New York State Flower: Rose

Nature, State Flowers 2 Minutes

Meet Rose

Since 1955, the official state flower of New York, the rose exquisitely captures the essence and variety of the Empire State. New Yorkers have a particular place in their hearts for this treasured bloom, which is renowned for its brilliant colors and captivating scent. It speaks not only of beauty but also of strength and resilience—qualities that speak to the active culture and rich legacy of the city.

History and Why It Was Chosen as a State Flower

Rose History

The journey of the rose to its status as New York’s state flower is quite fascinating. Officially assigned on June 24, 1955, the rose took place of the less known daisy. This selection represented the flower’s great popularity in gardens all throughout the state and its close ties to New York’s past. Originating in Asia, the rose has thrived in the several climates of New York, fittingly symbolizing the state’s open and inclusive character.


State Flower Choice

Officially assigned on June 24, 1955, the rose took place of the less known daisy. This selection represented the flower’s great popularity in gardens all throughout the state and its close ties to New York’s past. Originating in Asia, the rose has thrived in the several climates of New York, fittingly symbolizing the state’s open and inclusive character.

Biological Information

Rosa is the scientific name for the rose; the Rosaceae family is where it belongs. Red, pink, yellow, and white are just a few of the hues this flowering shrub comes in. Its bright green leaves and prickly stems are well-known. Roses are a sensory feast since their sizes and forms vary from small, delicate blossoms to bigger, more amazing variations.

Roses benefit from abundance of sunlight and like well-drained ground. They proliferate in public parks as well as in private settings and in New York’s urban gardens. Regular watering—especially in dry conditions—helps to maintain their bright appearance and health.

Blooming Period

One of the most anxiously anticipated seasons in New York is rose bloom time. Roses usually bloom late spring to early fall, with best beauty visible from June to August. The length of the blooming would vary according on the type and environment from few days to many weeks. The longevity of the blossoms depends mostly on factors including temperature, sunlight, and waterings methods.

Meaning, Symbolism, and Representation

Roses carry profound symbolic meanings, representing love, passion, and beauty. In New York, they are woven into the fabric of the state’s traditions, appearing in festivals, weddings, and celebrations. The rose serves as a reminder of the enduring spirit and charm that define New York.

Beyond their aesthetic beauty, roses symbolize resilience and hope. They flourish in parks, gardens, and backyards, serving as a testament to the vibrant life and creativity that characterizes New York.

SOURCE: MYGLOBALFLOWERS.COM

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  5. Good morning, Pat and Filly,

    Love roses!!! – their fragrance, beauty, cool soft petals… roses are therapy for me.

    This song comes to mind…

    “The Rose”
    (from “The Rose” soundtrack)

    Some say, “Love. It is a river
    That drowns the tender reed”
    Some say, “Love. It is a razor
    That leaves your soul to bleed”
    Some say, “Love. It is a hunger
    An endless aching need”
    I say, “Love. It is a flower
    And you its only seed”

    It’s the heart afraid of breaking
    That never learns to dance
    It’s the dream afraid of waking
    That never takes the chance
    It’s the one who won’t be taken
    Who cannot seem to give
    And the soul afraid of dyin’
    That never learns to live

    When the night has been too lonely
    And the road has been too long
    And you think that love is only
    For the lucky and the strong
    Just remember in the winter
    Far beneath the bitter snows
    Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
    In the spring becomes the rose

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    1. Morning GA!
      hope all is well with you and Sally Q!
      I love roses myself and I tried growing miniature ones at the old house. they were yellow and pretty till the deer discovered the buds were delicious. they ate every bud after that. sigh
      I didn’t even try them here.

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  6. For Monday Holy Week…

     MY SONG IS LOVE UNKNOWN

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Song_Is_Love_Unknown

    My song is love unknown,

      my Saviour’s love to me;

    love to the loveless shown,

      That they might lovely be.

        O who am I,

          that for my sake

          my Lord should take

        frail flesh and die?

    He came from his blest throne 

      salvation to bestow; 

    but men made strange, and none 

      the longed-for Christ would know. 

        But O, my Friend, 

          my Friend indeed, 

          who at my need

        his life did spend!

    Sometimes they strew His way,

      and His sweet praises sing;

    resounding all the day

       hosannas to their King.

        Then ‘Crucify!’

          is all their breath,

          and for His death

        they thirst and cry.

    Why, what hath my Lord done?

      What makes this rage and spite?

