250 years of military activity planning and
execution :
the greatest missions would obviously start
with D-Day landings at beaches of Normandy,
France June 6, 1944
and the Seal Team 6 landing at Abbottabad,
Pakistan and the execution of al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden
Please join the Center for Italian Studies and Devers Program in Dante Studies for its annual "Dante Now!" event, dedicated to performing and understanding Dante's Divine Comedy.
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THIS is one of the major cases to be decided by June 30 / July 1
at the end of the SCOTUS term (2024-2025)
May 15, 2025, 9 a.m.
before the Roberts Supreme Court
D.C. 9 justices will ask questions of the
Plaintiff and the Defendants who want to live in America
abcnews.go.com/supreme-court-hear-arguments-injunctions-trump-bid-end
UPDATE - - - - - - - - -
Overnight April 18 / 19
SCOTUS, with Alito and Thomas dissenting, has ruled that Trump-Vance
admin. / Dept. of DHS - Justice cannot round up suspects and transport them
to El Salvadoran prison without prior hearings and presentation of physical
evidence that has been put before an immigration judge.
A video message from Bush 43 (former POTUS George W. Bush)
and POTUS 44 (President Barrack Obama - 2009-2016) as well
as U2 founder / lead singer / humanitarian-philanthropist Bono
June 30, 2025 8:45 p.m.
"Bush, Obama, and Bono commend U.S. AID workers on
their last day"
nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/usaid-staff-obama-bush-bono.html
Ecclesiastes is the only OT/Hebrew
Bible book to contain significant reflection
on death itself. The Pentateuch prescribes
death as a penalty, the Historical Books
record it as an event, and the Psalms offer
prayer against its untimely occurrence,
but without significant reflection on the
nature of death itself.
three juxtaposed threads within the
Writings / Kethuvim book Qohelet /
Kohelet / Ecclesiastes
Some verses present tranquil
pictures of the natural rhythms
of birth, old age, and death
(Ecclesiastes 3:2 ; 12:1-8)
or extol the enjoyment of this
life for its own sake and not just
in reaction to death (Eccles. 3: 12-13).
In a key passage, the sage asserts that
death awaits all and obliterates all
knowledge, passion, and activity
(Eccles. 9:1-10). There are occasional
tantalizing glimpses of divine
judgment from both Qohelet / Kohelet
and his epilogist (see Eccles. 3:17
11:9 ; 12:14), though without specifying its
time frame or providing further detail.
These three strands remain unintegrated. . .
Nevertheless the reference to judgment,
whatever their origin, may hint at a future
reckoning.
- - - article in Dictionary of the Old
Testament (2008, IV Press, USA)
"Afterlife" by Prof. Philip Johnston,
Cambridge Univ. U.K.
“And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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The TIMES of Israel reports that
935 is the reported death
from the 12-day war involving
missiles and air attacks on cities
inside Iran by Israel & U.S.
source = IRNA news agency
of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
__________________________
Iran's attacks by drones & 500
ballistic missiles killed
28 people, all except one were
civilians, sites included
universities and hospitals
source = thetimesofisrael.com/
iran-raises-death-toll-from-conflict-
with-israel-to-more-than-900/
WSJ
Wall Street Journal is reporting this a.m.
that 50,000 Russian troops of V. Putin
have been massed for attacking the
Ukrainian city of Sumy; "holding the Russians
has been a game of whack-a-mole for outnumbered
Ukrainians, with Putin frequently opening new
lines of attack.
June 30, 2025
11:30 a.m. Eastern US Time.
June 30
is the Day of commemoration
from the martyrdom of Roman
Christians who were executed in 64 C.E.
by Roman Emperor Nero.
Canada has agree to drop the DST
Digital Services Tax in anticipation of
a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade
agreement with the United States.
Mark Carney will resume negotiations with
Trump 2.0 with a view to agreeing on a deal
by July 21, 2025.
canada.ca.en/department-finance/news/2025/06/
canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-to-advance-broader-
trade-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html
POSTED 29 June 20205
Much of what Qohelet says is disturbing and difficult
to reconcile with the remainder of the Old Testament.
Scholars have made numerous attempts to address
this problem, and the diversity in approaches highlights
the depth of the problem. In the end, however, the frame
narrator calls us to recognize that Qohelet is right:
the speculative wisdom of
Qohelet cannot make sense of the
world. The narrator points to
another answer:
obedience to God
(Ecclesiastes 12:13)
from Dictionary article by M.A. Shields for
IV Press Dictionary of the Old Testament:
Wisdom,Poetry,Writings (2008) edited
by Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns
Faculty of Divinity
Has taught Old Testament in Belfast, St. Andrews,
and Oxford, and now lectures and supervises in
the Cambridge Faculty of divinity. His doctoral
research looked a death in the Ancient Near East;
he has lived and worked in Ireland, francophone
Europe and East Asia.
Contributor to Dictionary of the Old Testament:
volume on WISDOM, POETRY, & WRITINGS
published 2008 by Intervarsity Press, USA
ISBN: 9780830817832
www.ivpress.com
Remembering Bill Moyers
June 28, 2025 (Saturday)
Weekend Edition segment
npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5441724/
opinion-remembering-bill-moyers
He won the most prestigious
awards of our profession, some in
bunches
+30 Emmys, 11 Peabodys,
2 Columbia-Duponts, and
many others for PBS Documentaries
and interviews. . .
