MARIA CHORINA MACHADO -- 2025 Peace Prize Laureate - Nov. 27 update / analysis

Venezuela's Nobel Peace Prize may be 

pushing false claims about Maduro

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/world/America's/

/Maria-Machado-maduro-venezuela.html

___________________________________

more about her 

work as a Venezuelan election mobilization advocate =

NYTimes.com/live.2025/10/10/world/nobel-peace-prize

Nov. 10, 2025 (Scandinavian capital)

Live (not pre-taped)

from Oslo, Norway --

a crack-of-dawn

presentation where the

"nominees" are not

assembled in the room

as they are in the

HEISMAN TROPHY

presentation . . .

Nov. 2025 statistics

 day-by-day

11/1                3,489

11/2                2,434

11/3                3,486 [ most visits for 30-day period ]

11/4                1,114

11/5                    695

11/6                 1,045

11/7                 1,385

11/8                    732

11/9                    985

11/10                  887

Veterans Day      997

11/12                   879

11/13                 1,059

11/14                    811

9,000th posting on this BLOG since 2007

11/15                  1,021

11/16                    886

11/17                    782

11/18                    973

11/19                    877

11/20                    886

11/21                  1,362

11/22                     1,389

11/23                        667

11/24                        948

11/25                        867

11/26                        866

Thanksgiving Day    1,239

11/28

11/29

Sunday 30th

Total for

NOV 1 - 30        32,761

In Unitate Fidei

 Papal letter from POPE Leo XIV

ahead of trip to Iznik, Turkey

_________________________

site of ancient Nicaea

where the Ecumenical Council

took place 325 A.D.

vaticannews.va/en/Pope/news/2025-11/pope-leo-issues-letter-

in-unitate-fidei-on-nicaea.html

Saturday to Sunday (Nov. 29 - 30, 2025) First ALERT Weather Day (meteorologist team, NBC Affiliate) - heavy snow north of U.S. 30 (major IN Highway)

 First Alert Weather

A widespread Winter Storm

Snow amounts average out to 6" +

which will be wet and heavy;

not good for driving or shoveling.

www.wndu.com/weather

"Rosa Parks Day" at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI [ first day of December ]

 Michigan Live! Platform

announces that the central Michigan (Dearborn)

museum will waive parking and admission fees

to guests / tourists

on Dec. 1 (Monday), 2025.

You can see the actual Montgomery

AL Bus that was where the civil rights

activist made history with her stance

and non-cooperation with an evil statute.

9:30 a.m - 5 p.m. at 20900 Oakwood Blvd.

in Dearborn, Michigan.

It is the 70th anniversary of the 

Civil Rights historic act.

Stuff a "Blue Goose" -- food items sought to fill a MSP (Michigan State Police) squad car with groceries for pantry - - Toys for Tots also

How to help others in the

ADVENT /

Pre-Christmas / Hanukkah seasons

December 6, 2025 (at Wal*Mart Niles, MI

and MEIJER, Stevensville, MI)

State Police Post at Niles, MI

for this region of Michigan --

seeking items for families in

Food Crisis / stresses in Budget

and affording needed household

items.

Non-perishable / shelf-stable products

like mac-n-cheese boxed, canned meat,

ramen, pancake mix, cooking oil, syrup,

cereal.  Personal items like shampoo, 

conditioner, toothpaste, soap, laundry

detergent, liquid soap.

What is collected will be dispersed by

a number of already existing Social

Service / Charity organizations.

PHONE for information 269-

845-6183

Salvation Army RED KETTLE Bell Ringers needed (Nov. - Dec. 24, 2025)

 HQ for Salvation Army, NILES Michigan 49120

1707 Miller Drive

_____________________

Ring the Bell to help your

neighbors in need!

Thereby you assist others

to get

food,

shelter,

essentials

volunteer.uwsm.org/

need/detail/?need_id=1147329

Today is Turkey Day - update: Roadways may have snow drifted from wind, lake-effect accumulation

 Thanksgiving Day

Fitness Runs (pre-registration

required for all)

NOV. 27, 2025, early a.m.

___________________________

some require early fee to guarantee

T-shirt, team OK for some

___________________________

HERE ARE a number of sponsored

events to run ahead of your

Banquet / Feast =

Faith Mission Turkey

Stampede  (Elkhart, IN)

________________________

Portage IN 25th Anniversary

Turkey Trot (5K, 1K for kids)

_____________________

Culver (IN) Turkey Trot 5K

____________________

Niles, MI YMCA Turkey Trot

(5K, 1mile, 10K)______________

Valparaiso Turkey Trot

______________________

Wind Advisory (7 a.m. Wed.) day before Thanksgiving - until Nov. 28, 2025

WIND & SNOW 

Berrien and Cass Counties, MI

also St. Joseph County, MI

West Winds

20 - max of 50 mph.

expected 

from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Shira Perlmutter - UPDATE SCOTUS (Supreme Court except Clarence Thomas) blocks Trump 2.0 firing of Copyright official (Library of Congress office)

UPDATE : Nov. 26, 2025

SCOTUS (Supreme Court) - Chief Justice

John Robert

stood in the way Wednesday, 11/27

from the planned firing of Copyright

official SHIRA PERLMUTTER.

see CNN.com/. . . politics / supreme-court-

library-of-congress.html

The head of the Copyright office

is suing the Executive Branch POTUS

Donald John Trump , arguing her

abrupt ouster from the position

violated the Constitution's separation

of powers POLITICO.com/2025

5/22/ousted-head-of-copyright-office

challenges-trump-administration-00377020

Shira Perlmutter

will be escorted out of her office when she reports

Monday morning May 12, 2025

and must turn in her keys and

passwords as well as Parking Pass.

Federal Office of Copyright Head administrator.

Fired immediately when notified this past

weekend or at 12:01 a.m. by H.R. - DOGE branch.