    He made the lame to run,

      he gave the blind their sight.

        Sweet injuries!

          yet they at these

          themselves displease,

        and ‘gainst him rise.

    They rise, and needs will have

      my dear Lord made away;

    a murderer they save,

      the Prince of Life they slay.

        Yet cheerful He

          to suffering goes,

          that He His foes

        from thence might free.

    In life no house, no home

      my Lord on earth might have;

    in death no friendly tomb

      but what a stranger gave.

        What may I say?

          Heav’n was his home;

          but mine the tomb

        wherein he lay.

    Here might I stay and sing:

      no story so divine;

    never was love, dear King,

      never was grief like Thine!

        This is my Friend,

          in Whose sweet praise

          I all my days

        could gladly spend.

    — Samuel Crossman, Common Praise 

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  10. TheseTruths

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    April 14, 2025 01:07

    This is a typical article that argues for due process for illegals and lists some SCOTUS decisions that seem to support it. I think there are nuances within such decisions and that they don’t necessarily mean that people purposely breaking our laws and evading law enforcement can hide until found and brought to trial. This might end up back at the Supreme Court.

    https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes-illegal-aliens-have-constitutional-rights/

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    April 14, 2025 01:23

    Aliens have constitutional rights if they are charged with a crime.

    That has nothing to do with being removed [deported] from this country because the feds aren’t charging the illegals criminally.

    They are being processed in Admin court. For being here without permission.

    That is why SCOTUS held that their only access to the justice system [immigration court is NOT part of the justice system] was through a habeas petition in the jurisdiction where they are being held.

    They cannot just walk into a fed district court and sue [like we citizens can].

    Notice that Homan and ICE have to knock on the door and ask them to open up. Because they don’t have a warrant. They want these guys out. To get a warrant, the US Attorney has to file charges.

    ICE can’t deport the alien because he’s then under Article 3 court jurisdiction. So they just process them administratively and poof! on a plane to CECOT.

    Hope this helps.

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    April 14, 2025 01:32

    Hope this helps.

    Yes! Thank you for that explanation. (I think the Left will ignore those facts for propaganda purposes.)

    So it’s in the government’s interest to not file charges of crimes because that would place the illegals in the justice system, which would require trials and due process (if I’m understanding correctly). But administrative processing outside of the court system enables illegals to be removed immediately.

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  12. TheseTruths

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    April 14, 2025 01:18

    Arizona to Remove Up to 50,000 Noncitizens From Voter Rolls After Successful Conservative Lawsuit

    All 15 counties in Arizona have now started reviewing and cleaning their voter rolls to remove noncitizens, including nearly 50,000 voters who registered without showing proof of U.S. citizenship.

    The lawsuit was filed by America First Legal (AFL) on behalf of EZAZ.org and Yvonne Cahill, a naturalized U.S. citizen and registered voter. AFL was founded by Trump advisor Stephen Miller.

    It argued that election officials were not following Arizona law, which requires proof of citizenship to vote in state and local elections. Counties must also run monthly checks to confirm the citizenship status of registered voters.

    As part of the settlement, Arizona counties must now work with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify the citizenship of voters who didn’t provide documentation when registering…

    Arizona currently requires proof of citizenship to vote in local or state contests, while counties must regularly check a group known as “federal-only voters.”

    These are about 50,000 people who did not give proof of citizenship when they signed up. These voters cannot vote in state or local races until their citizenship is verified…

    Arizona, and particularly its most populous area of Maricopa County, has long been considered ground zero for Democratic election fraud.

    The cheating was especially prevalent during the 2020 presidential election and the 2022 governor’s race, when election officials spent days “counting” votes only to eventually declare Democrats as the winners by the closest of margins.

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  13. Tucker interviews Mary Taylor Bowden!

    https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1907478555727904904

    Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson
    Five years after the greatest crime in American history, the only people who’ve been punished are the ones who told the truth about Covid. 

    Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is one of them. 

    0:00 Dr. Mary Talley Bowden Was Right All Along 

    6:19 The Origin of the Government’s Propaganda Campaign 

    17:57 How the Medical Establishment Tried to Destroy Dr. Bowden 

    22:30 How Much Money Was Made From the Pandemic? 

    24:17 How Effective Is Ivermectin? 

    20:24 When Did the Healthcare Industry Become Politicized? 

    39:26 The Health of Dr. Bowden’s Patients Compared to Others 

    49:04 Does the COVID Shot Need to Be Pulled From the Market? 

