Fifth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Show each of us what gifts You have given to each of us to give to Your son. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

EVERYDAY HEROES: During college, Veronika Scott was assigned the task of designing something to fill a social need. After five months of working closely with the individuals at a local homeless shelter, she had designed a heat-trapping jacket that can transform into a warm and weather-resistant sleeping bag. At one point during her visits at the shelter, Veronika was approached by a woman who stated that “We don’t need coats. We need jobs.” Scott began to hire and train homeless mothers to make the coats, a project that evolved into a non-profit organization known as Empowerment Plan.

“Our goal is to help build a better life for those that have become trapped in the cycle of homelessness. We mostly hire homeless parents from local shelters to become full time seamstresses so that they can earn a stable income, find secure housing, and gain back their independence for themselves and for their families.”

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: If you’re not into burritos, it also comes in waffle, sprinkle doughnut, pepperoni pizza, and dairy cow. Customer review notes the default (cheapest) is a baby blanket, not the big one shown on the model.

HYPOCRISY: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1995586141287055630 [1:23] to hear Obama say in October 2016 how dangerous it is to question the legitimacy of an election, then in December 2016, question the legitimacy of an election.

ISLAM: [6:46] – Comment: “What kind of God would promise the souls of 72 virgins to a homicide bomber? Satan would.

PHYSICS IS FUN: [7:35] – When I was a graduate student in Communication Arts at Cornell, our professor told us a story to illustrate his lesson about redefining a problem that seems to have no solution. IOW, asking the right question. The story was about an apartment building super who kept getting pink slips from tenants complaining that the elevator was too slow. He had the elevator guys come several times, but they said it was running at peak efficiency. The super changed his question from “How do I speed up the elevator?” to “How do we stop the tenants from complaining about waiting for the elevator?” Solution: Install full length mirrors beside each of the elevator doors.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Fill our nation with Your Son! In His Holy Name, we pray. Amen.

SCIENCE: Maybe Australia’s draconian 94% COVID-19 vaccination rate might have something to do with it?

TRUMP: [15:09] – Jesse Watters reports on Trump’s 9th cabinet meeting. Biden held 9 also, but that was during his entire term, not his first year. Also, Jill hosted one of them. But yeah, let’s hear from Democrats about how Trump is in decline. ::smh::

CLICK https://x.com/DOGE__news/status/1995815206161965056 [2:30] to hear Donald Trump on Oprah many years ago. Interesting! Democrats loved him when he identified as one of them. As soon as he decided to run as a Republican, he became the worst man on the planet.

CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1996241994255913386 [:32] to hear Scott Jennings speak truth to power about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with Trump vs. Democrats.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KXg6199D6ak to watch a Foley artist at work.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZwZH9IbUie0 to hear an amazing true story!

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Fourth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us each the graces we need to perform the unique tasks You assign us. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIDEN: Just a little (cringe) flashback to what Jill did when she was the FLOTUS in charge of Christmas at the White House.

EVERYDAY HEROES: “Your body might break at times, but as long as your spirit doesn’t break, you’ll get through it, and get creative and find a way.” [25:12] – Amy Purdy lost both her lower legs when she was 19 years old. She went on to become a champion snowboarder and, in 2014, competed on Dancing with the Stars. Five years later, she suffered a massive blood clot in one leg that made it impossible for her to use a prosthetic.

“She lived for 20 years with her biological legs, another 20 years with prosthetic legs, and now she’s staring down the next two decades knowing new challenges lie ahead. ‘How do I want to live the next 20 years of my life?’ she asks. “I want to make sure that I’m fully taking care of myself and I’m thinking more of sustainability and longevity and health and wellness versus just accomplishing everything I can.’”

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: CLICK https://x.com/llandoniffirg/status/1994420487808549098 to see a giant inflatable Grinch. I am very sorry that I was not able to source this for your shopping pleasure.

HYPOCRISY: CLICK https://x.com/Kevin__McMahon/status/1995649546479960538 [2:13] to hear a reminder of a drone strike Democrats had no problem with … when Biden ordered it.

