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by | May 19, 2025 · 1:56 pm

Biden’s Cancer

By now, you have likely heard that Joe Biden is suffering from Stage 4, Grade 5, hormone sensitive, metastatic prostate cancer.

I was all set to be sympathetic until I learned more. CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1924284750333677758 [4:22] to hear why they likely knew this before he ran the first time and they definitely knew it when he ran the second time.

I’m also noticing that they chose to make this public right before the Tapper-Thompson exposé is set to be released. Counting down to Dems screaming “You can’t talk bad about a dying man!” in 3, 2, 1 …

The release of the Hur interview recordings seems another likely reason for the timing of the cancer announcement. If you recall, Robert Hur declined to prosecute Biden, because he said the jury would likely give a pass to a “sympathetic, well-meaning man with a poor memory.” IOW, he was not fit for trial, but he was fine to have his finger on the nuclear button. Make that make sense.

“Was President Biden’s cognitive decline a side effect of prostate cancer treatment? A recent study showed that four objective measures and one subjective measure of cognitive function were all significantly impaired by the androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) used for metastatic prostate cancer treatment.” – Dr. Steven Quay

“Were President Biden’s falls a side effect of prostate cancer treatment? Aggressive prostate cancers are treated with drugs that block the production and action of testosterone, as the majority of cancers are driven by testosterone. Loss of testosterone causes frailty and muscle loss. Over one-third of patients taking ADT have at least one fall during 12 months of treatment.” – Dr. Steven Quay

In response to the above, Dr. Quay wrote, “Health care policies related to screening guidelines are designed for populations, often millions of people, with respect to a particular screening test. They take into account healthcare cost, downstream practises, etc. It is not credible to imagine that a Senator, Vice President, and President could not have undergone routine blood tests that included PSA. I repeat my belief that it would be malpractice to not test PSA in a male US President. Given that we are back in the situation of knowing that it is a 5 to 7 year process from diagnosis to metastatic disease. Yes, there are less than 5% of patients who can present with metastatic disease without primary indications via the PSA but…Come on, Man!!” – Dr. Quay.

<2008: “Sometime before 2008, Biden developed an enlarged prostate; biopsy showed no cancer. At an unspecified time before 2019, he took medication to counter what was diagnosed as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).” Some people are noting that doctors don’t usually screen for prostate cancer after age 70. Others say it depends on the patient. Given this medical history and the extreme importance of a POTUS’s health, doesn’t it follow that Walter Reed would have been extra careful to watch his PSA levels? Unless, of course, they already knew he had cancer and was being treated for it, but had to cover it up because ………. yeah, why would they do that?

December 2019: Following his annual physical, doctors report Biden is “healthy, vigorous” and “fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency.”

November 2021: Following his annual physical, doctors report Biden is “healthy” and “fit” to be president.

July 2022: CLICK https://x.com/Saveourcoast24/status/1924308658369765699 [:27] to hear Biden say he has cancer. Can you imagine the left-wing’s hysteria if Trump ever said such a thing? It would be 24-7 “either he has cancer OR he’s demented” and “IMPEACHMENT!” For Biden? I don’t even remember this slip of the tongue happening and I read the news almost every day for this blog.

February 2023: Following his annual physical, doctors declare Biden remains “fit for duty.“

February 2024: [4:24] – Following his annual physical, doctors declare Biden is “fit for duty.” CLICK https://x.com/n_ikay_/status/1924463673440965118 [2:46] to hear Dems and their shills in the media lie right along with his doctors.

July 2024: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the president has undergone a neurological exam three times since becoming president, as a part of each of his annual physicals at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

When questioned about why Walter Reed neurologist Dr. Kevin Cannard had visited the White House three times, she said it was for the president’s health, but never says why. One wonders if it was related to the neurological side-effects of the drugs commonly used to treat prostate cancer. Like, maybe he had a crisis and his doctor had to come assess and adjust his dosage?

