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by | January 22, 2025 · 2:55 pm

National Sanctity of Life Day

DAILY PRAYER: Almighty God, please bless our children with good friends and positive role models. Surround them with people who will encourage and inspire them, and who will help them to grow in their faith and character. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

BORDER: CLICK https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1882061584773816367 [:47] to hear Tom Homan announce they’ve arrested 308 serious criminals on the first day. I don’t know if the guy in the photo was among them, but I hope he’s near the top of Homan’s list.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL: I saw some Trump haters sneering about how gas prices didn’t go down the day after the inauguration. Au contraire! Crude oil prices dropped by more than 2 percent during the Jan. 21 trading session.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/jammles9/status/1881743885648757101 to see a montage of the last 4 years. Whoopi Goldberg said, “I miss him already.” ::eyeroll::

MELANIA: I was really skeptical about Melania’s inauguration outfit … until I saw how it prefaced her inaugural ball gown. Stunning duo!

MILITARY: These are the same clowns who once told Drill Sergeants they were not allowed to call recruits by their rank, because “privates” is an embarrassing word. Or something. – The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon. Unlike Rubio’s nomination, this one will be close. In the committee, the 14 Republicans voted for him, while all 13 Democrats voted against him. Please pray with me that he is confirmed. Our troops need him.

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL: Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. During yesterday’s national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, she had the opportunity to express a unifying Christian message at the dawn of the new administration.

Instead, she spewed again her often-stated contempt for Donald Trump saying there are “some who fear for their lives” because of he is now in office. “They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”

Uhhh … they’re here illegally, which de facto makes them criminals.

POTUS: The Trump administration issued a memo on Tuesday directing all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees to be put on paid leave. The attorneys general from 22 states filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants and non-citizens. Authorities in Panama announced on Jan. 20 that they have launched an audit of the Hong Kong-based port operator that controls ports near the Panama Canal.

STATE DEPARTMENT: [14:32] – Secretary Marco Rubio started work today. “Our rights come from God.” Yes! – Under Biden, government buildings flew pride and BLM flags alongside Old Glory. That ended Monday.

VPOTUS: CLICK https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1882083118032846868 to see J.D. enter the Oval Office for the first time in his life. He embodies the American Dream.

YOU’RE FIRED: The Trump administration has ordered every government agency to shut down their DEI offices by today at 5 PM.

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by | January 21, 2025 · 2:41 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Thank You, Lord, for a peaceful and dignified transfer of power in this country. Amen! Dearest and I spent hours and hours yesterday watching inauguration (aka, liberation) day live streaming. It was glorious!

2025: We are officially unburdened by what has been!

BORDER: India and the United States are working on an agreement for the country to accept 18,000 illegal aliens back in a massive deportation plan. In return for its cooperation, India hopes that the Trump administration would protect legal immigration channels used by its citizens to enter the US, in particular the student visas and the H-1B program for skilled workers. Indian citizens accounted for almost three-fourths of the 386,000 H-1B visas granted in 2023.

LAKEN RILEY ACT: The Senate has passed this legislation with a 64–35 vote. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft, burglary, or shoplifting. It also allows states to sue the federal government if it fails to follow procedures related to immigration, such as properly vetting immigrants seeking to come to the United States. The 12 Dems who voted for it are mostly from swing states.

MILITARY: Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier was a Space Force commander when he was investigated for and relieved of his duties in May 2021 by Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting. His crime? Criticizing the way in which Marxism has infiltrated the United States military. On Friday, January 17, 2025, President Trump announced he was promoting Matthew Lohmeier to Under Secretary of the Air Force.

PARDONS: Just before Trump took the oath of office, the Biden White House released news that Joe had signed one of those “preemptive” blanket pardons for all of his family members. Are these even legal?

After leaving the Capital One Arena late on Jan. 20, Trump went into his newly reclaimed Oval Office and pardoned roughly 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6 breach, while commuting sentences of 14 individuals still serving time.

SCREENSHOT: This showed up in my email feed today.

