April 11, 2025
Dear Patriot,
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” ~Lenin
There could not be a quote that captures the second Trump Administration any better.
Especially this week!
The radical and frantic left has spent this week doing everything they could to trash Trump and cause a panic. They do not care about Americans or the country, they only want to hurt Trump. All last weekend, they predicted that on Monday there would be stock market crash.
Volatility in the markets is to be expected while bad policies are being corrected, but we are firmly convinced it will work out for the better.
For decades every president and all politicians have let China have it’s way with America. We have been in a quiet war with China as they stole our intellectual property, manufactured fentanyl and viruses, invaded our borders, flooded the earth with cheap clothing and plastic garbage and held us hostage as they made ALL of our drugs and technology.
NO MORE.
The past week has been a bold, brave move by the United States. China is being backed into a corner by the United States. Their economy is weak. They can not survive without our consumerism. Trump is using this as massive leverage to gain independence, for the world, from China. And now, China is isolated as 75 countries called Donald Trump for a trade deal turning their back on the evil communist China.
Once again, Trump is right about everything! But, this will be a prolonged and rough war. China will not surrender easily. So prepare yourselves for a lot of rough days.
OH, and on another point, take note of every single elected “republican” who is not supporting the President in the tariff battle. They are traitors and compromised.
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We are here today for the Good News, which abounds on many fronts. So, on this Friday before Holy Week begins, we recognize the goodness and celebrate.
1- The Trump Team is working on multiple fronts to secure protections for the United States.
OUR Panama Canal is key to having military readiness in the region and it is vital as a trade route.
Trump-Hegseth Win as U.S.-Panama Jointly Affirm Shift from China, Secure Canal Traffic, Address Migration.
QUOTE: The U.S. and Panama are rebooting their strategic partnership, ditching China’s influence and locking in a robust security upgrade centered on the Panama Canal, The National Pulse can report late Tuesday evening.
In a high-level meeting on April 8, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez in Panama City to reaffirm their decades-long security relationship. At the core of the new commitment: boosting joint military training, strengthening cyber and maritime defense, and streamlining military vessel passage through the Canal.
Hegseth strongly endorsed Mulino’s pledge to pull Panama out of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Belt and Road Initiative—making it the first nation in the Western Hemisphere to formally exit the Beijing-backed infrastructure scheme. U.S. officials have long viewed the CCP’s growing influence in Latin America as a direct threat to global trade routes and regional sovereignty.
Hegseth also praised Panama’s firm action on border enforcement, commending the Mulino government for reducing illegal immigration and sealing off the notorious Darién Gap—long used as a corridor by smugglers and illegal migrants.
For Washington, the stakes are high: the Panama Canal remains a critical artery for global commerce and military mobility. For Panama, the renewed alliance signals a break with CCP encroachment—and a return to sovereignty-centered defense with American backing.
Earlier today, Secretary Hegseth announced the reopening of the long-abandoned Fort Sherman, doubling down on the cooperation between the two nations and investing in Panama’s security with U.S. interests in mind.
2- The Trump Admin is working on many levels to stimulate the USA economy. Here is one aspect of that effort and the possibilities it has for the future.
Timber!!! Trump Lets Lumber Companies Use National Forest for Lumbering
QUOTE: In a bold move that champions both economic growth and practical forest management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday that it will greenlight logging in America’s national forests. This decision, spearheaded by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last month aimed at revitalizing the nation’s timber industry. For Americans, this is a long-overdue step toward restoring common-sense stewardship of our natural resources while bolstering rural economies battered by years of overregulation and neglect.
America’s 154 national forests span roughly 188.3 million acres, with California alone hosting 18 of them. These vast woodlands have been plagued by mismanagement, leaving them vulnerable to devastating wildfires, insect infestations, and disease. “Healthy forests require work, and right now, we’re facing a national forest emergency,” Rollins declared in a statement. She’s right. The data backs her up: Overgrown forests choked with deadwood have fueled catastrophic blazes in recent years, threatening lives, property, and the very ecosystems environmentalists claim to protect. Rollins’ memo promises to expand timber production by 25 percent, empowering the U.S. Forest Service to cut through bureaucratic red tape and take decisive action to thin forests, reduce fire risks, and save communities.
