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by | April 25, 2025 · 11:42 am

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ACTIVIST JUDGE: This is the same black-robed progressive who mocked the faith of a 75-year-old Christian woman while sentencing her to two years in prison for temporarily blocking a Planned Parenthood door.

BORDER: The Dems’ much-touted “Maryland dad” is not actually the father of his weepy wife’s children. THAT guy, Edwin Ramos, sued for custody after she began dating the MS-13 member, citing fear for the children’s safety. “Democrats went from “believe all women” to “let’s co-parent with MS-13” in record time.” ~ @NotTheirScript

CATHOLIC: [19:40] – This is well done and very interesting. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eSc-84eUyeU to hear how much the Roman Catholic Church has grown. It’s now at 1.4 billion world wide.

DEI JUDGE: CLICK https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1915182908651798868 [:15] to hear SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dismiss complainants’ religious rights claims by saying they don’t HAVE to send their kids to the public school. She is a staunch supporter of the party that opposes private, charter, and home schooling, because they all make it harder for the PTBs to control how and what kids get indoctrinated with … I mean, learn. “This is ideological gaslighting dressed up in a robe.” ~ https://x.com/iLoveJaneAdams

FBI: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1915544522664054912 [:36] to watch NM Judge Juan Cano and his wife get arrested for harboring an illegal Tren de Aragua gang member in their home.

HEALTH CARE: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1915771350137897215 [1:18] to hear Dr. Oz talk about what he’s doing to help make Medicare work better. “If you thought USAID was bad… this will make you shiver.”

OHIO: [1:50] – The assailant was charged with “assault and disorderly conduct”; the victim’s mother, who intervened to drag the bitch off her kid, was charged with “disorderly conduct and obstructing official business.” I hope there’s more to this story, because dang … based on just this, that mom should be given a medal.

SENATE REPUBLICANS: CLICK https://x.com/NRSC/status/1914428145152791015 [:40] to see this hilarious new ad.

TEXAS DOGE: On Wednesday, Gov. Abbott signed the Regulatory Reform and Efficiency Act into law, creating the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office within the Office of the Governor. The new office is tasked with identifying outdated or duplicative rules, assisting state agencies in simplifying regulatory procedures, and establishing public access to rulemaking processes through a centralized online portal.

File this under “Things that will never happen in New York.”

TWO TIERS: On Monday, Soros-funded Hennepin County (MN) Attorney Mary Moriarty filed first-degree felony property damage charges against a 19-year-old woman for doing $7,000 in damage by keying a co-workers car.

On Wednesday, Moriarty refused to file charges against Dylan Bryan Adams (33), a Tim Walz staffer for doing more than $20,000 in damage to six Teslas.

Critics, including Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, have expressed frustration, alleging inconsistent application of justice.

WEAPONIZING GOVERNMENT: CLICK https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1915627917482369523 [1:52] to hear how Dems used our money, via USAID, to impeach President Trump on false charges.

GRAMMY NOTES: I had that book. Another favorite was about the land of counterpane. ❤

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by | April 24, 2025 · 8:17 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask today for extra patience for all the parents who need it. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

100th DAY: These are meaningless unless you factor in the legacy media’s biased coverage of Trump, Obama, and Biden, plus the proximity of Bush’s 100th day to the 9/11 attacks.

BAD AD: Apparently, I was the only person who thought these ice creams bars on sticks were ridiculously ugly earrings. Everybody else in the comments said they looked like used sanitary pads. The best comment was, “Probably only available for a limited period.”

BORDER: [8:43] – Dems are claiming that people who ignored the process required to enter this country legally somehow have an absolute right to enjoying due process before we can send them home. It’s nuts.

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/9756159544431325 to hear a priest state in no uncertain terms that you cannot be a Democrat and a Catholic. It has sickened me that Pope Francis publicly shamed President Trump over his border policies when he (to my knowledge) never once did the same to any of our loud and proud, pro-abortion, allegedly “devout Catholic” Democrat leaders, like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.

CHINA: The evangelists were sentenced to varying prison terms and fine amounts, with the most severe penalty being given to Wang Honglan, who was sentenced to 4 years and 10 months in prison and fined well over the equivalent of $100,000. Wang is a 70-year-old grandmother.

On May 1, the ChiComs will intensify their persecution of Christianity by banning foreign missionaries from preaching and establishing religious organizations. They claim it is a matter of national security.

LIFE: The Boulder Abortion Clinic has been committing third trimester abortions for 55 years. Praise God, it has CLOSED! Let us pray that Dr. Warren Hern, the bloody butcher who slaughtered uncounted numbers of late term fetuses, will repent and come to know the Lord before it is too late.

