{"id":28502,"date":"2026-04-03T16:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=28502"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:03:47","slug":"first-post-friday-april-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, April 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good Friday today, and services were held as usual, with the exception being Roman Catholic military personnel at the Pentagon, by decree of the Sec\u2019y of War, modern-day Crusader P. Kegsbreath. First the people of colour, then the women, now the Catholics. How long, o Lord, how long?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mediaite wp-block-embed-mediaite\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ld3PIev6pB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/hegseth-holds-protestant-only-religious-service-at-pentagon\/\">Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon&#8221; &#8212; Mediaite\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/hegseth-holds-protestant-only-religious-service-at-pentagon\/embed\/#?secret=Hf8sXSiLPB#?secret=Ld3PIev6pB\" data-secret=\"Ld3PIev6pB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Smorgasbord here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" data-attachment-id=\"28503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/screenshot-245\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT4.jpg?fit=1470%2C1134&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1470,1134\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT4.jpg?w=1470&amp;ssl=1 1470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT4.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT4.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New BestLine Output: 3Apr26 4CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"613\" data-attachment-id=\"28504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/screenshot-246\/\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT8.jpg?fit=640%2C613&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT8.jpg?resize=640%2C613&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT8.jpg?w=1470&amp;ssl=1 1470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT8.jpg?resize=300%2C287&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403CT8.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New BestLine Output: 3Apr26 8CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"617\" data-attachment-id=\"28505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/screenshot-247\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403EvD7.jpg?fit=1470%2C1418&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1470,1418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" 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BestLine Output: 3Apr26 7EvD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" data-attachment-id=\"28506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/screenshot-248\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403Pen6.jpg?fit=1472%2C872&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1472,872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403Pen6.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New BestLine Output: 3Apr26 6Pen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" data-attachment-id=\"28507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/04\/03\/first-post-friday-april-3-2026\/screenshot-249\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NBLFri0403Pen8.jpg?fit=1470%2C1008&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1470,1008\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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