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I'm a 60 something wife, mom and grandmom who is homebound/disabled by severe hypersensitivity to chemicals. I fill my days with learning, loving and art. My favorite values are truth, generosity and gratitude.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant each of us a passionate love for Your Holy Word. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AGE: It’s just a number … of Rx pill bottles on your shelf.

AMERICAN FASCISM: When asked about the new Tapper/Thompson book, Joe Biden said “I could beat the hell out of both of them.” CLICK https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1929136242492400100 [:36] to hear Tim Walz endorse bullying Trump supporters. CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1929183016737280028 [:46] to hear Scott Jennings.

BABYLON BEE: The Babylon Bee says they’ve filed a motion to join NPR’s lawsuit. CEO Seth Dillon said, “The government simply has no legal basis for refusing to give us $100 million. It’s right there in the Constitution. We proudly stand in solidarity with NPR, calling on the federal government to do the right thing and send us a dump truck filled with cash. Anything else would be tantamount to fascism.”

CATHOLIC NEWS: [11:00] – Christine Niles’ update includes Bishop Martin’s radical liturgical overhaul, the RCC suiting Washington over new law demanding clergy break confessional seal, public backlash over chicken dance in German cathedral, infanticide in D.C., COVID vaxxx being removed from CDC schedule, and Iraeli/Palestinian progress.

COLORADO: An Egyptian here illegally has been arrested for a suspected act of terrorism in Boulder, Colorado, where he injured eight peaceful protesters with a makeshift flamethrower and a Molotov cocktail at a pro-Israel rally. The FBI is investigating the incident as ideologically motivated violence; Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who yelled, “Free Palestine”, “How many children you killed?” and “We have to end Zionists, they are killers” during the assault, is facing multiple felony charges.

The liberal media is pretending not to know the perp’s immigration status. The records show that Soliman entered in Los Angeles on August 27, 2022, then overstayed his B1/B2 non-immigrant visa; he was later granted an extension for work through March 28, 2024, but again overstayed. At the time of the incident, he had no right to be within our borders.

ENERGY: The Department of Energy has canceled 24 clean energy demonstration projects worth nearly $3.7 billion. Sixteen were awarded between Election Day 2024 and Inauguration Day 2025.

FAUCI: For decades, NIH has funded torturing animals in the name of “research.” Trump ended it. CLICK https://x.com/liz_churchill10/status/1928981185251758391 [1:34] to see 30 of the freed lab beagles experiences grass and the freedom to play for the first time in their lives.

FBI: Dan Bongino posted this update – “The Director and I have been using social media to highlight samples of the investigative work, crimes against children initiatives, counter-intelligence operations, and counter-terrorism initiatives, but I want to make sure we highlight some of the other important cultural changes we’re implementing within the FBI.

The accountability process is ongoing as we move disciplined, and focused, leaders into critical positions in the field. And, we are removing employees who have violated their oaths, and those who invited partisanship into the workplace. The process is ongoing, and will not stop. Yes, as reported, we are making changes to the hiring process, the physical fitness requirements, and we are also looking at ways to enhance our defensive tactics training. We are looking at making these programs better because we want our agent workforce to have the physical skill set to de-escalate when necessary. This is a critical law enforcement skill when encounters can quickly turn into life or death scenarios.

We are also working on an enhanced compliance process to ensure many of the mistakes of the past are never repeated. Both the Director and I have had multiple meetings on this topic and we are working on substantive changes to current procedures. We must be held accountable, both internally to management, and externally to the people we work for, given the gravity of our responsibilities. Have a good weekend, and thank you for your support. More updates and releases coming as soon as we finalize the products.”

GLENN GREENWALD: Yesterday, I decided not to report directly on the tape; however, the discussion @ https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1929036005882855522 may be worth your time and attention.

MAHA: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy sent a letter to health care providers, risk managers, and state medical boards telling them to pay attention to his department’s recent review of child sex changes, which determined that when “medical interventions pose unnecessary, disproportionate risks of harm, healthcare providers should refuse to offer them even when they are preferred, requested, or demanded by patients.

MALE VOTERS: If only they could figure out which locker room to use …

GRAMMY NOTES: Never thought of it quite like that. 🙂

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U9xtgmT707Y to see neighbors welcome a good boy.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FLiuKcR4HsI to see a dog herder at work.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please show each of us our sins as You see them, that we may repent and grow in humility and holiness. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: ICE has started to go after employers who illegally employ illegals. CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1928831662256804154 [:51] to see them round up illegals working for a Florida subcontractor. CLICK https://x.com/AmericaPapaBear/status/1928824018703884403 [1:12] to see them at a restaurant in San Diego.

