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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, I pray for all who will one day be faced with this challenge, that they will receive and embrace the graces needed to say YES. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

VITAMIN D: A paper entitled “Vitamin D: A key player in COVID-19 immunity and lessons from the pandemic to combat immune-evasive variants” in Inflammopharmacology. It summarizes the current knowledge about the role of vitamin D deficiency in the pathophysiology of COVID-19. Vitamin D is well known to have immune-boosting properties.

Dr. John Campbell talks about the paper @ https://rumble.com/v5juldp-new-vitamin-d-paper.html [20:38]. He says the findings apply not just to the coronavirus, but to all viral infections as well as many cancers.

Note: Taking your Vitamin D with your biggest (i.e., highest in fats) meal can boost uptake by as much as 50% over taking it any other time of the day. Also it is recommended you refrigerate your Vitamin D, as it slows loss of potency over time.

According to Consumer Lab, supplementing with Vitamin D can cost as little as a penny per day (Kirkland Signature, aka Costco brand) D3. If you don’t have a Costco, CL’s other penny-a-day top pick is Vitacost D3, which you can get at Vitacost.com. Slightly more expensive (4 to 7 cents) CL recommendations include Doctor’s Best Vegan D3, NOW High Potency D3, and Nature Made D3.

N.b., Consumer Lab recommendations are based not only on cost, but also on purity and accuracy of label/contents. I have a membership and am happy to look up a supplement for you.

DOGE: I’m for it.

GOAT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2019630445132542 and marvel at this man’s skill. I thought at first he was cutting random shapes out of blocks of foam. He isn’t. Those are piles of fabric! He’s cutting them without a pattern. It’s absolutely mind boggling!

HUNTER: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1251036249348081 [7:55] to hear what Dan Bongino’s sources told him about the pardon.

CLICK https://x.com/EricAbbenante/status/1863809028737966508 [1:59] to hear Jon Stewart’s riff.

Hunter has been convicted of failing to pay taxes in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and of making an illegal firearm purchase on October 12th of 2018. This part of the pardon not only keeps Hunter out of prison, but also means he has technically never been convicted of a felony. Apparently, being found guilty doesn’t count; the crime isn’t registered until the sentencing occurs. No sentence; no crime.

But the pardon also covers any crimes he may have committed or been involved in beginning January 1, 2014. In 2014, Hunter was tapped to serve on the board of the Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, despite having zero relevant expertise. This would be the same time when then-President Obama made then-VP Joe Biden the country’s point man for all things Ukraine. The non-specific pardon protects Joe more than Hunter.

I often think that Joe’s first wife, baby daughter, and son Beau dying young was a grace from God to keep them from being corrupted and damned forever.

J6: “Remember when the J6 Committee deleted a ton of their evidence after Republicans won the House? And how they never released the interview transcript with Kash Patel that exonerated so many people who got entrapped? If this was an actual insurrection, they’d put all that evidence in a museum. But we know what it truly was – a Deep State setup.” – DC Draino

SOUTH KOREA: South Korea’s president declares martial law, accusing opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and anti-state activities. Six hours later, he called it off.

TRUMP: CLICK https://x.com/WesleyHuntTX/status/1863737221209043109 to hear what he told Trudeau.

GRAMMY NOTES: I remember the Christmas Mass my youngest was a toddler. We made so many trips up and down the aisles! Based on the stifled giggles I heard from the pews, more people were watching us than listening to the homily! LOL

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kitD7LFG-8o to see a heart warming moment.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UVFM0BRvhOY for another one.

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DAILY PRAYER: God, I pray for your compassion to fill my heart today. I ask that you would help me to see others as you see them, and that I would be able to extend love and kindness to everyone I encounter. I pray that I would be able to serve others with a compassionate heart, and that I would be able to show empathy and understanding to those who are struggling. I trust in your compassion and provision, and I pray that I would experience that compassion in a powerful way today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BORDER: Illinois State Senator Celina Villanueva, a Democrat with the 12th District, is threatening to use force to prevent deportation of illegals in Illinois. “If you come for me and mine, know we will fight back. And, after all of these years, we are still here, and we will stay here.” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is also siding with illegal aliens over American citizens.

