by | November 19, 2025 · 8:16 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bless the American bishops and Pope Leo with a broader and more accurate understanding of our battle to save our country. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1191212856257538 to see extraordinary footage of what happened to a man who tried to break into a Tabernacle. Stay to listen to the priest’s important message after. I’m sorry the thumbnail is so hard to see.

EPSTEIN: [7:30] – “It’s not like they were 8 year olds.” That reminds me of Whoopi Goldberg saying it wasn’t that big of a deal that Roman Polanski had drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, because “It wasn’t rape rape.” CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1341929594065803 [1:56] to hear why we still support Trump.

EVERYDAY HEROES: When it was their turn to have pictures taken with Snow White, Brody was having an autism meltdown. His mom writes, “Snow White was absolutely amazing with him! She kissed, hugged and cuddled him. He was laying his head crying on her lap. She then took him for a walk away from the crowd. She was amazing. She held his hand, danced with him, took him over to a bench and sat with him. She went above and beyond! She took so much time with him and was a pure angel! She was simply magical, and my family is forever thankful and touched.”

FLOOD MANAGEMENT: Fascinating! [26:12] – Where I live, flooding is a given. I never thought it would be a problem in the high desert. I know this one is long, but I was riveted, so maybe you will be also. 🙂

ICE: On November 9, Akhror Bozorov (31) was arrested while he was driving an 18-wheeler in Kansas. In 2022, Bozorov’s native Uzbekistan accused him of having ties to terrorists and issued a warrant for his arrest. He fled to the U.S. where, in February 2023, he was arrested by Border Patrol attempting to cross the border.

Despite the fact that his home country has labeled him a terrorist, the Biden administration granted him authorization to work and released him. Then Pennsylvania, under Gov. Josh Shapiro, gave him a Commercial Driver’s License. Cuz, yeah, terrorist illegal aliens should totes be operating 18-wheelers on America’s highways.

Even worse, Bozorov’s driver’s license has a REAL ID star on it, meaning he could use it to board a domestic flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. Cuz, why wouldn’t we want to give terrorist illegal aliens ready access to high value terror targets?

According to the TSA website below, only someone who has met “all federal regulations that establish minimum security standards” can get a REAL ID. Riiiiiiiiight.

LIFE: I have never understood abortion for terminally ill fetuses. If the only life they get is in the womb, then let them have every minute. And let them die peacefully, not torn apart or burned to death. I have personally known two women who received the devastating news that their babies would not live much beyond birth. Both carried to natural delivery and never regretted it.

PHILATELY: I definitely want one of these for my collection! The origami crane has long been a symbol of hope, peace, and healing. The stamp was designed using a photograph from the Peace Crane Project. The following is from their website –

“The Peace Crane Project invites every student on the planet to fold an origami crane, write a message of peace on its wings, then exchange it with another student somewhere in the world. The Project builds friendships, strengthens hand-eye coordination and writing skills, teaches geography, exposes students to new languages and cultures, and EMPOWERS YOUTH to make a difference in their community, country, and world. Classrooms, teachers, students, schools, community groups, and individuals are welcome. It’s FREE to participate!”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Pour out Your Spirit of reconciliation upon every community in our great nation. Let forgiveness flow like a river and love mend what hatred has torn. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

TAKING SIDES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/84b5I3IWV6o for an object lesson.

TEXAS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/24912554868436775 to hear what has the ACLU’s g-strings in a bunch.

TRUMP SHOOTER: [7:18] – Miranda Devine reports that the Biden FBI lied to Congress and the American people about what the shooter’s online history revealed. After the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, PA, then-FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress that the bureau had found nothing in Crooks’ online history that pointed to a motive or political ideology.

However, Crooks’ accounts on YouTube, Snapchat, Venmo, Zelle, GroupMe, Discord, Google Play, Quizlet, Chess.com and Quora showed that, while he had briefly been pro-Trump, he had switched sides, becoming radicalized and increasingly obsessed with political violence. All of this happened under his real name. There’s simply no way the FBI didn’t know it when they told us the exact opposite.

GRAMMY NOTES: When our #2 enlisted, she had a college degree, so could have gone to OCS immediately. Saying that, if she was ever going to lead soldiers, she should first be a soldier, she chose instead to go to regular boot camp as an E-1 Private. When she met her husband, she was a Specialist and he outranked her. Despite knowing it would mean she would not only outrank, but also outearn him, he encouraged her to follow her dream. When she graduated from OCS, I couldn’t be there to see him give her her first salute, so watching this clip was doubly special for me. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pOcNYFBS3qc and maybe grab a tissue.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6C8QMeMp8Y to hear a multi-toned flute made from deer antlers.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z3YfpRIuD1A to watch the Earth turn.

