DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to be obedient to Your holy law. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: To celebrate the Sesquicentennial, I am going to bring little bits of our amazing history into the Polination garden, beginning with the tax stamps that started the American Revolution. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vvhfw9emhk4 to see them.
EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w2mWrc2LG-A [1:08] to learn what Chicagoans do each year to raise money for the Paralympics.
MINNESOTA: [7:20] – Nick Shirley, the YouTuber and independent journalist who visited empty Somali daycare centers, says he and his family are receiving death threats both in-person and online. Some threaten to “Kirk” him.
At 10 am on January 7, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing entitled, “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I.”
- https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/01/02/journalist-who-broke-the-somali-daycare-fraud-story-is-receiving-death-threats-from-sommalis-n2668769
- https://www.newsmax.com/us/house-oversight-somalis-minnesota/2025/12/31/id/1240301/
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Raise up righteous leaders who fear You and love us; guide them for the welfare of our land. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
TRUMP: [6:54] – The Trafalgar poll he cites was conducted 12/26/25 – 12/27/25 with 1098 “Likely General Election Voters” and a Margin of Error of 2.9%.
Strongly Approve: 46.7% + Approve: 3.5% = 50.2% Total Approval
Strongly Disapprove 37.5% + Disapprove: 7.1% = 44.6% Total Disapproval
Rasmussen’s numbers on January 2 were significantly different. They come from a 5 day rolling average covering 1,500 “Likely Voters” (300 per day) and have a Margin of Error of 2.5%. IOW, a slightly larger sample with a slightly better MOE.
Strongly Approve 29% + Approve 15% = 44% Total Approval
Strongly Disapprove 44% + Disapprove 10% = 54% Total Disapproval
The sizable gaposis in these results leaves me boggled. So far as I am aware, when one looks at how well pre-election polls have matched actual election outcomes, Trafalgar and Rasmussen have been among the most accurate of all political pollsters. So what’s going on?!
- https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/National-25-Trump-Approval-Report-1228.pdf
- https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/prez_track_dec31
GRAMMY NOTES: When Mama Buzz was 4 yo, we were shopping and she demanded I buy her something or other. I told her I didn’t have money for that. She put her hands on her hips and snarled, “Well, go to the machine and GET SOME!”
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c1qHfGa9Ih0 … no spoiler alert. Just do it.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EkHsmKweC3s and watch to the end. ❤
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Before ATMs, if Mom said she didn’t have money for something the kid was demanding she buy, the kid would say “The write a check!” How times have changed…
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