Monday Nov. 10, 2025
due to snow and continuing
Winter Storm Warning :
2 hour delays for South Bend
Community Schools (IN : St.
Joseph County)
many others,
see local TV affiliates
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Theodore Geisel - American author - illustrator -- NEW BOOK to be released 2025
UPDATE: New book by Dr. Seuss
Sing the 50 United States (2025)
March 2 was the birthday of a man considered to be the most popular children's book writer in American history, the best-selling children's book writer of all time, and a man who revolutionized the way children learned to read: Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on this day in 1904. He's the author of more than 60 children's books, including Horton Hears a Who! (1954), One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960), Green Eggs and Ham (1960), Hop on Pop (1963), Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975), The Butter Battle Book (1984), and of course, The Cat in the Hat (1957).
He was the grandson of German immigrants, a lifelong Lutheran, a Dartmouth graduate, and an Oxford dropout. His mom was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, a competitive platform high diver who read him bedtime stories every night. His dad inherited a brewery from his own German immigrant father a month before Prohibition began in the U.S., and eventually became a zookeeper who took young Theodor with him to work. The future Dr. Seuss grew up around the zoo, running around in the cages with baby lions and baby tigers.
At Dartmouth, he majored in English and wrote for the campus humor magazine. But one night he was caught drinking gin with some friends; since this was during Prohibition, it was an illegal act. The Dartmouth administration did not expel him, but as a disciplinary punishment, they did make him resign from all of his extracurricular activities, including the humor magazine, of which he was the editor-in-chief. From then on, he wrote for the magazine subversively, signing his work with his mother's maiden name, Seuss.
His mother's family pronounced it "Soise," the way it's said in Germany, but people in the States kept mispronouncing it Seuss. He eventually embraced the Anglican mispronunciation: After all, it rhymed with Mother Goose, not a bad thing for an aspiring children's book writer.
In 1937, he published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which he said was inspired by the rhythms of a steamliner cruiser he was on. He wrote the book, and much of the rest of his life's work, in rhyming anapestic meter, also called trisyllabic meter. The meter is very alluring and catchy, and Seuss's masterful use of it is a big part of why his books are so enjoyable to read. The meter is made up of two weak beats followed by a stressed syllable — da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM, as in "And today the Great Yertle, that Marvelous he / Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
A big study came out in the 1950s called "Why Johnny Can't Read." It was by an Austrian immigrant to the U.S., an education specialist who argued that the Dick and Jane primers being used to teach reading in grade school classrooms across America were boring and, worse, not an effective method for teaching reading. He called them "horrible, stupid, emasculated, pointless, tasteless little readers," which went "through dozens and dozens of totally unexciting middle-class, middle-income, middle-IQ children's activities that offer opportunities for reading 'Look, look' or 'Yes, yes' or 'Come, come' or 'See the funny, funny animal.'"
William Spaulding, a publisher from Houghton Mifflin's educational division, thought that maybe a guy named Dr. Seuss, who'd published a few not-well-known but very imaginative children's books, might be able to write a book that would be really good for teaching kids how to read. He invited Dr. Seuss to dinner and said, "Write me a story that first-graders can't put down!"
Dr. Seuss spent nine months composing The Cat in the Hat. It uses just 220 different words and is 1,702 words long. He was a meticulous reviser, and he once said: "Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count." Within a year of publication, The Cat in the Hat was selling 12,000 copies a month; within five years, it had sold a million copies.
If 1775's Battles of Lexington & Concord marked the beginning, when was the end of America's Revolutionary War?
2013 - September 4 (ON THIS DATE IN 1783)
The U.S. War of Independence officially ended on September 3 in 1783
with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The war, which began at Lexington
and Concord in the spring of 1775, had more or less been over for two years,
since Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, but the American Navy
continued harassing the British. And by the time the treaty was signed,
the American fleet had captured dozens of British ships.
The treaty required Britain to recognize the independence of
the United States and to cede all lands east of the Mississippi to the U.S.
The American Revolution - next Sunday (PBS limited series)
November 16, 2025
is the debut episode
of Ken Burns' The
American Revolution
Subsequent episodes will
air over the next days;
it will be available to
stream on the PBS website
and app.
pbs.org/ken-burns/the-american-revolution
Winter Storm Warning (Sunday 11 a.m. until Monday 7 p.m.)
From mid-day today SUNDAY Nov. 9, 2025
until MONDAY evening Nov. 10
Weather Alert
Winter Storm Warning
affecting roads, sidewalks,
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
Heavy LAKE EFFECT
accumulations of 5 to
as many as 11 inches
of snowfall.
SW Michigan (Berrien)
and N. Indiana
(LaPorte).
Rockefeller Center
The Rockefeller Center "holiday tree"
has arrived in New York -- it will be
lit later this month.
The 2025 tree measures
75 feet tall.
In life, Dick Cheney called TRUMP a "coward" and a "threat to our Republic" : now Trump remains silent and kept remote
Other Republicans like
George W. Bush and Spkr.
Mike Johnson of Louisiana
praise the late Dick Cheney
of Wyoming
nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/
republicans-honor-dick-cheney.html
Tuesday -- elections taking place
4 Nov. 2025
David Grann
America's BOOK CLUB
author David Grann ( Killers of the Flower Moon )
will be guest on C-Span
6 p.m. Eastern
HOST of the book club (video program)
is David Rubenstein;
the two will also visit the vault of the
Folger Shakespeare Library, D.C.
The Edmund Fitzgerald -- 50 years ago -- Nov. 9, 1975 : loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore
The doomed cargo ship
Edmund Fitzgerald
began its journey
2:15 p.m. leaving
Superior Wisconsin
intending to deliver
its cargo at Detroit's
Zug Island.
mlive.com/live/2025/11/
the-edmund-fitzgeralds-
doomed-journey-began-50-
years-ago-today.html
MICHIGAN Live! platform
Litmus Test
MSNBC dot-com
Sunday Nov. 9
Dick Cheney's Nov. 20, 2025 funeral will serve as a
Litmus Test
for members of Trump's
GOP; Cheney was not
a moderate by any sense of
that word. His unapologetically
brutal positions on national
security and the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan have earned
a "split" with Donald John
Trump.
______________________
AUTO PEN
Trump himself didn't sign
the exec. order for the lowering
to half-mast of White House
flags once Cheney's death had
been announced.
Nov. 9 service at Cathedral : Honoring the 250th anniversary of Marine Corps Service
Sunday NOVEMBER 9, 2025
4 - 5 p.m. at the National Cathedral, D.C.
this service offers civilians, service members,
and their families the chance to pause in prayer
and pay tribute to the Marines who have given
the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
cathedral.org/calendar/annual-marine-corps-service/
You may watch this via Livestream
Longest government shutdown on record is cancelling Veterans Day events nationwide 2025
militarytimes.com/ cites_ these examples
Riverside Cemetery in
California placement by
volunteers of flags at
300,000 veteran gravesites
___________________
Texas National Cemetery
Foundation cancelled
Dallas-Fort Worth event
___________________
Hampton, VA event
___________________
Meeting between Trump and al-Sharaa : to revoke the "CAESAR" Act punishing al-Assad regime by act of Congress
In order to repeal the "Caesar Act"
which imposed sweeping sanctions
over human rights abuses by Bashar
Assad's government and security forces,
action by vote of the
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
and the SENATE must
pass and only then signed
by POTUS.
