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by | March 7, 2025 · 11:15 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Lorelai is a relative of a relative. I’ll keep you posted as much as possible about her progress.

AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: It’s too often true that the name Democrats give their bills tell us the opposite of what its provisions do if they are made into law. According to a new report by CBS News, “Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling.”

AIR: There are reasons why air crews should not be DEI’d by gender. Pilots should be predominantly male, because they are better at spatial awareness and single-mindedness; flight attendants should be predominantly female, because we are better at nurturing and multi-tasking.

AL GREEN: The House voted 224-198 to censure Texas Rep. Al Green for disrupting President Trump’s address to Congress by yelling and angrily shaking his cane. Security guards had to forcibly remove Green and 10 Democrats rightfully joined Republicans in the vote to censure.

But then the corrupt Democrats decided to sing “We Shall Overcome” to show their support for Green’s bad behavior. That song is about overcoming violence via peaceful protest. The second verse says, “We’ll walk hand in hand.” The third verse says, “We will live in peace.”

Breitbart says 80% of speech viewers polled also disapproved of his behavior. The Dems’ own John Fetterman (PA) called his colleagues put on “a sad cavalcade of self owns and unhinged petulance” that only made “Trump look more presidential and restrained.”

CATHOLIC: ❤ this!

DEMS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2054254008329453 for a quick explanation of why these same people are so very angry at Elon Musk.

MILITARY: I’m glad they caught these turds … but very sad they were my kids’ fellow soldiers!

SECRET SERVICE: I checked. This is true.

SHAMEFUL: “Democrats are so angry with Trump, you’d think he showered with his daughter and laundered money with his crackhead son.” – Mila Joy on X

TENNESSEE: Congressman Steve Cohen (D) has been representing the 9th district since 2007. The district has voted Democratic in every congressional race since 1974.

CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1897885928133144883 [:14] to hear his answer to “Why should men be in women’s sports?”

CLICK https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/1894192287216754689 [:33] to hear him say Trump is peeing on America.

TRANS: A new study published in the Oxford Academic Journal of Sexual Medicine shows that individuals suffering from gender dysphoria who received so-called gender affirming surgery suffered significantly higher rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance use afterwards than those who did not receive such surgery.

UKRAINE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/744803567615249 to hear how Zelenskyy is using the Communist’s playbook to squelch democracy.

GRAMMY NOTES: Forty-five years married … we think of our union as a 3-legged stool. He’s one leg; I’m another; God is the third. To keep it balanced and strong, we need to keep things balanced and equal. What Father says about self-sacrifice is, in our model, just God’s leg getting its fair share.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bm6kMsljmxE to hear about Sylvester’s career.

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by | February 27, 2025 · 11:00 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, We come to you today asking for your blessing on our family. Guide us in all that we do to love and support one other and give us the wisdom and courage we need to grow our families into reflections of Your love and grace in the world. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BIG BEAUTIFUL BUDGET BILL: The House has passed the bill Trump wants. Now it’s up to the Senate.

BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL: A quick update on improvements to our southern border security. [2:13]

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PWDXBo-QR_c to take a short tour of a typical confessional.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: [10:28] – I’m thinking they should investigate everybody who is squawking about DOGE. Maybe rank them by the length and decibels of their rants to go after the worst first.

JOYFUL MEMORIES: If you live in central New York, you should DEFINITELY check out Bobbie Lynn for all your photo needs. She did the joint birthdays party the kids threw for us and, despite very poor lighting conditions, captured some heart-melting memories. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573058724390 to see her amazing work.

KAMALA: CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1894058707341992140 [:35] to hear her thoughts on the LA fires. Thank You, Lord, for sparing us four years of this in the White House.

MAHA: The porky governor of Illinois tweeted, “RFK Jr’s views are dangerous, misguided, and deeply disturbing. Frankly, his policies will hurt people. I will push back on any attempts to disrupt the health and safety of Illinoisans.” Best response: “You don’t have to exert yourself to pushing back. You can just lean against it, that’ll suffice.”

