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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Ayatollah suspends communications: speaks only through 'trusted aide' - fears Israeli assassination

Ayatollah / Supreme Commander

is Ali Khamenei,

age 85 and he has been in

power over the Iranian citizens

(just below 10 million: 95%

are Shiite Muslim with only 5%

Sunni Muslim, few religious

minority populations)

since June 4, 1989 - when

Ayatolla Khomenei died - 36

years ago.  He served elected

office as "President" between

1981 - 1989.  His remarks following

the bombing by U.S. B-2 bombers

was "War will be met with war, 

bombing with bombing, and 

strike with strike".

Attacks on 3 Iranian sites: using American B-2 bombers

Fordo - buried under a mountain

Natanz - a larger uranium enrichment plant

Isfahan - where near-bomb grade uranium is held

Saturday, June 21, 2025

June 2025: Blog Statistics

 June 1 - 30, 2025

Statistics from this GOOGLE Blog

faithfor2008.blogspot.com/

Visits / Views of the postings / articles / comments

updates from the city / state / nation / world-global

June 1 (Sunday) =   367   visits

June 2 (Monday)  = 209

June 3 = 472

June 4 = 302

June 5 =  759

June 6 - 979

June 7 = 1441

Pentecost Sunday = 1,492

June 9 (Monday) = 2,057

June 10 = 2,320 visits

June 11 = 2048

June 12 = 1470

June 13 = 457

June 14 = 433

June 15 = 1407

June 16 = 1466

June 17 = 548

June 18 = 858

June 19 = 661

June 20 = 783

June 21 = 1,024

June 22 = 456

Running total of visits to "Seeking Faith and Understanding"

Entire month (June 1 until 30) : 22,009 visits / views

Last month May 1-31, 2025 was 9,886

10 p.m. Eastern - Trump announced attack, joining Israel's June 13,2025 surprise bombings on Tehran

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.

On This Date in history : Constitution went into effect

With the ratification vote passing in

New Hampshire (the needed 9 / 13

colonies/commonwealths),

the U.S. Constitution

was enacted on June

21, 1788 !

Parliamentarian rules June 21 that the "Big/Beautiful Bill" cuts to Medicare and SNAP are not allowable - ruling on merits

 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. . .

Enderlin, North Dakota

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.