Today I woke up in beautiful, bucolic Southside Virginia. It is a lovely day to be in Chatmoss.

Yesterday I drove down U.S. 29, going through Warrenton, Madison, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Chatham, before descending into Henry County. The drive began under a sunny, not a cloud in the sky morning, and ended arriving at our home in Chatmoss in a cold rain. The rain began as I entered Chatham, but it did not make the drive less pleasant. It changed the scenery from the morning, but the farms, pastures, and forests were as pretty as earlier, just in a different way.

The forecast for Tuesday through Thursday is rain. Temperatures will be cool. But it does not look like there will weather disrupting this week’s scheduled Chatmoss Team Invitational–The Fall 4 Ball. It is a great event. The Bermuda greens are at their fastest speed of the year. The foliage colors are at their brightest. And the caliber of golf played by the competitors is top notch (this writer, excepted).

I was going to rise and write a news filled column today, but I decided against it. The rain gently fell on the skylights in the house, casting a sea of calm over my mind. Somehow, the thought of polluting that sea of calm with the news of the day seemed just plain wrong. And stupid. So I returned to my peaceful sleep, and ask my dear readers to forgive my indulgence. The news never stops, and tomorrow is another day. I shall be more diligent then.

GFK

English made pecan pancakes with bananas for Sunday brunch. DELICIOUS! Served with spicy sausage (which we had to obtain from outside Northern Virginia, because no one up here eats spicy sausage). Dudley did not get any pancakes or sausage, but English fixed him a nice fried egg, which he loves.

The United States Navy took out a drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, and another boat in the Caribbean Sea. WINNING!

The Department of Homeland Security announced that Abrego-Garcia would be deported to Liberia this week. Naturally Abrego-Garcia claims a fear of prosecution. Of course. My goodness, send him somewhere outside the United States! Let’s get rid of this criminal!

“No, we’re not going to allow Chuck Schumer to play selfish political games and hold the American people hostage.  We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists.”

–House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson.

Senate Democrats voted 12 times to reject a clean continuing resolution, keeping spending levels at China Joe era levels, for the short time required for Congress to finalize its 12 appropriations bills. Senate Democrats also filibustered a bill that would have paid our troops, border patrol, air traffic control and airport security people, and other essential workers who are due to begin skipping paychecks on November 1. Senate Democrats are to blame for any and all harm that results from the federal government’s shutdown.

Congressional Democrats are outraged that an anonymous donor (now known) donated $130 million to pay America’s troops. The Democrats cannot imagine that any monies should ever come from any source other than the government. Also, the Democrats do not want the troops paid. The troops, along with others, are their government shutdown hostages.

Congressional Democrats are obsessed with the President’s construction of a ballroom at The White House. It’s illegal! It is not. It’s unconstitutional! It is not. It’s unprecedented! It is not.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.) announced that the ballroom’s construction, since it is being paid for with privately donated funds, is corrupt. He vows an investigation by Democrats of all private donors, when the party regains power. That is a winning campaign message.

Is it not interesting that the very same people who tore down statues of historical figures, rewrite history, and denounce our country’s founding are now expressing great outrage of any change to the “historical” White House? It is. It is very interesting.

A Virginia couple filed suit against President Trump, seeking an emergency motion to stop the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, and thus halt the construction of the ballroom. Too late, East Wing is gone.

“What do you do when the racists are in charge, like they are now?  I mean, like Stephen Miller is a white supremacist.  I mean, he is.  And he’s basically running the White House.  They keep Trump busy with his decorating projects.  He’s got building the arch now.  He’s got his Oval Office design.  And then you have these real sociopaths that are real antisemites, true white supremacists like Steven Miller.  And even though he’s Jewish, he’s like a Nazi Jew.”

–Jennifer Welch, Democrat contributor to MSNBC and CNN.

Just when you thought the Left could not go any lower. It does.

Congressional Democrats are establishing an ICE tracker, whereby they will publish ICE sightings and planned activities, warning illegal aliens to avoid those activities. New York State Attorney General Letitia James is setting up a companion system, whereby she will be able to reveal the identities and residences of ICE agents. Sigh. These people are not just obstructing the laws’ enforcement. These people want to get ICE agents and their families killed.

“I’m not optimistic.  I’m not.  I mean, I know she’s going to win because I just have to believe she’s going to win.  But, like, she wins, and then what?  It’s supposed to be just magically better after she wins?”

–Abigail Spanberger (D.) campaign organizer Fredrica-Maame Ama Deegbe.

If you thought Coonman was a bad Governor (we did), then you should be very, very afraid of a Governor Spanberger. She would be 10 times worse.

In 2022, Virginia voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment vesting all powers for the drawing of legislative district lines in a non-partisan redistricting commission. The Commission’s work has been acceptable, and Virginia’s Congressional make-up is 5 Republicans, and 6 Democrats. The system would seem to be working well. But it is not working well for the Democrats. Beginning today, the General Assembly will be reconvened by the Democrat majorities to pass a constitutional amendment restoring the power of the General Assembly to draw legislative districts. This is eerily similar to California’s efforts with respect to Proposition 50. Coincidentally, Lt. Governor Winsome Sears, Republican candidate for Governor, will have to be in Richmond to preside over the Senate, instead of campaigning during the final week before the election.

Virginia Democrats are desperate. Attorney General candidate Jay Jones’s (D.) campaign is imploding over his homicidal fantasies. Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D.) is being revealed to be the radical Leftist she is, as her “moderate” veneer has been stripped away. The Democrats are panicking as they can see their hopes for regaining power slip away. Displaying their contempt for the people of the Commonwealth to further their political ambitions is beneath contempt.

“The Allies who prosecuted individual Nazis at Nuremberg were invested in ignoring Nazism’s political roots, for these roots were also America’s.  The United States is the outcome of a history of genocide, ethnic cleansing, official racism and concentration camps (known as Indian reservations).”

–Mahmood Mamdani, father of New York City mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani (D. N.Y.), a man Zohran calls the greatest influence in his life.

Sigh. Immigrants to this country used to be grateful for the experience and the opportunity, and were determined to become patriotic Americans. Nowadays, not so much.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. Mr. Mamdani’s father’s comments probably convinced Mr. Jeffries to support his campaign.

Zohran Mamdani himself made remarks concerning the 9-11 attack and Muslims. Did you realize that Muslims were the real victims of 9-11? Neither did I.

In Ontario, California, an intoxicated illegal alien slammed his tractor trailer into a line of traffic, setting his truck and some cars on fire, killing 3 people. The illegal alien crossed our Southern Border in 2022, and was paroled into the United States by China Joe (D.). Then Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D.) DMV gave him a Commercial Drivers License. And now, because of Democrat mismanagement, another 3 people are dead.

As a result of this horrific incident in Ontario, California, and other incidents in other States, the Department of Transportation issued emergency regulations to stop illegal aliens from obtaining Commercial Drivers Licenses. Two (2) unions representing government employees sued to block the emergency regulations. Because . . . who knows? This makes no sense.

About 10 days ago, the U.S. Marines performed some live fire events along the Southern California coast near Camp Pendleton. Governor Hair Gel closed the area’s main road artery, I-5, claiming that the Marines were firing over the highway, and that an artillery shell exploded over I-5. FAKE NEWS! It never happened. Gavin Newsom is a #($*! liar.

Graham Platner (D. Me.), U.S. Senate candidate and the darling of the socialist Left, revealed that he had a Nazi tattoo on his chest. And not just any Nazi tattoo, but a tattoo of the Nazi deathhead, which was worn by those charged with carrying out Hitler’s Final Solution in the death camps. Despicable! And absolutely disqualifying. But Mr. Platner claims that he had no idea what the tattoo–on his own body–meant. That is not believable. Yet Democrats insist that this is much ado about nothing.

Calic Bagels are big, fluffy, dome-shaped bagels that pull apart, no slicing required. The name is a combination of California and garlic. And now Calic Bagels are stuffed, come in 4 flavors (signature garlic, habernero, pizza, and bacon-scallion), and are sold in Gelson’s, an upscale Los Angeles, California grocery store chain. Gelsons is having a hard time keeping them in stock, that is how good these bagels are.

One might think that California might be a strange place to get bagels. Isn’t New York famous for bagels? Yes, but over the years there have been so many New Yorkers move to California, there is a thriving bagel bakery industry in The Golden State. If you are ever in San Francisco, go to Noah’s Bagels in the Marina District. You will not be disappointed.

It’s here! Coca-Cola is rolling out nationwide original Coke made with pure cane sugar. WINNING!

A group of “scientists” are calling for the banning of bacon. According to these “scientists”, bacon is too dangerous for human consumption. Hmmm. You will have to pry my bacon out of my cold, dead hands. I’m not giving it up.

Hardee’s beloved cinnamon raisin biscuits are returning. No doubt the “scientists” calling for the banning of bacon also disapprove of these delightful breakfast treats. Indeed, these “scientists” probably want to ban Hardee’s as well.

Shouk is a small chain of Jewish plant-based restaurants in Washington, D.C. Or it was. Beginning at the onset of Hamas’s attack on Israel in 2023, anti-Semitic, Hamas supporting demonstrators have picketed the restaurants, blocking customer access, harassing customers and employees, and urging citizens to boycott the chain. Because it is owned by Jews. Congratulations you terrorist lovers; Shouk is now out of business, given the 2 years of demonstrations. What a terrible thing to happen in a “civilized” society.

Just because you have a right to protest does not make your protest right.

“The utterly humiliating inability of French authorities to either prevent the theft of the literal crown jewels or promptly arrest the perpetrators after the fact is the most poetic possible way to demonstrate a point that has come up in so many of my conversations this week: At best, European political and cultural elites have no interest in protecting and preserving their culture; and at worst, they have an interest in seeing that culture replaced root and branch.”

–Josh Hammer, The American Spectator (October 24, 2025).

Over the weekend, the French arrested suspects in the Louvre heist. No word yet on the recovery of the stolen jewels.