COVID-19: After a two year long investigation, the House COVID Committee has released its final report. The major findings in the 557 page report include:

  1. The NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.
  2. The Constitution can’t be suspended in times of crisis.
  3. COVID emerging from a lab leak is “not a conspiracy theory.”
  4. EcoHealth and Dr. Peter Daszak should “never again” receive taxpayer funds.
  5. Public health officials have lost the trust of the people.
  6. Trump’s Operation Warp Speed was a success.
  7. The COVID response was “rampant” with fraud, waste and abuse.
  8. The prescription cannot be worse than the disease,” lockdowns had horrific consequences.

FBI: “Threatening”?! LOLOL … it’ll save him having to fire them!

J6: After FAUXTUS broke his promise to not pardon his felonious son, President Trump renewed his promise to pardon all January 6th political prisoners on his first day in office.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zIfttGJ5K5E for a very sweet Christmas surprise.

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President Joe Biden, Dec 1, 2024 – “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted. Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form.“

Almost never brought to trial” kinda reminds me of the J6ers who were incarcerated on a charge the Supreme Court said was b.s. Unlike them, Hunter Biden hasn’t spent even one day behind bars.

JOE BIDEN WAS THE PRIMARY CHAMPION OF THE THREE STRIKES LAW. Hunter committed dozens of extremely well documented crimes. This was covered up during the 2020 election — the Dems politicized Hunter by protecting him, not the other way around.” – Shaun Maguire on X

To be clear, the DNC DID NOT want Joe to pardon Hunter Biden. It was pretty obvious as a father Joe would sign a pardon. In his last “screw you” to the party that screwed him over, he did it anyway. This will give a lot of cover for Trump to pardon whoever he wants.” – Chief Trumpster on X

CLICK https://x.com/WendellHusebo/status/1863600559078441238 [:50] to hear what Adam Schiff said in 2018 about a president pardoning someone whose crime involved that president.

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BIBLE: A book sales tracker shows that through October of this year, the purchase of Bibles has jumped by 22%, fueled largely by first-time buyers.

BORDER: [7:39] – “Secure borders saves lives.” – Tom Homan

CARRAGEENAN: A study entitled “Carrageenan and insulin resistance in humans: a randomised double-blind cross-over trial” was published last week in BMC Medicine. It reports on a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 20 young, healthy male participants who received either 250 milligrams of carrageenan or a placebo twice daily over two weeks. The results showed that, overweight participants experienced lower insulin sensitivity, increased brain inflammation, and higher levels of inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein and interleukin-6).

Carrageenan is a common food additive used as a thickener. I can be found in everything from ice cream to plant-based milk.

All I can say about this is … CRAP!

CBS: [9:31] – Former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge says that, in early 2023, she snagged an exclusive interview with Elon Musk. CBS told her they would not air it live, because they were afraid what the outspoken tech mogul might say. Herridge says, “This is someone whose DNA is free speech and how do you tell someone who’s committed to free speech that your network can only do it taped and only if they edit it and it can only be on their platform? I couldn’t go back to him with that.” So the interview never happened.

FATHER CARLOS MARTINS: [13:13] – When I heard the original inflammatory story, my first thought was that Satan had finally found a way to interfere with this holy man’s very successful ministries.

P.S., it’s allegations.

HEALING THE NATION: [7:26] – Harvard professor and author Dr. Arthur Brooks breaks down how to navigate the political landscape and division in politics on ‘One Nation.’ Brooks is the author of one of my favorite books – Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. New York: Basic Books, 2006

HUNTER: President Joe Biden has signed “a full and unconditional pardon” for his son, Hunter Biden. The pardon includes not only his tax evasion and gun convictions, but also any offenses that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024.

CLICK https://x.com/tomselliott/status/1863537344038740264 [9:03] to hear a super cut of political commentators praise Biden for promising to respect the courts’ decisions about Hunter with lots of unflattering comparisons to Trump. “He is living what it means to have a rule of law.

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1863570068908499108 [1:27] to hear Scott Jennings’ awesome commentary on the pardon. Biden is “leaving office in complete and total disgrace. He is a liar. There is no other way to spin this today. This has nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with the character of Joe Biden.

Personally, I’m relieved. Having Hunter’s dad pardon him means nobody can pressure Trump to do it. It will also reduce the onus of Trump pardoning the J6 political prisoners.

As for Hunter … he will answer to God.