SECRETARY OF STATE: On January 20, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has served since 2011, voted 22-0 to confirm President Trump’s nomination of him to become the next Secretary of State. An hour later, the Senate voted for him 99-0. Rubio, 53, has likely faced the easiest confirmation process out of Trump’s Cabinet choices. Many senators have worked with Rubio on policy issues where he built bipartisan support.

TIKTOK: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1240643437028041 to hear Joe Rogan read from TikTok’s Terms of Service.

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by | January 21, 2025 · 1:55 pm

Day One

President Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders yesterday. Promises made. Promises kept.

Clarifying The Military’s Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States

Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

Protecting The American People Against Invasion

Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

Securing Our Borders

Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”

Declaring a National Energy Emergency

Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

Unleashing American Energy

Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing

Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day

Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021

Hiring Freeze

Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel


Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees

President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet Level Appointments

President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments

President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen

Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives

Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

Return to In-Person Work

America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State

America First Trade Policy

Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)

Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements

Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid

Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization

Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government

Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship

Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety

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by | January 19, 2025 · 1:29 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: God, we ask for your blessing on the emotional and spiritual connections in our families. We ask for your help in building the trust and mutual respect that are integral to love and commitment. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

FAUXTUS: [6:47] – Old puddin’ brain recently told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, “Red states really screwed up in terms of the way they handled their economy, the way they handle manufacturing and the way they handle supply chains.”

Labor Department data shows that, on average, Republican-led states have recovered 143% of the jobs lost during the pandemic vs. just 118% in Democrat-run states.

Meanwhile, Moody’s Analytics, which uses 13 metrics, including the value of goods and services produced, employment, retail sales and new-home listings, to assess each state’s economic health shows 11 of top 15 are red vs. 8 of the bottom 10 which are blue.

FEDERAL RESERVE: in December 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve joined the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). On Friday, the Federal Reserve announced its withdrawal from the 143-member coalition saying, “The work of the NGFS has increasingly broadened in scope, covering a wider range of issues that are outside of the Board’s statutory mandate.”

HOMELAND SECURITY: During Kristi Noem’s first confirmation hearing, she addressed border security, FEMA, terrorism, cyber security, and the Secret Service.

J6: Trump surprised Dan Bongino’s listeners by phoning in. CLICK https://rumble.com/v6a57kd-massive-trump-tells-bongino-hes-about-to-blow-the-lid-off-jan-6-cover-ups.html [:51] to hear him pledge to blow the lid off the whole ugly thing.

OHIO: Gov. DeWine (left) has named his Lieutenant Governor, Jon Husted (right), as his choice to fill Vance’s U.S. Senate seat. Husted will occupy Vance’s Senate seat until a special election is held in November 2026 to decide who will serve the rest of Vance’s term, which ends in 2028. The winner of the 2026 special election will have to run again in 2028 for a new six-year term.

S&G: The “non-binary” town councilor of Worcester, Massachusetts announced his/her/their/its intention to take an unsanctioned, month-long, paid “mental health” leave of absence. During a Zoom call last week, Thu Ngyuen, who was wearing a Keffiyeh, said, “For the record, I will not be taking on the responsibility of proving my experience of transphobia and the discrimination and toxicity of council culture.”

WHITE HOUSE: [13:31] – They will have just six hours to move the Bidens out and the Trumps in.

WILDLIFE: In what appears to be yet another leftie boondoggle, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wants to spend more than a billion dollars of our money hiring hunters to slaughter hundreds of thousands of barred owls. The idea is to protect the northern spotted owls, which apparently occupies the same niche in the environment, from possible extinction. Critics who say the plan is ridiculous have asked DOGE to get it slaughtered.

GRAMMY NOTES: A close friend Mama’s was born with cerebral palsy and has always walked with a limp because one leg was shorter than the other. Her pain has been worse than usual lately and she has needed her walker constantly. Last night, she went to a healing and deliverance service at a Catholic Church near where they live and received personal prayer with a priest who has a special ministry in this area. One thing he prayed for was leg lengthening and they saw it happen. She hasn’t limped or needed her walker since!