Democrats are wringing their hands over President Trump’s military actions against South American drug traffickers. Mr. Trump’s position is that these drug traffickers are engaged in a war against the United States. Democrats, on the other hand, want to arrest them, give them lawyers, and allow years long legal proceedings. It has now been revealed that Hezbollah–as in the Islamic terrorist organization founded and funded by Iran–has a stranglehold on the drug trafficking flow out of both Colombia and Venezuela. This would seem to be a war, somewhere between the Barbary Pirates and the Empire of Japan. It certainly is on par with Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

The U.S. Treasury levied more sanctions against Russian oil companies. The sale of oil is what funds the Russian war machine in Ukraine.

President Trump terminated all trade talks with Canada after our Northern neighbor cut, spliced, and aired deceptive videos of President Reagan on the subject of tariffs. Lying surrender monkeys!

Prince Andrew’s crest and banner was removed from Windsor Castle. Yet another humiliation for the man who cannot keep his trousers buttoned.

The International Olympic Committee has recommended that Indonesia be barred from hosting any international sporting events after that country banned Israeli gymnasts from competing in a gymnastic trial competition. Naturally the Israeli hating Indonesians are madder than a wet hen.

Birmingham, England has banned all Israeli fans from attending a soccer game involving an Israeli soccer team in a Europa League match. Birmingham city officials cited the possiblity of violence by Muslim residents at the presence of Jews Sigh. How could this be done in the land that gave us the Magna Carta

The SEC “permanently suspended” football referee Ken Williamson for his disgraceful performance during the Auburn/Georgia football game. Mr. Williamson is the official who wrongly–REALLY WRONGLY–ruled that the Auburn running back fumbled the ball, when in actuality video shows that the running back scored a touchdown before the “fumble”. Mr. Williamson’s wrong call shifted the game’s momentum and likely deprived Auburn of what looked to be a victory. Will Smith is now vindicated (somewhat).

The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a male athlete by refusing to allow him to compete in a women’s athletic competition. I do not understand.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is standing by Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. Of course he is!

There is a cheating/point shaving scandal in the National Basketball Association. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith blames Trump for the scandal, and posits that the WNBA is next. Because, . . Orange Man Bad.

Cal lost. SMU lost. UVA beat UNC in overtime, in Chapel Hill. Miami beat Stanford. Georgia Tech beat Syracuse.

Ole Miss beat Oklahoma in Norman. Alabama nipped South Carolina. Texas A&M routed LSU in Baton Rouge. Mississippi State gave the game away against Texas. Vanderbilt beat Missouri.

Oregon beat Wisconsin. Michigan beat Michigan State. Indiana thumped UCLA. Washington beat Illinois. Nebraska, Rutgers, and Iowa won.

Memphis beat South Florida. Navy won. Temple won.

Boise State had its way with Nevada. Wyoming shut out Colorado State. New Mexico beat Utah State. San Diego State beat Fresno State.

Coach Prime’s team took a licking at the hands of Utah. Houston beat Arizona State. TCU just did beat West Virginia. BYU beat Iowa State. And Texas Tech pummeled Oklahoma State.

Texas Tech has banned its football fans from tossing tortillas on the field, as had been a tradition. How much damage can a tossed tortilla cause?

Dartmouth crushed Columbia. Harvard beat Princeton. Yale beat UPenn. And the Cornell anti-Semites beat Brown.

Actress June Lockhart, Timmy’s Mom in Lassie, died at age 100. R. I. P.

GFK

Today I return to a subject that brings me much angst and frustration, and that is the continued drifting of Christianity generally, and The Episcopal Church USA and The Church of England, specifically.

I am not the best Christian, not even close. I struggle, I strive, and I fall short. But I never give up. But it seems to me that the Church has given up.

English and I were married at St. Paul’s on K Street, in Washington, D.C. It was, and remains, a special place in our hearts. Holland was baptized there. English and I worshipped often, no less than weekly, sometimes daily, and learned so much from our fellow parishioners, and our clergy, particularly the 10th Rector, Andrew Sloane, and his Curate, Edwin Barnett. Fr. Barnett is the priest who performed our wedding Mass, and remains a source of inspiration and friendship to this day.

Fr. Sloane and Fr. Barnett are far more liberal than English and me, as were, I suspect, many of our fellow parishioners. Which is fine, because politics did not infect worship at St. Paul’s. Fr. Sloane and Fr. Barnett were deeply committed to presenting Scripture, traditional liturgy, and ministering to their flock, and to our neighbors in need. In my mind, St. Paul’s was the epitome of the Church, as it was intended, and supposed, to be. English and I remain so grateful for our years there.

Of course, things change. Fr. Sloane returned to England. Fr. Barnett went, first to Pennsylvania, and then to Texas. English and I left Washington, D.C. proper to reside out in the horsey country West of town. St. Paul’s, without the protections afforded by Fr. Sloane and Fr. Barnett became more liberal, more political, and began bending to modern secular tendencies as commanded by Bishop Budde. As has the entire Church generally.

Yesterday the news broke about a scandal involving the Anglican Church of North America’s Archbishop, Stephen Wood. That is sad, but that is not the source of my despair. Humans are flawed, and are frail. We will fail, often. So when Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist clergy are found to have sinned, those are personal failings, but should not be reflective of the Church as an institution. No, I am concerned about what should be the foundations of faith, the bedrock Biblical principles which Christ charged the Church to bring to the world.

When traditions are altered, it should be gradual, and with very good, studied reason, that remains faithful to Biblical principles. But it is not, and cannot, be considered to be faithful to Biblical principles to celebrate–CELEBRATE!–sin. Man cannot be permitted to take innocent life under the guise of “choice”. Man does not get to change the definition of God’s creation, such as the institution of marriage. And the Church should not be involved in politics, particularly to the detriment, sometimes the exclusion, of worship and Scripture. Jesus commanded that we render unto Caesar those things that are Caesar’s, and render unto God those things that are his. But more and more, the Church renders everything unto Caesar, and nothing unto God. All of this worries me deeply, and daily. And I have no answers.

I realize that not all of you dear readers are of a single faith, or even religious at all. But I would posit that society, all of society, even the non-religious, benefit greatly from a religiously based, Christian centered society. I am definitely not excluding the Jewish faith when I write this, as Christianity and Judaism are intertwined, and forever bound together (hence the phrase, Judeo-Christian values). And I am not condemning other religions, or professed religions. I am simply addressing what I submit is historical reality.

Set forth below is an article written by F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., which was published in The American Spectator (October 21, 2025). It is centered on the recent elevation of Sally Mullally to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury, and reflects on the decline of the Church where we live. It is a sobering, insightul piece. I commend it to you.

England is in political meltdown — there is social unrest — and the state Church is in serious decline.

While all three of the above are related, it is the church that belies division within the “United Kingdom.”

For the first time in the history of the five-century-old institution, a woman will lead the Church of England. The Rev. Sarah Mullally was appointed the 106th archbishop of Canterbury recently; she will become the spiritual leader of the 85 million Anglican faithful globally. And this includes 1.5 million Episcopalians in the U.S. — a number that continues to decline.

Wife and mother of two, Mullally will soon walk in the footsteps of the 12th-century Roman Catholic martyr Thomas à Becket, 16th-century martyr, Thomas Cranmer — the first to hold the ecclesiastical seat for the Church of England — and the renowned scholar and ecumenist of the 20th century, William Temple.

Mullally, a former nurse in Britain’s National Health Service, has for the past seven years served as the liberal Church of England’s progressive-minded bishop of London — the first woman to hold that position. She had previously been the U.K. government’s adviser on nursing — the youngest person ever to be so appointed.

It is one of those roles where good can result, but as with her predecessor, who advocated acceptance of virtually all things secular, it is a role in which the incumbent can also do a great deal of damage.

But before we get too caught up in the prestige of high office, there are a few things to consider: the archbishop of Canterbury has virtually no formal powers. The ecclesiastical seat is considered to be primus inter pares (first among equals); the office holder gets a seat, alongside other “Lords Spiritual,” in the House of Lords. It is one of those roles where good can result, but as with her predecessor, who advocated acceptance of virtually all things secular, it is a role in which the incumbent can also do a great deal of damage.

The role is symbolic — it’s about appearances — and the liberal leadership of the church has thrown down the gauntlet; it is sending a message. The Church of England has entrenched itself in a liberal ideology.

The fact that the new archbishop is a woman is not the issue — her controversial liberal views are.

England’s state church is in serious trouble and, as is often the case with institutions, the reason is found in the numbers. The demographics of the Anglican Communion have shifted; Africa now holds the majority of the faithful. As of 2025, the Anglican population in Africa is roughly 43 million, with the largest communities found in Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa. The Church of Nigeria alone claims approximately 25 million members, making it the largest province in the “Communion.” 

In contrast, Church of England numbers within Britain itself denote a harsh reality: the “Church” has lost 160,000 attendees across an average week, including Sundays, since 2019, when 854,000 people attended its churches. Since 2003, the all-age average weekly attendance has declined from 1,126,000. 

With the population of England now around 68 million, 685,000 worshippers in 2023 means barely 1 per cent of the people living in the nation are turning up to fill Anglican pews.

And this despite the Church of England being an institution possessing enormous advantages over other Christian denominations and religious groups there. It is “the Church” by the Act of Supremacy (1534) established in England, with 26 of its bishops entitled to and being compensated for the privilege of a seat in the House of Lords. Its Church Commissioners manage an endowment fund worth £11.1 billion. It has 16,000 buildings across England and 4,630 schools teaching about 1 million children.

Yet, forecasts suggest the virtual extinction of the Church of England on the shores of Britain in the 2060s — thus, the scope of the problem. And it just got worse.

This last week, the Church of England hit another milestone in its 491-year existence since Henry VIII created it in rebellion against the Vatican — the latter had refused the king’s petition to ditch Catherine of Aragon and consummate his infatuation with Anne Boleyn — one of several “unions” that will not work out.

The head of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a coalition of Anglican leaders opposing the liberalization of the Anglican Church, announced on Thursday that they would split from Canterbury, declaring itself the true leadership of the Church.

Most Revd Dr. Laurent Mbanda, the chairman of the GAFCON Primates’ Council and the Primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, published a letter declaring that the true Anglican Church was now under GAFCON — not the Archbishop of Canterbury, as it had been for five centuries. The letter is a direct response to Mullally’s selection for the role.