CLICK https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1924258323928387828 [17:16] to hear Alex Jones report on an O’Keefe undercover video that reveals Obama was really running things.

CLICK https://x.com/richirich1968/status/1924294311921041724 [:34] to hear Obama tell us all about it.

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by | May 17, 2025 · 8:43 am

Shell Game

In September 2013, James Comey was appointed by Barack Obama to the position of Director of the FBI. On May 9, 2017, Donald Trump fired him. Despite having held this powerful position for four years, Comey’s X profile (@comey) says only, “Author of legal thrillers (latest, FDR Drive, out May 20th). Husband, father, pop. Lawyer, teacher, speaker. Taller and funnier in person.”

On May 15, 2025, James Comey posted the photo above to his Instagram account. He wrote that it was a “cool formation I saw on my beach walk.” “86” is slang meaning to “get rid of.” It can refer to anything from throwing out spoiled food to murdering someone. “47” is a reference to the current President of the United States.

After setting off a firestorm, Comey disingenuously posted the above. He was the FBI Director for four years, but doesn’t know what 86 means? Puh-leeze.

The kindest thing I can think is that he has a book coming out this week. If you didn’t know before, you do now. Senator Josh Hawley [MO-R] wasn’t amused.

Neither were these people …

Ed Krassenstein, whose bio suggests he has built his “career” largely on posting anti-Trump crap, jumped on the “86 47” wagon and posted his own version. Like Comey, he got a visit from the Secret Service.

Liberals are busy pointing out stuff like this. I think there is a significant difference between “86 46” and “86 47” which is that nobody ever took a shot at Joe Biden.

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by | May 14, 2025 · 12:57 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Jesus, We praise You and we thank You, for by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. Alleluia!

BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://x.com/IndianaGPA/status/1922029870395101569 [1:58] to see body cam footage of the arrest of a women who is claiming the officer used excessive force.

BGT: Wow! 14-year-old Maya Giotea from Romania got the quickest Golden Buzzer ever!

BORDER: [3:07] – ICE picked up 422 of the worst. It makes me sick that illegals who had convictions for serious violent crimes were released by the Biden administration.

CATHOLIC: [6:38] – Fun!

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1922636585222168789 [2:04] to hear Scott Jennings on CNN talk about the history of Biden’s dementia. Us: “He’s gaga!” Them: “No way. He’s sharper than ever.” [debate] Us: “He’s gaga.” Them: “We didn’t see it. We didn’t know.” [Trump wins, Dems a mess] Us: “He was gaga for years.” Them: “Yeah we knew it all along. But enough about that. Let’s bash Trump some more.”

CLICK https://x.com/Rapidsloth_/status/1922640564211638719 [2:23:09] to see a supercut of Dementia Joe’s greatest slips.

Riley Gaines: “If they lied about the obvious things like Biden’s cognitive decline and the idea that men can become women, then why should we trust anything they say?”

Besides that, why should we help enrich these clowns by buying their book?!

HANNAH DUGAN: The Milwaukee County judge who was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official proceeding on April 25, has been indicted after a federal grand jury heard how she tried to help an illegal alien escape arrest in her courtroom.

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: CLICK https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1922341439997960402 [1:43] to hear the House Democrat leader bluster.

CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1922454343392846139 [:22] to hear DHS Secy Kristi Noem give her take.

CLICK https://x.com/KathleenWinche3/status/1922257505259864476 [1:23] to hear what Trump’s allegedly “failed” and “least popular” administration accomplished during the past weekend.

CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1922309888597741932 [1:55] to see then and now clips from Biden’s and Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Under Trump’s leadership, Saudi Arabia committed $1 trillion to U.S. Investments with $142 billion in defense deals alone.

JOBS: Last year, the Biden administration claimed to have added almost 400,000 jobs from July through September. New data released this week suggests none of those jobs ever existed. Whoa! The usual thing for the Fauxtus administration’s job reports was to report good numbers, then later when the jerknalists can ignore it, quietly downsize said numbers. This new one is way bigger than a downsizing! Read more at the links.

MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1922296112666308708 [:36] and compare the sad, sad faces and dirge-like vocal tones of these CNN jerknalists as they are forced to speak words like “U.S. inflation slowing to its lowest rate in more than 4 years”, “It’s an unexpected & very welcome development that’s defying economists’ expectations”, and “Inflation continuing to move in the right direction.” They both look and sound like their favorite dog just died.

MICHELLE OBAMA: [6:05] – No boo-hoos from this quarter.

TRANS: “Anna” medically transitioned as a teen and has since destransitioned. He realizes he was just a gay man all along, not a girl, and blasted those pushing medicalization of kids outside a Riley Gaines event in Seattle. [6 :12] – CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PxJUpwWlCHw to hear Nick Freitas respond to a critic. @AmyW-m2p comments: “Freitas makes an excellent point – but there is an older, much more traditional reason for denying trans in the military: they are utterly reliant on medication to maintain their functions. Bipolars stable on meds can’t serve, nor can folks with high blood pressure. Any medical condition that can cause an issue without intervention is automatic grounds for denial… and that truth should never have been questioned in the first place.” I’ve probably mentioned this before, but I never got past my first interview with an Army recruiter because I was getting allergy shots twice a month.

GRAMMY NOTES: Also learn. My 3d pregnancy was very high risk; I needed 7 amnios before we were done. My daughter became agitated earlier and earlier in the procedure until, by the last one, they could barely get the needle in and out safely because of her thrashing.

CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1922519347806847433 to see a robot dance. Wow!

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by | May 7, 2025 · 10:09 am

Today is my birthday!

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please give us the graces we need to make the “don’t care” part really true. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BIG STICK: [19:42] – CLICK https://x.com/ABC/status/1919792210318340216 [1: 20] to hear Trump announce that the Houthis “don’t want to fight any more.” “We will stop the bombings. They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships any more.”

According to Julien Miquel (YouTube), the correct English pronunciation for “Houthis” is HOO – theez (hard “th” as in bath).

BORDER: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JJQg92hXeqE to hear a wonderful message from an immigrant from Brazil.

CATHOLIC: The conclave opens today. Please continue to pray with us that God’s perfect will be made manifest in their choice of our next pope.

DOGE: A National Science Foundation grant for more than $800,000 has been canceled. The money was being used to train college science and math education majors how to promote “social justice” and “cultural responsiveness” in their classrooms.

Another $8.4 million has been saved by canceling three DEI training programs.

A further $198 million was saved by terminating 148 wasteful contracts, including one at HHS for “potency monitoring of confiscated marijuana samples.”

HORSE HISTORY: Every horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby is a direct descendant of Secretariat, who won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by an incredible 31 lengths.

HYPOCRITES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1363860088066886 [:54] to hear Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden support work requirements for welfare recipients.

INDIA vs. PAKISTAN: In April, 26 male tourists were killed in a terrorist attack in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Early today, India responded with airstrikes against terrorists in Pakistan-controlled territory.

MEDIA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U5wMAYX0PEs to hear yet another montage of sound-alike legacy news reports.

REAL ID: Starting today, you must have a REAL ID or a compliant document before boarding a domestic flight. Usually, a REAL ID takes the form of a driver’s license or a non-driver photo ID card issued by a state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or equivalent. States may issue such documents even if they are not REAL IDs. If your document is also a REAL ID, this is indicated by the presence of a black or gold star in the top corner of the plastic card.

At present, every state, the District of Columbia, and federal territory issues driver’s licenses and non-driver ID cards that are REAL IDs. Some also issue non-REAL ID cards to citizens and residents. These non-REAL ID cards are often cheaper to obtain and do not require as many supporting documents, making them attractive to individuals who merely want a license or ID for everyday purposes. They are also regularly issued to illegal immigrants by some states.

Usually, these non-REAL ID documents will have a notation that reads “Not Valid for Federal Purposes” or an equivalent and will not bear the required black or gold star.