    50:06 They’re Giving Babies the Covid Shot 

    53:33 The Link Between Cancer and Covid 

    1:00:25 The Legal Protection of Vaccine Developers 

    1:09:48 Why Is There So Much Secrecy Around Covid Data? 

    1:13:01 Will Medicine Get Better Because of This? 

    1:20:00 How to Fix the Healthcare Industry 

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  14. SCORE!
    i managed to swat the chipmunk off the deck–cost me a sunflower seed. lol. he ran (predictably) under the grill…I took my broom and stooped and shoved him off the deck. he’ll be back…little sucker has been back 3 times this morning. we moved the trap to behind the table and he goes in –he can smell the little dish of seeds in there– but he never goes in far enough to trip the cage. sigh.
    the battle continues.

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      1. Good Morning Filly!

        yup, you told me I would have no problem with a critter coming and eating a few seeds, but this one? he sits there and eats and eats…chasing off the birds. that’s the problem with illegals!! LOL consuming resources not meant for them! LOL

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        1. ROFL – perfect! Seriously, did I say that?!?! Considering my battles with the squirrels….I can’t imagine me saying that…..! Hmmm…wonder what planet I was on?!?!

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  16. Hmmmm….this has me shaking my head…WTF??? Then again, it IS coming from CBS News so….IMO, Ghost should have said: “…..that the phone call happened at all!”

    H.R. McMaster Receives Accidental Call From President Trump

    Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.

    McMaster, who had served as national security adviser during President Trump’s first term and was ousted after 13 months, was surprised to hear from Mr. Trump at all. Just a day earlier, on March 2, Mr. Trump had lobbed his latest insult at McMaster, blasting him on social media as a “weak and totally ineffective loser.” […]

    “Henry…” is how Trump opened the call before launching into the conversation, according to two sources who were not authorized to discuss private conversations. It was then that McMaster knew this familiar voice was indeed Mr. Trump. But he also realized something else: the commander-in-chief had not intended to call him at all. McMaster goes by H.R., short for Herbert Raymond. Not Henry.

    “Mr. President, this is H.R. McMaster,” he said into the phone.

    “Why the f*** would I talk” to H.R. McMaster? Trump asked dismissively, and then Trump launched into a scathing critique of his former aide, two sources said. The call was brief. — CBS News

    Our Take: This is one of those stories that really warms the heart, while firing up the Trump-a-Mania pistons.

    My favorite part about this narrative deployment is that the “leak” appears to have come from the HR McMaster camp, and there appear to think that they are “owning” President Trump with it.

    So let me get this straight: President Trump “accidentally” rings up HR McMasters, and starts talking to him as if he is somebody else; McMasters interrupts Trump to tell him that he’s speaking to the former general, not the South Carolina Governor; Trump responds by saying, “Why the f*** would I want to talk to [that loser]?” and then goes into a “scathing critique” of the guy he totally didn’t mean to call — the same guy who just went on 60 Minutes to slander Trump?

    And the media actually believes that the phone call was a mistake? Hahaha!
    — GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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  20. “Trump goes nuclear on ‘out of control’ CBS over new ’60 Minutes,’ vows to fight back: ‘They should lose their license!’”

    by Daily BS Wire, April 14, 2025

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “President Donald Trump continues to challenge CBS over its outrageously bias ‘fraudulent’ reporting, threatening the network with substantial penalties and calling for the cancellation of its broadcasting license. The latest fury stems from Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” which he says grossly misrepresented his administration’s actions.

    “Almost every week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of Dollars for the fraud they committed in the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the name “TRUMP” in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s “BROADCAST” tops them all,” President Trump posted on Truth Social.

    “They did not one, but TWO, major stories on “TRUMP,” one having to do with Ukraine, which I say is a War that would never have happened if the 2020 Election had not been RIGGED, in other words, if I were President and, the other story was having to do with Greenland, casting our Country, as led by me, falsely, inaccurately, and fraudulently.

    “I am so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Fake News, and Paramount, over their fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting. They did everything possible to illegally elect Kamala, including completely and corruptly changing major answers to Interview questions, but it just didn’t work for them. They are not a “News Show,” but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as “News,” and must be responsible for what they have done, and are doing. They should lose their license!

