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GRATITUDE: Gratitude isn’t a feeling; it’s a choice. – Neuroscientists have proven that gratitude makes you happier and healthier. The study divided participants into three groups who were all asked to keep a journal:

• One wrote down what happened during the week for which they were grateful.
• Another wrote down what happened that irritated or annoyed them.
• The third wrote down stuff that happened without any emphasis on positive or negative emotions.

At the end of ten weeks, the gratitude group reported feeling more optimistic and positive about their lives than the other two groups. In addition, they were more physically active and reported fewer visits to a doctor than those who wrote only about their negative experiences.

• https://dailyhealthpost.com/gratitude-rewires-brain-happier/

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My latest update from the campaign trail.

TRUMP ECONOMY: A new Gallup Poll found that a record 61% of Americans say they feel better off now than they did three years ago.

That’s much higher than any of the last four Presidents who were facing reelection. In 2012, when Obama was running for a second term, only 45% of Americans felt better off than they had when Obama first took office.

• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/huge-more-better-off-under-trump-than-clinton-bush-obama

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“All these people know each other and have something to hide.”

BONGINO: Feb 13, 2020, Episode 1180, “Does Justice Even Exist Anymore?” [1:01:40] – “In this episode, I address the disturbing connections between the players in the outrageous Roger Stone prosecution and the Spygate scandal. “

CtH: I’m posting this by itself so you’ll hopefully find the time to listen to it.

• https://bongino.com/ep-1180-does-justice-even-exist-anymore/

HAIR LOVE: [6:47] – This Oscar®-winning animated short film has a big valentine message. Grab a tissue!

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CONFESSIONS OF A WOKE KNITTER: Karlyn Borysenko writes in “After Attending a Trump Rally, I Realized Democrats Are Not Ready For 2020” –

“I knit as a way to relax and escape the drama of real life, not to further engage with it. But it was impossible to ignore after roving gangs of online social justice warriors started going after anyone in the knitting community who was not lockstep in their ideology. Knitting stars on Instagram were bullied and mobbed by hundreds of people for seemingly innocuous offenses. One man got mobbed so badly that he had a nervous breakdown and was admitted to the hospital on suicide watch. Many things were not right about the hatred, and witnessing the vitriol coming from those I had aligned myself with politically was a massive wake-up call. …

“When I witnessed the amount of hate coming from the left in this small, niche knitting community, I started to question everything. I started making a proactive effort to break my echo chamber by listening to voices I thought I would disagree with. I wanted to understand their perspective, believing it would confirm that they were filled with hate for anyone who wasn’t like them. That turned out not to be the case.”

Please … go read the rest. You’ll be glad you did.

• https://gen.medium.com/ive-been-a-democrat-for-20-years-here-s-what-i-experienced-at-trump-s-rally-in-new-hampshire-c69ddaaf6d07

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THIRTY YEAR CAR LOANS: Who knew? – Katy Tur, who hosts a politics news show on MSDNC, said during a live broadcast from New Hampshire that the Trump economy isn’t working for some people.

“They might have a job, but it’s not a job that pays their bills. They can get a car, but it’s a loan that will take 30 years.”

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REDEEM TEAM: [8:14] – In this video, Fr. Mike Schmitz simplifies the complex theology behind the Immaculate Conception. Mama Buzz just sent this to me and I loved it, so here it is.

Obviously, I want my fellow Catholics to watch it. I taught RCIA for 5 years and I still learned some cool stuff!

But I also hope my precious non-Catholic readers will watch it too. I’m not out to proselytize anybody; I sincerely believe we should each be in the church the Holy Spirit chooses.

I’m not looking for anyone to assent to the doctrine, but rather just to accurately understand it.

There’s far too much “fake news” out there about Catholic doctrine.  I believe this hinders us from being strong allies in this spiritual war we’re fighting.

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My latest update from the campaign trail.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY RESULTS: The January Monmouth poll got the first two right; the rest, not so much.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Hampshire_Democratic_primary
• https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_NH_010920/

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From Liz Crokin at Townhall –

Donald Trump is a racist, bigot, sexist, xenophobe, anti-Semitic and Islamophobe — did I miss anything? The left and the media launch these hideous kinds of attacks at Trump everyday; yet, nothing could be further from the truth about the real estate mogul. As an entertainment journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to cover Trump for over a decade, and in all my years covering him I’ve never heard anything negative about the man until he announced he was running for president. Keep in mind, I got paid a lot of money to dig up dirt on celebrities like Trump for a living so a scandalous story on the famous billionaire could’ve potentially sold a lot of magazines and would’ve been a “yuge” feather in my cap. Instead, I found that he doesn’t drink alcohol or do drugs, he’s a hardworking businessman and totally devoted to his beloved wife and children. On top of that, he’s one of the most generous celebrities in the world with a heart filled with more gold than his $100 million New York penthouse. Continue reading →

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