NOTRE DAME: Five years after a fire ripped through Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral, some of the people who helped rebuild it have started a choir and are preparing to perform in the building they helped save.

LIFE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sY_BjyJfEiE to hear what a woman with Down Syndrome thinks of and feels about abortion.

GRAMMY NOTES: I’m there.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LmXiBZsflbU to see a beautiful moment with baby sister.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wJLhuLaFPLQ for a traffic court giggle.

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BLACK FRIDAY: “U.S. shoppers used their mobile phones, laptops, desktops and other devices to make roughly $10.8 billion in purchases online on Black Friday.” I did my bit! So glad to save BIG on gifts for our church’s Christmas tree tag kids. I was able to afford much better stuff. ❤

EXTREMISM: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/936808417909975 to hear John Cleese explain the appeal of extremism.

FBI: Trump has chosen Kash Patel to direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel, who served as chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense during Trump’s first term in office and played a key role in revealing the Russian collusion hoax. He has been critical of the way the FBI operates and says he wants to relocate the bureau’s headquarters to somewhere to outside the Beltway.

MILITARY: “There is no doubt that women can serve in the military and make great contributions to success on the battlefield.  This does not mean that it is a good idea to put them into combat arms units, where they would be required to go face to face with the enemy and ultimately be capable of fighting hand to hand and coming out alive. There is no second place in combat.” – Larry Keifesh

I am very proud of my daughters’ military service. I am very glad neither of them ever had to fire their weapons at another human being.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bon voyage to Army Prince and the three Texas grands who fly today to join #2 for her 3 year deployment abroad. Big adventures ahead!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, I come before You, acknowledging the times when I have allowed fear to dictate my actions and decisions. I ask for Your forgiveness and the courage to step out in faith, trusting in Your guidance and provision. Help me to release the grip of fear and embrace the abundant life You have prepared for me. Grant me the confidence to pursue Your will for my life, knowing that You are with me every step of the way. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

APPLE: [1:50] – Benny Johnson said on his podcast that this ad and the one by Volvo below are evidence that we have won the cultural war. I pray it is so. But Satan isn’t going to pack up and leave the country, so keep on praying.

BORDER: [2:41] – I’d say “unbelievable” except it’s Biden’s America. Thank You, God, it won’t be so for much longer!!

JAGUAR: CLICK https://x.com/Jaguar/status/1858800846646948155 [:30] to see the Jaguar ad that is so awful, it cost them 10% of their market share. As for blaming the customers … did they learn nothing from Bud Lite?

JOE ROGAN: The most popular podcaster in the world made a good argument that this election was the first in history where the elites did not control the media. When asked why this is, Rogan replied, “Because of us, because of podcasts. Because of social media, because of X.”

When Elon Musk heard that MSNBC might be for sale, he asked, “How much is it?” Joe Rogan tweeted, “If you buy MSNBC I would like Rachael Maddow’s job,”

KAMALA: ITA. It’s similar to why I believe in weddings, not elopement. If a couple can’t get through planning a ceremony and a party for their relatives and friends, then they are not ready for marriage.

MINNESOTA: Democrats suck. CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1861848407582654967 [1:05] to hear about how they tried to cheat their way into a state house majority. The investigation has shown that the 21 missing mail-in ballots were likely disposed of. Let me guess which party they were for …

VOLVO: CLICK https://x.com/cabot_phillips/status/1859620031572607249 [3:49] to see the antithesis of the Jaguar ad. Pro-life, pro-family, grab-a-tissue sentimental. And, unlike the Jaguar ad, it actually has a car in it.

WEAPONIZING GOVERNMENT: A report by the American Principles Project (APP), says nearly 70% of Biden’s Department of Education’s (ED) enforcement actions targeted private Christian colleges and trade schools. These institutions serve only 10% of the post-secondary student population in the U.S.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uV-4yFu2RZM for some not-Commie parenting tips.

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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, please give me all the physical, emotional, and mental strength I will need to persevere through today’s difficulties. And grant me too the spiritual strength I will need to trust in Your power, goodness, and love. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

BORDER: [8:03] – Within days of Trump telling Mexico to protect our southern border or else, the Mexican president assured him that migrant caravans are no longer heading our way. I heard a news anchor refer to him as “the president” … cuz he kinda already is.

