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Pope Leo’s Hypocrisy on Immigration

Vatican City operates one of the strictest immigration and access regimes in Europe.

Entry is heavily controlled with unrestricted public access limited mainly to St. Peter’s Square and certain basilica areas during designated times. Most of the territory requires permits for entry, especially non-public zones. Unauthorized entry, especially by bypassing security, violence, threats, deception, or in groups/vehicles, is treated as a serious crime.

Penalties for illegal entry run between $10,200–$25,700, plus prison terms of 1–4 years. Convictions can include a ban from Vatican territory for up to 15 years (with further prison time for violations). Aggravating factors (e.g., using firearms, disguises, or multiple people) increase penalties.

Citizenship and residency are extremely limited.

Only clergy, Swiss Guard, officials who are working in Vatican City may apply for temporary residency, which is revoked when the job ends. There is no general path for economic migrants, family reunification, or asylum seekers to settle permanently.

In short, the Vatican City State enforces its borders rigorously to protect its security, sanctity, and limited capacity, which is in keeping with Catholic social teaching regarding states having the right to regulate immigration for the common good.

Christian cartoonist and pundit, Gary Varvel, weighs in –

A scene we’d like to see

Pope Leo XIV has been busy clutching his pearls over the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, labeling them “inhuman treatment”—because apparently, a sovereign nation enforcing its borders is now a sin. This is just the latest entry in the Pope’s ongoing “Political Activist of the Year” campaign against the President.

The hypocrisy reached a fever pitch late last year when Leo decided to play the “Pro-Life Gatekeeper.” He rebuked Catholic politicians who support hard-line immigration policies. His logic? “Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion’ but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants… I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

Bad theology

Equating the termination of a life in the womb with the deportation of an illegal alien is a feat of unscholarly theological gymnastics. To lecture the United States for conducting immigration raids while safely ensconced behind the Great Wall of Vatican City is hypocritical, to say the least. If the Pope wants to preach about open borders, he can start by unlocking his own.

If the Pope is so deeply distressed by the plight of illegal aliens leaving the U.S., there’s a simple, holy solution: Trump should just charter a few flights and drop them off at the Vatican. Since the Pope is so eager to welcome the world, let’s see how many cots he can fit between the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

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The Iran War

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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

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The Military Authority of the Commander in Chief

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

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

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

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

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

Let’s be honest about the politics.

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

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

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

He has the authority.

He has the duty.

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

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

That is the constitutional bottom line.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Give us this day our daily bread and help us to trust in Your provision. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On February 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport as they arrived to begin their first American tour.

AOC: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

BESSENT: Trump’s Treasury Secretary testified before the U.S. Senate.

CLICK https://x.com/devorydarkins/status/2019469548970471594 [1:45] to hear Democrat Sen. Van Hollen demand he express remorse over Alex Pretti’s death. Bessent says, “This is an FSOC hearing. Why don’t we talk about financial security and oversight?

CLICK https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2019721361942602129 [:17] to hear Democrat Sen. Reed scold Sec. Bessent, who replied, “Thank you senator. Good to see you.

CLICK https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2019434530382209201 [:37] to hear him lay a truth bomb on Fauxcahontas over who caused the housing affordability crisis.

BIBLE STUDY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2071860530319420 [2:04] to enrich your understanding of Malachi 4:2.

Just one quibble … every translation I looked at translates it “sun” of righteousness, not “son” as the caption says. However, the “kanaph” part is accurate. I like the added idea of Jesus’ arms spread on the cross combined with the following:

Kanaph, therefore, unites themes of shelter, commitment, power, and outreach—an enduring picture of the God who both hovers protectively over His people and sends them forth in Spirit-borne flight.” There is more @ https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3671.htm

CNN: CLICK https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/2019429959174091056 [1:22] to hear the liberals on CNN’s Newsnight argue with Scott Jennings over one of the most basic tenets of economics.

LIFE: Christian values encompass two things: love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. In His teachings, Jesus clearly showed us that He considers ALL human beings to be our neighbors. Also, the first to recognize Him was a fetus.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Lord, awaken Your Church in America to be a light in the darkness. May we stand boldly for truth. Amen.

SAVE ACT: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2019552346104295642 [1:35] to hear Democrat Rep. Raskin recite the current Democrat talking point about how it would deprive married women our 19th Amendment right to vote.