I’m curious if any of the Dems who are outraged care about Americans who can’t find jobs? Those that even mention the issue go with “Oh noes! Prices will increase if employers have to pay their employees American wages!” N.b., these are the same people who demand the minimum wage be hiked!

DINO to RINO: I’m unimpressed by Dems who have just now noticed their party “left them.” If they had an ounce of integrity, they would’ve switched when it would’ve cost them something, not now when Trump is ascendant.

ELLEMENOHPEE: Mama Buzz says, ““It’s like Pluto losing planetary status all over again!

FAKE NEWS: CLICK https://x.com/magafirearmstec/status/1929171617197731934 [1:37] to hear yet another montage of the legacy news media parroting the exact same talking points. I remember some years ago that someone leaked the fact that all of these people belong to the same secretive email list. It caused a brief brouhaha, which resulted in them “shutting down” the offending group. Obviously, all they did was vet the list and start a new one, minus anyone they thought might blow the whistle on them.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1928839763248787522 [:32] to hear Senator Josh Hawley [R-MO] report on what a member of Biden’s SS detail told him a year ago.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/CharlieSigs/status/1928970373757870153 to see Sen. Corey Booker [:02] do the “my heart goes out to/I love you” gesture that the Left Stream Media is ignoring. They and Booker and countless other Dems swore themselves blue that, when Elon Musk did it, it was a Nazi salute. My mother (born 1914) said they held their arms out straight during the Pledge of Allegiance in school … until Hitler, then it was switched to hand on heart.

Grok wrote, “The difference in media coverage of Elon Musk’s and Cory Booker’s gestures likely stems from context and political framing. Musk’s gesture at Trump’s inauguration, a global event, was more pronounced and seen as provocative, drawing intense scrutiny from left-leaning media. Booker’s gesture at a Democratic convention was less forceful, viewed by some as a wave, and received minimal mainstream attention. Political affiliations also play a role: Musk, tied to conservative views, faced harsher criticism, while Booker, a Democrat, did not. Some see this as media bias; others argue it reflects event significance and gesture differences. The debate remains unresolved.

CLICK https://x.com/stillgray/status/1929070220921942470 to see the two salutes side-by-side.

I’m thinking that Elon’s gesture was more emphatic, because he actually feels the love he’s expressing for his audience. He’s shown it in the sacrifices he has made. Booker and his ilk have all profited from their ‘love’ for their constituents.

PRAYERS FOR DJ: “We’re lifting up Agent DJ Daniel in prayer after his dad, Theodis, shared that DJ is now facing three new tumors. DJ is one of the strongest, bravest young men—and has now been sworn into 1,351 law enforcement agencies across the country. Agent Daniel, you’re a true legend.” – President Donald J . Trump

PRIDE: Good.

THEY/THEM-OCRATS: They used to wear white hoods to hide their commitment to evil. Now they dress it up with flowers.

VAXXX: Bashaw, who was convicted but given no prison sentence, had previously worked as an entomologist at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and commanded the headquarters company for the Army Public Health Center.

GRAMMY NOTES: Pumpkin is a squash. Squash is good for you. Therefore, eating too much pumpkin pie is a virtue.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a6_0oAxBoZc to see the cat play fetch with the dog.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FsOV2m4bZmA to see dogs communicate.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to see and smell all the roses among the thorns. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: While most of the Chinese students and researchers are in the United States for legitimate academic reasons, some of them are here to spy on us and steal intellectual property. On May 28, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced we will begin to “aggressively revoke” the visas of Chinese students who pose a threat and will be giving stricter scrutiny of future visa applications from China and Hong Kong.

CHINA: U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer says China has been “slow rolling their compliance” with the May 12 trade agreement, “which is completely unacceptable.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, “I am confident that the Chinese will come to the table when President Trump makes his preferences known.”

COURTS: A federal judge has ruled that DOGE employees who have satisfied the Training, Vetting and Mitigation Procedures may access the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which is used by the federal government to distribute trillions of dollars in payments. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by Democratic-led states.

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump has the authority to rescind the temporary legal status the Biden administration gave half a million “refugees” they had flown here to reduce the numbers being recorded coming across the border.