The new archbishop’s appointment in early October triggered widespread outrage in the most conservative churches under Anglicanism. Critics noted that Mullally publicly supported blessing gay marriages and “supported pro-LGBTQ initiatives within the Communion” as well as other positions described as “liberal” — like being pro-abortion when “the Church” itself says otherwise. 

So here we are; history is made, and another woke agenda has been satisfied. The Church of England, which cannot fill its pews and cannot seem to decide what it actually believes about Christianity, now has a leader who embodies its most fashionable, trendy, and provocative views. It does not seem to matter that fewer people than ever attend its services (since it embarked on its woke adventure with the previous leader in Canterbury) or that the liberal folks “the Church” is now trying to attract know more about the Kardashians than the Commandments. Does the Church of England today — with membership in Britain declining steadily — have any idea what it wants to be, or is it just about how it wants to be viewed: where truth is whatever one says it is, where meta-narratives like English history and traditions (ecclesiastical and otherwise) are eschewed, where objective truth has given way to relativism? Is it just about being “postmodern” in the eyes of people who don’t understand why patriotic Brits in the countryside hoist the flag of St. George on businesses, homes, and churches, and think “Unite the Kingdom” protests are contrary to what it means to be British?

Perhaps, in time, the faithful remnant will find solace if not in sermons or scripture, but in the comforting knowledge that — at least — the archbishop’s pronouns will be politically correct.

I wish all a very good weekend. And as my good friend Fr. Barnett signs off in all his emails, “May God Bless Us All”.

GFK

There was a lot of reaction to yesterday’s Mike Jones obituary. That was to be expected from those who knew Mike. But what was surprising, and maybe it should not have been, were the reactions from people who did not know Mike. Many readers commented on how they were moved by the obituary, and how it made them think about their own relationships with others, both living and dead. The readers seemed to reflect on how their own lives had been shaped by others. And to me, that is a good thing. Because we are all the product of our experiences, and the people whose lives have touched us, and whom we have touched, for better or for worse. It is good to reflect, to be thoughtful, and to be grateful. I urge all to do so, and to pray for those in our lives. It certainly can do no harm, and I posit that it will do a lot of good.

“The fact that I have to spend even a moment’s time talking about somebody else’s text messages from years ago is something that I am deeply unhappy about.”

–Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, complaining about voters questions concerning her failure to condemn running mate and Virginia Attorney General candidate, Jay Jones (D.).

Ahhhhh, poor Abigail. She is unhappy.

If Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R.) had uttered similar violent thoughts, and Winsome Sears (R.) had not condemned him and demanded he leave the race, Abigail Spanberger would be running commercials condemning Winsome Sears 24/7. What a cheap, fake, phony crybaby! Despite efforts to paint Spanberger as a moderate Democrat, the facade is cracking. She’s a Leftist radical who can’t be bothered to condemn political violence and would prefer to sweep it under the rug instead.

“Every few weeks a white person, usually well-meaning, writes to me asking how to be a better ally.   They list the right books they’ve read, the relatives they’ve blocked, the marches they’ve attended.  They tell me how many friends they’ve lost for saying the right things, how lonely it feels to be the one white person in their circle who ‘gets it.’  And then, they ask the same exhausting question: ‘What else can I do?’  It’s a question that always lands heavy.  Not because I doubt their sincerity, but because the question itself is still a form of protection that centers the asker’s confusion instead of the target’s danger.  It’s a request to be taught, forgiven, and reassured, again and again.  It’s another round of homework assigned to the wounded.”

–Howard University Professor Stacy Patton.

Professor Patton went on to urge her “white allies” to emulate John Brown.  For those who may have forgotten, John Brown murdered people in Kansas and Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, as a protest against slavery.  He urged a nationwide violent uprising by slaves, and seized the U.S. Army Munitions Depot in Harper’s Ferry to carry out that uprising.  He was captured and hanged for treason, by then Colonel Robert E. Lee, no less.  This is who Professor Patton wants her “white allies” to emulate.  Yet another call to violence by the Left.

Some dumba$$ Democrat rammed his automobile into a White House gate barrier at 17th & E Streets, NW. Secret Service arrested the fool, and impounded the car. Now really, what does that accomplish, other than you being arrested? Did he think that he would actually make it to the White House structure? Get close enough to assassinate the President? And the driver was driving a Ford Escape (with Maryland license plates). Who thinks that a small SUV is going to put a dent into the raised steel barriers? Did it not occur to him to at least use a Ford Expedition, something with a little heft?

“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells.  We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War.  President Trump is shredding our Constitution. I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy.  We cannot pretend this is normal.”

–Senator Jeff Merkeley (D. Or.), indulging his Trump Derangement Syndrome in the United States Senate. 

Senator Merkeley insists his protest is against President Trump “dragging us further into authoritarianism.” Poppycock! But since Senate Democrats refuse to fund the federal government, there is little for Senators do other to spew specious arguments and slanders against the President of the United States.

“Shutdowns are terrible and, of course, there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer.  We take that responsibility very seriously.  But it is one of the few leverage items we have.”

–Representative Katherine Clark (D. Ma.).

Read that again. The American people’s sufferings are Democrat “leverage”. Democrats do not give a damn about you. You are but cannon fodder in their quest for power.

Colonel Creole is out on her book tour, begging people to buy her book. It is not going well, so she took the opportunity to criticize current White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for “gas lighting” and “trolling” the American people. Goodness! What is that saying, people who live in glass houses . . . ?

“I think the little Manchurian candidate, JD Vance, wants to be president more than anything else.  And that he’s willing to do anything to get there.  And your whole iteration you just outlined, I mean, he’s scarier in certain ways in some ways.  And he’s young and ambitious and agile in the sense that he’s a chameleon who makes himself whatever he thinks the audience wants to hear from him.  I always wonder what’s going on in the mind of his wife.  Like, are you OK?  Please blink four times.  We’ll come over here.  We’ll save you.”

–MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki, displaying her TDS in her usual crass, humorless way.

The same Cook County, Illinois judge who ruled that ICE agents cannot arrest illegal aliens at courthouses, has now ruled that Chicago Police can arrest ICE agents enforcing the law. Well that is a good look. This imperious and woefully ignorant judge has just squared up 2 opposing sides, one federal, one municipal, both with guns. Are we going to have another shootout at the O.K. Corral? Or Fort Sumter?

The United States Constitution’s Supremacy Clause makes federal law the supreme law of the land. A State cannot stop federal law’s enforcement, and that includes State court judges. Moreover, there is no basis in law to declare that certain places are sanctuaries for criminals. Not even illegal aliens. This Cook County judge is way out of line, and is setting a scenario where someone is going to die. He needs to be removed from the bench, NOW!

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (D.) accused fellow candidate Zohran Mamdani (D.) of being “a child of wealth” who has “never held a real job”. Pot, meet kettle.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D.) says that the time of studying reparations for the descendants of slaves is over, and it is time to act. In other words, Governor Moore wants to force people who have never owned a slave to pay monies to people who have never been enslaved. This policy embodies the paucity of intellectual thought in the Democrat Party.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes followed through Tuesday on her threat to sue House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson for not swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D. Az.).  She filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.  It is a baseless suit, and political performance art, meant to distract from the Democrats’ shutdown of the federal government.  Because of the shutdown, the House of Representatives is not in session.  When the House reconvenes, Miss Grijalva will be sworn in at that time.  Not before.  And no court can force Speaker Johnson to act on Arizona’s demands.  This is stupid.

U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn (I. Ne.) says that he will not caucus with either political party if elected to Congress. Hmmm. Then why are prominent Democrats endorsing and campaigning for him, and why are Democrats and the Democrat Party funneling money to his campaign. Because Dan Osborn is not an independent, he is a fake, phony, fraud. He is a Democrat, and a liar. Because if elected, he will caucus with the Democrat Party.

Most, not all, independents are really Democrats. They just do not want to admit it.

In Houston, Texas, Kristina Chambers is charged with manslaughter for running over a man in her speeding Porsche. Kristina Chambers was inebriated, with more than a 0.30 blood/alcohol level (the limit at where you are presumed drunk in Texas is 0.08). Bags of cocaine were also found in her car. But her defense is that she was not drunk. No, no, no. Her high end designer high heel shoes got stuck in the accelator, and she could not stop or maneuver her car. We hope she packed her toothbrush, because that defense is not going to work.

“I hope that their [“indigenous peoples] participation will be central and impactful.  Their voices need to be at the center of discussions, because they are the ones who hold the ancestral and practical knowledge necessary for preservation.  Climate justice will only be achieved when the territorial and cultural rights of these communities are fully recognized and respected.  We want their voices to influence the negotiations, because their influence is the key to ensuring that the commitments made at the Summit are translated into concrete, effective and fair action.”

–Anglican Bishop Marinez Santos Bassotto [Brazil], speaking of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Here’s an idea. Let us send all the white folks back to Europe, and leave all the Americas to the Indians. Then they can once again leave the land fallow, engage in cannibalism, slavery, and tribal war, all without the civilizing effects of Western Civilization. Would that not be grand?

But if all the white folks go back to Europe, so do electricity, automobiles, machinery, iPhones, the internet, appliances, and other modern conveniences. So too goes the Church. Let’s leave the Americas as they were found.

Why is the Episcopal Church USA and other Anglican dioceses sending delegations to a United Nations Conference on Climate Change? Oh, yeah; Leftist politics.

There is a petition circulating to replace Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny with country singer George Strait at the Super Bowl halftime show. Yes, please. I’ll sign that petition.

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English returned. Dudley relaxed. Things are back to normal.

Has anyone heard from Dru? Is he still eating pig down in Greenville? Or is he interviewing to be VPI’s new head football coach? He has been very quiet lately.

“You’re a f*****g sellout!  You piece of s**t!”

–An aging white Leftist protestor shouting at a black Trump supporter during last weekend’s “We Hate America” rallies.

Racist?  Absolutely!

