NOVEMBER 24, 2025

“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”

–A.A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh.

Holland Koontz arrived in Chatmoss! I picked her up at the Greensboro, North Carolina airport on Saturday afternoon. It had been too long since I had seen my little girl!

THANK YOU FR. BARNETT! Fr. Barnett conspired with Holland to bring me a surprise home–Starship everything bagels with chive cheese! How ’bout that?!?! New York’s best bagel straight from the heart of Texas! Delicious. Simply delicious. The very best bagel!

The United States is imposing fines on illegal aliens for every day that they are present in the country illegally. Pro-alien advocates are outraged! How dare an illegal alien be punished for their criminal actions! So the advocates are suing the Trump Administration, claiming that the fines are unconstitutional. Spoiler alert: the fines are valid.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D. R.I.) is whining about the State Department’s refusal to pay for him to attend the global warming conference in Brazil last week. Senator Whithouse pointed out that the China Joe Administration paid for a large delegation to attend last year’s conference. So? That was then, this is now. The “climate change” scam gravy train is over.

The United States House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning socialism. Ninety-eight (98) Democrats voted against it. Socialism’s new home is in the Democrat Party.

After being pressed by the media, the Democrats who urged our military to ignore unlawful orders admitted that there have been no unlawful orders issued by the Trump Administration. Then . . . what was the point of the advertisement?

The Democrats are deranged. President Trump lives rent free in their heads, and they cannot help but lash out blindly in their rage. Sad.

Representative Eric Swalwell (D. Ca.) is running for California Governor. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Gubernatorial hopeful Swalwell’s 1st “brilliant” idea is to “max out democracy” by allowing people to vote with their telephones. What could possibly go wrong?

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R. Ga.) is resigning from Congress. A smart move on her part. Good luck in your new ventures.

The United States Supreme Court put on hold a lower court order, which found that the Texas redistricting was racially biased and unconstitutional. WINNING!

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit put on hold a Chicago federal district court’s order that ICE release some 600+ illegal aliens. Thank goodness!

In Fort Worth, Texas, a federal judge has ruled that men, including “trans” women (who are just men in drag), must be segregated from women in prison. Legal “experts” are noting that this is a “landmark” ruling, as no other federal court has so held. How far have we fallen as a society, that it is a “landmark” ruling that men and women must be kept separately while incarcerated? Does it really take a federal judge to impose common sense?

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. was “illegal”. No it is not. The President commands the D.C. National Guard. Congress has not objected to the deployment. The Mayor agrees with, and consents to the deployment. The deployment of the National Guard has made Washington, D.C. a remarkably safer city, and many lives have been saved. But this judge–appointed by China Joe, no less–thinks she knows better.

Another clueless federal judge ruled that the Internal Revenue Service cannot share address and other contact information with ICE. Can’t let those taxpaying illegal aliens get deported, now, can we?

How stupid is it to claim that the federal government cannot tell the federal government what the federal government knows? That is just plain dumb.

In New York City, a mob of anti-Semitic, anti-Israel agitators surrounded the Park East Synagogue, yelling for the elimination of Israel, and death to all Jews. PLEASE NOTE: the agitators were not pro-Hamas. The agitators were calling for wiping Jews off the face of the Earth, while Jews were attending religious services in their synagogue. This is not free speech. This is terrorism. This is incitement to riot and violence. This should not be happening in America.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D.) condemned the Park East Synagogue disturbance, blaming the entire situation on the Jews. You read that correctly. A bunch of anti-Semites threaten Jews worshippers with violence at their synagogue, and the incoming Mayor blames the Jews. Way to go, New York voters. You really picked a winner this time.

Readers will remember that Somalis in Minnesota reacted badly to the announcement of reviews and investigations into federal welfare programs, calling the investigations “racist”. Well, it turns out that in Minnesota, hundreds of thousands (millions?!?) of dollars have been funneled through Somali aliens to Somali terrorist groups. Yes, your food stamps are funding Somali terrorists, not starving children.

President Trump called for the end of protected status for Somali aliens conferred upon them by China Joe. Just send them back to where they came from. Now! And send Representative Ilhan Omar (D. Mn.) with them.

Where is Governor Tampon Tim (D. Mn.) is all this scandal? The money was administered by the State government agencies. Tim? Tim? Oh, Tiiiiiiim!

“I hate the city . . . the bachelorettes . . . country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville!”

–Congressional candidate Aftyn Behn (D. Tn.), who is running in a special election to represent . . . Nashville, Tennessee.

