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by | February 27, 2025 · 11:00 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, We come to you today asking for your blessing on our family. Guide us in all that we do to love and support one other and give us the wisdom and courage we need to grow our families into reflections of Your love and grace in the world. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BIG BEAUTIFUL BUDGET BILL: The House has passed the bill Trump wants. Now it’s up to the Senate.

BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL: A quick update on improvements to our southern border security. [2:13]

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PWDXBo-QR_c to take a short tour of a typical confessional.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: [10:28] – I’m thinking they should investigate everybody who is squawking about DOGE. Maybe rank them by the length and decibels of their rants to go after the worst first.

JOYFUL MEMORIES: If you live in central New York, you should DEFINITELY check out Bobbie Lynn for all your photo needs. She did the joint birthdays party the kids threw for us and, despite very poor lighting conditions, captured some heart-melting memories. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573058724390 to see her amazing work.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1894058707341992140 [:35] to hear her thoughts on the LA fires. Thank You, Lord, for sparing us four years of this in the White House.

MAHA: The porky governor of Illinois tweeted, “RFK Jr’s views are dangerous, misguided, and deeply disturbing. Frankly, his policies will hurt people. I will push back on any attempts to disrupt the health and safety of Illinoisans.” Best response: “You don’t have to exert yourself to pushing back. You can just lean against it, that’ll suffice.”

MAINE: After Republican Rep. Laurel Libby sent out a social media post about the high school track team that only won the state championship because of the male who competed as a female, the Maine House’s Democratic majority voted to censure her. Libby is now no longer allowed to speak on the house floor or vote until she issues an apology. She says she does not plan to apologize.

Wikipedia’s article says about this incident: “Libby gained national attention after posting an unblurred photo of a transgender teen on Facebook criticizing both the underaged girl and the school for allowing her to participate with other female players.” The “girl” in question is 100% dude. He doesn’t look like he’s even socially transitioned, much less taken hormones!

The very first sentence in Wikipedia’s article on Libby says, “Laurel Dawson Munsell Libby is an American anti-vaccine activist, Republican politician.” Her big “anti-vaccine” position? Opposing a 2019 Maine law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations. She has also spoken out against COVID mandates (gasp) and even participated in a mask-mandate protest during which she and several of her colleagues entered the capitol building (double gasp) without masks.

PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS: [26:18] – If you’ve heard about how Trump’s approvals are crashing, you might want to watch this. Keep in mind that Rasmussen had the best numbers during the campaign. Also, keep in mind that polls asking approval for what Trump has done so far with the border and government spending – the two biggest things he’s been working on – are polling at plus 70.

SOCIAL SECURITY: The SSA has made moves to eliminate DEI, waste, and fraud. The Office of Transformation and ties with DEI research centers are gone, moves that will save approximately $15 million. In addition, the Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight into other existing parts of the agency.

Trump assured us that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits won’t be touched by his administration “other than if there’s fraud or something.” However, they are clearing the roles of people who are dead or here illegally.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TA6OBcjG1Oc to see some clips of dogs at the vet.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u9aMu3wnPJw to hear Bunny tell her owner she misses the cat.

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by | February 24, 2025 · 8:35 am

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The reading he references is Sirach 1:1-10.

AIR: Flying is getting safer. We’re just seeing more media coverage of mishaps. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EjMeIvE3X_Y to hear a pilot calmly inform his passengers that he just landed them safely after experiencing his first engine failure in over 3 decades of flying. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zS-KXv07GtU to hear a wonderful flight safety announcement.

BORDER: [16:13] – The Canadian border is an issue too.

DAN BONGINO: This news made my day!!

“Republicans against Trump” tweeted – “BREAKING: Donald Trump just named far-right MAGA podcaster Dan Bongino, a notorious conspiracy theorist who promoted the lie that the 2020 election was ‘stolen,’ to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI. God help us all.”

“GranTorino” responded – “Define far right… And list all the conspiracies that Bongino has reported on that haven’t come true. I’ll wait.”

::gigglesnort::

DOGE: The reason behind the email every federal worker got requiring them to submit a report on what they did during the week. Failure to reply will be considered a resignation. In other news, Musk reportedly has proposed that DOGE have an enforcement arm to be designated “FAFO” (Federal Agency for Financial Oversight). I suspect this may be a prank designed to get liberal heads exploding … kinda like that tweet where Trump called himself “The King.” But who knows for sure? I thought buying Greenland was a prank, yet it seems Trump is 100% serious about that one.

