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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank you for journeying with and guiding us in all our trials. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 4, 1904 United States began construction of the Panama Canal.

DEI: They lauded blind auditions (i.e., judges can’t see musician) because they increased the numbers of women, then condemned them because they did not increase the numbers of blacks.

CLICK https://x.com/jameszimmermann/status/2008154467347103779 [1:56] to hear James Zimmermann (Catholic clarinetist and homeschooler of 3) tell his tale of DEI discrimination. His GiveSendGo account is @ https://www.givesendgo.com/jzimm if you want to help him with his legal expenses as he fights DEI in the arts.

HYPOCRITE: “Rules for me, but not for thee.”

MINNESOTA: Last Tuesday, the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee held an oversight hearing on the taxpayer-funded childcare services fraud. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) declined to testify.

RACE: CLICK https://x.com/Mericamemed/status/2050991274921238898 [:52] to hear Victor Glover Jr. give an excellent answer to a woke question.

SCOTUS: In Wednesday’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, six justices declared that racial gerrymandering is racist and therefore a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits any voting practice or procedure that denies or abridges the right to vote on account of race or color nationwide.

Justice Kagan wrote in her dissent that the Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers” and that “only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.

@chrismckeever commented, “We don’t give Union soldiers enough credit for the blood they spilled in…1982.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz raided the old atlases/maps I have in my “art fodder” to make this gorgeous cover for their home school geography binder. I made the “USA” letters with “art fodder” postage stamps and the die cutting machine Dearest gave me last Christmas. ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eIXpuROVJsw [2:35] to enjoy the antics of a Doberman who did not get the memo.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, May our faith be a light that draws others to You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1963, the US observed its first Senior Citizens Month, later renamed Older Americans Month. Since its inception, it has been a time to raise awareness of issues facing older Americans as well as honor our contributions to our nation.

CATHOLIC: CLICk either of the links to read about this extraordinary woman.

DEMOCRATS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2050118020920410406 [:57 ] to hear Sen. Warnock [D-GA] spew constitutional nonsense.

The Senate confirmed every one of these judges, per the constitution.” ~@itspoopintheend

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2049897978849009774 [1:01] to hear Sunny Hostin, a lawyer and TV personality who makes millions, whine about how the SCOTUS decision to block race-based gerrymandering makes her feel. In regards to her having to “go home and tell my children” … said children are 20 and 24 years old. ::eyeroll::

The Supreme Court just ruled you can’t draw voting maps based on race. The ‘we’re not racists’ Democrats are very unhappy about it. It’s almost as if … “ ~Damani Felder

On CNN @ https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2049837542317449246

  • LIBERAL: We haven’t had a black Republican Governor since reconstruction!
  • SCOTT JENNINGS: Republicans tried to elect one in Virginia.
  • LIBERAL: …uh, OK, well, I’m just saying…
  • JENNINGS: And a white Democrat gerrymandered the state.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” ~Thomas Sowell

  • Posted: “It’s possible that the Democrats only have 6 districts in the ENTIRE DEEP SOUTH.” ~ @davidslosttt
  • Response: “There are 0 Republican seats in New England.” ~ @seanmdav

DOJ: Read the report @ https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1438506/dl.

FLORIDA: Democrats in dozens of states have used race-based gerrymandering to create voting districts that favoried Democrats. Within hours of SCOTUS declaring the practice unconstitutional, the Florida legislature passed the new districting map. Republicans in other states are demanding the same.

MICHIGAN: Neighborhood Crime Watch signs are specifically intended to warn criminals that they are not welcome. Ann Arbor just had all of them removed, because “we are a welcoming community” and the signs are “are an expression of exclusion.”

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2050032453117698149 [:49] to hear Senator Jack Reed [D-RI] suggest Pete Hegseth shouldn’t be a military leader because he is a Christian who is proud to be American. Everybody has someone or something they believe is or should be #1. I prefer the person making military decisions to have his number ones be Jesus Christ and the well-being of our nation and our fighting men and women.

NEW YUCK CITY: “It turns out Margaret Thatcher wasn’t being dramatic — she was being predictive: ‘The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.’

“Exhibit A: According to the New York Post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is already asking the City Council for a budget extension… while simultaneously shaking down Albany for more taxpayer cash. Apparently the money ran out faster than the slogans.

