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by | June 7, 2025 · 11:17 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bring this thought to mind when we are tempted to say or text something that isn’t pleasing to You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BE THE POND: The devil wants us to be the fish, emotion clouds vision and delays obedience. As baptized Christians, we must all be ponds that are filled with Living Water!

DIVORCE: A study entitled “Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children’s Adult Outcomes” was just published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Researchers examined tax and census records for more than 5 million people to examine how parental divorce affected them long-term. The study found these individuals experienced teen births 73% more often than their peers with non-divorced peers; 35% more died by age 25; and 43% more ended up in jail.

DOGE: After 14 weeks, approximately 610,000 of the ~4.6M active federal credit cards/accounts have been deactivated.

EDUCATION: Long-running fraud in federal student aid has stolen about $1 billion of the $120 billion the Department of Education has each year to help low-income students. The fraudsters (largely international crime rings) have used stolen SSNs to sign up for online classes at secondary institutions, receive federal student loans or Pell Grants, use a chatbot to “show up” for the first few days of classes, then disappear with the money. Starting next week, DoE will be doing identity checks on financial aid applicants.

ELON: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1930748394215227399 [1:01] to hear Jesse Watters point out that “if you look at this Big, Beautiful Bill, there’s no favors for Elon Musk in it at all.” I hate it when friends fight, so I am choosing to believe they’re pranking the Left. I can totally see The Donald telling Uncle Elon to pretend to fight with him on social media as a Big, Beautiful Thank You for his service. If Elon “hates” Trump, the Left will stop persecuting him and Tesla. I doubt very much that either of these men care a toot about their net worth; they’re so wealthy, a drop in stock prices wouldn’t affect their life styles. But a drop in Tesla sales that leads to layoffs would affect the lifestyles of their workers and I am quite sure both men care very much about that.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/711092837985715 to see how they film actors on horseback. You can always tell if the actor is riding a real horse by the camera angle and distance. If it’s fake, you will either see the actor close up (like in the clip) or from too far away to tell that he or she is a stunt double.

MARYLAND DAD: Y’all remember Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran illegal and MS-13 member the Dems made into their anti-deportation poster boy? Well, El Salvador agreed to return him to the US so he can face criminal charges.

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1931334446679998528 [:56] to hear Steven Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy and the 12th United States homeland security advisor since 2025.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1930976761254191333 [2:21] to hear a Democrat call illegals “undocumented citizens.” That’s like saying “married bachelors.” I had to stop watching that moron spew his nonsense. People with brains and common sense know the difference between legal and illegal immigration. ::smh::

MORE WINNING: A U.S. District Court judge has thrown out the Democratic National Committee’s lawsuit against a number of Trump’s executive orders.

TEXAS: Twenty-four years ago, Texas passed a law granting illegals in-state tuition benefits if they could show they had been living in Texas for at least five years. Trump’s DOJ recently filed a lawsuit stating the law to be unconstitutional; to his credit, Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a joint motion agreeing with it. Texas didn’t bother to fight it; illegals will no longer get in-state tuition benefits in Texas.

GRAMMY NOTES: When I chastised my grandson, he said, “You’re my grandmother. You’re supposed to always praise me!“

I asked who had raised him? “My mom.”

And who raised her? “You.”

Exactly.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1486208975890116 for a funny story about The Carol Burnett Show.

CLICK https://x.com/forallcurious/status/1930278369083486388 to see what the sun did on Wednesday!

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by | June 6, 2025 · 8:52 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Teach us to know You, to love You, and to serve You in true humility. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

DIVERSITY: The Supremes have ruled unanimously in favor of a straight woman in Ohio who filed a “reverse discrimination” lawsuit against her employer when her gay boss declined to promote her. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the opinion for the court. The ruling will make it easier to win such suits in some parts of the country.

ELON AND DONALD: This week, “Uncle Elon” started posting highly critical remarks on X about the GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

Trump told reporters he felt blindsided by Musk’s opposition to the bill and suggested it might have been driven by the elimination of an EV mandate.

Musk says, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51–49 in the Senate. Such ingratitude.”

Trump says, “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.”

FAUXTUS: Trump has ordered an investigation into Biden’s health, the coverup, and who exactly was running things at the White House. The investigation is to be led by White House counsel David Warrington in coordination with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Biden told Politico, “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.”

FBI: [15:10] – FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino talks about Epstein, COVID, Mar-a-Lago, Crossfire Hurricane, cocaine in the White House, and more.