ECONOMY: Core inflation has dropped to its lowest rate in four years. Hmm … four years.

ELON: Thank you for your service, Mr. Musk.

FAFO: Megha Vemuri, the 2025 class president of MIT, gave a pro-Palestine/anti-Israel speech in which she accused her alma mater of promoting genocide. A day later, she was told she would not be allowed to participate in Friday’s graduation ceremony.

FBI: CLICK https://rumble.com/v6u1srt-bongino-shares-the-unbelievable-discovery-at-fbi-from-the-james-comey-era.html [1:31] to hear Deputy Director Dan Bongino talk about the boxes of stuff they found. When I googled to get Bongino’s correct title, I got a taste of how the Laughing Stock Media are covering Bongino. I won’t waste your time; it’s what you would expect.

HAMAS: Israeli Omer Shem Tov, who was freed in February after spending 505 days in Hamas captivity, told CNN that his captors desperately wanted Kamala Harris to win the 2024 election. “They were very scared of him. … [A]s soon as Donald Trump was elected, they understood that he wanted to bring us back home. … When Trump became president, … they started giving [me] more food. … Stopped cursing me. They stopped spitting on me.”

HHS: Bobby Jr. has canceled a $766 million federal contract with Moderna for experimental mRNA-based H5N1 bird flu vaccine.

ICE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took 40 people into custody on Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard; they included MS-13 gang members, as well as at least one child sex offender. The Coasties helped to safely and efficiently remove them from the islands.

JAKE TAPPER: CLICK https://x.com/BonillaJL/status/1926678379836670196 [3:50] to listen to Speaker Johnson’s response to Tapper’s attempt to act like a journalist. I used to respect Tapper. I dunno if I was just naive or if he sold out.

GALLUP’s latest poll asking, “How much confidence do you have in television news?” netted t.v.’s talking heads a minus 44 rating, with only 12% of respondents choosing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” vs. 56% choosing “very little” or “none.

CLICK https://x.com/BreitbartNews/status/1928475916604203211 [1:21] to hear how the leftist media talks to Trump’s people. Maybe if these jerks had talked to Biden’s people like this, they wouldn’t need to be trying to blame the Biden White House for not telling them the president was a vegetable.

MIDDLE EAST: Last July, Israel took out Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’s military wing.

Last October, they took out Yahya Sinwar, who was the leader of Hamas at the time and the mastermind behind Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel.

This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced they have eliminated Mohammed Sinwar, who had succeeded his brother.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1927796049659261203 [3:36] to hear SecDef Hegseth explain how he and DOGE have found and eliminated $10 billion in waste.

GRAMMY NOTES: Dearest and I are triply blessed.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TfEGhxKaaV4 to see the video the White House posted for Memorial Day.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LsN4DKidn1U to see clips of copy dogs.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You for all the times You have encouraged and sheltered and carried us each through troubled times. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: CLICK https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/1927539070336700422 [1:36] to hear what happened at January 2025 at the Aransas Pass (Texas) City Council meeting. A lawsuit, Followell v. City of Aransas Pass et al (Case 2:24-cv-00055), was filed in March 2024 is still pending as of May 27, 2025. The case hinges on whether Followell’s speech was protected under the First Amendment or if his removal was justified to maintain meeting decorum.

Grok says, “The First Amendment protects free speech, including profanity, in public forums like city council meetings, unless it’s fighting words or truly disruptive. Decorum rules are valid if content-neutral and needed for order, but can’t silence valid criticism. In Followell’s case, his removal for profanity is debated in his ongoing lawsuit, with no ruling yet. Both matter, but free speech often takes priority unless it derails the meeting. Context is key—courts will decide the balance.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uvc98D3cXtc to hear Nick Freitas speak about speaking truth. As Grok said, “Context is key.” So are consequences. There is a lot of unpack here. If I were still actively parenting, we’d be having some serious dinner talk at our house tonight.

AI VIDEO TELLS: There is a discussion @ https://notthebee.com/article/no-one-seems-to-realize-that-this-viral-clip-is-ai about why a recently viral video is almost certainly AI-generated. As with staged videos where actors portray some click-baity skit, the biggest thing I see is too-perfect camera framing. Genuine “on the spot” videos taken by a security camera or some bystander with a phone don’t look like this.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS: Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy wants to offer retirees a 20% salary bonus to stay on. Since Biden’s DEI push trashed the ATC workforce, Trump’s people are working to accelerate training and hiring.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL: On Sunday, Trump gave Senate Republicans permission to make major changes to the House-passed bill. “I want the Senate and the senators to make the changes they want. It will go back to the House and we’ll see if we can get them. In some cases, the changes may be something I’d agree with, to be honest.