Friday after Thanksgiving : Christkindlmarkt Nov. 28 - December days of Advent season [ Frankenmuth, MI ]

FRIDAY (day after Turkey Day) 

November 28, 2025 up to Dec. 31 (New Year's Eve)

Frankenmuth, MI

will be the location for an upcoming

display - retail event

Christkindlmarkt

at Harvey Kern Community

Pavilion, 601 Weiss Street

details at;

M LIVE dot-com/news/saginaw-bay-city/

2025/11/frankenmuth-christkindlmarkt-

returning-soon-for-2025-holiday-season.html

[ opens Nov. 28 all weekend until Nov.30 ]

Friday 4 - 9; Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

frankenmuthfarmersmarket.org

Stanford University (plays U. Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Fall FB Schedule) -- this year Nov. 29, 10:30 p.m. Eastern

ESPN

Fubo

Sling TV

YouTube TV

will carry the late-starting game at Stanford (Palo Alto, CA)

Saturday 11/29/2025 that begin 7:30 local CALIFORNIA

time which is 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Planet without Apes (2012)

by Professor Craig B. Stanford

ISBN : 978-0-674-06704-2

 It's 2150.

The world has changed

in ways no futurist can

predict. . .Global population

growth, long forecasted to

plateau around 12 billion,

has yet to level off.  The

Human Tsuanimi has swept clean

much of the natural world that 

in the early 21st century we

had still hope to save for

posterity. . .For example

Indonesia is a developed 

country now, with cities

replacing all of the forests.

In the few-and-far between

patches of forest that remain

in Africa, many are empty of

larger animals. Large mammals

and other animals must now be kept

safely under guard in fenced,

patrolled sanctuaries that are

little more than large zoos. . .

Chimps have fared worse than

lowland gorillas, perhaps due

to their need for relatively

undisturbed habitat full of

fruit trees.  Their numbers

plummeted during the outbreaks

of Ebola that hit central

Africa hardest during the

mid-twenty-first century

and took a further hit from the

civil war that split the former

Democratic Republic of Congo

into three separate nations.

If apes are reduced to a total

global population of only a few

thousand in 2150, by 2250 they

will be all but gone from the

Earth. . .Only by preserving

enough of their habitat can 

we hope to have wild great

apes on Earth a hundred or 200

years from now. . .

Seventeen local authors-personalities meet 'n greet (Saturday at Niles District Library, Niles, MI) 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

NILES DISTRICT LIBRARY, Niles, Michigan

49120

phone 269-683-8545

 alphabetic list

Denise DeLoach

Kristen N. Dobson

J.A. Flanagan

G.L. Gracie

Julian D. Hasan

Ashley S. Hattle

Sylvia Hubbard

Lucie Naylor Kubash

Chriss Lyon

Sarah E. Pearsall

Amy Piper

Dominick Russo

Cindy Lynn Sawyer

Anne Stone

Virgil Lee Tanner

Dr. John D. Van Dyke

Chelsea Williams

Calvin University (Grand Rapids, MI) to cut back one-eighth of its faculty positions : over the next 2 years

 MICHIGAN LIVE!

subscription required

mlive.com/

news/grand-rapids/2025/11/

calvin-university-to-reduce-125 of

faculty university positions eliminate

multiple programs .html

PUBLIC HEALTH Major and Minor

Journalism Minor

several language majors & minors

announced in a letter

from Pres. Greg Elzinga

Nov. 26 5 p.m. Eastern

Witkoff (billionaire aide-envoy to Trump 2.0) coaches Russian how to win Trump admin. over with Demands to get Ukraine's land and post-war concessions

 TRUMP Admits his aide

Steve Witkoff had been

meeting with Ukrainian and

Russian officials - - 

"it's a standard thing. . .

it's what a deal maker does. . ."

[ whose side is the Federal Govt.

Executive Branch in this invasion

and lethal outcomes / kidnapping

for the non-provoking Ukrainian

democratic govt. ? ? ? ]

U.S. Executive Branch (Trump 2.0 - Vance) will not observe "World AIDS Day" -- despite tradition

 NYTimes.com/2025/11/26/health/trump-us-world-aids-day.html

POTUS admits ObamaCare subsidies need to be restored / funded

 ABC NEWS dot-go-com

Wed. 11/26/2025

Trump says

it may be necessary to extend

ObamaCare subsidies that led

originally to his and Vance's

43+ day shutdown

Bay Psalm Book (1st book printed in English America : Stephen Daye printer at Cambridge, Massachusetts Colony) in 1640

 PSALM xCix

Psalme 99

Jehovah 'tis that reigns_,

let people be in dread:

'midst Cherubs he remained,

th'earth let it be moved.

Jehovah is

in Sion great,

in highnes_ set

he is likewise

Above all the people.

Let them confesse_ thy Name

so great and terrible:

for holy is the same.

The King his might

doth love justice:

thou dost 'stablish

things that be right:

Judgement thou dost, also

in Iacob righteousness.

The Lord our God doe you

set up in his highnes,

and worship yee

his footstoole at:

by reason that holy is hee.

Moses also Aron

among his Priests, likewise

Samuell all those among

that to his name send cryes:

called they have the Lord upon,

and he alone them answer gave.

He unto them did speake_ in

th' cloudy pillar them;

they kept his records, eke

his ordinance he gave them.

Lord, thou who art our God

didst hear, and didst answers

to them impart.

Thou wast a God pard'ning them,

although thou vengeance upon

their works didst bring.

The Lord our God advance,

and woe yee downe_

at's holy hill: for our God's the Holy-One!

New Cambridge Paragraph Bible: King James Version edited by David Norton, CUP The Queen's Printer under Royal Letters Patent

 Psalm 99

The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble:

he sitteth between the cherubims, let the earth

be moved.

The Lord is great in Zion:

and he is high above all people.

Let them praise thy great and terrible name:

for it is holy.

The king's strength also loveth judgement_;

thou dost establish equity;

thou executes judgement and righteousness

in Jacob.

Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship

at his footstool:

for he is holy.    [ footnote or it is holy ]

Moses and Aaron among his priests,

and Samuel among them that call upon his name:

they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar:

they kept his testimonies,

and the ordinance that he gave them.

Thou answeredst_ them, O Lord our God;

thou wast a God that forgavest them,

though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Exalt the Lord our God,

and worship at his holy hill:

for the Lord our God is holy.

New English Bible (1972) - directed by Representatives of the Churches of England, Scotland, Ireland (Protestant)

 Published by the Oxford University

Press, its delegates - the British

and Foreign Bible Society and the

National Bible Society of Scotland

Psalm 99 -- in U.K. vernacular

The LORD is king, the peoples

are perturbed;

he is throned on the cherubim,

earth quivers.