MAINE: After Republican Rep. Laurel Libby sent out a social media post about the high school track team that only won the state championship because of the male who competed as a female, the Maine House’s Democratic majority voted to censure her. Libby is now no longer allowed to speak on the house floor or vote until she issues an apology. She says she does not plan to apologize.

Wikipedia’s article says about this incident: “Libby gained national attention after posting an unblurred photo of a transgender teen on Facebook criticizing both the underaged girl and the school for allowing her to participate with other female players.” The “girl” in question is 100% dude. He doesn’t look like he’s even socially transitioned, much less taken hormones!

The very first sentence in Wikipedia’s article on Libby says, “Laurel Dawson Munsell Libby is an American anti-vaccine activist, Republican politician.” Her big “anti-vaccine” position? Opposing a 2019 Maine law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations. She has also spoken out against COVID mandates (gasp) and even participated in a mask-mandate protest during which she and several of her colleagues entered the capitol building (double gasp) without masks.

PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS: [26:18] – If you’ve heard about how Trump’s approvals are crashing, you might want to watch this. Keep in mind that Rasmussen had the best numbers during the campaign. Also, keep in mind that polls asking approval for what Trump has done so far with the border and government spending – the two biggest things he’s been working on – are polling at plus 70.

SOCIAL SECURITY: The SSA has made moves to eliminate DEI, waste, and fraud. The Office of Transformation and ties with DEI research centers are gone, moves that will save approximately $15 million. In addition, the Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight into other existing parts of the agency.

Trump assured us that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits won’t be touched by his administration “other than if there’s fraud or something.” However, they are clearing the roles of people who are dead or here illegally.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TA6OBcjG1Oc to see some clips of dogs at the vet.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u9aMu3wnPJw to hear Bunny tell her owner she misses the cat.

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by | February 24, 2025 · 8:35 am

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The reading he references is Sirach 1:1-10.

AIR: Flying is getting safer. We’re just seeing more media coverage of mishaps. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EjMeIvE3X_Y to hear a pilot calmly inform his passengers that he just landed them safely after experiencing his first engine failure in over 3 decades of flying. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zS-KXv07GtU to hear a wonderful flight safety announcement.

BORDER: [16:13] – The Canadian border is an issue too.

DAN BONGINO: This news made my day!!

“Republicans against Trump” tweeted – “BREAKING: Donald Trump just named far-right MAGA podcaster Dan Bongino, a notorious conspiracy theorist who promoted the lie that the 2020 election was ‘stolen,’ to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI. God help us all.”

“GranTorino” responded – “Define far right… And list all the conspiracies that Bongino has reported on that haven’t come true. I’ll wait.”

::gigglesnort::

DOGE: The reason behind the email every federal worker got requiring them to submit a report on what they did during the week. Failure to reply will be considered a resignation. In other news, Musk reportedly has proposed that DOGE have an enforcement arm to be designated “FAFO” (Federal Agency for Financial Oversight). I suspect this may be a prank designed to get liberal heads exploding … kinda like that tweet where Trump called himself “The King.” But who knows for sure? I thought buying Greenland was a prank, yet it seems Trump is 100% serious about that one.

ELON: So glad he won’t get pink slipped for failing to respond to his own email.

UK: Apple has caved to the British government’s request to have access to private user data by removing its highest level security tool from its UK users. This in a nation that is jailing people for silently praying outside of abortion clinics.

GRAMMY’S NOTES: ::mind-boggled::

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqZBn4bSWuA to learn something else I did not know before.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HORYeGUMmwU and listen to the very end! ROFLLL

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by | February 20, 2025 · 11:03 am

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ANIMAL TORTURE: On Feb. 6, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing entitled “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty.” Justin Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) watchdog group reported on the millions taxpayers have spent on “transgender animal testing.” One guess who authorized 95% of this demonic activity.