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: SCOTUS is currently considering this issue. There is an interesting article about it @ https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/27/why-constitution-doesnt-guarantee-birthright-citizenship/.

DEMOCRATS: [1:48] – CLICK https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1927480304417055114 [1:42] to listen to Jake Tapper have an ah ha moment about his beloved party.

HARVARD: Harvard behavioral scientist Francesca Gino was paid $1 million a year to study honesty and ethical behavior. After it was determined that she had manipulated her data to support her preferred conclusion, the school revoked her tenure. She’s suing. Of course.

OH, CANADA: If this is at all serious, and I don’t know at all if it is, I am 100% opposed to adding all of Canada as the 51st state, because it would give Ontario (far left) and Quebec (demands French on everything) an insane amount of power in the House of Representatives. If we added Canada as ten new states, Ontario’s and Quebec’s House seats would still have a significant, left-leaning impact; however, the less populated provinces would at least some seats in the House and, very importantly, would each gain 2 seats in the Senate.

RIGHT TRACK: The current “right track” number is the highest in polling history. Rasmussen’s lead pollster, Mark Mitchell, says “right track, wrong track” is the best predictor of how Americans view the current administration, beating out things like presidential approval by a lot.

SEATTLE: I wish people would not bring children to events where the likelihood of violence is this high. See clips @ https://notthebee.com/article/wild-videos-antifa-attacks-christian-worship-event-at-seattle-city-hall.

VAXXX: On May 21, 2025, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations published its report on the Biden administration’s decision not to warn the public about potentially deadly side effects associated with COVID vaccines.

The earliest jabs were given in mid-December of 2020, approximately five weeks before Biden took office toward the end of January of 2021. Federal health officials knew as early as February 2021 that these vaccines were associated with myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the thin sac surrounding the heart).

Instead of warning the public, the Biden White House “distribut[ed] talking points to top U.S. health officials,” including National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, actually downplaying the risk of myocarditis. They later went so far as to impose vaccine mandates on anybody and everybody they could to “take the jab or lose your job.”

Those of us who refused the vaxxx well remember how their aggressive publicity campaign led to us being shamed in public and shunned by family and friends.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7AFseOWmCIY to see what is possible the best R*CKST*R evah!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us always to remember the words of Jeremiah 29:11! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

1A: The DOJ has opened a civil rights investigation into Washington State Senate Bill 5375, which was signed into law on May 2, 2025 by Governor Bob Ferguson.

The new law adds “members of the clergy” to a list of professionals who are required to report information received in a confessional setting relating to child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or other state authorities.

The Code of Canon Law forbids priests from divulging information received in confession. The penalty for a priest who directly violates the seal of confession is excommunication. Washington priests and bishops have made it clear that clergy will go to jail before they comply with the new law.

BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says there is enough opposition to the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act to “stop the process” in the Senate and force President Donald Trump to negotiate changes.

CHINA: Protests have flared up, because tens of thousands of workers have not received their full salaries or have not been paid at all for months. Some factories have shut down without warning. Those involved in the disputes are from a broad range of sectors, including automotive, construction, property, mining, electronics, pharmaceuticals, medical, textile, leisure, and government.

DEMOCRATS: According to a NYT report, Dems are spending $20 Million to figure out why young men hate them. They could save a bundle just by reading the comments @ https://x.com/SonofHas/status/1926766923854791044.

DOGE: Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, says his agency and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have identified at least $14 billion in fraud, waste, and abuse.

MILITARY NOW: [1:35] – Awesome new ad. Is it any wonder recruitment numbers are way up?

MILITARY THEN: [2:20] – Terrible old ad. Is it any wonder recruitment numbers tanked?

OKLAHOMA: For decades, Stillwater High School has held ceremonies to celebrate senior athletes who had been recruited by college teams. For the first time, they also held a ceremony for seven seniors who had enlisted in the military. Seven have made commitments to the Oklahoma Army National Guard and one has enlisted in the Navy. Each one explained his or her choice to the audience and talked about future goals.

TARIFFS: After a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Trump announced he will delay the implementation of a 50 percent tariff on European Union products from June 1 to July 9.