This isn’t just about trees—it’s about people. Rural America, long sidelined by coastal elites and their regulatory obsessions, stands to gain the most. Logging means jobs—good, honest work for communities that have seen sawmills shutter and livelihoods vanish. By slashing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) hurdles and easing contracting burdens, the USDA is putting faith in forest managers to do what’s right for the land and the people who depend on it. President Trump’s March 1 order set the stage, directing Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to prioritize timber output and sound management over endless environmental reviews. It’s a refreshing rejection of the paralysis-by-analysis that has crippled resource industries for decades.
3- Dems have at last gotten something right. They are finally letting go of the cult of Obama. That is great news for America.
Democrats refuse Barack Obama’s election meddling — as former prez’s influence within the desperate party withers
QUOTE: Barack Obama has lost his mojo and ruined his brand.
It used to be said that President Joe Biden was serving former President Obama’s third term, that his former boss was controlling him from the home he had bought in DC’s ritzy Kalorama neighborhood, two miles from the White House.
The feeling was that Obama was the real leader of the Democratic Party and his wife, Michelle, was the secret weapon they would whip out in 2024 to replace Biden and trounce Donald Trump.
Well, none of it came to pass, and judging by his irrelevant poll numbers, Obama’s star has long faded.
In a CNN poll last month, Obama received only 4% support from Democrats who were asked which leader best represents the party, lagging behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. Ouch.
4- Even more good news about the end of influence from anyone named Obama. We are just not that in to you, MichelleMyBelle.
Big Flop: Michelle Obama’s Podcast Draws Some Embarrassing Numbers – Why Is Nobody Listening?
QUOTE: Here's a philosophical riddle for our readers: If Michelle Obama does a podcast, and nobody is around to hear it, did it ever really happen?
Sorry to go all zen on folks, but that is a dilemma facing the former First Lady as she receives humiliating news on the podcast front. Mainly, the number of people actually listening is few and far between.
The podcast "IMO," launched in early March, received great publicity. It features Mrs. Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, discussing riveting topics such as whether or not beets deserve warning labels.
The Apple Podcast chart shows IMO down in the number 21 slot, while Spotify has them faring even worse - a dreadful 34th.
If one ventures over to YouTube, they'll find some truly dismal numbers on video clips from the show.
On both Spotify and Apple, "IMO" ranks well behind other political or entertainment names, including "The Tucker Carlson Show," "The Joe Rogan Experience," and the sex podcast Kamala Harris helped promote, "Call Her Daddy.”
Mrs. Obama's podcast was accompanied by a significant promotional push from Higher Ground, the Obamas’ media company, and Michelle herself. Michelle promoted the show as an alternative place for people to chill while Donald Trump runs the country.
5- This made us chuckle a little.
French Business Leaders Reject President Macron’s Demand to Divest from USA
QUOTE: According to French media, quoting multiple corporate leaders and company directors throughout France, the leadership of France’s biggest companies told Macron to ‘get stuffed’ following the French president’s demand to divest their interests from America.
President Macron ordered 50 of the largest companies with positions in the USA to attend an emergency economic meeting at Elysée Palace. As reported by French media, “Some of us fell out of our chairs,” confided one of the 50 or so French business leaders invited.”
“We are not in an administered economy,” thunders the leader of an employers’ movement. And the CEO of a CAC 40 giant bluntly asserts: “I don’t give a damn about what Macron says. We have operations in the United States. There is no question of abandoning them just like that. We must respect our commitments to our employees, our customers and our shareholders. An opinion shared by a manager of a spirits producer: “It is out of the question to stop investing in the United States, especially in the current economic slump.”
This type of reaction should not be surprising at it reflects the transparent disconnect between ideological government officials and generally pragmatic business leaders. Macron can stomp his reactionary feet, but corporate leaders and company owners are focused on the purpose of their enterprise, profit.The American consumer market is the most valuable consumer market in the world. We do not have the largest population; however, we do have the largest population with the ability to purchase things. It is the ability to buy stuff that makes access to the U.S. market the golden ticket for foreign company sales and profit.
6- Accountability for all our soldiers who were forced to get injected.