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by | January 17, 2025 · 1:50 pm

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CALIFORNICATION: California’s Air Resources Board has officially withdrawn its attempt to force trucks to transition from diesel to zero-emission.

CNN: In 2022, Jake Tapper branded plaintiff Zachary Young guilty of exploiting desperate Afghans during the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021. Early today, a Florida jury found CNN liable for defaming the Navy veteran and ordered CNN to pay $5 million in damages. There will be a second phase of the trial to decide if that number should be even higher.

FAUXTUS: Biden has announced that he has ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), something the U.S. archivist and U.S. deputy archivist have both said recently he couldn’t do.

Back in the 1970s, when passing the ERA was a hot topic, Congress set June 30, 1982 as the deadline for getting three-fourths of the states to ratify it. Right wingers concerned about its impact on abortion, on women being drafted, and on legally removing the distinctions of mother and father in the nuclear family were able to prevent proponents from achieving their goal.

In 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to “ratify” the amendment, long past the deadline and after multiple states had rescinded their ratifications. Slow Joe said never mind to all that. HE is going to make it the “law of the land.” We shall see.

In other ridiculous lame duck acts, Biden pardoned 2,500 more felons and forgave $4.5 billion in student loans.

GEORGIA: [:51] – The New Georgia Project (NGP) is a non-profit founded by Stacey Abrams to engage in voter registration. In 2018, NGP spent $3.2 million to support Abrams’ failed bid for state governor. The state’s campaign ethics commission just slapped a $300,000 fine on them for violating campaign finance law.

GOD MADE THIS: “In the heart of Antarctica, nature creates an incredible sight: a red waterfall cascading through the perennial ice of the Taylor Glacier. This phenomenon, known as Blood Falls, is even more fascinating than it seems. Its intense color is not only due to oxidized iron but also to tiny iron-rich spheres created by tiny bacteria living in a salt lake hidden beneath a glacier. When this water reaches the surface and encounters oxygen, it takes on such an intense red hue that it seems unreal in the Antarctic landscape. The waterfall continues to flow even at sub-zero temperatures.” – Nature Wilderness Facebook page

FLORIDA: [21:27] – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference to announce his choice of his state’s Attorney General, Ashley Moody, to fill Marco Rugio’s Senate seat. Her bio is astonishing.

INAUGURATION: An arctic cold front will hit on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so the ceremony has been moved indoors. I’m guessing this might be God’s way of discouraging leftie demonstrations of “tolerance.”

MIRACLE: The Eucharistic tabernacle at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Pacific Palisades, Calif., was found completely untouched after the church burned to the ground in the Los Angeles wildfires. Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Bryan Nassour said the Blessed Sacrament was intact inside the 300-pound tabernacle. The firefighters also found undamaged vials of holy oil. “Talk to any firefighter,” he told Angelus News. “In any religious building what usually survives is the cross and certain specific items that are highly religious, unless they’ve been specifically set on fire.”

WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM: Ordinarily, the front row of seats is reserved for the “major” (aka, “legacy”) media outlets, including ABC, CBS, NBC, AP, Reuters, and CNN. Rumors are afloat that Trump aides are thinking of mixing things up to give other, less biased media organizations a shot.

The White House Correspondent’s Association (WHCA) is responsible for the briefing room seating chart. To take that duty away from the WHCA is akin to a declaration of war on the legacy press … which may be exactly what Trump’s media team is looking for.

On a personal note, I dated a guy once who had had the chance to attend a presser in this room. He was stuffed into the back, standing beside the big equipment. His main comments were that the room was a lot smaller than it looks on television and that the noise from the cameras in the back was so loud that, from where he was, it was hard to hear anything.

WOMEN’S SPORTS: CLICK https://rumble.com/v69nc3s-reporter-attempts-gotcha-bible-question-on-mike-johnson-gets-rekt.html?e9s=src_v1_upp to hear House Speaker Johnson give a beautiful answer to a loaded question.

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by | January 17, 2025 · 10:02 am

Clowns

[:50] – The song, “Send in the Clowns,” ends with the line, “They’re already here.” Indeed.