Ahmed al-Sharaa
President Al-Sharaa to visit U.S.
after meeting Donald John Trump in Saudi
Arabia in May 2025 where Trump unilaterally
announced that he would be lifting sanctions
that had been in place for decades.
NOV. 9, 2025
AP News dot-com
sharaa-syria-washington-visit-trump
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The de facto leader of Syria has declared himself
President and Ruler -- head of the government
on Jan. 29, 2025.
That abolishes the previous
Constitution / Parliament and
will mean rounding up those who supported
the former Ba'ath Party. NPR reports that
there will be an interim legislative council
until a NEW constitution is ratified.
29 Jan. 2025
UPDATE:
nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/Asia/ahmed-al-shara-
syria-president.html
Longest "SHUTDOWN" - Congressional inaction - paralysis -- 50th day is Nov. 9, 2025
see details (Subscription)
Politico.com/ news / 2025/11/03/
congress-longest-shutdown-record-00632927
Holocaust deniers / denialism have a new "Poster Boy" : Nick Fuentes
American Jewish Committee
ajc.org/news/
who-is-nick-fuentes-
and-why-is-his-antisemitism-
dangerous-for-america
Washington D.C. National Cathedral funeral for Dick Cheney (VP for POTUS 43) - Thursday Nov. 20, 11 a.m.
SOURCE:
USA TODAY (brief single sentence
details - specific)
It is unclear whether he will get a
State Funeral where
he will lie in state at
the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol
ONLINE -- reporters
Natalie Neysa Alund
Mary Walrath-Holdridge
11:19 a.m. Eastern
Friday 7 Nov. 2025
In 1926, how many Coolidge-George Washington coins struck by the U.S. Mint?
1,000,000
of the half-dollars were struck :
860,000 of them were returned and melted.
1776 - 2026 : coin showing POTUS
HISTORY:
a coin for the year 1926 showed
then-current POTUS
Calvin Coolidge
in profile alongside
GEORGE WASHINGTON
______________
proposed by Treasury
department is new coin
with Trump 2.0 Profile
(two-sided coin with
both sides HEADS,
second with Fist raised)
displaying mottoes:
LIBERTY
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT
Contribute to food pantries / Feeding America since Military families will soon be missing paychecks (early November 2025)
Front Page news / details
Deseret.com [ Salt Lake City, UTAH ]
Anxiety in the ranks:
Military personnel
likely to miss first
payday
Utahns urged to assist military
families by donating to local pantries
______________________________________
Tuesday 11/4/25
Trump threatens "no more SNAP payments
until shutdown is resolved. . . "
Shipshewana, IN (little town in N. Elkhart IN County) - switches holiday lights on Sat. Nov. 8
7 p.m. annual "Lighting Ceremony"
for
Shipshewana, IN
businesses and residences.
abc57.com/news/annual-lighting-
ceremony-in-shipshewana
18th annual parade and light
switch-on exactly at 7:00 p.m.
Mark Leibovich : Dick Cheney didn't care what you thought, making him a pariah for the MAGA Right and for the far-left in 2025 America
The Atlantic (upcoming
print, current online
article)
Dick Cheney didn't
care what you thought:
the former VP's
indifference to approval
made him a boogeyman
for the left and the right
. . .In life or death he
wouldn't have care much
either way. . .
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Beyond the Sea Peoples (1200 B.C.E.) Rethinking the collapse of great powers of the Ancient Near East
Horn Lecture (2025)
Monday Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
at Andrews Univ. Seminary
Chapel, Berrien Springs, MI
Free
Prof. Eva Katarina Glazer,
History Dept. Univ. Zagreb,
Croatia
Open to the Public
Students may receive co-curricular
credit.
Christkindlmarkt Nov. 28 - December days of Advent season [ Frankenmuth, MI ]
November 28, 2025 up to Dec. 31
Frankenmuth, MI
will be the location for an upcoming
display - retail event
Christkindlmarkt
at Harvey Kern Community
Pavilion, 601 Weiss Street
details at;
M LIVE dot-com/news/saginaw-bay-city/
2025/11/frankenmuth-christkindlmarkt-
returning-soon-for-2025-holiday-season.html
[ opens Nov. 28 all weekend until Nov.30 ]
Friday 4 - 9; Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
frankenmuthfarmersmarket.org
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Sat. 11/8/2025)
Nov. 8, 2025
Outkast
Soundgarden
Cyndi Lauper
The White Stripes
Joe Cocker
Chubby Checker
Bad Company
Targets of revenge & retribution : Trump's Atty General picks Jason Quinones to go after Obama intelligence official and retired CIA director
UPDATE:
Pamela Jo Bondi picks as her key prosecutor
to go after Jan. 2017 (8 years ago) officials
who inquired about ties between Trump-Pence
campaign and Russian operatives. Focus for
now is DNI Clapper's document which
MAGA seeks to get revenge and retribution
for such investigation / inquiry.
Jason Quinones is a Southern District
Prosecutor in the Palm Beach, FL area
[where Mar-A-Lago is located]
_________________________________
Subpoenas expected to be issued
mid-November 2025
James Clapper
John Brennan
_____________
current DNI Gabbard
prepared order of subpoena
for Pamela Jo Bondi . . .
Nov. 8, 2025 (Saturday before
Veterans Day 11/11)
no word lately about how
soon John Bolton will
be in court receiving
excruciating treatment for
the world to see . . . (he was
National Security Adviser who wrote
damning tell-some-not-all
book of Trump 1.0 inattention
to foreign policy consistency)
The Room Where It Happened
_______________________
Turkey Day
Thanksgiving Day
NOV. 27, 2025
some require early fee to guarantee
T-shirt, team OK for some;
HERE ARE a number of sponsored
events to run ahead of your
Banquet / Feast =
Faith Mission Turkey
Stampede (Elkhart, IN)
Portage IN 25th Anniversary
Turkey Trot (5K, 1K for kids)
Culver Turkey Trot 5K
Niles, MI YMCA Turkey Trot
(5K, 1mile, 10K)
Valparaiso Turkey Trot
John E. Banuelos - who fired a gun outside Capitol in Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection / / / now faces kidnapping & assault charges in Utah his home
Coverage of the Trump-pardoned violent offender at
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/capitol-riot-defendant-
arrest-kidnapping-assault-banuelos-rcna242764
40 yr. old who resides in Utah
made the criminal acts while visiting relative in Chicago, IL
He had also stabbed a man lethally in Summer 2021.
Speaker Pelosi (now just a Repr. from San Francisco, CA) retires at age 85, 38 years as a Congresswoman [ will not seek re-election ]
Called "The Democrats' Legislative Mastermind"
by
The Nation - reporter/editor Joan Walsh
see thenation.com/article/politics/nancy-pelosi-retirement/#
must subscribe - only 3 free articles per month
not since LBJ was there such
an effective House or Senate
leader who got legislation to
a President's desk (Obama era
and Biden (2021-22).
