YES. CACKLES. OH, YES:  US State Department Recalls All USAID Staffers from Foreign Assignments.

If any fans of Terry Pratchett could hear me now, they’d know I’m in danger of turning to the dark side.  (It’s the cackle. It’s always the cackle.)

THEY CAN’T SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULDN’T MAKE THINGS WORSE:  Independent Journalist Highlights Why Dems Are So Quiet About Trump Right Now.

(Cackle!)

INTERESTING? THEY’RE GETTING DOWNRIGHT RIVETING:  Now things are getting interesting.

NO FEAR:  Trump has finally taught Republicans how to fight.

AND THIS IS A PERSON YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND SORRY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE X FOR THIS:  Research tip: If you are curious about political connections within a list of principal officers, copy and paste the list into ChatGPT and ask about the political connections of the list. In this case, American Idea Foundation, @SpeakerRyan‘s nonprofit, appears to be a retirement home for his staffers.

YOU SHOULD READ THIS:  This USAID story is eliciting reactions that seem surprising to most people. Let me break down the real story for you.

I’M BETTING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE ENTIRE LEFTIST ENTERPRISE WAS PAID FOR BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT… BY OUR TAXES:  Tides Foundation is the Soros ‘charity’ that funded much of the Antifa BLM protests in 2020. (Besides many other crappy things.) USAID was one of Tides’ primary funders.

For those of you without x.

SOMETIMES ONE OF OUR GROUP HAS A CRYING AND SUDDEN NEED:  Supporting Tiffany’s Recovery.

THE LEFT KEEPS ASKING IF WE HAVE BUYER’S REGRETS YET:  Donald Trump: “If elected, I promise to dope Elon Musk up with amphetamines and trenbolone and send him rampaging through the federal budget office with a blessed chainsaw forged from the souls of martyred accountants.”

For those without x.

IN CASE YOU’RE CURIOUS:  DOGE – A Lawyer’s Perspective on the @elonmusk@realDonaldTrump Policy Centerpiece.

ALL THE GOOD STUFF:  Writerly Sound Bites, Number 19: Chivalry, Honor – What Does It Even Mean?

OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT ON THE WEATHER. PAY NO ATTENTION TO ANYTHING BUT HUMAN ACTION:  The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Changed Position.

THAT’S FUNNY. WE’RE PRETTY UPSET THEY HAVE JOBS:  Over 1,000 EPA Employees Upset Over Warning They Face Possible Dismissal.

SHORT OF LEAVING THE UN ALL TOGETHER, THIS IS GOOD:  Trump Defunds UNRWA, Withdraws U.S. From UN Human Rights Council.

NOT THRILLED, BUT HE DID SEE THE RECORDINGS OF 10/7 BEFORE THE MEETING AND–  Trump: ‘The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip’.

I assume he has a plan and intends to win.

THEY’RE GALLOPING THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS:  It’s hard to keep up with Trump’s Troops: The march through the corrupt institutions in DC.

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE:  Elizabeth Warren’s ‘consumer watchdog’ hounded legit businesses — time to shut it down.

SLOW ON THE UPTAKE, AIN’T THEY? EU leaders call for UNRWA to disband after Israeli-British hostage says Hamas held her in UN facilities.

OH, THE THINGS THEY BOUGHT WITH OUR MONEY!  What do you mean you don’t want to fund DEI scholarships and woke plays?

And if you don’t have an x account.

GOOD THOUGHT:  Those Aircraft Accidents.

WELCOME TO THE:  Revolution!

FAST OR SLOW THEY ALL BLINK. TRY NOT TO SING “ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST” IT SCARES THE CATS (MAYBE THAT’S JUST ME):   Two more nations blink.

ON SUNDAY I DO A PROMO POST FOR — MOSTLY — INDIE WRITERS: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a vignette challenge that has launched a dozen novels….

THEY’VE ALREAD BROUGHT ON THE FORENSIC PROCTOLOGIST:  DOJ Opens Investigation into Chuck Schumer.

VERY GOOD:  Panama Backs Out of China’s Silk Road Agreement.