Happy Tuesday, y’all! Kruiser is flying home from Michigan today (praying for safe travels), so I’m your guest host today. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is spending the day celebrating Seis de Mayo by playing vintage mariachi records backward to look for hidden messages.
Top o’ the Briefing
We’re all painfully aware of how hostile Democrat administrations at the local and state levels (and throughout four years of Joe Biden’s reign of terror) are toward people of faith. Sometimes it’s ostensibly nonpartisan local entities and even some conservatives who engage in overreach that hurts churches and nonprofits.
I don’t know what partisan affiliation the government of Weare, N.H., belongs to, but Sarah wrote about a pastor named Howard Kaloogian who came up against the local government when he began holding church services for a congregation of about 30 people in his barn:
But when Weare’s zoning officer, Tony Sawyer, found out that Kaloogian was hosting church services, he personally “showed up at Kaloogian’s front door and told him he could no longer use any part of his home, including the barn, for religious assemblies. The barn was zoned residential—assemblies constitute a ‘change in use,’ and Kaloogian would be required to complete a site plan application and seek a conditional use permit (which Sawyer said would most likely be denied).”
Weare didn’t mind when Kaloogian hosted weddings, political rallies, and other events in the barn, but a church was off limits. The city is doing everything it can to grind Kaloogian’s church to a halt, and officials are rather nasty about it.
Local and state law both say that churches can operate in residential areas, but Weare doesn’t care. The First Liberty Institute filed suit on Kaloogian’s behalf, but the city is still digging in its heels. Guess who got involved: Pam Bondi and the Trump Department of Justice!
Last week, the DOJ issued a statement that said, “The Justice Department filed a statement of interest yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire explaining that the claims brought by a Christian church and its pastor under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) are ready to be heard and determined in federal court.”
“I know it’s just one little church in New Hampshire, but it’s a perfect example of what goes on across this country every day,” Sarah wrote. “It’s rare and certainly not something I’ve felt much in my lifetime, but each day, it feels more and more like Donald Trump and his team are on the side of the American people.”
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In another characteristically bold move from Donald Trump, the president announced that the administration is reopening the prison on Alcatraz Island. Catherine has more:
Donald Trump is reopening and rebuilding the famous Alcatraz prison as part of his push to crack down on crime after four years of pro-crime Democrat policies.
Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay is home to an abandoned federal prison, which has been falling steadily into disrepair since the end of its use in the 1960s. But the island that has become a tourist destination is now set to have a lock-up for dangerous criminals once again, according to Trump‘s announcement on Monday.
Odds and Ends
RIP Mike Peters
Last week, Mike Peters, the lead singer of Welsh band The Alarm, died at the age of 66. They were alt-rock stalwarts in the ‘80s in the UK, and they had a handful of hits on this side of the Atlantic.
My favorite song of theirs was “Rain in the Summertime”:
Peters battled cancer three times, and his third bout with leukemia took his life. That reminds me of my dad’s cancer struggles because he wasn’t able to defeat cancer the third time either. But what struck me about Peters was that he was a believer in Jesus and wove that faith into his music. Rest in Peace.
The most unfortunate team in college baseball
Y’all know how big a college baseball fan I am, and there are tons of amazing stories to emerge from America’s most underrated sport every week. One of those stories is not the Missouri Tigers.
The Tigers are 0-24 in the Southeastern Conference as of this writing. While I’m glad my Georgia Bulldogs (who are somehow ranked #1 in two polls this week) didn’t hand the Tigers their first conference win this weekend, I feel bad for this talented, hard-working team. Hopefully, they can turn things around next season.
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Kabana Tunes
This is a song from 2022 by a New Zealand alt-rock group, but I don’t remember where I first heard it. It’s a pleasant little tune with a clever video.
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Have a great Tuesday!
White House Press: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
In-Town Pool
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
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Print: New York Post
Radio: iHeartRadio
Secondary TV Corr & Crew: Newsmax
Secondary Print: Washington Post
New Media: The Federalist
EDT
9:00 AM — In-Town Pool Call Time
11:30 AM — THE PRESIDENT greets the Prime Minister of Canada
Stakeout Location
Open Press
11:45 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada
Oval Office
White House Press Pool
12:15 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the Prime Minister of Canada
Roosevelt Room
Closed Press
3:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a FIFA Task Force Meeting
East Room
White House Press Pool
5:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Swearing-In Ceremony for the Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor, and Special Envoy
Oval Office
Closed Press
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