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: [11:19] – More winning! Biden lost more than 50% of his SCOTUS cases; Trump has been winning more than 90%.

LIFE: Last year, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued 11 pro-life pregnancy centers for allegedly spreading false and misleading information in violation of state business fraud laws. The Alliance Defending Freedom represented the centers’ right to inform women about abortion pill reversal.

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled in favor of the pro-life centers, saying the First Amendment clearly protects their right to speak and their clients’ right to hear about this potentially life-saving option.

MIRACLE MINUTE: [7:40] – I was privileged to hear the testimony of an elderly lady in our parish who had kept her Lourdes miracle a secret for 13 years, lest the cancer return. It never did.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Keep our eyes on the Real Reason for the Season! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCIENCE: FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says that Pfizer’s experimental mRNA influenza vaccine will not receive approval because it showed “zero benefit” in trials.

“We’re not just going to rubber stamp new products that don’t work, that fail in a clinical trial. It makes a mockery of science.”

SECRET SANTA: [3:52] – Imagine the relief!

TRANSPORTATION: The Transportation Department has removed 3,000 commercial driver license training providers from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Training Provider Registry government licensure requirements. An additional 4,500 training providers have been put on notice for possible noncompliance.

GRAMMY NOTES: [3:37] – Mama Buzz sent this video to me with the following, which I do not recall ever hearing about before! “Reminds me of the independent first grader I was on the first day… yup, an old veteran at the busses, got on the wrong bus because they had CHANGED THE ORDER from the year before! It wasn’t just me. One of the kids who also went to Bonnie’s and was a year ahead of me also got on that bus. Rather than being some of the first kids off like we normally would, we had to ride the entire bus route and then got dropped off .”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-cWQ48YSa2k to see Norway’s bicycle elevator.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-cWQ48YSa2k to see how “sinking” wells are constructed.

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Vaxxxine Lies

CLICK https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1995631496229720314 [:57] to hear the following Howie Mandell claim, “They never said you won’t get COVID if you take the vaccine,” then refuse to watch a tape of them saying it, because “it doesn’t matter.”

In May 2021, Anthony Fauci, then chief medical adviser to President Biden, appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Among other things, he said that fully vaccinated people “become a dead end to the virus.

In July 2021, President Joe Biden appeared on a CNN town hall and state, “You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.” Biden has had the vaccinations; he has also caught COVID three times.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky (March 2021): “Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick.

On March 29th, 2021, Rachel Maddow said on her MSNBC show, ”Vaccinated person gets exposed to the virus. The virus does not infect them. The virus cannot then use that person to go anywhere else. It cannot use a vaccinated person as a host to get more people. That means the vaccines will get us to the end of this.”

During a July 23, 2020 CNN town hall entitled “Coronavirus: Town Hall with Bill Gates,” Gates said, “By the end of 2021, if people are willing to take the vaccine, we’ll be able to stop the transmission in the rich countries and maybe within nine months after that, in the world at large.”

During a CBS interview in April 2021, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla stated, “The protection it offers is 100% against hospitalizations and deaths, and 95% against infections.

While testifying before Congress in May 2021, then-CDC Director Robert Redfield stated, “Inoculated people become dead ends for the virus.”

In early 2021, then U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stated, “These vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing infection and transmission.

On March 29, 2021, the CDC published an article entitled, “Real-World Study Confirms Protective Benefits of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines”, in which it said, “Vaccination with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine reduces infections by 90%, while a single dose confers 80% protection.”

In December 2020, then-UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock stated, “The vaccines will prevent people from catching and spreading the virus.

In December 2020, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated highlighted global trial results and stated that vaccines like Pfizer’s would reduce infections by 95%.

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Third Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Show us in a deeper way today how much You love us! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1SnzdUv3MG0 to hear what Devan did for Nola. I checked and this is true. It happened in 2022.

FLOTUS: CLICK https://x.com/FLOTUS/status/1995493761363906621 [1:05] to see what Melania Trump did with the White House for Christmas.

HEALING PRAYERS: “Andrew is fighting for his life,” Trump added. “His parents are unbelievably great people, highly religious people. And, they’re praying, and they want everybody to pray for Andrew. He has a chance to make it.”