ELON: So glad he won’t get pink slipped for failing to respond to his own email.

UK: Apple has caved to the British government’s request to have access to private user data by removing its highest level security tool from its UK users. This in a nation that is jailing people for silently praying outside of abortion clinics.

GRAMMY’S NOTES: ::mind-boggled::

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqZBn4bSWuA to learn something else I did not know before.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HORYeGUMmwU and listen to the very end! ROFLLL

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by | February 20, 2025 · 11:03 am

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ANIMAL TORTURE: On Feb. 6, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing entitled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) watchdog group reported on the millions taxpayers have spent on “transgender animal testing.” One guess who authorized 95% of this demonic activity.

“In a lot of these cases, they involve mice, rats, monkeys, who are being surgically mutilated and subjected to hormone therapies to mimic female to male or male to female gender transitions, gender-affirming hormone therapies, and then looking at the biological, psychological and physiological effects of the gender transitions, looking at the effects of taking vaccines after you’ve transitioned these animals from male to female or female to male, looking at the size of their genitals changing after you’ve put them on estrogen or testosterone therapies to transition them.”

Goodman said the WCW estimates that more than $20 billion has been spent on ineffective animal research. Rep. Mace (R-SC) noted, “We spent over $1 million to find out if female rats receiving testosterone therapy were more likely to overdose on a date rape drug. That’s what your taxpayer dollars were being spent on.”

BORDER: [10:07] – The estimated social benefit cost to each illegal is $130,000. And the Dems said that spending $5 billion to finish building Trump’s wall would be too expensive. “President Trump is committed to safeguarding Federal public benefits for American citizens who are truly in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans,” a White House fact sheet on the executive order said.

Re: rebate – I’m all for paying down debt. But I’ve also got a molar that could really use 5 grand.

HIRED/FIRED: The Senate has approved Howard Lutnick, Trump’s choice to head up the Commerce Department. Lutnick is a staunch supporter of Trump’s economic policies.

KANSAS: God bless the Kansas state Republicans who, on Tuesday, voted 31-9 in the state Senate and 85-34 in the state House to override the veto their woke governor slapped on the “Help Not Harm Act.” The new law bans doctors from performing transgender surgeries on minors or putting them on cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. Kansas is now the 27th state to legislate gender protections for minors.

ROB SCHNEIDER: [2:08:57] – CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h5XQlrLT8qo to hear a clip from his interview with Tucker Carlson. I am listening to the interview now.

UPDATE: YouTube censored the section about COVID vaccines. You can watch the full interview @ https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-rob-schneider.

GRAMMY NOTES: I was pondering what a “sacrifice of praise” means to me and was reminded of a story I heard once. A devout pastor was struggling with depression after his daughter lost her leg to cancer. When he asked a colleague for help, the man said, “Praise God.” The depressed pastor said his spiritual life was totally dry and he didn’t feel any joy or love or gratitude etc. The colleague said, “Praise Him anyway. It’s not about your feelings. It’s about the fact that God is good in all things and through all things.” I learned from that how to be grateful and praise God even on my worst days.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4fudNm_FJVY to learn something amazing.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l8dWB016-8M for more on this esoteric topic.

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by | February 13, 2025 · 6:50 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bless us all and help us to serve You more perfectly. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AI: CLICK https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1889693652659687557 [1:12] to appreciate anew what a mortar shell we all dodged last November.

BORDER: Venezuela sent two planes to retrieve about 190 of its citizens who were here illegally.

CALIFORNICATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/560270753518856 to hear a father speak to the school board about a “coming out” exercise they inflicted on his daughter. Attorneys for the parents say the Vista Unified School District (VUSD) in San Diego presented the LGBT “unicorn” curriculum in non-health classes to try and bypass state parental notification laws.

CONFIRM: The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence.

DOGE: CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1889427687267086773 [1:02] to hear Musk talk about bureaucrats who make six figures a year somehow becoming millionaires after getting their porky snouts into the public spending trough. How about after his team finishes auditing government agencies, they start auditing said millionaires?

DOJ: [17:50] – Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday that the DOJ is suing New York Attorney General Letitia James, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Mark Schroeder for violating federal immigration laws. She told other states they would be next if they don’t wise up.