TRANS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1013919373633736 to hear a truly Christian response to a gotcha question.

VAXXX: This morning, Bobby Jr. announced the CDC will no longer recommend the Fauci Ouchies for healthy children or pregnant women. In other news, I think Bill Gates is a very dangerous man.

WASHINGTON: Members of Antifa, transgender activists, and others violently attacked Christians enjoying a permitted celebration in Cal Anderson Park in Seattle. Police got involved, so the protesters got into it with them too. Arrests were made. Afterwards, the Seattle mayor condemned the Christians for holding a “far-right rally” and demanded an investigation into how they got that permit. When Christians objected, he doubled down and suggested that he’s only facing backlash because he’s Seattle’s “first biracial mayor.”

WIENIE 500: An historic event in hot dog history! [10:13] – The race commentary is very funny.

GRAMMY NOTES: S’truth!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1XaxBlH1c-A to see clips of dogs who do NOT want to take a bath.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/587321297710819 to hear Ruby and Pearl play the piano.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bless our veterans in Purgatory and have mercy on them. Be not harsh in your judgment, but send angels to escort them to a place of refreshment. We ask this in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

EULOGY:Phil Robertson was an American icon and an inspiring hero to millions of Americans. Phil grew up impoverished in a house without electricity or a toilet, but became a brilliant entrepreneur. Phil was married to his high school sweetheart Kay for nearly sixty years. After an initial rocky period in their relationship due to alcohol and infidelity, Phil rededicated his life to Christ and witnessed to his faith the rest of his life. Phil and Kay raised an incredible family of four sons, 16 grandchildren and many more great-grandchildren. All the way back in 2013, when the woke era was first getting started, Phil offered a masterclass in how to overcome an attempted cancellation. Phil told GQ magazine he thought homosexuality was sinful. A&E tried to kick him off his own show, but he never apologized or backed down, and A&E soon had to bring him back. Phil was also the rare celebrity who was a proud warrior for the unborn. Rest in peace.” – Charlie Kirk

FBI: Dan Bongino posted a progress report to X in which he says they are working on the DC pipe bombing investigation, as well as the cocaine discovery at the prior administration’s White House and the leak of the Supreme Court Dobbs case. He note that they have decided to limit media interviews, instead reporting what they’re doing on X where he welcomes tips and suggestions. I have “followed” his account so I can keep y’all clued in as well.

MILITARY: Was he pranking the Left, choosing that tie for that speech?! – CLICK https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1926319575303328141 [:24] to hear a clip of what he said at West Point on Saturday.

CLICK https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1927037418642796638 [1:17] to hear a clip of what he said at Arlington today.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, Fill our minds and hearts. Enkindle in us the fires of Your wisdom and Your love. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

8647: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1926552847392378997 [:53] to see Lefties in Wichita, Kansas chanting a call for someone to get rid of President Trump. If challenged, they will say they just want him impeached, but if that is true, they should say so, because “86” also means “assassinate.”

If you google, you’ll find lots of left-leaning sites carefully downplaying the last meaning. But those are recent. I found a reference from a post by Carlos Diaz, dated October 05, 2007 that says, “86’d – To get rid of, originally for killing someone. The phrase ’80 miles out and 6 feet under’ was reserved for someone who had to dig their own grave 80 miles from civilization and then get shot execution-style. All terms for 86’d originated from this, be it alcohol or eliminating.”

CATHOLIC: [8:46] – So happy with Pope Leo’s support for Tradition!

CLICKBAIT: I was impressed by this (https://x.com/IndianaGPA/status/1926435665471791375) until I read more. Grok says, “The video showing a Polish pilot landing a Boeing 737 on one wheel is likely not real. It appears tied to Sławomir Mentzen’s 2025 presidential campaign, as the plane has “MENTZEN 2025” on it. No credible news or aviation reports confirm such an event, and landing a commercial jet on one wheel is extremely rare and risky, with no documented cases. The video’s promotional context and lack of corroboration suggest it’s staged.” [CtH: Bold added by me.] Other commenters noted the lack of sparks or smoke as the plane was skidding across the tarmac. We’re all going to have to learn how to tell AI from reality.

DOMESTIC TERROR: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1926018047204053210 [3:09] to hear Gabbard talk about how the Biden administration demonized and censored Americans who objected to their oppressive policies. When Lefties call us “fascists”, they are (as always) telling us who they really are.