KJP: Up until two days ago, anyone who criticized Biden’s press secretary was slandered as a racist, homophobic woman hater. But since her book announcement, her former White House colleagues have been telling reporters they always hated her.

One person who worked closely with KJP said she “was one of the most ineffectual and unprepared people I’ve ever worked with. … She had meltdowns after any interview that asked about a topic not sent over by producers. She didn’t know how to manage a team, didn’t know how to shape or deliver a message, and often created more problems than she solved.”

SCIENCE: Popular Mechanics just published an article suggesting that the scientific consensus on one issue may be wrong. Of course, they’re not talking about manmade climate change, cuz we all know fershure that that science is totally settled.

SCOTUS: The Supremes have unanimously overturned a lower court decision against Catholic Charities’ claim that they should be exempt from unemployment tax.

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/MilaLovesJoe/status/1930371654015975488 [3:28] to hear Noah call his four years as a “female” was “the single worst mistake I’ve made in my life. … I feel like a tree that grew the wrong way.”

WASHINGTON: Law enforcement agencies dismantled what they call the largest and most dangerous drug trafficking organization in the Seattle area. The organization trafficked large amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl from California into Washington. The investigation, which dates back to November 2023, seized narcotics with a street value of nearly $3 million. Officials say the volume of fentanyl alone was enough to kill Seattle’s population twice over.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_E6VWp8Yq7s to see the cutest ring bearer.

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by | May 23, 2025 · 11:57 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We beg You to open our hearts and minds to see beyond skin color. Where we are called to make judgments, let us look to character. And where we are not called to judge, let us shut up and keep scrolling. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AIR FORCE: Canceling eight wasteful contracts will save We the Taxpayers several billion dollar$.

AVIATION HISTORY: On March 12, 1985, a small aircraft with a jammed landing gear was saved in mid-flight by a mechanic who stood through the sunroof of a car going 90 mph. The daring rescue took place on a runway in St. Augustine, Florida, and remains one of the most unbelievable moments in aviation history.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL: Follow the links to read about some of the golden nuggets buried in this enormous bill.

  1. 2A @ https://notthebee.com/article/did-you-miss-this-little-gem-hidden-inside-the-trump-big-beautiful-bill-passed-this-morning
  2. Trans @ https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/05/22/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-defunds-medicaid-covered-transgender-surgery/
  3. Abortion @ https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/22/house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

BORDER: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has just rolled out a new update to its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. The program provides a single, reliable source for verifying immigration status and U.S. The update will help eliminate voter fraud.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: The DoL currently has 16,800 licenses for phone lines, but in the last 30 days only 4,000 were used (24%). Canceling the unused lines will save We the Taxpayers about half a million dollars per year.

DOGE: Over the last two days, agencies terminated 120 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers $908 million. Almost half of that was for “technical services” in Mozambique.

The U.S. Census Bureau has done more than 100 additional surveys costing $2.2 Billion, many of which were never used. So far, five of them have been canceled, saving We the Taxpayers from spending $16.5 million to ask Americans stupid questions like, “In your entire life, have you had at least 12 drinks of any kind of alcohol, not counting small tastes or sips?”

DUMBOCRATS: Letitia James now says she “mistakenly” claimed Virginia residency in loan documents. Just like Comey says he “found” the 8647 seashells on the sea shore and had no idea what they meant.

EDUCATION: Trump is deadly serious about ending discrimination. Since Harvard has refused to comply with multiple DHS requests for information about its DEI initiatives and foreign student population’s harassment of Jewish students, Kristi Noem has issued an ultimatum. Harvard has 72 hours to comply or the ax falls. NO foreign students will be granted F- or J- non-immigrant visas. Period. CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1925625458487369729 to see her letter. Aaaaand, some activist judge slaps on an injunction in 3 … 2 … 1.

ILHAN OMAR: CLICK https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1925527078104863054 [:12] to hear her refuse to express even the slightest compassion for the families of the two Israeli diplomats who were gunned down on the street in DC this week.

MAHA: CLICK https://x.com/devorydarkins/status/1925608481198850375 [2:12] to hear about Bobby Jr’s report on chronic illness in America’s children. The four major factors are poor diet, environmental chemical exposure, lack of physical activity, and over-medicalization. I am so very grateful to know my grandkids are all being raised healthy!

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1925615286578786617 [1:17] to hear how NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor asks questions.

