Children / tweens ages 3 - 13 ride the SOUTH SHORE Free

 ABC 57 News carries the

announcement that FREE

rides with adult paying

commuters / travelers on

the SOUTH SHORE

RAIL LINE extends between

October 15 (Thursday) - Frid.

Oct. 23, 2026.

details at

mysouthshoreline.com

Todd Blanche -- possible ACTING Press Secretary

 the Cabinet and VP

will act to brief the press

as a rotating line-up:

already having done this

temporarily

?Markwayne Mullin

?JD Vance

?Marco Rubio

?Solicitor General of the United States

?Acting Director of the SMITHSONIAN

Help Wanted

 TRUMP 2.0

press secretary

fired : Katie Zacharia (Tuesday Oct. 13

first and last Press Conference)

served Oct. 12 - Columbus

Day until today 10/16/2026

LEAD-off Press Secretary was

Sean Spicer

Sarah Huckabee

Stephanie Grisham

Kayleigh McEnany

(April 2020 - Jan. 19, 2021)

Karoline Leavitt (Jan. 20, 2025 -

August 27, 2026 -- youngest

person to serve in this role;

she stepped down Aug. 2026 to

spend more time with a newborn

infant

Aurora Temple (Hindu congregation / assembly sanctuary in Cook County, IL ): target of Teen charged with illegal weapons / plotting terrorist destruction

 The 19-year-old teen was a PALATINE, IL

plotter given to authorities by

his co-worker at a TACO BELL --

nytimes.com/

2026/10/15/us/

hindu-temple-chicago-arrest

Pickaxe Mountain, Kharg Island

REUTERS (Oct. 16 - Friday)

POTUS 47 says

"Trump says US may need

to "strike" Iran's Mount PICKAXE

on secret island -- KHARG Island "

IRAN

____________________________________________

details of MOTHER of all BOMBs (MOAB)

in 

CBS News forecast / prediction online article

"White House prepares plans to bomb with

Mother of all Bombs"

reporter

Jennifer Jacobs, Eleanor Watson 

White House preservation group (non-profit) accepted $2.5 million sp. donation from Demolishment De-Constructor of East Wing

 reporters:

Dan Diamond

Washington POST

exclusive

Friday 10/16/2026

White House "preservation"

group took $2.5 million 

from man who wanted to

demolish East Wing (historic

section - had offices for

FLOTUS, other areas for

First Family, staff)

Trump endorses a Minnesota Sports Broadcaster (Michele Tafoya) as a GOP- MAGA candidate for U.S. Senate : Live DEBATE carried at C-Span dot-org

Only this week ahead of a

State wide debate

St. Paul, MN

10/16/2026 NOON 

Central Time Zone

between

Lt. Gov. Flanagan and Tafoya;

see

MPR NEWS dot-org

Minnesota Public Radio

WEBSITE

peggy-flanagan-michele-tafoya-

us-senate-race-debate-preview

Oct. 16, 2026

today (Friday) in state of MINNESOTA