Heavenly Father, we come before you in faith, seeking your healing touch for Andrew. We believe in your power to restore him to full health and well-being. Ease his pain, heal his wounds, and fill His soul with peace. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: “You can pour in sauces, salad dressings, milk, broth, syrups, meat gravy, cheese dips and anything else you can think of. Microwave and Dishwasher Safe.”

INQUIRING MINDS: “The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask them how many Republicans there are in their Sociology department.” – Thomas Sowell

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1993705367084134469 [1:16] to see Jen Psaki (who is apparently suffering from post-Botox eye droop) and Glenn Kirschner say that the Department of War investigating Sen. Mark Kelly is worthy of a Nuremberg trial.

MINNESOTA: More than 400 employees of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) their governor is “100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota.”

“We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. In addition to retaliating against whistleblower[s], Tim Walz disempowered the Office of the Legislative Auditor, allowing agencies to disregard their audit findings and guidance.”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Thank You for all the days You have and will carry us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

SECRET SANTA: Watch to the end. [6:27] – “People are so good.”

TDS: CLICK https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/1994051515900744009 [1:03] to hear David Letterman declare that Trump is not only a dictator, but he is the worst one the world has ever seen.

  1. Enver Pasha of Turkey: Death toll =1.1 to 2.5 million
  2. Kim Il Sung of North Korea: Death toll = 1.6 million
  3. Ho Chi Minh of Northern Vietnam: Death toll = 1.7 million
  4. Pol Pot of Cambodia: Death toll = 1.7 to 2.4 million
  5. Saddam Hussein of Iraq: Death toll = 2 million
  6. Yahya Khan of Pakistan: Death toll = 2 to 12 million
  7. Hideki Tojo of Japan: Death toll = 4 million
  8. Vladimir Lenin of U.S.S.R.: Death toll = 4 million
  9. Hirohito of Japan: Death toll = 6 million
  10. Chiang Kai-shek of China: Death toll = 10 million
  11. Adolf Hitler of Germany: Death toll = 17 to 20 million
  12. Joseph Stalin of U.S.S.R.: Death toll = 40 to 62 million
  13. Mao Zedong of China: Death toll = 45 to 75 million

TRUMP’S PHYSICAL: “As part of President Donald J. Trump’s comprehensive executive physical, advanced imaging was performed because men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health. The purpose of this imaging is preventive: to identify issues early, confirm overall health, and ensure he maintains long-term vitality and function.

“President Trump’s cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal. There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels. The heart chambers are normal in size, the vessel walls appear smooth and healthy, and there are no signs of inflammation, or clotting. Overall, his cardiovascular system shows excellent health.

“His abdominal imaging is also perfectly normal. All major organs appear very healthy and well-perfused. Everything evaluated is functioning within normal limits with no acute or chronic concerns.

“SUMMARY: This level of detailed assessment is standard for an executive physical at President Trump’s age and confirms that he remains in excellent overall health.”

VALUES: The people who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination are offended that Trump said this.

GRAMMY NOTES: I remember one day when my mom handed me a piece of leftover pie for breakfast. Since I usually got an egg with toast and orange juice, I raised my brows and she said, “It’s got egg, wheat, and fruit in it!”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lxYAJvCqfN4 to see the Zapata Air Scooter which costs only ::coughcough:: a quarter of a million dollars to purchase.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HZ5Kfg6oejg to see an unusual wooden sculpture meant to evoke the pull of the sea.

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Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Inspire each of us to be as brave as the little girl in the video, walking boldly to light up the world with your love! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen. Alleluia!

CATHOLIC: When the Gospel is about to be read at Mass, the priest says, “A Reading from the Gospel according to St. ____” and the congregation responds, “Glory to You, Oh Lord.” At this time, Catholics make a small cross with the thumb over the forehead, lips, and chest, praying silently, “May the Word of God be ever in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart.”

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g500R1vcCGQ to hear how very Christian our nation’s founding really was.