“In a lot of these cases, they involve mice, rats, monkeys, who are being surgically mutilated and subjected to hormone therapies to mimic female to male or male to female gender transitions, gender-affirming hormone therapies, and then looking at the biological, psychological and physiological effects of the gender transitions, looking at the effects of taking vaccines after you’ve transitioned these animals from male to female or female to male, looking at the size of their genitals changing after you’ve put them on estrogen or testosterone therapies to transition them.”

Goodman said the WCW estimates that more than $20 billion has been spent on ineffective animal research. Rep. Mace (R-SC) noted, “We spent over $1 million to find out if female rats receiving testosterone therapy were more likely to overdose on a date rape drug. That’s what your taxpayer dollars were being spent on.”

BORDER: [10:07] – The estimated social benefit cost to each illegal is $130,000. And the Dems said that spending $5 billion to finish building Trump’s wall would be too expensive. “President Trump is committed to safeguarding Federal public benefits for American citizens who are truly in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans,” a White House fact sheet on the executive order said.

Re: rebate – I’m all for paying down debt. But I’ve also got a molar that could really use 5 grand.

HIRED/FIRED: The Senate has approved Howard Lutnick, Trump’s choice to head up the Commerce Department. Lutnick is a staunch supporter of Trump’s economic policies.

KANSAS: God bless the Kansas state Republicans who, on Tuesday, voted 31-9 in the state Senate and 85-34 in the state House to override the veto their woke governor slapped on the “Help Not Harm Act.” The new law bans doctors from performing transgender surgeries on minors or putting them on cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. Kansas is now the 27th state to legislate gender protections for minors.

ROB SCHNEIDER: [2:08:57] – CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h5XQlrLT8qo to hear a clip from his interview with Tucker Carlson. I am listening to the interview now.

UPDATE: YouTube censored the section about COVID vaccines. You can watch the full interview @ https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-rob-schneider.

GRAMMY NOTES: I was pondering what a “sacrifice of praise” means to me and was reminded of a story I heard once. A devout pastor was struggling with depression after his daughter lost her leg to cancer. When he asked a colleague for help, the man said, “Praise God.” The depressed pastor said his spiritual life was totally dry and he didn’t feel any joy or love or gratitude etc. The colleague said, “Praise Him anyway. It’s not about your feelings. It’s about the fact that God is good in all things and through all things.” I learned from that how to be grateful and praise God even on my worst days.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4fudNm_FJVY to learn something amazing.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l8dWB016-8M for more on this esoteric topic.

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by | February 13, 2025 · 6:50 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bless us all and help us to serve You more perfectly. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

AI: CLICK https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1889693652659687557 [1:12] to appreciate anew what a mortar shell we all dodged last November.

BORDER: Venezuela sent two planes to retrieve about 190 of its citizens who were here illegally.

CALIFORNICATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/560270753518856 to hear a father speak to the school board about a “coming out” exercise they inflicted on his daughter. Attorneys for the parents say the Vista Unified School District (VUSD) in San Diego presented the LGBT “unicorn” curriculum in non-health classes to try and bypass state parental notification laws.

CONFIRM: The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence.

DOGE: CLICK https://x.com/townhallcom/status/1889427687267086773 [1:02] to hear Musk talk about bureaucrats who make six figures a year somehow becoming millionaires after getting their porky snouts into the public spending trough. How about after his team finishes auditing government agencies, they start auditing said millionaires?

DOJ: [17:50] – Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday that the DOJ is suing New York Attorney General Letitia James, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Mark Schroeder for violating federal immigration laws. She told other states they would be next if they don’t wise up.

EPA: In its last weeks, the Biden administration rushed to shovel as many taxpayer dollars into far-Left coffers as possible. Lee Zeldin has located $20 billion that the scumbags at the EPA transferred to an outside financial institution and is working to get it back.

HEALTH: A study entitled “Dental flossing may lower the risk for incident ischemic stroke, cardioembolic stroke subtype and AF” was recently published in AHA Journals. It reports on a 25-year study showing that flossing appears to reduce the risk of stroke.