“The freshman mayor’s plan? Tax the rich, fund government-run grocery stores, and call it compassion. The reality? The rich are doing what rich people do when they’re treated like ATMs with legs — they’re leaving. And, inconveniently, they’re taking the money with them.” ~Gary Varvel

SCHUMER SHUTDOWN 2.0: It’s over. The House has passed the Senate’s bill restoring funding and Trump has signed it.

UNITED NATIONS: They elected the Iranian member to be one of the vice presidents of the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. Iran. The US, the UAE, Australia, Britain, France, and Germany condemned this decision.

WASHINGTON: CLICK https://x.com/BrandiKruse/status/2049562844862324861 [:13] to hear Seattle’s socialist Mayor express her lack of concern about wealthy entrepreneurs fleeing high taxes.

GRAMMY NOTES: Posted to Facebook by our local ReUse It Center – “‘Salvaged'” is just a fancy way of saying the wood is between jobs and waiting to become a house again instead of retiring in a landfill. This is a productive cycle where a tree becomes a doorway, then another doorway, because this lumber has a very strong work ethic and refuses to stay down.” ❤

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVLEwZVbOY [2:07] to watch a “Babies” clip from King Charles’ speech.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K5wwgBdrV9M [1:31] to hear little kids imitating their parents.

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WHCD Shooting

Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto with graphics added by CtH.

Hello everybody!

So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.

I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”

I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)

I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.

I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.

I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)

While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)

Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who *aren’t*

Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people *chose* to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

Rebuttals to objections:

Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.

Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.

Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.

Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.

Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?

This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.

Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.

Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.

Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.

Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack

Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.

Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.

I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is *astoundingly* incompetent.)

Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.

Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.

Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.

Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.

Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.

Thank you all for everything.

Sincerely,

Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen

PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.

Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.

What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.

No damn security.

Not in transport.

Not in the hotel.

Not in the event.

Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.

I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.

The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.

Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.

Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed s–t.

Actually insane.

Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.

Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.

There’s been some nonsense talk about how Trump supposedly has the “lowest approval rating in history” and that the WHCD shooting was staged to improve those numbers. You can look at the historical approval records yourself; there’s no paywall.

On April 21, 2026, House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, posted to social media, “Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight. We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.

On April 26, 2026, the day after the WHCD shooting, Jeffries posted to social media, “America will not be lectured about civility by far right extremists in Congress. Particularly those who provide aid and comfort to hundreds of violent rioters who brutally beat police officers on January 6. There will be ample time to vigorously debate the issues of the day. Now is a time to unify.”

CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/2048407639063711811 [:26] to hear Jamie Raskin respond to a question about his “heated rhetoric” with “What rhetoric?”

  • On Apr 7, 2026, Rep. Jamie Raskin called a Trump speech a “rambling and hate-filled diatribe” and urged Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment to get rid of him.
  • On Feb. 25, 2026, he called Trump “the most corrupt president in American history.”
  • In 2024, he called Trump a “career criminal” and “incorrigible recidivist con man” with a legacy of “American carnage” that nearly toppled the constitutional order.

Babylon Bee writes, “‘This Is A Both Sides Issue,’ Says Side That Shot President Trump, Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, Tried To Shoot Trump Again, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro, Tried To Shoot Trump A Third Time … murdered schoolkids in Minnesota, murdered schoolchildren in Nashville, burned an elderly Jewish woman to death in Colorado, murdered a couple at the Jewish embassy in D.C., seized campus buildings and held janitors hostage, assaulted students on campus who appeared Jewish, ambushed ICE officers in Dallas and shot an officer in the neck, assassinated FBI officer David Underwood, assassinated the United Healthcare CEO, cheered the murder of over 1,200 civilians on October 7th, murdered schoolkids in Colorado in 2019, injured over 700 police offers in 2020 riots, murdered retired police captain David Dorn, murdered a 16-year-old boy in ‘CHAZ’, burned down Minneapolis, firebombed a Washington ICE center, murdered six people in Waukesha, assassinated five Dallas officers in 2016, assassinated three police in Baton Rouge in 2016 (you know what, we’re going to stop now, this is getting sad).

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The Iran War

Sid Miller writes, Let’s get something straight, because this hasn’t been talked about enough. And I’m tired of seeing people (primarily leftists) grabbing headlines and posts that agree with their narrative instead of doing their own research.

What’s happening right now in Iran is not Israel’s war. It’s not a Jewish vendetta. Washington severed diplomatic ties with Iran under the Carter administration after Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. That was 1979.

Since then, EVERY administration, Carter, Reagan, Bush (senior), Clinton, Bush (junior), Obama, Biden, and Trump, has said that a nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable. The White House recently documented 74 separate instances of Trump making that case, calling it “longstanding, bipartisan American policy.” This isn’t a new position. It isn’t a right-wing position. It’s what every administration has believed for half a century.

