Dateline: The Breakfast Edition
Federal income taxes are due today, but nobody likes theft and taxation is theft. But everybody likes tacos, especially breakfast tacos. So with that, let’s get picante and the Tabasco. 🌶️
Holy Week Traditions: Holy Tuesday
On Holy Tuesday, Christians pause to reflect on Jesus’ powerful teachings in Jerusalem, like His warnings about betrayal and His end-times messages in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25). It’s a day that feels heavy yet hopeful, as we think about Jesus preparing His followers for what’s coming-His sacrifice on the cross. Whether it’s through deep prayer or quiet reflection, believers across traditions use this day to get their hearts ready, remembering Judas’ betrayal and Peter’s stumbles, which hit close to home for anyone who’s ever fallen short.
Different churches bring their own flavor to Holy Tuesday. Orthodox Christians dive into beautiful, soul-stirring services with hymns like Kassiani’s, fasting to focus on the bigger picture, while Catholics mix Mass with confession, some joining in vibrant Passion chants in places like the Philippines. Protestants might keep it structured with sermons in Anglican churches or more laid-back with Bible studies in Baptist ones, but the heart of it is the same: Jesus’ words call us to stay faithful and keep watch. It’s a day that feels personal, asking us to look inward while looking up to Him.
California Voter ID
California State Rep. Carl DeMaio has launched a Voter ID petition to put voter ID on the November 2026 ballot after Democrats killed the bill in committee last week. California is an Initiative & Referendum state and takes one million signatures to get a ballot initiative on the ballot. In a state with a population as large as California, it should be easy to reach that more than a year out. President Trump was beaten soundly in California, but even so he won over six million votes.
That said it’s going to be very difficult because the Democrat machine will gum up the legal works and the courts will not be friendly venues. If you live in California, sign that petition! It will enshrine voter ID in the state constitution so it will be effectively bulletproof until undone by voters. This is what Wisconsin did earlier this month. Democrats crowed about winning a state supreme court seat, which kept the balance of power on the court a 4-3 liberal majority. It sucks to lose any election, but the balance of power was unchanged. Getting voter ID into the Wisconsin constitution was a much more impactful win and it won big. That’s a trade I will make every election.
Kaitlan Collins Gets Slapped Around by a Large Trout
In a brilliantly glorious moment on Holy Monday, President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio cleared the CNN Temple by giving Kaitlan Collins (pictured at right) the IRC trout treatment. After getting a legal one-two from Bondi and Miller, she tries to recover by snootily asking Bukele.
(Collins smugly) “Can we hear from President Bukele?”
(President Bukele) Of course you’re not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right?
A bit of a cheeky response, but Collins deserved it and Bukele wasn’t through.
(President Bukele) How can I smuggle… how can I return him to the United States? Like if I smuggle him into the United States or what do I do? Of course I’m not gonna do it. It’s like… the question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.
(Over eager reporter with a brilliant idea) But you could release him into El Salvador!
(President Bukele) We’re not releasing him. I mean we’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. WE just turned the murder capital of the world and into the safest country in 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 not going to happen.
This went on for almost six full minutes.
I love him. He’s my favorite non-domestic leader. I can’t call him a foreign leader. Even though that’s what he is “foreign” seems too distant a term for a guy as cool as Bukele. We’re practically paisan!
It went so poorly for CNN that Dana Bash had to go on the air and issue the disclaimer that CNN “does not hate America”. Late Monday, a Maryland jury convicted the illegal, who was a Biden gotaway in 2023, of murdering Rachel Morin. I’ll have no more of media, especially CNN, describing an MS-13 terrorist as “a Maryland father”. ¡Afuera!
Order a James Kay
I’m going to have to 3D print these things. It won’t be long until somebody signs a licensing deal with ChatGPT and sells them. Thanks to the Trump Tariffs, it should be an American company. ChatGPT is excellent with image detail.
I love Grok and its imaging function has a lot of value, but it’s action figure version of me looks like it was made in China, or perhaps Chinatown. In San Francisco. Come on, Grok. A feather boa and overalls? It looks like I’m hosting Gay Hee Haw. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. You’d buy these at the Dollar Store when you’re out on a stocking stuffer creep with your family on Christmas Eve.
I think they read the post about my dad and are totally messing with me. My dad lived in San Francisco. Really. He lived at 20 Corbett Ave. in the Castro. He lived on the third floor. When I visited for Christmas one year that window looked massive. It had a great view across the Mission District to the East Bay where the Bay Bridge lights shined beautifully on the water at night.
San Francisco is a beautiful city, but it been buried for decades decades due to cultural rot and Democrat mismanagement. Voter ID, California. Our great cities are too important to let slide into oblivion.
That’s it for today, guys. Y’all be good. Praise God!