In a media world which can overwhelm
with breaking news, Bill Moyers asked
questions that could be at once simple
and probing in his Texas hill country
tenor, steeped in a pastor's compassion,
and reminded us to try to find out what
could last in the human heart. . .
What is the word count usage in the
WISDOM book included in the
Writings sections of Hebrew Bible / OLD Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 - 12?
Eccles. 1:14
2:1, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26
3:19
4:4, 7, 8, 16
5:6, 9
6:2, 4,9
7:6
8:10, 14
9:9
11:8, 10
12:8
Known as "Ecclesiastes"
book of Hebrew wisdom / preaching / seeking the
meaning of life
H-e-b-e-l
roughly translates as
mist
vapor
but is more commonly translated as
vanity /// emptiness /// futility
See further Ecclesiastes opening 2 chapters :
but also throughout the book written by
The Preacher
K-O-H-E-L-E-T
Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
. . .before the silver cord is snapped,
or the golden bowl is broken, or the
pitcher is broken at the fountain, or
the wheel broken at the cistern,
and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Vanity of Vanities [h-e-b-e-l] says
Qoheleth / Koheleth / the Teacher;
all is vanity [h-e-b-e-l].
Commentary by Jerome of Stridon,
great Ancient Church translator of
the Scriptures into a common Latin
(Vulgate) Translation [lived 347 - 420
and who counseled believers from
his school-study in Bethlehem]
The silver cord
indicates a pure
life and the
inspiration that
is given us from heaven.
The return again of
the golden band
[LATIN: vitta] signifies
the soul that returns
to the place from
which it descended.
Moreover there are
two remaining figures. . .
The shattered pitcher
at the spring and the
broken wheel at the well,
through the use of
metaphor, are allegories
for death: for if a pitcher
is worn through, it ceases
to draw water, and when
a wheel at the well is
broken, the water it
would have drawn is left
to become putrid.
(translated by Prof. J. Robert Wright,
General Theol. Seminary, New York for the
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
series (IV Press, 2005) Volume IX, page 280.)
Bishop of Elvira, Gregory was a defender
of Nicaea during his service to the ancient
Church (approx. 359-385); he is notable
for many sermons in Origen's method
against the Arian heresy
Exposition of Ecclesiastes
Jerusalem, therefore, was abandoned "like a booth
in a vineyard" (Prophet ISAIAH 1:8)
because the guardian angels left it along with the
Lord when Christ had suffered. A crop in the field
is guarded by the Lord not for its own sake
but only for the grain it yields, such that the
stalk is permitted to be destroyed once its fruit
is harvested. So also it was not principally for
its own sake that Jerusalem was guarded temporarily,
but on account of Jesus Christ our Lord, who was
born according to the flesh within its borders. But
when its fruit had been harvested, that is, the body
of Christ, whence came the heavenly bread of life,
then Jerusalem was abandoned like a field after
the harvest, like a booth in a vineyard after its
grapes had been gathered. This, then is why it
was said here in the divine Scriptures,
There is a time for
guarding, and a time
for casting aside,
for there was a time when Jerusalem was guarded
and a time when it was being cast aside.
[edited & transl. by J. Robert Wright,
General Theol. Seminary, New York
for Ancient Christian Commentary of
Scripture volume IX (IV Press, 2005)
an anonymous document preserved in Christian
circles (likely the 2nd Century common era);
original language is uncertain whether Hebrew or
Greek
For there is a season
for a man to embrace
his wife, and a season
to abstain from embrace
for his prayer. So then
there are two commandments
and unless they be done in
due order, they bring
about sin. So also is it
with the other commandments.
Be wise in God, then, and
prudent, understand the order
of the commandments, and
the laws of every work, that
the Lord may love you.
Homily #6 on Ecclesiastes
Let no one believe that he possesses
any happiness or true joy in this
world. Happiness can be prepared for,
but it cannot be possessed here. Two
times succeed each in their own order,
"a time to weep and a time to laugh."
Let no one deceive himself, brethren;
there is no time to laugh in this world.
I know, indeed, that everyone wants to
rejoice, but people do not all look for
joy in the place where it should be sought.
True joy never did exist in this world,
it does not so now, and it never will. For
thus the Lord himself warned his disciples
in the Gospel when he said, "You will suffer
in the world (Gospel of John 16:33)" and
again "While the world rejoices, you will
grieve for a time, but your grief will be
turned into joy (Gospel of John 16:20)."
For this reason, with the Lord's help
let us do good in this life through labor
and sorrow, so that in the future life we
may be able to gather the fruits of our
good deeds with joy and exultation
according to that sentence,
"Those that sow in tears shall reap
rejoicing! (Psalm 125: 5 LXX transl).
Caesarius of Arles SERMONS (Fathers of
the Church series) translator Sister Mary
Magdeleine Mueller. Caesarius of Arles,
France lived and served the church (470 -
543 C.E.)
With the overthrow of the Shah of Iran,
the Ayatollah Khomenei achieved a break in
diplomacy and resentments -- Iran went into
a sphere of anti-U.S. /Independence where it was not
Soviet-influenced with only residual ties to
Europe (esp. France) but anti-U.K.
