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by | May 2, 2026 · 9:53 am

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHORTS:

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

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

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by | April 27, 2026 · 9:08 am

WHCD Shooting

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

Hello everybody!

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

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

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

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

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

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

On to why I did any of this:

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

What my representatives do reflects on me.

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

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

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

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

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

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

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

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

Rebuttals to objections:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.

Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you all for everything.

Sincerely,

Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen

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

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

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

No damn security.

Not in transport.

Not in the hotel.

Not in the event.

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

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

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

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

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

Actually insane.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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by | April 17, 2026 · 10:27 am

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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by | April 16, 2026 · 3:30 pm

The Catholic “Body Language Guy” Weighs In

Jesús Enrique Rosas (born and raised in Venezuela) posted the following on his X account @ Knesix. It’s not a transcript of the video above, though it does contain some of the same wording. The words below are from Rosas’ post @ https://x.com/Knesix/status/2044111234673299936. I’m going to drop in some graphics, because I think it makes the text easier to digest. At the end, I have added one paragraph of my own take on the situation, which will come as zero surprise to my regular readers. (Shout out to all y’all!!)

So the Pope met with David Axelrod last week. David Axelrod. Obama’s campaign architect. A man who is not Catholic, has never met a pope before, and whose entire career has been engineering political narratives for the American left.

And then, by pure coincidence, the Pope immediately started lobbing shots at the Trump administration, and three US Cardinals popped up on 60 Minutes doing the same thing. All organically, I’m sure.

I’m a practicing Catholic. I need you to understand that part. But in my opinion, Trump has all the right to lash out at him. Maybe you’ll disagree, but in the end, Trump talks like Trump. Water is wet. I’m talking about MY Church being run like a DNC satellite office but with a golden throne.

This is the same Vatican that watched governments padlock churches during COVID and said nothing. That let Biden take communion while funding abortion and said nothing. That fired Bishop Strickland for defending actual Church doctrine. That removed Bishop Fernández in Puerto Rico for defending religious exemptions THE CATECHISM ITSELF supports.

But somehow Trump is the threat to human dignity.

Pope Francis was bad. Leo has turned out to be worse. Francis at least was vague about his politics. Leo went and hired the consulting firm.

The man has ignored the slaughter of Christians across Nigeria, the Sahel, India, Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Hundreds of believers murdered, churches burned, pastors kidnapped. His response? Platitudes about dialogue.

OF COURSE he won’t even name who’s doing the killing.

But he’ll fly across continents to make interfaith gestures the week after his people coordinated a media hit on a sitting US president. The weaponization of belief is obvious. You get the Pope to pick a fight with Trump, and suddenly millions of conservative Catholics have to choose between their faith and their vote.

My take: I’m not choosing, because my faith is not in the day-to-day actions or words of the current pontiff, but rather in the Holy Scripture and the Magisterium. Cardinal Sarah starts with these when speaking of current events; he has offered me nothing but assurance that Trump is a good president. By contrast, Pope Leo dresses Democrat talking points and spews them from high exalted pulpit, so I am no longer listening to him. I will, however, continue to pray for him, because he clearly needs it.

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by | March 15, 2026 · 8:41 am

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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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by | March 2, 2026 · 1:04 pm

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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by | February 14, 2026 · 5:51 am

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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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by | January 25, 2026 · 7:40 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Have mercy on the souls of those in Purgatory, particularly those who have died from violence without time to prepare. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge – Hitler’s final large-scale offensive on the Western Front – came to an end. For U.S. forces, it had been the deadliest engagement in the European theater.

FBI: [3:14] – Two of the “Top 10 Wanted” were nabbed in one day. In their report, the anchors mention taking illegals off the streets as a major factor. I heard now-former Assistant Director Dan Bongino say on his broadcast that a lot of credit also goes to the FBI’s decision to employ “broken windows” policing. It worked in NYC when Rudy Giuliani was mayor and they’re proving now that it works at the federal level as well.

GODDESS POSE: Many yoga poses are worshipful offerings to demons. There is a school of thought called “Christian Yoga” that claims to use these poses as a way to meditate and grow in true faith. Personally, I’m on the side that says avoiding the poses is the safest way.

ICE PROTESTS: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2685963238424537 [10:25] to hear Greg Gutfeld hit the truth with a sledgehammer.

I’M EXCITED: I was recently diagnosed with “severe osteoarthritis” in my left knee. According to three doctors, I’m headed for painful, expensive knee replacement surgery. I’d rather not, so this caught my eye. It’s a loooong way from being available, but I can hope!

I’M OFFENDED: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1380396410299003 [3:00] to hear Brad Stine riff on political correctness. Good comment: “Taking offense is usually someone trying to control the conversation or shut it down.”

JACK SMITH: On Thursday, former special counsel Jack Smith made a number of damning admissions during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. You can read about them at the link.

OBAMA: [2:12] – In 2012, with 1,000+ deportations/day, our Democrat president categorically refused to halt deportations of adults who had brought their children into the U.S. illegally. Where were all the hysterical protesters?

PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, I bind and rebuke all demonic spirits fueling this storm and ask God and all His angels to protect the vulnerable and support rescue workers wherever they are needed. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

RED PILL: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1676453429992797 [2:32] to hear an excellent walk away story.

STOLEN VALOR: William Kelly, the loud- and foul-mouthed activist who was arrested for his part in last Sunday’s St. Paul church invasion, has said, on camera, that he is a military veteran who has seen combat. He also wears a Combat Infantryman Badge on his hat. Here are the facts …

William Kelly did serve in the U.S. Army, but he did so as a paper pusher. Think “Radar” on M.A.S.H. Even if he had ever deployed to a war zone, which he didn’t, he would not have gone on combat missions with infantry soldiers who earned the right to wear that medal.

But William Kelly wasn’t even a good paper pusher. In 2008, he was court-martialed and found guilty of stealing. His rank was dropped to Private (E-1) and he was booted out of the Army with a Bad Conduct Discharge.

TRUMP: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1192572996409845 [2:00] to hear Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel talk about the difference between the Biden and Trump administrations.

GRAMMY NOTES: Every year, the Mascots design and build cars for the Pinewood and Powderpuff Derby that their scout troops hold. Bootz won second for the boys!

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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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