FATHERHOOD: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dUrCh9Kc394 to hear a really inspiring message from Nick Freitas.

FTC: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-0 Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that was filed in the final days of the Biden administration. The suit, which accused the food and beverage giant of price discrimination, was rushed through just three days before President Trump’s inauguration. They said this “nakedly political effort to commit this administration to pursuing little more than a hunch that Pepsi had violated the law” would be a frivolous waste of taxpayer dollars.

PENNIES: It costs more than a penny to make a penny, so Trump has ordered the U.S. Mint to use up their stock of blanks and not make any more.

PSA: Good idea.

SHAME-FARE: The Turkish government is worried about obesity, so has dispatched health workers to each of the country’s 81 regions with weighing scales and tape measures. People with a BMI over 25 are referred to state-run centers, where they can receive free nutritional counseling and follow-up services. As obnoxious as this is, I gotta laugh as I scan the photos in the article below, cuz some of the “health” workers shown are fatter than the people they’re assessing!

SOUTH CAROLINA: The state’s supreme court has voted unanimously to uphold the 6-week abortion ban! [10 :25] – Roman Balmikov also reports on the current status of each state’s abortion laws.

GRAMMY NOTES: I heard a guy say about trying something new, “Why not? I’m only 85.” I love that!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h9SDGadvDgU to hear about LJ’s anthem.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GSVcFcxet7k to see the Flexorcist!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We beg You to open our hearts and minds to see beyond skin color. Where we are called to make judgments, let us look to character. And where we are not called to judge, let us shut up and keep scrolling. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AIR FORCE: Canceling eight wasteful contracts will save We the Taxpayers several billion dollar$.

AVIATION HISTORY: On March 12, 1985, a small aircraft with a jammed landing gear was saved in mid-flight by a mechanic who stood through the sunroof of a car going 90 mph. The daring rescue took place on a runway in St. Augustine, Florida, and remains one of the most unbelievable moments in aviation history.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL: Follow the links to read about some of the golden nuggets buried in this enormous bill.

  1. 2A @ https://notthebee.com/article/did-you-miss-this-little-gem-hidden-inside-the-trump-big-beautiful-bill-passed-this-morning
  2. Trans @ https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/05/22/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-defunds-medicaid-covered-transgender-surgery/
  3. Abortion @ https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/22/house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

BORDER: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has just rolled out a new update to its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. The program provides a single, reliable source for verifying immigration status and U.S. The update will help eliminate voter fraud.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: The DoL currently has 16,800 licenses for phone lines, but in the last 30 days only 4,000 were used (24%). Canceling the unused lines will save We the Taxpayers about half a million dollars per year.

DOGE: Over the last two days, agencies terminated 120 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers $908 million. Almost half of that was for “technical services” in Mozambique.

The U.S. Census Bureau has done more than 100 additional surveys costing $2.2 Billion, many of which were never used. So far, five of them have been canceled, saving We the Taxpayers from spending $16.5 million to ask Americans stupid questions like, “In your entire life, have you had at least 12 drinks of any kind of alcohol, not counting small tastes or sips?

DUMBOCRATS: Letitia James now says she “mistakenly” claimed Virginia residency in loan documents. Just like Comey says he “found” the 8647 seashells on the sea shore and had no idea what they meant.

EDUCATION: Trump is deadly serious about ending discrimination. Since Harvard has refused to comply with multiple DHS requests for information about its DEI initiatives and foreign student population’s harassment of Jewish students, Kristi Noem has issued an ultimatum. Harvard has 72 hours to comply or the ax falls. NO foreign students will be granted F- or J- non-immigrant visas. Period. CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1925625458487369729 to see her letter. Aaaaand, some activist judge slaps on an injunction in 3 … 2 … 1.

ILHAN OMAR: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1925527078104863054 [:12] to hear her refuse to express even the slightest compassion for the families of the two Israeli diplomats who were gunned down on the street in DC this week.

MAHA: CLICK https://x.com/devorydarkins/status/1925608481198850375 [2:12] to hear about Bobby Jr’s report on chronic illness in America’s children. The four major factors are poor diet, environmental chemical exposure, lack of physical activity, and over-medicalization. I am so very grateful to know my grandkids are all being raised healthy!

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1925615286578786617 [1:17] to hear how NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor asks questions.