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by | November 18, 2025 · 5:28 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to be Psalm 23 people! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CA: A federal grand jury has indicted Williamson and four other co-conspirators of funneling $225,000 in money from a dormant campaign account. Williamson is also accused of falsely claiming more than $1.7 million in fraudulent business expenses on her taxes, for a $15,000 Chanel bag, a chartered jet and a nearly $170,000 birthday trip to Mexico.

CATHOLIC: [28:35] – Baby Brian Gallagher’s body was discovered to be in an apparently incorrupt state 37 years after his death in 1982, when his remains were exhumed for reinterment in 2019 at Black Hills National Cemetery in South Dakota. According to accounts from his parents, Mary Pat and Shawn Gallagher, and the funeral director involved, the infant’s body appeared remarkably preserved—described as looking “like we had just buried him that day,” with rosy cheeks, smooth skin, intact limbs, and even fresh-looking autopsy incisions—allowing it to be gently handled and re-dressed without decomposition or disturbance. This phenomenon has been interpreted by the family and Catholic commentators as a potential sign of divine grace, particularly in light of a conditional baptism performed shortly after his death, offering hope to grieving parents of infants who died without prior baptism. The story has gained attention in Catholic circles as a modern example of incorruptibility, though it remains unofficial and open to further discernment by the Church.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/joelpollak/status/1989862018430447705 [:31] to hear JFK’s grandson call his uncle “a rabid dog in [Trump’s] cabinet.” CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1884411538020393308 [:14] to hear him publicly mocking Bobby’s spasmodic dysphonia.

FAKE NEWS: On November 14, 2025, the Daily Mail published an article entitled, “Kash Patel hired deputy FBI director with no background check in extraordinary vetting breach.” Despite the sweeping allegation in the headline, the meat of the story is that Bongino was not required to take a polygraph test. ::smh:: Those things are unreliable enough that they aren’t admissible in court, so add an ::eyeroll::

Dan Bongino @FBIDDBongino responded, “All,

“I’m sincerely sorry for wasting your time on a weekend with nonsensical media fairytales, and I do realize the act of addressing this puts even more eyes on it.

“However, I work for you all, the American citizenry, on our nations’ top national security issues, and I can’t allow false headlines like this to stand.

“Claiming I was hired ‘with no background check’ is just a lie. It’s a complete fabrication. I held a security clearance, while protecting Democrat and Republican presidents, for over ten years. And all of the background check requirements for my current position as Deputy Director of the FBI have been met. Those are simple facts.

“Again, my apologies for wasting your time on this but I work for you and you should know the facts. I’m honored to serve in the Trump administration alongside Director Patel as your Deputy Director, and I will continue to hit the gas pedal on crushing violent crime and securing the Homeland.

“God bless America, and all those whose defend Her.”

LEFTIES LOSING IT: Climate activists want to have COP 30 put some effort into identifying climate change areas that affect women more than men. But they can’t agree on what a woman is.

Edward Teach writes, “It’s always fun, when two intractable wings of leftism collide, to wager on which side is going to come out on top.”

LIFE: Mamdani has publicly vowed to “protect New Yorkers from” pro-life pregnancy centers (also known as crisis pregnancy centers) by accusing them of spreading “false or deceptive information” and pledging to enforce regulations against them. As part of his platform, Mamdani promised to double city funding for the New York Abortion Access Fund and the Abortion Access Hub.

MTG: CLICK https://x.com/BarronTNews_/status/1990136580233650201 [:43] to hear Scott Jennings talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shift from staunch conservative to Democrat darling. I’m thinking either she’s an attention whore or the Democrats have something on her. Maybe both. Whatever is going on, it’s got Trump’s panties in a bunch.

PHILATELY: A new stamp issue for 2026 will feature the work of quiltmaker Harriet Powers, a formerly enslaved woman who was known for her story quilts. The issue features four panels from Powers’ “Pictorial Quilt,” which now resides at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord, Please grant that those in power seek Your face and trust in Your wisdom. Help them to be humble, fair, and righteous, and may they prioritize justice, truth, and peace. Guide their steps and decisions so that our nation may thrive under Your care. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

PSALM 23: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OnlDetuaPHA to hear a beautiful and very powerful message.