One of the most clownish questions at Tuesday’s confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth was spewed by Democrat Sen. Jack Reed, who wanted Pete to explain what a “jagoff” is.

Hegseth: “I don’t think I need to.”

Reed: “Why not?”

Hegseth: “Because the men and women watching understand.”

Reed: “Well, perhaps some of my colleagues don’t understand.”

Hegseth: “It would be a JAG officer who puts his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters. Their promotions, their medals in front of having the backs of those that are making the tough calls on the front lines.”

According to entomologists, “jag-off” has its roots in Pittsburgh, where it means “a person who is a jerk, stupid or inept.” The similar sounding term – “jack off” (aka, “jerk off “) – has its roots elsewhere and usually refers to someone who masturbates excessively. At least in Pittsburgh, “jag-off” does not have the obscene connotation that “jack off” and “jerk off” have.

I couldn’t say for sure whether or not the men and women of the U.S. military use the terms interchangeably or not. But I’m guessing perhaps not. I’m also guessing Reed knows this and was trying to make Hegseth uncomfortable.

M.D. Kittle at The Federalist summarized perfectly. “The moment perfectly encapsulated what the Democrat Party is in 2025, a year before America’s 250th birthday: Out of touch, out of power, out of their heads. A bunch of jagoffs.”

DITTO the legacy media. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s-NP6H2pVlo to hear Pete Hegseth, a Fox News anchor himself, speak to that point.

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by | January 16, 2025 · 10:51 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask you to keep Donald Trump and J.D. Vance and their families safe. Please grant us an uneventful inauguration day and a smooth transition with no drama or hijinks marring the confirmations of his nominees. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

ATTORNEY GENERAL: [12:49] – Megyn Kelly and Victor Davis Hanson discuss the first confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee, Pam Bondi.

EDUCATION: The latest Becket Fund Religious Freedom Index found 77% of Americans believe parents should be able to opt their children out of curriculum violating their religious beliefs. This is up 3 points from last year.

EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled plans to create the External Revenue Service (ERS), a new agency modeled after the IRS but aimed at collecting tariffs, duties, and revenues from foreign trade partners.

HEALTH: Following a comprehensive review of scientific studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked the use of Red No. 3 in food products and ingested pharmaceuticals. Companies that use the dye in food and ingested drugs have until Jan. 15, 2027, and Jan. 18, 2028, respectively, to reformulate their products. Consumers are advised to check product labels and avoid those containing Red No. 3, which may also be listed as E127 or erythrosine.

MIDDLE EAST: Biden’s own state department said that Trump’s team was “absolutely critical” in getting the Hamas-Israel cease fire agreement “over the line.” One hour later, Joe Biden took credit for the whole thing.

PERVERT: Award-winning Washington Post cartoonist, Darrin Bell, has been arrested for possession of child abuse pornography. Investigators found 134 videos of child pornography linked to an account he owned and controlled. Bell has routinely depicted Trump and other Republicans as sexual predators and perverts.

POPE FRANCIS: I think I’ll give Jorge’s new memoir a miss. Reviewers say it includes condemnation of young Catholics who are devoted to the Latin Mass, as well as approval for transgender individuals to receive baptism and be godparents and for homosexuals to continue in the homosexual lifestyle because God “loves them as they are.”

SHAMEFUL: Michelle Obama skipped Carter’s funeral and is not planning to attend Trump’s inauguration. The word is that she is on an “extended vacation in Hawaii.” In other bitchy-Democrat-female news, Kamala Harris has reportedly denied Usha Vance access to the VP residence to plan her family’s move.

WIND: Wyoming is concerned about the amount of landfill space old wind turbines are taking up. Wyoming House bill 89 proposes they be buried in the holes from which coal has been mined.

GRAMMY NOTES: Bwahahaha!! [1:48] – I dated a guy once (a looong time ago) who lived on a cul de sac. During one blizzardy day when everyone had to stay home from school, the neighbor kids built a big pile of snow in their practically private roadway and invited him to try to take it out with his jeep. He zoomed through it, then went back inside to warm up while they built it again, only bigger. Again, he came out and drove right through it. The third time was not a charm. He ended up having to buy a new radiator for his vehicle.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_AEmLziNw1E to see a genius advertising idea!