Nancy Pelosi of California
Hostilities between Taliban (Afghanistan rulers) and Pakistan's government
REUTERS intl. news platform
is reporting that the
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Peace Talks have
collapsed even if
the cease-fire end to
violent warfare continues.
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/
afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-
collapse-ceasefire-continues-taliban-say
Photos of Trump asleep during MEETING inability to stay awake in Oval Office -- very soon he will meet with Saudi Prince Nov. 17 - 19, 2025
CNN (Sunday 11/9/2025) : "IMAGES OF TRUMP
EYES CLOSED DURING EVENT SPREAD ACROSS
MEDIA"
COVERAGE of the nearly 80 year-old POTUS
struggling to keep eyes open / remain alert and responsive /
daytime meeting requirement for concentration - rational
participation for mental health and logical question raising
and assenting to action required during and after his
signing of Executive Orders . . .
Washingtonpost dot-com
ONLINE (Nov. 8 coverage
by Reporters DAN DIAMOND
JM RIEGER)
PUBLISHER is Jeff Bezos
Nick Fuentes' plan [ WIRED contributor explanation]
read the details at
www.wired.com/
" For years, influencer
Nick Fuentes was too extreme
for MAGA. Now he's working
his way into the mainstream
and he has a plan for his secret followers
to seize the levers of power"
David Gilbert online article
[subscription] - Sept. 2025
Fuentes has contempt for his
committed followers -- calling them
Groypers.
White Supremacist Ideologues
Christian Nationalist self-described
as "America Firsters".
after a decade of livestreaming
hate-filled diatribes, the death
of Charlie Kirk has accelerated
the venomous attacks of Fuentes
Who was buried in 1924 in the crypt of the Bethlehem Chapel inside National Cathedral, D.C.?
Former President
Woodrow Wilson
who is the only President
buried in the National
Cathedral (Episcopal
Church) in NW District
of Columbia.
Architectural Critic : "Trump's to-be-realized Vision of Mar-A-Lago ON THE POTOMAC" may be realized at record development rate"
Michael Kimmelman
Nov. 8
arts/design/east-wing-ballroom-trump.html
Discusses
Marbled Bathrooms (Lincoln bedroom)
Triumphal Arch
Giant gilded Trump Ballroom . . .
contrasts with original POTUS
George Washington's resistance to
building a presidential palace
that echoed VERSAILLES.
Other presidential "Re-Modelers"
included Thomas Jefferson,
Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt,
FDR, Truman, JFK
Friday, November 7, 2025
Obituary - - Vice-President of the United States (Jan. 20, 2001 - Jan. 19, 2009) -- Richard Cheney of Wyoming
Dick Cheney
died Monday Nov. 3, 2025 in Wilson, WY
b. Jan. 30, 1941
First modern U.S. Vice-President not to express
desire for the Presidency -- he served in a number
of capacities including Chief-of-Staff for Gerald Ford,
38th POTUS
Defense Secretary
Senator
Congressman
had a post Vice Presidency of 16 years, 10 months
Heart Transplant recipient
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper rules against ED. Secy. Linda McMahon for politicizing Telephone messaging
NBC NEWS
concerning AFGE employees
(Federal Union of workers)
nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/
education-department-shutdown-emails-
unconstitutional-judge-rules-rcna242653
Friday Nov. 8, 2025
House of Representatives last in session for a vote of any kind Sept. 19 -- 51 days later, House Republicans begin anxiety attack
THE HILL dot-com
"House Republicans grow anxious
about Speaker Mike Johnson (R - Louisiana)
and 51-day shutdown of Federal government /
agencies / pay for Air Traffic Controllers"
Mondale died in 2021; Cheney died this week in 2025 -- what are their major differences?
After losing in re-election on Carter-Mondale
ticket in 1980, Mondale next ran for his party's nomination
in the 1984 Presidential election; he chose as running-mate
Geraldine Ferraro of NY (a congresswoman)
to historically bring a woman to the ticket as co-nominee.
WHEREAS, in 2000
Cheney accepted the VP slot after helping George W.
Bush narrow his VP selections down to one potential
successor : himself.
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Which of these two political / business figures:
Who served as an Ambassador to Japan? Mondale did.
Whose spouse outlived him? Lynne Cheney did.
Who was from the Midwest? Mondale hailed from MN
Who was from the West? Cheney born in Lincoln, NB but called
WYOMING home and served as Congress Repr.-at-large.
Mondale enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951; Cheney got
a draft-deferment having a wife and 2 daughters to support
out of college / grad. school.
The Mondales had a daughter who died, Eleanor, in 2011.
Did Usha Chilukuri work for SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts?
Yes,
2017 - 2018
as a clerk.
Previously she clerked
for Brett Kavanaugh
when he was on the Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
She was once a registered
Democrat (political party).
Usha Vance (Second Lady) has used her legal expertise / SCOTUS clerk backgd. when reviewing a Ukraine Treaty
According to Jonathan Karl's
Retribution, Mrs. Vance did
take a look / review a bilateral
minerals agreement with Ukraine
in a West Wing office, despite her
having no role in the U.S. Security
Council (a greatly diminished set of
advising staff for a normal Presidency).
Her husband (college / law school
sweetheart) asked her to do that when
a legal opinion was needed immediately
and no other staff apparently on hand.
How many vice Presidential wives/ First Gentleman are alive in Nov. 2025?
in POTUS 41 - George H.W. Bush - Quayle
Marilyn Quayle survives
widow of VP Cheney is
Lynne Cheney
________________
"Tipper" Gore survives
(1993 - 2000)
________________________________
Dr. Jill Biden
(2009 - 2016) also First Lady
(2021-2024)
______________________
Karen Pence (2017 - 2020)
had also been Gov. of Indiana
"First Lady" from 2013 - 2016
______________________
First Gentleman
Douglas Emhoff (2021 - 2024)
______________________
Current "Second Lady"
Usha Chilukuri Vance (2025 )
who moved into the Naval Observatory
without a pre-inaugural tour invitation
from Harris-Emhoff family; she
married JD Vance in 2014 in a
joint Hindu / R. Catholic set of nuptials.
Surviving Vice Presidents "Club" -- how many will attend Nov. 20 funeral of deceased VP - - Richard Cheney at National Cathedral ? ? ?
Dan Quayle (POTUS 41)
Al Gore (POTUS 42)
Joseph R. Biden (POTUS 44)
Mike Pence (POTUS 45)
Kamala Harris (POTUS 46)
incumbent VP is "JD" Vance
_______________________
oldest to youngest on Nov. 7, 2025
Joseph R. Biden b. 1942 age 82 yrs. 10 months
Dan Quayle b. 1947 age 78 yrs. 9 months
Al Gore b. 1948 age 77 yrs. 7 months
Mike Pence b. 1959 age 66 yrs. 5 months
Kamala Harris b. 1964 age 61 yrs. 1 month
JD Vance b. 1984 age 41 5 months
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Dick Cheney died this week at age 84 and 9 months
in Wyoming (undisclosed location)
His funeral arrangements and burial location are
as yet unpublicized
Access Israel's Purple Vest Mission -- Program next Thursday 11/13/2025
Delegation leader
Karin Wasserman
The PURPLE VEST MISSION
provides life-saving support
to people with disabilities during
wars or natural disasters.