    “Hopefully, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as headed by its Highly Respected Chairman, Brendan Carr, will impose the maximum fines and punishment, which is substantial, for their unlawful and illegal behavior. CBS is out of control, at levels never seen before, and they should pay a big price for this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

    Trump’s legal actions against CBS have intensified, with his amended lawsuit now seeking $20 billion in damages. The suit alleges that CBS’s editing of Kamala Harris’s interview as his presidential opponent was designed to bolster her electoral chances by making her appear more articulate. The lawsuit includes CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, as a defendant. Lawyers for President Trump argue that the case should not be dismissed on First Amendment grounds, citing business motivations behind CBS’s actions.”

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  21. This is ridiculous! The fact that Shapiro is Jewish has absolutely NOTHING to do with this!!! JUST STOP!!!!

    American Wire News: “A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home and lighting it on fire. Authorities say the suspect snuck into the governor’s home while he and his family were sleeping and started the fire, prompting Shapiro, his wife Lori, four children, two dogs, and other family members to evacuate.

    The man suspected of plotting and carrying out the alleged arson was identified as 38-year-old Cody Balmer, who reportedly turned himself in to police. He is accused of targeting the Jewish politician’s home just hours after he hosted a Passover dinner for his family. According to the affidavit, the man reportedly admitted to harboring “hatred” for the governor and planned to beat him with a hammer if he had come across Shapiro in his own home.

    Balmer was somehow able to evade authorities actively searching for him, scaling an iron security fence and breaking windows with a hammer before entering the home and using handmade Molotov cocktails to start the blaze. He also admitted to putting gasoline siphoned from a lawnmower into beer bottles, according to the affidavit. Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police called the alleged arson a “methodical” attack on the governor.

    Luckily, everyone was safely evacuated from the home and the blaze was safely extinguished. When asked if he knew there was a possibility Shapiro and other family members could have been in the home at the time of the fire, Balmer reportedly answered affirmatively.

    “Balmer has faced criminal charges over the past decade, including simple assault, theft, and forgery, according to online court records. He drew a sentence of probation after guilty pleas to theft and forgery counts. Simple assault charges from 2023 appeared unresolved,” reported WBAL-TV.

    The suspect is currently being charged with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault, and was actually due back in court on a separate case involving a 2023 simple assault charge.

    Vice President JD Vance condemned the attack as “really disgusting violence,” while Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman called it “truly appalling.” Shapiro thanked everyone who had offered support and encouragement, claiming he will not be “deterred” by the violence.

    “I want you all to know that your prayers lift us up, and in this moment of darkness we are choosing to see light,” he said in an emotional statement. “This type of violence is not OK,” he added. “We have to be better than this.”

    “If this individual was trying to deter me from doing my job as your governor, rest assured, I will find a way to work even harder than I was.”

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    1. well, it MIGHT be but to say it before hearing the assailant’s own words it’s all speculation. and I agree…it’s not all about jewish people. maybe shapiro ran over his cat when the guy was 5…we don’t know,

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          1. “Meet the man who firebombed Josh Shapiro and his family as they slept. Take it in, you won’t see this picture tomorrow in the news.”

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  27. MORNING MUSING

    Townhall: “The reference to the proverbial “Florida man” has been a long-running joke — no offense to our own resident Florida Man, Brad Slager — but lately, there’s been a lot of talk about a “Maryland father.” The fate of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains to be sorted out — and it’s been fascinating to watch the legal battles over it — but coverage of the case in the legacy media has overwhelmingly and repeatedly referred to him as a “Maryland father,” as though his having taken up residence in the Old Line State and produced offspring somehow negates the fact that he was in the country illegally — and subject to an order of removal (with the caveat that he was not to be removed back to his home country). 

    And let’s say the media wants to ignore the fact that in 2019, an immigration judge found DHS’ determination that Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13 “trustworthy” and “supported by other evidence” and avoid, at all costs, conceding his membership in the gang now designated a “foreign terrorist organization.” They could just as easily refer to him as the “Salvadoran national” that he is — that’s not a loaded characterization in either direction. But no, they insist on referring to him as merely a “Maryland father” in an effort to evoke sympathy for his plight. 

    Well, fine, we can all play that game, right? So, I’ve decided I’m going to take to regularly referring to President Trump as a “Florida grandfather.” 

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    1. I was just reading this!

      FTA

      BOOM! Top Trump advisor Stephen Miller just went BERSERK for 3 minutes straight on Fox over the media narrative that Trump must bring home Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.