SCHUMER: According to a CNN report published on November 16, 2025, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged Democratic allies to keep the government shut down until Thanksgiving.

SCIENCE: CLICK https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1989712179868696631 [1:30] to hear RFK Jr. explain what researchers have found about the risks and benefits of flu shots.

SECRET SANTA: [5:44] – What a wonderful woman!

GRAMMY NOTES: My fear was never that He would take something away. My fear … terror really … was that if I ever let Him in and He rejected me as everyone else had, I would lose that one small hope – that He might not – which was all that kept me from killing myself.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0Dd0UM5VTU to hear what the 4-year-old said.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A-gpRW95TFo to hear what the 3-year-old said.

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by | November 17, 2025 · 4:29 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask that You will grant us each a clear understanding of how important our final years are in Your sight. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CATHOLIC: Powerful words! Make time to hear them with all your mind and heart. [21:09] – In a world that often neglects the elderly, Cardinal Sarah reminds us that God never forgets His faithful servants. Our lives continue to have meaning and our presence still carries a divine assignment.

DARWIN WAS WRONG: [14:26] – Dawkins and Meyer remind me a lot of other left-wing and right-wing apologists. On the left, we see sneering, personal attacks; on the right, we see calm and rational logic.

EPSTEIN: [7:36] – And people wonder why the files weren’t released during the Biden administration?

MICHELLE: CLICK https://x.com/MrReaganUSA/status/1989538382720970765 [1:01] to hear this hyper privileged woman whine about how persecuted she is. “Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes out CURLY. When we straighten it to follow YOUR beauty standards, we are TRAPPED by the straightness! That’s why so many of us can’t swim, won’t go to the gym because we’re trying to keep our hair straight for y’all! It’s exhausting, expensive and takes up so much time!! Why do we need an act of law to tell White folks to get outta our hair?!” — Michelle Obama

Are we also responsible for her decision to have her black nose caucasized? This woman needs Jesus.

PANTS ON FIRE: CLICK https://x.com/amuse/status/1989620769459245191 [:16] to hear AOC falsely state that Trump had a “close personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.” What is horrifying is that AOC can lie and slander so glibly. The emails prove the opposite. In fact, they show top Clinton and Obama officials were Epstein’s friends and associates.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, We pray today for those who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome that they will seek You and find peace and eternal life. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCAM CENTER TASK FORCE: [27:30] – U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro explains what the Trump administration is doing to protect us from Chinese crypto-scammers.

SHUTDOWNS: [8:16] – Today’s Democratic Party does want the United States to fail.

TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME: CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1989391689136681001 [2:00] to hear a psychotherapist talk about the 75% of his patients who are “hyper fixated” on Trump. “This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far as to call it the defining pathology of our time.” Colin Rugg posted, “Pray they find God. Politics is their religion and it’s all they have, which is why they have mental breakdowns when things don’t go their way.”

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AckSKU6IX24 to see what Stella did. A commenter posted, “Kid had a strong spirit, she will go far in life.” Indeed! On her first time out on skis, our #2 took off down the hill before we’d taught her how to snowplow. She face planted into a snow drift at the bottom of the hill, got right back up, and wanted to go again. She is now a wife, a mom, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. military. :-)<3

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v57pDlHiZtw to see a glass artist create an ornament.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jdsYSeeYYpo to see a hatter make a felt top hat the traditional way.

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by | November 16, 2025 · 6:09 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Come, Lord Jesus.

BORDER: Our country is a safer place since ICE arrested this thug who is a confirmed member of the 18th Street Gang, a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), who is on El Salvador’s “most wanted gang members” list for aggravated homicide, extortion, possession of drugs, and a litany of other felonies.

CATHOLIC: Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley, elected this week as the new president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has long supported denying Holy Communion to politicians, like Nancy Pelosi, who publicly support and vote in favor of abortion.

CHICOMS: [4:46] – This is truly demonic.

CROSS ON THE MOON: [3:33] < Check out the length of the video! ❤

MAHA: CLICK https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1987978033542943029 [1:54] to hear RFK Jr. expose the staggering hold Big Pharma has on evening news content. I am so grateful that we turned off the television in 1979.