MEDICARE: The government, which is 7 years behind on its required audits of Medicare Advantage plans, will be caught up by the end of this year. Since various reports estimate overbilling at between $17 and $43 billion per year, these audits should result in billions of taxpayer dollars returned to the Treasury. Hmm … I remember the Biden administration hiring thousands of extra IRS staff to go after transfers as low as $600 … but they totally ignored billions in fraud? Sounds about right.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1925713884742070562 [1:46] to hear SecDef Hegseth not apologize for starting a monthly voluntary prayer service at the Pentagon. I’m guessing those who criticize this were cheering when Obama persecuted military chaplains.

NO KO: According to CBS News, the brand new 5,000-ton-class destroyer “became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck.” Little Rocketman said, “This was a serious accident that could not have happened, could not be tolerated, and was a criminal act caused by pure carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism.”

NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte City Councilwoman Tiawana Brown and her daughters, Antoinette and Tijema, have been indicted on federal charges of fraudulent use of COVID loans intended to support small businesses through the lockdowns.

The indictment says $15,000 of that money went to pay for a birthday party for Tiawana Brown. Word has it the party included a throne and a horse-drawn carriage. Brown says she paid the money back. Before serving on the City Council, Brown served four years in federal prison for fraud. She is also the founder of Beauty after the Bars(501c3), an advocacy organization committed to helping formerly incarcerated women.

SOCIAL SECURITY: After 11 weeks, the massive cleanup of Social Security records is complete. More than 12 million individuals aged 120+ years have been marked “deceased.” Some complex cases remain, such as individuals with 2+ different birth dates on file. These will be investigated in a follow-up effort.

SOUTH AFRICA: CLICK https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1925603508465631456 [1:39] to hear about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House, along with how The View reported on it.

CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1925317932080386381 [:54] to hear Scott Jennings, CNN’s token conservative, present the other side of it.

During the visit, Ramaphosa told Trump to his face that they were not taking land from the white people in South Africa. CLICK https://x.com/breauxbot/status/1925679497036128657 [:21] to hear him insisting this is exactly what must happen.

One commenter on X wrote, “I worked for a Fortune 100 company. We set up an intelligence center where we would monitor global events for our assets and push out messages and warnings to employees based on where they were. We covered SA for a while. But we stopped because the events against farmers happened so frequently that they were tripping our thresholds and we were sending out too many messages to employees there. … It was 2016.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Yes.

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by | April 4, 2025 · 11:42 pm

This week at DOGE

DOGE: The savings live tracker is a very welcome change from the anxiety-inducing Debt Clock!

MARCH 28, 2025: Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 121 wasteful contracts saving We The Taxpayers $156 million. These included a $1.6 Million DEI contract for “strategies for implementing ‘social emotional’ learning” and a $143,000 DOT contract for “social media support services.”

MARCH 31, 2025: A 2023 IG report (title page above) pointed out that nearly $5 Billion in COVID era funds remained unused. Nobody did anything about it. DOGE recently recovered $1.4 Billion and it to the Treasury general account. The team is moving urgently to get the rest.

MARCH 31, 2025: Today, agencies canceled 109 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers $420 million. One of these was a $2.7 Million Commerce Department contract for “marketing consulting services outreach and engagement support services.”

EPA: CLICK https://x.com/epaleezeldin/status/1906776086412767560 [2:10] to hear how much money the Biden administration wasted on one extraordinarily stupid project. CLICK the Wikipedia link below to read about the man the museum lionized.

USIP: Each year, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55 Million in congressional (taxpayer) funds. According to DOGE, they would sweep millions of this money into a private endowment over which there was no congressional oversight). Trump vowed to dismantle the agency and sent DOGE in. A private accountant to whom USIP had paid $2,232,500 attempted to delete over 1 Terabyte of accounting data after DOGE entered the building. DOGE has recovered the data which allowed them to learn how much waste and fraud they wanted to hide. Among these was $13 Million spent on private events and travel.

SOCIAL SECURITY: DOGE has been cleaning out the data base. The graphic shows the people over 120 years who had been correctly marked as deceased as of March 31. Two million more to go.

APRIL 2, 2025: Today, agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers another $139.1 Million. One of these was $2.1 Million State Department management consulting contract for a “senior advisor” in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VETERAN AFFAIRS: Until recently, the VA was paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed and the same work is now being performed by one internal VA software engineer who needs about ten hours per week to keep the website up-to-date.

APRIL 2, 2025: Today, agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers another $30.2 million. One of these was a $3.4 million State Department management consulting contract for “aviation advisors” in Kenya.

