by | November 21, 2025 · 7:40 am

Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant us the exact graces we need to get through today’s trials. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BOX OF CROCKETTS: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30) tried to smear Lee Zeldin by claiming he took campaign money from Jeffrey Epstein. Zeldin called her accusation “embarrassing”, pointing out that the donation from a man who happened to share a name with the notorious pedophile, was dated years after the infamous Jeffrey Epstein died in his jail cell. Zeldin, of course, is Trump’s EPA director and the former Republican representative from New York’s first district.

CLICK https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1991338296434126850 [2:15] to see her on CNN trying to ‘splain it away. Commenters did what CNN didn’t, which is out her stupidity. “FEC donor files contain not only cities and zips, which for this Jeffrey Epstein was Long Island, not Manhattan, but also occupations. Physician. This is clearly not THE Jeffrey Epstein and any half-wit could see this.” Also, “the Epstein that contributed to Zeldin died in 2020 and you can figure that out in a few seconds.” THE Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019.

CARDINAL SARAH: The Aquinas Institute invites you to an exciting event with Cardinal Robert Sarah upon the release of his book, The Song of the Lamb: Sacred Music and Heavenly Liturgy (November 2025, Ignatius Press) on November 22, at 2:00 pm. Dearest, Mama Buzz, and one or more of the Mascots will be attending live. I plan to join via Zoom. You must register to attend either way. See the link below.

EPSTEIN: President Trump has signed into law the bipartisan “Epstein Files Transparency Act” which orders the Department of Justice to release “in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” tied to Epstein no later than 30 days following the bill’s enactment.

The measure prohibits the Justice Department from withholding, delaying, or redacting records for political and reputational reasons. However, the department is allowed to withhold records that identify the victims; consist of child sexual abuse material; jeopardize an ongoing federal investigation or prosecution; or depict images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person.

EVERYDAY HEROES: Registered Nurse Katrina Mullen (45) helped care for Shariya Small (14) when she delivered triplets at only 26 weeks gestation in 2020. The triplets Serenitee, Samari, and Sarayah, spent more than five months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis.

Despite being a single mom with three kids at home, Mullen tried to form a connection with Small for months, eventually learning the young mother was completely on her own. Mullen followed through after the babies were discharged, right up until Social Services determined Small was unable to care for the babies.

She took all four into her home, jumped through the state’s hoops to become a registered foster parent, and in time, legally adopting Shariya and becoming the triplets’ grandmother. Shariya has now graduated from high school, is looking at colleges, and hopes to become a social worker.

“I’m so proud to be Shariya’s mom,” Mullen said. “She just amazes me every day. When she’s frustrated with the babies, she never raises her voice. She’s just blossoming into this incredible woman.”

Video embedded @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nurse-adopts-teen-mother-triplets-indiana/.

ILLINOIS: Lawrence Reed, a 50-year-old man on pretrial release for allegedly knocking a psychiatric ward social worker unconscious in August, has been federally charged with a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system. CTA surveillance video shows Reed dousing a 26-year-old woman with gasoline, igniting her, and watching as she burned before walking away. Reed’s victim is in critical condition with severe burns to her face and body. Reed is the 19th person accused of killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release.

MAMDANI: CLICK https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1990798866594345147 [1:28] to hear “socialist” Zohran, freshly returned from a 5-star, post-campaign vacay, plead with donors to cough up $4 million to fund his transition.

According to Grok, there is no tax money provided for transition expenses. Private donations to a registered Transition and Inauguration Entity (TIE) must come from individuals or permitted entities, and no transfers are allowed from campaign committees. Donations are capped similarly to campaigns, and excess funds must be returned to donors or the city’s election campaign finance fund. Funds can only cover transition-related costs like staff hiring, office space, and events—nothing else, with spending limited to January 31 of the year following the election.

One point he makes is somewhat deceptive. Right after saying they’ve raised $1 million so far, he says the average donation has been around $77 per donor. He then says that’s a lot lower than the last administration. This is true. But it also begs a question.

Eric Adams’ TIE received an average of $1,000 each from 884 donors, which was a bit under ONE million. In 2013, Bill de Blasio’s TIE raised an average of $2,392 from 820 donors, which was a bit under TWO million.

So why does Mamdani the Socialist need FOUR million?!

NIGERIA: On Tuesday evening, gunmen attacked Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, a town in central Nigeria’s Kwara state. Two or three people were killed and the pastor and some worshipers kidnapped. The image above is a screenshot from the streaming live feed of the service, showing worshipers fleeing.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please bless our teachers and school administrators with wisdom, knowledge, and integrity. Provide our kids with lessons that will uplift them and our nation. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SEVEN-ELEVEN: [2:56] – She was working alone on the night shift when a counterfeiter tried to kill her for refusing his fake bill. She defended herself. Corporate fired her for violating “corporate policy.”

STICKS & STONES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1396734495208493 and watch Rob Reiner try not to laugh and ruin a classic take.

WASHINGTON: “Lucy” Lauser is an mtf trans city councilor in the southwest Washington community of Stevenson.

After the 2024 presidential election and Donald Trump’s win, “she” decided to protest the Trump administration by going topless twice on the the Skamania County Courthouse lawn facing State Route 14. “I couldn’t think of a better method of protesting the president calling me a man than taking off my shirt and getting arrested for it.” The second time, the authorities obliged.

Lauser said, “To say that it’s obscene for me to wear a dress, it’s obscene for me to have breasts at all … a lot of people seem to think that this is either aesthetic preference or some sort of obscene sexual fetish, which are both completely wrong. For me, it’s a matter of life or death.”

Lauser’s lawyer is now arguing in court that the charges should be dropped because … wait for it … it is not illegal for a man to go topless in public.

Best comment: “Schrodinger’s boobs.” ::snork::

GRAMMY NOTES: Bootz just sent a photo of his latest LEGO creation, entitled “Safety First.” It even has moving parts. So fun! And funny! It is sunny on the deck today (I’m writing this on Thursday), so I went out and sat for a while. I heard a lot of chittering and noticed movement in the trees to my right, so watched for a while and saw what I think are two baby squirrels playing tag in the trees. They had a track that ran through the two pine trees and the maple tree in between. I got the clearest view when they ran to the end of a bare maple branch and flew off it on to a pine branch. It looked like they ran to the trunk, then turned around and went back, flying across the gap again, then into the maple branches and around into the pine tree by the shed. I think they were just enjoying the beautiful day as much as I was! ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-ds0cP79Bqw for more of the funniest 4 year old.

CLICK https://x.com/ABC/status/1988490544419422363 to see how one couple was able to get a hummingbird out of their house.

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  1. bluebird of bitterness's avatar bluebird of bitterness
    November 21, 2025 at 10:33 am

    I love the story about the RN who adopted the teenage girl and her triplets. ♥️

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