MEDICARE: The government, which is 7 years behind on its required audits of Medicare Advantage plans, will be caught up by the end of this year. Since various reports estimate overbilling at between $17 and $43 billion per year, these audits should result in billions of taxpayer dollars returned to the Treasury. Hmm … I remember the Biden administration hiring thousands of extra IRS staff to go after transfers as low as $600 … but they totally ignored billions in fraud? Sounds about right.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1925713884742070562 [1:46] to hear SecDef Hegseth not apologize for starting a monthly voluntary prayer service at the Pentagon. I’m guessing those who criticize this were cheering when Obama persecuted military chaplains.

NO KO: According to CBS News, the brand new 5,000-ton-class destroyer “became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck.” Little Rocketman said, “This was a serious accident that could not have happened, could not be tolerated, and was a criminal act caused by pure carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism.”

NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte City Councilwoman Tiawana Brown and her daughters, Antoinette and Tijema, have been indicted on federal charges of fraudulent use of COVID loans intended to support small businesses through the lockdowns.

The indictment says $15,000 of that money went to pay for a birthday party for Tiawana Brown. Word has it the party included a throne and a horse-drawn carriage. Brown says she paid the money back. Before serving on the City Council, Brown served four years in federal prison for fraud. She is also the founder of Beauty after the Bars(501c3), an advocacy organization committed to helping formerly incarcerated women.

SOCIAL SECURITY: After 11 weeks, the massive cleanup of Social Security records is complete. More than 12 million individuals aged 120+ years have been marked “deceased.” Some complex cases remain, such as individuals with 2+ different birth dates on file. These will be investigated in a follow-up effort.

SOUTH AFRICA: CLICK https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1925603508465631456 [1:39] to hear about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House, along with how The View reported on it.

CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1925317932080386381 [:54] to hear Scott Jennings, CNN’s token conservative, present the other side of it.

During the visit, Ramaphosa told Trump to his face that they were not taking land from the white people in South Africa. CLICK https://x.com/breauxbot/status/1925679497036128657 [:21] to hear him insisting this is exactly what must happen.

One commenter on X wrote, “I worked for a Fortune 100 company. We set up an intelligence center where we would monitor global events for our assets and push out messages and warnings to employees based on where they were. We covered SA for a while. But we stopped because the events against farmers happened so frequently that they were tripping our thresholds and we were sending out too many messages to employees there. … It was 2016.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Yes.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us today to direct all of our thoughts, words, and deeds toward pleasing You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIDEN: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1182288150298529 to hear Jesse Watters on news anchors trying to profit off of writing a book about how they didn’t report the news when it was happening.

BORDER: Denver experienced a 58% drop in homicides during the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

BUDGET: The House voted 215-214 to approve President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” which now goes to the Senate. Republicans who did not vote YES are listed below.

Warren DavidsonOhio8Rno
Thomas MassieKentucky4Rno
Andrew R. GarbarinoNew York2RNot Voting
Andy HarrisMaryland1RPresent
David SchweikertArizona1RNot Voting

COMEY: Former FBI chief, James Comey, went on Stephen Colbert’s show to explain to the idiots who watch it that he had no idea that “8647” meant “kill Trump.”

DELAWARE: Delaware becomes the 11th state in the Union to legalize killing yourself with the help of a doctor.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1925366731721081071 to hear the Democrats’ Lapdogs repeat their Woof of the Day.

MISSOURI: The Commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), Sarah Russell (who goes by “They/Them” pronouns), is on paid leave after she failed to activate the St. Louis tornado sirens before a deadly storm.

SCOTUS: The Supremes have ordered the Maine House of Representatives to restore Republican Rep. Laurel Libby’s rights as an elected official in the state legislature. The Dem majority censured Libby for posting criticism on social media of males participating in girls’ sports. They demanded she apologize, and when she refused, stripped her of her voting rights and banned her from speaking on the record, thus depriving thousands of Mainiacs of District 90 their duly elected representative.

TAKE IT DOWN: On Monday, President Trump signed this bipartisan act into law. A key initiative of First Lady Melania Trump, it prohibits the non-consensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.

TENNESSEE: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1924904987802354111 [2:03] to watch State Rep. Aftyn Behn [Dem-Nashville] gleefully record herself breaking the law and violating her oath of office.

TERRORISM: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night. Friends say they were “days away from getting engaged.” The shooter has ties to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian rhetoric on social media. The group also spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests.