LABOR DEPARTMENT: On April 3, Acting Secretary Sonderling announced the cancellation of wasteful DEI contracts that will save We the Taxpayers $15 million. Among these were:

  1. $6.7 Million for the California State Library to “enhance equitable library programs”;
  2. $1.5 Million for the Connecticut State Library system to “integrate social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion” into their daily work;
  3. $400,000 for the University of Tennessee to study “LGBTQ+ library users’ metadata”;
  4. $265,000 for Queens College in New York to research “why BIPOC teens” read Japanese comic books;
  5. $250, 000 to erect “LGBTQ+ historical markers” across Ohio;
  6. $140,000 for the University of South Carolina to create “safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals” in libraries; and,
  7. $105,000 to California Association of Museums to address “systemic racism” in museums.

APRIL 4, 2025: The DOGE IT team just saved We the Taxpayers $1 million per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent, modern digital records.

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by | February 12, 2025 · 6:05 am

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My apologies for brevity … my symptoms have flared. ❤

DOGE: After three weeks, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made over $1 billion in cuts, and they haven’t even gotten to the military yet. Dems have complained that DOGE has been nitpicking. According to them, $70K to stage a musical in Ireland is too small an amount to be bothered about. Frankly, this pisses me off; the average ANNUAL income in the United States is less than $64K.

FAUCI: The Department of Government Efficiency announced on social media that the Department of Health and Human services had nixed plans to spend $168,000 on a museum exhibit to honor Anthony Fauci.

GAZA: [19:55] – I thought he was kidding. Nope!

GULF OF AMERICA: Some suggest Trump did this because Biden put out a bunch of orders banning drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and maybe it was quicker to change the name than launch legal challenges. I can’t help wondering if he enjoys pranking the left so they will waste time, energy and news cycle minutes fighting him over things he doesn’t care about.

PEN and PHONE: Laura Ingraham calls out Democrats’ panicking over DOGE. [8:49] – The Obama clips are my favorite part.

VANCE: LOVE J.D. [6:56] – Best comments – “It’s funny how the journalists can dig up 5 year old social media posts but miss billions of dollars of money laundering.” “Am I the only one who can’t wait to vote Vance for potus in 4 years??”

Re: the ad – My only sad face about my Helix mattress is that they didn’t use extra strong springs around the edges. People SIT on the edges of the bed. I SIT on the edges of my bed. My Helix is shlumping on the edges where I sit. Our first mattress had extra strong springs around the edge to support sitting. You only need comfort in the middle. Helix … listen up, please.

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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 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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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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by | January 27, 2025 · 11:11 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We unite our sufferings to Yours in the sure and joyful hope of Your promises! Amen. And again, we say Amen!

FASTING: Second rule about fasting, if it’s your first night at Fast Club, you fast.

IRS: Under Biden, Dems tried to expand the IRS with an addition of 88,000 employees. On Saturday, President Trump said he has halted any new hires and plans to terminate the Biden hires.

LEFTY LOONIES: Elon Musk made what one lefty tweeted was “a very belligerent” Nazi salute. Lefties sent the meme viral.

Musk said it wasn’t a Nazi salute. The ADL said it wasn’t a Nazi salute. Vanity Fair said Musk wasn’t denying it was a Nazi salute. Musk started tweeting bad Nazi puns. The ADL criticized him for making light of the Holocaust.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/551460728048561 to see patriotic_em’s take on the idiotic “controversy” over Musk’s “heart to crowd” gesture.

In other news, J.D. Vance is also a Nazi, because he wants “more babies in America.’

MAGA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2-Pi7dRNO60 to hear The Donald answer a stupid question. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gq8PQ6xC9vQ to hear what Melania had to say about her hat.

SNARK: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rySmNDn8pTA to hear what Nick Freitas had to say about Panama’s appeal to the U.N.

USA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iFeiFuKvRHk to hear Brandon Tatum tell a healthy, well-fed, well-dressed black woman to count her blessings. He didn’t mention, but could have, the fact that her face is uncovered and she is free to step up to a microphone and tell a man she thinks he’s wrong.

VPOTUS: On Sunday, JD gave his first media interview with CBS News’ anchor Margaret Brennan, who quizzed him on a range of topics, including illegal immigration, the U.S. economy, Jan. 6 pardons, and Big Tech companies. CLICK https://x.com/LozzaFox/status/1883801081714806936 [1:19] to hear the origins of what quickly became a new MAGA meme.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QUe8GB-wZvE for a grin.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QvePoMTx6sQ for another grin.

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