  1. There are NO federal laws dictating that a woman change her name after marriage (or divorce).
  2. Getting married (or divorced) requires paperwork. Anyone who can manage that can manage a name change.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: CLICK https://x.com/Geniustechw/status/2019033202422063320 [2:21] to hear an alleged Christian preacher celebrating abortion from the pulpit.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” ~Isaiah 5:20

VERMONT: In Burlington, Vermont, the public transit has had to drastically cut service, because their brand new fleet of EV buses can’t be charged. Because the batteries sometimes spontaneously combust, they can’t be parked indoors. And because they can’t be recharged when temperatures are below 40°F.

VOTER ID: Actually, it is not Schumer’s IQ that is the problem. It’s his lying tongue. Jim Crow (literacy) laws were passed by Democrats to keep newly freed, mostly illiterate slaves from voting, not because they were black, but because they overwhelming supported “the party of Lincoln” – i.e., the Republican Party. If illegals and other cheaters were voting Republican, Democrats would be demanding voter id.

GRAMMY NOTES: [3:06] – The idea of God holding my right hand felt constricting to me, because I imagined it like a child whose parent is holding the hand to control, e.g., while crossing the street. In that position, one can not use the dominant hand. But while I was listening to this video, I suddenly saw in my mind’s eye how Mama Buzz uses “hand-over-hand” with Buzz to help him learn a new skill. She doesn’t grip his hand, palm-to-palm, but rather places her palm lightly on the back of his hand; her hand is holding his, but it is not to constrain his actions, but rather to gently guide them.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/fluxfolio_/status/2013010288967086521 [:24] to watch Austrian freestyle skier, Matej Svancer, lose a ski in mid-air and stick the landing on the remaining ski! He took home a second in January’s Freeski World Cup in Laax, Switzerland.

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Minnesota Update

Protesters disrupted services at Cities Church in St. Paul where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement serves as a pastor.

CLICK https://x.com/SteveAustinWI/status/2013119981047677088 [2:46] to see video of the incident.

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013224923238412537 [4:02] to hear a man explain why he feels violated by what the protesters did to his church service.

U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said her agency is investigating the incident for possible federal civil rights violations.

CLICK https://x.com/ksoklower48/status/2013094997042872390 [:22] to hear Gov. Walz warn us about how terrible it would be if church services were raided and worshipers harassed.

Surprisingly (to me), the most relevant federal statute may be The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). While it has primarily been used to prosecute peaceful anti-abortion protesters, it actually prohibits the use of force, threats, or physical obstruction to interfere with individuals seeking reproductive health services or exercising their religious rights at places of worship.

Cities Church could potentially also take this to a local court and sue for criminal trespass. Churches (including their buildings, grounds, parking lots, and related facilities) are typically considered private property, even when they are open to the public for services, events, or general visitation. This means the church leadership (or authorized representatives, like pastors, elders, or property managers) can control access, decide who is welcome, and revoke permission for anyone to be there.

These protesters engaged in criminal trespass by knowingly and intentionally entering to disrupt and then refusing to leave when asked. Penalties vary by state and severity and can include fines, jail time, probation, or community service. Our constitutional rights to gather and express ourselves are only guaranteed on government property. Private property owners get to choose when and how they happen.

CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013222406538543263 [:55] to watch Don Lemon hassle one of the ministers (not the ICE guy), trying to make a case that protesters’ right to freedom of speech somehow supersedes the congregation’s right to worship. They’re in the same amendment!

CLICK https://x.com/michaeljknowles/status/2013290671377887551 [:19] to hear Don Lemon protesting is about making people uncomfortable. The First Amendment actually guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Traumatizing kids at church doesn’t qualify.

CLICK https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2013332463578161504 [:44] to hear Don Lemon state, unequivocally, that the members of this church are entitled white supremacists.

CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2013094694692028909 [:31] to hear Don Lemon’s “rules for thee, not for me” hypocrisy concerning the right to free speech.

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, This. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

2A: The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel has just issued a 15-page opinion declaring that the 1927 federal ban on mailing firearms through the USPS is unconstitutional and can not be enforced anymore. Ammunition and gunpowder still can’t be mailed for safety reasons.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 19, 1840, US Naval captain Charles Wilkes became the first American to explore the coast of Antarctica. Though whalers traveled the waters near Antarctica, no one had mapped out the land.

BOARD OF PEACE: Trump is forming an international body that he will lead to guide the second phase of his peace plan in the Gaza Strip. He has named seven members of the Board of Peace’s executive board: Secretary of State Marco Rubio; U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff; Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law; former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; financier Marc Rowan; World Bank President Ajay Banga; and deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel.