REPARATIONS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AyTRgObb9nQ to hear a historian put another spin on it.

SCOTUS: In 2022, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland forced this and other LGBTQ garbage on kids, refusing parents the right to opt-out. A group of parents from Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox faiths sued the school district, and rather than backtrack, MCPS has fought it all the way to the Supreme Court.

GRAMMY NOTES: I am homebound/disabled. When the church ladies gushed about what a saint my husband was for bringing the kids to church every Sunday by himself, he would say, “Nobody says a thing about all the moms who do the exact same thing.”

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by | April 23, 2025 · 10:06 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, You’re the best! Amen.

CATHOLIC: [4:10] – If you have followed Father Pavone and his Priests for Life ministry, you will want to watch this one.

COVID-19: Remember when then-NY Governor Andrew Cuomo left entire COVID-built facilities empty while ordering COVID-free nursing homes to accept COVID patients? Remember how they helpfully shipped body bags to those same facilities?

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has referred former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice to face criminal charges. They tried before, but the Biden administration refused to bring charges against Cuomo. We’ll see what Trump and AG Bondi decide.

DEMOCRATS: [7:22] – Dems brought their generation problems on themselves by refusing to mentor those come up behind them and refusing to retire to make room for those people to take the reins and, in turn, mentor the next generation. Biden, Pelosi, et al. are in their 80s. The current Dem leadership should be moderates in their 50s and 60s. Instead, it’s radicals like AOC who is 35 and Hogg who is 25.

FAUXCAHONTAS: CLICK https://x.com/Austen/status/1914689891541090683 [1:03] to watch her tough questions about her claims that Biden was “as sharp as ever.”

FDA: Praise the Lord, they’re banning artificial food dyes! There are so many foods I can’t eat because of these foul chemicals.

SOROS: MRC has released a new study (linked below) detailing how the Soros Open Society Foundations’ funding has pushed the global climate change agenda between 2016 and 2023. They found that Soros millions ($812 million) have funded 345 eco-activist groups pushing their climate change agenda worldwide. Just one of them, Climate Action Network (CAN), manages a global network of more than 1,900 organizations in over 130 countries.

Via CAN and the other groups they fund and direct, George and Alex Soros have been behind demands to eliminate the internal combustion engine and fossil fuel industry and adopt Global Green New Deal style legislation. They organize and finance efforts to intimidate politicians who don’t properly toe the eco-extremist line an d transform youth into climate radicals who stage noisy and disruptive protests like blocking streets and bridges. CAN, which has major influence in the U.N., was behind the condemnation of Israel for defending itself, calling their response to Hamas and Hezbollah “climate violence.”

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by | April 22, 2025 · 8:12 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to seek You and only You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: Too bad they didn’t give a toot about the due process rights of J-6 American citizens incarcerated in their own back yard.

EASTER at WHITE HOUSE: It shows how gracious Trump is that he is honoring Pope Francis, despite the harsh criticisms the pontiff heaped on him. [3:12] – CLICK https://x.com/abigailmarone/status/1516087183731535874 [:16] to see 2022, when a giant bunny had to remind Biden the Bewildered where he was supposed to be. CLICK https://x.com/MargoMartin47/status/1914344862683476252 [:20] to see 2025, when Trump had fun coloring with the kids.

EDUCATION: Today, 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in taxpayer-funded college loans. Only 38% are up-to-date with their repayments. Biden tried to buy votes by refusing to collect on those loans, despite Congress demanding he do so. That ends on May 5, 2025. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies.” ~ Education Secretary Linda McMahon

FAUXTUS: Biden’s X account tweeted out this weird family photo to “wish everyone celebrating today a peaceful and joyful Easter.” Joe was photoshopped in.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1914021246053785862 [:39] to see how our troops are helping protect our southern border.

PROMISES MADE. PROMISES NOT KEPT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/653329377513501 to hear 2008 candidate Obama decry the five million illegals Bush let in and the Americans who employ them for substandard wages. President Obama had a trifecta in Congress when he took office; he and the Democrat majority did exactly NOTHING to fix either problem.

PROPHECY: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1913772858339131400 [5:05] to hear Lefties pontificating on the absurdity of Donald Trump ever becoming POTUS. Clearly, Hillary believed it.

VALUES: The Dems’ X account posted that we should be outraged because, while real Americans were being forced to paint potatoes for Easter, the White House was using $30,000 worth of eggs for its annual Easter roll.