PUBLIC SCHOOL: [:39] – Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge writes, “Every month, around 300 to 500 public school teachers are arrested or charged for incidents involving a minor, including sexual assault on minors. The majority of these cases do not receive much attention in the media and often school districts will “pass the trash”; quietly removing an offending teacher and using confidentiality agreements to cover up incidents, allowing that employee to simply move on to another school district and repeat the pattern all over again.”

“Pass the trash” … kinda reminds me of what the Catholic Church is routinely bashed for doing with pedophile priests.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord, shield our land from natural disasters and protect every soul from destruction. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SNAP: USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says about 80% of the people who have been using the program are able to work, 500,000 have been getting benefits twice under the same name, while another 5,000 are legally dead. Even worse, these numbers only cover the 29 states that have cooperated with the SNAP fraud investigation.

GRAMMY NOTES: Check out this super cool stamp in the Mascots’ collection! From the article linked below – In 1923, Germany experienced one of the worst cases of hyperinflation in modern history. By the end of the year, the German mark was worth practically nothing, with people carrying wheelbarrows full of money just to buy basic necessities. In November 1923, 4.2 trillion (4,200,000,000,000) German marks were worth the same as one American dollar.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ytPLZymI8VY to see what may be my favorite Dogs of the Week episode ever.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L1jBbmzJpFM and just ponder what a day in this mom’s life is like. LOL

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by | November 15, 2025 · 6:44 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You for giving us the gift of PRAYER. Amen. Alleluia!

CALIFORNIA: SecTrans Duffy threatened to revoke $160 million in federal funds if they didn’t find and revoke all the Commercial Drivers Licenses they’d issued to illegal aliens.

CROCKETT: CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1988736790140952962 [:38] to hear her equate lip filler with penis removal.

DHS: On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that more than 230 illegal aliens were arrested recently in Florida as a result of “Operation Dirtbag.” The multi-agency operation the operation targeted individuals who had previously been convicted of serious crimes and were living unlawfully in the United States. Among the drug traffickers and murderers were 150 child sex predators.

EDUCATION: Conservatives did well in this month’s elections. Moms for Liberty said more than half of their candidates won and cited inappropriate classroom content and gender identity policies as the deciding factors.

EVERYDAY HEROES: He probably LOVED it. After my grandson was born and I couldn’t travel to see him, my cleaning gal brought her newborn with her to work just so I could hold a new baby.

FETTERMAN: He’s been big in the news this past month, what with being the loudest Democrat critic of the shutdown. I heard him say recently that Republicans call him names; Democrats send him death threats. Now he has suffered a brief heart episode that made him dizzy enough that he fell on his face. He’s doing well and his doctors are adjusting his medication. But, please. He fell on his face. I would be so not surprised to learn he had been cursed by Democrat witches. We need to remember him (and all those the Democrats hate) in our prayers.

J6: “This is the biggest scandal of my lifetime.” ~ Thomas Massie [12:32] – Summary: “Big picture here, we’ve got 26 FBI informants who knew ahead of time the potential for civil unrest by left-wing agitators, but and here’s the key, did nothing to stop it. We have an alleged pipe bomber identified as a former Capitol police officer who then joins the CIA shortly after J6. We have FBI whistleblowers like Kyle Saraphin revealing that they were deliberately pulled away from the very spot where the pipe bombs would eventually be placed without any logical reason. We’re now learning that the bombs that were strategically placed hours before had 60-minute detonators and were reported around the time the capital was breached, suggesting a deliberate diversion of security forces. We’ve got Nancy Pelosi admitting that she refused Trump’s request for thousands of National Guard troops to keep peace and maintain security. And then we have the legacy media caught deliberately fabricating a narrative rather than reporting news. I’m sorry. This is not a conspiracy theory anymore. This is documented evidence from congressional investigations, FBI whistleblowers, and forensic analysis. The question isn’t what happened on January 6th. The question is who orchestrated it and why.”

MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts State Police (MSP) arrested 56 people across 38 communities last week during Operation Firewall, a three-day crackdown on child sexual abuse material and related crimes. The suspects, ranging in age from 18 to 75, now face charges pertaining to alleged child pornography possession, child enticement, assault and battery of a child, rape of a child and failure to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please grant extra angelic protection over all those who are being targeted by Democrat witches. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SHUTDOWN: VP Vance said he had several conversations with Democrats who told him they felt like they were being “held hostage” by their party’s left flank. He also said Schumer “probably ended his career, and he was the person who was fighting more than anybody to keep the government shutdown.”

UKRAINE: Close associates of Zelensky have been charged with embezzling $100 million of money supplied by us and other nations to defend Ukraine against Russia.