The LORD is great in Zion;

he is exalted above all the peoples.

They extol his name as great 

and terrible;

he is holy, he is mighty,

a king who loves justice.

Thou hast established justice and

equity;

thou hast dealt righteously in

Jacob.

Exalt the LORD our God,

bow down before his footstool;

he is holy.

Moses and Aaron among his

priests,

and Samuel among those who

call on his name,

called to the LORD and he

answered.

He spoke to them in a pillar

of cloud;

they followed his teaching and

kept the law he gave them.

Thou, O LORD  our God, thou

didst answer them;

thou wast a God who forgave

all their misdeeds

and held them innocent.

Exalt the LORD our God,

bow down towards his holy hill;

for the LORD our God is holy.

US CCB Version of Psalm 99 : Conference of U.S. Catholic BISHOPs' Translation

 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble;

he is enthroned upon the cherubim,

the earth quakes.

Great is the LORD in Zion,

exalted above all the peoples.

Let them praise your great and awesome name:

holy is he!

O mighty king, lover of justice,

you have established fairness;

you have created just rule in Jacob.

Exalt the LORD , our God;

bow down before his footstool;

holy is he!

Moses and Aaron were among his priests;

Samuel among those who called on his name;

they called on the LORD and he answered them.

From the pillar of cloud he spoke to them;

they kept his decrees, the law he had given them.

O LORD, our God, you answered them;

you were a forgiving God to them,

though you punished their offenses.

Exalt the LORD, our God;

bow down before his holy mountain;

holy is the LORD, our God.

[ 2023 latest revisions posted online at USCCB.org

Scripture Text - Liturgical and Study Usage ]

Final Song of Praise in the Enthronement collection (CEB : Common English Bible translation) 2013

 The Lord rules -- the nations shake!

He sits enthroned on the winged

heavenly creatures -- the earth

quakes!

The LORD is great in Zion;

he is exalted over all the nations.

Let them thank your great and

awesome name.  He is holy!

Strong king (correction)

who loves justice,

you are the one who established

what is fair.

You worked justice and righteousness

in Jacob.

Magnify the LORD, our God!

Bow long at his footstool!

He is holy!

Moses and Aaron were among

his priests,  Samuel too among

those who called on his name.

They cried out to the LORD,

and he himself answered them --

he spoke to them from a pillar

of cloud.

They kept the laws and the rules

God gave to them.

LORD our God, you answered

them.  To them you were a

God who forgives

but also the one who avenged 

their wrong deeds.

Magnify the LORD our God!

Bow low at his holy mountain

because the LORD our God is holy!

[ see Psalm 2:6 ]

Ninety-ninth PSALM (from the Septuagint text)

 Translated from the ancient

Greek version / translation

called the SEPTUAGINT :

[ A New English translation of

the Septuagint Oxford Univ.

Press, 2000 ]

A Psalm. Pertaining to David.

The Lord became king; let peoples

grow angry! --

he who sits up on the cheroubin;

let the earth shake!

The Lord is great in Sion;

he is high before all the peoples.

Let them acknowledge your great

name for it is awesome and holy!

The king's honor loves justice;

you provided uprightness,

you executed justice and righteousness

in Iakob.

Extol the Lord our God;

worship at the footstool of his feet,

because holy is he!

Moyses and Aaron were among his priests,

Samouel also was among those who called

on his name.

They called on the Lord, and he hearkened

to them.

He would speak to them in a pillar of cloud;

they would keep his solemn charges,

and the decrees that he gave them.

O Lord our God, you would hearken to them;

O God, you were being very merciful to them,

but an avenger of all their practices.

Extol the Lord our God,

and worship toward his holy mountain;

for the Lord our God is holy.

Psalm 99 : Praise to the Lord our God in His Holiness

 Translated into English formal

language from the HEBREW Text of

100th Psalm of David (nine verses):

The Lord reigns!

Let the people tremble!

He sits enthroned upon

the cherubim; let the

earth quake!

The Lord is great in Zion;

he is exalted over all

the peoples.

Let them praise thy great

and terrible name!

Holy is He!

Moses and Aaron were 

among his priests,

Samuel also was among

those who called on his name.

They cried to the Lord our

God;  worship at his

footstool!  Holy is He!

He spoke to them in the

pillar of cloud;

they kept his testimonies,

and the statutes that

he gave them.

O LORD our God, thou didst

answer them;

Thou wast a forgiving God

to them, but an avenger

of their wrongdoings.

Extol the LORD our God,

and worship at his holy

mountain, for the LORD

our God is holy!

CBS Evening NEWS ANCHOR opts to retire rather than be fired by Bari Weiss

announced Nov. 26th

2025

CBS EVENING NEWS

co-anchor

John Dickerson,

son of former NBC D.C. ace reporter

Nancy Dickerson has announced he

is leaving the weekday broadcast.

6:30 p.m. Eastern

Film about Anti-Fascists, Refugees/ Asylum Seekers, corrupt officials at Diplomat HQ

The MICHAEL CURTIZ

1942 film premiered at

NY City's Hollywood

Theater -- Nov. 26, 1942.

One of the best WARNER

BROTHERS Studio films

of the 1940s -- a personal

favorite of mine!

CBS NEWS : Bari Weiss wants to "blow it up" (meaning destroy it)

UPDATE :

Anti-woke crusader BARI WEISS

was hired to overhaul the CBS NETWORK

News division (Nightly News, 60 Minutes,

other programming of the past -- weekend

anchors, 48 Hours, FACE_THE_NATION,

[ she was hired to do that overhaul / mass firing

by David Weiss, new owner of PARAMOUNT + /

CBS ]

November 2025

April 28, 2025 (7 months ago)

CBS Producer BILL OWENS of

_60 Minutes_

resigned instead of being fired

by Paramount Corporation that

owns CBS News and CBS Entertainment

See CBS News.com for

"The Last Minute" Scott Pelley impersonates

Andy Rooney and tells why everyone on the

Staff is upset about his resignation after 4 decades 

QUOTATION OF Pelley former Nightly News anchor:

Paramount began to 

supervise our content

in new ways. . ./ / /

No one here is happy

about it. . .