Iran found "vassal states" / terrorist organizations
to align with as well as other Shi-ite majority
nations/Emirates like conservative kleptocracies like
Bahrain & Qatar. Later Ayatollah Khomeinei and
his anointed follow-up Khamenei
would develop ties with both Russia and
China -- However, as a theocratic state Iran would
remain counter to Ba'ath dictatorships (Sunni and other
ethnic groupings/sects) like Iraq & Syria.
Where go the Iranian people and their governance? Will
an anti-authoritarian modern Muslim state emerge with
resources in Oil and Rare Earth minerals / natural
factors in their coastal / shipping ports? what will 2025 - 2099
hold for this part of the Asian regions?
source: AP News online article
The 5,000 item collection comes to the Library of Congress
Senior Music Specialist Mark Horowitz who granted an interview
with
AP News dot-com/
article/stephen-sondheim-library-congress-papers
9 a.m. June 20, 2025
According to Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations,
David Golinkin
the account of 12 spies going into the
"Promised Land" then controlled by
Canaanites was comparable to 2025
since 10 give one kind of report and
only Joshua and Caleb give a report
stating possibilities / promise.
SEE: JPOST.com/opinion/article-859197
Jerusalem Post June 28, 2025
In honor of the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday
how about recognizing and honoring the
Revolution War Forefathers / spies / counter-intelligence
agents and grunts who got General Washington
across the Delaware
to surprise-attack on Christmas
the British troops occupying
New Jersey colony . . . What
do you say?
Presidential aide during Kennedy, LBJ eras
as a Press Secretary --
he was an unusual breed of TV correspondent
and commentator; he died in NYC at the
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital.
nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/bill-moyers-dead.html
WORKS: served as Press Secretary, LBJ - Humphrey admin.
(1963 - 66); publisher of Newsday in 1967 ( it won two Pulitzers
during his tenure ); Listening to America: a traveler rediscovers
his country (1971); The Power of Myth six hour-long interviews with Joseph Campbell
aired on PBS in 1988.
You will be long remembered by constituents
and Midwesterners and Americans of good
conscience and respect for justice and righteousness!
Rep. Melissa Hortman
spouse Mark Hortman
MEMORIAL vigil June 17, 2025
outside the State Capitol Building
St. Paul, Minnesota
_______________________________
a private funeral service will be held
Saturday June 28, 2025 that will be live-
streamed on a YouTube channel from
Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety.
NBC News com
related how roads leading to the only 4
sites will be considered
Combat Zones
as the GHF closes for
updating, organizing, improving
efficiency on June 4, 2025.
The New Foundation chair
is Rev. Johnnie Moore. . .
[more on this American public relations
professional at NYTimes.com/2025/06/05/
world/middleeast/israel-johnnie-moore-
gaza-humanitarian-foundation.html ]
nbcnews.com/. . .
israel-gaza-aid-centers-combat-zones-roads
These singular apostles and early church bishop
are celebrated annually on
June 28 (Irenaeus of Lyons, systematic
theologian
and doctrinal "watchdog")
and on June 29 (St. Peter, original among 12
disciples of Christ, apostle at Pentecost,
martyred in Rome by Emperor Nero :
Apostle Paul of Tarsus, writer of
majority of New Testament Epistles/
writings, martyred at Rome, likely
beheaded by Nero).
Died last week of June 2025:
LALO Schifrin, Argentinian national.
Many times a nominee but winner in the category
of Music Score (Composition / Conducting)
as an EMMY Category
Winner = Lalo Schifrin,
originally from Argentina
he won in 1966 for
Man from U.N.C.L.E and
in 1968 for Mission: Impossible.
_________________________
Mr. Schifrin was born June 21, 1932
and died June 26, 2025. Received his
STAR on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for Recording in 1988 on his
56th birthday.
nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us-chief-justice-roberts-threats.html
at a judicial conference in Charlotte, NC
urged political leaders to limit heated rhetoric about judges
June 28.2025
on c-span.org/event
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Roberts will participate at
11:15 a.m. Eastern
in a conversation with 4th Circuit
judge Albert Diaz
posted June 27, 2025 midday
SCOTUS
did not rule in the federal appeal of the
Louisiana legislature-generated Congressional
map for the upcoming elections in the 2020s and forward
Today is the final day for rulings to be shared (27 June 2025).
SOURCE: USA TODAY supreme-court-decision-racial-gerrymandering-louisiana
Reporter Marion Groppe
Posted June 27 at 11:05 a.m.
The accused told the judge and court officials:
I have never been suicidal. . . [his attorney admitted
to the court that her client was sleepless and
under a suicide watch]. . .he will also face state
charges for murder of the Hortman couple and
attempted murders of other (June 27 update)
_________________________________________
He had worked for decades in the food industry
according to NY Times.com -- work-in-update
what-is-known-of suspect : in online videos, he
told of quitting that industry to work in Congo
(Central Africa) on agricultural projects // recently
he had taken odd_ jobs picking up deceased persons'
bodies at funeral home companies to pay his bills
from a family of 5 children_________________
AP NEWS details -- he kept a list of
70 names including legislators, community
leaders, abortion rights advocates and details
of healthcare facilities. . . Sunday 15 June 2025
Police recovered several AK-style firearms from
his two vehicles -- he lives in Sibley County, MN
with a wife and 5 children. He is a former political
appointee. He texted to friends ahead of the shootings /
lethal and attempted lethal shootings -- "May be dead
shortly" -- Saturday 6 a.m. Central, rural Minnesota
________________________________________
PEOPLE Magazine has shots of suspect
assailant of Minnesotan
who killed 2 and injured another couple
the 57-year-old white male
with receding hairline was
wearing a light-colored
cowboy hat with dark-colored
long-sleeve coat or collared shirt,
light pants, carrying a dark bag.