TRANS: Democrats support this. They are handmaidens to the patriarchy. – Smith College, which presents itself as a women’s college, just granted an honorary degree to “Rachel” Levine, a man who fathered children, then abandoned them to live as a woman and attack fairness in women’s sports, privacy in women’s intimate settings, and a generation’s ability to have children.

WHITE HOUSE: [12:52] – Funnest press briefing EVAH.

WOKENESS vs. FACTS: CLICK https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1925369053238948043 [:53] to see a libtard get slapped in her smug face with information that is easily available on the internet.

GRAMMY NOTES: [2:30] – I’ve watched many YT videos about free motion quilting and wondered if shoving the fabric around in all directions, with no assistance from the feed dogs, would be painful with my arthritic hands and shoulders. Yesterday, I took a lesson … in person … at my local quilting store! I not only survived the outing, but also discovered it’s not too much for me! I am now the proud and very excited owner of a free motion foot, extender table, and a pair of quilting gloves. ❤

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BULL: CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1924798416363913646 [1:24] to hear CBS shill for Democrats. (I know, I know. What else is new?) – PSA is a blood test; they did one during Trump’s latest physical. He’s 78. The only “risk/benefit” issue here is Medicare’s bottom line, which doesn’t apply to POTUS.

BURKE: Last May, retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert Burke (63) was indicted on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and concealing material facts from the American government. On Monday, he was found guilty of having used his position as vice chief of naval operations to steer government contracts to a particular company in exchange for 100,000 stock options and a $500,000/yr salary post-retirement.

ELDER ABUSER IN CHIEF: I got Jill’s number the day I learned she had gone to graduate school to earn the most Mickey Mouse “doctorate” available ONLY because she didn’t like being “Senator and Mrs. Biden.” Ever after, she demanded she be known as “Doctor Biden.” In the US, the honorific “Doctor” is appropriate for all medical doctors and for “any other professional with a doctorate who likes to be recognized for it.” I have lived my entire life near an Ivy League university. I’ve known many people who have earned doctorates, but very few who even liked, much less demanded, the honorific. In the military, the only people referred to as “Doctor” are those with medical degrees. Those who have earned doctorates in other fields are referred to by their military rank.

LEFTISTS: [4:18] – Some of the critics on X posted “8646” t-shirts that were for sale last year before Biden dropped out of the presidential race. I think there are two gigantic differences between the two. “86” has a wide range of meanings, going from “throw away” to “evict” to “kill.” During the 2020 campaign season, “8646” clearly meant “evict Biden from the White House.” By contrast, Comey’s message was aimed at a second-term president who is not even six months into his 4-year term, who can never run again, and who has already been shot at twice.

PROJECT HOMECOMING: Sixty-four illegals from Colombia and Honduras have taken advantage of Trump’s self-deportation program. By using the CBP Home App, they received travel assistance, a free flight to their home country, a $1,000 stipend, and the possibility of one day returning to the United States legally. The DHS says they average more than $17,000 per illegal to apprehend and deport the unwilling, so Project Homecoming will save We the Taxpayers a lot of money.

TESLA: CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1925050052273143948 [1:06] to see tasks the robot has learned from modeling a human. It’s remarkable technology … and very creepy. CLICK https://x.com/kekmaximusk/status/1925005681347686816 [3:03] to hear Elon talk about the future of robots.

VAXXX: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under age 65, effectively limiting them to older adults and those at risk of developing severe illness.

WHOOPI: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1924852865807286710 [:54] to hear Whoopi Goldberg say she can’t remember anything Biden said or did that showed he was impaired. CLICK https://x.com/Kambeitz9/status/1924859101189648812 [2:00] to hear her a year ago saying she doesn’t care if he stumbles, bumbles, or poops his pants!

ZING: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1924879713660764333 [:26] to hear how SecState Rubio and the chair of this meeting respond to a gratuitous insult by Senator Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]. Van Hollen was the bozo who flew to El Salvador to get himself a photo op with the wife-beating, human-trafficking, MS-13 gangbanger Trump deported. My favorite bit is right at the end. “Woefully used.” Indeed. Also CLICK https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1924944952783479132 [:26] to see the usual band of aged white liberals get booted out of the hearing. “I will not be silenced!” We’ve got some like this in our community, but thankfully not in my neighborhood!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pyVHBosCHGI for a great clip by Nick Freitas.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HdGDp0opR0w. The room is suddenly dusty. ❤

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