REPARATIONS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1gg_G9Gd0Pw to hear a black supremacist tell us why he “deserves” a million dollars. The way I understand it, President Lincoln gave his ancestor who was actually a slave 40 acres and a mule. Why does anyone owe this joker, who was never a slave, anything?!

SCOTUS: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an “unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy.”

The court did not explain its decision other than to say the order would expire if the justices ultimately take up the case on the merits and issue a ruling striking it down. Litigation continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1919930354359472325 [:59] and https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1919993052619321836 [2:32] and https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1919584968570720291 [:40] to see clips from protests outside a Riley Gaines speaking engagement at University of Washington.

CLICK https://x.com/JanJekielek/status/1919902323842626018 [4:05] to hear US Asst. AG Harmeet K. Dhillon talk about what the DOJ is doing to fight gender transition procedures for minors.

GRAMMY NOTES: I’m gonna have a good time!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b1axGwIbk1A to hear Bunny ponder the passage of time.

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by | May 3, 2025 · 10:48 am

Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to trust that, even where You allow us to make sinful choices, You are simultaneously working all things “for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: Trump has created a second military zone along our southern border, a 63-mile stretch that runs east from the Texas-New Mexico state line in El Paso they’re calling the “Texas National Defense Area.”

ECONOMICS: It’s an odd take, them bitching that he is enriching his friends when one of his closest buddies, Elon Musk, is not only working at DOGE for free, but also losing $$ big time as the Left’s attacks on Tesla damage sales and stock prices.

EDUCATION: In other news, Trump has signed an executive order ending federal funding of the allegedly educational, but mostly left-biased NPR and PBS.

HARRIS: On Thursday, nominations were announced for the 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Among them was an “Outstanding Editing” nod to the interview “60 Minutes” did with Kamala Harris during the campaign.

In case you’ve forgotten, this was the interview during which CBS chose to edit out a terrible “word salad” answer Harris had given and substitute a more coherent one she had given to a different question. This would also be the interview that has Trump suing CBS News and the one that inspired the show’s executive producer to quit.

Speaking of Kamala speaking … I don’t want to listen to her, but if you do, there are clips of her recent speech @ https://notthebee.com/article/kamala-harris-is-still-most-definitely-kamala-harris.

MEDIA: The Left have always hated the military and Fox News, so Pete has a natural advantage over two guys they used to lurve.

SLIPPERY SLOPE: Satan hates marriage and family, so the assault continues. A recent court ruling in Quebec has granted multi-parental families in the province the same legal rights as any other unit.

SMH: The Atlantic just published this article about how Hitler liked tariffs too.

WHITE HOUSE WIRE: The media refuses to cover them honestly, so they’re doing it themselves.

GRAMMY NOTES: Plus there’s the whole problem with “the world” being temporal, so any comfort you might get by selling your soul will end up earning you an eternity of torment.

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by | April 26, 2025 · 11:11 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please grant Pope Francis eternal rest. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

100 DAYS: Translation from Left-ese into Reality-ese — Judges who broke the law are facing consequences; illegals are being deported for being here illegally … just like they were under Clinton and Biden; history that was rewritten by Progressive is being restored; libraries are being curated to provide materials appropriate to community standards; universities that support anti-Semitism and terrorism are losing taxpayer-funded grants they had no right to in the first place; bloated government agencies and budgets are being cut back so we don’t go bankrupt; Biden created a government office to monitor conservative social media posts; countries often give child bonuses when the birth rate drops too low; there are no new threats of wars; Obama, who got a Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush, started multiple new wars; everybody rips us off, demands we provide aid and military support, and badmouths us for being who we are, so who cares if we demand a little equity and courtesy in return?

BORDER: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said thousands of illegal immigrants have registered on the CBP Home app to self-deport, and that those who have not yet done so will face consequences.

CATHOLIC: [9:10] – Father David Michael Moses reviews The Conclave. He includes the comments of a Catholic cardinal who participated in the last conclave and saw the movie. I think I’ll give this movie a miss.

