What Shall We Bake Today?

Food 1 Minute

I found an unusual recipe that I haven’t tried yet, but I plan to! Butterfinger Cake!

Ingredients

yellow cake mix plus ingredients to prepare (1 box)

14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (1 can)

12.25 ounces caramel sauce (1 jar)

8 ounces Cool Whip thawed (or 3 cups homemade)

4 full-size Butterfingers candy bars

Instructions

Preheat the oven and prepare the yellow cake mix according to the package directions for a 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish.

While the cake is baking, mix together caramel sauce and sweetened condensed milk in a medium bowl.

Take the cake out of the oven. While it’s still warm poke holes all over the top with the back of a wooden spoon, skewer, or a fork.

Pour the caramel mixture all over the warm cake and then let it sit on a wire rack until completely cooled. (The cake will soak up the caramel)

Crush up all the Butterfingers and sprinkle 2 of the candy bars evenly over the cake.

*Pro Tip: Put the candy bars in the freezer so they’ll crush better. Then crush the Butterfingers in the wrappers, cut the tops off, and pour them out over the cake.

Frost the cake with the Cool Whip so the entire top is covered.

Sprinkle the top of the cake with the remaining 2 crushed Butterfingers. Store in the fridge until ready to cut into 12 slices and serve.

Enjoy!

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112 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. Good morning, Pat! Looking ahead to a 100+ temp day…..OK, I’m looking for suggestions on how to decorate this CW stump….I want something that would be in proportion, which means BIG! Any thoughts? Hmmm….I thought I had taken a picture but apparently not. I’ll take one when it gets light to show the scale needed. Of course, something for veterans comes to mind but…..I want something different and unique. I’d love a huge statue of a horse….

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    1. Good Morning Filly!
      would a stuffed raccoon do?
      the damned thing pooped on the deck again last night AND our trail camera is not picking it up somehow.
      hubby is getting frustrated and i’m just disgusted.

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    2. Good morning, Y’all! WP has changed the rules again and evidently, I have to sign in at every sister blog individually, by clicking the blue W circle at the bottom of the comment box.

      N. FL is having typical weather on the first day of Summer – 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 103.

      We are getting toward the end of the work cleaning out Sally Q’s apartment. We donated most things that the family didn’t want to the Village thrift shops. Sabrina and I took a few things. 

      All the clearing and cleaning out has gotten me to the mindset of finally cleaning out my own house and closets of excess stuff. Way past time!

      Still grieving the loss of our daughter – but would not bring her back to endure another day of disability. 

      This weekend, I’m planning to clean and touch up the color of the grout on the bathroom floor of her apartment. Also, some people are coming to pick up furniture and help me move some pieces into my car and into the spare apartment in this building, which has a leak, that I’m using as storage, sewing, staging, sleeping and bathing. Still cooking in Sally’s apartment.

      Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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  2. Just The News: “A federal appeals court ruled late Thursday that President Donald Trump may retain control over California’s National Guard while Gov. Gavin Newsom pursues a lawsuit challenging the administration’s use of the troops to quell anti-immigration enforcement riots in Los Angeles.

    A three-judge panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed Trump a victory by unanimously extending its pause on U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer’s ruling that the president had activated the National Guard into federal service illegally.

    Breyer ruled Trump violated U.S. law governing a president’s ability to take control of a state’s National Guard by failing to coordinate with the governor, and also found that the conditions set out under the statute to allow this move, such as a rebellion against federal authority, did not exist.

    But the appellate judges ruled unanimously that Trump likely would prevail in the lawsuit, and therefore could maintain control over the guard units for the time being.

    “Affording the President that deference, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority under § 12406(3), which authorizes federalization of the National Guard when the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States,” the court stated.”

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    1. gavin is seeing his dreams of the presidency slip away because he can’t control the rioters. he can’t dispel the illegals. his financial policies ruined CA. the rest of the country do not want this mess anywhere near the presidency.

      and his ginned up aunt is probably egging him on.

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      1. Oh, sit on top or recessed into the stump! No way I can cover that beast! But I will strip off the remaining bark and seal it with shellac or something along that line.

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        1. this is what our stump looks like after many years….lol. hubby made that tray on top for 2 corn blocks to sit in. the porkys and the bears have chewed on the one side because maybe the weather broke down the blocks a little and the “juice” ran down there?

          we’ve seen squirrels munching on it too…lol

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  6. Just The News: “The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has been engaging in an online attack since Wednesday against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling for his resignation. 