Meanwhile, in the comments –

  1. The eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll in 2025 were donated by the American Egg Board, on behalf of America’s egg farmers, continuing a nearly 50-year tradition of supplying approximately 30,000 eggs for the event. The event used small and medium-sized eggs which are not typically sold in retail to avoid straining the commercial egg supply.
  2. They cited the New York Times as a source [included spit take GIF].
  3. I’ll take, “Things that never happened” for 600, Alex.
  4. Of all the things that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen the most.
  5. Is this a comedy channel? [CTB notes: It’s the official Democrat Party X account.]
  6. FYI: Dem approval rate is at 21%.
  7. No one, not one single human being on this planet, was dyeing potatoes for Easter.
  8. You can get 5 dozen eggs at @SamsClub for $15 which is hugely less expensive than sending a senator to El Salvador for tacos and a margarita.
  9. When Biden left office I was paying $5.89 a dozen.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_k5fjUKBo2I to see another on-the-street portrait. I absolutely love this channel.

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by | April 21, 2025 · 8:16 am

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RIP: Pope Francis died early this morning in Rome. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio (88), the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires was elected to the papacy in 2005.

BORDER: If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just “a Maryland dad” like Dems claim, then why does he have MS-13 tattoos on his hand?

CATHOLIC: As of today, only 135 of the 252 living cardinals are under 80 and eligible to participate in the conclave to elect the new pontiff. Eighty-three percent of them were elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis who consistently chose leaders of small Churches or those on the margins. That means that those who will elect his successor come from a very broad variety of circumstances and experiences. The RCC does not require the pontiff to be elected from among this group, but the members of the conclave have yet to choose anyone else.

DEMOCRATS: They wouldn’t stand for a 13-year-old cancer survivor, but they’re traveling to El Salvador for a human trafficking wife abuser.

WATERGATE: Many people have died for something they believed was true. Nobody willingly dies for something they know is a lie.

GRAMMY NOTES: Frogging refers to having to rip out, or undo your hard work. Rip it. Ribbet. Get it?

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by | April 20, 2025 · 8:28 am

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by | April 19, 2025 · 8:05 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Teach us new ways to thank You! Amen.

2A: [13:58] – More than 10 million Americans who were convicted of non-violent felonies have zero right to own a fire arm. The Trump administration is moving to change that.

AUTISM: A new report from the CDC says autism rates among children in America have continued to rise at an alarming rate. They are currently at 1 in 31, significantly up from two years ago and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children born in 1992. It’s worse in boys, who are at 1 in 20.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that autism is a preventable disease caused by environmental factors, with possibilities including mold, air, medicines, and the increase in the average age of parents. He says nobody has really looked at these factors, but they will be launching studies soon.

BIG PHARMA: In a bid to limit industry influence, the FDA is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees. Noting that the FDA has “a history of being influenced unduly by corporate interests,” Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s new commissioner, said. “Industry employees are welcome to attend FDA advisory committee meetings, along with the rest of the American public, but having industry employees serve as official members of FDA advisory committee members represents a cozy relationship that is concerning to many Americans.” No kidding! And well done!

BORDER: As of April 14, more than 1,000 international students at over 170 colleges and universities have had their student visas revoked by the State Department.

FOREIGN AID: Here’s an idea … let’s stop sending money to other countries and let them hate us for free.

WALK AWAY: [5:39] – “What really did it for me was realizing how freaking depressed I was when I was a liberal.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1033845568629985 to see … well, just do it. 🙂

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/703544962351232 with a big tissue alert. ❤

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by | April 18, 2025 · 9:28 am

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BORDER: The Tennessee Star has revealed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected M-13 gang member the Democrats want returned to the U.S., was stopped driving without a license in 2022. Despite the fact that the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of trafficking the seven people inside the vehicle and that the man was on a terrorist watch list, Biden’s FBI ordered them to release him.

The one thing that is puzzling me about the Abrego Garcia case is conflicting report about his status in the country. The Alien Enemies Act requires “aliens to be duly apprehended and convened before such court, judge or justice; and after a full examination and hearing on such complaint and sufficient cause therefor appearing” etc. etc. Lots of the news reports say he was never given his day in court; the White House says he was.

GOOD DOG: Two-year old Boden Allen wandered out into the Arizona wilderness about 100 miles south of the Grand Canyon. A massive manhunt ensued with 40 rescuers, including Department of Public Safety rangers and a DPS helicopter. The teams spotted at least two mountain lions in the area. Thanks to a ranch dog named Buford, Boden was found, safe and in good health. The little boy had walked seven miles from his home and spent the night under a tree. CLICK https://x.com/LindseyRagas/status/1912686591354806620 [2:14] to hear the news report.