EPA: In its last weeks, the Biden administration rushed to shovel as many taxpayer dollars into far-Left coffers as possible. Lee Zeldin has located $20 billion that the scumbags at the EPA transferred to an outside financial institution and is working to get it back.

HEALTH: A study entitled “Dental flossing may lower the risk for incident ischemic stroke, cardioembolic stroke subtype and AF” was recently published in AHA Journals. It reports on a 25-year study showing that flossing appears to reduce the risk of stroke.

MASSATWOSHITS: The Worcester city council held a raucous meeting to consider declaring itself a trans sanctuary city. Not the Bee has video clips of speakers, including one in a purple wig, pearl necklace and white gloves who said he needs the city to protect him, because he is “afraid of Trump.” Then, he warned the city that, if the resolution didn’t pass, they should “prepare for trans people to make this a very unsafe space.” Translation: “I will violently whup yo’ ass if you don’t pander to my neurotic delusion that I am a fragile female.”

MILITARY: The boards of visitors are typically split between presidential appointees and members appointed by Congress, usually lawmakers themselves. The Biden administration also removed top former Trump officials from the service academy boards in 2021.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/598117263039486 to see an old woke recruitment ad, then a new MAGA one.

WEAPONIZING: After New York City Mayor Eric Adams complained that Biden’s open border policy was destroying his city, Biden’s Justice Department indicted him on federal bribery charges. On Monday, Trump’s Justice Department dropped the case.

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by | February 10, 2025 · 9:34 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you today for the graces we need to trust You totally. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BORDER: Reinforcing our border wall makes illegal crossings more difficult.

DOGE: When Biden was killing off real jobs in the energy sector, Dems told coal miners to “learn to code.” Now that Trump is killing off cushy, overpaid “jobs” in government, Dems are treating it as a national emergency. I’m thinking if the IRS did a deep audit on each of the ones squealing the loudest, a bunch of those mission billions would turn up.

HATING GOD: It is what Nazism, Islam, and the Democratic Party all have in common.

OMB: DOGEism is catching on. Trump’s head of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, says he has scrutinized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) budget and determined it is not “reasonably necessary” to continue funding it. “This spigot, long contributing to CFPB’s unaccountability, is now being turned off.” The CFPB is yet another government agency that has been funneling our tax dollars to progressive causes.

PRIORITIES: Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) says he and his fellow Democrats are open to shutting down the government in March if Trump’s recent actions to slim down the federal government are not halted. So … what they’re saying is that it’s okay to shut down the government, but not to slim down the government. Okay. I guess. ::smh::

RACE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BcdrjjMjnpA to hear one American who refuses to let black racists bully her. I love how calmly she sticks to her message.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A8TpI2aJHRI to hear Sen. Tim Scott lay a load of actual facts on The View. When he talks about the challenges America faces today, I thought, “People like Oprah and Sunny Hostin.”

SOT: I keep hearing TV anchors calling for us to watch SOT number something. I googled and found out that SOT stands for “sound on tape.” It refers to an audio-video recording.

TRUMP: While at the Super Bowl, Trump tweeted that he has decided to stop wasting money making pennies. It literally costs us two cents to manufacture every one cent coin!

WEAPONIZING GOVERNMENT: Next question is … did SHE pay back those loans on time and with interest like Trump did?

WOMEN’S SPORTS: Three former University of Pennsylvania women’s swimmers – Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist – filed suit on Tuesday, alleging they suffered emotional trauma by having transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a teammate. They are calling for the Ivy League to expunge Thomas’ female swimming records.

“The UPenn administrators told the women that if anyone was struggling with accepting Thomas’ participation on the UPenn Women’s team, they had psychological problems and needed to see a counselor. They also say school officials warned them not to speak out against Thomas, lest they be branded as “transphobic” and damage future job prospects.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HQOeWjHrqr0 to see “English” naming animals.

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by | February 10, 2025 · 7:57 am

Dispelling Leftist Lies About DOGE

Virginia Republican Rep. Ben Cline published an open letter to constituents last week that I think is worth passing on to y’all. His intention was to dispel the lies Democrats have been spewing in what he described as their “scripted outrage” over Trump’s aggressive efforts to cut federal spending before our nation goes into bankruptcy. The link to his letter is at the end. The graphics are my addition.