      Miller perfectly debunked this ENTIRE claim that Garcia’s deportation was an “error.” This entire thing is a MASTERCLASS.

      “We won the Supreme Court case. Clearly, 9-0, a district court judge said, unconscionably, that the president and his administration have to go into El Salvador and extradite one of their citizens, an El Salvadorian citizen – that would be kidnapping.”

      “That we have to kidnap an El Salvadorian citizen against the will of his government and fly him back to America, which would be an unimaginable act and an invasion of El Salvador’s sovereignty. So he appealed to the Supreme Court and it said – clearly, no district court can compel the president to exercise his Article II foreign powers.”

      “DOJ called me after that Supreme Court ruling and they said, this is amazing. We won this case nine zero. We are an excellent standing here. So this has been portrayed wrong for 72 hours in the media.”

      “They said the most a court could ever compel you to do would be to facilitate return, which would basically mean if El Salvador voluntarily sends him back we wouldn’t block him at the airport. We would put him back into ICE detention and then he would be deported either back to El Salvador or somewhere else.”

      “In 2019, he was ordered deported. He is a final removal order from the United States. These are things that no one disputes. Where is he from? El Salvador. Where is he a resident and citizen of? El Salvador. Is he here illegally? Yes. Does he have a deportation order? Yes.”

      “A DOJ lawyer who has since been relieved of duty, a saboteur, a Democrat, put into a filing incorrectly that this was a mistaken and removal. It was NOT! This was the right person sent to the right place.”

      “Now some have said, well, but he had a thing called a ‘withholding order.’ A withholding order means you’ve been ordered deported, but an immigration judge is saying you cannot go back to a particular country. Here’s the thing: if you are a member of a foreign terrorist organization, you cannot have a withholding order.”

      “Since he’s in MS-13, there is no withholding order. Furthermore, that gang he is accused of being persecuted by doesn’t exist anymore in El Salvador! The 18th Street gang is GONE.”

      “So you have an illegal alien from El Salvador. Bill, where are we supposed to send the illegal alien from El Salvador? To what country?”

      HOST: Are you convinced he is still a member of MS-13? That was your original charge.

      MILLER: “Yes. Do you stand by But here’s the thing, Bill. Yes, but not only am I convinced of it, not only is El Salvador convinced of it. Bill, he’s an illegal alien from El Salvador with a deportation order! So his only options in life, Bill, his only options in life are to be deported to El Salvador or to be deported to some other country. That’s IT.”

      https://thelibertydaily.com/stephen-miller-flusters-fox-news-host-bill-hemmer/

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    2. two other interesting takes on the “maryland father”

      IndianPrincess1901

      IndianPrincess1901

      April 14, 2025 11:47 am

      Reply to  Troublemaker10

      He’s a WITNESS

      They want to Epstein him! Funny how they aren’t crying about any other deportees EXCEPT the handful they’re beyond desperate to get back

      Everyone sqwawking about how Kash Patel’s short reign over ATF should think about that time Eric Holder got held in contempt of Congress…I’d say there’s a better-than-average chance it’s probably the same reason he went on TV a few days ago bawling his eyeballs out over this scumbag

      IndianPrincess1901

      April 14, 2025 11:48 am

      Reply to  IndianPrincess1901

      Tell me Saint Bukele isn’t running a witness-protection program!

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  30. H/T Rodney

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  31. “Break out the crying towels – “Efforts to go to restaurants, to have social gatherings, things that are very much beer occasions, have softened in the more recent term,” Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands said. The executive said that Latino customers, who represent half of the beer brand’s customer base, have limited social gatherings, which Newlands said often include beer drinking. 

    The report goes on and on about the plight of the poor illegals and a buncha other crap, but the bottom line is they were makin’ serious cash on all the illegals who are now afraid to go out for fear of getting busted. Boo-fuckin’-hoo, cousin…”

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  34. (Video)

    “REAL ID is About Election Integrity”

    Clandestine, Apr 14, 2025

    🔥HERE WE GO🔥

    Noem confirms that REAL ID will help the states secure elections! It looks like Trump is trying to use existing laws on the books to secure elections, similar to how he created DOGE by repurposing an agency that already existed.

    This is about ELECTION INTEGRITY!

    Noem also confirms that “at the federal level, that information is NOT going to be any biometric information.” So these narratives that this is some sort of “digital ID” or “social credit score”, are overblown. This about identifying who is here LEGALLY, so we can make life difficult for those who are here ILLEGALLY, and prevent them from voting in our elections.

