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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You again (and again and again) for saving Donald Trump’s life and raising him up to lead our nation out of the pit. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tVkqXu6mq4c to hear some truth about the 14th amendment.

CALIFORNICATION: Back to the early 2000s. California’s Central Valley grew 25% of our national agricultural output. Then, enviro-whackos decided the Delta Smelt was more important than hungry Americans and forced California to stop pumping fresh water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to the Central Valley and further south.

For seventeen years, the Democrats in California did nothing to save the farms or stop Southern California’s reservoirs (and the fire hydrants they serviced) from being drained dry. Yesterday, Day Eight of the new administration, The Donald fixed it.

As SoCal was burning, Gavin’s sanctuary state legislature held a special session to divert money from their budget to pay for legal support for the child molesting, raping, murdering, gang banging illegals that Tom Homan is rounding up. They’re also thinking it would be a super duper good idea to force oil companies to pay for the damage the fires have done.

CNN: During the first Donald Trump administration, Jim Acosta occupied one of the prime, front row seats in the White House briefing room, where he became famous for his whining and anti-Trump grandstanding. More recently, he’s hosted the network’s 10 am slot. Despite getting good viewer numbers, which doesn’t mean that much at CNN these days, the failing network has offered the jerknalist hack the midnight to 2 am slot or the door. The drinking fountain crowd reports he plans to take the latter option. CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1884065826497868091 [1:18] to see when POTUS 45 spanked Acosta on live t.v.

COLOMBIA AFTERMATH: Rich cracked me up with his latest graphic! My other favorite was Dan Bongino’s podcast entitled “Trump Alpha Males Colombia.”

CONFIRMED: Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Scott Bessent’s nomination for Treasury secretary in a 68–29 vote. The billionaire investor will be spearheading Trump’s plan of cutting taxes and curbing deficits, while putting forward a tariff plan that also facilitates growth.

EL SALVADOR: Trump can alpha male nations like Colombia with tariffs, but that won’t work with a nation like Venezuela. His solution is to broker a “Safe Third Country” agreement with El Salvador’s President Bukele. The agreement would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador. If they’re good people, they can settle in the now-peaceful country. But if they’re criminals, terrorists, or gang members, they can join the thugs in one of the country’s infamous prisons. CLICK https://x.com/CNN/status/1857168610852000247 [9:37] to see what awaits.

FAKE NEWS: New York Magazine cropped three black people from the photo they used for their inauguration cover. Then, they claimed it was an all-white event.

FEDS: After the pandemic ended, Biden authorized federal employees to continue working from home. As of last year, only 6% of them were actually coming into their offices and doing their jobs. The rest were drawing their salaries and doing … whatever. Trump has ordered them back to work. The ordered, which he signed on Friday, says, “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.”

LAB LEAK: The ‘rona opinion that once got you censored or worse is now the official U.S. government opinion. And it’s not because Trump declared it so. The FBI and CIA had both decided a Wuhan lab leak was the most likely source while Biden was still in office. All that has changed is that this fact has now been made public.

LEFTIES LOSING IT: On Saturday, Lenawee County (MI) Democrat Party Chairman Bill Swift posted, “[Trump’s supporters] should be arrested, and they should be facing the death penalty. They should be hanged by the neck until dead. I believe this is one of the few areas of the law where I believe the death penalty should be imposed.”

And speaking of crazy-eyed Dems … Gov. Jackboots Whitmer’s leadership has cost her state another 45,000 jobs. This year’s Simplify LLC report put Michigan at #41 out of 50 in its list of best states for entrepreneurs. Last year, Michigan was #35.

MILITARY: On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the “immediate” construction of an Iron Dome missile defense system to protect America from hostile outside threats. He also signed E.O.s directing his new Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, to get transgender ideology out of our military, to stop service members from being indoctrinated with CRT, and to offer reinstatement to service members who were booted for refusing the Fauci Ouchie.

POTUS APPROVAL: A new poll shows Trump with a +2 favorable rating in Deep Blue New Jersey. Forty-eight percent of the polls respondents said they had a favorable view of Trump, compared to 46% who did not. A further 6% of voters were neutral. In November, Trump got 46% of the vote compared to Kamala Harris’ 52%, a result that was actually closer than what we saw in the swing state of Arizona.