    Director Bill Pulte, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in January and confirmed in March, began his five-year term overseeing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. He has written more than a dozen posts on social media calling for Powell’s resignation, according to The Hill. 

    Pulte’s campaign started shortly before the Fed announced Wednesday it would be keeping interest rates unchanged for another month. President Trump has been publicly blasting Powell and the Fed for not cutting interest rates even though the unemployment rate remains close to historic lows.

    Trump and Pulte both claim the Fed is hurting the U.S. economy by not lowering the rate. Pulte has pointed to its effect on the housing market by keeping 30-year fixed mortgage rates close to 7 percent.

    “As Chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, I can tell you that Jay Powell is hurting the housing market by being Too Late to lower rates. He needs to resign, effective immediately,” Pulte wrote Wednesday.

    Trump nominated Powell to be the Fed chairman in 2017, and he was confirmed in 2018, succeeding Janet Yellen.

    The vote to keep the rates steady was unanimous by all 12 of the Fed officials who voted on that decision.”  

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    1. he’s costing up billions in interest. if the debt is held by the federal reserve, then keeping interest rates high only benefits them–makes them richer. we need out of the federal reserve system. they make moves that benefit them not the country.

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  7. Just The News: “The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has named 21-year-old New Jersey native Jakhi Lodgson-McCray as the suspect behind the torching of several police vehicles in Brooklyn earlier this month. 

    Brooklyn police say that on Thursday, June 12, at approximately 1 a.m., the suspect climbed over a gate and entered a police parking lot where he allegedly placed fire starters on the windshields, hoods, and tires of several NYPD vehicles, according to ABC/7 News. A fire ignited, damaging 11 NYPD vehicles.

    “This was an attack on the NYPD but it was also an attack on the safety of the community of Bushwick,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said, adding that “we do believe that he acted alone, and obviously he targeted this location because it is a police facility.” He said that the suspect changed his disguise “several times during his escape.”

    The NYPD’s social media accounts posted photos Wednesday of Lodgson-McCray, adding that “there is zero tolerance for anyone who attacks the NYPD,” per The Daily Caller. 

    He was wanted previously for causing over $1,000 worth of damage last fall to a Columbia University statue during anti-Israel protests, police said. The Daily Caller reports that he has two open criminal cases, for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest last month, and another for assault and resisting arrest in May 2024. He pleaded not guilty in both cases and was released without bail.”

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  8. 16 Billion Passwords From Apple, Facebook, Google and More Leaked. Why Has No One Heard of It?

    Sixteen billion passwords to Apple, Facebook, Google, and other social media accounts, as well as government services, were leaked in what researchers are calling the largest data breach ever, according to reports.

    The leak exposed 16 billion login credentials and passwords, prompting both Google to tell billions of users to change their passwords and the FBI to warn Americans against opening suspicious links in SMS messages, according to a report published Thursday in Forbes.

    Researchers at Cybernews, who have been investigating the leak, found “30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each.”

    All but one of these datasets have not been previously reported as being exposed, so the data impacted is all considered new.

    “This is not just a leak – it’s a blueprint for mass exploitation,” the researchers said. And they are right. These credentials are ground zero for phishing attacks and account takeover. “These aren’t just old breaches being recycled,” they warned, “this is fresh, weaponizable intelligence at scale.”
    – The Independent

    Our Take: In this reality — the astounding story about all the major tech platforms having a data breach — the elections industry wants you to believe our elections are impenetrable because a lawyer with his undergrad in environmental science said so.

    Think I’m exaggerating?

    Alex Halderman cited Chris Krebs as an authority in his testimony last week.
    — Ashe in America

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  9. Putin and Xi Discuss Middle East Crisis

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Moscow is ready to help mediate between Iran and Israel, the Kremlin said after their phone call on Thursday, which focused on the worsening conflict in the Middle East. The conversation, which lasted about an hour, was described as “friendly and constructive” by Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov.

    Moscow and Beijing share “identical approaches” to the crisis, Ushakov told reporters, adding that both leaders “strongly condemn Israel’s actions, which violate the UN Charter and other norms of international law.”

    Putin briefed Xi on his recent phone conversations with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held in the aftermath of Israel’s strike on Iran last week. The Russian leader reaffirmed Moscow’s “readiness to carry out possible mediation efforts, if necessary,” Ushakov said, adding that Xi welcomed the initiative, calling it a step that could help defuse the conflict.