@ Jewish Federation, S. Bend, IN
Thursday Nov. 13, 2025
7:30 p.m. reservation required.
Visit website http://TheJewishFed.org
sponsored by Kurt and Tessye Simon foundation
Funeral Service for Dr. Jane Goodall (author - wildlife conservationist) - Wed., 12 Nov. 2025
World-renowned ethologist & conservationist
Nov. 12, 11:00 a.m. Eastern
at National Cathedral, Washington, DC
3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Officiants will be
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
and the dean of the Cathedral,
Randolph Marshall.
LIVESTREAM of the service
at cathedral.org/
about/service-info
Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) takes a stand
The Mormon Church (Deseret News, Salt Lake
City press release)
will not use A.I. to create
images of Jesus Christ or_
to prepare conference talks.
APOSTLE tells the LDS
/ Salt Lake City, UT reporters/
editor on "Front Page" news!
Nov. 6, 2025
Peter Thiel - - - obsession with the anti-christ [ he opposes regulation of A.I. ]
Discussion in Deseret online platform
Salt Lake City, UT
media news / features / op-eds
Peter Thiel, tech billionaire who was
a mentor for JD Vance, in Conference keynote
speeches links the NT concept of "antichrist"
with his personally advantageous opposition
and dislike to Governmental programs / strategy
to regulate A.I. (artificial intelligence).
deseret.com/opinion/2025/11/02/peter-thiel-antichrist-revelation-ai/
Valerie Hudson of Texas A & M (Bush School of Government &
Public Service)
Federal Court (Eastern VA) : defendant Letitia James asks judge to dismiss Trump Dept. of Justice charges over mortgage charge
Attorney General (state of New York)
Letitia James told a
Judge (Eastern District
of Virginia) in Federal
court that the charges brought
by Pamela Jo Bondi
should be thrown out because
they are the product of Trump's
vendetta against her.
Friday Nov. 7, 2025
Separately she is also challenging
the appointment of Lindsey
Halligan as a prosecutor for this
Eastern Dist. of Virginia jurisdiction.
Netanyahu to face "genocide arrest" warrant from Turkish Govt. : announced Friday 7 Nov. 2025
The Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu
will face genocide arrest warrants
by the Turkish govt. of Pres.
Erdogan
SOURCE: CNN dot-com
[ also other Israeli officials ]
Similarities / friendship / alliance between Viktor Orban and Donald John Trump
BREAKING NEWS
(Friday 11/7/2025)
Trump will grant the Hungarian
govt. a full one-year exemption
from paying tariffs when that
nation is in a contractual
relationship to buy V. Putin's
Oil, exempting Orban from
a penalty from sanctions
the U.S. govt. has levied against
any nation importing from Russia.
source: CNN.com
Lewiston, Maine "Farmers Almanac" to close future publication at 2026 since first issue 1818
NBC News
"Farmers Almanac editor-in-chief
explains ending after 200 years
rnca.242604
U.N. Ambassador Waltz (in office since Friday Sept. 19, 2025) - insists Security Council must adopt "Trump Plan" for Gaza rebuilding & cease-fire continuance
former Congressman Waltz /
brief term as National Security Adviser
before SIGNAL - gate debacle ;
now at United Nations Security
Council HQ
insisting that the Trump Plan is the one and only.
Nov. 7, 2025
U.S.
Ambassador to the
United Nations
Mike Waltz assured FOX NEWS viewers
on today's "Fox & Friends"
that
Trump is not messing
around in
his approach to ending the Russian war on
Ukraine.
September 24, 2025 early a.m.
GRANTS FOX-News
interviews regularly
foxnews.com/
about Administration priorities
to root out antisemitism,
to eliminate woke (?) programs
Nov. 17 - 19, 2025 if Federal shutdown continues thru next 30 days -- Visit of Saudi Prince will NOT mean a "State Dinner"
AP NEWS is reporting that among wealthy world leaders to visit
Trump 2.0 --
Saudi Prince
Mohammad bin Salman (Saudi Arabia)
will make a D.C. appearance in November
17 - 19, 2025 - - Since Trump 2.0's inauguration
in the Capitol Rotunda (Jan. 20), the
Trumps have held NO state dinners
in 8 months . . . will this be one to
greet and have a history-making
precedent early in his 4-yr. term?
The crown prince has one wife and 3 sons, 2 daughters. . .
since marrying in 2008. The Trumps, on the other hand,
were married in Palm Springs, FL
January 2005 (at an Episcopal Church).
They have one child, Barron (now a sophomore
at the D.C. campus of New York University's
business school.
Semi-truck crashes on an interstate / some monkeys escape from cages. . . -- BBC reports three at-large RHESUS MONKEYS
USA Today - all escaped rhesus
monkeys found -- Nov. 6 online
article
Tulane University Research
Center, New Orleans, LA
BBC.com/news/articles
Afternoon - Oct. 29, 2025
Mississippi (neighboring states)
Local sheriffs destroy the
monkeys that broke free since
the deputies were given false
information . . .
Jasper County MISSISSIPPI
see details
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/escaped-monkeys-destroyed-mississippi-police-
mistakenly-told-danger-rcna240387
UPDATE (Nov. 2) AP News platform
Mississippi woman -- shoots
freed Rhesus Monkey, claims
defense of children's health :
apnews.com. . .mississippi-
monkey-tulane-animal-research
NOVO NORDISK health care executive faints in Oval Office ceremony : Meeting's purpose was to announce price reductions
Share prices fell 3% at open of Stock Market on
word of lessened profits from sale of OZEMPIC
weight-loss product.
REUTERS dot-com/ Nov. 7, 2025 morning
11/6/2025 The company's rival at another Big PHARMA
company DAVID RICKS
of Eli Lilly asked him --
Are you, OK?
Gordon, you OK?
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Those running the TRUMP 2.0
event, excitedly yelled --
PRESS, Out!
details at
NY POST dot-com
/ pharma-exec-collapses-near-trump-at
white-house-obesity-drug-event /
Homeland Security (Cabinet-level Dept.) erroneously told AMERICAN OVERSIGHT it had none of legally required text messages of Kristi Noem
THE HILL
reporting
Rebecca Bitsch
Thurs. 12:30 p.m.
DHS faces lawsuit over
erroneous claim it has
"No Text messages" of
its Cabinet Secy. when it
is required by law to have/store
them. Chief Data Officer lied
when claiming they weren't legally
required in storage / archiving.
