DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You for saving me! Amen.
D.C.: Democrat leadership is on the wrong side of this one. [4:53] – Since the National Guard went to D.C., 48 homeless encampments have also been removed and 465 criminals have been arrested for parole violation, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on federal law enforcement officer, stabbing, robbery, attempted murder, and murder. At least one of those arrested is a member of MS-13.
EVERYDAY HERO: [2:03] – Very proactive 6-year-old!
HEALTH: Recreational water users should assume that Naegleria fowleri is present in warm freshwater across the United States. While infection remains very rare, cases recently have occurred in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Maryland. I’m guessing the uptick is due to the extremely hot weather we’ve been having. More people swimming in warmer than usual water.
TAXES: A new economic analysis that estimates taxpayers will see an average $3,752 tax cut in 2026, due to provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
GRAMMY NOTES: Mama Buzz sent this to me. The ladies chit chat about being moms to adults who are dating for the first 9:45. The meaty stuff about “What if I don’t like my body?” begins there and it’s well worth your time.
DAILY PRAYER: Mary, Mother of Mercy, intercede for us, your children. Keep us under your protection, safe from all harm, healthy in mind, body, and spirit. Under your watchful care, may we avoid the pitfalls of prejudice, ingratitude, injustice, and violence. And may we be always worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
AI: When Mama Buzz first opened yesterday’s “Bits & Bytes” on her phone, the prayer showed up with a transparent background. She highlighted it, intending to make it visible so she could read it. Somehow, this triggered an AI to add what I’ve shown above. Wonderful thoughts, all of them, even if they did utterly miss the point I was trying to make by combining the prayer with that graphic. But I guess the Holy Spirit wanted us to see it, because when Mama reloaded, the prayer formatted correctly.
HANNITY: [4:35] – “No one is above the law!”
SOCIAL SECURITY: Our COLA for 2026 is projected to be +2.7 percent.
STILL WINNING: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Aug. 13 that the Trump administration may cut billions of dollars in foreign aid funds that Congress previously approved. This victory allows Trump to continue to wind down USAID.
The following was written by Senator Tom Cotton [R-Arkansas] and published the New York Post on August 7, 2025 (link below). I added the graphics.
It was on Aug. 8, 2022 that 30 FBI agents, armed and authorized to use deadly force, raided the home of then-former President Donald Trump — with the blessing of his successor, then-President Joe Biden.
The absurdly broad raid warrant covered “any government and/or Presidential Records” dated during the years of Trump’s presidency, and “containers/boxes . . . collectively stored” near classified documents.
According to the FBI raid affidavit, Trump possessed “Presidential records subject to record retention requirements” — an odd claim, given that presidents have an established right to designate records as “personal records.”
In fact, under the Presidential Records Act, only the president decides which records are presidential and which are personal. Odder still, one would expect a search warrant to be based on alleged violations of criminal law. But this one wasn’t, because the Presidential Records Act is a purely civil statute.
The FBI also claimed that Trump violated the Espionage Act because he refused to return classified documents after the National Archives demanded them. Yet the FBI had no evidence to support that Trump knew the boxes sent to his home contained classified information.
To get around this inconvenient fact, the Department of Justice tried to thread the needle by arguing Trump “caused” the boxes to be packed, attempting to make him appear just as guilty as if he knew their contents.
Attorney General Merrick Garland also ignored the only existing precedent, which involved President Ronald Reagan. After leaving office, Reagan kept classified material from his presidency in his home — and while the Justice Department was aware of this situation, it took no action. Since this precedent worked in Trump’s favor, the Biden DOJ conveniently ignored it.
Similarly, given the president’s unique position in our constitutional system, the Supreme Court has ruled that certain laws should not apply to a president unless that law explicitly specifies otherwise. The Espionage Act does not contain such language, but the DOJ ignored that inconvenient fact, too.
Ironically, while Biden’s administration was weaponizing criminal law against Trump, Biden himself was caught red-handed with more than 130 classified documents — that we know of — dating from his vice presidency and his tenure as a senator.
Biden kept these sensitive documents in his personal Washington, DC, office and all over his Wilmington, Del., home, some of them in file folders labeled with Biden’s own handwriting. No legal compulsion was sought in Biden’s case, even though Biden told his ghostwriter in 2017, “I just found all the classified stuff downstairs.” In other words, he confessed on tape.