    “Both Moscow and Beijing fundamentally believe that there is no military solution to the current situation or to issues related to Iran’s nuclear program. This must be resolved exclusively through political and diplomatic means,” the presidential aide stressed.

    The two leaders agreed to instruct their respective ministries and agencies to stay in close contact and exchange information in the coming days, he added. – RT

    Our Take: The picture they used for the article made me chuckle, because it looks like something out of a Hollywood movie trailer.

    Netanyahu has certainly delivered on the promises I’ve teased over the past 15+ months, becoming the villain that this story deserves. (Sorry, Hillary, but yet again you have had your job taken by a man who outperformed you.) President Trump is obviously playing some sort of a role — a feint; to what end we can only guess, but I would assume that it has something to do with baiting all the liars in the media and political-sphere into exposing themselves.

    But this story still needs a hero, and until President Trump has his kayfabe moment and completes the character arc, that role is going to be filled by Putin and the homies. We’ve gotten our fair share of Kim Jong Un and Mohammed bin Salman, but Xi Jinping has been noticeably absent from the screen for quite some time.

    As I’ve shared before, China now gets 60% of its oil from Iran, thanks to new deals that were struck last year. That means the Chinese economy is very dependent on Iran remaining a stable country that is not being bombed by radicalized zealots.

    Thanks to President Trump’s strongarm negotiating tactics with tariffs, the European Union is now looking to China for cheap goods, so it can keep its crumbling economy propped up until the Great Reset is fully ready to implement. That means the Chinese economy and the European economy are both dependent on Iran remaining a stable, safe place. (Not to mention, the billions of dollars in bilateral investment between Saudi Arabia and Europe, thanks to trade deals negotiated by MBS and Faisal bin Farhan.)

    Israel is being isolated, geopolitically. Nobody will come to their aid, because all of the groundwork has been laid to disincentivize a war with Iran. Netanyahu made the only move he had available in order to remain in office and avoid prison — attack Iran — and now Israel has bitten off more than it can chew.

    But to really sell the story, we still need the dramatic climax and resolution to unfold, and that’s where Putin, Xi, and ultimately Trump, will come in, to face this dangerous animal that is desperately seeking a world war. – GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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      1. oh me too!

        but with so much going on at once–they’re distracting us from something!

        maybe it was planned this way by POTUS and Putin…lol. give the neocons something else to focus on–Israel for instance–and let Putin finish off the little putz…lol

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  13. Charlotte99

    June 20, 2025 6:02 am

    Device Linked To Alleged Political Assassin Travelled To High-Risk Countries, Raising Red Flags Over NGO Ties
    “This is CRAZY! Why is Minneapolis shooter Vance Boelter (or someone close to him) doing so much travel abroad and to DC? This device activity seems to comport with Boelter’s suspicious international…”

    The Oversight Project has uncovered that Vance Luther Boelter — a former appointee of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and now suspected political assassin — may have traveled extensively to several high-risk countries.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/suspected-political-assassin-tracked-high-risk-countries-rising-red-flags

    Charlotte99

    June 20, 2025 6:04 am

    Reply to  Charlotte99

    What’s more interesting is the amount of international travel linked to this device – Visits to Africa, Nepal, Turkey, India, and Dubai. Also visited some major U.S. cities such as Washington, D.C, and other places like the Chicago Yacht Club.

    https://nitter.poast.org/ItsYourGov/status/1935030648999116813

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  14. Jason & Christina showed up to mow/weed eat – at least they’re doing it before it gets hot….SMH – Jason had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth….I know, there is nothing worse that a reformed smoker but seriously?? I mean, he SEES me struggling for air and using oxygen 24/7!!! WTH?!?!

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      1. I think he saw me at the front door but maybe not. If this fake cig I ordered for $9.98 that simply draws air works, I’ll order one for him & it will be up to Christina to make him use it! She did say he wants to quit.

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  15. The Federalist: “The alarmists were right. Ten years after the Obergefell decision enacting same-sex marriage nationwide, its opponents — smeared then and now as cranks and bigots — have been vindicated. Same-sex marriage was sold to the public through a campaign of lies, and the lies are hurting people.

    It is therefore no wonder that support for same-sex marriage seems to have peaked, and may even be starting to decline, especially on the right. Of course, GOP leaders, whether from MAGA or the old establishment, have no stomach for the fight. They just want the issue to go away. They and the left thought that opponents of same-sex marriage should surrender or slink off into the social shadows and fringes.

