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Nineteenth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us each to focus on the significance of Christ’s birth and the hope He brings to the world. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

CALIFORNICATION: [14:09] – Major companies are moving elsewhere. The Nevada Globe called it “a brutal indictment of California’s hostile business climate.”

FILM HISTORY: [24:18] – Philip Van Doren Stern said he got the idea for the story in a dream. I can’t help thinking it was God’s gift to future America, because hardly anybody in the 1940s wanted it.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Also, pill organizers and adult coloring books.

HYPOCRISY: For the record, I am not posting this to excuse Trump’s bad attitude. I think we should be better than this! CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2001094249702367258 [2:40] if you can stand to listen to an overpaid bigot dump on a dead man for having a message that appealed to [dripping with disdain] “people sitting in their TRUCKS.” I stopped listening at that point.

MAR-A-LAGO RAID: Newly declassified emails may give Trump grounds to sue for civil liberty violations or prompt prosecutors to pursue a criminal investigation. They show that, before the 2022 raid on Trump’s home in Florida, the FBI expressed doubt that Trump had done anything wrong. FBI agents repeatedly recommended talking to Trump’s lawyers rather than raiding or, failing that, limiting the warrant to avoid private areas of the estate.

The Biden DOJ blew them off. On June 1, 2022, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge wrote, “DOJ has been adamant that no accommodation would be given and that they would not reach out to the attorney.” Nevertheless, the FBI continued to push for “a reasonable conversation with the former president’s attorney.”

When it became obvious the raid would happen regardless, the FBI advocated for a “professional, low key” search that respected “the optics.” As we all know, the August 8, 2022 raid, which was authorized by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, was anything but.

MINNESOTA: I hope you’ll find time to read “What Somalis Have Done for Minnesota” by Daniel Greenfield @ https://www.danielgreenfield.org/2025/12/what-somalis-have-done-for-minnesota.html.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Turn our hearts and minds to the reason for the season. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

VOTER FRAUD: The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is suing 18 states for refusing to provide complete state voting registration lists. The Trump administration says it wants the information to verify the states are following federal election law in an effort to strengthen voting security. The 18 states, all of which Trump lost in 2020, call it intimidation in an effort to influence elections.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RoMUXRZAO-I and count how many of these you’ve heard of before. I’m fascinated by working dogs, so I figured I’d know them all. I was wrong.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A_QIh2fJiW0 to see a dog with has an unlikely passion.

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Eighteenth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us peace in our homes, in our churches, and in our hearts. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

EVERYDAY HEROES: [4:29] – I’m going to be thinking about this one for a long while.

FAFO: On Monday, Hunter Biden admitted to engaging in conduct “involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation” and consented to being disbarred in Connecticut. Last May, he was disbarred in D.C. for the same reasons.

FAKE NEWS: CJ Pearson posted the graphic above, but I added the ‘FAKE NEWS’. I said in his comment section, “CJ, I have followed you for a long time, but that ends today. I read every word of the linked story. Key point: ICE agents stopped her son. As soon as he produced his U.S. passport, they let him go. IOW, there was no nabbing, no showing up anywhere by Mommy Dearest, and no doing of anything ‘unthinkable.’ Bye, bye, CJ. My tolerance for fake news is ZERO, regardless of whose narrative it promotes.”

I’m not posting this here to pat myself on the back, but to let all y’all know that I want you to call me out if I fail to thoroughly vet a story. From Day #1, my goal as a blogger has been to uplift, entertain, and inform. If I get something wrong, I want to know about it, so I can fix it.

HISTORY: Families divided by MAGA will relate to this story. Benjamin Franklin’s only surviving son, William Franklin, was not merely a Loyalist; he was the royally appointed governor of New Jersey who believed deeply in the stability of the British Empire and saw the colonial rebellion as reckless and dangerous. When the Revolution erupted, he refused to abandon his oath to the Crown; arrested by Patriot forces and imprisoned for years, he was eventually released in a prisoner exchange and spent the rest of his life in Great Britain. He and his father never reconciled.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Another fun gift for the Millennials on your list.

INTELLIGENT DESIGN: [8:29] – Neo-Darwinians predicted most of our DNA would be “junk” left over from failed evolutionary modifications. They were wrong.

MEXICO: Under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet over five years to the United States from the Rio Grande River. The United States in turn delivers 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River.