Pundits defended the different handling of the two cases on the grounds that Biden cooperated with investigators, while Trump did not. But Biden “cooperated” with a rigged process, designed by his own administration. That process allowed Biden’s lawyers to sweep and search the crime scenes — after classified documents were discovered, and after a criminal case was opened — before any FBI searches took place. At one point, a Biden White House lawyer intervened in the chain of custody of a classified document, seizing it from the FBI because the then-president had not consented to the FBI’s possession.
This double standard is nothing short of breathtaking. Where Trump was charged for merely “causing” boxes to be packed, Biden was specifically not charged because he “did not move the files himself” and “depended on staffers.” With Trump, the Reagan precedent was ignored; with Biden, it was upheld due to “basic principles of notice and fairness.”
For Trump, the Supreme Court’s “express statement” doctrine, that certain laws should not apply to a president unless expressly stated, was ignored. For Biden, the DOJ applied this doctrine — historically extended to include vice presidents — and declined prosecution to avoid “significant separation of powers concerns.” Prosecutors charged Trump with 40 felonies — effectively life in prison. Prosecutors charged Biden with nothing.
Those now angrily denouncing Trump for enforcing US laws — laws he is duty-bound to enforce — fully supported forging the justice system into a guillotine to lop off Trump’s head. Because they don’t really care about law. And they don’t really care about justice. They only care about power. Regaining power — and retaining it.
Construction is due to start next month on a new 90,000-square-foot White House State Ballroom to host major functions, eliminating the need for temporary tents on the South Lawn. The ballroom will have a seated capacity of 650 people, significantly larger than the largest current event space, the East Room, which has a 200-person capacity. CLICK https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1951393572894191707 to hear Trump say he’ll pay for the whole thing himself if private donors don’t contribute. Estimated cost is $200 million.
The last time a president oversaw a major renovation to the White House was the Truman Reconstruction (1948 to 1952). The White House, originally built in 1800 and rebuilt after the War of 1812, was in dire need of renovation. The interior wooden beams and floors were sagging and at risk of collapse and the plumbing, electricity, and heating systems were antiquated, posing fire hazards and inefficiencies.
With congressional approval, Truman initiated a comprehensive reconstruction to both preserve and modernize the White House. The interiors were gutted down to the foundation so a new steel and concrete framework was installed to replace the weakened wooden structure, ensuring long-term stability. Moldings, fireplaces, and paneling were carefully removed beforehand and reinstalled after to preserve the White House’s historical character.
A deeper, stronger foundation was dug to support the building and a two-story basement was added, including a bomb shelter (in response to Cold War nuclear fears) and mechanical rooms. New electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems were installed to meet modern standards. The Grand Staircase was rebuilt, and new elevators were installed for accessibility.
Truman added a balcony on the second floor of the South Portico, providing a private outdoor space for the First Family. This was controversial at the time, as critics argued it altered the White House’s iconic facade, but it’s now a beloved feature. The same thing happened in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was built. So, while I saw a lot of griping on X about Trump’s ballroom, I’m sure that one day it will be a cherished and praised feature of the White House.
The new ballroom will maintain the same neoclassical architectural style and will be located in part where the East Wing currently stands. The East Wing, built in 1902 and expanded in 1942, currently houses offices for the First Lady, the White House Military Office, and visitor offices, all of which will be temporarily relocated during construction. It isn’t clear where those functions will be moved to after construction is finished. Part of the ballroom will jut onto the South Lawn, connected via the East Colonnade, with a Palladian facade and columns on its eastern wall.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently got the 29-page appendix to John Durham’s May 2023 Special Counsel report declassified and released. The document contains evidence showing that then-Obama’s Secretary of State and Democrat presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, signed off on the plan to smear then-Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, with false claims of Russian collusion. This plan was inspired, in part, to distract voters from Clinton’s mounting email scandal.
The screenshot above is from page 11 of the Durham Annex. Leonard Benardo was Open Society Foundations’ regional director for Eurasia. Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an American grant-making network founded by billionaire George Soros and now run by his son Alex. Both Soros men have very close ties to Democrat leaders.
Open Society Foundations and the Soros billions are well known for supporting far-left political causes like Black Lives Matter and the Defund the Police movements that the Democrats have embraced. They Soros men are also known to have poured $40 million into the campaign coffers of 75 far-left Democrats who are now District Attorneys who refuse to prosecute criminals for political reasons. Back in February, a journalist testified before the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) that his research revealed that Soros had funneled tens of millions of dollars to left-wing causes via donations from Open Society Foundations to the Democrats’ taxpayer-funded slush fund known as USAID.