    But instead, the remaining opponents of same-sex marriage seem emboldened. The latest example comes from the Southern Baptist Convention, which overwhelmingly voted for a resolution calling for Obergefell to be overturned. It is not surprising that Southern Baptists are still against same-sex marriage, but engaging the issue shows that they do not consider it a lost cause. And they may well be right.

    During debates over same-sex marriage, Americans were endlessly told that there was no slippery slope. We were assured that this was about loving adults, and that the gay-rights movement was not going to infringe on anyone else’s rights, let alone try to groom kids in any way. They lied.

    Not only did they lie, they did not even bother to hide it. After Obergefell, the champions of same-sex marriage were convinced that they were riding an inexorable wave of rainbow-hued social progress, and so they enthusiastically launched their movement down an incline that was practically a cliff. The same people and organizations that told us that same-sex marriage was about letting adults live and let live championed transitioning children and demanded a drag queen in every child’s library story hour and a man in every girls’ locker room. They declared that “eunuch” was a valid “gender identity” that ought to be medically affirmed.

    The mantra that “love is love” disappeared into a sudden enthusiasm for polyamory — love is love is love is love. They demanded a right to buy babies without so much as a background check. And they insisted that all of this be celebrated through a new lineup of holidays, capped by the month-long national festivities of Pride. And those who objected had their reputations, careers, and even families threatened and attacked.

    These excesses and evils were intrinsic to the campaign for same-sex marriage, which is rooted in a revolt against human nature and a rejection of the normativity of male and female. It places subjective desire at the core of human identity, and disdains all restraint on that desire. This established a disconnect between human embodiment and human meaning and identity. Same-sex marriage presumed that men and women — and mothers and fathers — are interchangeable except insofar as they are objects of personal sexual desire.

    This is why the supposed inclusion of same-sex marriage meant social revolution. It is not just that Obergefell was an activist decision utterly ungrounded in the Constitution, though of course it was, but that same-sex marriage was intrinsically radical. If the differences between male and female don’t matter in marriage, then they don’t matter anywhere, which is why same-sex marriage immediately led to the promotion of gender ideology, especially for children.

    Thus, opposition to same-sex marriage is essential to defending the truth about human nature and about how we flourish and are fulfilled. As Andrew Walker, a Baptist theologian and my colleague at the Ethics and Public Policy Center explained to a reporter following the Southern Baptists’ vote:

    These are moral realities that cultures across history and across the globe have recognized … a moral order that is both broadly recognized and deeply rooted in natural law and human nature. The Christian moral witness aligns with these “self-evident truths” — to borrow the language of our own Declaration of Independence — not because Christianity is an arbitrary imposition, but because it faithfully testifies to the way the world actually is. This is the enduring beauty of Christian morality: it is not a parochial morality, but a true morality. To speak of “imposing” a Christian understanding of marriage and family is no more an imposition of sectarian dogma than it would be to say that gravity imposes itself upon us.

    The truth about marriage as the union of one man and one woman is not an idiosyncratic religious observance or opinion, but is rooted in the immutable reality of who we are and how we are to live for our own good and the good of others.

    Of course, instantiating these truths will require more than rejecting same-sex marriage, which was always just part of the sexual revolution and its evils. This revolution did not begin with same-sex couples: marriage had been degraded and redefined a great deal before same-sex marriage even became thinkable. Nonetheless, the legal enactment of same-sex marriage further enshrined the lies of sexual liberalism, with its hatred for human nature.

    And so abolishing same-sex marriage is essential. Genuine social justice must be rooted in the truths of human nature, including that men and women are not interchangeable.”

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    1. this began the whole denigration of what it means to be a man or a woman. “birthing people” replaced MOTHER–sperm donor replaced FATHER as if the act itself did not consummate a union of a man and a woman. anyone can sleep with anyone is a degradation of love itself. imo

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  16. “In Padilla’s Presser Performance, Thom Tillis Plays The Role Of Democrats’ Useful Idiot — In exactly what world is Tillis living in where Noem’s security is to blame for Padilla’s press conference charade?”

    The Federalist, By: Shawn Fleetwood, June 19, 2025

    Thom Tillis speaking on the Senate floor.

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “During his time on Capitol Hill, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has garnered a reputation for helping Democrats advance their preferred narratives and policies. So, it wasn’t exactly shocking when the Tarheel State’s senior senator gifted his leftist colleagues a talking point to defend the childish antics of Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.

    Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Tillis mentioned last week’s incident involving Padilla, in which the California Democrat is shown abruptly rushing towards Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during the latter’s press conference. As The Federalist’s Eddie Scarry reported, Padilla did not announce himself until after being intercepted by security, who subsequently escorted him from the room and “forced [him] to the ground where he was handcuffed.”

    In his remarks, Tillis said he considers Padilla to be “a friend,” and that “his emotions were at a 10 because some of the things that he’s seen occurring in terms of ICE detention, ICE raids.” The North Carolina Republican added that he “agrees and disagrees” with his Democrat colleague “on some of the policy,” but did not offer specifics. He then gently criticized Padilla’s actions.

    “We’ve got to get to a point where elected officials have to take some responsibility for their actions,” Tillis said. “I wonder if we’re actually saying it’s OK for me to run out here and interrupt Sen. Schumer while he’s giving his opening statements to a presser to ask him a question. … I think that that’s inappropriate. I think it would be inappropriate to do it to my Democrat colleagues up in the press room …”

    But Tillis wasn’t done. In a sheer act of stupidity, the Tarheel State senator had the gall to blame “both sides” for the incident, claiming they both “own some responsibility for what happened.”

    “Sen. Padilla should have found a better way to elevate his concerns to the secretary of homeland security rather than going in there and having that dust-up. Having said that, there were clearly people in that building that knew he was a U.S. senator,” Tillis said. “So, the minute that he was removed from that situation in that briefing room, then they should have treated him with respect and allowed him to disperse. It was disgusting to me to see somebody wrestled to the floor, anybody, but particularly a U.S. senator that’s in a federal building.”

    “If you want to make a difference, then come to the Senate floor and try to figure out how to get your policies through. That’s how this place should work,” he added.

    Sorry, but in exactly what world is Tillis living in where Noem’s security team is to blame for this charade?

    It was Padilla who made the dumb decision to aggressively approach a cabinet member unannounced — and during a time of leftist-led assassination attempts, threats, and violence, no less. Noem’s security guards were simply doing the job they were hired to do and reacted accordingly.

    And exactly how were these officers supposed to know who Padilla was prior to detaining him? There are more than 500 members of Congress, and Tillis seems to assume Noem’s security should be required to know what each of them looks like or blindly trust anyone vouching for their identities.

    Even if Padilla had declared he was a senator prior to interrupting Noem, there’s no way for her security to definitively know whether he’s telling the truth. In the heat of the moment, all they see is a loud, angry man making his way toward the woman they were assigned to protect.

    But none of these points appear to matter to Tillis. The GOP senator seems perfectly content with portraying Democrats’ useful idiot in their latest fake production. And much to the disappointment of viewers at home, it’s a role he’s played many times before.”

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    1. NOPE!
      don’t congress critters have a code of ethics and decorum they are supposed to follow?
      if they approached the president unrecognized in that thugish manner, i could see him getting shot if he persisted in that behavior. and i would have applauded the President giving them medals.
      Imagine if I rushed a senator–I am a citizen and a voter! would i be treated harshly? damned right i would. there is decorum and respect and then there’s a privileged democrats.

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  18. Charlotte99
    June 20, 2025 8:12 am

    @WallStreetApes
    Jun 19

    Massive drug growing operations discovered on federal land One single drug grow operation is more than 250 acres

    All taking place in California with “illegal employment running rampant.”

    There is no way California Democrats didn’t know about this “The DEA says these grows are not only on federal land, but they’re not controlled and they’re operating outside of the law — oftentimes illegal employment is also rampant

    Crime follows crime. So in order to get these criminal grows productive, they have to reach out to undocumented workers in order to get it done” “They’re going to have to figure out how that drug was being grown, which pesticides were being used, how it was making its way into the communities and onto the market”

    https://nitter.poast.org/WallStreetApes/status/1935565267180073029#m

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  19. Chance said that even tho the tree was definitely dead, there was still a lot of moisture in the stump. I noticed he was having issues with his chainsaw, having to change the chain several times, which is why I need to seal it.

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  20. Bubby
    June 20, 2025 8:31 am

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/breaking-wicked-obama-judge-bars-trump-admin-withholding/

    FTA “A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump Administration from withholding funding from cities that refuse to cooperate with ICE. US District Judge John J. McConnell, an Obama appointee, said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy lacked the authority and his directive was vague and unconstitutional…Judge McConnell said Duffy’s order violates the Constitution..