Echinoderm has an all-brain nervous system (Science dot-org) Nov. 2025 issue
ONLINE ARTICLE
Nov. 5 posting
science.org
doi.101126/sci.adv.adx7753
Sea Urchin
Is Private Funding for Trump's ballroom (replacing East Wing) legal ? Karen Tumulty of Wash. POST online chat
Thursday Nov.6, 2025
Long time WASHINGTON D.C.
reporter author
Karen Tumulty at
politics/2025/10/30/karen-tumulty-live-chat/
Andee_ Huxhold, Dismas House, South Bend, IN
coverage by WNDU (NBC local
affiliate)
"Dismas_ House hosts Grand opening
of its new South Bend, IN Hub"
11/6/2025
video footage at WNDU.com
Trump declares his "THANKSGIVING BASKET" Wal*Mart as seller -- costs less [ however it omits from 2024 six items including pecan pie ]
NBC NEWS coverage
Trump - cost- walmart-thanksgiving-
meal - rcna242357
TRUMP 2.0 claims "his basket"
sold to POTUS & FLOTUS is
25% "cheaper"
the 2025 basket however contain
six less items including sweet
potatoes & pecan pie
Did two vice-presidents ever die on the same date? YES
John Adams (VP for George Washington)
and
Thomas Jefferson (VP for John Adams)
both died on
July 4, 1826
Second most "Powerful" Vice President in American History -- Teddy Roosevelt
After Dick Cheney, arguably the most "Powerful" Vice
President of the United States --
Theodore Roosevelt, who
succeeded the assassinated
Wm McKinley in 1901 -
into only 6 mos. of his
second term; elected on
his own campaign in 1904
and ran as candidate of the
Progressive
Bull Moose party in 1912.
TR (as some nickname him)
won the Nobel Peace Prize
by resolving the Russo-
Japanese war. Some might
argue that LBJ was more
"powerful" than TR but
I disagree.
Critical trial of W.W. II principal NAZIs who were captured and held for tribunal (80 years ago NOVEMBER 20)
Nazi War Criminals stood trial 80 years ago at Nuremberg
At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS
Nov. 20, 1945
21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:
Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley
Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Hans Fritzsche
Rudolph Hess
Alfred Jodl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Erich Raeder
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Hjalmar Schacht
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Speer
Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)
Julius Streicher
MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)
Seven Vice-Presidents who died in office (two during James Madison presidency)
George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry
William Rufus De Vane King
Henry Wilson
Thomas Hendricks
Garrett Hobart
James Sherman (20th century VP - under Taft)
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Kennedy Center news : Jeffrey Finn, top producer departs Sept. 2025 // Jane Raleigh, Dance Director replaced by Stephen Nakagawa
Nov. 7, 2025 : Kennedy Center since
Trump Take-over has been ticket sales down
50%; dozens of employees have been fired or quit. . .
Director Grennell wants staff to refer to him as
"The Ambassador."
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new hire as DANCE DIRECTOR S.
Nakagawa is part of "Washington Ballet"
see further
NYTimes.com/2025/08/25/arts/dance/kennedy-center-stephen-nakagawa.html
_________________________________________________
THURS. Aug. 21, 2025
Dance Director and 2 employees
fired by Grenell, Trump's "president" of
the Kennedy Center, D.C. -- he wanted
more programming like TV's
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox TV
reality-competition series).
________________________________
As Donald John Trump
tightens grip on the D.C.
Center for Performing Arts
[ that was since its founding
a bipartisan and cooperative
institution in the District of
Columbia ]
the top official overseeing
theater at JFK Center is
leaving in September, throwing
into question the stability of
the institution's financial
viability . . .
nytimes.com/2025/08/15/theater/jeffrey-finn-kennedy-center.theater.html
Nov. 2025 statistics
day-by-day
11/1 3,489
11/2 2,434
11/3 3,486
11/4 1,114
11/5 695
11/6 1,045
11/7 1,385
11/8 732
11/9 985
11/10
Veterans Day
Total for
NOV 1 - 30 15,494
Grand opening ceremony - Thursday 6 November 2025 - new ALDI's [ grocery store built where old "Shelton's Market" stood ] Niles Michigan
1832 S. 11th Street
Niles, MI 49120
Ribbon Cutting -
Niles Chamber of Commerce
8:45 a.m. Eastern
www.stores.aldis.us.com
OPEN first day until 8 p.m.
Season of Chanukah / Hanukkah
Downtown South Bend, IN
(St. Joseph County, IN) - Northern Indiana
Sunday Dec. 14, 2025
5:00 p.m. -- Downtown area
details forthcoming
Do historians agree that certain Vice Presidents were rogues? ne'er-do-wells? should have gone to prison?
Aaron Burr (VP - Jefferson 1st term)
Andrew Johnson (succeeded A. Lincoln after
April 1865 assassination)
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
but who knows ? ? ?
Tanzanian student Joshua Mollel, age 21
HAMAS opted to return to Israel government
Forensic experts the bodily remains of foreign national - student
Joshua Mollel of Tanzania
who had been killed at Kibbutz
Nir Oz. . .
reported on BBC world news
headline news 6 Nov. 2025.
He had arrived in Israel as an Agricultural
student in Sept. 2023 as part of an
Agrostudies agricultural training
program.
jpost.com/israel-news/article-872932
Personal cardiologist Jonathan Ryan
The Physician to
Dick Cheney
from 1998 until death
in 2025 :
The HILL interview highlights
policy/health-care/
2025/5588057-dick-cheney-
heart-disease-physician.html
Itay Chen (19-yr.-old) serving in Israeli military when kidnapped/killed Oct. 7, 2023
Last American-Israeli hostage
Itay Chen's body / remains
will be returned to Israel custody
Tuesday Oct. 4, 2025
He was likely killed
on Oct. 7, 2023 and
his dead/injured body
was kept as a ghastly
"bargaining chip" by
HAMAS / other terrorist
group.
details at
nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/middleeast/
american-hostage-body-gaza.html
Since Jan. 20, 2025 Trump has closed America's door to Refugees permitted into 50 states
During Biden-Harris the
# permitted was
122,500 ceiling
now it is
7,500 from around the
world : Trump opts to
favor white Afrikaans
South Africans giving
them first in line to
immigrate and re-settle
here.
nytimes.com Thursday a.m.
reporter Hannah Beech from Bangkok
"Broken my hope: Trump's
move to slash refugee arrivals
ricochets widely "
the new cap of 7,500 is the lowest in the
history of the refugee program;
it was made official without
consulting CONGRESS . . .
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Christmas in the City - Nov. 30, 2025 concert - famed group PENTATONIX (many a capella hits)
Nov. 30, 2025
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
7 p.m. that Sunday evening
www.gainbridgefieldhouse.com
WIN a pair of tickets
sunny1015.com
local 80s, 90s, today music mix
South Bend, IN
must enter FaceBook or email
ISF [ international stabilization force ] Hakan Fidan of Turkey
UPDATE from Jerusalem POST
tonight 10:30 p.m. U.N. Security Council
to consider a post-war "stabilization" / buffer
force
jpost.com/middle-east/article-872875
Foreign minister of Turkey
Hakan Fidan, Foreign minister
of Turkey (a majority Muslim state)
has called for U.N.
