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We had our reception at the church hall, catered by the church’s Ladies Aid.

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Ours was similar. Small church, church ladies did the reception. Hubby worked with a lady that also worked at a bakery on weekends. She baked the cake as a wedding gift. My aunt worked at a bridal shop so she made my wedding dress as a gift.

My older sister was my bridesmaid and I got her dress off the sale rack at Macy’s for $10. The most expensive thing was the flowers and that bill was about $100 at the local florist. Our HS band director was a photographer and he did a great job with the pictures (for free). After almost 50, we have a framed picture still on the wall.

It was a sweet wedding and I’m so glad I didn’t burden my parents with a demand for an expensive wedding (they would have laughed in my face anyway-—we were poorer than the mice at the church).

The House may not be able to impeach and get the 60 vote threshold to remove these judges from the bench, but they could “defund” their offices. They could reduce their office funding support to “zero” so there would be no money to pay salaries, office lease, internet service etc.

Smart people tried to tell them, “Nooooooo, don’t do that!” They didn’t listen.

Bleak? That looks like summer camp accommodations.

Remember the pictures of Obama and Biden’s cages with dozens of men packed in cages with no beds or even enough space to lie down on the floor?

The media has both selective memory and double standards.

“These are federal charges, not local or state. Local and state were mollycoddling these goons and letting them get away with it.

Trump’s team is not messing around.”

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Yep. Many of these ANTIFA terrorists have been arrested multiple times. They wear those arrests like a badge of honor since they know the charges will be dismissed.

Not this time, though. Federal charges and a new sheriff in town!

Chris Wray, in addition to just about everyone else in the Biden family and administration, needs to arrested and charged with treason.

Records show that Gordon, a far-left queer activist, lives with his anti-Trump parents in a large home in the Portland suburbs. He runs an online clothing business called the "Prime Zone," and registered another business in 2024 called "Vend-o-matic." Additionally, Gordon has been attending the riots outside the ICE facility alongside his sister Maddeline "Maddie" Suzan Gordon, who has taken a leadership style role in targeting local residents who have voiced opposition to the occupation.

This evening Ngo is reporting that "Four more violent Portland Antifa riot suspects have been federally charged. The cases are not being immediately dropped, and some Antifa are beginning to feel it is "not safe" to continue rioting."

Send them all to Judge Cogan's house.

“Brandon gets the usual cut?”

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I assume so. “Payable to Joe Biden; Attn: Jill Biden”.

I would think it has to go directly to Jill so she can forge Joe’s name on the check endorsement.

Even more winning!

“Victory for Team Commonsense: Woman Wins Huge Settlement After Calling Out Transgender Insanity”

https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/07/01/victory-for-team-commonsense-woman-wins-huge-settlement-after-calling-out-transgender-insanity-n2191135

“Chalk up another win for team commonsense after 82-year-old Julie Jaman won a $65,000 settlement because she refused to be quiet about a man being in her women’s locker room and was subsequently banned from using her local YMCA pool in Washington.

In a statement from the Center for American Liberty, the non-profit group that defends the civil liberties of Americans, said Jaman’s settlement was a “major victory for free speech and civil liberties.”

“Julie Jaman has reached a $65,000 settlement in her lawsuit against the City of Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula YMCA after being permanently banned from the Mountain View Pool for expressing concerns about men in the women’s locker room,” the statement read. “

“Contraception does more to drive down birth rates than abortion does.”

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I think the “powers that be” years ago became so concerned that not enough people were listening to their “zero population growth” propaganda, that they convinced food companies to add something to the food to reduce the chances of conception. Either that or the water systems. Or both.

No kings, yet so many court jesters!

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So true.

I wonder how the Appeals Court will rule on this injunction given the SCOTUS decision in CASA from last week?

“Dinner at McDonald’s!....................”

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For one!

My retirement check increased by $28 per month beginning today. yippee.

“Gas $2.49 Joplin. Eggs $2.70. Life is good.”

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I’m seeing price decreases on numerous things I buy at the grocery store each month. For instance, butter is down as well. I’ve noticed that because I use butter instead of margarine.

It is certainly nice to see those prices drop instead of increase each time you go to the store. But the media is suddenly doing stories on the “high price of gas and groceries” with “hints and tips” on how to save money during these “hard” times.

No matter how much you dislike the media, I assure you.....

“Actually we’re it not for our current president getting elected is a real reason.”

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Bingo. Until Trump was elected, the markets were betting on three or four rate cuts this year, with the first one in the first quarter of 2025. Those expectations were based upon Fed minutes from the latter part of 2024. The economy is in better shape than expected and suddenly no cuts at all and it is July 1st? It doesn’t make sense.

What happened?

Trump was elected. Powell thinks if he holds rates high that will negatively affect the economy and Trump will be blamed.

That will cause the GOP to lose the mid-terms. The courts will keep Trump restrained until then and the end result would be none of Trump’s policies would be implemented and business can return to operating as usual. The elite keep their money and power while the middle class continues to be hollowed out.

That’s their plan. Powell is an actor in the plan and he is playing his bit well.

“‘It Just Doesn’t Affect Trade’: Economist Art Laffer Breaks Down Why Tariffs Aren’t Inflationary”

https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/art-laffer-inflation-trump-tariffs/

“Economist Art Laffer explained on Fox Business Monday that tariffs do not drive inflation and said that the economic impact of import taxes is offset by corresponding price drops in exports.

On April 2, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on several nations before declaring a 90-day “pause” on the tariffs days later. During an appearance on “Kudlow,” Laffer pushed back against claims that tariffs drive up inflation and explained his step-by-step case for why trade barriers don’t increase overall prices.

“Step one, tariffs on imports do raise the price of imports. But do remember that the U.S. exports to earn the wherewithal to buy imports from other countries. So if you have a tax on imports, it’s the exact same thing as a tax on export,” Laffer told guest host David Asman. “That’s called Lerner’s symmetry theorem, exactly the same. And, therefore, what happens is all of our exportable goods and services, their prices will fall. So the increase in prices of imports is matched 100% by the fall in the prices of exports. And the two net out to be zero.””

“So, has anything actually gotten more expensive because of Trump’s tariffs?”

https://lite.cnn.com/2025/06/20/business/tariff-price-increases-inflation-explained

“Predictions from mainstream economists were dire after President Donald Trump launched his tariff campaign just a couple weeks after he began his second term in office: Prices would rise — sharply — they said, reigniting an inflation crisis that tens of millions of Americans had elected him to solve.

But that massive, tariff-induced inflation spike hasn’t materialized. Not even close.”