ARMED and DANGEROUS
people.com/fbi-releases-new-photo-
of-vance-boelter-minesota-lawmakers-
shooting-suspect-11754953
Pay your respects today from
Noon to 5 p.m. Central time
at the Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The former Speaker of the State
House will lie in state at the Capitol
following the assassination by a
political extremist, who was captured
inside the state and who has been charged
with second-degree murder of the Hortmans
and attempted murder of another couple
and stalking / pursuit of other political
violence targets. The Hortman's golden
retriever was also killed in the home
entry and violent attack with AK-47.
Mrs. Hortman will be the first woman
in Minnesota's history to receive this
honor and respect. A private funeral
service takes place Sat. 6/28/2025
and it will be live streamed on the
Dept. of Public Safety's YouTube channel.
see Minnesota Public Radio (NPR affiliate)
mprnews.org/story/06/27/how-to-pay-your-respects-to-melissa-and-tom-hortman
The nation of Mexico is reporting that crash site remains
of a botched mission of
SPACE X
mission left contamination and wreckage in
TAMAULIPAS. That state's governor reported to
President Claudia Sheinbaum that there could
be legal repercussions for the company's owner, Elon Musk.
The failed launch on May 27 left shards might also be
viewed as providing evidence that SPACE X was NOT
complying with regulations regarding the space mission's
proximity to population centers in Mexico.
According to The HILL dot-com, Musk's spokespersons
maintained there was no hazard from the space debris.
the HILL /business/Mexico-investigating-contamination
26 June 2025 10 p.m. posted online article
NCRonline.org
National Catholic Reporter (online platform)
Op-ed on whether Just war, Just peace can explain/justify US attack on Iran
June 26. 2025 David Carroll Cochran
Were the recent attacks by B-2 Stealth bombers
a world away and the Tomahawk Cruise missiles
from submarines in the area justified under the
just war theory framework the Catholic Church
has historically used to judge military action? It was not.
. . .Nuclear nonproliferation is important but that
doesn't mean countries with nuclear weapons (U.S. and
Israel) are automatically justified in going to war against
opponents / rivals who don't. . . .
ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/just-war-and-just-peace-
and-us-attack-iran
America magazine
"On Hearing Trump invoke God after
bombing Iran on the feast of Corpus Christi"
Kevin Ahern, staff writer June 26, 2025
americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/06/26/corpus-christi-iran-war-251026
Speech's conclusion =
I just want to say,
we love you, God and
we love our great military.
Protect them. God bless
the Middle East. God bless
Israel, and God bless America.
End of Ahern's article (online version)
May we weep for the mothers and fathers across
the Holy Land mourning for the loss of a child. May
we weep for the children going to sleep in terror.
For those who ask their parents about war. May
we also pray that our tears, like those of Christ's
meet the sweat of action!
BBC.com/news/articles/cdjxy039ln8o
U.S. gained nothing from strikes,
Iran's supreme leader says
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Foreign Minister Araghchi.
NO Talks are scheduled say both
Khamenei and Araghchi.
UPDATE on June 25-6 meetings
of 7 who remain after RFK, Jr. (HHS Secy.)
fired 17 and replaced them with
his own associates (only 8)
on ADVISORY Council on
Immunization Practices at CDC,
Atlanta, GA. one of new members
Cody Meissner (M.D. & Prof. Dartmouth)
said the risk from influenza is SO MUCH
greater than the non-existent risk from
thimerosal!
see more: NYTimes.com/2025/06/25/health/vaccines-cdc-acip-kennedy.html/
quotes from Dr. Peter Hotez, immunologist at Baylor Univ., Dr. Kathryn Edwards,
ret. from Vanderbilt Univ.
[The CDC still lacks a director to sign off on any of RFK's
vaccine altered recommendations / schedule protocols ]
Dr. James Pagano
Dr. Joseph Hibbeln
Dr. Cody Meissner, Dartmouth
XX Dr. Michael Ross, not
currently employed Virginia Commonwealth
University XX [dropped since he resigned]
Dr. Vicky Pebsworth of
NVIC (National Vaccine Information Center)
Dr. Retsef Levi, MIT
professor of operations research
Dr. Robert Malone
Dr. Martin Kulldorff - named chairman
by RFK, Jr.
_______________________
The committee will meet
25-26 June 2025 to discuss and vote on several
vaccines including the Vaccines for Children
program ; already known is that presenter to the ACIP
Lyn Redwood will give a presentation
that includes a non-existent study on
long-term consequences of a vaccine
preservative -- it claims neuroimmune
effects in newborn rats -- not verified
nor substantiated . . .