    As I proposed the other day, REAL ID appears to be the gateway to securing elections, or at least the start. If we combine more secure ID with paper ballots and same-day voting, the Dems will no longer be able to use their favorite election fraud methods, i.e. illegals voting and ballot harvesting. They will never win a federal election again.

    And the beauty of this whole plan, is that Trump does NOT have to go through Congress, because the laws are already on the books. The Biden regime just refused to enforce it, and pushed back the deadline from 2023 to 2025. Trump might be onto something here.”

    Video: https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/real-id-is-about-election-integrity

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  38. So i made the Easter candy today. I made the centers this morning and put them in the fridge to get cold. then after lunch i melted the chocolate and crushed the peanuts. In the meantime, the chipmunk set off the trap on the deck. then he panicked and squeezed his little but THRU the tiny openings in the sides. so hubby went back out and reset it, not 15 minutes later, he set it off again. i was doing better chasing him with the broom. now he’s just toying with us…LOL

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  39. Just The News: “Harvard University on Monday announced that it will not comply with demands from the Trump administration, even as the administration threatens to withhold federal funding.

    The Trump administration has been conducting probes at elite universities over their alleged handling of antisemitism on their campuses. It has already reduced some of its funding for schools like Princeton, where students participated in protests last year.

    Harvard President Alan Garber told the university in an email that it has received an updated list of demands from the current administration, which includes reforming its acceptance of international students who are “hostile to the American values and institutions.”

    “It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner,” Garber said. “Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the ‘intellectual conditions’ at Harvard.”

    Another demand was allowing the government to audit programs offered at the school “that most fuel antisemitic harassment or reflect ideological capture.”

    Garber claimed that the demands were “unprecedented” and were a federal overreach because the government was trying to control the school. He added that the university has formally rejected the demands through legal counsel.

    “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the university wrote in a post to X. “Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”

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  43. Just The News: “The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut at least $9 billion in federal funding from the upcoming budget, which includes cuts to funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other controversial programming.

    A White House official told The Hill that the cuts would include funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which oversees National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS, and USAID because aspects of funding for both organizations go to things that do not align with the Trump administration. 

    The rescission package is expected to be formally presented to Congress when it returns from its Easter recess on April 28.”

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  48. “El Salvador’s President Issues the Ultimate Challenge to Trump: Bukele dropped a line so good, President Trump asked if he could steal it.”

    The Vigilant Fox, Apr 14, 2025

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    EXCERPT: “El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, visited President Trump on Monday, but by the way the conversation went, it became obvious he wasn’t just there for a photo op. He came with a message—and he delivered it directly to President Trump.

    “You have 350 million people to liberate,” he said as a challenge, looking Trump in the eye. This wasn’t just talk. Bukele said it while pointing to how he turned things around in his country, El Salvador. “We turned the murder capital of the world—that’s what the journalists called it—into the safest country in the western hemisphere,” he said.

    Some critics have focused on the mass arrests his administration carried out, but Bukele reframed it, saying, “Sometimes they say we imprisoned thousands. I like to say we liberated millions.”

    Trump couldn’t help but smile. “That’s very good! Who gave him that line? Do you think I can use that?” he asked.

    Bukele kept going, getting to the heart of the issue. “To liberate 350 million people, you have to imprison some. That’s the way it works, right? You can’t just free the criminals and think crime’s going to go down magically. You have to imprison them—so you can liberate 350 million Americans asking for the end of crime and the end of terrorism.”

    This interaction set the stage for a conversation between two leaders who see public safety as non-negotiable…..”

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    1. “…..“Yes, it was a 9-0, in our favor,” Miller confirmed before droping this closer: “That is the president of El Salvador. Your questions about, per the court, can only be directed to him.”

      So Kaitlan Collins did exactly that. She turned to Bukele and asked: “Do you plan to return him?”

      Bukele didn’t hesitate and replied, “Well, I suppose you’re not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right? How can I smuggle? How can I return him to the United States? Like I smuggle him into the United States? Or what do I do? Of course I’m not going to do it.”

      He called out the framing directly, adding, “The question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist to the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”

      “I mean, we’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country,” Bukele continued before dropping a line that made Collins look foolish.

      “We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country of the western hemisphere, and you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world? That’s—that’s not going to happen,” Bukele shot back.

      And just like that, the media narrative fell apart—right in front of the cameras….”

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  50. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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