Security Council to
debate the Gaza
"international stabilization
Force" makeup -- will it
be ARAB only or will other
non-Arab Muslim majority
nations serve as a buffer
force between IDF and Hamas?
ww3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/2025/11/04_04/
Jacob Frey wins 12-way runoff for a major city's Mayor race Nov. 4, 2025 [ AP News Agency projection ]
Minneapolis, MN candidates tomorrow for
MAYOR
Jacob Frey (incumbent)
others alphabetically below:
DeWayne Davis
Kevin Dwire
Sen. Omar Fateh
Jazz Hampton
Charlie McCloud
Xavier Paulke
Troy A. Peterson
Brenda Short
Adam Terzich
Jeffrey Alan Wagner
Kevin Ward
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Political / Local party groupings
range from
DFL (Dem. - Farmer - Labor coalition)
Socialist Workers Party, Momunist,
For the People, Protecting Tomorrow's Dreams
Renaissance
Fitzpatrick chides prosecutors of James M. Comey ordering them to produce transcript of Grand Jury proceeding
US News dot-com
news/best-states/virginia/articles/2025-11-05/
judge scolds prosecutors requiring them to produce a trove
of materials from the investigation.
New FILING (Oct. 30, 2025)
in Alexandria, VA court lawyers for James M. Comey
urge the court to dismiss charges brought by Fed. Prosecutor
Questions asked by Senator Cruz (TX) were fundamentally
confusing and did not clarify matters.
CBS News "POLITICS" Comey seeks to have indictment tossed
Washington Post dot-com -- Monday 10/20/2025 8 p.m.
"Comey asks judge to
dismiss criminal case against him,
calling it vindictive!
W. Post reporters were:
Jeremy Roebuck
Perry Stein
Salvador Rizzo
18th Congressional District election -- Houston, TX area voters advance to run-off Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards
POLITICO reports Nov. 5 after no one
received a majority -- two advance in a run-off to be
held between Democratic party survivors of the field
politico.com/ "TX Special election for
Sylvester Turner SEAT in Congress (D-Texas)"
Due to a death in the Congressional delegation,
the people of Houston, TX have been without
representation more than 6 months and will be
represented only after a First Tuesday election
in November 2025. NY Times reporter J.David
Goodman (having interviewed many voters
there in TX) has much to tell the nation about
the confusion from the gerrymander / re-districting
taking place in urban and rural Houston and nearby.
"Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston"
nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/texas-redistricting-houston.html
Two-man race to elect Cincinnatti, OH Mayor : JD Vance half-brother lost to first-termer Aftab Pureval
Incumbent AFTAB PUREVAL
overcomes opposition from
MAGA Extremist Cory
Bowman (a megachurch
pastor) - - winning 51,000+ votes
to Bowman's 13,000+ votes.
Ohio former U.S. Senator
JD Vance (currently Trump 2.0's
Vice President) was "hands-off"
after a brief social media verbal OK
for this local election in SW Ohio --
according to Cincinnatti.com
(The Enquirer) Vance & wife
Usha did not make contributions
to the half-brother's political
campaign.
details : Cincinnati.com/news/story/
politics/elections/2025/11/04/cincinnatti-
mayor-race-results
Motortown All-Stars present Motown Classic songs -- hear all the hits in Christmas setting
Dec. 21, 2025
3 p.m. at Mendel Center, Upton Hall,
LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE campus
Napier Avenue Benton Harbor, MI
Berrien County SW Michigan
a live band of the finest players
hits of the
Temptations,
Four Tops,
Jackson Five,
Stevie Wonder,
Supremes.
This will be their only appearance
this holiday season (Sunday mid-
afternoon). Free Parking.
Flags at half-mast (nationwide) for 2-term VP Cheney, following death announcement - Funeral / Memorial service uncertain - likely on C-SPAN
The Trump-Vance White House acted
in accordance with statutory
law in lowering American flags
to half-mast following the announcement
of the passing of Dick Cheney at his
Wyoming residence.
Beginning Tuesday (Nov.4) until
Thursday mid-month (Nov. 13, 2025).
While presiding over Food Stamp Program's demise, Secy. of Agriculture defames it as "corrupt"
The federal assistance program
that feeds families, children, elderly,
disabled, those in financial difficulties,
and crisis situations was called
corrupt
by Trump-Vance Secy. of Agriculture
Brooke Rollins at her recent Press
Conference -- NPR.org/2025/11/04/
nx-s1-5595920/snap-usda-rollins-fraud
Reporter Jude Joffe-Block
clarified that illegal immigrants have
never used the program; only certain
categories of lawfully present noncitizens
are eligible for any program benefit. . .
Protect Democracy's Nicole Schneidman
questioned the instances cited by Rollins
on FOX News' Sunday entertainment -
weekly program / commentary . . .
FBI Agents fired by Patel, rehired, fired again
Washington Post reporter PERRY STEIN
breaks the story of the
four agents who worked on
a post 2021 investigation
during Biden-Harris (Jan. 20,
2021 - 2025) related to
Donald John Trump's refusal
to accept election results and
his actions to overturn Nov. 2020
election returns. They reported
to Jack Smith, special counsel,
Dept. of Justice.
[ online article : 11/4/2025 ]
Publisher of Washington POST
is Jeff Bezos.
Detroit has a new Mayor : City Council President Mary Sheffield
With a majority of precincts / wards reporting
Mary Sheffield
will become the next
mayor of Detroit, MI
and first woman to lead
the East Michigan major
city, bordering on Ontario.
She will succeed a 3-term
incumbent Mike Duggan
who announced in 2024 that
he would not seek re-election.
mlive.com/
Michigan Live! -- posted 11:38 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 4, 2025
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
UPDATE: Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" -- co-opted for Trump DHS "protecting/defending" social media post campaign - PR
In first week November 2025 -- Dept. Homeland Security
is again co-opting material they did not seek permission
nor pay copyright royalty - usage in mass media distribution
of an artist's unique images: family of late Magazine illustrator
PAINTER Norman Rockwell
In series of posts, the DHS - ICE is using across social media
well-known images from Patriotic / family, home-grown,
generalized groups/individuals
pairing them with anti-immigration slogans such as :
DEFEND YOUR CULTURE / Protect America Way of Life
NYTimes.com/2025/11/04/arts/design/norman-rockwell-homeland-security-
immigration.html
CNN discovered in early August 2025 that
a promotional online / social media POSTING
from Dept. Homeland Security is subverting the 1940s message
of the Woody Guthrie copyrighted song "This Land is Your
Land". Amid slick Madison-avenue images and a horse-drawn
American Flag, DHS image-makers use the background
audio - instrumental version to make an anti-immigration message :
TRICIA McCLAUGHLIN, DHS
assistant secretary answered CNN
in a statement defending the post :
We're Confident . . .
CNN.com/2025/08/05/us/this-land-is-your-land-trump-dhc-cec
the Dept. Homeland Security "music video spot"
was posted on "X" / formerly Twitter
Nov. 2025 : Full Moon (Peak Illumination) -- Brightest and Fullest of entire year
November 5, 2025
the "Beaver Moon"
Autumn (annually)
8:19 a.m. Eastern
a SUPERMOON
livescience.com/space/the-moon/
beavermoon-the-biggest-brightest-
fullmoon-of-the-year
Jared Isaacman - Nov. 4 Try, try again -- Trump to re-nominate as post-election logjam of nominations seems to have no Winner for NASA agency
Nov. 4, 2025
Politico Platform .com tells this story
"Trump nominates Isaacman to run NASA
- - again "
_________________________________
June 1, 2025 early a.m. follow-up NOW
claims that the Billionaire had contributed
in the past to Democratic causes and candidates. . .
