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Friday, August 1, 2025

Erika McEntarfer

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

was fired today (Aug.1, 2025)

when revised data showed that

there was higher unemployment 

during May 2025 and June 2025.

Erika McEntarfer was told to

leave by Trump when a large 

revision to the "Jobs Report" put

him in a bad light [ details at

washingtonpost.com/ 2025/08/01

another employee who opted to

leave early was a governor of the 

Federal reserve.

Friday August 1, 2025

Switzerland

Friday August 1, 2025

The government of 

Switzerland

will face 39% tariffs beginning

Saturday 9 August, among the

highest level of trade penalties /

punishments.

nytimes.com/ Breaking News

news-trump

Niles (Michigan) District Library BOARD - meeting re-scheduled from July 2025

NDL Library Board

meets 5 - 6 p.m.

August 19 (third Tuesday), 2025

place of meeting TBA

call 269-683-8545

for further details

Local Library

620 E. Main Street, Niles, MI

49120

(Previous regular meeting during

July 2025 was cancelled and re-scheduled

to August 19 and posted online

nileslibrary.com/single-event/

The Atlantic (WASH. WEEK Panel) : PBS Stations tonight 8 p.m.

Host

Franklin Foer of

The Atlantic;

PANEL =

Leigh Ann Caldwell,

Puck;

Andrea Mitchell,

NBC News;

Alexander Ward,

Wall Street Journal;

Nancy Youssef,

The Atlantic.

1/2 hour panel discussion

weekly Fridays 8 p.m. Eastern

pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/

August 2 and 3, 2025 - WMU Archaeology Days 2025 at Fort St. Joseph site, Niles, Michigan (40 acres)

Southern Berrien County

St. Joseph River area near Fort Street

in vicinity of Niles, Michigan outskirts

city limits

The "Discover Archaeology in Action"

days this summer will be August 2 & 3, 2025

from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free to the public.

ACCORDING to Erika Hartley,

The Archaeology-themed open house will also

include re-enactors of the colonial French

era (details in Press coverage at ABC TV

local affiliate) =

abc57.com/discover-archaeology-in-action-at-fort-st-joseph

Resurgence: Expanding

Trade in New France

posted at TV web platform 4 a.m. Wed. ahead

of first Saturday of August through Aug. 3, 2025

Who were early "Microbe Hunters"?

 Book published / copyrighted in 1926

by Paul DeKruif

Leeuwenhoek

Spalianzani

Pasteur

Koch

Roux & Behring

Metchnikoff

Theobald Smith

Bruce

Ross v. Grassi

Walter Reed

Paul Ehrlich

JOB Losses -- 84,000 lost since January 2025

details at NYTimes.com/2025/08/01/business/economy/

federal-jobs-report-july.html

84,000 lost in civil sector -- 12,000 in July 1 - 31, alone.

LAURA GRIMM,

Trump-Vance "chief of staff" since Jan. 20, 2025

for NOAA

(National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration)

gave an upbeat, thumbs-up

annual Atlantic hurricane

season outlook late May 2025

(for June - September 2025).

However, given the reduction of

staff by 2,200 NOAA scientists

and cuts at CWS by 550, leaving

the top bureaucrats newly installed

seeking 155 key job openings that 

remain unfilled -- see details at

Scientific American online

scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-season-is-soon-

noaa-says-its-ready-but-weather-experts-are-worried

May 23 posted online coverage -- byline

Chelsea Harvey

Sean Duffy cancels high-speed rail from Baltimore to D.C.

 the federal grants amounted to $26 million

nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/trump-news

The Dept. of Transportation Secy. acted

on Trump's behalf.

Maximum-security prisoner moved to TX from Tallahassee Fed. Prison cell

 Ghislaine Maxwell

after conferring with

#2 at Dept. of Justice,

D.C.

Todd Blanche

formerly Donald John

Trump, personal lawyer

TODAY August 1, 2025

Steve Witkoff - 5 - hour visit to GHF - epicenter of Food Box distribution July 31, 2025

Who is Steve Witkoff?

a real estate developer and investor --

his impressions of Gaza region being 

a "Riviera" with Mediterranean coastline

mesh with the Developer "TRUMP" persona

DETAILS: NYTimes trump-gaza-takeover

article (2025/02/05) - us politics

_______________________________________________

Steve Witkoff has met repeatedly with

BIBI NETANYAHU to encourage Gaza Cease Fire

ahead of Inauguration Day (3rd Monday 20 Jan.)