Ms. Natasha Bertrand of CNN
reported the findings of a leaked
Army Intelligence assessment of what
would be the impact of the 3 "Bunker Buster"
bombs and the 12 Tomahawk on how long
the Iran Nuclear development could take to
resume and go further during this very decade/year.
see CNN dot-com/
SHOCK & Horror -- spouse of Assassin with hit list to kill 40
Democrats, health care, and community workers (Minnesota)
the hill.com/ MINNESOTA SHOOTING SUSPECT's wife
June 26, 2025
_______________________________________________
details about how this was a wider plan to kill / assassinate
Democrat Party officials in Minnesota -- the assassin did not enter
a plea in court and his wife has not been charged as an accessory --
NY TIMES dot-com/ June 20, 2025
us/minnesota-assassin-preppers-boelter.html
HOW?
nytimes.com/2026/6/16/us/minnesota-shooting-suspect-caught-how.html
within a one-square-mile perimeter,
deploying drones and police dogs.
No force used arresting him, although
he was armed.
After the perpetrator had shot Mrs.
Hortman, he also shot at police who
had arrived at her and her husband's
residence. When they returned fire,
he escaped out the back door on foot,
on a golf course, setting off the
largest manhunt in the history of
the state of Minnesota.
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman
Dan Caine
replied to the question
Were you pressured to provide
a rosy assessment of the mission
at the 3 Iranian nuclear sites?
No, I have not; no, I would
not.
A new centenarian today --
June Lockhart
who had the role of
Ruth Martin, Timmy's
adoptive mother in
Lassie; she also played
the mother on TV's
Lost in Space.
5K registration $30 includes shirt
Family Fun Run starts only at 10:30 a.m.
see runsignup.com/Race/MI/BerrienSprings/BerrienLife5k
201 Sylvester Ave., Berrien Springs, MI
near athletic field and center -- Family Fun Fest all day
SECOND Press Conference was today (June 26, 2025)
for Defense Secy. Pete Hegseth, retired National Guard major
and weekend FOX NEWS host before Senate Confirmation (January
2025) by vote of 50 - 50 with VP Vance casting the deciding vote.
AP News.com/article/iran-nuclear-program-military-strikes-trump. . .
____________________________________________________
impact made in IRAN June 21 overnight "Midnight Hammer"
operation -- see NYTimes.com/2025/06/24/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html
____________________________________________________
The civilian Air Force engineer who developed
and designed for production some of the biggest,
most powerful non-nuclear bombs ever made
Albert L. Weimorts.
When he retired in 2003
at his retirement from the Air
Force research laboratory,
his bosses stated about his
work on the Massive Ordnance
Air Blast & the GBU-28
"Bunker Buster". The latter was
used in the Operation Desert
Storm in 1991 while the former
might well be used by Trump-Vance
administration officials and the
Hegseth Defense officials against
Iran's deeply hidden underground
Nuclear Enrichment facilities,
known and unknown.
SEE Weimorts' obituary (he died
on Xmas, 2005 of brain cancer
at Ft. Walton Beach, FL) that
mentions how the MOAB was
made for the second Iraq War.
In the 1990s Mr. Weimorts served
two tours as a weapons inspector
for the United Nations in Iraq.
Joint Chiefs Chairman
Dan Caine
will share a Press Conference Thursday 26 June, 2025 (C-SPAN2)
on behalf of the Defense establishment and
the entire government with
Defense Secy. Pete Hegseth (Cabinet member of
Trump-Vance administration : since 5 months ago)
at 8 a.m. Eastern. View it at
c-span.org/event/news-conference/defense-secretary-joint-chiefs-chair-hold-news-conference/434286
Taking place TODAY (June 26, 2025)
at the U.S. Senate & House of
Representatives
______________________
John Ratcliffe, CIA Head;
DNI Gabbard;
General Dan Caine;
Christopher Landau (State Dept.)
Steve Feinberg (State Dept.)
Congressional testimony
in classified briefing (closed-door)
before Republicans/MAGA and
Democrats/independents
in the House and Senate separately.
Hakeem Jeffries told AP News:
"we expect them to explain results
of the thwart (bombing of Iranian
sites) and what are Trump-Vance
plans to avoid another disastrous
war in the Middle East"
ON
June 25, 1950
war broke out in Korea
as forces from the communist
North invaded South Korea;
the conflict would last over three
years and would be responsible for
over 4 million deaths, an estimated
3 million of which were civilians.
75 years ago
June 2025
Former VP Pence wrote to the former Jan. 6 defendant
who was tried and convicted for the misdemeanor count
of parading, demonstrating, or picketing at the Capitol
building; she had served her sentence of 60 days in prison
and was underway with 3 years of probation when Trump
2.0 pardoned her and an entire class of defendants/convicts.
She rejected the clemency and accepted responsibility for
her actions; she told the BBC that Trump's supporters were
wrong for storming the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021 and that to accept
a pardon would only insult the Capitol Police officers,
rule of law, and our nation.
thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5369499-pence-trump-pardons-letter/
Bishop of Minnesota and Dakotas Area, The United Methodist Church:
To love God is to resist evil,
injustice, and oppression
in whatever forms they present
themselves
minnesotaumc.org/News detail/bishops-pastoral-letter-a-call-to-mourn-
a-call-to-pray-and-live-with-love-19121255
Acting director of the CDC, Atlanta, GA
who replaced as a Trump-Vance nominee Dr. David Weldon.