Zeta Associates, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, fired Scott Pogorelc. Who is he? Why he is the racist Lefty who yelled at Lt. Governor Winsome Sears to “go back to Haiti”, and called her a “traitor”, at the James Madison University football game last weekend. Could not have happened to a better fellow.

The Trump Administration is admitting 7,000 Afrikaaners into the U.S. as refugees. The Left is melting down, claiming we do not need more “white” people.

Hillary Clinton is melting down over President Trump’s addition of a ballroom to The White House. She claims he is ruining The White House by eliminating the East Wing. The East Wing is where recent First Ladies have maintained offices. So Hillary already ruined The White House.

Also, every President–every President–in modern times has renovated or altered The White House in some manner. This is not new. Heck, under President Truman, the entire insides of The White House was gutted, and rebuilt.

President Trump told Congressional Democrats to go pound sand. There will be no deal to reopen the federal government. Just do it!

The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. Director Brennan probably should not have lied to Congress.

“Not everybody can afford to do that.”

–Senator Bernie Sanders (I. Vt.), responding to a question on why members of Congress should not be paid during a government shutdown.

Yes, Senator Sanders. But neither can the federal workers who are not getting paid now, some while working at their jobs. HYPOCRITE!

MSNBC wanted to show the massive crowds at last weekend’s “We Hate America” rally in Washington, D.C. So, MSNBC aired (without crediting it) file tape from 2017. Accuracy in media.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D.) finds it “horrifying” that President Trump “made it a crime” for people to enter the United States without permission. Seriously? That has always been the law. Congress made it illegal. Remember Congress? You served in that body. And what did you think the phrase “illegal alien” meant? Abigail Spanberger is too stupid to be Governor of Virginia.

The United States Department of Justice is suing Rhode Island for launching a loan forgiveness program for public school teachers who are not white. Caucasians must pay back their loans.

Indiana University cancelled the print edition of its student newspaper, and fired the student editor, after the editor refused to censor the news as demanded by the administration. What happened to free speech?

The North Carolina legislature voted to redraw Congressional legislative districts, adding another likely Republican district. Oh, that is so sad.

Benjamin Campbell was extradited from this Georgia home back to North Carolina to face criminal charges. It seems that Mr. Campbell was driving down the road in Nantahala Gorge, North Carolina when he noticed a Trump flag flying in front of Mark Thomas’s home. Mr. Campbell stopped, tore the flag down, and began firing a gun at Mr. Thomas and his house. More senseless Leftist violence.

The Texas Secretary of State announced that a preliminary review of some voting rolls revealed almost 3,000 illegal aliens registered as voters. WAIT A MINUTE! Have not the Democrats been telling us for years that this was not happening? It is illegal, say the Democrats, for non-citizens to vote in American elections. Yes. But it is also illegal to sneak across the Southern Border. And under China Joe it happened every day. And many of them are still here. Illegally.

In Portland, Oregon, the “We Hate America” rally quickly evolved into a full scale riot, aimed at breaching security at the ICE Detention Center. Shocking.

Leftist organizations spent more than $294 million to assemble about 700,000 (it was not 7 million, as Leftists claim) septuagenarians and assorted hipster doofus hangers on to protest . . . what? The election of Trump? The detention of criminals and illegal aliens in Portland? Having to work for their welfare benefits? What exactly do these people want? Because they definitely are incapable of articulating their grievances.

In Los Angeles, California, an illegal alien attempted to murder ICE agents by ramming his vehicle into their vehicle. A shoot out resulted in minor injuries to the illegal alien and a U.S. Marshal. In other words, it was a “mostly peaceful” arrest of someone just trying to provide for their family and live a better life.

“D” list actress Kathy Griffin was on display at a “We Hate America” rally in Malibu, California, where her Trump Derangement Syndrome was on full display. Kathy Griffin loudly and proudly proclaimed that Donald Trump and Elon Musk “stole” the 2024 presidential elections, and that Commiela was actually elected President. Sigh. She needs help.

“Climate scientists” are now claiming that whether meat consumption affects the planet and causes “global warming” depends on where you are when you eat it. Oh, please! Where you eat meat matters?

I am a big fan of eating meat at dinner. At the kitchen table. Or a fine steakhouse. And I really do not care if eating a NY strip steak causes “global warming”. In fact, I would welcome “global warming”, particularly in January and February.

President Trump cancelled next week’s meeting with Russian President Putin, after it became clear that Russia would not budge off any of its demands. And so the senseless killing continues.

Colombia’s Leftist President called for the assassination of President Trump. Hmmm. You might want to be careful President Narco-Terrorist. Karma is a b***h.

Jack Nicklaus was awarded $50 million in a defamation suit, where a few gossip mongers falsely claimed that Jack was going to promote the LIV golf tour. Jack Nicklaus is American PGA Tour golf. Any connection with LIV was demonstrably false, and injurious to his stellar professional reputation.

The World Series will feature the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Be a Canada denier like Nathan. Cheer for the Dodgers.

Actress Samantha Eggar, who was wonderful with Rex Harrison in the movie Dr. Doolittle, has died at age 86. R. I. P.

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at age 29. R. I. P.

The last time I saw Mike Jones was at the Bassett Country Club. He was going to breathe some life into that longtime fixture of the Henry County golfing community. Today, Bassett Country Club is a solar farm. That was Mike’s only failed venture, and it was due to circumstances beyond his control.

Mike got into golf while in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He learned the game, agronomy, and mechanics. There was not anything connected with golf he could not do, from teaching to playing to mowing greens to fixing equipment, both golf course maintenance equipment and golf clubs. He was a student of the profession.

Mike spent the bulk of his career at Forest Park Country Club. The golf course was a classic 1920s parkland course, and it was challenging and interesting. There was a problem with maintenance, as the golf course budget was low to non-existent. It was an old club. But Mike Jones managed it as best as anyone could, working with Obie Dillard and a handful of teenagers (including me). The grass was mowed, improvements were made, bunkers were maintained immaculately, and it was a championship venue. So what if you needed to put a metal bolt between 2 ignition points in the engine to get the diesel tractor started? It worked. I used that tractor to mow roughs for years.

Mike could not putt a lick, but he could hit the ball a country mile. One day we were playing, and on the second hole, he was about 165 yards from the green in rough so heavy you could not see the bottom of his pant legs or his shoes. He asked me if I thought he could hit the green with a sand wedge, and I told him “no”. Mike cursed at me, called me names, and took a mighty swing with that sand wedge. It flew out of the rough, and sailed far over the green, almost landing in the Smith River, which was about 230 yards away. I calmly reminded him that I told him he could not hit the green with a sand wedge, which brought me more cursing and name calling. He was a hoot.

One Sunday morning, Mike was playing, and missed a short birdie putt on No. 8, a downhill par 3 of about 170 yards. It was an overcast day, and those of us at the pro shop heard Mike yell, and there was a silver flash of light emerging from the green. It went down the hill, in the rough, between holes No. 9 and No. 7. It was Mike’s putter. He had thrown it a good couple hundred yards, further than some members could hit a driver. Mike strode down the hill, picked up his putter, and threw it back towards the 9th tee. It was vintage Mike Jones.

Mike had been an assistant professional at Chatmoss Country Club before going to Forest Park, and one day he received a call from a golfer in desperate need of help. The golfer was going to play in the Chatmoss Invitational in a couple of weeks, and he wanted help on how to read and putt the greens. Mike graciously gave him his best advice: play golf at Chatmoss every day for 1 year, and at the end of that year, you might figure the greens out.

After leaving Forest Park, Mike spent a brief time at Beaver Creek Golf Course, a public venue affectionately (and accurately) known as the “Rock Pile”. While Mike was there, the course had grass in its fairways–lush, well maintained grass–for the first and only time in its existence. Mike had a way with grass.

Mike was gruff, and he was kind. He was profane, and he was mannerdly. He had an infectious smile, a good sense of humor, and common sense, a trait lacking so badly today. No matter the occasion, no matter the season, he wore a golf shirt, sansabelt golf slacks, and white shoes. He looked like 1971 Johnny Miller, but in perpetuity. He drank Miller Lite, played a mean game of gin rummy, and drove a Chevy El Camino. He was one of a kind.

Mike loved his family and friends. If you were his friend, there was no favor he would deny you. He was a fine fellow. It is hard to believe that Mike is gone, and did not live forever. Michael B. Jones has died at age 78. He will be missed by many. R. I. P.

GFK

“The ‘No Kings’ rallies are mostly a protest against a man who sought power three times through democratic elections and enacted his major agenda item by majority vote of democratically elected members of Congress.  Some King.”

–Brit Hume.

The Left isn’t protesting a king but their fellow Americans.  They aren’t standing up for democracy — they are protesting against it.  They seem to have forgotten that Donald Trump was democratically elected less than one year ago in an Electoral College landslide, and with a popular majority.

But hey! When you get to associate with like minded folks in demonstrations organized by The Communist Party USA, Move On, Indivisible, and the Young Communists League, why not? Who would want to miss that opportunity? 

The Left actually wants a king. The Left wants the government to provide their healthcare, housing, transportation, food, and retirement. The Left wants the government to tell them what kind of car to drive, and to protect them from speech they dislike. The Left does not seek liberty and freedom. The Left seeks security and protection, and is willing to assume chains to achieve it. The Left would have sided with Parliament and King George III in 1776.

“WOULD YOU LIKE TO KILL NAZIS W ME.”

–An sign held by an unidentified protestor, who clarified that the first “Nazi” he wanted to kill was White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

It is always violence with these people. Always.

Some leftovers from this past weekend’s “We Hate America” demonstrations. In Washington, D.C., Senators Bernie Sanders (I. Vt.) and Christopher Murphy (D. Ct.) presided over a crowd of septuagenarians chanting “F**k America!” Attendees also called for the murder of Republican lawmakers, and mimicked the death of Charlie Kirk.

A short distance away in my home of Clarke County, the local rally was well attended, as both Democrats showed up. They hugged, and then enjoyed a light lunch at Mario’s Pizza. My friend Gerry reports that in nearby Berkley Springs, West Virginia, there was a major traffic jam, as the streets were flooded with a bunch of white people in wheelchairs and using walkers.