BORDER: In April 2000, under President Clinton, federal agents stormed a Miami home to seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez and return him to Castro’s Cuba, all in the name of deference and diplomacy.

In November 2014, President Obama said undocumented workers broke the law and must be held accountable, especially those who are dangerous.

In June 2009, Chuck Schumer said people who enter the country illegally are illegal aliens and should not be treated the same as legal immigrants.

They had no problem enforcing immigration law then. The laws are no different now.

FLORIDA: [6:03] – Pause the video at :28 and take a good look at the woman’s face. She clearly thinks it’s all fun and games!

GREENLAND: Trump announced that, starting Feb. 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland will be charged a 10% tariff until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.

“The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important.”

The tariff will increase to 25 percent on June 1.

LIARS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1403727827952420 [:44] to see the dash cam footage of the “peaceful protester who was hit by a patrol car.”

MINNESOTA: On Thursday, President Trump threatened to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces if officials in the state do not stop protesters from targeting immigration officials. The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota.

MILITARY: Last week, we took out Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an ISIS leader affiliated with the terrorist group that killed two U.S. service members and an interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025. Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said. “There is no safe place for those who conduct, plot, or inspire attacks on American citizens and our warfighters. We will find you.”

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Continue to guide and bless our president. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

GRAMMY NOTES: As an Art History major, I must take exception to this bold, but highly inaccurate assertion. We didn’t just look at the pretty pictures; we also wrote about them.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1215459297091093 [:50] to watch a “talking buttons” dog have a remarkable conversation. “Remember we got all wet?” He shakes himself. He remembers. ❤ BEST comment on the clip: “I love my dog more than most people. But this is why I won’t buy her push buttons. She’ll have me taking her shopping, getting her nails done getting her hair did. All that.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m8UmCFWByWM [1:06] to learn something I did not know about turtles and tortoises before. I always wondered why this guy is always petting and scritching their shells!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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DAILY PRAYER: We adore You and we praise You, O Christ, Because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. Amen. Alleluia!

2A: Here is another example of why liberals should not be allowed to make gun policy. This leftie cartoonist is so ignorant, he showed a revolver ejecting brass. Yeah, no.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 14, 1943, Allied leaders met in Casablanca, Morocco, for a high-stakes conference that set the direction of the war in Europe and beyond. What was decided would influence battles, alliances, and the meaning of victory itself.

HEALTH: [10:28] – Many years ago, our doctor told us to stop eating anything that had an ingredient in it we couldn’t pronounce or define. I have found that a useful tool for choosing which foods are “real” vs. which ones are “too processed.”

HUMAN HATERS: CLICK https://x.com/akafaceUS/status/2010475053964546253 to watch what happened when a crazy liberal woman refused to move aside for a man whose wife was in active labor. Blocking one car … which is still running … would not have benefit the planet one iota, but it could have had serious consequences for this mother and child. The climate whack job’s actions served to prove only one thing, which is that Dr. Patrick Moore is 100% correct. Climate activists are anti-human.

HYPOCRISY: Four years ago, Democrats supported incarcerating American citizens who refused to have an experimental drug injected into their bodies. Today, these same Democrats are screaming in protest at the idea of criminal illegal aliens being incarcerated.

CLICK https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2010798560690720921 [:26] to enjoy a roast of leftist ideologies.

ID: CLICK https://x.com/Milajoy/status/2010604349299589560 [:25] to hear a grown man wearing a playing card costume get a taste of the red pill over voter ID. I’m thinking that people who are too stupid and/or lazy to get a photo ID should not be allowed to vote.

FYI: Every U.S. state offers non-driver photo ID cards (also commonly called state ID cards, non-driver’s licenses, or identification cards). These are government-issued photo IDs provided by each state’s department of motor vehicles (DMV) or equivalent agency, designed for residents who do not drive or need an alternative to a driver’s license.

MINNESOTA SHOOTING: CLICK https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2010842440807137685 [3:47] to hear Greg Gutfeld present some very thoughtful comments about fake empathy liberals.

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Have mercy on the soul of Your servant Scott and grant him Your salvation. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

SCOTT ADAMS: RIP. [12:05] – On a personal note, after years in business, one of my brothers went back to college and got a PhD, then taught at Cornell. He often used Dilbert cartoons to illustrate points.

GRAMMY NOTES: My quilter’s heart approves this message.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/letBNdmiaSk to enjoy some super cute toddlers.

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