1. If TSA folks working at U.S. airports aren’t being paid this week because U.S. Congress Critters in DC are bickering over Department of Homeland Security funding, perhaps the Congress Critter paychecks should be held until they pull up their biggie boy and girl pants and get the funding issue resolved.
2. The dickering around over the SAVE Act clearly illustrates a problem with our Constitutional Republic. The American people – both parties – overwhelming support presenting ID in order to vote. The dingbats in Congress have put their personal values and ideology above the wishes of the people who elected them. A few years ago, it was time to renew my Ohio driver license and I opted to get a Real ID with the star at the top indicating I had validated my U.S. citizenship. The process was not hard. I went down in the basement and pulled my birth certificate from my fireproof lock box. Sitting on my desk was a stack of bills to be paid. The bill on the top was the sewer bill – how appropriate – that had my name and address printed on it. I took my birth certificate and sewer bill to an Ohio DMV office and renewed my license as a Real ID. I am thinking that most people in Ohio must have a driver license in order to function in society. In the past week, I was asked to present my driver license when: 1. I purchased booze at Kroger. 2. I bought nicotine gum at Kroger. 3. I picked up medications at the pharmacy. 4. I presented for an appointment at my doctor’s office. 5. I presented for a blood draw at a laboratory draw station. I have worked the polls for every election the last three years and the overwhelming majority of voters use their Ohio driver license to vote. I have sent very few people to the provisional table because of lack of a valid ID. My wife votes by mail. Her driver license and signature are used to validate the mail-in ballot. Really quite simple
2. Thank a Democrat for not funding the Department of Homeland Security today. The Democrat Party is all in on the destruction of this Great Nation. The Republican Party is also replete with wicked toads who are greedily in on the demise. The Mainstream Media is in overdrive covering for these goofballs. White Christian nationalists have not committed the recent rash of domestic terrorist attacks. The domestic terrorism is occurring at the hands of adherents to the “Religion of Peace.” Wake up America and smell the stench of Islamic Jihad. Satan is walking among the sheep.
1. Some controversy has sprouted in the State of Ohio Member of State Central Committee – Woman 19 District – Republican primary election. Melanie Leneghan (ML), who currently holds the seat, is running for reelection. Of note, ML is a board member of the Delaware County Board of Elections. A paperwork snafu presented with Rebecca Nourse’s (RN) certification filing to run for the Women’s Republican State Central Committee seat. RN dated her paperwork the day she submitted form 2-L to the election board instead of the day she downloaded the form before obtaining 15 elector signatures on page 2 of the form. Initially, ML recused herself from the issue and the board voted 3-0 to remove RN from the ballot. RN appealed this decision with the board and on reconsideration and a second vote, ML did not recuse herself and the vote deadlocked 2-2 on allowing RN on the 5/5/2026 Republican primary ballot. The matter was referred to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. In a letter to the Delaware County Board of Elections, Secretary of State LaRose informed the board that they needed to revote the issue sans ML. The vote was 2-1 in RN’s favor. RN has been added to the ballot. A challenge has been made to the Delaware County Election Board regarding ML’s residency status. The board did not have a quorum to address this issue at a 3/5/2026 meeting. ML’s residency status may be headed to court.
2. Praise Jesus!! The U.S. Supreme Court made a major decision affirming parental rights in a 6-3 ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta. This case involved California and gender transitions occurring without parental consent. One California family did not find out until after their daughter had been hospitalized for a suicide attempt that she had been living as a boy at school. The Court held that California “cut out the primary protectors of children’s best interest: their parents.” Six justices found that secrecy policies likely violate both the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty and the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of parental rights.
3. Buckle up. On April 1, 2026, the Supreme Court will be begin hearing opening arguments in Trump v. Barbara. The case involves birth right citizenship.
3. U.S. Legislative News. You would think that the first order of business of both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate this week would be to end the current partial government shut down that effects Department of Homeland Security funding. Today marks day 18 of the partial shutdown.