Nov. BLOCKBUSTER feature films (next expected Big Box Office is "Zootopia 2")

WICKED: FOR GOOD 

is expected to total at Box Office Bonanza

its first weekend $150 Million

GLOBAL Estimate for November 2025 is $226 million

________________________________________________ 

The big hitters thus far in Jan. - Nov. 15,  2025 are:

A Minecraft Movie ($423 million)

Lilo & Stitch ($423 million also)

Superman ($354 million)

Jurassic World Rebirth ($339 million)

Sinners ($279 million)

Fantastic Four: First Steps ($274 million)

____________________________

Predator: Badlands

to Nov. 25th made $76.5 million domestic box

office and another $40 million

overseas thus far in Nov. 2025.

Tron: Ares (a sequel in a Disney

franchise) made $73 million since 10/10;

also stumbling is

Taylor Swift: Official Release Party of

Life of a Showgirl only made $34 million

since Oct. 3, 2025  *   *   *   *   *   *    *     *

About to premiere in theaters

are Wicked: For Good - Nov. 21

Frankenstein (del Toro, director)  after a 3-week

run the blockbuster will go to NetFlix 

The Running Man -- Nov. 14 also global release

started slowly with $26.9 million

as of Nov. 25th

Zootopia 2 -- will debut Nov. 26

Hamnet - near Xmas / New Year's

Avatar: Fire and Ash -- Dec. 19, 2025

various other titles / sequels / reboots

GHF - Jake Wood executive director resigns on May 26, 2025 / / Replacement is John Acree

BREAKING NEWS -- John Acree, Exec. Director

claims the GHF model will be continued into

further U.S. "food box" approach --

thetimesofisrael.com/gaza-humanitarian-foundations-announces-end-

of-operations-in-strip-after-five-months

Monday Nov. 24, 2025 8 p.m.

Distribution takes place at militarized hubs (few in number)

that monitor the fragile "Cease-Fire"

_____________________________________

UPDATE: May 26 announcement of resignation

Jake Wood -- Director -- his departure followed

growing acrimony within the growing aid sector

and the four sites in southern Gaza have been

under continued pressure during threat of mass

famine and starvation. . . He was co-founder of

Team Rubicon and had overseen dozens of

humanitarian operations across Myanmar, Sudan,

and Haiti -- breaking news 4 a.m. Monday 26th May. 

______________________________________

May 14th - Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

aligned with Trump-Vance group thinkers

wants to arrange for U.S. directed commodities

to be distributed what with the 3-month blockade

of food and fuel truck deliveries.

nytimes.com/2025/05/14 -- spokesperson declared

that it will have agreements with Israel to begin

before May 31 this year.

a handful of distribution zones would each serve

food to several hundred thousand Palestinians each

Ambassador Mike Huckabee of Jerusalem

said that "the danger is not doing anything. . ." / /

as in today's status quo which already began doing

nothing back in the spring of 2025

Library Books Sale - in three days 11 a.m. - Lower Level Classroom

 Details :Saturday Nov. 29, 2025 (price adjustments)

"Friends Book Sale"

Niles District Library (Niles, Michigan)

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Every purchase supports the

FRIENDS Organization

Library

and

the History Center.

Used / removed/withdrawn

FICTION &

Non-Fiction - a variety

Hardback & Paperback

ALL AGES WELCOME !

Prices 50 cents PB / $1 hardback

Kids and YA 25 cents apiece

Audio-visual items -- included

as well as print materials of many

kinds

[new prices Nov. 2025]

Visit this weekend is the first Papal tour since 2012

 Pope Leo XIV's

visit to Lebanon is the first

papal visit to the Christian-Muslim

nation since Benedict XVI was

there in 2012 as a civil war raged in

neighbor nation Syria.

His 2025 visit will support Maronite

Christians who represent the largest

group of Catholics in the entire

Middle East.

Council of Nicaea [1700th anniversary] : "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior" - (A.D. 325 - 2025)

Breaking News:

Pope Leo XIV, leader of the world's

Roman Catholics along with

Eastern Catholic Rite aligned Christians

will visit IZNIK as part of his

Religious Itinerary to TURKEY !

UPDATE (July 11, 2025)

Panel focused on impacts and perspectives on the

NICENE CREED

regarding contemporary religion, world mission,

and eco-justice transformation.

________________________________________________

Document from International Theological Commission

scholars remind believers :

we should not see the NICENE CREED

as a list of things we believe, but look at

it with awe because it recounts the

greatness of God's love and gift of

salvation

On APRIL 3, 2025 the Commission document was released

in German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish [English to

be released soon]

DETAILS: NCR online.org/Vatican/vatican-news/

Nicaea-anniverary-inspires-faith-strengthens-mission-theologians-say

The site of Iznik, Turkey was formerly the ancient NICAEA location for Ecumenical Council that in 325 A.D.

 Approved the council directives of

325 A.D.

including the

Nicene-Constanpolitan

Creed still used in Christian

confession / worship

to the 21st Century

Pope Leo XIV to jet to Turkey and Lebanon for a six-day tour

 Thursday Nov. 27

tour of a war-torn region of

Mideast & Turkey that is

wracked by religious divisions;

besides religious leaders, he

will meet with

Turkey's Pres. Erdogan

and Lebanon's Pres. Aoun

18th Cong. District election -- Houston, TX area voters after death of Congressman Turner deferred to replace until Jan. 31, 2026

OPEN due to death of Sylvester Turner who had been

elected Nov. 2024 -- and will be filled only on Jan. 31, 

2026.  Turner died March 2025 and state law determines

how that CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (the 18th in Texas)

will fill the seat from public run-off plurality winners.

the Hill.com/homenews/campaign/5609509/texas-18th-district-runoff . . .

POLITICO reports Nov. 5 after no one

received a majority -- two advance in a run-off to be

held between Democratic party survivors of the field

politico.com/ "TX Special election for

Sylvester Turner SEAT in Congress (D-Texas)" 

Due to a death in the Congressional delegation,

the people of Houston, TX have been without

representation more than 6 months and will be

represented only after a First Tuesday election

in November 2025.  NY Times reporter J.David

Goodman (having interviewed many voters

there in TX) has much to tell the nation about

the confusion from the gerrymander / re-districting

taking place in urban and rural Houston and nearby.

"Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston"

nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/texas-redistricting-houston.html

Trump 2.0 at age 79 years, 5 months limits public access/ visibility only Noon until 5 p.m. often (or at times early as 11 a.m.)

At Press Conferences / Talk Q/A

time on Air Force One,

Trump blurts out offensive language to

deter women reporters from asking

probing questions -- calling them

in offensive language

Piggy / Ugly

________________________

online coverage

Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman

NY TIMES Reporters - correspondents

Nov. 26, 2025 article:

at meeting on Weight-Loss injections with

Drug - PHARMA company executive where

one fainted and had to be carried out by others

Trump 2.0 himself appeared to doze on and off;

he stood up only when the CEO was hauled off

to be revived. . .

In 2020 his peak weight reached 244 lbs. . .

the number of his appearances has shrunk 39%. . .

Goes off on long rambles about long-dead relatives

like an Uncle, a Professor at M.I.T., falsely claiming

that he told his nephew TRUMP 2.0 how bad a student

the "Unabomber" was [ actually that terrorist never attended

M.I.T. ]

He does dwell in his musings on the afterlife -- six times

bringing about whether he is a good-deed-doer and

deserves Heaven straightaway . . .My report card up there

is a "beautiful thing".

Dec. 2, 2025 voters to decide replacement (TN - Congressional seat for 7th District)

Choice after Primary winners earlier in November voting

Aftyn Behn (D)

and

Matt Van Epps (GOP - MAGA)

Pray for philanthropist and music "legend in her own time" -- DOLLY PARTON

 At her fan platform

last week

"Dolly Parton posts video

addressing 'health challenges'

that have forced her to

cancel performances &

to miss several high-profile

tributes (acting Lifetime

honor : Film 9 to 5."

Another day, another set of Pardons : Donald John Trump

 Who are the next

recipients?

Why a pair of avian Domesticated Birds, plump

and ready for the Table (Nov. 27)?

Their 1600 Pennylvania Avenue appearance

seems well-suited for an cameo role in

MELANIA (2026) documentary directed

by Hollywood "star Director" Brett Rattner.

The Enviable Isles

 From

Collected Poems by Herman Melville

(Penguin Books, 2006) : from

John Marr and other sailors (1888)

Through storms you reach them

and from storms are free,

Afar descried_, the foremost drear_ in hue,

But, nearer, green; and on the marge, the sea

   Makes thunder low and mist of rainbowed dew,

But, inland, where the sleep that folds the hills

A dreamier sleep, the trance of God, instills ---

On uplands hazed, in wandering airs aswoon,

Slow-swaying palms salute love's cypress tree

Adown in vale where pebbly runlets croon

A song to lull all sorrow and all glee.

Sweet fern and moss in many a glade are here,

Where, strown_ in flocks, what cheek-flushed myriads lie

Dimpling in dream --- unconscious slumberers mere,

While billows endless round the beaches die.

Aryeh Lightstone

 A Senior Trump administration who is leading 

"ALTERNATIVE SAFE COMMUNITIES"

funding uncertain

small scale

how does this fit the scale of Gaza Territory's

2 million residents?

PRIME MOVERS OF THE PROJECT are :

U.S. Officials who along with Israeli Govt.

officials who will provide on-ground support.

Cost for clearing the land would be in the tens

of millions of dollars just to initiate a prototype

"community" -- modular dwelling similar to 

some used in earthquake relief zones, Syrian refugee

housing, U.S. troops in military bases across the

Middle East.

Lightstone's team works out of Tel Aviv in

Kempinski and Hilton, two luxury hotel/resorts.

He was also CEO of the "Abraham Accords" institute,

founded in Trump's first term by his son-in-law Jared

Kushner, real estate magnate.

Alternative Safe Communities : Trump plan for Compounds to be built for Gazans in IDF (Israeli Army controlled) sections of Gaza Strip

 U.S. (Executive Branch)

plans compounds (ALTERNATIVE

SAFE COMMUNITIES) to house

Palestinians / Gazans in Israeli-held

half of Gaza Strip (Palestinian

area comprised of those apart from

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY whose

capital is Ramallah, West Bank)

nytimes.com/2025/11/25/world/middleeast/

us-compounds-palestinians-israel-gaza-strip.html

Reuters : Trump opts to hold reins of Primary selection / GOP "winners" for 2026 midterm races (11 months away) - White House phone call / pressure on likely candidate endorsement process

 Trump seize control of

Republicans' midterm

election control strategy

REUTERS.com

Nov. 25 [subscription

required]

recent meetings in

construction-area

West-Wing and Rose

Garden "club" meetings

of incumbent Representatives

as well as most GOP Senators

Trump's 28 - point plan to pressure Ukraine to accept loss in Russian invasion / extended missile exchanges [ refined by Rubio in "tri-alogue" having met with Ukraine officials ]

 NPR offers details

National Security Adviser/ SECY. of State

Marco Rubio of Florida

is "making progress" in Geneva, Switzerland

to amend the "peace plan" offered to Russia &

Ukraine by outsider "influencer" the U.S. (Trump-

Vance executive branch)

npr.org/2025/11/24/g-s198998/geneva-us-ukraine-report-progress

Not all Presidents / VPs get the same treatment once dead : which two 20th Century presidents did NOT get a state funeral? 21st Century VP?

 Franklin Delano Roosevelt

in April 1945

Richard Milhouse Nixon

in 1994 (20 years after resignation)

______________________________

Richard Cheney of WY

in 2025 did not get a State Funeral only

family funeral with invitation not offered

to incumbent POTUS and VP - service

handled at National Cathedral (D.C.) with

military escort and military singers/orchestra

House of Representatives on another work break (NOV. 23 - 28) -- unclear how many work days (Dec. 1 - 31) -- several holiday periods very key to electioneering back in districts

 After a long break since Sept. 19, the House

of Representatives began work again on Nov. 12;

don't worry

they have another November weekday break planned :

Nov. 23 - 28.

Actually earlier -- Friday Nov 21

since the Senate is already off for

the Monday - Friday surrounding

the 4th Thursday of November 2025.