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by | January 15, 2025 · 8:30 am

Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

I will be very relieved to have this warrior leading my warriors.

[11:01] – Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense nominee, read his opening statement before Senate lawmakers, unveiling his top priorities if confirmed on Capitol Hill. “[Trump], like me, wants a Pentagon laser-focused on lethality, meritocracy, warfighting, accountability, and readiness. We will remain patriotically apolitical and stridently constitutional.”

[5:48] – I had no interest in actually watching the Democrat senators. Thankfully, Megyn Kelly endured the torture so I wouldn’t have to. CLICK https://x.com/TheOnlyDSC/status/1879242577804976257 [:11] to see a blessedly brief montage of the Democrat hags embarrass women everywhere.

More commentary and clips at the links below.

[7:27] – Senator Mullin’s snarky responses to Democrats’ accusations that Hegseth is a drunken sexual predator were priceless. During Dem rants, Hegseth noted the alcoholism accusations were anonymous and unproven, while the 2017 sex incident had been consensual. He further noted that law enforcement investigators entirely cleared him of wrongdoing.

[7:10] – Two good questions from Senator Tuberville. Two excellent answers by Hegseth.

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has decided to formally support Hegseth’s nomination. “After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense.” Democrat John Fetterman (PA) has also indicated he’s likely to vote yes. With the 119th U.S. Senate sitting 47 Dems and 52 GOPs, Trump’s nominees need every vote they can get. FYI: Vance’s seat is currently empty. Until Jan 20, Harris will preside any tie breakers.

VAXXXINE: The Department of Defense rescinded the COVID-19 vaccination requirement in 2023, but Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has refused to reinstate the 3,400 some troops who were pushed out of service for refusing it. Hegseth vowed to not only reinstate them, but also “they will receive an apology, back pay, and rank that they lost because they were forced out due to an experimental vaccine.”

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by | January 12, 2025 · 11:14 am

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DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We pray today for all the victims of the California fires and thank you for the witness of this beautiful family whose faith and joy in You have allowed them to stand on the ashes of their worldly possession and sing Your praise! Amen. Alleluia!

ABC NEWS: CLICK https://x.com/JackOsbourne/status/1877151676630434100 [:15] to see how David Muir, host of “World News Tonight”, used clothespins to cinch in the waist of his fake fireman’s jacket so he could look more buff as he reported on the deaths and devastation in California.

CALI-FIRES: [13:48] – “Everyone saw this coming.” Don’t tell me Democrat policies aren’t deliberate. I think it’s ironic that this staunch Republican is demanding they get exactly what they’ve been aiming for – i.e., FEDERAL TAKEOVER and MARTIAL LAW … two important steps on the road to the one world government prophesied in Revelation.

CLICK https://x.com/jacobkschneider/status/1877458305599053852 [1:45] to hear how the Democrat California governor responds to a citizen.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pDTedR6PM0 to hear how dumb the Democrat LA mayor is.

DOJ: For two years, Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed to Special Counsel, Jack Smith, has investigated Trump in two separate cases—one charging him with election-related crimes and another accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after he concluded his first term at the White House. As soon as Trump won, both cases were dropped. Trump said he would be firing Smith, who has saved him the trouble by resigning.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1877857173046440257 to hear the delusional old man say, “I think Kamala could have beaten Trump.”

S&G: A federal court has vacated the Biden admin’s radical Title IX rule that sought to elevate trans wants over women’s rights in female locker rooms and showers.

SHAMEFUL: Noesis tweeted, “Their woke ideology is far more important than the lives of their fellow citizens.” Sen. John Fetterman said, “[This] is why we lost.”

Thankfully, the vote received the 60 necessary to move the Laken Riley Act to the floor where it is expected to pass sometime next week.