    Recall that it was revealed that Judge McConnell, who previously halted President Trump’s temporary spending freeze, received over $100 million in government funding for his NGO. Judge McConnell also called President Trump a “tyrant” and decried racism as a “white people problem.””

    Amazing how many of these Lawfare suits end up with an obama Judge!!! One would think the Court Clerks were corrupt? But obama did have 12 years of appointing Federal Judges rubber stamped by our Senate Republican DeceptiCon Senators!!! JMO

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  24. Heat dome grips the plains, moving eastward, affecting over 10’s of millions of people, well over 100 degrees in NE/SD

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  25. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Friday called for a special prosecutor to investigate election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

    “Zero Border crossings for the month for TRUMP, verses 60,000 for Sleepy, Crooked Joe Biden, a man who lost the 2020 Presidential Election by a ‘LANDSLIDE!'” he posted on Truth Social.

    “Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD! The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING. A Special Prosecutor must be appointed. This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United States of America! Let the work begin! What this Crooked man, and his CORRUPT CRONIES, have done to our Country in 4 years, is grossly indescribable! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

    Trump’s call for a special prosecutor comes in the wake of reports from the FBI that China had conspired to mass-produce fake driver’s licenses to carry out a massive fake ballot scheme in the 2020 election.

    Officials told Just the News that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had captured nearly 20,000 fake driver’s licenses in July 2020. Those revelations have called into question the assertions from former FBI Director Christopher Wray that he knew of no foreign interference plots ahead of the election.

    They have further reignited Trump’s own claims of large-scale election fraud in 2020 that he has said affected the results.”

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  27. Good grief! The VA has gone nuts! I just got 2 more double orders of my ulcer medicine!!! I can’t imagine that I’ll be taking it THAT long!!! Ah! The cigs w/no nicotine/no vapor – a pack of 7 & they look & feel just like regular cigs except filled with a kind of paper filter….I’ll give one to Jason to try. Supposed to use one a day w/o lighting them, then throw it away. Since I’m really almost past that stage, they will last longer for me, I expect. Still haven’t gotten my checks so I called the bank – should have them early next week; I’ve been approved for the new CC. And I finally got the check from my insurance policy. So all is in order so far…..finally!

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        1. There are some supplements you can take that may help heal lung damage and improve breathing.
          NAC,

          From my files – ” yoga and its associated breathing practice, pranayama, but it can drastically improve lung function:
          https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4316242/

          https://breatheyoga.nz/improve-your-breathing-with-pranayama/

          I credit my full recovery from what I believe was coronavirus to my almost-daily practice of yogic breathing.”

          “https://www.theqtree.com/2021/12/30/dear-maga-open-thread-20211230/#comment-849636

          Turmeric and black cumin seed are listed on the FLCCC website as nutritional support for Covid. They can be ordered online. I read a study which included an Indian patient who was seriously ill with Covid and received only these as treatment and got well. Turmeric is a potent anti-inflammatory. We used a so-called “golden milk” mix (turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, bit of brown sugar) together with milk/oat milk in a shaker=turmeric “latte”. Takes some getting used to but not that bad.
          Also, garlic can be used as an antibiotic. Try 1/2-1 teaspoon minced garlic with a swallow of milk several times a day.
          Just thinking that you may have some of these things at home and they shouldn’t react with any meds as far as I know, so a possibility while you are making a doctor’s appointment and looking for other things as well.
          Praying!
          —
          Turmeric, black pepper (needed to absorb turmeric) and garlic gets tossed into my rice. Add Red onions (quercetin and cancer suppressing sulfur compounds) and a zinc laden meat and you have a nutrient laden one pot meal that can be easily re-heated for a fast lunch.
          —
          Garnish with capers…..that are packed with quercetin…..
          —
          Pgroup2
          Do not forget SELENIUM!!!

          I started taking E + C + Selenium decades ago because of a study indicating it helped in Cancer patients (Both my parents had cancer)

          Effects of the intake of selected vitamins and minerals on cancer prevention
          Turns out Selenium is also good at preventing virus replication

          Selenium, Selenoproteins and Viral Infection
          Selenium helps your body to fight viruses | Liver Doctor

          Selenium-deficient mice infected with a mild strain of influenza virus developed much more severe and protracted inflammation of their lungs, compared to selenium-plentiful mice infected with the same virus. A lack of selenium causes a decrease in the production of selenium dependent proteins that keep viruses under control.”

          One of the herb people @ Wolfie’s recommended this for lung function: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHVW48KR

          If you want to try it – I have an unopened package that I’ll send you for free. I bought it when Sally was wheezing from a respiratory virus.