“I’m not a king.  I work my ass off.”

–President Donald Trump.

The White House posted an AI created video showing President Trump wearing a crown, flying a fighter jet, and dumping sewage on the “We Hate America” demonstrators. Hilarious!

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D. Ca.) did not attend a “We Hate America” demonstration. But she did release a video showing her tearing up a paper crown, stamping her feet, and cackling like Commiela. Sad.

Critics of President Trump’s war on drug traffickers claim that the smugglers being attacked are not headed for the United States, but rather to Europe and Africa. Well, that certainly makes a difference; NOT!

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a District Court judge’s ruling, permitting the Trump Administration to deploy National Guard troops into Oregon generally, and Portland specifically. WINNING!

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has a long history of advocating gun confiscation, and banning citizens from owning guns. Which makes it strange that Don Lemon has now come out for illegal aliens to acquire guns so as to be able to resist arrest and detention by ICE agents.

Colonel Creole is trying to stay relevant. She now says that she could not remain a Democrat given how horribly the party treated China Joe. Huh. And yet . . . Colonel Creole was instrumental in covering up China Joe’s dementia and decline, consistently stating that he was sharp, hale, and hearty, and any suggestion to the contrary was partisan politics.

NBC’s Kristen Welker asked Senator Tim Kaine (D. Va.) if he would be calling for a Republican political candidate to step down from a race if he fantasized about murdering his political opponents, their families, and police officers. “Absolutely not!” answered Senator Kaine. LIAR!

Virginia Lt. Governor and gubernatorial candidate Winsome Sears (R.) made an appearance at the James Madison University football game in Harrisonburg. While there, a white, racist Democrat yelled at her to “Go back to Haiti!” and called her a “Traitor”. Nice. By the way, a$$clown, Lt. Governor Sears is from Jamaica. She is a naturalized citizen who served our country as a member of the U.S. Marines. What the hell have you accomplished, other than eating every snack in the stadium?

President Trump endorsed Winsome Sears for Governor. Because she is the far superior choice to Abigail Spanberger.

At Illinois State University, a faculty member went up to a Turning Point USA table, manned by students providing information about the organization, and overturned the table, scattering and stomping on the students’ promotional materials. The faculty member justified his actions by claiming “Jesus did it!”, referring to the story of the moneychangers in the Temple. What a sick, vile, twisted individual. No doubt he is on the short list for tenure.

A Horizon High School [Florida] teacher was forced to remove a Charlie Kirk/Turning Point USA poster from his classroom. It was not a political poster, but rather, an inspirational poster, hung alongside inspirational posters of Ronald Reagan and Martin Luther King, Jr. The school admitted that the poster was “not political”, but contended that since Charlie Kirk was a “controversial” figure, the poster was inappropriate. Huh. I am old enough to remember when Martin Luther King, Jr. was a “controversial” figure.

At a Polk’s County, Florida McDonald’s, customers in the drive-thru line became annoyed at the long wait for their food order. Given the norms in 2025 America, the annoyed customers parked, entered the restaurant with weapons, and threatened violence and death if their food order was not immediately filled. In the ensuing scuffle with a restaurant employee, one of the annoyed customers was shot in the neck. He survived, and was arrested with his fellow annoyed customer. Sigh. Remember, fast food is bad for your health.

Joseffa Ippolito-Shepherd, 76, of Washington, D.C. was constantly annoyed by the smell of marijuana drifting over to her home from her neighbor’s house. The neighbor, Thomas Cackett, said he only smoked marijuana occasionally, and only for medicinal purposes. The D.C. Superior Court found that Mr. Cackett’s marijuana use constituted a “nuisance”, and found for Mrs. Ippolito-Shepherd, barring Mr. Cackett from smoking marijuana on his property, or anywhere near Mrs. Ippolito-Shepherd’s property. Mr. Cackett appealed, and low and behold, the D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed the Superior Court decision. GOOD! As the “Reverend” Jesse Jackson used to say, “there is no hope in dope”. Also, marijuana smoke is foul and repulsive.

“The market has made it clear, EVs (electric vehicles) are here to stay.”

–Colorado Governor Jared Polis.

If Governor Polis is right, why did he feel the need to increase Colorado State subsidies for the purchase of an EV by 1/3, from $6-9,000.00? Are EVs “here to stay” because the government will pay for them?

A minister at Denver’s First Baptist Church proclaims that abortion is “good for children”. He argues that without abortion, some children will be born to bad or neglectful parents. Yes, better to be murdered than to live in hard circumstances. Sigh.

The Just Love Story Bible aims to reach progressive Christians who are turned off by traditional presentations of Scripture, offering messages focused on diversity, inclusion, and social justice.  The “Bible” was put together by a couple of radical feminist “reverends” who aim to offer a different perspective than that of traditional Scripture teachings.  In other words, it is not Scripture, it is not The Bible, and it is not religious.  It is just another pamphlet from your local Leftist Democrat Party.

Yadav Enterprises, Inc., based in Fremont, California, acquired the Del Taco restaurant chain for $115 million. Cash. That is a lot of money for Mexican fast food.

The United States is looking to begin purchasing rare earth minerals from Australia in order to thwart China. That’s fine, but . . . the United States has a vast supply of rare earth minerals. We should mine our own.

Iran is claiming that its nuclear weapons program is alive and functioning. It is not. But assuming arguendo it is, it will not be for long.

Florida beat Mississippi State on Saturday, but it was not enough to save head coach Billy Napier’s job. He was fired.

Colorado State lost to Hawaii on Saturday, and then began looking for a new head coach. Because the school fired head coach Jay Norvell.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin has died at age 36. R. I. P.

GFK

“The water was not fit to drink.  To make it palatable, we had to add whisky.  By diligent effort, I learned to like it.”

–Winston Churchill.

English returns today from Dallas. She, Gram, and Rufe flew down to party with Holland. Everyone seems to have had a nice visit. No one got arrested, and nothing got broken.

Back in Northern Virginia, Dudley decided to act out. English left the house on Saturday morning at 3:30 a.m. I finally was able to roust Dudley from his bed around 9:00 a.m. He was most unhappy. But then I fed him a nice breakfast of hamburger and eggs. It was a special treat, intended to cheer him up. Which it did; for 5 minutes. Then he was back to being grumpy.

He refused to eat his dinner (though he happily downed his coctail hour peanuts). He then hid while I watched the USC/Notre Dame game. But during the night, and on Sunday, he continued to act out. He was a very, very BAD dog. English’s plane better not be delayed today, as Dudley might not be here when she gets home.

The Observations reported last week that New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (D.) received campaign contributions from a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Well, we can now report that another Democrat gubernatorial candidate received campaign contributions from that very same CCP member–Abigail Spanberger (D. Va.). Is that not interesting?

Is there any reason to speculate on why the Chinese Communists want Democrats to be elected in the United States? Nope. After all, birds of a feather . . . .

“I find it stunning that you say one of the pillars of your public safety platform is protecting children. Were you protecting Jennifer’s children when you said you wanted to see them DIE in their mother’s arms?  How can anybody who’s ever worked in any of the crimes against children, all of the areas of federal and state local law department, how can they ever take YOU seriously, be the top prosecutor, knowing that you view that children should DIE to advance a political agenda?  It’s unconscionable, and if you were truly ‘sorry,’ you would not be running for this office, because you disqualified yourself.”

–Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R.), addressing Jay Jones (D.) in their debate at The University of Richmond.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.) stands by Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones (D.) despite his vile comments about murdering his political opponents and their families. Representative Jeffries reasoned that Jay Jones apologized, and that should end it. NO. Jay Jones apologized at the candidate debate at The University of Richmond because he had to do so. He only apologized because he got caught. Jay Jones is a despicable human being, and deserves no position of public trust. The voters of Virginia should place him, and his whole Democrat ticket, on the ash heap of history.

“Everyone knows the score, right? The authoritarians divide and conquer, and they create an ‘other,’ and then they pick on it, pick on the person, harass them, jail them, and that’s all used as a direction so they can steal as much as they can [and] maintain power.  We all know history. So, that’s what he’s doing, and we have masked goons roaming the streets, hiding their faces, abducting people.  Go to Hell [Donald Trump].”

–actor John Cusack, speaking at a “We Hate America” rally.

All across America, old white liberals angry over the Vietnam War and the draft, gathered to protest Donald Trump. They held their “We Hate America” rallies, and insisted that they were ascendent against “fascism” and “tyranny”. Uh, folks? Guess what? If President Trump was actually a fascist tyrant, your rallies would not have been allowed to occur.

Does anyone on the Left ever think before speaking? Have they ever read a book, or actually thought about something? Or do they just emote anger? They are never happy.

The “We Hate America” rally participants chanted “Kings Get Guillotines!” See? They cannot help it. Violence is all they know.

President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos (R. N.Y.). The Left is outraged! He’s not a drug dealer!

Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is calling for Americans to eat more meat, more butter, drink whole milk, and eat vegetables. The Left is horrified. Eat meat and dairy?!?!?! The horrors.

I took Secretary Kennedy’s advice to heart last night. I consumed a steak, mashed potatoes with butter, and a salad. Delicious! MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!

“They are able to radicalize and target and exploit a generation of young boys, in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires a domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker or a different gender than them.”

–Puddin’head.

Puddin’ apparently wants all American males to be as effeminate as her boyfriend.

“When I was coaching, I taught my players that this is the greatest country in the world, and if you work hard, the sky is the limit for what you can achieve—no matter what you look like.  Unfortunately, woke Democrats have spent the past 20 years telling young men they are ‘racist,’ ‘sexist’ and ‘toxic’ simply for being men.”

–Senator Tommy Tuberville (R. Al.), and former Auburn University football coach.

We wager that Senator Tuberville knows more about molding and developing men than does Puddin’head. 

The United States House of Representatives will not be in session this week. What is the point? Senate Democrats keep voting to keep the federal government closed.

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D. Mi.) spent more than $35,000.00 in luxury limousine expenses in the last 11 months. Public servant my Aunt Mae! She, like all socialists, are entitled brats.