While Biden was in office, Mexico did not keep up their end of the bargain. So Trump threatened Mexico with higher tariffs. Problem solved.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

OUR GOD IS GREAT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/773820955635178 to hear an amazing testimony!

PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT: The Donald let his feelings get the best of him when he posted this and he is getting taken to task by his own people for doing so. The majority of comments echo some variation of this one – “As a MAGA I have tried my best to support you every step of the way but not this time. EVERY human. I repeat EVERY human deserves respect during something like this. I am ashamed that you posted that. You must humble yourself and ask for forgiveness in what was a very HUGE lapse in judgment.”

SECRET SANTA: [5:00] – May the good Lord bless her and her entire family, especially her grandma. Amen.

SELF OWN: CLICK https://x.com/SusieM414141/status/2000033193630835170 [2:08] to see Josh Seiter reveal a liberal teacher’s hypocrisy. Seiter is a conservative content creator known for provocative stunts.

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wpni3o79I-s [1:23] to watch an interesting baby psychology study. When Mama Buzz was a wee one, she participated in a similar study, one aimed at discerning at what age and stage of language development kids understand the difference between the object and the subject in a sentence.

After answering questions about her language development, the researcher hooked her up to a device of some kind. While she sat on my lap, she watched a video showing made up characters with made up names perform a series of action that were described with simple sentences. E.g., puppet A gives something to puppet B.

The video played on a loop until the device showed my child had lost interest, at which point, the researcher brought the puppets into the room and asked her which puppet was which. Since the puppets were goofy looking and had made up names, she could only use the object and subject of each action she had seen to identify which puppet was which.

The main thing I remember (and still laugh about) is that my daughter beat every previous record for number of times she watched the video loop before losing interest. When I told the researcher, “Maybe that’s because we don’t have a television,” she looked thoughtful and suggested that might make an interesting thing to study.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D1eST911x10 to hear Henry Winkler talk about Fonzi’s famous leather jacket.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zkNRDLFl7Mw for a good feelz.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QPJiTBHNAyA to see Spy go on a field trip wearing a wonderful jacket.

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Sixteenth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please send a special blessing on all those service members who are deployed far from their loved ones this year. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIDEN’S BORDER: [8:39] – They knew.

CABINET WIVES: [8:54] – Faith, family, humor, beauty, brains. This group has it all.

CHARLIE KIRK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1523886745181715 to hear him talk more about courage.

HEALING FAMILY WOUNDS: [6:09] – I needed this one.

ISLAM: CLICK https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1999960908723093722 [1:59] to hear a Palestinian doctor from Gaza says men have the right and duty to beat their wives. “When you’re beating your wife, just make sure not to seriously injure her, break her bones, or damage vital organs.”

KENTUCKY: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1998853703470907768 [1:00] to hear a legislator support teaching white kids to feel badly about the color of their skin. Feeling badly about something you didn’t cause and can’t change is called SHAME. It’s demonic. The Left is demonic.

LEFTIES: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1999596793512808838 [1:51] to hear a liberal white woman explain why she refuses to have a relationship with her only sister. Cutting off ties with family … cult much?

MASSACHUSETTS: Speaking of demonic … adults only may CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1999620086282248334 [:34] to see what their parents are coughing up $92,000 a year for.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1999916710237991096 [:22] to hear MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera report on a photo from the recently released Epstein files. She states that the blocks on the faces suggests the women could have been “minors and/or survivors” of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The photo has since been identified as an older, previously public image from an event at Mar-a-Lago where Trump posed with adult models who were there promoting Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion. Sooooo … not Epstein’s creepy island and not minors. ::smh::

Comment from X: “I wonder how Epstein’s victims feel watching Democrats go after Trump instead of the women who really raped them?”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to honor You in all our thoughts, words, and deeds. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCIENCE vs. LUNACY: CLICK https://x.com/redpilldispensr/status/1999789692636532933 [:38] and marvel at the fact that the purple-haired lunatic is an elected legislator in the UK.