CONDEMNING SOCIALISM: On Friday, November 21, just hours before New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — a self-described democratic socialist — was scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House, the House of Representatives passed a resolution (258-98) condemning socialism in all forms. All of the 98 were Democrats.

CLICK https://x.com/cspan/status/1991904830252802409 [2:27] to hear Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar [R-FL-27] challenge Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA-43] to condemn Fidel Castro.

G20: On November 28, 2025, President Trump posted, “The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers. To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them. Perhaps, worst of all, the soon to be out of business New York Times and the Fake News Media won’t issue a word against this genocide. That’s why all the Liars and Pretenders of the Radical Left Media are going out of business! At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony. Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year. South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Hmm … refusing to hand off the presidency to the next host country reminds me of Nancy Pelosi tearing up Trump’s SOTU speech.

JAPAN: Japan’s growing Muslim population is currently estimated at 350,000.

LIFE: Isn’t it interesting how abortion is “only 3%” of the services Planned Parenthood provides, yet as soon as Medicaid stopped covering abortions, all of these places had to shut down?

CA = Gilroy, Los Angeles, Madera, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, South San Francisco;

IL = Bloomington, Decatur, Englewood, Ottawa;

IN = Evansville;

IA = Ames, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Urbandale;

LA = Baton Rouge, New Orleans;

MI = Ann ArborM Jackson, Petoskey, Marquette;

MN = Apple Valley, Alexandria, Bemidji, Richfield;

MO = Joplin;

NV = Las Vegas (2);

NJ = Bellmawr, Englewood;

NY = Manhattan;

OH = Cleveland, Franklinton, Hamilton, Springfield;

PA = Moon Township;

TN = Memphs;

TX = Houston (2), Tyler;

UT = Logan, St. George;

VT = St. Johnsbury;

WI = Delavan.

LYING LIAR: CLICK https://x.com/Patri0tContr0l/status/1994792777167536576 [1:10] to hear a physician say, with a straight face no less, that Joe Biden a year ago was “high functioning” and “robust” while Donald Trump today is “clearly” suffering from “age-related cognitive decline.”

MARIJUANA: Cannabis-related ER visits have increased by 650% since 2016. One of the ailments is cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) that affects chronic cannabis users, causing severe nausea, repeated vomiting, abdominal pain, dehydration, weight loss, and, in rare cases, heart rhythm problems, seizures, kidney failure, and death.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, When we feel discouraged, remind us of Miguel Pellicer’s persistent faith. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

SCIENCE: Studies are showing that eating foods rich in flavanols — natural compounds found in cocoa, berries, apples, tea and nuts — can boost memory and help protect blood vessels from the harmful effects of prolonged sitting.

SECRET SANTA: [9:31] – “Who would do that?!”

VAXXXINE: On Friday, Dr. Vinay Prasad, Director of FDA’s vaccine division, reportedly sent a memo to staff revealing that ten children died “after and because of” receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. The deaths were related to myocarditis (i.e., inflammation of the heart muscle).

“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad reportedly wrote in the memo which has not been publicly released. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz sent this fun photo to kick off Advent. She grew the Christmas cactus from a cutting she took from her paternal grandmother’s prized specimen.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1994492569368363473 [3:20] to see this year’s pro-family Christmas ad from Chevrolet. Grab a tissue. You’ll need it.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QCfQyumenQY to hear about this heart surgeon’s most memorable case.

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First Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, As we begin this season of Advent, may our hearts be filled with the hope that comes from knowing Your promises are true. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AUTOPEN: On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he is revoking all executive orders that were signed with an autopen under President Joe Biden “because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally.” According to Trump, 92% of documents signed by Biden were done so with the autopen.

BORDER: On Thursday, President Trump announced on social media: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.”

A total or near-total shutdown of immigration has been enforced many times throughout U.S. history, most recently during COVID-19, but also during the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression, World War II, and in the months following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

CATHOLIC: On the morning of the third day of his Apostolic Journey to Türkiye, Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the “Blue Mosque.”

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QLcDNDe1u5g to hear about the original breadline.