“When powerful people cheat to get better loans, it comes at the expense of hardworking people.   Everyday Americans cannot lie to a bank to get a mortgage, and if they did, our government would throw the book at them.  There simply cannot be different rules for different people.”

–New York Attorney General Letitia James (D.).

Is Karma not just wonderful?

At a debate with all candidates, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D.) said that Hamas should disarm. This comes after many previous contradictory statements by Mr. Mamdani. A change of heart? No. He’s lying. Every time he opens his mouth he is lying.

“If people expect to fight fascism without a good semi-automatic rifle, they ought to do some reading of history.”

–Graham Platner (D.), U.S. Senate candidate in Maine.

More Leftist violence. They thrive on such fantasies of death and destruction. Then when elected to office, they try and enact policies guaranteeing death and destruction.

Tampon Tim (D. Mn.) long championed drivers licenses for illegal aliens, just like his counterpart in California. Guess what? Illegal aliens use those drivers licenses to vote. Minnesota government officials admitted as much. But, but, but, that’s illegal! Yes. So is being in the United States without permission. What’s your point?

A Cook County judge issued an order forbidding ICE agents from arresting illegal aliens in or around court buildings. He does not have the power to issue this order. But he did so anyway. Because . . . Orange Man Bad.

In Lafayette, Louisiana, the FBI arrested a participant in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attack against Israel. The man was discovered directing and participating in terrorist activities from his Louisiana home. Thank you, China Joe!

In Cincinnati, Ohio, Jonathan Morris got fired from his job at Taco Bell. Mr. Morris returned the next day, where he gunned down and murdered his former manager in the restaurant parking lot. The dead man, Ryan Johnson, leaves behind a wife and 7 children. Sigh. Fast food is so dangerous.

GAFCON announced its dioceses would disassociate with the Anglican Communion. This has been a long time coming. The Episcopal Church USA began the process through the ordination of women, the politicization of the pulpit, and finally the celebration of the sin of sodomy and the redefinition of marriage. The Church of England proceeded more slowly, but surely, in the same direction. And the election of the new Archbishop of Canterbury was the last straw. The Anglican Communion is destroying itself, not in the pursuit of God, but in running away from God, and pursuing earthly, modern secular desires. It is not the beginning of the end. Because the Church is closer to the end than to the beginning.

Thieves broke into The Louvre museum outside Paris, stealing approximately $7 million worth of jewels from the collection of Napoleon and the Empress. Okay, now what are you going to do with them? Take them to a pawn shop?

At the Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto, Canada, the school played the national anthem, O’ Canada, in Arabic. On October 7, the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. Why not just impose Sharia law and get it over with?

The United States ended all foreign aid to Colombia. President Trump branded Colombia’s President a “Drug Leader”. And he is. This will not end well for Colombia.

Just ask Venezuela. The U.S. Navy took out yet another drug trafficking boat, a drug trafficking submarine, and captured prisoners on the high seas. WINNING!

The United States, joined by Russia and Saudi Arabia, and a handful of other nations, narrowly defeated the United Nations’ proposed global carbon tax. The push for the tax was led by China, who is not our friend.

Hamas violated the cease fire multiple times over the weekend, and received a response from the Israeli Defense Force. This is not going to end well.

Hamas is also carrying out public executions of Arabs in Gaza. And Leftists accuse Donald Trump of “retribution”!

Hamas leaders insist that the public executions in Gaza are necessary to maintain order. Hamas leaders also insist that they need not disarm. Israel will be occupying all of Gaza by Thanksgiving.

Prince Andrew surrendered his royal title, Duke of York. A final humiliation for the man who cannot keep his trousers buttoned.

The Jordan Hudson show premiered in Berkley, where it promptly lost to the Cal Bears. Miami came crashing down, as Carson Beck through 4 interceptions, and the Canes lost to Louisville. SMU went to Death Valley, and emerged with a victory over Clemson. Georgia Tech beat Duke. UVA beat Washington State. And Connecticut beat Boston College; pitiful! Florida State lost to Stanford; even more pitiful!

Minnesota dominated Nebraska. Ohio State rolled over Wisconsin. Penn State lost [again!]. Michigan won. UCLA beat Maryland. And Oregon beat Rutgers.

Now how much sense does this make? Maryland travels 3,000 miles to the West Coast, and Oregon travels 3,000 miles to the East Coast, to play conference games! This is ridiculous! Can’t we just put everyone back where they belong?

USC started fast, but it did not last as the Trojans lost to Notre Dame in South Bend. I am looking forward to USC playing East Carolina in The Military Bowl on a cold, rainy afternoon this December.

Alabama beat Tennessee, and Georgia beat Ole Miss. Mississippi State lost a heartbreaker to Florida. Texas prevailed over Kentucky [barely] in overtime. Arch Manning is beyond overrated. Auburn lost to Missouri. Hugh Freeze is already packed and ready to move on. Oklahoma crushed South Carolina. And Vanderbilt beat LSU! Think of that! The team is now ranked #12! This is unbelievable.

BYU beat Utah. Arizona State beat Texas Tech. TCU beat Baylor. Cincinnati rolled over Oklahoma State. Houston beat Arizona. And University of Central Florida humiliated West Virginia.

Utah State topped San Jose State. Air Force beat Wyoming. Boise State beat UNLV. Hawaii and New Mexico won.

East Carolina beat Tulsa. South Florida and Tulane won. The University of Alabama-Birmingham, having just fired its hapless head coach, rallied and beat #22 Memphis.

Princeton beat Brown. Harvard and Yale won. The Cornell anti-Semites beat Bucknell (Bucknell has a football team?). Dartmouth beat Fordham, and UPenn beat Columbia.

Curry College running back Montie Quinn ran for 522 yards and 7 touchdowns in the school’s win over Nichols College. WOW!

Founding member of KISS Ace Frehley has died at age 74. R. I. P.

Former MLB catcher Jose Montero has died at age 35. R. I. P.

GFK

“Any fool can know.  The point is to understand.”

― Albert Einstein.

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

― Benjamin Franklin.

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”

― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

“Study the past if you would define the future.”

― Confucius.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D.) wants to spend $15 million to create a Cabinet level “diversity, inclusion, and equity czar”. Stated differently, Abigail Spanberger, if elected, will abandon all notions of merit, and impose racial quotas on the Commonwealth.

Is it not ironic that a pasty white woman comes out for “diversity” even as she runs against a black woman for Governor? The Democrats are so busy virtue signaling, they have lost the plot.

Abigail Spanberger likes to tout her brief employment with the CIA as proof she is tough and experienced. She often phrases it as if she were “law enforcement”. Hmmm. Well if Abigail Spanberger was such a tough, experienced 2nd coming of James Bond, why was she on MSNBC the other night spreading the Russia! Russia! Russia! hoax? This conspiracy has been debunked time and time again. Even Robert Mueller did not find that Trump conspired with Russia. Abigail Spanberger is no James Bond. She may not even be Maxwell Smart.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Abigail Spanberger for Governor. Who was the last Virginia gubernatorial candidate Mr. Obama endorsed? Terry McAuliffe (D.), who lost to current Governor Glenn Youngkin (R.). Thank you Mr. Obama!

“You know, what Jay said was awful. It’s no worse than what Donald Trump says almost every day, and the things JD Vance has said, when you compare it to the other evil things.  People make mistakes.  I very much hope he prevails.”

–Representative Don Beyer (D. Va.).

Uh, no. Neither Donald Trump nor J. D. Vance have fantasized about murdering others. Sorry Don.

Don Beyer is unbelievably stupid. If he had not inherited his family’s automobile business, he would be homeless.

Representative Eugene Vindman (D. Va.) will attend a fundraiser for Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones (D.). That is bad enough. But it turns out that Representative Vindman only endorsed Jay Jones after his text messages about murdering Todd Gilbert and his family were released. Democrats are drawn to political violence.

A federal judge–a radical “progressive” Clinton appointee–has blocked President Trump from implementing executive branch firings. The judge does not have the power to do this, but she does not care. She is too busy playing for her political party’s side. She cares nothing about the law.

The President confirmed that the CIA was involved in covert operations in Venezuela. Why? Isn’t the very point of “covert” to be secret?

Mr. Trump hosted a dinner for donors to the ballroom currently under construction at The White House. Naturally Democrats are fuming.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put the United Nations on notice that the U.S. was “a hard no” on a global carbon tax. Naturally Democrats are fuming.

Senate Democrats voted to block passage of the National Defense Authorization Bill. This legislation would have, inter alia, paid our soldiers and sailors. But if illegal aliens cannot have “free” healthcare, then our troops will not be paid!

Congressional Democrats are grumbling that President Trump’s repurposing of Pentagon funds in order to pay our nation’s troops is “illegal” and “unconstitutional”. Oh, please! Please, please, please, Democrats. Rush before a Leftist federal judge and obtain an injunction preventing our soldiers and sailors from being paid. Please do it!

“I say ‘bless her heart.’  She’s a representative-elect; she doesn’t know how it works around here.  We’re going to give her the oath of office as soon as we get back to regular session.  As soon as [Sen.] Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Democrats vote to reopen the government.  We got a lot to do here.  They are the ones holding it up.  What Representative [elect] Grijalva doesn’t understand is that there’s a certain tradition and process that we engage in here to administer the oath.”

–House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R. La.), responding to complaints from Adelita Grijalva (D. Az.) about the delay in swearing her into office.

Democrats seem to have forgotten that not too long ago, then Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Ca.) took 25 days before finally swearing Julia Letlow (R. La.) into office, after she won a special election. Democrats have very selective memories.

On CNN, Puddin’head refused to answer a question about whether she believes illegal aliens should receive federally subsidized healthcare. That’s okay, Puddin’; we know the answer.

A federal grand jury indicted former National Security Advisor John Bolton on criminal charges related to the mishandling of classified documents. MSNBC reported the indictment by listing every criticism John Bolton had ever uttered against President Trump, as if the 2 were related. MSNBC went on to declare that this was “retribution”. Poppycock!

“[W]hite Democrats were not voting for black candidates whether they were Democrats or not.”

–Argument presented by an NAACP attorney at the United States Supreme Court hearing on the Voting Rights Act.