Okay, so maybe I’m a little shocked, but only because they have actually been charged.

GRAMMY NOTES: Shout out to Mama Buzz who was born 44 years ago today. In high school, she took both French and Spanish. One day, she answered a question in perfect Spanish only to have her teacher sigh and point out she was in French class.

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by | November 14, 2025 · 8:11 am

Democrats Segue to Epstein

As soon as they lost the shutdown, Democrats released previously undisclosed emails from Jeffrey Epstein they hoped would damage Trump’s reputation.

One said, “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump. VICTIM spent hours at my house with him, has never once been mentioned.” Another said Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a sex trafficking victim. The third said Donald Trump “knew about the girls.”

Republicans responded by disclosing 23,000 documents related to Jefferey Epstein and accused the Democrats of cherry-picking a few messages out of context in an effort to make Trump look bad.

Among those documents is an email in which Epstein mentions that one of his best-known accusers, Virginia Giuffre, had worked at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. But, before her death, Giuffre said that she only met Trump once, that he had not been not among the people who abused her, and that she didn’t think he had known of Epstein’s misconduct with underage girls.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital: “The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.”

“The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and ‘couldn’t have been friendlier’ to her in their limited interactions,” she added.

“The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre.”

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by | November 14, 2025 · 4:50 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Hail Mary, Full of grace, The Lord is with Thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

CATHOLIC HOSPITALS: On Wednesday, U.S. Bishops officially banned gender transition treatment at Catholic hospitals. Bishops will have autonomy in putting the new directives into law for their dioceses. More than one in seven patients in the U.S. are treated each day at Catholic hospitals. In some areas, Catholic hospitals are the only medical centers available.

CROCKETT: One of the Left’s Trump-hating darlings has just been outed for the elitist fraud she is. Federal Election Commission filings show that Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-39) has spent nearly $75,000 on luxury hotels, transportation and security this year. While “representing” her Dallas constituents, she found it necessary to stay at luxury hotels and use limousine services to visit Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “Am I gonna be alone?” Amy said to me the first night I took her. I grew up with little money and a loud house. When my mama passed, I helped raise my cousins. I learned early—family means staying. Years later, I started volunteering at a youth center. That’s where I met Amy, quiet and careful with her twin brothers, Micah and Miles. When I finished my foster classes, Amy was the first to move in. One night, she told me about their baby sister, Laila, placed in another foster home, almost adopted. The next morning, I called the agency. A week later, I met the couple and asked them to let the kids stay together. They agreed. Four beds. Four toothbrushes. One house is finally whole. At court, Amy looked up and said, “We don’t gotta pack anymore.”

HISTORY: During the Great Depression, widespread layoffs hit nearly every profession, including journalism. Women reporters were especially vulnerable, often the first to be dismissed when newsrooms downsized. Eleanor Roosevelt, recognizing this imbalance, took an extraordinary step: she began hosting her own press conferences, but with one condition, only female journalists could attend.

This wasn’t just symbolic. By creating a space where women had exclusive access to the First Lady’s insights and announcements, Roosevelt made their presence essential to news coverage. Editors were forced to keep women on staff if they wanted access to her briefings, effectively shielding dozens from unemployment and elevating their professional standing.

Beyond economic survival, Roosevelt’s move reshaped the role of women in media. Her press conferences became a platform for discussing social justice, civil rights, and women’s issues, topics often sidelined in mainstream coverage. In doing so, she didn’t just protect jobs; she expanded the scope and influence of women’s voices in American journalism.

ICE: On November 4 in Los Angeles, CA, ICE officers arrested Victoria Sorocean, an illegal alien wanted in her home country for premeditated murder committed with exceptional cruelty. Sorocean and an accomplice beat the victim with a stick and electrical cable before throwing the victim out a ninth-floor window. In 2013, she fled to the U.S. to avoid prison.

ICE had her in custody during the Biden administration, yet despite her murder conviction, they released her to roam free in American neighborhoods, as they did so many other criminals. Not this time. She will remain in ICE custody until she can be returned to Moldova.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1988043850640941139 [:58] to hear her talk about how savvy she was during the campaign.

Comment by @ugly_cowboy – “Trump was playing 4D chess while she was playing Candy Land.”

PLASTIC: [2:25] – Nzambi Matee is a materials engineer in Kenya who has figured out how to turn plastic waste into strong, lightweight paving bricks.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Father, pour out Your Spirit on America. Let revival break out in homes, churches, and workplaces. Amen.

