DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Fill our minds and hearts with Your love! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen became the first African-American attorney. In 1847, he became a Massachusetts Justice of the Peace. He moved to South Carolina after the American Civil War to practice law and was elected as a judge in 1873 and again in 1876. Following the Reconstruction Era, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he continued practicing law.
DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/ksorbs/status/2050742888779460907 [:58] to hear a Democrat say he is totally fine with a white racist winning a Democrat seat.
EDUCATION: Unlimited student loans has caused the prices of college to skyrocket. Nicholas Kent, Under Secretary of Education, noted, “This is just basic economics. When there is more money in the system, institutions of higher education are going to raise their prices.”
With as many as 75% of all borrowers behind in their student loan payments and about 4,000,000 borrowers in late-stage delinquency, something has needed to change. Democrats wanted to just forgive the loans, leaving taxpayers on the hook to pay for useless, over-priced degrees.
Trump has a different plan. On Thursday, his Department of Education announced several new rules to limit graduate student borrowing. One is to impose loan limits for graduate programs. Another is to create new, income-based repayment plans for loans.
EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4UvJ0zVmf4E [2:02] to hear from an amazing mama. One of the hardest things about parenting is that you don’t get meaningful feedback until years or decades after the fact. Kudos to this mama for making a really awesome choice and also for raising a teen who still chooses to snuggle and be emotionally vulnerable with her mother.
IRAN: The 1973 War Powers Resolution gives the Commander-in-Chief 60 days to carry out combat operations without congressional authority. President Donald Trump initiated hostilities in Iran on February 28. There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-tells-congress-iran-hostilities-terminated-on-war-powers-deadline-6019936
MILITARY: As of 2026, there are about 40 US military bases in Germany, with around 20 major sites primarily located in the south and southwest of the country. These bases host approximately 35,000 to 39,000 US soldiers, along with around 13,000 Air Force personnel. The Department of War will be reducing our military presence in Germany by 5,000 troops over the next six to twelve months.
SCIENCE: It’s in that bit where the male goes into the female and makes babies so the species doesn’t die out.
SWEDEN: The government will no longer use the term “Islamophobia,” which one politician said, “Islamists exploit … to advance their agenda and secure EU funding.” The dictionary defines “phobia” as “a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.” There is nothing irrational about fearing people who want to kill you.
TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/PabloReports/status/2049898783350182242 [:55] to hear Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) respond perfectly to a reporter’s race-baiting question.
GRAMMY NOTES: Yowza!! I absolute blazed through my puzzle today!
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BF0QK-UFN-0 [2:19] to see a guy try to propose during a SCRABBLE game.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1zmqqMWvIc [2:48] to watch an hysterical game of bluff.
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