On Saturday, 2/28/2026, President Donald J. Trump, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, launched Operation Epic Fury in conjunction with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), to neutralize an imminent threat to U.S. civilians and military personnel in the Middle East. Careful Intel gathering had determined the threat. Many individuals have voiced concerns because they consider Operation Epic Fury to be an “unprovoked” military action. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been provoking the United States of America for 47 years. During this time, Iran has killed 869 U.S. Military Personnel. In 1988, Colonel William R. Higgins was serving as a member of a United Nations peace-keeping mission when he was kidnapped by a Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon. He was tortured and held captive for 17 months. His desecrated body was found behind a mosque. An autopsy report revealed he had been starved, skin on part of his face and his tongue had been removed, and he had been castrated. In addition to brutal tortures and murders, Iranian terrorist linked groups have engaged in plane hijackings and hostage situations. In 1979, militants in Iran seized 66 hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for over a year. Iran has been the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism for almost 5 decades. Trump has waited patiently for Iran to negotiate a peace deal with the United States since Operation Midnight Thunder was orchestrated on 6/22/2025. While dithering on the diplomatic stage, Iran was plotting and building an arsenal for the regime’s “death to America” revenge.
Many Democrats plus some Republicans believe Trump acted unlawfully in engaging in military action in Iran without first obtaining U.S. Congressional approval. Under the War Powers Resolution (Act) of 1973, the President is able to respond unilaterally to an imminent threat but is then required to obtain Congressional approval of such emergency military actions within 60 days following commencement of the action. Trump fulfilled his mandatory briefing duties under the War Powers Act. The Gang of Eight – 1. Mike Johnson (R-LA): Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 2. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): U.S. House Minority Leader, 3. John Thune (R-SD): U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 4. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): U.S. Senate Minority Leader, 5. Rick Crawford (R-AR): Chair of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, 6. Jim Himes (D-CT): Ranking Member of House Intelligence Committee, 7. Tom Cotton (R-AR): Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee, 8. Mark Warner (D-VA): Vice Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee – were briefed on Epic Fury on Tuesday, 2/25/2026. Seven Gang of Eight members were available to be reached immediately before operation Epic Fury commenced on 2/28/2026. Much talk has been raised over the preceding weekend to curtail the President’s ability to engage in military actions. I find it interesting that many of our Congressional members have had a lot to say about U.S. actions overseas while we are currently in a partial government shutdown at home that effects funding for the Department of Homeland Security. We are at an increased risk of terrorist acts occurring in the homeland and it is well past time for our government to act on behalf of the American people who pay government officials to protect Americans’ cherished assets which includes our lives. Protecting Americans should not be a partisan issue.
There has been chatter voicing concern about a “forever war.” I too do not have a positive view of many of the U.S. military actions that have occurred globally since WWII, but I have not been amused with Iranian mullahs running rough shod over our appeasing U.S. officials who have come to believe that diplomacy and pallets of cash will keep the Jihadists at bay. The Iranian Theocracy has been quite explicit in stating their desire for imposing Sharia Law globally. These zealots should be taken at their word which means there can be no peace until Western Judeo-Christian societies submit to Islam. Following Operation Midnight Thunder, many Iranians who favor a Western Worldview took to the streets in protest of the current ruling regime. Estimates put the recent slaughter of protesting Iranian citizens by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. (IRGC) in the tens of thousands. In an address to the American people on Saturday and a follow-up statement yesterday, Trump made his objectives clear. Epic Fury is being carried out boldly and precisely to take out Iran’s ruling leaders, missiles, and missile launchers in a joint venture with the IDF. President Trump explicitly stated that the governing of Iran will be turned over to the Iranian people and he implored the people of Iran desiring freedom to act now for this once in a lifetime opportunity. I believe that Trump’s team would not have initiated Epic Fury if resources on the ground in Iran to implement real change were not ready to roll.
The days ahead will be tough as U.S. military casualties mount. The price of freedom is never free. The IRGC has been launching missiles all over the Middle East. It would appear that the IRGC has not made friends with United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. It is now making a lot more sense why Trump has invested so much diplomatic time during his current administration cozying up to Middle Eastern partners. To Conservatives who are carping that Epic Fury is not America First, my simple response is “grow up.” The United States of America is part of the world at large and one cannot hide in a closet hoping that things will magically work out. The U.S. has many global enemies who would celebrate its complete demise. I would prefer to level many of these players on their home turf, not ours. The current Iranian Islamic Regime cannot be bargained or reasoned with and this truth has been proven repeatedly over many decades.