The IAEA reported that Iran’s cache of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium had surged by roughly 50 percent in just three months, putting Tehran one step away from having enough material for ten nuclear weapons. That’s not some little vague threat. That’s a countdown.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put it plainly: “They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons. When you’ve built the engine, loaded the fuel, and pointed the car at the wall, it doesn’t matter much whether you’ve pressed the gas.”

Here’s what this all adds up to. The United States didn’t stumble into this war because Israel asked nicely. It acted on a threat that five decades of American presidents acknowledged and mostly kicked down the road.

Iran was weeks away, not years, from having the material needed for nuclear weapons. It had long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S.

Calling this Israel’s war ignores fifty years of American policy, multiple rounds of failed diplomacy, and a nuclear program that was running out of road.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us each to grow in virtue that we may be “Jesus with skin on” to the world. In His Holy Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On March 15, 1820, Maine became the 23rd state in the United States. The decision ended nearly two centuries of rule by Massachusetts and recognized the growing population and independence of the northern district.

IRAN: [12:05] – Democrats reacting to Trump’s attack on Iran –

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA): “Americans don’t want another endless war.”

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): “The president should be focused on reducing costs for Americans, not abusing his power to drag America into another endless war.

Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO): “No one in this country wants another endless war in the Middle East.”

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), with Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff: “The American people continue to say loud and clear that they do not want another endless war.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA): Criticized entangling Americans in “another endless war without any clear exit strategy.

Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA): Condemned “endless war in Iran with no regard for human life.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): “The people of our country… do not want endless war.”

MILITARY: A KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing all six of its crew members.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: God of Hosts, Grant wisdom to our military commanders. Help them protect national security with moral clarity. Give them discernment in deployment decisions. Comfort families of service members. Protect troops in harm’s way. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

THE VIEW: [6:15] – Sky News host Rita Panahi rightly labels Whoopi Goldberg “an absolute disgrace of a human being.”

GRAMMY NOTES: When my parents noticed most of their friends had moved to Florida, they went on a round robin visit of them to see if they should do it too. They came back convinced that living near their grandkids was a better plan. “We can visit Florida if winter gets to be too much. But live there? Nope. All they talk about is their money and their bad health!”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJbm-bxuUdI [1:59] to hear about a day in the life of a middle school teacher.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PCEq2Uhewpg [:15] to hear what the toddler said.

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The Military Authority of the Commander in Chief

When Democrats claim that President Trump cannot use military force without prior authorization from Congress, they are either ignoring the Constitution or pretending not to understand it.

Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. That authority is operational, immediate, and independent. It does not require Congress to issue a declaration of war before the President can act to defend American interests.

The Supreme Court settled this question in The Prize Cases. The Court held that when hostilities arise, the President is not only authorized but obligated to respond without waiting for Congress. A declaration of war recognizes a condition — it does not create the President’s power to repel force.

Congress has the power to declare war under Article I, Section 8. That is a political recognition of sustained, formal war between sovereigns. It is not a prerequisite for tactical, defensive, or limited military engagement. If it were, every modern president since World War II would have acted unconstitutionally — including Democrat presidents.

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 requires notification within 48 hours and sets a 60-day framework absent authorization. It does not strip the President of the authority to initiate force. It regulates reporting and duration. Every president — Republican and Democrat — has exercised military authority under Article II while navigating that statute.

Let’s be honest about the politics.

When a Republican occupies the Oval Office, Democrats suddenly rediscover “Congressional authorization.” When a Democrat orders airstrikes in Libya, conducts drone campaigns across sovereign borders, or expands military footprints abroad, the outrage quiets down.

This pattern is not constitutional principle. It is partisan positioning — particularly with midterm elections approaching, when energizing the base matters more than institutional consistency.

The President does not need a declaration of war to protect the United States.

He has the authority.

He has the duty.

And history, statute, and Supreme Court precedent support that reality.

If critics claim otherwise, the burden is on them to explain why their argument did not apply to administrations of their own party. CLICK https://x.com/TVNewsNow/status/2028476224134173068 [:16] to hear then-Speaker Pelosi affirm that POTUS did not need authorization to bomb Libya.

That is the constitutional bottom line.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray for better communication in all of our relationships. Help us listen without interrupting, speak without attacking, and understand without judging. Let our words build up instead of tear down. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 14, 1990, as the Voyager 1 space probe was about to leave our solar system, it turned and took a photo in which Earth glows as a pale blue dot highlighted by a brilliant beam from the sun, an astronomical Valentine from our loving Creator.