Senior CIA Official Who Facilitated Biden’s Military COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Fired
QUOTE: Terry Adirim, a senior Central Intelligence Agency official and former senior defense official who played a pivotal and potentially illegal role in the Biden Administration’s military vaccine mandate, was recently fired from the agency.
Adirim, a former senior Biden appointee at the Department of Defense who was performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, had decamped in December to the CIA as director of CIA Centers for Global Health Services until about a week ago.
Her firing was related to her role in forcing service members to choose between taking a vaccine that was under Emergency Use Authorization or being kicked out, according to the source.
7- Trump and team do not mess around. Either you support the agenda, or you are outta here. There is no good that comes from having hidden time bombs within these agencies.
Woke Admiral Who Refused to Hang Portraits of Trump, Hegseth Dismissed
QUOTE: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-obsessed Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield has been removed from her role on the NATO Military Committee. The move comes as the Trump administration defunds DEI and roots out “wokeness” in the U.S. military. Chatfield, a three-star officer, was contacted by Adm. Christopher Grady, acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and told the administration wanted to go in a new direction.
According to reports, Chatfield refused to put up a portrait of President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. She also allegedly held a meeting where she told staff, “We will wait them out for four years.” Hegseth is reported to have been instrumental in the decision to fire her.
Chatfield had been included in a list from the American Accountability Foundation of officers overly focused on DEI issues, suggesting they be removed. In a 2015 speech, Chatfield declared, “our diversity is our strength,” and complained there were too many men in Congress.
Several other generals and admirals have been replaced or dismissed by the Trump administration, including Vice Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations.
8- We hear about addiction and it’s horrible results often. SO, when someone rises out of that dark world, it is worthy of celebration. We rejoice in the story of the Vance family and that they were able to commemorate this milestone. This is the story of so many American families who have struggles and joys but persevere through life together.
Salena Zito Washington Examiner
JD Vance fulfills promise to celebrate his mother’s 10-year sobriety at White House
QUOTE: “Well, here we are. And you made it, and we made it. And most importantly, you’re celebrating a very, very big milestone. And I’m just very proud of you,” he said as he teared up, adding, “I’m, I’m gonna try not to cry here.”
For everyone in attendance who had traveled from Kentucky and Ohio to share this important milestone with Aikins and Vance, the word “here” wasn’t just significant because they were in the White House conference room across from the Oval Office. The word “here” also meant that Aikins had survived the addiction that had left her and her son’s life in turmoil for decades.
Sitting to her son’s left as her two grandsons intermittently sat beside her or on her lap, she listened as he recalled her story of recovery, redemption, and hope with the watchful eye of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Rider portrait above him.
“When I think about everything you’ve accomplished over the last 10 years and the fact that when I was thinking about becoming a father, I didn’t know whether you would live long enough to have a relationship with my kids. And now here they are, almost 8, 5, and 3, and you’re the best grandmother that these kids could ever ask for,” he said as both son and mother’s eyes welled.
“It is really an amazing thing to watch. It is one of the great blessings of becoming a father, is that I’ve been able to see these kids develop the love and the affection for you and to see it in return. And that’s just an incredible blessing,” Vance said.
Aikins told me that just over 10 years ago, she would not have been able to enjoy her relationship with her children, nor would she have been able to do the other passion in her life, nursing, because of the debilitating addiction to alcohol, heroin, and pretty much anything else she used to get high that had consumed every aspect of her life.
As Vance wrangled the family together for a portrait, with both boys saluting for the pose, I asked him what this day meant for him. He smiled and said, “It is a good day. It is a very good day.”
9- WHOOHOO!!!! Make Showers GREAT Again!!!! Maybe we will ALL have more beautiful hair now!
'Beautiful Hair': Finally, Donald Trump Signs the Executive Order We've All Been Waiting For
QUOTE: We've all been there, and I do mean all of us. You've had a brutally long day at the office, on the job site, at the family reunion, out working in the yard, or what have you, and the thing you're looking forward to the most once you're done for the day is to unwind and relax, starting with a nice, hot shower.
But then reality hits once you step under the spray of water.
