FELONY: Threats against the president are a federal felony. – 18 U.S. Code § 871 states, “Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”
MENTAL HEALTH: [8:12] – Recently, I saw an interview with “The Quilting Marine” in which he talked about how making a baby quilt for his new grandson had unexpectedly helped reduce his PTSD symptoms. There is another veteran who calls himself “The Combat Quilter” who tells a similar story. These guys made me wonder if my PTSD is a big part of why I love making quilts so much.
In September 2013, James Comey was appointed by Barack Obama to the position of Director of the FBI. On May 9, 2017, Donald Trump fired him. Despite having held this powerful position for four years, Comey’s X profile (@comey) says only, “Author of legal thrillers (latest, FDR Drive, out May 20th). Husband, father, pop. Lawyer, teacher, speaker. Taller and funnier in person.”
On May 15, 2025, James Comey posted the photo above to his Instagram account. He wrote that it was a “cool formation I saw on my beach walk.” “86” is slang meaning to “get rid of.” It can refer to anything from throwing out spoiled food to murdering someone. “47” is a reference to the current President of the United States.
After setting off a firestorm, Comey disingenuously posted the above. He was the FBI Director for four years, but doesn’t know what 86 means? Puh-leeze.
The kindest thing I can think is that he has a book coming out this week. If you didn’t know before, you do now. Senator Josh Hawley [MO-R] wasn’t amused.
Neither were these people …
Ed Krassenstein, whose bio suggests he has built his “career” largely on posting anti-Trump crap, jumped on the “86 47” wagon and posted his own version. Like Comey, he got a visit from the Secret Service.
Liberals are busy pointing out stuff like this. I think there is a significant difference between “86 46” and “86 47” which is that nobody ever took a shot at Joe Biden.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please give us the graces we need to make the “don’t care” part really true. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BIG STICK: [19:42] – CLICK https://x.com/ABC/status/1919792210318340216 [1: 20] to hear Trump announce that the Houthis “don’t want to fight any more.” “We will stop the bombings. They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships any more.”
According to Julien Miquel (YouTube), the correct English pronunciation for “Houthis” is HOO – theez (hard “th” as in bath).
CATHOLIC: The conclave opens today. Please continue to pray with us that God’s perfect will be made manifest in their choice of our next pope.
DOGE: A National Science Foundation grant for more than $800,000 has been canceled. The money was being used to train college science and math education majors how to promote “social justice” and “cultural responsiveness” in their classrooms.
Another $8.4 million has been saved by canceling three DEI training programs.
A further $198 million was saved by terminating 148 wasteful contracts, including one at HHS for “potency monitoring of confiscated marijuana samples.”
HORSE HISTORY: Every horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby is a direct descendant of Secretariat, who won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by an incredible 31 lengths.
INDIA vs. PAKISTAN: In April, 26 male tourists were killed in a terrorist attack in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Early today, India responded with airstrikes against terrorists in Pakistan-controlled territory.
REAL ID: Starting today, you must have a REAL ID or a compliant document before boarding a domestic flight. Usually, a REAL ID takes the form of a driver’s license or a non-driver photo ID card issued by a state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or equivalent. States may issue such documents even if they are not REAL IDs. If your document is also a REAL ID, this is indicated by the presence of a black or gold star in the top corner of the plastic card.
At present, every state, the District of Columbia, and federal territory issues driver’s licenses and non-driver ID cards that are REAL IDs. Some also issue non-REAL ID cards to citizens and residents. These non-REAL ID cards are often cheaper to obtain and do not require as many supporting documents, making them attractive to individuals who merely want a license or ID for everyday purposes. They are also regularly issued to illegal immigrants by some states.
Usually, these non-REAL ID documents will have a notation that reads “Not Valid for Federal Purposes” or an equivalent and will not bear the required black or gold star.
REPARATIONS: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1gg_G9Gd0Pw to hear a black supremacist tell us why he “deserves” a million dollars. The way I understand it, President Lincoln gave his ancestor who was actually a slave 40 acres and a mule. Why does anyone owe this joker, who was never a slave, anything?!
SCOTUS: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an “unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy.”