SHUTDOWN: In case you hadn’t heard, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over.

SIGH: ::sigh:: my hometown. We call it “The Berkley of the East” and “The Soviet Socialist Republic of Ithaca.”

SMH: Then-Rep. Duffy resigned from his position after his ninth child was born with health complications requiring open-heart surgery. By resigning rather than taking leave, he sacrificed his salary, opened up the position for someone else to take over and actually do the work, and had to find a new line of work that allowed him to spend more time with his family.

Then-TransSec Buttigieg took maternity leave after delivery of the surrogate twins he and his husband had purchased. During his time at home, he continued to draw a salary while nobody was doing his job. At the end of his leave, he returned to his job at full pay.

SOCIALISM: I saw this on Facebook – “The Left’s favorite catchphrase is ‘Tax the rich’ not ‘help the poor’ because their ideology is based on envy and resentment.”

TRANSPO: On Nov. 10, Biden’s TransSec, Pete Buttigieg, posted to X – “Why is Trump going after America’s air traffic controllers, today of all days? It’s one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums.” CLICK https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1988447535996760492 [:44] to hear Trump’s TransSec, Sean Duffy, respond.

Posted on the thread by @xLEGUS – “South Bend resident here! When Pete was mayor, there were literally potholes large enough to plant trees in, but I agree, none exist large enough to hide all of his failures. It was great for South Bend when Pete left, unfortunately, very bad for the country!”

CLICK https://x.com/DGrayTexas45/status/1885489600589664646 [:37] to see then-TransSec Pete pretend to ride his bike to work.

Posted on the thread by @iamchrisbryant – “I actually was an air traffic controller- Pete shut down towers and centers during the pandemic and tried to make Western NC a no-fly zone. Hardly commendable performance.”

GRAMMY NOTES: This week, my 75-year-old husband got to climb two ladders to put storm windows back in the two windows we use for a/c. We’re looking into getting a couple of mini splits when/if Trump sends us that tariff bonus.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Psk_geG141A and watch to the end!

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by | November 13, 2025 · 6:16 am

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ANTIFA: CLICK https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1988055123910930942 [:20] and https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1988065091947032843 [:24] to see the tactics they used to try to stop people from attending a TPUSA event at UC Berkley.

CLICK https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1988092309507072374 [:15] to see how thoroughly they failed to stop people from attending a TPUSA event at UC Berkley.

CLICK either link below to hear what else happened.

ARGENTINA: A currency swap is an agreement between two countries to exchange currencies for a specified period, allowing them to stabilize their currencies and manage foreign exchange risks. Recently, the U.S. signed a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina to help prop up the Argentine peso amid its economic challenges. CLICK https://rumble.com/v71jpwq-scott-bessent-educates-economically-illiterate-msnbc-host.html [1:31] to hear Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explain why this is a win-win for America, not a “bailout” to benefit a foreign nation at our expense.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1988038226888847434 to hear RFK’s wife, Cheryl Hines, talk with Bill Maher about how mean the left has become. I blocked a lot of hateful posters in the thread who, as one person noted, proved the point.

END TIMES: CLICK https://x.com/secureainow/status/1988684446577602779 [1:15] to hear from a Japanese woman who married an AI chatbot.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “My dad Jacob was only 17 when I was born—and living with Down syndrome didn’t stop him from raising me on his own. People said he couldn’t do it. Some even thought I’d be taken away. But dad never gave up. He learned how to change diapers, make bottles, and calm me when I cried. My grandparents helped at first, but it was my dad who stayed up through the nights, reading stories and singing off-key lullabies. He worked part-time at a grocery store, saving every dollar for my school supplies and birthday cakes. We didn’t have much, but I never felt like I lacked anything. When I graduated, he was right there in the front row, clapping the loudest. Looking at him that day, I realized how much he had done for me—and how grateful I am that he never stopped trying.”

GO, BABY, GO: [4:49] – There are no powered wheelchair options for small children. This man fills the gap. I was thinking, “This is so cool,” until he got to how they modify them to also promote the individual kid’s rehabilitation goals. Now I need a tissue.

LAWFARE: President Donald Trump has pardoned Michelino Sunseri, calling his case a “prime example of excessive prosecution” and an example of regulatory overreach that burdens everyday Americans. Michelino Sunseri was convicted in 2024 of having briefly used an old trail that had technically been closed in the 1980s. However, the only indication that the trail was closed were two small forty-year-old signs. Morever, the trail had long been used by hikers and runners without the park service caring.