President Donald Trump “has Article II constitutional authority to appoint individuals who can help execute their vision for the federal government. Most recently, President Trump designated Elon Musk as a ‘special government employee,’ which is defined by Section 202 of Title 18 of the United States Code. President Trump’s decision to enlist Mr. Musk is a bold step toward strengthening America’s technological leadership and eliminating bureaucratic inefficiencies. This appointment is fully within the President’s discretion and is no different from past administrations appointing industry experts to key cabinet, advisory, and operational roles.”

“Musk is not a private citizen being given ‘unprecedented access to personal or sensitive information,’ as the extreme left would lead you to believe. Mr. Musk holds some of the highest-level security clearances as a key defense contractor and his work is integral to ensuring U.S. military superiority. As you are aware, the rocket systems and satellites his companies produce are used across the federal government, including in the Department of Defense, and his Starlink system has been critical in supporting U.S. allies abroad. There are few, if any, private individuals who have done more to advance America’s technological and defense capabilities in modern history. If there is anyone qualified to bring the federal government into the 21st century and improve its efficiency, it is Elon Musk.”

“The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is an essential initiative to reduce wasteful spending, cut bureaucratic red tape, and modernize government technology. On his first day in office, President Trump legally integrated DOGE into the federal government by way of an executive order renaming the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS). Fully authorized under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), USDS will enhance government productivity and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. Each executive agency’s DOGE Team works in coordination with agency heads in order to ensure the implementation of President Trump’s DOGE agenda. Treasury Secretary Scott [Bessent] has already approved DOGE’s lawful access to unclassified records and systems to facilitate this integration.”

“​​There is no evidence to support the allegation that Elon Musk or his team has unlawfully accessed or seized the sensitive data. Any access to citizen data is strictly regulated, and the role of DOGE is focused on modernizing outdated systems, not compiling private information. The real threat to Americans’ privacy has come from an unchecked bureaucracy that has mismanaged data security for decades. The reforms proposed by President Trump and implemented by individuals like Mr. Musk are designed to prevent government overreach, not expand it.”

“Additionally, to ensure proper legislative oversight of these efforts, I am proud to serve as a member of the new DOGE Caucus here in Congress. This caucus will work alongside President Trump to introduce reforms that streamline government operations, eliminate inefficiencies, and restore fiscal responsibility in Washington.”

CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1888576449499611389 [2:56] to hear a citizen put DOGE’s work and Dem’s outrage into plain, everyday terms.

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by | February 9, 2025 · 9:29 am

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DAILY PRAYER: O Trinity of love and power, Our brethren shield in danger’s hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe’er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee, Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Amen.

BORDER: Tom Homan’s agents have arrested 11,000 illegal aliens in just 18 days. Among the highlights are a Gulf Cartel hitman, members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs, and cartel drug traffickers. I heard a reporter ask Homan if he was satisfied with the pace of arrest. He said no, they need to do more.

CALIFORNICATION: According to The San Francisco Chronicle, the State of California and its public school athletics association intends to ignore Trump’s executive order and continue to allow athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as.

Flashback: In 2023, Biden ruled that public schools that did not allow boys to play on girls’ teams and use their private spaces would lose federal aid for free and reduced-price school lunches.

CANCEL NOT: The mainstream media threw a hissy fit this week upon discovering that an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency was a 19-year-old who had made controversial social media posts under the name “Big Balls.” Musk asked his X followers their opinion; 78% of them agreed with Vance. Musk sealed the deal with a post saying, “To err is human, to forgive divine.”

CONGRESS: In January, Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) – the first trannie elected to the U.S. Congress – was denied access to the women’s bathrooms. To his credit, he agreed to use single user bathrooms. Last week, presider Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) refused to “deny biological reality” and recognized McBride as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for five minutes.”

COURTS: After 19 state attorneys general sued to keep DOGE out of Treasury Department records, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer limited access to those working at the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed background checks.

A coalition of labor unions filed suit on Feb. 5 seeking to prevent DOGE from gaining access to Labor Department records. U.S. District Judge John Bates denied the suit, saying the “plaintiffs have failed to establish standing.”

DEI: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qET1GnSZAH8 to hear Nick Freitas riff on the difficulties HR departments are facing in the Trump era.

DOGE: Musk and his crew uncovered the Treasury Department’s “utterly insane” payment system, by which between $50 and $100 billion in fraudulent payments go out annually.