The court did not explain its decision other than to say the order would expire if the justices ultimately take up the case on the merits and issue a ruling striking it down. Litigation continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Keep us mindful in a special way today that You are always in charge. And thank you that, while we may not always appear to win, we definitely will win in the end! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
BORDER: Difference being … our right to own and bear weapons and the federal government’s obligation to protect our border are both in the Constitution. So they’re the ones fomenting insurrection.
CLIMATE HOAX: Climate activists said global warming would melt the ice caps and flood us all out of our homes. Twelve years ago, they told us the Arctic Ocean would be ice-free within the four years. A new study shows that, between 2021 and 2023, the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) gained mass at a rate of 108 gigatons per year. Oops.
COVID: “The real name for ‘gain of function’ is ‘death maximization.'” ~ Elon Musk
“In 2014, after 3 of Fauci’s bugs escaped, 300 scientists asked Obama to shut him down. Obama declared a moratorium—but Fauci moved the experiments offshore, mainly to the Wuhan lab. Now our own government—CIA, FBI, State, DOE—all say those experiments likely sparked the COVID pandemic. And it all started as bioweapons research in 1947. President Trump just moved to shut it down—for good.” ~HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
CLICK https://x.com/thackerpd/status/1919498221698605487 [1:01] to watch Trump sign his Executive Order to end federal funding for gain-of-function virus research which many now believe caused the COVID pandemic.
EDUCATION: CLICK https://x.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1919569106644107696 [2:34] to hear Larry Kudlow and EdSec McMahon discuss Trump’s fight with Harvard. She says something about Harvard not getting grants until they comply. I don’t understand why any private college is getting federal money period. When my kids were in parochial school, we were grudgingly allowed bus rides and $35/kid toward textbooks.
MEDIA: Notice how they’re not talking about eggs any more? If they actually cared about Americans, they’d be celebrating that low-income people can afford them again. But they don’t. They only care about scoring political points for Democrats.
PSA: [2:34] – Very useful trick.
TARIFFS: “American manufacturers are seeing a surge in demand as President Donald Trump’s tariffs force companies to reconsider doing business in China.” “Workers throughout China are flooding the streets in revolt as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs slam the fragile Chinese export economy.” Read more at the links.
TDS: The rant above is exactly why he does this stuff. While he’s busy fixing America, loony lefties are wasting time TDSing about pranks. And, We the People are not clapping along; we’re laughing along. Except about the pope pics. I found them distasteful. But since I’m not a lunatic, I just scrolled and got on with my day.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to trust that, even where You allow us to make sinful choices, You are simultaneously working all things “for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BORDER: Trump has created a second military zone along our southern border, a 63-mile stretch that runs east from the Texas-New Mexico state line in El Paso they’re calling the “Texas National Defense Area.”
ECONOMICS: It’s an odd take, them bitching that he is enriching his friends when one of his closest buddies, Elon Musk, is not only working at DOGE for free, but also losing $$ big time as the Left’s attacks on Tesla damage sales and stock prices.
EDUCATION: In other news, Trump has signed an executive order ending federal funding of the allegedly educational, but mostly left-biased NPR and PBS.
HARRIS: On Thursday, nominations were announced for the 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Among them was an “Outstanding Editing” nod to the interview “60 Minutes” did with Kamala Harris during the campaign.
In case you’ve forgotten, this was the interview during which CBS chose to edit out a terrible “word salad” answer Harris had given and substitute a more coherent one she had given to a different question. This would also be the interview that has Trump suing CBS News and the one that inspired the show’s executive producer to quit.
SLIPPERY SLOPE: Satan hates marriage and family, so the assault continues. A recent court ruling in Quebec has granted multi-parental families in the province the same legal rights as any other unit.
GRAMMY NOTES: Plus there’s the whole problem with “the world” being temporal, so any comfort you might get by selling your soul will end up earning you an eternity of torment.
EASTER at WHITE HOUSE: It shows how gracious Trump is that he is honoring Pope Francis, despite the harsh criticisms the pontiff heaped on him. [3:12] – CLICK https://x.com/abigailmarone/status/1516087183731535874 [:16] to see 2022, when a giant bunny had to remind Biden the Bewildered where he was supposed to be. CLICK https://x.com/MargoMartin47/status/1914344862683476252 [:20] to see 2025, when Trump had fun coloring with the kids.