MASSATWOSHITS: The Worcester city council held a raucous meeting to consider declaring itself a trans sanctuary city. Not the Bee has video clips of speakers, including one in a purple wig, pearl necklace and white gloves who said he needs the city to protect him, because he is “afraid of Trump.” Then, he warned the city that, if the resolution didn’t pass, they should “prepare for trans people to make this a very unsafe space.” Translation: “I will violently whup yo’ ass if you don’t pander to my neurotic delusion that I am a fragile female.”

MILITARY: The boards of visitors are typically split between presidential appointees and members appointed by Congress, usually lawmakers themselves. The Biden administration also removed top former Trump officials from the service academy boards in 2021.

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/598117263039486 to see an old woke recruitment ad, then a new MAGA one.

WEAPONIZING: After New York City Mayor Eric Adams complained that Biden’s open border policy was destroying his city, Biden’s Justice Department indicted him on federal bribery charges. On Monday, Trump’s Justice Department dropped the case.

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by | February 13, 2025 · 4:26 am

Pontifical Hypocrisy

Pope Francis has released another scolding to American Trump supporters. In it he says, “I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations.” Then he equates migration with necessity, as if all the millions who came here illegally did so to escape persecution. Clearly, he has not followed our open border crisis closely.

He claims that “the rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make a critical judgment and express its disagreement with any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality.” Sorry, but no. A criminal is someone who has committed a crime. A crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. Entering any locale in a manner that violates their law is a crime. What is hard about this? The United States has procedures for those who genuinely need to flee persecution. Those who follow them are genuine migrants. Those who sneak in are criminals as are those who have been denied asylum, yet have stayed anyway.

Pope Francis is a hypocrite. Although Vatican City does not require visitors to produce a passport or have a visa to visit, it does not permit overnight stays. And of the few areas that are open to visitors, most require an entrance fee and/or have a dress code. If you break the Vatican’s laws, its highly trained and well armed law enforcers will deal with you.

Just three weeks ago, Vatican City announced increased penalties for those who violate its borders:

  1. These sanctions apply especially to those who enter with expired permits, who do not meet the established requirements, who bypass border controls or security systems, or who enter by means of violence, threats, or deception.
  2. Penalties can be increased if the crime is committed with firearms, corrosive substances, by a person in disguise, or by several people together. Likewise, if illegal access is made in a vehicle, the penalty can increase by up to two-thirds.
  3. Anyone convicted of illegal entry will be banned from entering Vatican territory for a period of up to 15 years. If this sanction is breached, the offender may be punished with a prison sentence of one to five years.

Sources

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by | February 12, 2025 · 6:05 am

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My apologies for brevity … my symptoms have flared. ❤

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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by | February 10, 2025 · 9:34 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you today for the graces we need to trust You totally. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

BORDER: Reinforcing our border wall makes illegal crossings more difficult.

DOGE: When Biden was killing off real jobs in the energy sector, Dems told coal miners to “learn to code.” Now that Trump is killing off cushy, overpaid “jobs” in government, Dems are treating it as a national emergency. I’m thinking if the IRS did a deep audit on each of the ones squealing the loudest, a bunch of those mission billions would turn up.

HATING GOD: It is what Nazism, Islam, and the Democratic Party all have in common.

OMB: DOGEism is catching on. Trump’s head of the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought, says he has scrutinized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) budget and determined it is not “reasonably necessary” to continue funding it. “This spigot, long contributing to CFPB’s unaccountability, is now being turned off.” The CFPB is yet another government agency that has been funneling our tax dollars to progressive causes.

PRIORITIES: Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) says he and his fellow Democrats are open to shutting down the government in March if Trump’s recent actions to slim down the federal government are not halted. So … what they’re saying is that it’s okay to shut down the government, but not to slim down the government. Okay. I guess. ::smh::

RACE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BcdrjjMjnpA to hear one American who refuses to let black racists bully her. I love how calmly she sticks to her message.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A8TpI2aJHRI to hear Sen. Tim Scott lay a load of actual facts on The View. When he talks about the challenges America faces today, I thought, “People like Oprah and Sunny Hostin.”