BOSTON: On November 18, Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu announced her sanctuary city will not cooperate with the looming mass deportation operation from the incoming Trump administration. On November 19, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, pointed out that it’s a felony to harbor illegal aliens and that he’d be happy to arrest her and anybody else who hinders ICE. On November 20, Mayo Wu said, “My comments have never been directed towards the federal government or anyone except for our own community members.” Point. Set. Match.

Tom Homan’s strong statements represent more of Trump’s “peace through strength” at work. Homan has the perfect temperament for this battle.

DEATH THREATS: [6:08] – The FBI says it is aware of swatting incidents and bomb threats targeting Trump nominees and appointees. “We are working with our law enforcement partners,” the FBI’s statement said. “We take all potential threats seriously, and as always, encourage members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement.

FAUCI: Since Tony Fauci retired, taxpayers have shelled out millions providing U.S. marshals to guard him, a private chauffeur to tote him here and there, law enforcement equipment, and more. His salary and pension were and continue to be upwards of $400,000 per year. (What happened to retiring at half pay?) The worst of it all is that not only is his net worth $12.5 million, but also that it increased by a whopping $5 million between the years 2019 and 2021. You remember those years, right? When the rest of us were locked in our homes, anxiously watching our savings and pantries empty out? Tony Fauci is a private citizen. Let him pay his own bills.

IRS: They want Congress to write them a $20 billion check. Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted: “Thousands of IRS employees & contractors literally *aren’t paying their own taxes.* @SenJoniErnst audited the IRS & found they owed nearly $50 million. The government-wide number of employee unpaid taxes is over $1.5 billion. The hypocrisy is insane.

MENTAL HEALTH: TDS [3:46] – A practicing therapist has an interesting article at American Mind (linked below). An excerpt to whet your appetite: “I speak from some experience, having spent multiple hours per day over the past few weeks hearing from clients about the damage inflicted upon their psyches ‘by the Trump win.’ This is their account of things. My own opinion, however, is that someone has subjected these kids to psychic trauma. But it wasn’t Donald Trump. …

“Of course, we will laugh at the libs of TikTok shaving their heads and screaming in their cars. … But we should not laugh at those who break their sobriety, or plunge into isolation because of the Trump victory. They are truly sick, and ideological bad actors have preyed off their desperation for personal clout, terrorizing them with confected fears and then discarding them to suffer the psychological consequences.

There’s a mental health crisis in this country—on this we can all agree. But the peddlers of Trump Derangement Syndrome don’t seem to care that their cynical, apocalyptic politics bear no small part of the blame.”

MISSION: Cal Zastrow spent Thanksgiving in prison as part of a six-month prison sentence over a peaceful protest at a Tennessee abortion facility in 2021. He was convicted by the Biden DOJ earlier this year for violating the FACE Act by praying, singing hymns, and sitting in front of the door to the entrance of an abortion facility in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. He says he is “on a big mission trip here,” keeping busy praying, reading his Bible, and teaching his fellow inmates about Christianity. “This prison holds almost 2,300 men and their need to hear about Jesus, their need for that is greater than my need for liberty. And so I’m here on a DOJ-sponsored mission trip.

THANKSGIVING: This is what Dearest and I prayed for on Wednesday night. ❤

TOLERANCE: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1861174417679593753 to see what one of the disappointed wokies cooked up for her MAGA relatives. These people need prayer.

VATICAN MAIL: [6:30] – This is really interesting! I have some wonderful Vatican stamps in my collection. 🙂

VAXXXINES: CLICK https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1861189891985678696 [12:15] to hear an undercover video of an NIH division head admit that the ‘rona jabs weren’t properly tested and probably aren’t safe, that he personally doesn’t get the jab, that ‘rona mandate requirements were based on fake science, and that Fauci and NAIAD probably funded the Wuhan research. He seems like a good-hearted guy. I feel for people like him who work for corruptocrats.

GRAMMY NOTES: My doctor has ordered vocal rest. I am learning things about myself. Like, that I talk to myself (a lot). Also that I don’t actually need to say every single thing that pops into my head.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HhVIo9PeEWE and say “Amen!”

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/epbq4rem3uQ for pumpkin pie LEGO style.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Lord, We are so very grateful for the blessings You have bestowed upon everyone in the PoliNation community and for the opportunities You have given us to serve others. I pray that You would continue to guide us and give us the strength we need to carry out Your will. In Jesus Name. Amen.