EDUCATION: Today, 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in taxpayer-funded college loans. Only 38% are up-to-date with their repayments. Biden tried to buy votes by refusing to collect on those loans, despite Congress demanding he do so. That ends on May 5, 2025. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies.” ~ Education Secretary Linda McMahon
FAUXTUS: Biden’s X account tweeted out this weird family photo to “wish everyone celebrating today a peaceful and joyful Easter.” Joe was photoshopped in.
PROMISES MADE. PROMISES NOT KEPT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/653329377513501 to hear 2008 candidate Obama decry the five million illegals Bush let in and the Americans who employ them for substandard wages. President Obama had a trifecta in Congress when he took office; he and the Democrat majority did exactly NOTHING to fix either problem.
VALUES: The Dems’ X account posted that we should be outraged because, while real Americans were being forced to paint potatoes for Easter, the White House was using $30,000 worth of eggs for its annual Easter roll.
Meanwhile, in the comments –
The eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll in 2025 were donated by the American Egg Board, on behalf of America’s egg farmers, continuing a nearly 50-year tradition of supplying approximately 30,000 eggs for the event. The event used small and medium-sized eggs which are not typically sold in retail to avoid straining the commercial egg supply.
They cited the New York Times as a source [included spit take GIF].
I’ll take, “Things that never happened” for 600, Alex.
Of all the things that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen the most.
Is this a comedy channel? [CTB notes: It’s the official Democrat Party X account.]
FYI: Dem approval rate is at 21%.
No one, not one single human being on this planet, was dyeing potatoes for Easter.
You can get 5 dozen eggs at @SamsClub for $15 which is hugely less expensive than sending a senator to El Salvador for tacos and a margarita.
When Biden left office I was paying $5.89 a dozen.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Teach us new ways to thank You! Amen.
2A: [13:58] – More than 10 million Americans who were convicted of non-violent felonies have zero right to own a fire arm. The Trump administration is moving to change that.
AUTISM: A new report from the CDC says autism rates among children in America have continued to rise at an alarming rate. They are currently at 1 in 31, significantly up from two years ago and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children born in 1992. It’s worse in boys, who are at 1 in 20.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that autism is a preventable disease caused by environmental factors, with possibilities including mold, air, medicines, and the increase in the average age of parents. He says nobody has really looked at these factors, but they will be launching studies soon.
BIG PHARMA: In a bid to limit industry influence, the FDA is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees. Noting that the FDA has “a history of being influenced unduly by corporate interests,” Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s new commissioner, said. “Industry employees are welcome to attend FDA advisory committee meetings, along with the rest of the American public, but having industry employees serve as official members of FDA advisory committee members represents a cozy relationship that is concerning to many Americans.” No kidding! And well done!
BORDER: As of April 14, more than 1,000 international students at over 170 colleges and universities have had their student visas revoked by the State Department.
BORDER: The Tennessee Star has revealed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected M-13 gang member the Democrats want returned to the U.S., was stopped driving without a license in 2022. Despite the fact that the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of trafficking the seven people inside the vehicle and that the man was on a terrorist watch list, Biden’s FBI ordered them to release him.
The one thing that is puzzling me about the Abrego Garcia case is conflicting report about his status in the country. The Alien Enemies Act requires “aliens to be duly apprehended and convened before such court, judge or justice; and after a full examination and hearing on such complaint and sufficient cause therefor appearing” etc. etc. Lots of the news reports say he was never given his day in court; the White House says he was.
GOOD DOG: Two-year old Boden Allen wandered out into the Arizona wilderness about 100 miles south of the Grand Canyon. A massive manhunt ensued with 40 rescuers, including Department of Public Safety rangers and a DPS helicopter. The teams spotted at least two mountain lions in the area. Thanks to a ranch dog named Buford, Boden was found, safe and in good health. The little boy had walked seven miles from his home and spent the night under a tree. CLICK https://x.com/LindseyRagas/status/1912686591354806620 [2:14] to hear the news report.
LAWFARE: [13:48] – Activist Democrat and New York Attorney General Letitia James is in a world of trouble. CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1912569749198045646 [:57] to hear James rant about the suit against her like she’s Rosa Parks, not a flaming hypocrite.