SLIPPERY SLOPE: CLICK below to hear Lord Charles Leslie Falconer, a Labour party politician and member of the British House of Lords, state his support for state-sponsored euthanasia for …

… pregnant women @ https://x.com/RightToLifeUK/status/1999511929417597321

… the poor @ https://x.com/RightToLifeUK/status/1999938501589250461

… those with learning difficulties or autism @ https://x.com/RightToLifeUK/status/1999955929362776291

GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots had their first snowfall yesterday. Buzz said, “Jesus must’ve wanted us to have snow for Gaudete Sunday, because it brings so much JOY!!!” ❤

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Ninth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Make us one in You! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/Michele_Tafoya/status/1997087112315752780 [1:07] to hear Obama say the exact same thing Trump says.

CALIFORNICATION: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!!!

EVERYDAY HEROES: [2 8:19] – “To hear the sound of that key.”

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: It’s a dead bat. In resin. If this isn’t creepy enough for you, they also have tarantulas. ::brrr::

J6 BOMBER: CLICK https://x.com/Gutfeldfox/status/1997141696845697083 [4:59] to hear Greg Gutfeld’s speculation on why the Biden FBI “couldn’t” identify this guy.

LIFE: CLICK https://x.com/LaNativePatriot/status/1996488479044456596 to hear this man’s story.

MEDIA: Last week, the Washington Post published an article in which two unnamed sources claimed Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a Joint Special Operations commander to “kill everybody” during an anti-drug-terrorist operation in the Caribbean Sea. That was a lie.

MINNESOTA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e-iFmNmjVyM to hear Nick Freitas respond to an arrogant Somalian providing yet more evidence that these people are not immigrants, but invaders.

TEXAS: [9:42] – I’m guessing the Biden DOJ went after him as a warning to all the other Democrats, “Toe the line or else.” Now he’s been pardoned by a Republican president.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please continue to shower Your graces on this couple. Draw them ever closer to You and keep them safe from all temptations to sin. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SECRET SANTA: [6:16] – This woman is such a gem!

VACCINES: CLICK https://x.com/ValerieAnne1970/status/1997014765462241687 [1:22] to hear Bobby explain why the infant vaccination list suddenly got so insanely long.

Comment by Dr. Dawn Michael: “Listening to the hearing on removing the Hep B vaccine from the newborn schedule. The single most shocking moment presenters cited in studies showed that every SIDS death occurred in infants who received the Hep B shot at birth. There were Zero SIDS deaths in the unvaccinated healthy infants.”

GRAMMY NOTES: I wish I could find this for sale.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P1w-5GGTeyQ to enjoy Braille coloring!

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bjAXnom2jDM for an uplifting true story.

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Sixth Day of Advent

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Create in us a true longing for You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has stopped adjudication on all immigration and naturalization cases from 13 nations and placed partial restrictions on 6 others. Citizens of these countries are now cut off from attempting to seek asylum, get green cards, or become U.S. citizens.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=844645504642265 [:37] to see first responders in West Virginia pull a truck driver to safety after the 18-wheeler skidded off a snow-covered highway, leaving the cab dangling off a bridge nearly 100 feet above the ground.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Who could resist this 20-piece set of beard ornaments! (Besides me, I mean.) Sixteen of them are jingle bells; the other four light up.

MEDIA: NBC’s coverage consisted of the following single sentence within a White House roundup segment – “Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of people in Minnesota’s Somali community for allegedly stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money meant for social service programs.”

CLICK https://rumble.com/v72i5nu-greg-gutfeld-nukes-tim-walz-over-somali-fraud-scandal-in-a-way-only-gutfeld.html [2:13] to hear what Greg Gutfeld had to say about it.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Free our nation from all forms of corruption. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

THANKSGIVING: Andrew Wolfe has woken up and giving his nurses a thumbs up. He is also able to wiggle his toes. Great news, but he remains in critical condition, so keep praying please.

GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1oItOwb1eeQ LOL. This reminds me of when Mama Buzz was that age and we were going to visit Dearest’s very conservative, easily offended grandparents. I tried to talk with her about how we would never EVER ask Grandfather if he had a penis. She grabbed my hand and dragged me into the bathroom, informing me that “penis” is a potty word.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WKqcmVvNP9A to see “Daddy! Baby!”

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cblAuJh_jaE to see the coolest bridal shoot ever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GRAMMY NOTES: I love Bootz’s math book!

SHORTS:

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

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

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DAILY PRAYER: Eternal Father, We offer You today the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Your Son in atonement for the sins of all the world. Amen.

CATHOLIC: [8:10] – This is a good explanation for why our devotion to Mary is biblical.