She is a microbiologist Ph.D.
no one before her as a CDC Director nominee was not herself/himself
a Medical Doctor
Monarez' HEARING Before a Senate committee is today (June 25, 2025)
Global Summit event
June 25 (Wednesday) , 2025
Health and Prosperity
through Immunisation_
Brussels, Belgium
gavi.org
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On 25 June in D.C.,
RFK, Jr. HHS Secy.
made incendiary remarks,
accusing GAVI of ignoring
vaccine safety. . .
nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/kennedy-vaccines-gavi.html
born: July 22, 1943
TV series star (1968-1970)
also pop singer -- Teen Idol
died June 24, 2025 age 81
Has also worked as a police officer and EMT
obituary is forthcoming
Trump 2.0 (since Jan. 20, 2025)
did NOT invite the current WNBA Champions
The New York Liberty
After their Super Bowl win, the Philadelphia
Eagles attended a reception at Oval Office,
but two dozen players including MVP
Jalen Hurts did not attend in April 2025,
citing unavailability.
Also in April, the L.A. Dodgers attended
an April reception. . .World Series champion
team despite Trump's Dept. of Defense deleting
of Jackie Robinson's web page showing his
military service. . .
see further Howard Bryant op-ed for
nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opinion/oklahoma-city-thunder-trump.html
The online magazine WIRED has reported that
Edward Coristine, highly noticed
member of Musk's DOGE "strike
force" -- has resigned and his accounts
de-activated (June 24, 2025).
He graduated H.S. last year from Rye, NY
and was enrolled as an engineering student
at Northeastern U. before he was hired
by DOGE. Coristine had already worked
at a data security firm but was fired.
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Newsweek.com reported in online
article that he is the great-grandson
of a KGB Defector [ Valery Fedorvich
Martynov ] -- Coristine has already
founded 5 companies across multiple
jurisdictions (2 states and United Kingdom)
newsweek.com/elon-musk-edward-coristine-
big-balls-kgb-agent-2036250
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H.S. graduate named as Dept.
of Govt. Efficiency (DOGE)
senior advisor by Elon Musk
along with other <25-yr.-olds
in State and Homeland Security
departments : details at
msn.com/en-us/news/us/
elon-musk-s-19-year-old-
lieutenant-sparks-fury-after-
taking-new-role
Feb. 10, 2025 MSN website
FEB. 22 update: while at Path
Network as an INTERN, he
leaked proprietary information and
was fired; he claimed he maintained
access to their network's systems
even after his termination at PATH
Network. . .
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
102 degrees F.
wbur.org/2025/06/24/boston-heatwave-100-degrees
more at
CBS News.com/boston
Ag Secretary (Cabinet - level) Brooke Rollins
has announced June 23 that the "Roadless Rule"
(2001) that preserves the wild nature of nearly
a third of the land in the national forests will be
repealed. This is part of a multi-department to
bypass environmental protection and endangered
species legislation in order to boost the supply
of domestic lumber.
nytimes.com/2025/06/23/climate/trump-to-end-protections-
for-58-million-acres-of-national-forests.html
June 24, 2025
cbn.com/news/world/irans-fatal-error-how-a-
demonic-regime-might-trigger-end-times-prophecy
a longtime government DoJ (Dept. of Justice) lawyer
told Congress that the Bondi Justice Deparment
leader team plans and continue to plan to defy court
orders and withhold information from judges to
advance the Trump-Vance administration aggressive
deportation goals -- the whistle blower was put on
leave and then fired in April 2025 when he told a
federal judge that an immigrant had been deported in error.
WVPE.org/npr-news/2025-06-24/fired-justice-department-lawyer-
accuses-agency-of-planning-to-defy-court-orders
Tuesday 24 June 2025
UPDATE: on Wed. 25 June 2025 Trump 2.0
will give a live press briefing/ announcement of his
daily Weaving and forecast how the rest of June will
go for everyone. . . moved to 10 a.m. from one hour earlier
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POTUS Trump 2.0
will stay at the
Huis Ten Bosch
Palace Tuesday
night instead of a
swanky hotel.
His host is King
Willem-Alexander
of the Netherlands.
That is one of the
royal palaces in the
Netherlands and he
will enjoy breakfast
with the king and queen.
March 5, 1770
the "First fatality" of the
American Revolution when
he was struck during a street
protest of Government policies
in the colonial city of Boston,
commonwealth of Massachusetts
(1 of 13 colonies). He was half-
African, half-Native American
shot twice through the chest.
At the 5-year anniversary of the
"Boston Massacre," troops from
King George III would impose
order and Commerce as outsiders;
the speaker of the day was
Dr. Joseph Warren -- he would
die three months later at Bunker
Hill. . .This month Trump-Vance
deployed 4,000 national guard
troops and 700 Marines to Los
Angeles, CA. vowing to liberate
the city from protesters he called
"animals."
Katie Britt -- calls Trump 2.0
Historic! The President of Peace
Bernie Moreno [as recently as Nov. 2024
Cleveland auto dealership magnate]
Moreno defeated incumbent D. Senator from
OHio Sherrod Brown; the car dealer will next stand
for re-election in 2030.
"nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize for Peace"
apnews.com/article/iran-strikes-israel-congress-trump. . . .
in Japan -- the election period of campaigning is limited to
begin only on July 3.
