Happy Pentecost Sunday!

 see ACTS of the APOSTLES

chapter 2

Bettina, newly Wed to eldest son of POTUS -- like her mother-in-law (Melania, 3rd Mrs. Donald John Trump) a model

 college grad (Columbia, 2009)

featured on Quest magazine cover (2020)

she is an executive director of a charity which

she founded with 2 brothers - Harry Loy and Kent

Anderson.

her bridal shower was at the Anderson family

mansion in Palm Beach, FL w/100 guests

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the bride-to-be and her new husband

Donald Trump, Jr. made an official "debut"

at POTUS 47 inauguration, Jan. 20, 2025.

Memorial Day -- pray for those who lost their lives in the past 12 months due to War / Invasion / Attacks on Lands, seas, and in Air attacks

 The death toll

is not a priority for the

media; they are covering overnight

a shooting outside 

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.

a 21-year-old whose name has

been released began shooting 

multiple rounds and who

wounded a bystander. . .

the known threatening person

was killed by Secret Service --

meanwhile,

the whereabouts of POTUS,

FLOTUS, First Son Barron Trump,

and other family members residing

in the Trump residential quarters /

employees of the First Couple not

fully disclosed . . . POTUS TRUMP

2.0 called for immediate 

enactment/ signing of the $1.7

billion security installation law for

White House Ballroom . . .

Anglican and Roman Catholic marking of the day honoring Bede the Venerable

 St. Bede's Day / feast

is tomorrow May 25 (annually)

When will CBS announce its 60_MINUTES layoffs? After its May 17 season finale, does CBS News have working reporters?

 TV Series Finale:

60 Minutes season 59 is "in the books"

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expectation is that in June 2026

Layoffs are coming . . .

[ Anderson Cooper

already out the door;

Scott Pelley contract

expires in 2027 ]

Not all elected / "sub" legislators are showing up to vote -- Tie votes, poor attendance

 535 lawmakers by

present Constitution

record-keeping

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES

supposed to be 435 -- not all

are showing up to be counted

BARE Majority is what keeps

HOUSE SPEAKER in his job

with his speaker's gavel:

SENATORS from 50 states

2 apiece_

100 not always there, some

barely capable of walking to

their desks and casting votes

in the chamber as required. . .

REPORTERS Ashley Wu &

Robert Jamison

5:02 a.m. Sunday 5/24/2026

NY TIMES: A Deciding Factor

in Congress Right Now: Who

Shows Up to Vote

this exacerbates the 

challenges of already

razor-thin margins in the

House and Senate

What does PENTECOST mean? helpful definition - traditions

from the "Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education" web pages dates of interfaith and major religious traditions: 

On Pentecost, Christians will celebrate the day the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles of Jesus. The word itself comes from the Greek word for "fiftieth," since the feast day takes place the 50th day after Easter. ( Mondays - Saturdays only counted.) 

____________________In the early days of the Christian church, no courts of law were held during the week of Pentecost, and manual labor was forbidden; those practices gradually diminished. In Italy, it has been customary to drop leaves from the ceilings of churches, to signify the descent of the Holy Spirit. The French tended to sound trumpets, signifying the sound of the mighty wind that is said to have accompanied the Holy Spirit's descent upon the apostles. 

http://www.csee.org/resources/religious-calendar/