CATHOLICS and CAPPUCHINOS: [40:51] – In Episode 2, Siobhan Fallon Hogan interviews Kevin James who has a new movie out, Solo Mio, in which he stars with Jonathan Roumie. I can’t wait to see it!

CHRISTIANITY: CLICK https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTeFd0-knOK/ to learn how to BREATHE the prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, Have mercy on me, a sinner.”

CLIMATE HOAX: Trump is eliminating an Obama-era EPA “finding” that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and three other greenhouse gases “endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations.” This “finding” was used to justify most of the federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles. Eliminating it will cancel those standards and bring down car prices.

GEORGIA: [5:33] – On January 28th, federal agents executed a search warrant on Fulton Countyy’s election offices and walked out with approximately 700 boxes of evidence, including physical ballots from the 2020 election, tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images, and voter rolls.

ICE: Gary Varvel writes, “The outrage over immigration enforcement isn’t really about compassion — it’s about political survival. For four years, President Biden refused to secure the border while as many as 20 million foreign nationals entered the United States. That wasn’t incompetence. It was the Democrat’s strategy. Mass migration became the foundation of a long-term political calculation: import future voters, reshape the electorate, and secure power for a generation. They were stacking the deck.

Now that ICE is removing even a few of those ‘cards,’ the panic sets in. According to a 2024 House Judiciary Committee report, the Biden-Harris Administration funneled tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to organizations supporting illegal aliens — often through left-wing nonprofits. Sounds like buying votes while border security and public safety took a back seat. When your political future is stacked on a house of cards labeled ‘mass migration,’ enforcing the law doesn’t just secure the border — it threatens to bring the whole Democratic Party structure down.”

MEDIA: On February 9, CBS ran a story stating – “Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump’s first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.”

The Left Stream Media repeated this “fact” ad nauseum. But here’s the rest of the story …

  1. Everybody who is in the country illegally is a criminal. ICE’s mandate is “immigration” enforcement, so duh.
  2. The arrest percentages for 2025 were similar to historical averages, so double duh.
  3. CBS News limited their data set to assaults and homicides committed in the U.S. They conveniently ignored DUIs, which are known to involve repeat offenders and to cause multiple deaths every year.
  4. DHS says 70% of their arrests involved people with gang connections and/or with convictions or pending charges for crimes of all kinds, both here and abroad.
  5. CLICK https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389127735112 [:44] to hear Karoline Leavitt list some of the many crimes CBS decided weren’t bad enough to justify ICE arrests. E.g., distributing child pornography.

In other news, the word on the street is that CBS is losing money bigly. Maybe if they stopped lying, people would go back to considering them a news source.

For another sweetener, CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/905084612324348 [1:12] to hear a black man tell Don Lemon he is 100% in favor of ICE getting “’em all out of here! Trump, four more years!”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Heavenly Father, Protect our relationships from every attack of the enemy and from our own sinful tendencies. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

REDEDICATE 250: “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving” will be held May 17th on the National Mall. From 6am to 6pm, the event will feature Christian singers, religious leaders and personas, and members of the president’s cabinet. Doors will open at 4:30 am.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: [2:30 to 7:40] – Fr. Dan Reehil is a Catholic priest and exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville. In the first minutes of this video, he talks about the effectiveness of true Gregorian Chant in torturing demons. He then tells an amazing story about a time when Pope Saint John Paul II received a word of knowledge that changed a young priests life.

@katdunn7934 posted this in the comments: “Today I listened to Jesse Romero tell a story about going to a convenience store and it had Gregorian chant playing outside. He asked the owner, who was Indian, why it was playing. The owner said they had problems with homeless people hanging out there outside all the time. He did everything to try getting them to leave sprinklers on them and even thumb tacks where they would lay. Nothing worked. One day a priest came in and he asked the priest what he could do about the situation. The priest said sometimes it’s not a mental health situation, but demonic in nature. He suggested playing Gregorian chant and see what happens. He did, and they started screaming and covering their ears. They left and never came back. That’s pretty powerful!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kMTrf5lC_KI [1:18] to see how a herd of llamas catch a thief.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BRy_NTBhHjY [:45] to see a fun mini project that has me so very tempted!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray for unity, understanding, and the strength to continue the fight for justice and equality. Help us to carry on Dr. King’s legacy and bring about the world he dreamed of. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. A Baptist minister, King sought equality for all Americans and fought for peaceful solutions to racial issues.