The July 2025 election is for 124 of the 248 members of
the House of Councilors
Shigeru Ishiba's coalition hope to secure a majority in
the Upper House (legislature).
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
delayed due to
RFK, Jr. (Cabinet Secy. HHS)
firing the 17 members of ACIP
and replacing them with 8
new members some of whom have
questioned vaccine safety.
Many of these RFK associates
lack significant experience in
relevant scientific fields.
Senator Cassidy of Louisiana,
who is himself an M.D. voted
to confirms RFK, himself an
environmental lawyer
and conspiracy-theory author
/previous Presidential
candidate.
Further details about the shooter, with mental health issues
NBCnews.com/
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Michigan Live! reports that the suburban Detroit, MI
church stopped a man armed with a long gun and a
handgun, averting a mass shooting in the church. He began
firing as he approached the building wearing a tactical vest
and carrying weapons. A parishioner hit the gunman with
his car as the gunman fired on the car repeatedly. At least
two staff members shot the gunman, causing the fatal wounds.
mlive.com/2025/06/22/police-say-church-staff-shot-man-with-
handgun-long-gun-averting-potential-mass-shooting/
NYTIMES dot-com profile
Friday 12/13/24
a lawyer assisting RFK, Jr. pick federal
health officials for the incoming Trump-
Vance administration
He has petitioned the government to
revoke its approval of the
polio vaccine,
Hepatitis B vaccine,
13 other vaccines until
their makers disclose
details about aluminum
nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/
aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html
Secretary Hegseth and
Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs, Dan Caine
admitted June 23, 2025
an initial battle-damage
assessment of the
three sites struck by
B-2 Stealth Bombers and
Cruise missiles
showed severe damage and
destruction.
The Vice-President of the United States JDVANCE
and Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
admitted that neither one of the
bureaucrats know where
Iran kept its near-bomb-grade
nuclear material.
23 June 2025
NY TIMES background piece about
next generation transition by Iran Govt.
and who they will have as "next Ayatollah"
Besides the NO CELL PHONE usage
the senior military intelligence officers
are underground and Khamenei remains in
a bunker away from his residence : Beit Rahbari.
June 21 NYTimes.com
Likely immediate and short-term effects
of the "Midnight Hammer" attack
(B-2 Stealth Bomber squadron
that flew 37 hours from and to
3 Iranian nuclear sites). . .
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Travel disruptions
Cyber attacks
Heightened security presence
Retaliatory bombing of
troops stationed overseas
NY TIMES background piece
nytimes.com/2025/06/17/world/middleeast/israel-nuclear-weapons.html
90 warheads
Israel is only one of five countries
not to sign the 55 yr. old nuclear
non-proliferation treaty (its peers
are India, Pakistan,
North Korea, Sudan).
POLITICO dot-com reports that
The U.S. Central Command chief
General Erik Kurilla is
overruling top Pentagon
officials, including P. Hegseth,
former FOX NEWS weekend
anchor and nominee of Trump-
Vance for Defense Secy. (whose
nomination got a 50-50 vote
in the Republican majority,
Democratic minority U.S.
Senate).
see POLITICO.com/
NBA Championship MVP
both point guard and shooting guard for the OKC Thunder
regular season MVP for entire NBA
team player
Last instance of this was 2013 with
LeBron James.
A logistics center in Western Iran,
it was attacked by the
Israeli Air Force
5 a.m. (U.S. Time)
Sunday June 22, 2025
After Trump left his office on Jan. 19, 2021
the "Situation Room" in West Wing, White House/
Executive Mansion, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
underwent a $50 million renovation that was
completed in 2023. AP already gathered analysis
of the X-related release of photos with the
Joint Chief of Staff Dan Caine
and civilian Chief of
Trump-Vance staff who is
Suzie Wiles. Flanking
Trump for the 10 p.m. Eastern
announcement of the B-2 Stealth
bombers' mission were Vance,
Rubio, Hegseth.
see AP story along with
some of the X "former Twitter"
photography:
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iran-israel-war-situation-room
Sunday June 22 - Thunder
hosts Pacers (Indiana)
at Oklahoma - 8 p.m.Game 7
Score was 103 - 90
The Thunder's best qtr. was the
3rd when they scored 34; near
tied at half 48 pacers - 47 thunder.
GAME 6 of NBA Championship
Thursday June 19, 2025
at OKLAHOMA Thunder home
arena
ABC - ESPN sports coverage
Score 120-109
Pacers even series
(7:30 Central - Oklahoma City, OK)
GAME 5 results at Oklahoma City
was 120-109 - home team can clinch
its 4th win and the championship
trophy on sixth not just seventh game
Fordo - buried under a mountain several miles
Natanz - a larger uranium enrichment plant
Isfahan - ancient, rural city in modern nation
Saturday June 21 is a day
to write about in the history books;
POTUS 47, VP Vance, Secy.State/National Security
advisor Rubio, Pentagon head Pete Hegseth
stood at the White House podium
with Presidential Seal as momentous notice
to the then-watching TV public =
Trump threatened more
action against Iran if it did
not return to diplomatic
efforts. . ."If they do not
make peace, future attacks
will be far greater and a
lot easier"
Across the region,
+40,000 troops are
on bases, on high
alert; commanders are
ready to respond to
any retaliation.