SLEEP: A recently published study reports that sleep—particularly rapid eye movement (REM) sleep—plays in managing emotional memories. IOW, the unwanted memories that disrupt sleep for those suffering from as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder leave sufferers less able to regulate said unwanted memories. The study noted that “well-rested individuals could override retrieval operations and reduce the emergence of intrusive memory content [while] sleep-deprived individuals failed to suppress the target memories effectively, which remained intrusive over time.” This finding may offer insights into more effective treatments that help sufferers rest and forget.

THANK THE FOUNDERS: The UK does not have the constitutional protections we enjoy courtesy of our First and Second Amendments.

TOBACCO BAN: [5:11] – “Biden’s ban is a gift with a bow and balloons to organized crime cartels with it, whether it’s cartels, Chinese organized crime, or Russian mafia. It’s going to keep America smoking, and it’s going to make the streets more violent,” Rich Marianos, former assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the current chair of the Tobacco Law Enforcement Network,

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Awp7KzhmGvY to watch an Aussie try American biscuits and gravy for the first time.

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by | January 11, 2025 · 1:12 pm

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DAILY PRAYER: Lord, We come before You, repenting of and asking Your forgiveness for the times we have spoken out of turn. Grant each of us the graces we need to weigh our words on Your scale before choosing when and what we say. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

CALI-FIRES: This is one of those things that I find too distressing to report on in detail. Here’s a brief summary for those of you who, like Dearest, did not know Los Angeles County has been burning out of control.

Low humidity and winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour caused fires to ignite and spread out of control within minutes.

Fire fighting resources throughout the county are spread thin and, due to California’s obsession with protecting tiny fishes, the hydrants are dry.

Thousands of structures and tens of thousands of acres have been burned to the ground. More than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. Five people have been reported killed so far.

Air quality is bad; schools and roads are closed.

Biden and Newsom both opposed forest management projects, like controlled burns, claiming they were bad for wildlife and the environment.

Trump has been criticizing California’s forest management practices for years, saying they were going to pay heavily for it when massive fires broke out in populated areas.

Los Angeles has faced firefighter shortages for several years while the Biden administration has also overseen a drop in federal firefighters.

Far-left Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ignored warnings about wildfire conditions before traveling to Ghana, then remained there for days after the fires broke out. What business could the mayor of a U.S. city possibly have in Africa?!

In 2021, LA Mayor Bass lambasted Ted Cruz for taking his wife and daughters to Cancun to escape a 2021 storm and energy crisis in Texas.

Mayor Bass also slashed the Los Angeles Fire Department’s FY 2024-2025 budget by $17.6 million.

In 2022, the Los Angeles County Fire Department shipped fire fighting equipment to Ukraine.

While standing beside California Governor Gavin Newsom at a presser about the fires, Still Kinda President Joe Biden announced, “The good news is, I’m a great-grandfather as of today.” He then refused to answer questions from reporters and left.

CLICK https://rumble.com/v676xuy-how-californias-ultimate-failure-is-destroying-citizens.html [6:49] to hear Dan Bongino rant about why so many people who have lost everything will get nothing from insurance, because California’s far left government regulated insurance companies out of the market.

LAWFARE: [9:35] – On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt proceedings in his New York business records case. On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave President-elect Donald Trump an unconditional discharge in his sentencing in his hush money case. It’s a largely symbolic sentence that means that Trump does not face any penalties beyond having a conviction entered in his legal record. IOW, the lefties can go on saying he is a felon. They’ll ignore the fact that, if what he did is an actual crime, then most politicians and celebrities would be felons as well.

META: Joe Rogan interviewed Meta CEO founder Mark Zuckerberg on his podcast. Zuckerberg said the Biden White House pressured his company to censor posts on Meta’s social media platforms. For example, during the ‘rona vaxxx roll-out, he said, “They pushed us super hard to take down things that, honestly, were true.”

Initially, they pushed back, then the administration got nasty. “People from the Biden administration would call up our team and like scream at them and curse. … Then, like, all these different agencies and branches of government basically just, like, started investigating and coming after our company. It was brutal. It was brutal.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qIW9tM4PYtM to see “My tortoises favorite things.”

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iS4nT5HktX0 for the first ever “First Responder Haunted House.” LOL ::snort::

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