______________________________________
WASHINGTON POST has the scoop
May 31, 2025
THIS billionaire will not get this public
sector job over scientists and astronauts,
and many tech employees . . .
TRUMP withdraws this nomination
4 p.m. Saturday last day of May 2025
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Chief Executive of Shift4 Payments
went before the
Commerce, Science, Technology Cmte.
of the U.S. Senate Wed. April 9, 2025
for a confirmation hearing - statements - Q/A
at D.C. Capitol.
UPDATE: He claimed that with a $25 billion
budget that NASA could do both Mars and Moon
Missions
NYTimes.com/ nasa-jared-isaacman-confirmation.html
Jared Isaacman is a financial billionaire aligned
with Musk, the world's richest individual; two
prior Chiefs of NASA were also without NASA
credentials nor in the aerospace industry :
Jim Bridenstine /
Bill Nelson (2021 - Jan. 20, 2025
Bridenstine was Trump 1.0 pick
after being an Oklahoma congressman
and Nelson was Biden's pick after
many years as Florida's U.S. Senator.
Isaacman was also asked by Senators on Wed. April 9
whether he would commit to restoring climate data
produced by NASA Missions that had been removed
from online databases. He replied that he did not
know about the issue.
He avoided using terminology like "climate change"
or "global warming."
The Great Gatsby (decadent 1920s) Trump - Rubio of FL celebrate alongside "flappers" /heavily made-up female costumed party-types
Trump Mar-A-Lago golf resort
party as end to SNAP benefits
goes into effect
See PHOTOS --
NYTimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/trumps-great-gatsby-party-
did-not-accept-SNAP.html
Tom and Daisy Buchanan (couple in the novel) described as
careless people who "smashed up things and creatures and
then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness. . ."
The Great Gatsby
written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 10, 1925
dedicated: once again
to Zelda
His 3rd book stands as
the supreme achievement of his
career: a quintessential novel
of the Jazz Age acclaimed by
generations of readers
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Great-Gatsby/
F-Scott-Fitzgerald/9781982146702
Five heart attacks (first in 1978) culminating in a 2012 heart transplant
The "shadow President"
obituary of Dick Cheney
in THE FULCRUM online
by editor Hugo Balta (4 Nov.
2025) -- he became a vocal
critic of Donald John Trump
/ / / his resilience became part
of his public persona.
Cheney's passing marks the
end of an era in American politics
that had been marked by assertive
leadership, ideological conviction,
and enduring controversy
Trump who is head of a Political Party nationally, neglects to mention or discuss Republican candidate for Mayor of NY City (race tomorrow)
In his Nov. 2, 2025
pre-taped 60 minutes
(CBS News hour-long
segment interview)
Trump 2.0 neglected to
mention the GOP winner
of a NY City primary
to represent that political
party [ Curtis Sliwa ],
instead making an oblique
endorsement of
ex-Governor of NY State
Cuomo.
cbsnews.com/ has details
of comments by the GOP
national "leader of the
party".
ELECTION DAY 2025 (Nov. 4, 2025 at your polling place) until 8 p.m. Michigan -- vote for Civic & County ballot measures: Participatory Democracy
While there are "ABSENTEE BALLOTS"
available for those who can show they will
be away due to military service / college
out-of-state / region or business that
requires a voter to be unavailable on that
VOTING opportunity --
All who would
VOTE in the Michigan ballot
measures / municipal matters - officials
must get to the polls today
after 7 a.m. and up to 8 p.m.
as no "EARLY VOTING" is being allowed for
in the 2025 election / public up / down vote on
significant choices.
FOR Berrien County, Niles Township there are
two BALLOT PROPOSALS on the expansion
or prohibition of Cannabis / retail recreational
marijuana sales to patrons over 21 with valid I.D.
The Township council and the Supervisor herself
proceeded in 2025 to offer sales permits / business
approval for retail and order (as per MICHIGAN Law).
Whether that expansion strip from Fulkerson Road on
11th Street South all the way to State Line Road, 11th
street remains a "Marijuana Zone" will be up to this
public vote / ballot. You must turn out during voting
7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Forty-sixth Vice President of the United States, Wyoming's Congressman, Chief of Staff for Ford administration
VP Richard "Dick" Cheney has died Monday Nov. 3, 2025
of pneumonia, cardiac and vascular disease -- his family
made the announcement to the world media -- how the
Washington "establishment" will grieve the loss of this
politician / world leader remains to be seen.
He was 84 years old.
Monday, November 3, 2025
Amazon Documentary release (1/30/26) for "Melania" -- her life at the White House [$28 million to her as Exec. Producer / star ]
Oct. 14, 2025 DATELINE
Palm Beach, FL
Mar-a-Lago Golf Course and resort/restaurant
AMAZON will release the feature-length document, directed
by Brett Rattner and starring Melania (Knauss) Trump, POTUS
47's 3rd wife and mother of the 19-year-old Barron Trump, NYU
student in Business undergraduate-level, Washington, DC Branch
campus. . .
The FLOTUS reportedly gained a salary of $28 million as "Star"
and executive producer. It will open in theaters Jan. 30, 2026 next year
and after its theatrical run it will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime
video service.
_______________________________________________
NEW YORK magazine
nymag.com/intelligencer/article/melania-trump-
documentary-amazon.html
Among executive producers are MELANIA herself,
and Fernando Sulichin (Argentinian producer);
Pay-out = $40 million // FLOTUS salary $28 million.
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Busy 24-day out-of-public-eye period due to
travel between New York City, Florida, and D.C.
residences/official address.
She defended her 24-day absence, saying that she will
never be a "traditional First Lady" . . .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
People Magazine quote / source
She hasn't spent meaningful time at 1600
Pennsylvania in an official capacity . . .
AMAZON billionaire and new Trump BFF
Jeff Bezos -- hired Brett Ratner to follow around
the third Mrs. Trump while she steps away from
official duties to take a break from official duties ? ? !
Unclear whether any other Trump family members
will appear in the non-fiction film or docu-series.
It will have a theatrical release, even if limited.
Patrick Fitzgerald, longtime Chicago U.S. Attorney, update (Nov. 2025) - Trump Dept. of Justice may seek to disqualify this Legal Advocate / defender of the innocent
ABC NEWS dot-go-dot-com is reporting that
Pamela Jo Bondi and others seeking a conviction of Comey
may attempt the tactic of DISQUALIFICATION
of the chosen defender : Patrick Fitzgerald
Patrick Fitzgerald will come out of retirement
to defend his longtime friend
James Comey when he
faces the wrath / ire of
POTUS and the designated
prosecutor wannabe - -
Lindsey Halligan, former
Insurance lawyer and personal
lawyer to then-candidate
#DJT between his terms as
POTUS 45 and 47.