EDUCATION: It’s interesting how they went from demanding evolution and creationism be taught as theories to demanding creationism be eliminated entirely. They’re so indoctrinated they won’t even listen to how different Intelligent Design is from biblical creationism.

HYPOCRITE: Schumer is shooting off his mouth about the arrests of two judges for aiding criminal illegal aliens saying “President Trump and the DOJ can’t just arrest judges at will.” IMO, judges should be held to a higher standard than anybody! Plus, I don’t remember Schumer being bothered about a former U.S. president being arrested, booked, fingerprinted, photographed, and held against his will inside a cold court room during campaign season.

MILITARY: The Army has surpassed its 2025 recruiting goal six months early.

MORE HYPOCRISY: The people supporting trans activism are the same people who loudly object to white people wearing braids.

SANTOS: They said he was a liar. Now he’s going to prison. – George Santos is one of only six congressmen and the first Republican to ever be expelled from the House of Representatives. The first three, all Democrats, were expelled back in 1861 for fighting for the Confederacy.

The fourth, Michael J. Myers (also Democrat), was expelled in 1980 and later imprisoned for conspiracy to commit bribery, defraud the U.S., receipt of illegal gratuities, obstruction of justice, filing false tax returns, and racketeering

The fifth, yet another Democrat, was James A. Traficant who was expelled in 2002 after being convicted of 10 felony counts, including taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his congressional staff to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and houseboat in Washington, D.C. He served a 7-year prison sentence.

Republican George Santos was expelled in 2023 and federally indicted on 23 counts including wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds, lying on Federal financial disclosure forms to the House of Representatives, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. As part of a plea deal, Santos has agreed to pay roughly $580,000 in penalties in addition to serving a seven-year prison sentence.

STUDENT LOANS: Leftists want people who’ve defaulted on student loan debt to pull their money out of major banks and put it into credit unions. Supposedly, this will “cripple” banks and inspire them to pressure the Trump administration. How much $$$ do people who can’t afford to make payments on their student loans even have?? Unless, of course, they aren’t paying their loans because Biden kept telling them they didn’t need to …

UK: The nation’s Supreme Court just ruled that sex is biological. But never mind that. The London Marathon is allowing males to run in female categories.

WISCONSIN: Judge Hannah Dugan has been arrested for taking extraordinary and allegedly illegal steps to thwart police from taking a past deportee into custody. The illegal in question, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, was charged with domestic violence in mid-March; the case was assigned to Dugan. He was deported in 2013; there is no evidence he returned legally.

Democrats claim to be the party that defends women’s rights. So why are they now picking men-who-say-they’re-women over real women and illegal aliens over the women they beat up, rape, and murder?

GRAMMY NOTES: Haiku posted at Facebook Haiku Society by James Grundy – My favorite thing about haiku is where the first two lines create an image and/or mood and the third line takes it in an unexpected direction. This is a lovely example.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2470380649963998 to hear Bunny ponder physics. That dog is so smart, I can’t help wondering how BORED she would’ve been as a house dog if she didn’t have her buttons.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/100095328189213/videos/1655417445158931 to see what Barron posted about his parents. ❤

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by | April 22, 2025 · 8:12 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to seek You and only You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: Too bad they didn’t give a toot about the due process rights of J-6 American citizens incarcerated in their own back yard.

EASTER at WHITE HOUSE: It shows how gracious Trump is that he is honoring Pope Francis, despite the harsh criticisms the pontiff heaped on him. [3:12] – CLICK https://x.com/abigailmarone/status/1516087183731535874 [:16] to see 2022, when a giant bunny had to remind Biden the Bewildered where he was supposed to be. CLICK https://x.com/MargoMartin47/status/1914344862683476252 [:20] to see 2025, when Trump had fun coloring with the kids.