EDUCATION: The Chicago Teachers Union is largest in the nation. It recently pushed out an ad promoting a tax hike on millionaires and billionaires. There were only 2 things wrong with it. 1. The ultra-wealthy (top 0.1%) already pay 33.4% (i.e., far more than their “fair share”) of all the taxes in this country. 2. Governor is spelled wrong. Since those are both fact-based, one might have hoped the TEACHERS union would have done better!

GREENLAND: CLICK https://x.com/sanchezdelreal/status/2011089774820442237 [2:00] for a quick look at why Trump is determined to have us own this vital piece of real estate.

ICE: CLICK https://x.com/RickyDoggin/status/2011205438893879386 [1:33] to hear a liberal white woman get all weepy and defensive after a conservative calmly explains to her that she’s wrong.

CLICK https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2011138170013065612 [1:07] to hear a brown-skinned immigrant tell an arrogant white liberal that he feels safer under Trump than he did under Biden.

CLICK https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2011168148431716737 [1:34] to hear President Trump declare that, “starting February 1st, we’re not making any payments to Sanctuary Cities or states having sanctuary cities…because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American Citizens, and it breeds fraud and crime.”

Grok says the following states have sanctuary cities: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. In addition, Hawaii and Maryland have statewide sanctuary policies.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/Thevictoria76/status/2011092812151079180 [2:13] to hear what Paul Harvey used to call “the rest of the story” in regards to claims on the Slime Stream Media that ICE agents are abusing their powers.

CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2011245839096725808 [6:25] to see a sympathetic CNN documentary about ICE agents doing their jobs in May 2016.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please bind the demons driving these insane protests and bring peace and sanity back to our civic discourse. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SOMALIA: The Trump administration has decided to end temporary protection for Somali nationals in the United States. This “temporary” status has existed since 1991.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says, “Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status. Further, allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests. We are putting Americans first.”

There are 2,471 Somali nationals in the United States under the status, also known as TPS. Another 1,383 are in the country with pending TPS applications. They’re all supposed to go home before St. Patrick’s Day.

TDS: CLICK https://x.com/jayplemons/status/2010849545945571664 [1:13] to hear Greg Gutfeld make a really interesting point about what he calls “Trump Derangement Addiction.” I agree. And I think there are two key factors. One is that anger generates adrenaline, which in it self is addictive. The other is that anger blocks other emotions, like sadness, so if you’re unhappy with your life, being perpetually angry is a way of self-medicating.

WHITE WOMEN: CLICK https://x.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/2011246547087081923 [:11] to see liberal white women protesting something or other. The poster asks, “Here again, I can’t understand the extreme hyperemotional, quivering, shaking, quaking, vitriolic screaming behavior. Is there a psychiatrist out there that can explain this?” Best response: “Joe Rogan said it best ‘the least connected, most lost people; he knows, often turning ideologies into their ‘God; in religion’s absence, making them ‘more rigid in their perspectives.’ The absence of God in these people’s lives has taken a toll.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/V_Lady2024/status/2011160156231418214 [:56] to enjoy hearing a conservative white woman report on what happened in her small Minnesota town when ICE agents arrested someone at the grocery store! LOL

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please send a special blessing today to every person who is incarcerated. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash recorded the first live album during his concert at Folsom Prison.

CATHOLIC: Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, the chief exorcist for the Archdiocese of Washington, prays against spirits of lethargy. [4:44] – Wow … this popped into my feed and I thought, “why not?” After all. I’ve been SO tired lately, despite getting plenty of sleep. After the third repetition, I suddenly became really dizzy, disoriented, and nauseated. Now I’m yawning like crazy. I think I need to do this every day!

GREENLAND: [10:10] – The beginning of this video is a brief segment showing independent reporter Nick Shirley talking to Greenlanders about joining the USA. More important is the longer section after during which a woman explains in simple terms about the importance of us achieving Trump’s dream.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/overton_news/status/2008970051668303995 [:25] to see a liberal agitator confront a journalist, then move on as soon as being reassured she is with CNN.