The ACTUAL envoy / primary adviser - briefer likely will NOT be

Massad Boulos,

whose company last year had a net profit of $66,000,

corporate filings show.

a Christian from Northern Lebanon who emigrated to

Texas as a teenager;

he is not an attorney but has a B.A. in Business Administration.

His son recently married Tiffany (Trump).

Another Trump BFF is:

Mike Huckabee, Arkansas ex-governor

Week of April 7 - 11, 2025

Huckabee nomination passed Senate

53 - 46 with PA Senator Fetterman's vote

__________________________________
Witkoff met with sanctioned Russian agent

at his private residence and will negotiate 

with Putin to move along Ukraine cease-fire

Riverfest 2025 (Niles, Michigan)

 July 31 - August 3, 2025

Four days of free live music

Riverfront Park, Front street, Niles, MI Downtown near main streets

uncoverniles.com/

Free Admission :

Carnival and booths are open Thursday 4 p.m. Eastern

until Sunday Aug. 3 at 3:30 p.m.

Arts & Crafts

August 2025 blog statistics

 August 1, 2025   1,378      visits to this GOOGLE Blog

website : faithfor2008.blogspot.com/

Entire month (August 1 - 31) : total for this month  1,378

Tipping Point

NBC NEWS Headline

Gaza hunger reaches

Tipping Point

under Israel's offensive

as children face lifelong

impacts of malnutrition

NBC News.com/world/Gaza/

hunger-gaza-tipping point August 1, 2025 

Unity Christian Music Festival 2025 -- Aug. 6 - 9 features Steven Curtis Chapman

details and ticket information

MUSKEGON, MICH.

unitymusicfestival.com/

Day Zero - Free

5 p.m. Eli Gable

6 p.m. The Band JAREN

7:10 p.m. Jason Crabb

8:10 p.m. Speaker Bob Lenz

9 p.m. Ben Fuller

Thursday August 7

2 p.m. Unity Praise

2:45 p.m. Sean Rodriguez

4 p.m. Caleb and John

5:40 p.m. TERRIAN

7 p.m. Josh Baldwin

9 p.m. Matthew West

Friday August 8 2025

2 p.m. Unity Praise

2:45 p.m. Jamie MacDonald

4 p.m. Seph Schlueter

5:10 p.m. Cochren & Co.

7 p.m. Rebecca St. James

9 p.m. Steven Curtis Chapman

Saturday August 9

2 p.m. Unity Praise

2:45 p.m. Nathan Sheridan

4 p.m. Jonathan Traylor

6 p.m. Andrew Ripp

7:20 p.m. Sidewalk Prophets

9 p.m. Crowder

1715 Peck Street

Muskegon, MI 49441

231-224-6034

Which Trump lawyer-subset have been disbarred from Practicing Law?

Those who argued for the "Big Lie"

Jeffrey Clark- Thurs. July 31, 2025

DC Bar's Board for Professional Responsibility

Clark is also under indictment in Georgia;

Rudy Giuliani.

John Eastman of California,

Jenna Ellis of Colorado,

Kenneth Cheseboro of New York.

source: POLITCO dot-com 7/31/2025

jeffrey-clark-disbarred-recommendation

No longer on view : Trump's 2 impeachments by the House of Representatives

Twice impeached, neither time

convicted by the U.S. Senate

(headed then by Majority Leader

Mitch McConnell, Sr. senator (KY)

The Smithsonian exhibit no longer displays 

a temporary placard, written up in 2021

after the results of the votes at the Legislative

Branch were completed -- Curators explain

to the Washington POST Reporting team that

the exhibit "needed to revert to an earlier

version following a review of legacy content."

MORE at Washingtonpost.com/ August 1, 2025

exclusive to that platform / news agency online

Giuffre family sends message to Trump : she wasn't "stolen" from your spa and you're still covering up Epstein's and Maxwell's crimes / sex trafficking

 Conversation with Kaitlan Collins, CNN

cnn.com/2025/07/31/virginia-giuffre-family-epstein-files