Rockefeller Center

NBC announces

"Christmas in Rockefeller center"

to be aired live TV

Dec. 3, 2025

(one week and one day from now)

from 8 - 10 p.m. Eastern

The Rockefeller Center "holiday tree"

has arrived in New York -- it will be

lit later this month.

The 2025 tree measures

75 feet tall.

Nov. 9, 2025

_______________

NBC-Universal will

have tree-lighting

(LED energy-efficient

ones)

Iran - dry lakes, water crisis leading to evacuation of cities, its President admits decades of bad policy decisions

by end of year 2025 : the nation of Iran

is admitting that its infrastructure is failing --

no water where citizens

live (mostly in cities/towns);

Tehran may be evacuated

at end of 2025

details at

Washingtonpost.com / Nov. 25, 2025

July 31, 2025 -- U.S. and NATO allies warn of

ongoing threats by Iran's intelligence services

to kill, kidnap, and threaten citizens in many

countries

AP News. online US - NATO - IRAN

July 31, 2025 posted article

______________________________________

"Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities :

a water crisis batters Iran" NY TIMES dot-com

world/middleeast/iran-water-crisis-drought.html

July 2025

Iran's leaders turn to a new birth of

a fusion of Shi'ite identity and Irani

nationalism

NYTimes.com/2025/07/22/world/middleeast/

iran-nationalism-israel-us-attacks.html

Tuesday July 22 (online article - NY TIMES)

__________________________

UPDATE: July 18

Iran's Fordo Nuclear site was badly

damaged and potentially destroyed by

the 12 bunker-buster bombs the U.S.

military dropped on it June 2025 --

details in article (David Sanger, Julian

Barnes, Eric Schmitt)

NYTimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html

_________July 12, 2025__

Iran's foreign minister

Abbas Araghchi

said that his country would accept a resumption

of the nuclear talks as long as the U.S. agreed

it would not again use B-2 Stealth bombers with

megabombs and Cruise Missiles on nuclear

and missile sites.

See FURTHER: apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-

araghchi- . . .

Tehran, Iran 10:45 a.m. US. EASTERN time zone.

Lindsey Halligan PROSECUTOR disqualified by COURT -- Trump lawyer he hand-picked as a Federal Prosecutor - Courtroom behavior

CNN covers "panic in the office"

CNN.com/2025/11/25/politics/lindsey-halligan-justice-department-

prosecutors-dont-know-whos-in-charge

How will Halligan follow-up this bizarre behavior

Oct. 8, 2025

when Court Trial Judge will conclusively rule

Nov. 24, 2025

on the legality of her "installation" with no

experience as a prosecutor / only an insurance lawyer

before stint as personal lawyer for then Candidate

Trump at his felony charge trials at Manhattan, NY

and "classified documents" trials in Florida . . . ? ? ? 

_____________________________________

The young defense lawyer of POTUS 47

Rocked and nodded back and forth as a

junior federal prosecutor from NC made

the case against Comey in the Eastern District

of Virginia -- where Trump 2.0 installed her

as a prosecutor after her previous specialization

was in "Insurance Law"

Ms. Halligan did not speak in court today . . .

Oct. 8, 2025

____________________________________

her assignment from her boss was to obtain 

3 indictments of former FBI Director James

Comey -- she got a signed indictment

from the Grand Jury foreperson but did not

show all the charges to the entire group

of Jurors as is required by law / legal precedent.

_________________________________

a second motion filed by Comey's defense lawyer

in court today argues that

the appointment of Lindsey Halligan by

Trump 2.0 was illegal.

"CBS Saturday Morning" hosts + exec. producer fired by Management

 Nov. 22, 2025 was their last morning and

beginning 

Nov. 29 and all of December

on into 2026 there will be

more continuity with M - Friday

format.  CBS has new 

Managers over all Paramount - 

CBS News division.

One of a trio of Horror Cinema Icons : Boris Karloff born on this date 1887

William Henry Pratt was born 

in Camberwell, London, England on

Nov. 23, 1887.

His superstar career as a

lead / star in Univeral

Horror movie standards

began

in 1931 with Frankenstein

(director James Whale) and 

continued with The Mummy,

Bride of Frankenstein, Mask

of Fu Manchu, The Raven,

and his last movie (director

Peter Bogdanovich) Targets

in 1968.  Also well known for

voice acting the Grinch in the

TV Xmas special (25 minutes)

and Narrator.

Back to the "old" Trump (rude at Oval Office verbal slug-fest) -- claims falsely that Ukraine is "not showing gratitude"

 NBC NEWS (Sunday evening 11/23/2025)

"With Talk Ongoing,

Trump 2.0 adds new tension

with claim UKRAINE 

has zero gratitude"

[ a bold-faced lie ]

Steve Davis and 7 other Dept.Gov.Eff. core staffers leave in July 2025 along with Elon Musk -- DOGE gone and never really "on the level" with transparency . . .

REUTERS dot-com

DOGE Doesn't exist

with 8 months left on its "charter"

update 11/25

"DOGE" claims of slashing budget

expenditures impossible to actually document

since it was non-transparent or following

established accounting practices to show

what it accomplished.

_____________________________

UPDATE: July 11, 2025

DOGE Staff departures story at

POLITICO.com / 00448823

also Brad Smith who decimated HHS,

Chris Stanley, Emily Miller, Amanda Scales,

James Burnham, & Tom Krause.

_____________________________

For more than 20 years, the engineer

has devoted himself to fulfilling Elon

Musk's desires following him to

SpaceX

and the social media Twitter, renamed

X [ Davis also oversaw layoffs there]. . .

Davis is an engineer who will throw

himself at any task, even if he has

no expertise in the area. . .

nytimes.com/2025/03/20/technology/

elon-musk-steve-davis-doge.html

Kennedy Center for Performing Arts -- busy weekend Dec. 5 - 7,2025 FIFA "Draw" / Honors for KISS, Stallone, Geo. Strait, M. Crawford.G. Gaynor

 KENNEDY Center says it's being paid millions to host

the FIFA draw

SOCCER's world cup organization claims to have pledged $

and given sponsorship opportunities, etc. etc.

the Hill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5618893-kennedy-

center-world-cup-draw/

Claim of $7.4 million "income" to host FIFA Draw

seems a bit off-the-books -- THE HILL does

detective work on that conglomeration of "pledges"

and cancellation of Holiday programming --

Trump 2.0, President of the Kennedy Center

will host the

KENNEDY Center "Honors"

musical-nostalgia variety

show that airs Dec. 21, prime time

for those he 98% picked =

Glam-heavy metal rockers KISS;

Sylvester Stallone, star of Movies/TV;

George Strait, Country Western star;

Michael Crawford, stage Singer/entertainer;

Gloria Gaynor, Disco "queen vocalist".