MILITARY: Since Trump took office, backlog of veterans waiting for VA benefits has decreased by 57%. The VA has opened 20 new health care clinics nationwide and investing $800 million in infrastructure improvements to ensure facilities deliver safe and effective patient care. The department has also worked to streamline access to community care, in an effort to make it easier and faster for enrolled veterans to receive treatment from non-VA providers at the VA’s expense.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please send a special blessing on all those who guard or otherwise provide services to the incarcerated. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SEARCH and RESCUE: This video is 12 years old. [2:40] – FINDER, which was developed by NASA, can detect human heartbeats and breathing through up to 30 feet of rubble or 20 feet of solid concrete. It was first deployed after the 2015 Nepal earthquake, allowing rescuers to locate survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings.

VACCINES: CLICK https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2010495388688457927 [:59] to hear a vaccine inventor bemoan parents being encouraged to think about when, how, and why their kids get vaccinated. He defeats his own argument when he says, “You can REASONABLY make a decision.” Exactly. He also sounds stupid when he cites “the worst flu season”, as if we didn’t already know that the flu vaccine makes you more likely to catch flu, not less!

Also, Dr. Paul Offitt is not an unbiased expert. He is a co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq. He is on staff at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) which sold the rights to RotaTeq. Offit received millions of dollars from that sale. Offit has a research endowed 1.5-million-dollar chair at CHOP that is funded by Merck. He used to serve on the FDA’s vaccine advisory board … until RKF Jr. fired him for conflict of interests!

GRAMMY NOTES: Last night, during their family rosary, Bootz prayed “for North Korea…no matter how much they kill Christians, I will still pray for them.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vI0U9ow44R4 to see an epic parenting moment!

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Minnesota Update

ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they’ve arrested during their surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota. ICE says all of these criminal aliens were roaming freely prior to arrest.

  • Sriudorn Phaivan, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of strong-arm sodomy of a boy & strong-arm sodomy of a girl with a deportation order since 2018.
  • Tou Vang, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of sexual assault and sodomy of a girl under age 13 and procuring a child for prostitution with a deportation order since 2006.
  • Chong Vue, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of the strong-arm rape of a 12-year-old girl and kidnapping a child with intent to sexually assault her, with a deportation order since 2004,

CLICK https://x.com/Crazyflix94/status/2010315093310164994 [1:04].

  • Ge Yang, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of strong-arm rape, aggravated assault with a weapon, and strangulation with a deportation order since 2012.
  • Pao Choua Xiong, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of rape and child fondling with a deportation order since 2003.
  • Kou Lor, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of rape, rape with a weapon, and sexual assault with a deportation order since 1996.

  • Hernan Cortes-Valencia, Mexican illegal alien convicted of sexual assault of a child and DUI with a deportation order since 2016.
  • Abdirashid Adosh Elmi, a Somalian illegal alien convicted of homicide.
  • Gilberto Salguero Landaverde, a Salvadoran illegal alien convicted of three counts of homicide with a deportation order since June 2025.

CLICK https://x.com/TexasRepublic71/status/2009935542440349788 [:45].

  • Gabriel Figueroa Gama, a Mexican illegal convicted of homicide who has been previously deported in 2002.
  • Galuak Michael Rotgai, a Sudanese illegal alien convicted of homicide.
  • Thai Lor, a Laotian illegal alien convicted of two counts of homicide with a deportation order since 2009.

  • Mariana Sia Kanu, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone convicted of two counts of homicide with a deportation order since 2022.
  • Aldrin Guerrero Munoz, a Mexican illegal alien convicted of homicide with a deportation order since 2015.
  • Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, a Somalian illegal alien convicted of manslaughter with a deportation order since 2022.

CLICK https://x.com/XtexasgirlX/status/2010019499840266397 [:48].

Mongong Dual Maniang Deng, a Sudanese illegal alien convicted of attempt to commit homicide, weapon possession, and DUI.

Aler Gomez Lucas, a Guatemalan illegal alien convicted of negligent homicide with a vehicle and DUI with a deportation order since 2022.

Shwe Htoo, a Burmese illegal alien convicted of negligent homicide.

These are the people Democrat politicians and anti-American activists refer to as “neighbors” as they attempt to interfere with ICE. CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2010105729546699014 [1:55] to listen to one of the good-hearted sheeple who is proud of herself for bringing her infant to a potentially violent protest during this January winter.

“Regardless of staged political theatrics, ICE is going to continue to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota and elsewhere. Some of these criminal aliens have had final orders of removal for 30 years, but they’ve been free to terrorize Minnesotans. ICE’s arrests prevent recidivism and make communities safer, but it feels like local politicians want to ignore that part and drum up discontent rather than protect their own constituents.” ~ICE Director Todd Lyons

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2010242773278929345 [:21]

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