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            1. I don’t mean to get in your business…I’ve just gotten leery of doctors and pharmaceuticals.

              Even though I have brilliant doctors in my family who got free rides to good medical schools and top residency programs

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              1. Oh, I know that, GA, and believe me, I DO appreciate your efforts – in no way do I consider it “getting into my business.” And I am leery of them too, for the most part, but I do trust Dr. Lutz – he’s a good one and he listens to me.

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              3. Lutz is very laid back – he retired as the lead doctor at a local clinic and took the VA clinic job. He even treated my Mom at some point.

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          2. I expect they will do blood test that will identify what I need and what I don’t. Too many supplements can be as bad as not enough…or worse.

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  29. “Friday Funnies: The Myth of the Mad King — Just watch out for the jokers”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Jun 20, 2025

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  33. Just The News: “Trump administration senior advisor Kari Lake on Friday announced mass layoffs at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, affecting hundreds of employees.

    “USAGM now operates near the statutory minimum; lean and focused. This is a clear example of responsible government—cutting waste, restoring accountability, and delivering on the promise to put American taxpayers first,” Lake said.

    “Today, we took decisive action to effectuate President Trump’s agenda to shrink the out-of-control federal bureaucracy,” she added. Lake indicated that USAGM had sent 639 notices to employees, bringing the total workforce reduced to 1,400 since March, marking an 85% drop in staff.

    She further indicated that USAGM, Voice of America, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting now employ a total of 250 people.

    The reduction in force comes amid mounting scrutiny over the federal government’s role in media, leading to efforts to eliminate federal funding for public outlets perceived as biased, such as NPR and PBS.”

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  37. Patience
    June 20, 2025 2:18 pm

    “SAN DIEGO
    — U.S. Border Patrol agents found a drug smuggling tunnel

    linking San Diego and Tijuana
    in early April, the agency said in a press release on Wednesday.

    The incomplete tunnel, which extended more than 1,000 feet inside the U.S., was actively under construction
    when Border Patrol agents with the San Diego Sector Tunnel Team uncovered it.

    According to the release, the tunnel ran under a portion of Otay Mesa Port of Entry with an exit point near or within a nearby commercial warehouse space, based on preliminary indications.”

    https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/border-patrol-finds-tunnel-connecting-san-diego-tijuana/509-7a56a715-9481-46da-924c-d284cb09ad42

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  38. “Advantages for Russia & China if There is a Delayed Decision by the United States — Today’s SITREP”

    Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET), Jun 20, 2025

    “What are the advantages for Russia & China if there is a delayed decision by the United States?

    SITREP FOLLOWS:

    First, I have no definitive evidence confirming specific actions by Russia or China during this upcoming period. This analysis is based on personal experience. However, there is clear evidence of previous and long-term support by both nations for the Iranian regime. In war, delays usually advantage the defender and allow time to improve their position (tactical and strategic).

    Russia’s Strategic Benefits:

    1. The primary advantage to a delay provides a great distraction and diverts American attention and resources from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

    2. By Trump canceling a meeting with Zelensky to focus on the Middle East, Russia may face less U.S. pressure on its actions in Ukraine.

    3. Russia will use this time to strategically consolidate, gain political and diplomatic capital by acting as an international broker through organizations like the UN.

    4. Tactically, this period allows Russian military forces to consolidate, reorganize, refit and, if necessary, be replaced. Essentially, Russian military commanders, if smart (which they are), will consolidate and reposition their forces to gain positional advantage.

    5. Russia could use the delay to bolster Iran’s air defenses, potentially supplying advanced systems like the S-400 or other military support. Doing so would enhance Iran’s resilience against Israel or potential U.S. strikes, aligning with Russia’s interest in maintaining Iran as a key ally. This action is not out of the question. If the U.S. can provide for one side, we must consider the fact that Russia will provide for the other.

    6. The conflict has driven a 15% increase in Russian oil prices, benefiting Russia’s economy, which relies heavily on energy exports. Guarantee, a prolonged delay only helps Russia’s economy and keeps Middle East tensions high further disrupting global oil markets.

    China’s Strategic Benefits:

    1. China clearly sees this as a major opportunity for them to gain vastly more regional influence. China will use this window to expand diplomatic, economic, and military options across the Middle East. Like it or not, they already have far more influence than we truly understand.