EDUCATION: Today, 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in taxpayer-funded college loans. Only 38% are up-to-date with their repayments. Biden tried to buy votes by refusing to collect on those loans, despite Congress demanding he do so. That ends on May 5, 2025. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies.” ~ Education Secretary Linda McMahon

FAUXTUS: Biden’s X account tweeted out this weird family photo to “wish everyone celebrating today a peaceful and joyful Easter.” Joe was photoshopped in.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1914021246053785862 [:39] to see how our troops are helping protect our southern border.

PROMISES MADE. PROMISES NOT KEPT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/653329377513501 to hear 2008 candidate Obama decry the five million illegals Bush let in and the Americans who employ them for substandard wages. President Obama had a trifecta in Congress when he took office; he and the Democrat majority did exactly NOTHING to fix either problem.

PROPHECY: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1913772858339131400 [5:05] to hear Lefties pontificating on the absurdity of Donald Trump ever becoming POTUS. Clearly, Hillary believed it.

VALUES: The Dems’ X account posted that we should be outraged because, while real Americans were being forced to paint potatoes for Easter, the White House was using $30,000 worth of eggs for its annual Easter roll.

Meanwhile, in the comments –

  1. The eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll in 2025 were donated by the American Egg Board, on behalf of America’s egg farmers, continuing a nearly 50-year tradition of supplying approximately 30,000 eggs for the event. The event used small and medium-sized eggs which are not typically sold in retail to avoid straining the commercial egg supply.
  2. They cited the New York Times as a source [included spit take GIF].
  3. I’ll take, “Things that never happened” for 600, Alex.
  4. Of all the things that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen the most.
  5. Is this a comedy channel? [CTB notes: It’s the official Democrat Party X account.]
  6. FYI: Dem approval rate is at 21%.
  7. No one, not one single human being on this planet, was dyeing potatoes for Easter.
  8. You can get 5 dozen eggs at @SamsClub for $15 which is hugely less expensive than sending a senator to El Salvador for tacos and a margarita.
  9. When Biden left office I was paying $5.89 a dozen.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_k5fjUKBo2I to see another on-the-street portrait. I absolutely love this channel.

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by | April 19, 2025 · 8:05 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Teach us new ways to thank You! Amen.

2A: [13:58] – More than 10 million Americans who were convicted of non-violent felonies have zero right to own a fire arm. The Trump administration is moving to change that.

AUTISM: A new report from the CDC says autism rates among children in America have continued to rise at an alarming rate. They are currently at 1 in 31, significantly up from two years ago and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children born in 1992. It’s worse in boys, who are at 1 in 20.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that autism is a preventable disease caused by environmental factors, with possibilities including mold, air, medicines, and the increase in the average age of parents. He says nobody has really looked at these factors, but they will be launching studies soon.

BIG PHARMA: In a bid to limit industry influence, the FDA is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees. Noting that the FDA has “a history of being influenced unduly by corporate interests,” Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s new commissioner, said. “Industry employees are welcome to attend FDA advisory committee meetings, along with the rest of the American public, but having industry employees serve as official members of FDA advisory committee members represents a cozy relationship that is concerning to many Americans.” No kidding! And well done!

BORDER: As of April 14, more than 1,000 international students at over 170 colleges and universities have had their student visas revoked by the State Department.

FOREIGN AID: Here’s an idea … let’s stop sending money to other countries and let them hate us for free.

WALK AWAY: [5:39] – “What really did it for me was realizing how freaking depressed I was when I was a liberal.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1033845568629985 to see … well, just do it. 🙂

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/703544962351232 with a big tissue alert. ❤

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by | April 18, 2025 · 9:28 am

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BORDER: The Tennessee Star has revealed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected M-13 gang member the Democrats want returned to the U.S., was stopped driving without a license in 2022. Despite the fact that the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of trafficking the seven people inside the vehicle and that the man was on a terrorist watch list, Biden’s FBI ordered them to release him.

