Good News, the Federal Government Shutdown has ended, for a few weeks: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/25/688414503/watch-live-trump-addresses-shutdown-from-white-house-rose-garden that is our tax dollars hard at work. #TrumpCaves GodSmack! At least we are slightly more productive than Venezuela: https://flipboard.com/@news/the-crisis-in-venezuela-c3mlktdbvj1g7jti with 26 people dead in the protests, thus far: https://www.news24.com/World/News/death-toll-in-venezuela-protests-this-week-reaches-26-ngo-20190124 Five people were killed in a bank shooting at SunTrust Bank in Sebring, FL: https://twitter.com/i/events/1088157652511682560 Ten Soldiers and LEOs were killed this week, and those are only the ones from the United States. Speaking of Soldiers, SCOTUS revived the Trump Administration’s ban on Transgender people: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/transgender-ban-military-supreme-court.html Trump’s good friend Roger Stone (whose relationship has unearthed the depths of Trump’s hypocrisy relative to sexual perverts, just saying) was arrested, and indicted in Russia Probe: https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/1/25/roger-stone-trysexual-trump-adviser-indicted-russia-probe In Russia, at least 10 people died after two ships caught fire near Crimea: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/21/europe/crimea-ships-kerch-strait-fire-scli-intl/index.html Chile had another earthquake, on the coast this time, of 6.7 Magnitude: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/20/magnitude-67-earthquake-hits-chile/ New Normal Section The SECOND sinkhole has opened up, near the White House: https://mashable.com/article/another-sinkhole-near-white-house/#N2UCkN_2Nsql Singer Chris Brown was detained in Paris after a rape complaint & then quickly released, no charges filed and he is suing: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/entertainment/chris-brown-arrested/index.html Covington Catholic School shut down amid fallout over Washington videos (think MAGA hat-wearing mouthy boys): https://www.apnews.com/4bea09a4b19f493681f36948265308f4 Florida’s DEMOCRATIC Secretary of State Ertel resigned after a “blackface” photo surfaced: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/01/24/new-secretary-state-ertel-dressed-blackface-halloween-2005/2649161002/ Colossians 3:17 – And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.]]>