Did this lawyer just call Democrats racist? They are, but did he just admit that fact?

During oral arguments in the Voting Rights case, Justice Black Female compared black voters unable to form a majority black voting district to disabled persons unable to access a building. Ah, yes! Black voters are disabled. And they all vote alike. Because they are black. Sigh. This is what happens when you have a “diversity” pick for the United States Supreme Court.

Former California State Controller Betty Yee (D.) said that “trans” females [i.e. males] are females, and should be allowed to compete in female athletics. Mrs. Yee thinks that men should be allowed to compete in women’s events during the upcoming Los Angeles hosted Summer Olympics.

Last year, Los Angeles County, California voters passed Measure G. Measure G required the County Chief Executive Officer to be an elected, not appointed, position. The current serving, appointed CEO, Fesia Davenport, was quite upset with the voters’ decision. So she demanded that Los Angeles County pay her $2 million in severance, due to the voters’ decision negatively impacting her self-esteem, professional advancement, and professional reputation. The voters hurt her feelings! And incredibly, Los Angeles County paid her the demanded monies. You cannot make this stuff up!

“The tables will turn one day.  These people [ICE agents] should recognize that maybe they’re not gonna get prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration because the statute of limitations would not have run out . . .”

–Governor J. B. Pritzker (D. Il.), a man who really, really loves illegal aliens.

What is Illinois going to prosecute ICE agents for doing? Enforcing federal immigration law? Has Governor Pritzker never heard of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause?

“Everything about the constitutional democracy that was Germany at the time before Hitler took over, and it only took him 53 days to change it to something other than a constitutional republic. I’ve been calling this out for a long time . . .  I just think it just happens to be the thing I know best because I’ve spent so much time with Holocaust survivors, but authoritarian regimes—read On Tyranny or some of the other books that I think everybody’s reading now—about how they operate.  And it really is a slow encroachment on everything that is near and dear to you.”

–Governor J. B. Pritzker, comparing present day United States to 1930s Nazi Germany.

Because Trump “is literally Hitler”. Yeah.

In Chicago, Illinois, 2 illegal aliens rammed their car into an occupied ICE vehicle. The ICE vehicle was then surrounded by a mob, and the ICE agents were forced to defend themselves, using tear gas to disperse the crowd, while they arrested the 2 illegal aliens who tried to kill them. Yet another example of ICE agents causing a problem in otherwise peaceful Chicago.

Also in Chicago’s suburb of Hanover Park, ICE agents arrested a local police officer. He was an illegal alien. Apparently he was doing a job that Americans just won’t do.

“That exception is one that I believe we should not only take issue with because of what it means for Palestinians and Palestinian human rights.  But also, whenever you are at peace with the making of an exception, you make it easier to make another exception—wherever, whenever.”

–New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D.), in an interview with The New York Times, explaining why he rejects support from voters who are pro-Israel.

Are you paying attention New Yorkers? This guy is hate filled garbage.

It seems that New York Attorney General Letitia James has a 2nd house in Norfolk, Virginia, which she claimed on mortagage forms was for her primary residence. She has never lived there, but rents it out to another niece, who is also a felon. The niece is also on the website “Only Fans” where she publishes X-rated pictures. Wow. How many felon relatives can 1 Attorney General have? Family reunions sure must be interesting.

Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D.) votes with the Republicans less than 6% of the time. That is just too much, so Democrats are plotting primary challenges to him in 2026. Because there will be no dissent. Even if you agree with the Democrats 94% of the time.

Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) should really stay off social media. He identifies as a communist, thinks all police are bastards, and thinks all rural Americans are “racist” and “stupid”. Not exactly a winning message.

The United States and Russia will meet in Hungary next week to explore an end to the Russian/Ukrainian War. May it be successful.

For the 2 years of captivity, Hamas tried to convince the Israeli hostages to convert to Islam. The hostages refused. Hamas then promised the hostages more food and drink if they converted to Islam. The hostages refused. God Bless The Hostages, and Thanks Be To Him for giving the hostages the courage of their faith.

Franklin & Marshall College [Pennsylvania] is named for Benjamin Franklin and Chief Justice John Marshall, 2 prominent Founding Fathers. But college administrators just cannot get jazzed up over their prominent namesakes, so the school is looking to change its mascot to “something fun, gender-neutral, and full of personality”. This is just stupid.

GFK

Another boat carrying narcotics and traffickers was blown out of the water. Literally. Some people never learn.

President Trump awarded the late Charlie Kirk The Medal of Freedom [posthumously] on his birthday. It was a very moving ceremony at The White House.

Congressional Democrats’ spending wish list as a condition for funding the federal government continues to grow. Democrats are now demanding funding for LGBTQ++ programs in the Balkans, “climate change” programs in Honduras, and “feminist democratic initiatives” in Africa. This is what they want to do with American taxpayers’ monies.

A group of Democrat Congressional members tried to storm and gain entry into House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson office. They are demanding that the House come back into session so that a newly elected Democrat member of Congress could be sworn in. One of the Democrat members physically assaulted a Capitol Hill policeman, while surrounded by the other members. Sounds like an insurrection to me. Hmmm.

On Columbus Day [observed], Democrat members of Congress stood in front of the U.S. Capitol and gave speeches denouncing the United States and its “theft” of land from the American Indians. Members of Congress denouncing their own country. Wow!

If any Democrat member of Congress wishes to return their “stolen land”, I am happy to take it off their hands. Because having been born in the United States, and living continuously in the United States, I am an “indigenous” person to the United States. As are many of our readers.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R. Ga.) has always been a loudmouth. But now she just needs to shut her #*!%@ mouth. Better to be silent and let people think you are stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

“When you look at this group of people at the roundtable in the White House . . . every one of those people look across the table and they do not see anyone who is better than they are.  They generally see a reflection of their worst selves.  There’s no heroes in there.  There’s no music.  There’s no laughter.   There’s no self-effacement.  There’s no joy in that room.  It smells of ego and fear and false worship.”

–Actor Martin Sheen, displaying his Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Someone should remind Martin Sheen that he only played a President on a television show. He was never the President.

Anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas demonstrators invaded Commiela’s Chicago book tour stop. The demonstrators interrupted her with anti-Israel chants, and accused her of “genocide”. Oh, my!

CBS News Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss instructed news division employees to report to her what they did during a working day. The Writers Guild–the news division employees’ union–urged the employees to refuse that instruction. Huh. Interesting times at CBS.

NBC News foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell thanked the China Joe Administration for all the hard work it did in securing the Israel/Gaza cease fire. Andrea Mitchell is a dolt.

District of Columbia Superior Court judge Kendra Briggs sentenced 2 teenagers to probation, after they pleaded guilty to simple assault. The 2 miscreants were among the gang that beat DOGE staffer Edward Cortisine, and attempted to assault his female date, and steal his automobile. Judge Briggs justified her decision, stating that it was her job to rehabilitate, not punish. Uh huh. This is why there is a crime problem in the D.C. metropolitan area.

Sakiyna Thompson became infuriated when her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend blocked her on social media. So Miss Thompson did what any normal psychopath would do; she flew from New York City to Florida, and stabbed the new girlfriend to death.

Who is currently living in New York Attorney General Letititia James’s (D.) Norfolk, Virginia home? Her niece, who is a serial criminal, and currently a fugitive from justice in North Carolina. Hmmmmm.

A member of the Chinese Communist Party donated thousands of dollars to Mikie Sherrill’s (D.) New Jersey gubernatorial campaign. Is that not illegal?

Mikie Sherrill has been attacking her Republican opponent for his work in the pharmaceutical industry with companies which manufacture opioids. She has directly accused her opponent of being complicit in the opioid related deaths of thousands of Americans. Well; guess where thousands of dollars of Mikie Sherrill’s campaign donations came from? Opioid manufacturers. Ah, the hypocrisy!

Minnesota Governor Tampon Tim (D.) criticized the Trump Administration’s trade policies, and offered his own view for trade, particularly with China. Governor, the American people heard your ideas in the 2024 campaign, and soundly rejected them. Move on!

Los Angeles County, California declared a “State of Emergency” over a recent surge of ICE raids, resulting in the detention and deportation of illegal aliens. The declaration permits the County to spend taxpayer dollars on those impacted by the ICE raids (i.e. the illegal aliens).

The State of Oregon nows spends twice as much money on providing free healthcare for illegal aliens, as it does on its State Police. That is insane.

In San Antonio, Texas, a violent brawl broke out at a local Whataburger restaurant, when staff served the wrong food order to a group of people. The offended group who received the wrong food order engaged in a prolonged fight with another group, leaving the floor littered with bodies and blood. Good golly Bob! Fast food is bad for your health.

Clarke County, Virginia is seeking to become a “Bee City USA” affiliate. There is never a dull moment here in Berryville.

Matthew Gabriele, a religion professor at VPI, slammed Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA, insisting that open debate was not welcome, and should not be welcome, on college campuses. He went on to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s murder, and endorsed Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones’s candidacy, dismissing Mr. Jones’s call for the murder of Todd Gilbert and his family. But of course he did. We certainly are not employing the best and the brightest at our public colleges and universities.

The Vatican Apostolic Library created a Muslim Prayer Room. Why? Why in the world?

The National Education Association–the nation’s largest teachers union–sent an email to all its members containing pro-Hamas propaganda, and a map of the Middle East that showed “Palestine”, and no Israel. These are the people who teach children in America’s public schools.

The Democrat Socialists of America–think Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, Puddin’head, et al.–denounced the Israel/Gaza Peace Deal, and demanded the “immediate liberation of the Palestinian people”. Pay attention! These people are telling you who they are, and what they believe. They are serious.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani refused to agree that Hamas should disarm, refused to credit President Trump with any success for the Israel/Gaza Peace Deal, and reiterated that if Prime Minister Netanyahu visited New York, he would arrest him. Mr. Mamdani is a dangerous zealot.

At Oberlin College [Ohio], one of the most radical Left wing colleges in the country, students protested the Israel/Gaza Peace Deal, faulting Israel’s “genocide” [of course!]. The protesters eventually crossed the line–don’t they always?–and had to be dispersed by police, which involved the use of pepper spray.