SOT: I keep hearing TV anchors calling for us to watch SOT number something. I googled and found out that SOT stands for “sound on tape.” It refers to an audio-video recording.

TRUMP: While at the Super Bowl, Trump tweeted that he has decided to stop wasting money making pennies. It literally costs us two cents to manufacture every one cent coin!

WEAPONIZING GOVERNMENT: Next question is … did SHE pay back those loans on time and with interest like Trump did?

WOMEN’S SPORTS: Three former University of Pennsylvania women’s swimmers – Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist – filed suit on Tuesday, alleging they suffered emotional trauma by having transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a teammate. They are calling for the Ivy League to expunge Thomas’ female swimming records.

“The UPenn administrators told the women that if anyone was struggling with accepting Thomas’ participation on the UPenn Women’s team, they had psychological problems and needed to see a counselor. They also say school officials warned them not to speak out against Thomas, lest they be branded as “transphobic” and damage future job prospects.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HQOeWjHrqr0 to see “English” naming animals.

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by | February 10, 2025 · 7:57 am

Dispelling Leftist Lies About DOGE

Virginia Republican Rep. Ben Cline published an open letter to constituents last week that I think is worth passing on to y’all. His intention was to dispel the lies Democrats have been spewing in what he described as their “scripted outrage” over Trump’s aggressive efforts to cut federal spending before our nation goes into bankruptcy. The link to his letter is at the end. The graphics are my addition.

President Donald Trump “has Article II constitutional authority to appoint individuals who can help execute their vision for the federal government. Most recently, President Trump designated Elon Musk as a ‘special government employee,’ which is defined by Section 202 of Title 18 of the United States Code. President Trump’s decision to enlist Mr. Musk is a bold step toward strengthening America’s technological leadership and eliminating bureaucratic inefficiencies. This appointment is fully within the President’s discretion and is no different from past administrations appointing industry experts to key cabinet, advisory, and operational roles.”

“Musk is not a private citizen being given ‘unprecedented access to personal or sensitive information,’ as the extreme left would lead you to believe. Mr. Musk holds some of the highest-level security clearances as a key defense contractor and his work is integral to ensuring U.S. military superiority. As you are aware, the rocket systems and satellites his companies produce are used across the federal government, including in the Department of Defense, and his Starlink system has been critical in supporting U.S. allies abroad. There are few, if any, private individuals who have done more to advance America’s technological and defense capabilities in modern history. If there is anyone qualified to bring the federal government into the 21st century and improve its efficiency, it is Elon Musk.”

“The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is an essential initiative to reduce wasteful spending, cut bureaucratic red tape, and modernize government technology. On his first day in office, President Trump legally integrated DOGE into the federal government by way of an executive order renaming the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS). Fully authorized under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), USDS will enhance government productivity and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly. Each executive agency’s DOGE Team works in coordination with agency heads in order to ensure the implementation of President Trump’s DOGE agenda. Treasury Secretary Scott [Bessent] has already approved DOGE’s lawful access to unclassified records and systems to facilitate this integration.”

“​​There is no evidence to support the allegation that Elon Musk or his team has unlawfully accessed or seized the sensitive data. Any access to citizen data is strictly regulated, and the role of DOGE is focused on modernizing outdated systems, not compiling private information. The real threat to Americans’ privacy has come from an unchecked bureaucracy that has mismanaged data security for decades. The reforms proposed by President Trump and implemented by individuals like Mr. Musk are designed to prevent government overreach, not expand it.”

“Additionally, to ensure proper legislative oversight of these efforts, I am proud to serve as a member of the new DOGE Caucus here in Congress. This caucus will work alongside President Trump to introduce reforms that streamline government operations, eliminate inefficiencies, and restore fiscal responsibility in Washington.”

CLICK https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1888576449499611389 [2:56] to hear a citizen put DOGE’s work and Dem’s outrage into plain, everyday terms.

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by | February 9, 2025 · 9:29 am

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DAILY PRAYER: O Trinity of love and power, Our brethren shield in danger’s hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe’er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee, Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Amen.