One of the most significant changes taking place will be payment categorization codes. According to Musk, these codes are essential for financial audits, yet they are frequently left blank, making it nearly impossible to track where taxpayer dollars are going. Can you imagine a business surviving a single IRS audit if half its outgoing moneys had no code?

Another reform involves weekly or even daily updates to the Treasury’s Do-Not-Pay list, which is meant to prevent payments to fraudulent entities, deceased individuals, suspected terrorist fronts, and other entities or people who should not be paid by federal agencies. Musk said that this list has not been regularly updated or strictly enforced.

These changes will be made by the Treasury Department, not by DOGE.

LABOR: [15:42] – Democrats have been trying to eliminate 14c certificates that allow sheltered workshops to provide jobs for the disabled. Their rationale was that allowing employers to hire disabled people for sub-minimum wage was a form of wage discrimination. In fact, sheltered workshops employ people who cannot function at a level that allows businesses to pay them minimum wage. Without 14c certificates, these people wouldn’t have the pride of earning a pay check, but would be left to sit on their behinds all day, every day in care facilities.

The fact that they get paid sub-minimum wage does not mean they are living hand-to-mouth; they all qualify for additional assistance, such as SSI. Likewise, the existence of sheltered workshops is not preventing disabled workers who are capable of competing in the workplace if provided with reasonable accommodations (as required by the ADA). In fact, it seems perfectly reasonable to me to suppose that some disabled workers could develop a marketable skill in a sheltered workshop, then transition if they chose to do so.

Trump put a stop to Dems’ efforts, something that has not been reported in the news.

USAID: How it started … how it’s going … going … GONE! Trump has eliminated USAID and is in the process of laying off all but 290 of its 13,000 staffers, saving taxpayers tens of billion$. The handful of genuinely helpful programs will now be administered by the State Department which, unlike USAID, knows it is part of the executive branch of the U.S. government.

SecState Rubio said, “We had no choice but to take dramatic steps to bring this thing under control.” They were being “completely uncooperative,” acting like “they’re not even a U.S. government agency” but rather “a global charity” spending taxpayer money “irrespective of … [our] national interest.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7QYe6hHxBw to see VP Vance’s #1 aide.

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by | February 8, 2025 · 12:36 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask today for the graces we need to fully commit to following You regardless of how hostile the culture may be. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: [18:31] – Tom Homan got to give a strong message to ABC viewers who can’t seem to understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VACkE29d-Qs to see Melania shut down MSNBC’s attempt to score a gotcha.

DOGE: People who are worried about Elon Musk having access to the Social Security numbers we have given to our banks, employers, car loan companies, mortgage holders, insurance providers, credit card companies, and the IRS. FYI, guys … Elon Musk doesn’t need your money.

JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS: On Thursday Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly decided she was the true elected leader of the United States and she blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing “any payment record or payment system of records maintained within the [Treasury] Bureau of Fiscal Service.”

Judge Kollar-Kotelly is the same vile leftist who sentence 75-year-old Paulette Harlow to two years in jail for her part in temporarily blockading the entrance to a late-term abortion clinic. When Paulette’s husband, John, begged the judge to reconsider, citing his wife’s health problems that made him fear that she might die in prison, the judge sneered and told him no because, according to her, 75-year-old Paulette’s protest had been “violent.” Harlow suffers from debilitating diabetes, Hashimoto’s disease, and severe back pain requiring the use of a wheelchair. To add insult to injury, Kollar-Kotelly forbade Harlow, a devout Catholic, from attending Mass while she was under house arrest awaiting trial.

Last week, other judicial activists told police to stand down and allowed hundreds of anti-ICE protesters to walk away scott free during and after they used their bodies to block traffic on a major LA freeway for hours.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1887892486003245297 [:48] to hear SecDef Pete promise to ensure that “at a bare minimum, by the end of four years, the Pentagon passes a clean audit.” S’funny how the Pentagon audience doesn’t seem too enthused this this idea.

PLASTIC STRAWS: Trump promised to end Biden’s ban on plastic straws in federal facilities.

POTUS: In 2021, Biden revoked Trump’s access to intelligence briefings, an entitlement that most former presidents enjoyed. Trump just returned the favor.

WOMEN’S SPORTS: The percentage of Americans who believe athletes should only play on teams that match their birth gender increased from 62% in 2021 to 69% in 2023 to 79% in 2025.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nOvU0v2zqvM to see a beautiful Becorn photo in the making.

