. She will remain in ICE custody until she can be returned to Moldova.
KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1988043850640941139 [:58] to hear her talk about how savvy she was during the campaign.
Comment by @ugly_cowboy – “Trump was playing 4D chess while she was playing Candy Land.”
PLASTIC: [2:25] – Nzambi Matee is a materials engineer in Kenya who has figured out how to turn plastic waste into strong, lightweight paving bricks.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Father, pour out Your Spirit on America. Let revival break out in homes, churches, and workplaces. Amen.
SHUTDOWN: In case you hadn’t heard, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over.
SIGH: ::sigh:: my hometown. We call it “The Berkley of the East” and “The Soviet Socialist Republic of Ithaca.”
SMH: Then-Rep. Duffy resigned from his position after his ninth child was born with health complications requiring open-heart surgery. By resigning rather than taking leave, he sacrificed his salary, opened up the position for someone else to take over and actually do the work, and had to find a new line of work that allowed him to spend more time with his family.
Then-TransSec Buttigieg took maternity leave after delivery of the surrogate twins he and his husband had purchased. During his time at home, he continued to draw a salary while nobody was doing his job. At the end of his leave, he returned to his job at full pay.
SOCIALISM: I saw this on Facebook – “The Left’s favorite catchphrase is ‘Tax the rich’ not ‘help the poor’ because their ideology is based on envy and resentment.”
TRANSPO: On Nov. 10, Biden’s TransSec, Pete Buttigieg, posted to X – “Why is Trump going after America’s air traffic controllers, today of all days? It’s one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums.” CLICK https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1988447535996760492 [:44] to hear Trump’s TransSec, Sean Duffy, respond.
Posted on the thread by @xLEGUS – “South Bend resident here! When Pete was mayor, there were literally potholes large enough to plant trees in, but I agree, none exist large enough to hide all of his failures. It was great for South Bend when Pete left, unfortunately, very bad for the country!”
CLICK https://x.com/DGrayTexas45/status/1885489600589664646 [:37] to see then-TransSec Pete pretend to ride his bike to work.
Posted on the thread by @iamchrisbryant – “I actually was an air traffic controller- Pete shut down towers and centers during the pandemic and tried to make Western NC a no-fly zone. Hardly commendable performance.”
- https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-news/pete-buttigiegs-dot-spent-80-billion-on-dei-grants-delayed-air-traffic-control-upgrades-records-industry-insiders/
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/dec/05/michael-rulli/biden-law-gave-states-75-billion-for-ev-charging-3/
GRAMMY NOTES: This week, my 75-year-old husband got to climb two ladders to put storm windows back in the two windows we use for a/c. We’re looking into getting a couple of mini splits when/if Trump sends us that tariff bonus.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Psk_geG141A and watch to the end!
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That last pic took me a moment before I got the yoke.
The eggsorcist!
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Me too. Now I can’t stop giggling. Deviled egg!! LOLOL
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Took me a minute too. 🙂
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