RFK Jr: A left-wing dark money group called Sixteen Thirty Fund, which is allowed to receive unlimited contributions from anonymous donors, is bankrolling “Stop RFK War Room”, which opposes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary. Their ads accuse him of spreading “deadly lies about vaccines.” When RFK Jr was running for president, the Sixteen Thirty Fund supported him via “Retire Career Politicians”, which bought ads saying he “isn’t afraid to tell the truth about vaccines.” One guess who the Sixteen Thirty Fund is really all about.

SANCTUARY CITIES: Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), has called on four mayors – Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, Boston’s Michelle Wu, New York City’s Eric Adams, and Denver’s Mike Johnston – to testify publicly at an oversight hearing on February 11, 2025. 

These sanctuary cities have refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement and U.S. immigration laws. Comer said his goal is to determine whether further legislation is necessary to ensure that federal immigration law is enforced and that criminal aliens are swiftly removed from our communities.

STATE DEPARTMENT: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a directive ordering that “sex, and not gender, shall be used” on official documents. This means U.S. passports may no longer have “X” instead of “M” or “F.”

GRAMMY NOTES: I commandeered Dearest’s long-neglected Rolodex and bought new cards for it. I’m having such a good time creating daily blessings with them. ❤ (Photo: Our girls in 1986.)

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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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The Trump Doctrine

On Saturday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to accept delivery of deportees, tweeting:

President Donald Trump immediately announced retaliatory measures, including (but not limited to) 25% tariffs on all imports from Colombia, increasing to 50% if the nation continues to refuse returns after one week. Petro backed down before the ink on the tariff orders was dry. Trump said he’d hang on to the orders, just in case Colombia doesn’t honor its commitment to accept deportees.

In a classic case of Traditional Democrat Hot Air That Ages Like Over-Ripe Raspberries, AOC tweeted her take on Trump’s announcement.

Cynical Publius outlined how DC has traditionally worked vs. Trump’ “Art of the Deal” –

Traditional Approach:

1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights.

2. On Monday, the State Department convenes an interagency task force with DoD, NSC, DEA, INS, ICE, Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security.

3. The task force meets for four days and develops a position paper.

4. The position paper is rejected by the Secretary of State, who is unhappy that insufficient equity considerations are built into the process.

5. The task force reconvenes a week later to redevelop three new, equity-centric courses of action and create a new position paper.

6. The process is delayed a week because Washington DC gets three inches of snow.

7. SecState approves the new position paper for interagency circulation, and considerable input is received from the heads of other departments so the task force must reconvene.

8. The original three proposed responsive courses of action are scrapped in favor of a new, fourth course of action that achieves the worst aspects of the three prior courses of action but satisfies the interagency.

9. Someone in State who disagrees leaks to the Washington Post, who writes a story about how ineffective the Presidential administration is.

10. The White House Chief of Staff sets up a session three days later to brief the President, who approves the new fourth course of action.

11. Over a month after the issue is first raised, the State Department Public Affairs Officer holds a press conference announcing that Colombia has agreed to try to send fewer criminals into the US and everyone declares victory.

Trump Approach:

1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights.

2. After a par-5 third hole where he goes one under par, Trump uses his iPhone to post on social media as to how the USA will destroy Colombia’s economy if they do not do what the USA demands.

3. By the time Trump gets to the par-4 sixth hole, Colombia’s President has agreed to repatriate all the illegal Colombians in his own plane, which he will pay for.

4. Trump finishes three under par and goes to the clubhouse for a Diet Coke where he posts a gangsta AI image of himself and the new FAFO Doctrine.

5. Winning. See the difference? It’s called LEADERSHIP

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you today for this great truth to circle the Earth and enter every heart and mind. Jesus is King! Amen. And again, I say, Amen!

CATHOLIC: Pope Francis said Trump’s deportation plan is a “disgrace.” Lifelong Catholic Tom Homan said the pope should stick to fixing his church’s mess and leave national security to Trump.

“They have a wall around the Vatican. And if you illegally enter the Vatican, the crime is serious. You know, you’ll be charged with a serious crime, be jailed. So he can protect the Vatican where he lives; he can build a wall where he lives, where American people are not allowed that? No. Securing the border saves lives.”

CONFIRMED: The Senate confirmed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary with a vote of 59–34.

DEI: [1:48] – Senator Kennedy is a treasure!

FAUXTUS: [7:43] – Hypocrites. Absolutely BEST comment about Biden’s pardons: “Was Satan not available? What about the family pets?”

MISSING CHILDREN: Harris Faulkner reported on Fox News that Trump’s people have located between 75,000 and 80,000 of the over 300,000 migrant children the Biden administration misplaced. Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, told Congress they didn’t know where the kids are. Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, said they plan to locate and rescue all of these kids as soon as possible.