Sunseri was charged under 36 CFR § 2.1(b), a rule barring walking in nondesignated parts of protected areas, punishable by a fine and up to six months in jail. Prosecutors offered Sunseri a plea deal requiring him to pay a $5,000 fine and accept a five-year ban from Grand Teton National Park. Sunseri said no, because he is a local member of the community who regularly runs in the park.

He offered instead to perform community service and assist in closing or rehabilitating the trail. The National Park Service withdrew support for the prosecution, but federal attorneys pressed ahead with what Cato legal fellow Mike Fox called a case of “vindictive prosecution.”

Sunseri and his lawyers expressed gratitude for the president’s pardon, but noted “it never should’ve gotten this far.” Indeed.

NUMISMATICS: The U.S. Mint began producing pennies between 1792 and 1793. Due to inflation, it now costs more to make a penny than a penny is worth, so on Wednesday, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach hit a button to strike the final penny saying, “God bless America, and we’re going to save the taxpayers $56 million.” Officials said the final few pennies will be auctioned off to collectors.

PLAYING THE AIR: [4:22] – The Mascots are studying unusual musical instruments this month and I am absolutely captivated by this one. It looks like the soloist is just pretending to play an instrument. But she isn’t. Her instrument is called a theremin. It is an electronic musical instrument named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928.

The two metal antennas you can see in the video each function as one half of a capacitor, with the thereminist’s hands functioning as the other half. One antenna controls frequency, while the other controls volume.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Holy Spirit, Breathe life into our nation once more. Sweep from city to city, breaking spiritual apathy and stirring hearts to repentance. Let Your glory fill our land. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SECRET SANTA: [5:27] – One commenter posted, “These are how I start my day now.” Indeed. The person behind these gifts blesses so many more than the families in the videos.

TRANS: According to multiple large-scale surveys, non-binary and transgender identification among teens and college students peaked in 2023 and has fallen by half ever since.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://polination.blog/2025/11/12/bits-bytes-2193/ to see a beautiful love story.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2YTZGv2yF4U to hear an honest review of The Rainbow Salon.

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Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Prepare us now for when You return. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BBC: Last week, The Telegraph reported that the BBC’s premiere investigative program, the longest-running in the world, deceptively edited Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, to make it seem like he called for violence at the Capitol.

CLICK https://x.com/realvictorad/status/1987647336508481779 [:21] to hear the BBC version and the original

Both the BBC Director General Tim Davie & News CEO Deborah Turness have been forced to resign. Trump’s lawyers have also sent a letter to the BBC, demanding the network retract “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” made about Trump that were “fabricated and aired by the BBC”

“Failure to comply will leave President Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to recover damages for the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that the BBC has caused him to suffer, with all rights and remedies being expressly reserved by President Trump.”

CATHOLIC: Please pray a Hail Mary for an increase in vocations to the priesthood.

CORNELL: Cornell University has agreed to pay the federal government a $30 million fine over three years and the DOJ has agreed to stop investigating all the ways the university has violated federal civil rights laws. Federal grants (about $250 million) to the institution will thus be unfrozen.

N.b., I chose the graphic above because it shows the building where Dearest and I first met in January 1979 and where we were joined in holy matrimony on October 13 of that same year.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “Mister, I miss my sisters,” my youngest said that first night. My name’s Marcus, and I grew up in foster care. I still remember the night they split me from my little brother, Aaron. That sound of him crying through the wall never left me. I promised myself that if I ever got the chance, no kid would go through that again. Years later, I became a foster parent. The first children who came were three brothers—Jayden, Malik, and Noah. They were polite, quiet, and scared to unpack. Then I found out they had two sisters, Ava and Chloe, living in different homes across town. That same night, Jayden looked up and said those words: “Mister, I miss my sisters.” I started calling everyone I could—social workers, agencies, judges. I begged until all five kids could live under one roof. The day they walked through my door together, the house finally sounded like home. When the adoption became official, all five stood beside me in court. I looked at them, and I told them, “You’ll never be apart again.”