With the ratification vote passing in
New Hampshire (the needed 9 / 13
colonies/commonwealths),
the U.S. Constitution
was enacted on June
21, 1788 !
SENATE OFFICIAL rejects food aid cuts
as "income" to pay for tax cuts for the billionaire
class -- those deficit growing Tax Benefits for
the 1% are NOT part of the plan to allow
simple majority of the 100-member Senate.
This sends Republican MAGA appropriators
"back to the drawing board" / list of possible
sources to generate revenue that will lower
National Deficit.
nytimes.com June 21, 2025
Nor could MAGA Senate Republicans include
provision into a budget bill that denied SNAP
food stamp benefit payment to benefit-
providing states. . .
Three killed there (175 miles east of Bismarck, ND) said
the Cass County Sheriff. Two were in a damaged home while
a third was found by the Fire Department.
June 20 - 21, 2025. The nighttime Tornado had destroyed
10 homes and blew a train off the tracks and on its side.
Wind speeds measured up to 112 MPH.
During a visit to California yesterday,
VP Vance (formerly a U.S. Senator for 2 years himself)
repeatedly forget and struggled to refer to
Senator Alex Padilla (California)
switching in his comments /
answers to reporters' questions
to Jose' Padilla.
nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-travel-los-angeles-rcna214063
Michigan's oldest Lake trout
is 39 years old,
having been hatched in 1984
and stocked at Sheboygan Reef
within the Lake Michigan
Southern Refuge in 1985.
mlive.com/news/2025/06/
lakemichigans-oldest-tagged-lake-
trout-has-quite-a-story-its-code-reveals.html
UPDATE: Harvard Bulletin details
harvardmagazine.com/2025/06/judge-nih-federal-grant-lawsuit-hearing
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NBC News reported Monday June 16, 2025
that the termination of
NIH (National Institute of
Health) grants for research
and diversity were void
and illegal:
e.g.
health inequities for
sexual and gender minorities
nbcnews.com/science/science-news/
judge-deems-trumps-cuts-national-
institutes-health-illegal-rcna213360
UPDATE: June 20 -- Yes, Judge Burroughs
rules in favor of Harvard's continuance to
admit international students.
NYTimes.com online BREAKING NEWS 4 p.m.
Friday June 20
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Update: June 16, 2025
NPR is reporting that the Judge will delay until
Monday the 23rd of June.
NPR.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5432750/harvard-lawsuit-international-students-hearing
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Judge Allison Burroughs (Fed. District) -- insisted that
the Status Quo remain in place. . .
details on Kristi Noem revocation -- see ABC News.go.com
"Breaking News"
Thursday May 29, 2025
Harvard University attorneys will make their first in-person
arguments before a Boston, Mass. federal courtroom
Its strategy is to use the POTUS Trump's statements
as evidence that the government is on a political
crusade against the school.
At stake is the 70-year-old Harvard
tradition of admitting top students
from around the globe; a visa ban
would affect 7,000 students currently
enrolled and other incoming students
who had expected to enroll in summer
and fall.
_________________________________
On the Trump-Vance side,
Lawyers on the Dept. of Justice have not
yet submitted any written arguments on
the case.
_________________________________
Revoking a university's right to host
international students is an extraordinary
measure. In court papers, Harvard has
maintained that the Trump-Vance lawyers/
legal complainants bypassed detailed
procedures that might lead to a revocation.
Online article 20 June 2025
jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858406
"Israeli intelligence targeted Iranian scientists"
Operation NARNIA
eliminated (assassinated
furtively) many senior
figures in the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps and key individual
figures in the nuclear program.
List of 9 given in the article content.
Tribal leaders in the Midwestern state of Minnesota
are joining in with citizens, youth, young adults in
grieving the loss by assassination of political leader
State Repr. Melissa Hortman. She was their friend,
political ally, and respected political leader.
Minnesota Public Radio online article includes
Cathy Chavers
Robert Larsen of Lower Sioux
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Melanie Benjamin
Darrell Seki, chair of the Red Lake Nation
mprnews.org/story/2025/06/20/tribal-leaders-remember-minnesota-house-speaker-melissa-hortman
Rest in Strength
former House Speaker
Melissa Hortman
Mark Hortman (spouse)
Those leading the service were:
Brass Quintet : Minnesota Orchestra
Native American Drum Circle
Unison singing of "Amazing Grace"
Earlier Wed. 18 June 2025
U. of Minnesota President Rebecca
Cunningham spoke at a separate
outdoor memorial service;
the Hortmans were themselves alumna
and alumnus of the Big Ten
University.
Lou Christie
died June 17 after a brief
illness at home in Pittsburgh,
PA
Hits included:
the 1966 #1 Lightning Strikes;
Rhapsody in the Rain;
The Gypsy Cried;
Two Faces Have I;
I'm Gonna Make You Mine.
people.com/lou-christie-dead-at-82-lightning-strikes-singer-remembered-11758074
His chart-topping hit in February 1966
was a memorable product marked by:
a sweeping arrangement by producer Charles Calello
with glimmering piano,
ringing church bells,
radiant vocals from The Delicates,
a girl trio.
Lou Christie's songwriting partner was
Twyla Herbert; his birth name was
Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco
b. 1943 in Glenwillard, PA outside
of Pittsburgh
NY Times obituary
2025/06/20/arts/music/lou-christie-dead.html