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/patrick-fitzgerald-james-comey-rcna233943
Will WICKED: For good (part 2) carry the heaviest TOTAL up to December 31, 2025?
The big hitters thus far in Jan. - Nov. 9, 2025 are:
A Minecraft Movie ($423 million)
Lilo & Stitch ($423 million also)
Superman ($354 million)
Jurassic World Rebirth ($339 million)
Sinners ($278.5 million)
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Predator: Badlands
made $40 million domestic box
office and another $40 million
overseas.
Tron: Ares (a sequel in a Disney
franchise) made $67.9 million since 10/10;
also "trending" is
Taylor Swift: Official Release Party of
Life of a Showgirl has made $34 million
since Oct. 3. * * * * * * * *
Yet to premiere in theaters
are Wicked: For Good - Nov. 21
Frankenstein (del Toro, director) after a 3-week
run the blockbuster will go to NetFlix
The Running Man -- Nov. 14
Zootopia 2 -- Nov. 26
Nuremberg -- Nov. 7
Hamnet
Avatar: Fire and Ash -- Dec. 19
various other titles / sequels / reboots
Joe McGee
another 3-star general retiring early
due to friction / fighting /insults from
HEGSETH Secretary Def.
details at the Hill platform
10/30/2025 noon hour Eastern
thehill.com/policy/defense/5581245-
three-star-general-mcgee-retires/?tbref=hp
adviser to Joint Chiefs chairman Caine
on long-term military strategy
McGee was raising objections to the Venezuela
strikes in Caribbean and the outlook for
the Russia-Ukraine war.
Thomas Massie (Kentucky) - The Hill reports that he has married (Nov. 2025)
The HILL Platform -- "Thomas Massie
announces marriage to former Congressional staffers"
Monday Nov.3, 2025
Deseret News (Utah statewide media - newspaper)
Repr. Thomas Massie told reporters that
he has already upped his
security, given that he is
in the center of MAGA and
GOP Frustrations; "there is
a lot of rhetoric. POTUS
himself engages in it. It's
amusing sometimes. . .some
people take it literally, and
he (TRUMP) should tone
that down himself. . ."
UPDATE: 10 accusers to hold press event
on steps of Capitol Wed. Sept. 3, 2025
___________________________________
The Hill platform / web news supplier at 6 a.m.
posted the story Sept. 2, 2025 :
GOP Lawmakers
to be confronted by
Jeffrey Epstein
saga as they
return to Congress
_______________________________
Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have a
press conference upon the opening hours
with survivors of Epstein's and Ghislaine
Maxwell's sex trafficking / conspiracy /
sexual exploitation of minors crimes.
Their "discharge petition" will require a
vote by all 435 Representatives.
The House Rules Committee will have to
resolve its impasse by either sweeping
matters under the "carpet" or admitting
that the "Epstein Files" was part of
mis / dys_ / Disinformation concocted
by MAGA and Trump-Vance operatives. . .
thehill.com/homenews/house/547730-
epstein-files-gop-congress/
End of Semester POTLUCK : Monday Nov. 24, 2025
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
LITTLE FLOWERS CHURCH / FOREVER LEARNING
INSTITUTE participants
Sept. - Nov. Semester for +60 and older senior learners
Come share a meal and a conversation; FLI will supply
paper plates, beverages, utensils.
Attendees will enjoy table displays and performances. . .
George Tidmarsh, FDA Official resigns in midst of scandal, ethical lapse
TRUMP / VANCE crony
George Tidmarsh, FDA drug division,
has resigned [ Nov. 3, 2025 ]
CRITICISM / ethical debate has been
raised over comments he made over a
drug tied to a former business associate.
NYTimes.com/2025/11/02/health/fda-drug-unit-chief.html
How well did American competitors do in the 2025 New York City Marathon (November 2, 9 a.m. Eastern)?
6th place : Joel Reichow, age 32
7th place : Charles Hicks
10th place : Joe Klecker.
Klecker is an Olympic-level
athlete for the U.S. (10k
qualifying runner at Tokyo
delayed-to-2021 games)
Ben Ferencz in PROSECUTING_EVIL
99-yr.-old
Nuremberg Trials Lawyer -
an American Prosecutor in the
international war crimes tribunals!
DOCUMENTARY Film
titled
Prosecuting Evil
The non-fiction feature film
won an Audience Award at the
2018 Toronto (Canada)
International Film Festival.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Where do people vote with Ranked-Choice for Mayor in a major Midwestern city? Minneapolis, MN
see AP Race Call: Jacob Frey incumbent
wins
minnesota-minneapolis-mayor-elected-rank-choice . . .
In the Minneapolis city MAYOR race
as well as the City Council ward races.
SEE:
Fox9.com/news/2025-minneapolis-city-election-whos-ballot-mayor-city-council
Priest from Chicago Heights, Illinois walks 800 miles to Ellis Island
Gary Graf
began at Dolton, IL (near Pope Leo XIV's childhood
home -- the Supreme Pontiff was born in Cook County
in 1955)
and traverses mainly rural route/trek from
Oct. 6 until 50 days to
arrive at Ellis Island, NY
Harbor
thedialog.org/national-news/father-gary-grafs-50-day-trek-
on-foot-to-new-york-city-highlights-migrant-families-affected-by-ice-raids/
Admissions by Trump 2.0 and Netanyahu [ first Israel's P.M. then self-admission about health by POTUS 47 ]
Israel is NOT a protectorate of the
United States of America --
AP News platform coverage from
Press event he held with VP Vance
(today, Oct. 22, 2025) in
Jerusalem.
_____________________________
On Monday Oct. 27 while traveling
between Malaysia and Japan,
TRUMP admits that
he had undergone an MRI
scan . . . quickly changing
the subject to reporters only
admitting
It was Perfect
Those with him presumed that
he meant during his Walter Reed
annual physical (he has had 2 in
this calendar year).
No Official confirmation of his
deep vein thrombosis arterial
disease . . .
UPDATE: Nov. 2, 2025
#DJT MRI scan (yes, he admitted
having one)
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5584101-
trump-mri-raises-questions-?tbref=hp
Indifference to evil
from Essay "God Demands Justice"
Abraham Joshua Heschel
There is an evil which most
of us condone and are even
guilty of: indifference to evil.
We remain neutral, impartial,
and not easily moved by the
wrongs done unto other people.
Indifference to evil is more
insidious than evil itself;
it is more universal, more
contagious, more dangerous.
A silent justification, it makes
possible an evil erupting as an
exception becoming the rule and
being in turn accepted. The prophets'
great contribution to humanity was the
discovery of the evil of indifference.
One may be decent and sinister, pious
and sinful. The prophet is a person
who suffers the harms done to others.
Wherever a crime is committed, it is
as if the prophet were the victim
and the prey. The prophet's angry
words cry. The wrath of God is
a lamentation. All prophecy is one
great exclamation: God is not
indifferent to evil! He is always
concerned. He is personally
affected by what man does to man.
He is a God of pathos!
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