HONG KONG: A devastating fire ripped through a group of high rise apartments built in 1983 and housing 4,600 people, about a third of them over the age of 65. NONE of the building’s smoke alarms sounded when the fires broke out. The death toll is over 100, with hundreds more still missing.

NATIONAL DEBT: Why can’t leftists ever apply “sustainability” to the economy?

POLITICAL VIOLENCE: John Wilson Bennett and Mark Booth Bennett, brothers and United States citizens, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit malicious wounding, a violation of Virginia state law. The Virginia Beach Police Department launched an investigation after an off-duty Norfolk, Virginia police officer overheard the two discussing their plans to attack ICE agents. John Bennett has been the Assistant Principal of Kempsville High School since 2009.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Send Your angels to guard our land and grant wisdom to our security forces. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCIENCE: A new study entitled “Does tattoo exposure increase the risk of cutaneous melanoma? A population-based case-control study” has been published in the European Journal of Epidemiology. It reports that people with tattoos face a 29% higher risk of contracting cutaneous melanoma (CM), an aggressive type of skin cancer.

SEDITIOUS SIX: CLICK https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1993880532883550482 [4:12] to hear Stephen A. Smith’s epic rant.

SMH: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that his department is working to end federal tax benefits for illegal migrants … including the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and the Saver’s Match Credit.”

“If you’re here illegally, there’s no place for you in our financial system.” – SecTreas Bessent

How was this ever a thing?!

SOCIAL SCIENCES: This study and its result remind me of a study one of my professors told us he had done in which he and a buddy pretended to stall their car in the middle of an intersection, then timed how long it took for someone to honk. The times were significantly longer for the high end car than for the beater.

GRAMMY NOTES: In 1982, at a family gathering, I told Dearest it was his turn. As he came to take our daughter from me, my brother mocked him saying he could count on one finger the number of diapers he had ever changed. Our father chimed in that he didn’t need any fingers. My Dearest just raised his brows and said, “Didn’t you ever learn how?” and took care of his daughter.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2148640289210406 to see what two homeschooled kids got on their standardized tests. ❤

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IFQQbJjhnvA to see some smart horses.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You for Your endless mercy. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

2A: On December 4, the Justice Department expects to open its new “Second Amendment Rights Section” in the civil rights. It will be dedicated to investigating local laws or policies limiting gun rights.

BORDER: In 2009, Etoria’s green card was revoked and he was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge. Sixteen years later, he has finally been deported.

D.C. SHOOTING: [9:51] – Trump has ordered 500 more Guardsmen to DC in response to the shooting of two unarmed National Guardsmen in downtown Washington just blocks from the White House. One of the victims, Sarah Beckstrom, has died of her wounds. The other, Andrew Wolfe, is in critical condition.

The shooter has been identified as a 29-year-old illegal alien named Rahmanullah Lakanwal. The man first came to the US during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal as part of Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome” and overstayed his visa.

CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1993781096517976460 [:26] to hear what Elissa Slotkin (D), one of the Seditious Six, said just days before the two unarmed National Guardsmen were shot down in cold blood.

CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1993812611960590629 [1:29] to hear Nicolle Wallace and Al Sharpton blame Trump for the shooting.

CLICK https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1993891304171033018 [:30] to hear an MSNBC talking head say the shooting “happened” because of “people walking around with uniforms in an American city.”

FAKE NEWS: On November 26, 2025, Amy Klobuchar, the senior United States senator from Minnesota, posted the graph above, saying, “Under President Trump, electricity prices are surging — up 11%! — leaving millions behind on their utility bills, with past-due balances at an all-time high. American families deserve better.”

Reality Check One: When President Trump took office in January 2025, the average price of electricity was $0.179/kwh. It is currently $0.188/kwh, which is a 5% increase, not an 11% increase.

Reality Check Two: The graph shows a 31.5% increase in past due utility balances during the final three years of Biden’s term, plus the first, partial year under Trump.

Reality Check Three: When Trump left office in January 2020, the average price of electricity was $0.136/kwh. When he returned to office after Biden, it was $0.179, representing a 31.6% increase under President Biden.

LAWFARE: Fani Willis’ RICO case against Donald Trump has been dismissed in its entirety.