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by | February 7, 2025 · 11:00 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask today for the graces we need to discern which battles are from You and which are not. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BONDI: Immediately after being sworn in, our new Attorney General froze all DOJ funds going to sanctuary cities and launched investigations aimed at prosecuting the offenders. On Thursday, she filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago, and Cook County, saying their sanctuary city laws obstruct President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies.

Trump has also put Bondi in charge of a task force which will include the heads of at least 15 federal entities, including the departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Labor, and Health and Human Services.

“The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ—which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI, terrible—and other agencies,” Trump said. He said that the group will “work to fully prosecute” violence and vandalism against Christians and “move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”

BORDER: Border czar Tom Homan says they have found the individual responsible for wasting his agents’ time in Colorado this week. A raid on those apartment buildings that Tren de Aragua (TDA) was leaked the previous week, so was postponed to this week, but when they got there, TDA was gone. Homan says there will be consequences.

BUH BYE: USAID programs we’re turning the page on …

Taxpayer moneys being spent on senseless mutilation of animals. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said, “The Biden-Harris administration spent $2.5 million … to study the fertility of transgender mice.”

Taxpayer moneys being spent on killing babies. USAID spent $607 million promoting, funding, or conducting abortions in foreign countries.

Taxpayer moneys being spent promoting LGBTQ and DEI. I can’t help wondering how far the $70,000 they spent on producing a DEI musical in Ireland could have gone to help hurricane victims who are still living in tents.

BUY OUT: A federal judge extended Trump’s offer deadline until Monday, so federal workers unaccustomed to actually getting out of bed and doing something will have another weekend to decide if they want to take advantage of six more months of getting paid to do nothing. At last count, more than 40,000 workers had accepted the generous resignation package.

DEMOCRATS: David Lebryk, the highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department, tried to obstruct an executive order from his boss. It didn’t go well. He’s out of a job now. DOGE exposed the man as having allowed more than $1 billion in federal payments to fraudulent entities. One wonders how long before our new AG brings charges. The Trump administration has made it clear: there will be no tolerance for insubordination, corruption, or rogue officials who undermine the law.

DEI: If this doesn’t show you what a grift this has been, I don’t know what would. For those worried about what these people will do now, I hear there are soon to be numerous openings in agriculture and estate maintenance.

DISNEY: In the first quarter of its FY2025 earnings report, Disney streaming reported having lost 700,000 subscribers.

DOGE: CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1887871388528107917 [16:25] to hear one of my favorite politicians ever talk about how absurd Musk’s critics are. “Spending porn.” “What the hell happened to all the money.” Let us also not forget that the people who are screaming about DOGE auditing them are the same people who hired and armed 87,000 IRS agents to audit us.

PEACE through STRENGTH: The Trump Doctrine.

S&G: I skimmed the article linked below … can’t even ::smh::

TRUMP: [5:49] – He’s a sweet guy. And, isn’t it refreshing to see a POTUS interact with young girls without committing inappropriate personal contact?

USAID: President Donald Trump’s administration has transferred control over all USAID programs to the State Department. After evaluating what the more than 10,000 USAID employees have been doing with U.S. taxpayers’ money, they’ve reportedly decided they only need 294 of these people. The rest are getting canned in what may be the largest layoff in history. If they’re smart, they’ll sign up quick for the six months severance package before they get their pink slips.

GRAMMY NOTES: I fixed my parents’ annoying cricket-in-the-house problem by changing the battery in their smoke detector.

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by | February 6, 2025 · 11:38 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We bring our struggles and temptations to You today. Help us to bear all that we find dark and difficult and assure us that our victories will show the world Your glory. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AOC: During a 90 minute rant on Instagram, the former bartender called Elon Musk “the most unintelligent billionaire I have ever met.” Charlie Kirk retorted, “AOC calling Elon Musk ‘unintelligent’ might actually be the dumbest thing she has ever said, which is really saying something.”

BORDERS: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1887135589331247373 [:39] to see video of Mexican national guard troops arriving at their northern border as promised.

COMPREHENSION: CLICK https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1886936057414914172 [:39] to hear a clip from a recent Trump presser. I caught “have any plan to change” but not much else. I love my Russian immigrant dentist, but dang, add the mask to the accent and even “open wider” can be hard for me to decipher. That being said, I also struggle with understanding native English speakers from many areas of the world, including the U.S., including the former resident of the Oval Office.