In other news … while researching this post, I stumbled over the fact that Letitia James’ current net worth is approximately $17 Million. Her NY AG job pays $165,000; this appears to be the highest paying job she has ever held.
LIVE: Comment by Viana Santoni-Oliver- I remember being in a grocery store after the Floyd riots when I witnessed 2 Black men, being gentlemen, telling a White woman to proceed ahead of them. She said no and then said “Black lives matter.” The second Black man loudly said, “All lives matter.” She was taken aback, to say the least.
BORDER: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (photo) has been in the news a lot lately. Here is a summary of the situation – In 2011, Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally, allegedly to escape gang threats in his home country of El Salvador. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him “withholding of removal” status, based on the alleged gang threat. This status allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. He married a U.S. citizen and has had children with her.
On March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act as an MS-13 gang member, which is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. He was subsequently imprisoned without trial in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, despite never having been charged with or convicted of a crime in either country.
Despite the Democrat media machine ginning up massive support for this man, the Trump administration has held firmly to its claim that he is a high level leader in MS-13 who has facilitated human trafficking. In addition, his wife took out a restraining order following a beating by her husband; she now says they are working things out and she wants him back.
On April 10, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Salvador was illegal and ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his return. The administration said they would meet this obligation by providing a plane and admitting him into the U.S. if El Salvador chooses to release him. But President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador says he will not “smuggle a terrorist into the United States.”
On April 16, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) went to El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen, who voted against The Laken Riley Act, was told he didn’t give the prison enough notice to see the prisoner.
Also on April 16, the Trump administration released their evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 in good standing.
HAIKU APPRECIATION DAY: Yes, there really is such a thing. And, ta da! It’s today! Glass ballerina is my favorite of the haikus I have composed. I also googled Facebook and found some haiku groups. This posting by Linda Rivas Bole caught my attention –
MILITARY: In late March, the Pentagon began investigating leaks of national security information that was only available to a handful of high level personnel. On Tuesday, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick were escorted out of the Pentagon by security.
UK: The British Supreme Court just ruled on a case about whether a trans-identifying man with a “gender recognition certificate” that legally recognizes him as female is protected from discrimination as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The court said no; the legal definition of “woman” is based on biology and does not include trans-identifying men who say they are women. In response to the ruling, the British government said it supports “single-sex spaces.”
DAILY PRAYER: Dear God, Please protect this man. Keep him safe from those seeking to destroy him. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
2A: On Monday, the DOJ announced it will be repealing a “zero tolerance” policy that has allowed anti-gun zealots to put thousands of gun sellers out of business over paperwork errors.
CHINA: Trump is pausing his reciprocal tariffs (charging other nations what they charge us) for 90 days to allow 75 nations to negotiate with us. A baseline 10% tariff will stay in place. Instead of negotiating, China raised its tariffs on U.S. imports to 104%, so Trump hiked our tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%. Amazon has stopped restocking products from China.
DOD: CLICK https://x.com/DOGE/status/1910473817140371875 [3:06] to hear SecDef Hegseth list canceled, unnecessary DoD contracts saving We The Taxpayers FIVE POINT ONE BILLION with a B DOLLARS!
MEDIA: The Trump White House press office is refusing to respond to emailed questions from reporters who display their pronouns in their email signatures, saying they deny “biological reality” and can’t be trusted to write honest stories.
TARIFFS: According to Rasmussen Reports, the percent of voters who say the country is on the right track has inched upward. It was 44% on March 18th. It had increased to 45% by April 7th.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: DOGE says that, since 2020, more than $100 million in benefits have been paid out to people who are too old to be alive, too young to be eligible, or haven’t been born yet.
24,500 individuals over 115 years old claimed $59 Million in benefits.
28,000 people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254 Million in benefits.
9,700 people with birth dates over 15 years in the future had claimed $69 Million in benefits. In one case, someone with a birthday in 2154 had claimed $41,000 in benefits.
WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM: Listen to the report to hear what “educators” in deep blue Baltimore did to a student who had a question [4:52]. Meanwhile in deep red Florida, a teacher at one of the Brevard Public Schools has been fired for using a student’s preferred name without the consent of the student’s parents.
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