The pressure stinks, forcing you to stay in the shower that much longer to wash and rinse your hair and get cleaned up and refreshed. By the time you're done, you're not feeling relaxed. You're exhausted all over again - and agitated.
On Wednesday, however, help was on the way in the form of an executive order from President Donald Trump that reversed the "low flow shower head" energy regulations that dated back to the Obama-Biden years and which deprived so many of the water pressure they deserved:
Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday rolling back a federal regulation he has blamed for poor water pressure. His order would eliminate restrictions the Obama administration placed on how much water can flow from shower heads, an effort to conserve resources. Trump relaxed those standards during his first term, but President Joe Biden put them back in place.
“No longer will shower heads be weak and worthless,” said a draft of Trump’s order, adding that it intended to “make America’s showers great again.” Trump has for years lamented the effect of low water pressure on his “gorgeous” and “perfect” hair.
By restoring shower freedom, President Trump is following through on his commitment to dismantle unnecessary regulations and put Americans first.
10- This is a little story but part of a bigger effort to remove Christianity from public view. We rejoice in the fact that many people in the new Trump Administration are Christians and do not hide their faith.
“Can We Bring Jesus Up From the Basement?”
QUOTE: In 2023 the Biden Administration ordered a massive painting of Jesus Christ to be removed from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York.
The painting, featured Jesus with His arms outstretched over a lifeboat filled with sailors who were lost at sea. It was originally installed in 1947.
But 75 years later, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a notorious gang of anti-Christian bigots, demanded that the painting be removed because it allegedly offended non-Christians.
Restoration News reported that the painting was eventually stuffed into a damp, moldy basement.
But that may change very quickly thanks to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. On Tuesday he vowed to restore the painting to its rightful place. Duffy, a devout Catholic, made that promise during a speech at Kings Point. “Can we bring Jesus up from the basement,” he asked a crowd of mariners. “Let’s let him rise. You want Jesus up from the basement?” The mariners cheered and roared with approval.
Would it not be fitting if Jesus was restored and raised from the basement grave on Easter Sunday?
11- As we enter Holy Week, we share this different recitation of the events that led to crucifixion and resurrection. It is a reminder of the intentional action by God, who planned, before the foundations of the world were laid, that Jesus would go to the cross.
Here is a short excerpt, but we encourage you to go to the link to get the full impact of the writing and the art.
The end is a powerful correlation to present day, as the Bible always is.
COUNTDOWN JERUSALEM
The Week Jesus Deliberately Forced Power to Show Its Hand
QUOTE: A city on edge. A festival of liberation approaching. Roman soldiers watching from fortress walls. Religious authorities nervously scanning crowds.
And one teacher making his final approach.
History remembers a passive Jesus swept toward crucifixion.
But the evidence reveals something else entirely: A deliberate confrontation. A calculated exposure. A purposeful revelation.
SUNDAY
The eastern road to Jerusalem. Two disciples return with a donkey and colt—exactly as instructed. Not coincidence. Preparation.
He mounts the colt as crowds begin to gather. Palm branches wave. Cloaks spread across dust. "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"The authorities watch from temple heights. "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." "If these were silent, the stones would shout out."
Not spontaneous celebration. Deliberate declaration.
By sunset, the city buzzes with tension. Religious leaders convene emergency meetings. Roman patrols double along narrow streets.
The confrontation has begun.
MONDAY
Morning light floods the temple courts. Money changers count coins. Dove sellers hawk sacrifices. Commerce drowns worship in the Court of Gentiles.He enters without warning. Tables crash. Coins scatter. Cages open.
"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of thieves."
The temple guards freeze, awaiting orders. The priests watch, calculating risks. The crowds fall silent, then erupt in support.
Not random outburst. Strategic disruption at the system's heart.
By evening, the chief priests gather in closed chambers:
"This man must be stopped." "But how? The crowds are with him."
The stakes escalate.
PRAY for the United States of America.
PRAY for all warriors who have been fighting and are still fighting to save our country.
PRAY that all will find the comfort and understanding of our Lord and Savior.
PRAY that we will uncover the truth that has been long hidden by all the corruption and deceit in our government.
SHARE the GOOD NEWS with everyone you know and love.
Hold Fast,
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