GRAMMY NOTES: From our offspring –

Happy Thanksgiving! The older I get, the more thankful I am to have grown up in our family where no matter what twists life takes, we’ve all been there and loved each other and tried to continue communicating with each other! Thank you for your love, support, general enthusiasm for my life and my family, and for showing up with open arms. I’ve always felt your love and support. I’ve never felt pressured to take a journey that wasn’t mine. And I love each of you so much for that.

Can I just say DITTO?!?!?! Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, I pray for your help in being productive today. I ask that you would give me the motivation and energy I need to tackle my tasks and responsibilities. I pray that I would be able to work efficiently and effectively, and that I would be able to accomplish all that I set out to do. I trust in your provision and guidance, and I pray that I would be able to use my time and resources wisely today. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://x.com/9mm_smg/status/1861161108918206853 [1:17] to see a worthy candidate for a Darwin award. Police responded to a 911 call saying a man had broken their car’s windshield and was going after one of them with an ax. The cop told him 22 times to put the ax down. Later video shows them doing first aid and getting the guy an ambulance. The guy, who was drunk, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of vandalism. Fortunately, he’s white, so the leftist outrage machine won’t bother ruining this good cop’s life.

BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1861285451593900400 [1:16] to hear what Tom Homan says about Denver’s mayor saying he is willing to go to jail to stop the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens in his city.

CLIMATE: CLICK https://x.com/DrewHLive/status/1861526050049765853 [1:03] to hear John Kerry act like he is still relevant. “We need to declare a global emergency … to make people behave.” Never ever forget it’s all a big hoax designed to force us to comply. As Drunk Auntie Kammie says below, “Never let anyone shteal your power.”

FANI WILLIS: Fani Willis has received a letter from the United States Senate accusing her of spending $2.5 million in federal grants on herself. The money was allocated for a Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention Center and a Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. You can see the letter at Senator Grassley site, linked below.

J6: [10:49] – Finally some GOOD news!! I apologize for not reporting on this travesty more regularly, but it upset me so much, I couldn’t even read the news reports.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1861574843734622401 [9:49] to see VFAUXTUS, fresh from her post-loss Hawaiian vacay.

If you haven’t got the stomach to listen to her for ten whole minutes, CLICK https://x.com/BuckSexton/status/1861625997692428536 [:29] to get a sampling of her give totally sober life advice to her disappointed followers. (N.b., it’s even funnier played at half speed.) My favorite comment: “Every drunk girl has had this same conversation with a stranger in a bathroom.”

CLICK https://x.com/tomselliott/status/1861747335232999577 [:46] to hear her brag about how much of her supporters’ money she wasted on her “people powered campaign.” This begs the question of why Trump got more total votes after spending a lot less money.

LAWFARE: Trump tweeted, “These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME. Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. They have also used State Prosecutors and District Attorneys, such as Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade (who had absolutely zero experience in cases such as this, but was paid MILLIONS, enough for them to take numerous trips and cruises around the globe!), Letitia James, who inappropriately, unethically, and probably illegally, campaigned on “GETTING TRUMP” in order to win Political Office, and Alvin Bragg, who himself never wanted to bring this case against me, but was forced to do so by the Justice Department and the Democrat Party. It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

LIFE: An international team of astronomers has discovered phosphine in one of the planet’s cloud layers. Scientists say this can only be explained by the presence of microbial life.

MARYLAND: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1861421757678100862 [1:15] to hear about how the mayor of Frederick pledge include money in his budget for to pay undocumented immigrants’ attorney fees. Citizens of Frederick are underwhelmed. “Taxpayer money should be going towards infrastructure and the basic needs of the community. This is not a basic need of a community of Frederick.”

MIDDLE EAST: As of 4 a.m. local time today, Israel and Hezbollah are no longer shooting at each other.

S&G: The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is forcing the township of Emo and its mayor to compensate an LGBTQ activist group $10,000 for refusing to “Pride Month” in 2020. The mayor has to cough up half from his own finances.

And, to further humiliate, the tribunal ordered the mayor and the chief administrative officer of the township to enroll and complete a Human Rights 101 indoctrination course from the Ontario Human Rights Commission within the next month.