TARGET: This is welcome news at Casa Hyphen! Target is the only store in our area that accepts empty Soda Stream tanks.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bunny’s AHG troop attended a self-defense workshop. Wow … has she grown!

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask today that You ease any pain, sadness, or grief we may be experiencing. Wrap us in your loving arms and give us the strength to be humbly stubborn. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

2020 to 2024: [13:35] – CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eCi2YngY2iI to hear how clueless Biden was. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8bHUotBC-7w to watch Jake Tapper admit that Trump was right. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iqJA3uRE8U0 to hear why we should be thanking God for allowing Biden’s train wreck to happen.

BORDER: That there is a noisy, uncomfortable cargo plane. No comfy commercial airliner for them! – CLICK https://rumble.com/v6cpkda-listen-to-what-criminal-illegal-immigrant-shouts-as-hes-arrested-by-trumps-.html [5:11] to see some of the nearly 1,000 illegal aliens that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested since Trump took office. They include child sex offenders, gang members and other criminals from Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.

CLICK https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1882842972150288732 [2:47] to see the Leathernecks arrive to help secure the southern border. Unsurprisingly, there has been a sharp drop in illegal alien encounters there since Trump took office.

CONFIRMED: Vice President Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote, but Pete Hegseth has been confirmed for Secretary of Defense. When Trump learned Republicans Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) had all voted against Hegseth, he said, “We won. Winning is what matters, right?”

McConnell’s vote is very revealing. His state went for Trump by 30 points, so he clearly has priorities that are higher than what his constituents want. Also, he voted in favor of Biden nominee, Lloyd Austin, who was on Raytheon’s board of directors at the time.

DEPORTATIONS: In Florida, when a jerknalist asked about “undocumented immigrants” working in Florida, Gov. DeSantis interrupted him, saying, “The federal government has made clear that the statutory term, it’s not undocumented, they’re illegal aliens. That’s the statutory term.”

FAUXTUS: Before leaving office, Biden savaged the SCOTUS decision about executive privilege, saying it meant Trump would be able to commit any old crime he wanted. Then, he preemptively pardoned all his co-conspirators. I notice he did not pardon himself, maybe because he’s counting on that SCOTUS decision to protect him. What a hypocrite.

MARCH for LIFE: [12:52] – CLICK https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1882859223740239918 [4:17] to hear the video message POTUS Trump pre-recorded, because he was in North Carolina with hurricane victims during the march.

S&G: Trump hasn’t even been in office one week and he’s already gotten Biden’s case against Dr. Eithan Haim dropped. In 2023, Haim anonymously blew the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital for violating Texas law by performing sex-change operations on kids. Biden’s DOJ launched an investigation into the whistleblower and the nurse who assisted him. Thank God for Donald Trump, who has made free speech and protecting kids great again!

VAXXXINE: [13:55] – A new study entitled “Behavioral and Health Outcomes of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case-Control Study in Japanese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” was published last month. The researchers found that people who had received one or two ‘rona jabs were 85% more likely to come down with COVID-19 than were those who were never vaccinated. Even worse, the odds of catching the virus increased with subsequent doses.

GRAMMY NOTES: We banned set of three sixes in Rummy, because it creeped me out to play it. The rule has actually made the game more interesting.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n10DAoRKmCI to hear a funny Delta pilot’s announcement.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask today for extra special blessings on all who have responded to Your call to ministry. Grant them protection wisdom, insight, and courage to do Your will. And protect them from assaults by all who hate them because they hate You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: [2:59] – A judge in Seattle has issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the Trump administration from enforcing Trump’s order. The judge called the order “blatantly unconstitutional”, but Trump says babies born to those who are here illegally do not qualify.

BORDER: Yesterday, the Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors.

The Trump Administration also deported hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals via military aircraft. The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway. Promises made. Promises kept.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K49FUjGYT5s to see what a Canadian border agent did when a clueless American tried to emigrate to Canada.

CONFIRMATIONS: The Senate has approved John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA. That makes two!

DEMOCRAT vs REPUBLICAN: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7E_-yqY2tVs to hear Nick Freitas describe an instance of one of my pet peeves about the way the Left approaches legislation.

MEDIA: ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million to President Donald Trump to settle his defamation lawsuit. On March of this year, George Stephanopoulos repeatedly said Trump was “liable for rape.” Last year, a jury found Trump guilty of “sexual abuse” and ordered him to pay the alleged victim $5 million. “Sexual abuse” and “rape” have specific definitions under New York law.