    2. China will position themselves as a neutral or mediating party (they are anything but).

    3. China will strengthen ties with Iran and other regional players, countering U.S. dominance in the region. Everyone needs to understand the “region” is really the “trans-region”, and we must take into account the Central Asian Republic nations as well East Africa and those nations bordering the Eastern Med. For instance, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal are vital supply lines and must remain open.

    4. The war provides a major distraction for Taiwan and will reduce attention on the looming Indo-Pacific theater of war. They will view this as a strategic opening to advance their objectives regarding Taiwan. For instance, increasing military maneuvers or economic pressure, knowing there is less attention or less interference (a high pucker factor in the Indo-Pacific for sure).

    5. Prolonged uncertainty in the Middle East could keep oil prices volatile, benefiting China’s strategic petroleum reserves or its energy negotiations with other suppliers. It would be very wise for America to fill up our strategic oil reserves now.

    6. The CCP will capitalize on global market instability to strengthen their position in trade or investment deals.

    Again, there is no direct evidence of Russia or China conducting any of the active measures I’m addressing, but trust, just as we have our situation room busy, Russia and China do as well.

    Pray for President Trump. God knows we are experiencing historic times and our readiness as a nation is in a considerably different geo-strategic posture than it was at any other time in the last 100 years.”

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  39. Just The News: “A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release Mahmoud Khalil, whom authorities arrested months ago as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on antisemitism.

    Khalil has been in custody since March 8, after helping to organize an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in 2024. He is a green-card holder and lawful resident, though authorities have sought to deport him.

    U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered Khalil’s release on Friday, asserting there was evidence to justify Khalil’s assertion that “there is an effort to use the immigration charge here to punish the petitioner,” The Hill reported.

    Farbiarz previously rejected the administration’s argument that he was undermining U.S. foreign policy.”

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  41. “After capturing Johnson, the Lakeland Police Department took to social media and wrote, “What Aaron didn’t know is— that we got their backs! When Aaron Johnson jumped on Facebook and challenged the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, bragging he couldn’t be caught despite having multiple felony warrants, our LPD officers said, ‘Challenge accepted. Today, that little game ended. Our officers and detectives tracked him down and personally delivered him to the Deputies at the Polk County Jail. Nice try, Aaron. Maybe next time… but probably not.’” Final score: PCSO – 1, FM – 0…”

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  42. “According to media reports, the bank teller, Heather Pankey, was arrested back in April in connection with her alleged scheme. She was working at the First National Bank of Commerce in Pocahontas, Arkansas, when the thefts happened.

    Arrest documents state that Pankey’s alleged thefts were discovered March 20 after multiple customer accounts were flagged for fraudulent bank activity, according to KAIT.

    “The initial red flag appeared when a transaction was initiated on a deceased customer’s account and failed to post,” the arrest affidavit said.

    According to investigators, the transaction was initiated by someone using employee log-in credentials and matched those assigned to Pankey. Pankey is being held in the Randolph County Detention Center on suspicion of theft of property, forgery, financial identify fraud, and computer fraud.”

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  47. Just The News: “The Treasury Department on Friday announced a new wave of sanctions against eight entities and one individual that were responsible for procuring machinery for Iran’s military, as it engages in conflict with Israel.

    The move is meant to weaken Iran’s military amid the conflict, and comes as countries warn Iran is close to developing a nuclear weapon after it increased its production of near weapons-grade uranium.

    The department said the entities and individual were targeted “for their involvement in the procurement and transshipment of sensitive machinery for Iran’s defense industry.” One vessel used to transport sensitive technologies to Iran was also identified as blocked property.

    “The United States remains resolved to disrupt any effort by Iran to procure the sensitive, dual-use technology, components, and machinery that underpin the regime’s ballistic missile, unmanned aerial vehicle, and asymmetric weapons programs.  We have been clear: those who enable these schemes will be held accountable,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

    “Treasury will continue to degrade Iran’s ability to produce and proliferate these deadly weapons, which threaten regional stability and global security,” he added.

    The new actions target:

    Hong Kong-based Unico Shipping

    Shun Kai Xing, a bulk carrier owned by Unico Shipping

    Zhang Yanbang, shipmaster of the Shun Kai Xing

    China-based Futech

    Hong Kong-based Athena Shipping

    Singapore-based V-Shipping

    China-based Shenzhen Xinxin Shipping

    Turkey-based Edis Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi.

    The sanctions mean that all property, and interests in the property, of the people and entities listed above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and need to be reported to the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.”

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