CONFIRMATION: Swearing in of our new Attorney General Pam Bondi. [2:08] – Pam looks so much like her mom. 🙂

COVID-19: Argentina’s President Javier Milei has joined Trump in pulling his nation out of the WHO, calling the lockdowns promoted by the agency an economic “catastrophe” and “a crime against humanity.” “We Argentinians will not allow an international organization to intervene in our sovereignty, much less in our health,” he added.

DOGE: The ‘Outnumbered’ panelists discuss the Department of Government Efficiency’s decision to slim down the government and overhaul USAID. [9:35] – This is really worth watching.

CLICK https://x.com/BonillaJL/status/1886990843141075353 [2:00] to see CNN snicker at Schumer, Maxine, and other Dem idjits chanting in the streets. Look at the expression on the black guy’s face as the white gal says Elon Musk’s DOGE was possibly the smartest thing any president has ever done.

On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a meeting titled “Rightsizing Government.” According to Newsmax, Ranking Democrat, Gerry Connolly, D-Va., railed against Elon Musk and moved to subpoena him to appear before the committee. The committee voted no.

LIFE: Whose body? Whose choice? – The unborn child of a Louisiana teen-ager was murdered in secret by its grandmother who disagreed with her daughter’s choice to give birth and keep her baby. The woman has been charged with violating a state law against coercion. The New York doctor who sold her the abortion pills by mail has also been charged, but NY Gov. Hochul is refusing to sign Louisiana’s extradition request. Despite the fact that the teen nearly died and that her wanted child did die, Hochul insists that abortion is health care.

Hochul also doesn’t give a toot about Louisiana’s right to regulate what is and is not shipped out of her state, which annoys the heck out of me. In 2023, Gov. Hochul signed a law restricting a whole host of dietary supplements to “adults only.” I have tried to order green tea and psyllium husk powder from Vitacost only to learn at check-out that I would have to pay nearly $10 extra to sign for them in person. The law is alleged to be about protecting minors from engaging in unsafe weight loss and/or body building regimes, which is more than a tad ironic. Why are New York Democrats so anal about protecting kids only after they’re born? And why do they simultaneously protect the illegals who rape and murder them?

MEDIA: The FCC has released the unedited version of the Kamala Harris interview that CBS edited to make her sound less awful. The part they clipped is between the / marks. “Right now, we are supporting Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia’s unprovoked aggression, / and doing what we can to continue to build and strengthen the alliance around the support for Ukraine’s right to be an independent nation, free from having its borders forcefully taken by Russia. And we are going to continue to work closely with our NATO allies to continue to reinforce America’s alliance in the context of NATO. /”

USAID: As of Friday, nearly all of the 10,000 workers at USAID will be on leave, with only a small subset of “designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs” exempt. Those posted abroad will be expected to return to the United States within 30 days.

VACCINES: In 1986, President Reagan signed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act into law. Calling vaccines “unavoidably unsafe,” the law protects manufacturers from financial liability. The law was in tended to ensure a stable market supply of vaccines and to provide cost-effective arbitration for vaccine injury claims. In 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that the law protects manufacturers from being sued for defects in vaccine design. Twenty-one medical groups, including the American Medical Association (AMA), agree that vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe.” Meanwhile, the mantra “vaccines are safe” is used to justify mandates that, in some cases, violate individual religious beliefs and medical objections.

The #1 thing that pisses me off about vaccine debates is that too many people are “all or nothing” about it. My youngest was injured by the pertussis vaccine in 1985. It was later shown to be too dangerous and has been modified to make it safer. Fortunately, I had an excellent doctor who took a smart approach to vaccinations. His method was to individually evaluate each child’s medical history, each vaccine’s safety record, and each disease before deciding on a vaccine regimen. He considered how treatable each disease was, what its potential risks might be if contracted, and what the likelihood was that the children would come into contact with it. Then, with the vaccines we decided to give them, he was cautious about administering them so we could evaluate how each child responded to each vaccine.

WOMEN’S SPORTS: Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order designed to protect female athletes. He called it “the latest in a sweeping effort to reclaim our culture and our laws from the radical left crusade against biological reality.” The order bans K–12 schools and universities that receive federal funding from allowing biological males to use female facilities or participate in female sports.

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