In Washington, D.C., pro-Hamas demonstrators vandalized the Columbus statue at Union Station, and engaged in performative theatre, where they wore Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu masks, drinking blood and eating human organs. Unbelievable. These people are just plain disgusting.

In Virginia the march to the Left continues, as the Democrats are vowing to eliminate the Commonwealth’s right to work system. Democrats want to force employees to join unions as a condition of employment, whereby their required union dues will be recycled into Democrats’ campaign coffers. Some wages may rise, many jobs will be eliminated, businesses will not expand in, or relocate to, Virginia. And employees will be forced to subsidize political messaging with which they may not agree. Tyranny is on the march.

Governor-elect Spanberger (D.) vowed to fill university governing board positions “on Day 1”. Huh. They are only vacant because the Democrats found a friendly judge in Fairfax County to dismiss Governor Youngkin’s (R.) appointees. Abigail Spanberger is a fake, phony fraud.

Kempsville High School [Virginia Beach, Virginia] assistant Principal John Bennett and his brother, Mark, were arrested at the Norfolk, Virginia airport. The 2 men were traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada in order to attend a training session on how to combat ICE agents, using violence if necessary, assassinate ICE agents, and disrupt ICE operations against illegal aliens.

The University of Notre Dame has dropped the school’s historic Catholic mission from its staff values and adopted a “refreshed” set of generic concepts like “community” instead, though it will still identify as a “Catholic research university.”  The Catholic school’s list of staff values previously included requiring that one “Understands, accepts, and supports the Catholic mission of the university and fosters values consistent with that mission.”  Now, the list has been watered down into generic requirements that staff “treat every person with dignity and respect” and “work together.”

Instead of staff being required to “understand, accept, and support the Catholic mission” of the university and “foster values consistent with that mission,” the staff is now encouraged to simply “treat every person with dignity and respect” and “work together.”  Sigh.  I never thought the day would come when Notre Dame would not be a Catholic school.

The National Education Association–the nation’s largest teachers union–is hosting a training session on December 2-4 called “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice and Transgender Advocacy” aimed at dismantling “strategic racism and transphobia”. The training session will be conducted at “an undisclosed location”. Leaked materials for the training session indicate that the NEA blames all Republicans and MAGA for the problems suffered by these groups. 

Cracker Barrel is parting way with its DEI consultant. It was a very expensive relationship.

Hamas announced that it was pulling out of the Gaza peace process. Surprise? Not at all. Completely expected.

Hezbollah in Lebanon is gearing up to launch a new military offensive against Israel. Sigh. There is no making peace with these groups. They must be destroyed.

SMU had a “statement” win against Louisville, downing the Cardinals 38-6. Duke topped UNC and Jordan Hudson. Pitt upset Georgia Tech in Atlanta, knocking the Rambling Wreck out of the ACC title game. Syracuse did not play (though Notre Dame did). Stanford beat Cal in “The Big Game”. North Carolina State beat Florida State in Raleigh. Florida State head coach Mike Norvell was required to walk back to Tallahassee after the embarrassment.

Oklahoma beat Missouri in a defensive battle. Tennessee beat Florida. The rest of the SEC feasted on cupcakes. Jim Farrell, you people should be ashamed.

Ohio State beat Rutgers. Washington crushed UCLA. Oregon pulled away from USC, ending all hopes of the Trojans advancing to the College Football Playoffs. Wisconsin beat Illinois. Iowa edged Minnesota. And Michigan reminded Maryland that September is long over, as the Wolverines tuned up for their game against the Buckeyes next week.

Nevada beat Wyoming. Boise State cruised past Colorado State. UNLV downed Hawaii. New Mexico beat Air Force. Utah State beat Fresno State.

James Madison slipped by Washington State, in Harrisonburg. Louisiana beat Arkansas State. Old Dominion, Appalachian State, and Troy won.

East Carolina lost, as the Pirates missed their most valuable fan, Dru. Dru decided it was more important to get on a bus with a bunch of Hokies and travel more than 3 hours to watch chicks play basketball. Dru, you let the boys down.

BYU and Utah won. Houston and Kansas lost. Coach Prime’s Buffaloes expired.

Previously unbeaten Harvard lost to Yale. The loss resulted in the 2 schools sharing the Ivy League title. Dartmouth and Princeton lost, as did the Cornell anti-Semites.

Italian singer Ornella Vanoni has died at age 91. R. I. P.

Former Wake Forest and NBA star Rodney Rogers has died at age 54. R. I. P.

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

— e.e. cummings.

It’s a short work week. Make the most of it.

GFK