Trump's lavish reception for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was NOT a "State Dinner" but a Petro-leader to Petro-leader Tuxedo / Saudi show-off time

 Noah Schachtman Writer on National Security

THE REAL REASON 

TRUMP

is fawning over

SAUDI ARABIA's RULER

22 November 2025 (online analysis)

nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/

trump-saudi-crown-prince-fossil-fuel.html

New Songs [ "No Place Like Home" and "The Girl in the Bubble" ]

 Wicked : For Good

sequel to 2024 blockbuster

musical - feature film

Maple the Therapy Dog signs on

 WVPE (Elkhart, IN) NPR affiliate

tells the story of a golden retriever

"Therapy Dog" / Firehouse mascot

who will be part of the city of GOSHEN,

Indiana who is being trained by

"Top Notch Canine" in her obedience

studies and following orders of the

various Fire Dept. and EMT teams she

would work for.

DETAILS of Maple at

wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2025-11-20/

maple-the-therapy-dog-joins-goshen-fire-departments-

wellness-efforts

After Trump embraced Democrat Socialist MAYOR -- Extremist Laura Loomer (unelected) ideologue drive the MAGA sphere wild & crazed (Clarifying she isn't condemning TRUMP 2.0)

FOLLOW-up

NYTimes.com/2025/11/23/style

"Mamdani's meeting with Trump

OVAL OFFICE

reactions-fuentes-bannon.html

scrambled  the MAGA Sphere  

Anti-Semite Fuentes called

for a total immigration ban

and for US State Dept. to 

cut ties with Israel. . .

NBC News online platform

"Trump offers

Zohran Mamdani

nothing but praise"

Nov. 21,

2025

Nazi War Criminals stood trial 80 years ago at Nuremberg

 At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS

Nov. 20, 1945 

21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:

Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley

Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)

Hans Frank

Wilhelm Frick

Hans Fritzsche

Rudolph Hess

Alfred Jodl

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Wilhelm Keitel

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach

Konstantin von Neurath

Franz von Papen

Erich Raeder

Alfred Rosenberg

Fritz Sauckel

Hjalmar Schacht

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Albert Speer

Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)

Julius Streicher

MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)

On this date in HISTORY

 Nov. 22, 1963

POTUS John F. Kennedy assassinated in

motorcade at Dallas, TX.  Also wounded

from the sniper was Gov. Connally riding

in the same car as Kennedy.

LBJ sworn in that afternoon aboard

returning Air Force One that carried the

corpse of the young President.

State Dept. (2014 online article) From 1776 forward, the 13 colonies united take to gain INTERnational INDEPENDENT status among nations? [posted 4July2014]

Online posted article on the effects diplomatically of the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE: The Declaration of Independence, 1776 By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking their independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to conclude an official alliance with the government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. Throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, the North American colonists found themselves increasingly at odds with British imperial policies regarding taxation and frontier policy. When repeated protests failed to influence British policies, and instead resulted in the closing of the port of Boston and the declaration of martial law in Massachusetts, the colonial governments sent delegates to a Continental Congress to coordinate a colonial boycott of British goods. When fighting broke out between American colonists and British forces in Massachusetts, Continental Congress worked with local groups, originally intended to enforce the boycott, to coordinate resistance against the British. British officials throughout the colonies increasingly found their authority challenged by informal local governments, although loyalist sentiment remained strong in some areas. Despite these changes, colonial leaders hoped to reconcile with the British Government, and all but the most radical members of Congress were unwilling to declare independence. However, in late 1775, Benjamin Franklin, then a member of the Secret Committee of Correspondence, hinted to French agents and other European sympathizers that the colonies were increasingly leaning towards seeking independence. While perhaps true, Franklin also hoped to convince the French to supply the colonists with aid. Independence would be necessary, however, before French officials would consider the possibility of an alliance. Throughout the winter of 1775–1776, the members of Continental Congress increasingly viewed reconciliation with Britain as unlikely, and independence the only course of action available to them. When on December 22, 1775, the British Parliament prohibited trade with the colonies, Congress responded in April of 1776 by opening colonial ports—this was a major step towards severing ties with Britain. The colonists were aided by the January publication of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, which advocated the colonies’ independence and was widely distributed throughout the colonies. By February of 1776, colonial leaders were discussing the possibility of forming foreign alliances and began to draft the Model Treaty that would serve as a basis for the 1778 alliance with France. Leaders for the cause of independence wanted to make certain that they had sufficient congressional support before they would bring the issue to the vote. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion in Congress to declare independence. Other members of Congress were amenable but thought some colonies not quite ready. However, Congress did form a committee to draft a declaration of independence and assigned this duty to Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams reviewed Jefferson’s draft. They preserved its original form, but struck passages likely to meet with controversy or skepticism, most notably passages blaming King George III> for the transatlantic slave trade and those blaming the British people rather than their government. The committee presented the final draft before Congress on June 28, and Congress adopted the final text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The British Government did its best to dismiss the Declaration as a trivial document issued by disgruntled colonists. British officials commissioned propagandists to highlight the declaration’s flaws and rebut the colonists’ complaints. The Declaration divided British domestic opposition, as some American sympathizers thought the Declaration had gone too far, although in British-ruled Ireland it had many supporters. The Declaration’s most important diplomatic effect was to allow for recognition of the United States by friendly foreign governments. The Sultan of Morocco mentioned American ships in a consular document in 1777, but Congress had to wait until the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France for a formal recognition of U.S. independence. The Netherlands acknowledged U.S. independence in 1782. Although Spain joined the war against Great Britain in 1779, it did not recognize U.S. independence until the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Under the terms of the treaty, which ended the War of the American Revolution, Great Britain officially acknowledged the United States as a sovereign and independent nation. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/declaration

Construction Supervisor-in-Chief : CNN breaks details of how Trump is himself OK'ing how to demolish and construct new "Billionaires' Ballroom" over EAST WING wreckage

 for CNN Subscribers

"How Trump is overseeing White House

renovations the same way he oversaw

building his towers, clubs, golf courses"

Weekend of Nov. 22- 23, 2025

Minneapolis newly re-elected Mayor Jacob Frey

Early Saturday

11/22/2025

replied to Trump screed_ SOCIAL MEDIA

against all Somalis in state of MN and city of

Minneapolis :

Standing with our Somali

community today.