PRO-LIFERS: [20:22] – At 3:30, President Trump signs pardons for peaceful protesters who were persecuted and prosecuted by the Biden administration. Thank God Almighty, they are free at last! “This is a great honor to sign this.” Also, at 4:28, he declassifies all files related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. It’s interesting to watch him answer question after question after question from journalists. What a change from ol’ what’s his name.

CLICK https://x.com/MrsBevelynW/status/1882663531549688206 [2:17] to see Bevelyn Williams’ release. Joe Biden and Merrick Garland got her sentenced to 3 years in jail for peacefully protesting abortion. The judge specifically said she was imposing the ridiculous sentence to make an example of the young, stay-at-home mother of a two-year-old. Thanks to Trump, she’s free. You’ll need a tissue!!

GRAMMY NOTES: When my #2 daughter joined the Army, #1 (Mama) and I collaborated on a Shutterfly version called “Good Morning, Moon.” #2 gave us the idea when she was telling us about getting up before dawn for PT and remember her beloved children’s book every time she saw the moon in the sky. The text:

On the dark Army base, there was a bugler And a flag pole And rows of sleepy soldiers lining up for PT.

Good morning, Drill Sergeant. Good morning, breeze. Good morning, tendons. Good morning, knees.

Good morning, push ups. Good morning, rocks. Good morning, sit ups. Good morning, socks.

Good morning, moon. Good morning, dew. Good morning to the good ol’ red, white, and blue.

Good morning, sunrise. Good morning, air. Good morning to soldiers everywhere.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3RSQUHN4Uw0 to see why his carpets are so clean.

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National Sanctity of Life Day

DAILY PRAYER: Almighty God, please bless our children with good friends and positive role models. Surround them with people who will encourage and inspire them, and who will help them to grow in their faith and character. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1882061584773816367 [:47] to hear Tom Homan announce they’ve arrested 308 serious criminals on the first day. I don’t know if the guy in the photo was among them, but I hope he’s near the top of Homan’s list.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL: I saw some Trump haters sneering about how gas prices didn’t go down the day after the inauguration. Au contraire! Crude oil prices dropped by more than 2 percent during the Jan. 21 trading session.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/jammles9/status/1881743885648757101 to see a montage of the last 4 years. Whoopi Goldberg said, “I miss him already.” ::eyeroll::

MELANIA: I was really skeptical about Melania’s inauguration outfit … until I saw how it prefaced her inaugural ball gown. Stunning duo!

MILITARY: These are the same clowns who once told Drill Sergeants they were not allowed to call recruits by their rank, because “privates” is an embarrassing word. Or something. – The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon. Unlike Rubio’s nomination, this one will be close. In the committee, the 14 Republicans voted for him, while all 13 Democrats voted against him. Please pray with me that he is confirmed. Our troops need him.

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. During yesterday’s national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, she had the opportunity to express a unifying Christian message at the dawn of the new administration.

Instead, she spewed again her often-stated contempt for Donald Trump saying there are “some who fear for their lives” because of he is now in office. “They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”

Uhhh … they’re here illegally, which de facto makes them criminals.

POTUS: The Trump administration issued a memo on Tuesday directing all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees to be put on paid leave. The attorneys general from 22 states filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants and non-citizens. Authorities in Panama announced on Jan. 20 that they have launched an audit of the Hong Kong-based port operator that controls ports near the Panama Canal.

STATE DEPARTMENT: [14:32] – Secretary Marco Rubio started work today. “Our rights come from God.” Yes! – Under Biden, government buildings flew pride and BLM flags alongside Old Glory. That ended Monday.

VPOTUS: CLICK https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1882083118032846868 to see J.D. enter the Oval Office for the first time in his life. He embodies the American Dream.

YOU’RE FIRED: The Trump administration has ordered every government agency to shut down their DEI offices by today at 5 PM.

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DAILY PRAYER: Thank You, Lord, for a peaceful and dignified transfer of power in this country. Amen! Dearest and I spent hours and hours yesterday watching inauguration (aka, liberation) day live streaming. It was glorious!

2025: We are officially unburdened by what has been!

BORDER: India and the United States are working on an agreement for the country to accept 18,000 illegal aliens back in a massive deportation plan. In return for its cooperation, India hopes that the Trump administration would protect legal immigration channels used by its citizens to enter the US, in particular the student visas and the H-1B program for skilled workers. Indian citizens accounted for almost three-fourths of the 386,000 H-1B visas granted in 2023.