LAWFARE: [13:48] – Activist Democrat and New York Attorney General Letitia James is in a world of trouble. CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1912569749198045646 [:57] to hear James rant about the suit against her like she’s Rosa Parks, not a flaming hypocrite.

In other news … while researching this post, I stumbled over the fact that Letitia James’ current net worth is approximately $17 Million. Her NY AG job pays $165,000; this appears to be the highest paying job she has ever held.

LIVE: Comment by Viana Santoni-Oliver- I remember being in a grocery store after the Floyd riots when I witnessed 2 Black men, being gentlemen, telling a White woman to proceed ahead of them. She said no and then said “Black lives matter.” The second Black man loudly said, “All lives matter.” She was taken aback, to say the least.

MEDIA: Mainstream media outlets devoted a staggering 62 times more coverage to Trump tariffs than to the latest job report.

In other news, President Donald Trump will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 26.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/DODResponse/status/1912647385173446906 [:35] to see a new military recruiting ad. I ♥️ it.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/RutaUlcinaite/status/1912317589272866950 [:57] to see more than 300 citizens of Chelsea, Michigan, help a local bookstore move 9,100 books from its old to its new location just 400 feet away. ♥️

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by | April 17, 2025 · 7:04 am

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BORDER: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (photo) has been in the news a lot lately. Here is a summary of the situation – In 2011, Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally, allegedly to escape gang threats in his home country of El Salvador. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him “withholding of removal” status, based on the alleged gang threat. This status allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. He married a U.S. citizen and has had children with her.

On March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act as an MS-13 gang member, which is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. He was subsequently imprisoned without trial in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, despite never having been charged with or convicted of a crime in either country.

Despite the Democrat media machine ginning up massive support for this man, the Trump administration has held firmly to its claim that he is a high level leader in MS-13 who has facilitated human trafficking. In addition, his wife took out a restraining order following a beating by her husband; she now says they are working things out and she wants him back.

On April 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Salvador was illegal and ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his return. The administration said they would meet this obligation by providing a plane and admitting him into the U.S. if El Salvador chooses to release him. But President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador says he will not “smuggle a terrorist into the United States.”

On April 16, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) went to El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen, who voted against The Laken Riley Act, was told he didn’t give the prison enough notice to see the prisoner.

Also on April 16, the Trump administration released their evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 in good standing.

HAIKU APPRECIATION DAY: Yes, there really is such a thing. And, ta da! It’s today! Glass ballerina is my favorite of the haikus I have composed. I also googled Facebook and found some haiku groups. This posting by Linda Rivas Bole caught my attention –

the wind blows so hard

it helps with pollination

we will have flowers

MILITARY: In late March, the Pentagon began investigating leaks of national security information that was only available to a handful of high level personnel. On Tuesday, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick were escorted out of the Pentagon by security.

UK: The British Supreme Court just ruled on a case about whether a trans-identifying man with a “gender recognition certificate” that legally recognizes him as female is protected from discrimination as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The court said no; the legal definition of “woman” is based on biology and does not include trans-identifying men who say they are women. In response to the ruling, the British government said it supports “single-sex spaces.”

GRAMMY NOTES: [13:30] – The Ghost Army is an art history nerd’s catnip.

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by | April 16, 2025 · 7:10 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us continue to honor Your suffering and death this week even as we look forward with joy to celebrating Your resurrection! Amen.

ARCHEOLOGY: An altar from the Teotihuacan culture has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala. The Mayan altar, which is just over 3 feet wide, is believed to have been used for sacrifices, particularly of children. An archaeologist minimized the horror of routinely murdering children by claiming, “It’s not that they were violent; it was their way of connecting with the celestial bodies.” Kinda reminds me of “My body, my choice.”

DOGE: The team found there were 4.6 million government credit cards issued to fewer than 2.4 million employees. After 7 weeks of culling, DOGE has de-activated about 470,000 cards. There is still much work to do.

ENERGY: Last week, President Trump signed executive orders to revitalize clean coal, remove Biden-era coal plant restrictions, enhance electric grid reliability, and shield U.S. energy from radical leftist overreach.

LIFE: [3:29] – “God chose us to be his parents, and we feel so blessed.”

MILITARY: After VP Vance visited Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Colonel Susannah Meyers sent an email to all base personnel, including Canadians, Danes, and Greelanders who work there. It said, “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”

Department of Defense Chief of Staff Joe Kasper said, “Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated at the Defense Department.” Meyers has been removed from command.

SNL: [4:20] – Watch and ponder how SNL actually dared to present this very “politically incorrect” skit.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1910859248520606014 [1:05] to hear him tell reporters about his annual physical. “I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test that, I don’t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right.”

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