BORDER: Tom Homan’s agents have arrested 11,000 illegal aliens in just 18 days. Among the highlights are a Gulf Cartel hitman, members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs, and cartel drug traffickers. I heard a reporter ask Homan if he was satisfied with the pace of arrest. He said no, they need to do more.

CALIFORNICATION: According to The San Francisco Chronicle, the State of California and its public school athletics association intends to ignore Trump’s executive order and continue to allow athletes to participate as whichever gender they identify as.

Flashback: In 2023, Biden ruled that public schools that did not allow boys to play on girls’ teams and use their private spaces would lose federal aid for free and reduced-price school lunches.

CANCEL NOT: The mainstream media threw a hissy fit this week upon discovering that an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency was a 19-year-old who had made controversial social media posts under the name “Big Balls.” Musk asked his X followers their opinion; 78% of them agreed with Vance. Musk sealed the deal with a post saying, “To err is human, to forgive divine.”

CONGRESS: In January, Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) – the first trannie elected to the U.S. Congress – was denied access to the women’s bathrooms. To his credit, he agreed to use single user bathrooms. Last week, presider Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) refused to “deny biological reality” and recognized McBride as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride, for five minutes.”

COURTS: After 19 state attorneys general sued to keep DOGE out of Treasury Department records, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer limited access to those working at the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed background checks.

A coalition of labor unions filed suit on Feb. 5 seeking to prevent DOGE from gaining access to Labor Department records. U.S. District Judge John Bates denied the suit, saying the “plaintiffs have failed to establish standing.”

DEI: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qET1GnSZAH8 to hear Nick Freitas riff on the difficulties HR departments are facing in the Trump era.

DOGE: Musk and his crew uncovered the Treasury Department’s “utterly insane” payment system, by which between $50 and $100 billion in fraudulent payments go out annually.

One of the most significant changes taking place will be payment categorization codes. According to Musk, these codes are essential for financial audits, yet they are frequently left blank, making it nearly impossible to track where taxpayer dollars are going. Can you imagine a business surviving a single IRS audit if half its outgoing moneys had no code?

Another reform involves weekly or even daily updates to the Treasury’s Do-Not-Pay list, which is meant to prevent payments to fraudulent entities, deceased individuals, suspected terrorist fronts, and other entities or people who should not be paid by federal agencies. Musk said that this list has not been regularly updated or strictly enforced.

These changes will be made by the Treasury Department, not by DOGE.

LABOR: [15:42] – Democrats have been trying to eliminate 14c certificates that allow sheltered workshops to provide jobs for the disabled. Their rationale was that allowing employers to hire disabled people for sub-minimum wage was a form of wage discrimination. In fact, sheltered workshops employ people who cannot function at a level that allows businesses to pay them minimum wage. Without 14c certificates, these people wouldn’t have the pride of earning a pay check, but would be left to sit on their behinds all day, every day in care facilities.

The fact that they get paid sub-minimum wage does not mean they are living hand-to-mouth; they all qualify for additional assistance, such as SSI. Likewise, the existence of sheltered workshops is not preventing disabled workers who are capable of competing in the workplace if provided with reasonable accommodations (as required by the ADA). In fact, it seems perfectly reasonable to me to suppose that some disabled workers could develop a marketable skill in a sheltered workshop, then transition if they chose to do so.

Trump put a stop to Dems’ efforts, something that has not been reported in the news.

USAID: How it started … how it’s going … going … GONE! Trump has eliminated USAID and is in the process of laying off all but 290 of its 13,000 staffers, saving taxpayers tens of billion$. The handful of genuinely helpful programs will now be administered by the State Department which, unlike USAID, knows it is part of the executive branch of the U.S. government.

SecState Rubio said, “We had no choice but to take dramatic steps to bring this thing under control.” They were being “completely uncooperative,” acting like “they’re not even a U.S. government agency” but rather “a global charity” spending taxpayer money “irrespective of … [our] national interest.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7QYe6hHxBw to see VP Vance’s #1 aide.

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