Inquiring minds wish to know which of the 12 months is designated for celebrating heterosexuality. And, do we even have a flag? Come on, cis Canadians! Rise up and demand your equal rights under this looney tunes government!

WASTE: The Biden administration awarded a $400,000 grant to Drexel University “to perform ‘quantitative’ interviews with 30 transgender men” in India’s two largest cities, Delhi and Mumbai. The researchers found the men tend to be depressed and recommended their government pay for hormone therapy and sex change surgeries. In India.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1048894376458289 to see how a player piano works. My childhood neighbor had one, so I have experienced “playing” (pumping!!) one. (It’s hard work!) But I never had a clue how they worked.

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2A: A new poll by Gallup shows that 33% of Republican women own guns, compared to just 29% of Democratic men.

BORDER: The CBS/YouGov poll somehow managed to get both the 73% number above and this one … in the same poll. “Would you approve or disapprove of Donald Trump starting a national program to find and deport all immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally?

Approve ……………………………………………………………………..57%

Disapprove …………………………………………………………………..43%

It begs one to wonder how they weighted the results to get 16% who said Trump should make something his #2 priority that they disapprove of him doing at all!

CALIFORNICATION: “Democrats have taken the most beautiful, resource-filled, and richest state and turned it into a poorly run welfare state,” writes Commodore Vanderbilt at Not The Bee. Between January 2022 and June 2024, California businesses added 5,400 new jobs, less than 1% of the national total for that 30 month period. California’s population is about 11-12% of the total for the country.

CDC: Trump picked pro-life former Congressman David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. David Weldon is a former Florida congressman, Army veteran, and medical doctor. Weldon’s accomplishments in Congress include the still-in-force Weldon Amendment. It prohibits local, state, and federal entities from requiring health insurance plans to cover abortion if they receive taxpayer dollars.

CNN: CLICK https://x.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1861283009124577653 [:19] to hear what inspired the tweet above. The report in the graphic aired the day before the tiff in the clip.

During the week of November 11-17, the Hallmark Channel beat out both MSNBC and CNN for primetime and total-day cable viewership. A well deserved result.

People who say, “You can not say that” are the real threat to democracy.

DEI: Somebody leaked news that Bloomberg and the New York Times both killed stories about a study that shows certain DEI practices increase hostility, authoritarian tendencies, and agreement with extreme rhetoric.

In better news, Walmart is ending their woke policies. The #1 employer in America, with over 1.6 million employees and they have a market cap of nearly $800B, has decided to totally discontinue the use of DEI and LatinX as terms in official communication, discontinue racial equity training through the Racial Equity Institute, end preferential treatment and benefits to suppliers based on diversity, identify and remove inappropriate sexual and / or transgender products marketed to children, avoid funding inappropriate sexualized content targeting kids.

EVs: In 2021, the Biden Administration invested $7.5 billion in building electric vehicle charging stations around the country. Their goal was to build 500,000 stations by 2030. They’ve built 8. CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1860801189182394566 [:40] to hear Biden’s Transpo Secretary, Mayor Pete Bootyjudge, talk like they’ve been doing a super duper job.

KUDLOW: [8:51, 11:32] – These are the most optimistic reports! Listen and grin!

LEFTIE LOGIC: I can’t even begin … just click and shake your head. Be sure to read the comments! Then, for a palate cleanser, check out the second link! It’s beautiful!

MILITARY: A new report says that, as soon as Trump takes office, he will move to rid the military of its approximately 15,000 trans members as medically unfit to serve. I’ll say! I tried to sign up once, but was told the fact that I needed allergy shots twice a month made me ineligible. Trannies have to have regular doses of their medications and often suffer from ongoing health problems as a result of those medications and/or surgeries they may have had.

NPR: ITA. This has been bugging me for decades!

UK: Under new guidance issued by the British Transport Police (BTP), transgender police officers can strip-search women. Not The Bee says, “Normally, if a male police officer were to conduct a strip-search of a female suspect, it would be considered sexual assault. But put a dress on that man and give him a Gender-Recognition Certificate (GRC), and it’s A-OK!

VAXXXINE: The results of the largest COVID-19 vaccine autopsy study to date was rejected twice by peer-reviewed journals. It has finally been published. The authors say their results provide “robust evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can cause death. This means that the FDA’s [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] criteria for a Class I recall have been fulfilled, warranting an immediate market withdrawal.”

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