Senator Elizabeth “Lieawatha” Warren (D. Ma.) took credit for the Israel/Gaza Peace Deal. She had absolutely nothing to do with it. And now the Democrat Socialists of America are mad at her.

It turns out that the Israeli hostages were guarded by regular Gazan citizens, and not Hamas soldiers. So much for the whining about “innocent Palestinians”.

Hamas has only returned 4 hostage bodies to Israel. One (1) body was not of an Israeli hostage.

Hamas is holding public executions of its enemies in Gaza. Men blindfolded and bound are led into a village square, and shot by Hamas soldiers in full view of cheering crowds.

Hamas is supposed to disarm. Hamas spokesman Hazzem Qassem stated that Hamas will not disarm. President Trump reminded Hamas of its obligations, and warned of the consequences of the failure to disarm.

“The countdown to the next massacre has begun.  Next time, we will slaughter all Jews.”

–Khalil al-Haya, Hamas leader and delegate to the Cairo peace signing ceremony.

This peace plan was a good idea. It is not going to work. Because Hamas does not want it to work.

Mexican drug cartels are placing bounties on the lives of ICE agents in Chicago, Illinois. But still there are some who claim we are not at war with the drug cartels.

Qatar is not establishing an air base in Idaho. FAKE NEWS! What is happening is that Qatar purchased 48 military jets from Boeing, and their pilots are being trained at a U.S. Air Base in Idaho. This is not unusual. This is not the 1st time foreign military personnel have trained in the United States. Everyone please calm down. Thank you.

President Trump is threatening to remove World Cup soccer games from Boston, Massachusetts, due to domestic unrest and violence in that city. Mayor Michelle Wu (D.) is not pleased.

GFK

GOOD MORNING ALL! It is going to be a beautiful day. Even in California where storms are lashing at the coast.

I dislike AT&T intensely. They, not Bill Gates, are the bane of my email existence and torture.

I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with AT&T yesterday. The 1st human being I spoke with initially denied that I even had an AT&T email address. I have had it for 30 years. Then he said I had to call back because he could not help me. I asked him to transfer me to a different person. He refused. I asked to speak to his supervisor. He refused.

I eventually called AT&T back, and had to wait 30 minutes for a call back from someone. That call came, and the representative tried to assist me. But he could not do anything. He then asked me to fill out an online form, and when that was done, informed me that someone would call me back some time within the next 6-8 days. You have got to be kidding.

It is very frustrating to be able to receive emails, and not be able to send them. It makes me long for the days before the Internet. But that day is long gone, and there is no returning. So I need to get my email account fixed.

In the meantime, I believe this system of posting The Observations is working. We do not have the same levels of readership, largely due to readers not having the new subscription information. Slowly but surely we are regaining our readers. In the meantime, I ask that if you know an Observations reader, please inform them of the new method of receiving our publication. We appreciate all our readers, and look forward to regaining all our old readers, and gaining new ones. You, our loyal readers, are our best advertisement.

“The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”

–The United States Constitution, Article II.

 Notice that the Constitution does not vest just some of the executive power in the President. It vests all of the executive power in the President. This is a very important concept.

For years you have heard the Democrats discuss, and dismiss, the “unitary executive theory”. It is not a “theory”. It is the Constitution.

So when you hear some talking head on CNN, NBC, MSNBC, etc. opine that the career prosecutors disagree, or that something should be left to the “experts”, or that the Justice Department has been tradionally “independent” of The White House, that is just so much bunk.

The President gets to tell the generals what to do. The President gets to tell the Attorney General whom to prosecute. The President sets U.S. foreign policy.

And no matter what legislation the Congress passes, establishing this independent agency or the other, it is unconstitutional, and violative of the concept of the separation of powers. There are 3 branches of government. Not 4. Not 12. Just 3.

Set below is an article published in The American Thinker on October 13, 2025. It discusses this very important principle of our federal government, and uses some examples from our recent history. It is important that we as American citizens understand how our federal government is supposed to function. And it is important that we as American citizens understand how the Left wants to obfuscate, and outright lie, about how our federal government is supposed to function. I commend the article to you. Enjoy.

BUREAUCRATS ARE NOT PRESIDENTS

By J. B. Shurk

Disgraced and fired former FBI director Jim Comey is finally facing his day in court for having lied while under oath.  Unethical New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on bank fraud charges.  Warmonger and former national security advisor John Bolton might soon be indicted for illegally retaining classified documents.  Russia Collusion Hoax co-conspirator, anti-American communist, and former director of the CIA John Brennan might similarly find himself in the dock.  Notoriously dumb “yes-man,” Russia Collusion Hoax co-conspirator, and former director of national intelligence James Clapper is under criminal investigation.  Former FBI director Chris Wray has been accused of lying to Congress regarding the number of plainclothes agents operating during the January 6, 2021, protest for fair elections.  Other well-known names are being scrutinized for criminal prosecution. 

As each shoe drops, the corporate news media shriek about President Trump going after his “political enemies” and directly involving himself in Department of Justice charging decisions.  A reasonable journalist might wonder how former chiefs within the Intelligence Community could be considered “political enemies” if they weren’t performing their duties in a political manner.  But such an obvious follow-up question is never asked, and instead Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Wray, and other former, powerful officers within the administrative state are described as if they acted, at all times, selflessly and for the good of the country.  

The propaganda press is very concerned about portraying members of the permanent government as being above politics because if the American people understood them to be just as political as members of Congress, then voters might start to wonder why such a vast, unelected administrative state is allowed to exist.  The financial and media elites who control the mainstream press constantly convey to the public the unconstitutional idea that the heads of important departments and agencies act unilaterally and independently.  They pretend that the director of the FBI and the attorney general of the United States do not answer to the president.  They pretend that the CIA and U.S. military operate autonomously from the White House.  Mainstream media “reporters” desperately work to convince Americans that unelected bureaucrats are entitled to wield tremendous power all on their own.  They are not.

Article II of the Constitution lays the foundations for the Executive Branch, and the first sentence of the first section is specific and clear: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”  The first sentence of the second section defines the president’s authority over the military: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.”  When it comes to executive authority, all power resides with the president.  Likewise, every Executive employee — from cabinet secretary to parking attendant — acts as a delegated beneficiary of the president’s Executive power.  

It is the president of the United States — not the attorney general — who is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.  If President Trump decided to exercise his vested prosecutorial powers, he could try cases in federal courts.  When federal prosecutors enforce the law in courtrooms across the country, they are empowered to do so only because they are acting on the president’s behalf.  When corporate news publications pretend that federal prosecutors are entitled to act independently from the White House, they are willfully disregarding the U.S. Constitution and foisting an illegitimate form of government upon the American people.  

As a simple thought experiment, consider what it would mean if senior officials in the Department of Justice were exclusively empowered to decide how to enforce the law.  It would mean that an unethical attorney such as Andrew Weissmann would be in a position to tell the president of the United States what he can and cannot do.  It would give government lawyers — whose Executive authority comes directly from the Office of the President — more authority than the president.  It would effectively rewrite the first sentence of the first section of Article II of the Constitution into some variant of this: The executive Power shall be vested in Andrew Weissmann or other unethical attorneys who have weaseled their way into becoming career bureaucrats within the Department of Justice.

We saw this illegitimate form of government play out in President Trump’s first term.  During the run-up to the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had conspired with Intelligence Community officers and White House officials to frame candidate Trump as a Russian spy.  Even though then-FBI director Jim Comey knew these allegations were false, the corrupt law enforcement officer used this frame-up job as leverage against President Trump the following year.  

Conniving career bureaucrats in the Justice Department convinced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from all investigations involving the manufactured Russia Collusion Hoax.  President Trump eventually fired serial-liar Comey, and career bureaucrat and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (in his capacity as acting attorney general) appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as a special counsel responsible for investigating the Democrat-constructed Russia Collusion Hoax.  

Unbeknownst to the American people, Special Counsel Mueller was suffering from some form of dementia, so unethical government prosecutor Andrew Weissmann effectively ran a two-year harassment campaign whose ultimate purpose was to impeach President Trump and remove him from office.  During this time, dishonorable lawyer Andrew Weissmann effectively held more power than the president of the United States.

At any time, President Trump could have put an end to this nonsense.  He could have fired his attorney general and deputy attorney general.  He could have fired Mueller and Weissmann.  He could have concluded the whole affair and moved on.  But the pressure from Congress (Republicans included) and the propaganda press for President Trump to comply with the special counsel charade was intense.  Paul Ryan and other congressional RINOs even suggested that Trump would be impeached if he did not permit the manufactured investigation into the Democrat-constructed Russia Collusion Hoax to proceed.  In an effort to keep the peace, President Trump essentially gave corrupt lawyer and staunch Democrat Andrew Weissmann control over the presidency. 

The Weissmann presidency was absurd.  When corrupt lawyers are empowered to tell the president of the United States what he may legally do, the Constitution has been entirely shredded.  Instead of an elected president exclusively vested with Executive power, we end up with an unelected legal bureaucracy that enigmatically delegates a handful of incidental powers to the sitting president.  

The administrative state likes this arrangement.  Permanent government bureaucrats prefer to limit the president of the United States to theatrical performances that include signing ceremonies and kissing babies.  For everything else, they insist, Americans should leave it to the experts.  Let the prosecutors decide whom to indict.  Let the generals and admirals decide whom to attack.  Let the central bankers decide the value of American currency.  Let the spies wage covert wars at home and across the globe.  “Trust the vast bureaucracy,” the bureaucrats say, “because the administrative state is made up of impartial, incorruptible, competent, and well-meaning experts.”

Except there is nothing in the U.S. Constitution about a Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, or Environmental Protection Agency.  These armies of unelected bureaucrats wield power as if they were a separate and unrivaled branch of government.  To the extent that these oversized monsters are remotely constitutional, however, it is only because they exercise delegated powers belonging exclusively to the president of the United States.  

The buck stops with the president, not with the bureaucrats.  Corporate news publications that insist it should be the other way around have no interest in protecting the Constitution.  They seek to undermine it.

GFK