FIFTY-YEAR MORTGAGES: “This just means your house will be owned by the bank until you die, and after. We don’t need 50 year mortgages. Get the illegal immigrants out of our country. Give America back to Americans.” ~ Matt Walsh

NYC: “Mamdani is going to run out of other people’s money much faster than other communists … because people in NYC are allowed to flee.” ~Nick Freitas

OBAMACARE: [5:17] – Democrats are blaming the sudden and very steep rise in Obamacare premiums on Republicans. But Republicans opposed Obamacare from the start. The shutdown during Trump’s first term was their attempt to scuttle it before it did irreparable damage to our health care system. The Obamacare premium subsidies, which are expiring, were also voted in by Democrats with the expiration date they’re now blaming on Republicans.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord Almighty, we place our nation under Your mighty protection. Defend our borders, our cities, and our people from every form of danger—whether seen or unseen. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

PROGRESSIVES: These are the people who keep saying MAGA is a cult.

S&G: One of the largest branches of the German Protestant church has defended a pastor after she blessed a relationship between four men and declared the “polycule” was married “in the eyes of God.”

The event occurred at a “pop-up wedding festival” at the St Paul the Apostle church in Berlin which was offering free blessings for those who wished to avoid “lengthy formalities.”

The pastor said, “You could see right away that there was so much love between them. Why should God have anything against there being four of them rather than two?”

Maybe for the same reason He should have everything against treating marriage like it’s a sideshow carnival attraction.

SECRET SANTA: “Healing is not linear.” [6:10] – May God bless this amazing woman. I need a tissue.

SHUTDOWN: Too bad it took him 42 days too long to remember to stand up for the people who pay his wages.

TENNESSEE: [:35] – In addition to locating and safely returning 101 missing children as of Sunday, Nov. 9, the U.S. Marshals Task Force has arrested 2,342 individuals on various charges, clearing more than 1,000 warrants in 41 days.

GRAMMY NOTES: I love Bootz’s math book!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bS5bVpgU8dk for a feel good story.

CLICK https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1987703084596724058 to hear what a pilot said recently to prepare his passengers for their flight.

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Veterans Day

BOOTYJUDGE: Yesterday morning during a live CNN interview with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Jake Tapper said that Pete Buttigieg had accused Kennedy of being “out of touch, behind the times” and that Kennedy “should do [his] homework.”

Kennedy pulled a sheet of paper out of his jacket pocket and read, “Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg. Mayor of South Bend, population 103,000 — smaller than Baton Rouge’s airport. Oversaw 1,000 potholes fixed… in eight years. Left office with a 38% approval rating. Harvard, Oxford, McKinsey — fancy words for ‘I’ve never met a payroll I couldn’t consultant away.’ High-speed rail plan: $2.1 billion for 12 miles of track that still ain’t laid. Current job: shows up to disasters after the cameras leave.”

The senator then folded the paper and said, “Jake, tell Pete I did my homework. Tell him when he can run a city bigger than a Cracker Barrel parking lot, maybe then he can tell Louisiana how to spend our money. Till then, bless his heart.”

Buttigieg’s communications team later called Kennedy’s remarks “childish.” Kennedy responded, “Son, childish is promising trains that never leave the station.”

FAKE NEWS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3954549228138991 [1:11] to hear the true story behind the latest anti-ICE Democrat media lie.

On November 5 in Chicago, agents attempted to make a “targeted traffic stop” on a vehicle registered to Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, an illegal alien from Colombia. Rather than comply, Santillana Galeano and the man who was driving the vehicle sped away. Pulling into a shopping plaza, the two fled the vehicle and ran into the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center where they attempted to barricade themselves.

Fortunately, they were blocked from endangering the children by a set of locked inner doors and agents were able to apprehend the woman inside the vestibule. Video of them wrestling her, screaming and struggling, out the front doors went viral, with flaming headlines about a “day care teacher” having been “violently” arrested in front of her young students.

FACT ONE: The woman, who was not a teacher or an employee at the day care center, fled from a lawful traffic stop, then attempted to endanger children to evade arrest.

FACT TWO: ICE agents never entered the classrooms to arrest her.

ITHACA, NY: My home town.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, We pray in a special way today for all of our veterans, particularly those who are still suffering ill effects related to their time in service. Help them. Heal them. And grant them all eternal life. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SECRET SANTA: [5:00] – Another good one.

TARIFFS: On Sunday, Trump announced his plan to spread the t ariff wealth around in the form of dividend checks to all but high-income Americans.

GRAMMY NOTES: Last Saturday, Bootz’s Trail Life troop built a Nativity scene. It was his first time using a power saw.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mi4CbKweLZo to see all the amazing costumes this one-legged man has created.

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