MEDIA: According to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the cost of last year’s Thanksgiving dinner for ten was $58. The AFBF’s estimate for this year’s was $55. Most of the hits I got for “thanksgiving dinner cost” cited these figures, noting the decrease.

Some, however, chose to cite last year’s AFBF price as a benchmark, then claimed that this year’s AFBF price was too low by $18.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kSbDBkY7EuQ to learn how you should have brined the turkey. Maybe you can bookmark it for your next turkey-bird-worthy holiday. 🙂

MINNESOTA: In the land of Gov. “Jazz Hands” Walz, a jury took only four hours to find Abdifatah Yusuf guilty of stealing $7.2 million from public funds. Even AG Keith Ellison praised this conviction. A single woke judge named Sarah West just vacated his conviction, because … she didn’t like it? The Attorney General’s office has filed an appeal.

PENNSYLVANIA: Gov. Shapiro has struck a critical blow to hair racism by signing the CROWN Act, thus “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” He even cited Holy Writ to drive home how very, very important this issue is. “For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” ~1 Samuel 16:17

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Have mercy on the soul of Sarah Beckstrom and grant her loved ones peace. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SEDITION: A retired colonel with command experience and a lawyer with 30+years of experience writes at Townhall that the investigation of Captain/Senator Mark Kelly “is not frivolous.” The article is worth reading in full.

TRASH TALK: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1993464825897198035 [1:02] to hear repulsive racist Democrats root for the failure of J.D. Vance’s marriage.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dsBQ4lF7p64 and enjoy clips of dogs with sticks.

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Thanksgiving Day

EDUCATION: The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) gives placement tests to incoming freshmen. In 2016, the placement test identified fewer than 100 students (~1% of the class) needed to take a remedial math class before they could start college level math. This year, 25% of the UCSD freshmen failed to correctly answer this problem: 7 + 2 = ___ + 6.

EDUTAINMENT: The 2000 feature film “U-571” shows American sailors capturing a German U-boat and retrieving an Enigma machine, an act that helped crack Nazi codes. While the movie is dramatic and entertaining, it is not true. In reality, the operation that inspired the film was carried out by British sailors months before the U.S. even entered the war.

FAKE NEWS: Last Sunday, Reuters reported that DOGE was gone. Reuters lied. DOGE is still an operational agency that will continue to execute on its mission until May 2026.

FANG BANGER: Eric Fartswell apparently wants to be the next governor of California. CLICK https://x.com/amyforsandiego/status/1992956586734813583 [:53] to hear what he would do to protect women’s safety in bathrooms and locker rooms.

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B4If5XT421E to hear Nick Freitas explain in simple terms why nationalized health care is a con.

HOMESCHOOLING: Before the COVID lockdowns, about 3% of families were homeschooling. Recent estimates put the total homeschooling population at about 6%. “This isn’t a pandemic hangover; it’s a fundamental shift in how American families are thinking about education,” says Angela Watson of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Homeschool Hub.

NIGERIA: [2:49] – Update on kidnappings.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, We ask for Your mercy over our nation. Forgive us and heal our land. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

WOMEN’S SPORTS: Andrea Thompson, left, finished second to Jammie Booker at the 2025 World’s Strongest Woman competition. The competition’s rules state that competitors can only compete in the category for the biological sex recorded at birth. After Booker was outed as male, they apologized and gave Thompson the win.

X: Since X added geo-locations to account profiles, foreign psyops accounts have been getting outed and deleted. There is a thread of them @ https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1992189277678264758. Joel Abbott notes, “While many of these accounts are pretending to be American or Western in order to get ad revenue or sell merch … many others are purposely trying to sway American public opinion with propaganda by pretending to be American.”