Alex Soros, the current Chairman of the Board of Open Society Foundations, recently married Huma Abedin. Abedin’s first husband was the now-former congressman, Anthony “Carlos Danger” Weiner, whose political career failed spectacularly as a result of his multiple “sexting with other women while married” and “sexting with minors” scandals (2011, 2013, 2016).
Huma Abedin has long been bffs with Hillary Clinton. During Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, Abedin served as Clinton’s assistant and travelling chief of staff. From 2009 to 2013, Abedin served as deputy chief of staff while Clinton was Obama’s Secretary of State. She then took over as vice chair of Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the same year she finally gave up on “Carlos Danger” and announced her intention to file for divorce and sue for full custody of their son.
The swanky wedding of Huma Abedin and Alex Soros was held on June 14, 2025, at the Soros estate in the Hamptons. It was attended by a host of prominent Democrats, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, and Nancy Pelosi.
The unveiling of the Democrats’ Russian Collusion Hoax is far from over. FBI Director Kash Patel announced this week that they had found multiple burn bags filled with thousands of incriminating documents. I heard one pundit speculate that the person tasked with burning the stuff knew it was evidence and didn’t want to be a party to it. Patel said when he arrived to take over at the FBI, many staff members and agents quietly expressed their gratitude that the crooks were gone, so it seems likely to me that the person who hid the bags tipped off the new regime about them.
I just saw a string of tweets complaining about the high cost to taxpayers for Trump to fly to Scotland to cut a ribbon on his new golf course there. Dan Bongino noted that the complainer failed to mention that Trump also signed a trade deal worth $1.2 Trillion, making the trip a hugely profitable investment for We the Taxpayers
They are saying it cost us $10 Million for his travel and security. Here’s the run down, according to Grok, for what is required for a presidential residence. Keep in mind that the White House, Camp David, and the POTUS’ personal homes are routinely outfitted for the duration of their terms in office. Most presidential families, including the Bidens, routinely vacationed at their own homes. Trump primarily vacations at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania lives when she is not needed for First Lady duties.
Grok provided the following run down of what has to be done whenever and wherever POTUS is residing.
Road closures, checkpoints, and restricted airspace. If the location is near water, there may be Coast Guard patrols offshore and Navy SEALs stationed nearby.
Windows are replaced with bulletproof and blast-resistant glass. Doors and walls may be reinforced with steel or concrete to withstand explosions.
Entry points are equipped with metal detectors, biometric scanners, keycard systems, PIN pads, and ID checks.
CCTV cameras, infrared sensors, and drones monitor the grounds.
Counter-sniper teams and anti-aircraft defenses (e.g., Stinger missile systems) are deployed.
Electronic countermeasures to block unauthorized communications or drone signals.
Safe Rooms: The White House has a secure bunker, the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). Temporary residences may have designated safe rooms retrofitted with reinforced doors and emergency supplies.
Secret Service details operate 24/7, with agents stationed inside and outside the residence. The White House has a Secret Service command post, while vacation homes require advance teams to secure properties weeks in advance.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams from the military support the Secret Service, sweeping for bombs or hazardous materials.
Encrypted phone lines, video conferencing, and real-time data feeds for global monitoring; communications connections to the Pentagon, CIA, and other agencies via secure networks; secure routers and signal jammers to prevent hacking; backup systems for everything.
The “football” (the nuclear launch codes briefcase) must be nearby.
Secret Service, presidential staff, and press all have to be housed and equipped with space and equipment to do their jobs.
The Secret Service must work with local police, fire departments, and hospitals to establish emergency protocols for every trip away from the White House. In Hawaii, local police overtime cost $250,000 per trip, with ambulances on standby ($10,000).
Transportation to, from, and at the destination. These include not only Marine One and Air Force One, but also all ancillary transportation required to transport people and equipment. In particular, the reinforced vehicles used in presidential motorcades are transported on Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) aircraft, such as the Grumman C-2. Secret Service recently created a reinforced golf cart for Trump that has been dubbed Golf Force One. It too has to be transported.
The Obamas vacationed annually in Hawaii for Christmas, often staying 2–3 weeks in pricey rental properties. For summer vacations, the Obamas preferred Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where they again staying in rented homes. The estimated costs for each of these trips was about the same $10 Million the complainers are squawking about for Trump’s visit to Scotland.
For winter breaks, the Obamas liked Aspen, Colorado, costing an estimated at $500,000–$1 million per trip, including security. And a couple of times they went to Palm Springs, California (2013, 2014) for golf and relaxation. More million$.