The one thing that is puzzling me about the Abrego Garcia case is conflicting report about his status in the country. The Alien Enemies Act requires “aliens to be duly apprehended and convened before such court, judge or justice; and after a full examination and hearing on such complaint and sufficient cause therefor appearing” etc. etc. Lots of the news reports say he was never given his day in court; the White House says he was.

GOOD DOG: Two-year old Boden Allen wandered out into the Arizona wilderness about 100 miles south of the Grand Canyon. A massive manhunt ensued with 40 rescuers, including Department of Public Safety rangers and a DPS helicopter. The teams spotted at least two mountain lions in the area. Thanks to a ranch dog named Buford, Boden was found, safe and in good health. The little boy had walked seven miles from his home and spent the night under a tree. CLICK https://x.com/LindseyRagas/status/1912686591354806620 [2:14] to hear the news report.

LAWFARE: [13:48] – Activist Democrat and New York Attorney General Letitia James is in a world of trouble. CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1912569749198045646 [:57] to hear James rant about the suit against her like she’s Rosa Parks, not a flaming hypocrite.

In other news … while researching this post, I stumbled over the fact that Letitia James’ current net worth is approximately $17 Million. Her NY AG job pays $165,000; this appears to be the highest paying job she has ever held.

LIVE: Comment by Viana Santoni-Oliver- I remember being in a grocery store after the Floyd riots when I witnessed 2 Black men, being gentlemen, telling a White woman to proceed ahead of them. She said no and then said “Black lives matter.” The second Black man loudly said, “All lives matter.” She was taken aback, to say the least.

MEDIA: Mainstream media outlets devoted a staggering 62 times more coverage to Trump tariffs than to the latest job report.

In other news, President Donald Trump will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 26.

MILITARY: CLICK https://x.com/DODResponse/status/1912647385173446906 [:35] to see a new military recruiting ad. I ♥️ it.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/RutaUlcinaite/status/1912317589272866950 [:57] to see more than 300 citizens of Chelsea, Michigan, help a local bookstore move 9,100 books from its old to its new location just 400 feet away. ♥️

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by | April 17, 2025 · 7:04 am

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BORDER: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (photo) has been in the news a lot lately. Here is a summary of the situation – In 2011, Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally, allegedly to escape gang threats in his home country of El Salvador. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him “withholding of removal” status, based on the alleged gang threat. This status allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. He married a U.S. citizen and has had children with her.

On March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act as an MS-13 gang member, which is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. He was subsequently imprisoned without trial in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, despite never having been charged with or convicted of a crime in either country.

Despite the Democrat media machine ginning up massive support for this man, the Trump administration has held firmly to its claim that he is a high level leader in MS-13 who has facilitated human trafficking. In addition, his wife took out a restraining order following a beating by her husband; she now says they are working things out and she wants him back.

On April 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Salvador was illegal and ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his return. The administration said they would meet this obligation by providing a plane and admitting him into the U.S. if El Salvador chooses to release him. But President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador says he will not “smuggle a terrorist into the United States.”

On April 16, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) went to El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen, who voted against The Laken Riley Act, was told he didn’t give the prison enough notice to see the prisoner.

Also on April 16, the Trump administration released their evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 in good standing.

HAIKU APPRECIATION DAY: Yes, there really is such a thing. And, ta da! It’s today! Glass ballerina is my favorite of the haikus I have composed. I also googled Facebook and found some haiku groups. This posting by Linda Rivas Bole caught my attention –

the wind blows so hard

it helps with pollination

we will have flowers

MILITARY: In late March, the Pentagon began investigating leaks of national security information that was only available to a handful of high level personnel. On Tuesday, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick were escorted out of the Pentagon by security.

UK: The British Supreme Court just ruled on a case about whether a trans-identifying man with a “gender recognition certificate” that legally recognizes him as female is protected from discrimination as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The court said no; the legal definition of “woman” is based on biology and does not include trans-identifying men who say they are women. In response to the ruling, the British government said it supports “single-sex spaces.”

GRAMMY NOTES: [13:30] – The Ghost Army is an art history nerd’s catnip.

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