COLORADO: Abortion is not only legal in Colorado at any and all stages of pregnancy, it is also explicitly protected as a right in the Colorado state constitution.

MAMDANI: I don’t get why any populists would vote for a man who thinks government has all the answers. [14:15]

CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1986070496757387265 [1:29] to hear Scott Jennings comment on Mamdani’s acceptance speech.

CLICK https://x.com/VPPressSec/status/1961188017630228849 [1:16] to hear J.D. Vance talk about him.

MINNESOTA: In June, during a Minnesota House of Representatives floor debate over Medicaid eligibility for illegal migrants. Democratic State Rep. Kaohly Vang Her said, “I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country. I tell you this story because I want you to think about who it is that you are calling illegal. My family was just smarter in how we illegally came here.”

Later that day, the state representative told a local news outlet that she and her parents were actually American citizens and that she had made the stunning claim in an attempt to inspire empathy from her GOP colleagues. In other words, she lied.

St. Paul’s voters just made her their next mayor.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Merciful Father, Cleanse us from all unrighteousness and create in us clean hearts. Help our leaders and citizens to seek You with sincerity and truth. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

SECRET SANTA: [7:44] – Another good one. “I’ll do my best to pay it forward.”

VIRGINIA: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/793885196792146 to hear a wonderful piece of Winsome Earle-Sears’ concession speech.

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz keeps a prayer art journal. Above is the page she made after meditating on this quotation from St. Josemaria Escriva. “God is calling you to serve him in and from the ordinary, secular and civil activities of human life. He waits for us every day, in the laboratory, in the operating theatre, in the army barracks, in the university chair, in the factory, in the workshop, in the fields, in the home and in all the immense panorama of work. Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.” (FYI: Papa Buzz is an active duty military man who has been tasked to fight wild fires on a number of occasions.)

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fymV1zDEZHs to see a teacher’s last wish.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KmVtKmz51LA. My father was born August 9, 1911. ❤

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Teach us to be still and know You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

DEMOCRATS: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced she will not seek her 21st term. S’about time. She’s 85 years old! She has been one of the people who helped the globalists move our nation from Reagan to Mamdani. CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1986094352951541858 [:24] to get what I mean.

HEALTH CARE: CLICK https://x.com/RealLindellTV/status/1986193403562893789 [1:13] to hear Hakeem Jeffries blame Republicans for the messes Obamacare and their open border freebies created. Democrats never have to take responsibility for the messes they create.

I truly hope all y’all who need to sign up for a new Medicare plan have an easier time of it than we did. They’re swamped and their computer system is glitchy. It took TWO HOURS. We already knew what plan we wanted before we called, so it was just a question of filling out forms. Two. Hours.

NEW YUCK CITY: CLICK https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1986375146995916854 [:51] to hear from some young women who are so very happy Mamdani won that they’re cheering, “Sharia law starts now.” ::smh::

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, End the shutdown and save us from socialism and Sharia. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SECRET SANTA: [5:06] – Another good one.

SHUTDOWN: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/39banyQwmWk to hear Sen. Kennedy describe the two bills he is placing before Congress today. Legislators work for We the People. Their JOB is to do the budgets on time. How DARE they shut down OUR business, because THEY did not do their jobs!! How much more offensive that they continue to draw salaries while the rest of the employees either work for nothing or are on furlough?!?!?!?!

TALK TO THE HAND: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rz2icYySZDg to hear a short discussion about the real meaning of compassion. Decades ago, I went to a clergy sexual abuse survivors retreat. The woman who specialized in this grueling work called this “entering into your darkness.” I think Jesus’s parable about the lost sheep speaks to this. So do the Works of Mercy. I’ve suffered from people doing this to me, but to be fair, I have also been in a few situations where I had NOTHING spare to offer someone who was hurting and had to push them away to protect myself.

WORST BOOK REVIEW EVER: Free Beacon’s review of Karine Jean-Pierre’s new book is so bad that Glenn Beck read it word-for-word on his show. It starts, “Karine Jean-Pierre can’t stop making history. Earlier this year, the former White House press secretary became the highest-ranking openly queer, French-born black woman with a hyphenated surname to publicly renounce the Democratic Party for being mean to Joe Biden. She is the only black female lesbian immigrant to publish a book about her time in the Biden administration. It is the worst political memoir ever written in the history of the English language.” You can read the rest at the link.

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