“I have long said foreign actors are using social media to poison our politics and divide Americans,” former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley posted on X. “The location feature on X is a huge win for transparency and American security.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h6YpF_iB8b4 for an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bHhHZAhe1bY for a pumpkin pie recipe you won’t want to miss.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Create in us clean hearts and renew in us right spirits. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CALI: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has officially announced plans to scrap its Next Generation 911 (NG911) system after spending over $450 million on development and partial rollout. This decision follows years of delays, technical failures, and operational issues that made the system unreliable for emergency use. The state is pivoting to a new statewide model, similar to those adopted in other states, with full implementation now projected for 2030 or later. This could add hundreds of millions more in costs to taxpayers. NG911 joins a pattern of other expensive and high-profile California project failures, like the DMV database overhaul and ongoing high-speed rail overruns.

FAFO: [11:05] – Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), one of the Democrat lawmakers who encouraged our military members to refuse orders is under investigation by the Pentagon.

“A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures. This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality. Further official comments will be limited, to preserve the integrity of the proceedings.”

Kelly (61) once served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He later became an astronaut and, in 2020, won his bid to represent Arizona in the Senate.

MISINFORMATION: X has a new feature that allows users to see where each account originates. Since its roll out last Friday, many accounts have been exposed as not being what they claim.

To see the location, go to the account profile, hover over “Joined”, and check the pop up. N.b., where X detects a VPN, there is a warning listed next to the location.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Prepare our minds and hearts to worthily celebrate all of Your many blessings tomorrow. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

VAXXXINE: CLICK https://x.com/thehealthb0t/status/1992707750712025495 [1:47] and never forget how the COVID fascists treated those of us who refused to comply. I am still amazed at how up close and aggressively personal enforcers got with people who were allegedly a deadly threat.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yks9PYjIev0 to hear one of the most beautiful Proud Dad stories ever.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tc0d2SSUnbs to see what this dad did to his wife’s pregnancy announcement. LOL

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Whenever we are tempted to brood over injuries, remind us to pray for the people who hurt us instead. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AOC: Everybody’s fave Bronx bartender sent out an email pitch last week that said, “Thanksgiving is two weeks away. Will you chip in $5 or anything you can today to help us bring the joy of the holiday season into homes around NYC this year?

Instead of directing donors to local charities coordinating turkey drives, as she has done in years past, this year’s appeal went directly to AOC’s campaign fundraising page.

BABY KENNEDY: [4:45] – LOL!!!

DOGE: Over the last 9 days, agencies saved We the Taxpayers $335 million. Among the canceled spending was $616,000 for HHS to monitor social media platform subscriptions.

EVERYDAY HEROES: [2:46] – Kudos to the school for supporting him in this!

LIFE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aBvi2p-4LxA to hear why abortion and trans activists use the same theological language.

MINNESOTA: Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) shows that 1 in 16 Somali 4-year-olds in the state has been diagnosed with autism, compared to 1 in 53 overall for non-Somali children. Earlier reports from the Minnesota Department of Health noted rates as high as 1 in 21 for Somali children versus 1 in 44 statewide.

In September 2025, a 28-year-old Minneapolis woman of Somali descent was charged in a $14 million scheme where providers allegedly issued fake autism diagnoses to children, billed Medicaid for unnecessary services, and pocketed kickbacks. Prosecutors allege some defrauded funds (from autism and housing scams) were wired to Somalia to support Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group. This is part of a broader probe into Minnesota’s welfare fraud, described as one of the largest in U.S. history, with millions potentially funneled overseas.

NIGERIA: Fifty of the schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria have escaped captivity and returned to their families. Praise God! May He have mercy on those still being held and keep them strong and faithful to His will during their captivity.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Teach us how to maintain joy in the midst of difficulties. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SEDITION: These are the same people who have been yelling at us for YEARS about insurrection.

VAXXXINE: CLICK https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1992705866014085432 [:18] for a flashback to when Dr. Fauci tarred and feathered those of us who chose to say no to the ‘rona jab. Our vaxxxed relatives told us we were not welcome at holiday gatherings; I pointed out to them the absurdity of their logic and they got really angry. We haven’t received holiday gifts from them since. BTW, they have all gotten COVID more than once. Us, never.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bootz received a blessing from His Eminence, Cardinal Sarah, after Mass on Sunday. ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cLmHFZ4uF_s to see @dog_rates list his Top Ten Labrador Retrievers of All Time.

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