In August 2009, the Obama family went hiking and rafting in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and Grand Canyon, Arizona. They said it was to promote conservation. In July 2010, they went to Bar Harbor, Maine, where they hiked in Acadia National Park and enjoyed local lobster dinners. Maybe that was to promote tourism?
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please help us to make kindness our default position, except when to do so would violate Your Truths. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
CATHOLIC: This is a beautiful talk. [20:09] – I am hypersensitive to perfume and, before I became too affected to attend Mass at all, I would stay in the cry room. One Sunday in the late 1980s, I went to the cry room as usual, but found it filled with youthful confirmands, all dressed up and smelling much too good. My little girl and I retreated to an adjacent, empty room, only to have Bishop Matthew Clark (Rochester, NY diocese) come in with his assistants to vest. I explained why we were there and tried to leave, but he said no, we should stay. Before he vested, he got down on his knees and had a sweet interchange with my daughter.
CHRISTIAN CULTURE: Recently, there has been controversy surrounding Chip and Joanna Gaines who decided to feature a same-sex couple on their Back to the Frontier reality show. The Gaines couple have been public about their Christian faith and, in the past, have been associated with the Antioch Community Church, which holds traditional views on marriage.
I don’t actually care about the issue, but I was intrigued by Allie Beth Stuckey’s comment about CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xUT4wcpDJVA. “You can believe that you have found a way to out-compassion God.” Whoa … what an excellent way to think about this! As for assuming that money and/or fame are God’s rewards, it was Satan who offered all that stuff to Jesus. Jesus promised His followers the cross.
FOUND on the GUADALUPE RIVER: A Texas woman founded a Facebook group where Texans can share photos of objects and pets lost in the flood or found after. I looked at a few pages and the tears were running down my cheeks.
HYPOCRITES: Democrats trying to benefit from MAGA-ites who are pissed about the Epstein files have been asked why they didn’t demand the files be released while Biden was in office. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (left) said she was too busy with other things. Rep. Jamie Raskin (right) said he doesn’t know.
NEW YUCK CITY: CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1945858127577940297 [:36] to hear Zohran Mamdani defend the abolition of private property. He is New York City’s leading (i.e., Democrat) mayoral candidate, which is a very scary thought. House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, has reportedly met with Mamdani … and has continued to not endorse him.
PRISONER EXCHANGE: All ten Americans who have been held in Venezuela have been swapped for the return of more than 250 Venezuelan men (mostly Tren de Aragua members) whom we deported to El Salvadoran prisons.
Among those released was Wilbert Castañeda, a former U.S. Navy SEAL. His brother, Christian, said in a statement to The Epoch Times: “We have prayed for this day for almost a year. My brother is an innocent man who was used as a political pawn by the Maduro regime. We knew that President Trump would not leave a decorated SEAL behind.”
RUSSIA HOAX: “A treasonous conspiracy” [7:40] – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified documents revealing “overwhelming evidence” that then-President Barack Obama and his national security team didn’t like the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia had no ability or desire to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. At Obama’s direction, they suppressed publication of this assessment and manufactured fake evidence aimed at destroying Donald Trump and his administration.
ICE: [15:57] – The Left is sponsoring a 700% increase in violence against agents.
JACQUELINE DURAND: [13:05] – Jacqueline Durand suffered severe injuries from a vicious dog attack in 2022, resulting in over 800 bites and significant facial disfigurement. Dr. Youn interviews her about her experiences so far. At the GoFundMe link (below), there is a CBS documentary about Jacqueline from not long after the attack. Watching both of these videos, I am really struck by how articulate she is consider the amount of damage she sustained to her mouth.
LEFTIES LOSING IT: [20:34] – The latter parts of this video are well worth your time. E.g., I didn’t know that last bit about immigration judges not being part of the judiciary! GROK says, “Immigration judges are not part of the federal judiciary. Instead, immigration judges are administrative law judges within the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a component of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which is part of the executive branch.”
MS-13: [1:53] – Two of the worst of the worst have been apprehended. When the Biden administration let them in, one was on El Salvador’s “100 Most Wanted” list while the other had a red notice on Interpol. The latter is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We praise You and we thank You for telling us in Psalm 91 that You will cover us with Your feathers and that, under Your wings, we will find refuge! In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: [16:50 ] – This is really worth your time.
ICE: [12:30] – Harold’s bogus 6% figure is based on an NBC News article entitled “Despite promise to remove ‘worst of the worst,’ ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers.”
