AMERICAN HISTORY: On November 12, 1966, Buzz Aldrin took the first “space selfie” while performing extravehicular activity during the Gemini 12 mission.
CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1429146439287040 [2:38] to hear Josh Pray (“we Catholics!”) on Advent. FYI: The First Sunday of Advent this year will be on November 29, just 3 days after Thanksgiving. We all will have Saturday to take down the turkeys and pumpkins and put out the Advent decorations while (hopefully) eating up the last of the turkey left-overs.
GOP: House Republicans have elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as House minority leader, and Senate Republicans picked Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) as Senate minority leader for the next Congress, which begins in January.
IMMIGRATION: Come January, Democrats will have majorities in both the House and the Senate and all four southern states will have Democrat governors. Since the midterms, two new migrant caravans have reportedly crossed from Guatemala into southern Mexico, heading north in hopes of taking advantage of Trump having less power to keep the border closed.
MILITARY: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of war on Nov. 9, alleging that he committed ‘high crimes and misdemeanors.’
The impeachment articles charge Hegseth with waging war in Iran without congressional authorization, continuing the war after the House and Senate both directed the removal of U.S. forces, and continuing operations in Iran after the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day termination period and any potential 30-day withdrawal period had expired.
The House voted 211–204 against advancing the impeachment resolution on Nov. 10. I’m confident they’ll pursue it in January.
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-rejects-rep-massies-impeachment-effort-targeting-hegseth-6123135
- https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/11/10/war-secretary-pete-hegseth-brings-flamethrower-to-rep-massies-farcical-impeachment-sabotage-n4959216
SOCIALISM SUCKS: When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, the other half quickly figures out that there’s little point in them working either and the entire social structure falls apart.
SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Eric Metaxas noted, “The feelings of anger & bitterness & envy — and the concomitant desire to TEAR DOWN AND DESTROY the good, true, and beautiful — is demonic. God is not the Author of such things. So this is a full-on spiritual battle in the political realm. Pick a side.”
STUPID VOTERS: In 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court suspended Judge Kahlilia Davis for failing to keep a video record of the court cases in violation of Michigan Court rules.
In 2022, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission found she had purposely unplugged courtroom recording equipment, threatened coworker , used a fake handicap placard so she could park closer to buildings, lied under oath, and abused other court powers. The commission recommended she be removed from the bench entirely. The Michigan Supreme Court (now run almost entirely by Democrats) merely extended her suspension until 2029.
In 2026, she decided to run for office again. A 2024 lawsuit sought to keep her off the ballot, but a court ruled she had the right to run. Detroit’s Democrats elected her. She has been and will continue to be paid to do the job she is legally barred from doing. I strongly suspect that, since her bench is unoccupied, its work either is not getting done or is being shared by the other judges. May God have mercy on her soul. She’s going to need it.
- https://notthebee.com/article/detroit-voters-elects-judge-who-is-suspended-until-2029-for-a-litany-of-alleged-misconduct
- https://x.com/FOX2News/status/2119913225764454854
TOLERANCE: Alexandra Patterson was arrested after the students staffing an anti-abortion booth at Armstrong Student Center at Miami University reported a post she made to Yik Yak. It said, “how many dining dollars to kirk the anti abortion table in Armstrong.” Court records say Patterson faces charges of aggravated menacing, inducing panic and making a terroristic threat.
She is being held on a $170,000 bond at the Butler County Jail, and the incident has been reported to the FBI. If she posts bail, she will have to wear an ankle monitor, as well as stay away from the students threatened and from social media.
- https://www.wlwt.com/article/miami-u-student-charged-yikyak-post-kirk-anti-abortion-table/74345686
- https://notthebee.com/article/ohio-student-arrested-for-telling-people-to-kirk-a-pro-life-booth-on-campus
GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz shared this with me. “Fr. Mike Schmitz has told about a triathlon he did (the kind where you swim two miles, bike 100 miles and THEN run 24 miles! Starts at 7am and you have to finish by midnight). Anyway, loads of people were in the bleachers along the last half mile. He had finished already, showered and changed and come back to cheer the rest. They announced that one guy was left and he had 15 minutes to run the last two miles. A whole bunch of people cut through a park to come up behind him and cheer him on and by the end he was full out sprinting and crossed the finish line seconds before midnight! Father said the Saints in Heaven are like that. Cheering us on and supporting us with their own prayers to God.”