LAKEN RILEY ACT: The Senate has passed this legislation with a 64–35 vote. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting. It also allows states to sue the federal government if it fails to follow procedures related to immigration, such as properly vetting immigrants seeking to come to the United States. The 12 Dems who voted for it are mostly from swing states.

MILITARY: Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier was a Space Force commander when he was investigated for and relieved of his duties in May 2021 by Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting. His crime? Criticizing the way in which Marxism has infiltrated the United States military. On Friday, January 17, 2025, President Trump announced he was promoting Matthew Lohmeier to Under Secretary of the Air Force.

PARDONS: Just before Trump took the oath of office, the Biden White House released news that Joe had signed one of those “preemptive” blanket pardons for all of his family members. Are these even legal?

After leaving the Capital One Arena late on Jan. 20, Trump went into his newly reclaimed Oval Office and pardoned roughly 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6 breach, while commuting sentences of 14 individuals still serving time.

SCREENSHOT: This showed up in my email feed today.

SECRETARY OF STATE: On January 20, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has served since 2011, voted 22-0 to confirm President Trump’s nomination of him to become the next Secretary of State. An hour later, the Senate voted for him 99-0. Rubio, 53, has likely faced the easiest confirmation process out of Trump’s Cabinet choices. Many senators have worked with Rubio on policy issues where he built bipartisan support.

TIKTOK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1240643437028041 to hear Joe Rogan read from TikTok’s Terms of Service.

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Day One

President Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders yesterday. Promises made. Promises kept.

Clarifying The Military’s Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States

Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

Protecting The American People Against Invasion

Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

Securing Our Borders

Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”

Declaring a National Energy Emergency

Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

Unleashing American Energy

Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing

Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day

Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021

Hiring Freeze

Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel


Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees

President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet Level Appointments

President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments

President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen

Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives

Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

Return to In-Person Work

America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State

America First Trade Policy

Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)

Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements

Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid

Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization

Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government

Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship

Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of life. Make us instruments, Lord, by which others will see You and who You are. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

AMBASSADORS TO HOLLYWOOD: In a surprise post on Truth Social, Trump announced, “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California.

“They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!

“These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!”

FAUXTUS: Mr. “I believe in the rule of law” spent his final morning in the Oval Office signing preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and people who served on and the law enforcement officers who testified before the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. He did not issue pardons to the innocents who have been rotting in prison for years after being invited in to said Capitol by said law enforcement officers.

MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Jan. 19 that Hamas had released three female hostages amid a fragile cease-fire deal that went into effect early on Jan. 19.

S&G: An Australian transgender pedophile (25) has been convicted of repeatedly abusing his own 5-year-old daughter sexually while filming the incidents which he then shared with another pervert. The judge cited transphobia as a mitigating factor in the decision to sentence him to just over 4 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole in 2.5 years.

An Austrian kindergarten has expelled two children after their parents expressed concerns about their classrooms having posters depicting nude and trans-identified humans. One is titled, “Bodies naked and bare, vulva, penis, breasts, butts. You decide for yourself, indeed! Bodies are cool!” Others show an obese male in the shower with a young boy, a trans-identified male with an exposed penis and breasts, and two nude children taking a shower with an adult.

TIKTOK: Last year, members of Congress passed the ban on TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, over concerns that the platform is collecting sensitive data and information on Americans. The law required that ByteDance, which has long had an internal Chinese Communist Party committee with its own secretary, divest from TikTok within 270 days of the law being passed, which was Jan. 19.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he plans to uphold the divest-or-ban law on TikTok. “It’s not the platform that members of Congress are concerned about. It’s the Chinese Communist Party, and their manipulation of the algorithms.” Those algorithms, he said, have been “flooding the minds of American children with terrible messages, glorifying violence, and anti-Semitism, and even suicide and eating disorders,” describing it as a “very dangerous thing.”

The site went dark on Sunday until Trump asked tech companies to allow it to operate. He plans to sign an executive order giving the company 90 more days to divest or else.

GRAMMY NOTES: This meme has me wondering if my dust allergy is a physical manifestation of my introverted personality. [That was a joke … I think.]

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1106194657916211 to hear Bunny use her talking buttons to tell her mom she has a thorn stuck in her paw. She is one seriously smart pooch!

CLICK https://x.com/AdmiralBoreal/status/1880305733050462241 to hear about a young man who has a passion for steam.

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