The 6% is not what Harold actually said, which was that, “of the deportations that we have had so far, only 6% have been hardened criminals.” Last September, ICE told Congress there were more than 13,000 illegals in the USA at that time who were known to have committed murder; of these, only 752 (about 6%) have been picked up by ICE. Since “6% of known murderers” is a very different thing from “6% of all illegals deported”, Harold’s claim utterly fails.
But there is another problem with his claim, which is his use of the vague term “hardened criminal.” According to GROK, a “hardened criminal” is someone who has repeatedly engaged in criminal behavior and who often shows a lack of remorse and a persistent disregard for the law. In other words, their “hardened” status is based not on the heinousness or violence of their crimes, but rather on their bad attitudes.
So how about the general idea behind Harold’s claim, which is that Trump said they’d go after “the worst of the worst” first. A recent article published by Cato (link below) reported that 65% of the people picked up by ICE this year have had no criminal convictions and that 93% have had no violent convictions. Again, we see a leftie playing with words to exaggerate the narrative. “No convictions” doesn’t mean they aren’t wanted on charges somewhere. And “no violent convictions” definitely does not mean they’re good neighbors.
Deep into the article, the author admits that 29% of illegals detained by ICE this year have had criminal convictions. IOW, nearly a third of those have been convicted of (not just charged or suspected of) committing crimes such as human trafficking, prostitution, drug smuggling, burglary, property damage, etc. etc. etc.
So, cry me a river if some of the “hardened” illegals who have flouted our immigration laws for however long have been getting picked up with the MS-13 gang bangers. I don’t care if they got caught fishing without a license; just being here at all made them illegal. Trump gave them a very generous opportunity to self-deport and get on a list for genuine immigrants. They chose to stay. I am happy to have ICE show them the door.
RACE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kd7tQU25sQ4 to hear a very pertinent message from Myron Gaines, aka, Walter Weekes. Many years ago, Bill Cosby tried to tell his own people to go to school and learn to read, write, and speak proper English. He said, in ghetto speak, “You can’t be a doctor or a lawyer if you talk like this.” Race hustling black “leaders” like Al Sharpton reamed him out for it. They continue to treat Ben Carson and other self-made black men the same way.
SEVEN-HOUR GAP HOAX: In April 2022, the Left Stream Media pushed out a story that, between 11:17 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. on January 6, 2021, documented communication with allies occurred between then-President Trump and allies, including a call to Vice President Mike Pence. Yet, during this seven hours and 37 minutes period, the White House switchboard logs showed no activity presidential activity. This led to speculation of a cover-up, with suggestions that Trump used burner phones and/or had suppressed records.
However, CNN later reported that the six pages of White House switchboard logs for January 6 were complete, and the gap was likely due to Trump’s typical phone habits. He rarely used the switchboard when in the Oval Office, relying instead on staff-placed calls via landlines or cell phones, which were not logged by the switchboard. This was consistent with practices during other administrations, including Obama’s.
RUSSIAN BOUNTIES HOAX: In June 2020, The New York Times published a story claiming that Russian spooks had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill U.S. and coalition troops.
The story further alleged that U.S. intelligence knew about it and had briefed Trump in early 2019. President Donald Trump denied being informed and called the story a “hoax” and “fake news,” arguing it was meant to damage him and the Republican Party during the 2020 election.
The Left Stream Media continued to push the narrative until April 2021, when the Biden administration admitted that the tale was based on sketchy sources, which forced Democrats and their shills to drop their narrative.
TRUMP TRASHES TROOPS HOAX: In September 2020 – i.e., the final weeks of Trump’s re-election campaign – The Atlantic published a smear story written by a well-known Trump basher and based entirely on anonymous sources.
In it, the author claimed Trump had canceled a 2018 visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France, citing concerns about his hair in the rain and dismissing the importance of honoring war dead, reportedly saying, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” The story also alleged he had questioned the value of military service during a 2017 Memorial Day visit to Arlington Cemetery, asking then-Chief of Staff John Kelly, “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” The story also claimed Trump had called Marines who died at Belleau Wood in World War I “suckers.”
CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1303030811755716611 [3:13] to hear Trump talk about the allegations. Despite the lack of audio, video, or documented evidence, reliance on anonymous sources, and the timing during the 2020 campaign, Democrats, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, used the story during the 2024 campaign to argue that Trump was unfit to be Commander-in-Chief.
The Bluebird of Bitterness – aka, Bob, aka, my best researcher – sent me this link @ https://scifiwright.com/2024/02/hoax-list/. It’s just a long list of the Breitbart links that I am explicating and illustrating for you, bit by bit. I included some additional links, but most of what I’ve used is from asking Grok for a rundown on each of the hoaxes.
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