Minneapolis has your back

always.

Gov. MINNESOTA - Nov. 22 following Social Media Blast / missile attacks by Trump on his SOCIAL MEDIA - loudspeaker

 It's not surprising that the president

has chosen to broadly target an entire

community.  This is what he does to

change the subject . . .

[ Ghislaine Maxwell taking the "Fifth"

as far as clearing her and Epstein's

affiliation and "cover" for his purported

activity now laid bare in the to-be-exposed

"EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST / FILES" ]

Atty. General of Minnesota

Keith Ellison  also reacted decisively --

Somali folks came to Minnesota fleeing

conflict, instability, and famine and they

became an integral part of our state, culture

and community . . .

Trump to seek to end protection to Somalis needing protection in Midwest / Minnesota

 Minnesota STAR-Tribune

reports 10:25 a.m. Saturday

11/22/2025

"Trump says he's

ending TEMPORARY STATUS

for Somalis in Minnesota" (a blue state

that voted for Harris - Walz 56 weeks ago

in 2024 Presidential Election -- its governor

is Tim Walz who was chosen by Harris,

then-VP of the USA -- 

Trump used "smear" tactics

of propaganda, calling an

entire group of respectful

immigrants / new workers

"a money laundering gang"

startribune.com/trump-ending-

protected-status-somalis-minnesota-

tps-ilhan-omer-walz-601531436

Attacks off Venezuela are unprecedented for Military of U.S. ever before / / / Nov. 22 (one month later) -- NBC News on Actual Drugs & Destination

"DRUG BOATS FROM Venezuela are mainly moving

Cocaine to Europe not

Fentanyl to USA"

NBC News.com/ military/drug-boats-

venezuela. . .moving cocaine 

coverage by Dan DeLuce, Courtney Kube,

Gordon Lubold [Nov.21, 5 a.m.]

NOTRE DAME "Kellogg Institute" director 

Anibal Perez-Linan, prof. of

political science & global affairs.

Also commenting was Prof. Mary

Ellen O'Connell of the Law School

and concurrent professor of 

international peace studies:

"International law on the use of force leaves no room for

using military force to kill individuals or groups suspected

of any crimes"

ND Student-journalist : Grace Sullivan article posted early

10/16/2025

ndsmcobserver dot-com

nd-professors-comment-on-u-s-attacks-against-suspected-drug-trafficking-boats

Dearborn, MI immigration - religion protesters + counter-protesters scuffle mid-Nov. 2025

TUESDAY Nov. 18, 2025

Detroit Free Press

covered a outsider-anti-

immigration protest event

that clashed with local

activists and other pro-

immigrant, Islam,

minorities' rights to

live and flourish counter

protesters who called for UNITY :

freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/

2025/11/18/dearborn-protesters-religion-

anthony-hudson-jake-lang/8733503007. . .

Thomas Massie - - forces Vote on Discharge Petition UPDATE and grand jury materials - "THIS WEEK" (Sunday Nov. 16, 2025)

Nov. 22 further update as ATTY. GENERAL

did in S. Florida file motion for Grand JURY Materials

to be released

the Hill.com/regulation/court-battles/5618441-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-bondi.html

UPDATE (11/16/2025)

Interview by ABC White House chief correspondent

Jonathan Karl

"Trump wants investigations opened so they hold out a last-ditch

excuse to keep the Files CLOSED" ABC News.go.com

THIS WEEK w/ George Stephanopoulos

Update (Sat. Nov. 15, 2025)

Latest asinine "slap" back by a powerful figure in

the highly insulated "Alice through the Looking

Glass" world of Social Media :

after landing in West Palm Beach for a 3-day weekend

Trump 2.0 posted a screed

against the KY Trump opponent

who is a GOP Maverick (non-MAGA

conservative) his new wife will soon find that she is married to a loser

The HILL Platform -- "Thomas Massie

announces marriage to former Congressional staffers"

Monday Nov.3, 2025

Deseret News (Utah statewide media - newspaper)

Repr. Thomas Massie told reporters that

he has already upped his

security, given that he is

in the center of MAGA and

GOP Frustrations; "there is

a lot of rhetoric.  POTUS

himself engages in it.  It's

amusing sometimes. . .some

people take it literally, and

he (TRUMP) should tone

that down himself. . ."

UPDATE: 10 accusers to hold press event

on steps of Capitol Wed. Sept. 3, 2025

___________________________________

The Hill platform / web news supplier at 6 a.m.

posted the story Sept. 2, 2025 :

GOP Lawmakers

to be confronted by

Jeffrey Epstein

saga as they

return to Congress

_______________________________

Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have a

press conference upon the opening hours

with survivors of Epstein's and Ghislaine

Maxwell's sex trafficking / conspiracy /

sexual exploitation of minors crimes.

Their "discharge petition" will require a

vote by all 435 Representatives.

The House Rules Committee will have to 

resolve its impasse by either sweeping

matters under the "carpet" or admitting

that the "Epstein Files" was part of

mis / dys_ / Disinformation concocted

by MAGA and Trump-Vance operatives. . .

thehill.com/homenews/house/547730-

epstein-files-gop-congress/

Also on this date in History (Nov. 22 anniversary) for the nation of Germany --

NOVEMBER 22, 2005 

20 yrs.ago

Angela Merkel

sworn in as nation's first 

female chancellor

at that nation's Parliament.

Coward, threat to our Republic : Dick Cheney described then-candidate Trump in 2024 using such phraseology to attempt to STOP GOP - MAGA victory at Nov. 2024 polls / Electoral College

 Other Republicans like

POTUS 43

George W. Bush and Speaker

of the House of Representatives

Mike Johnson of Louisiana

praise the late Dick Cheney

of Wyoming

nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/

republicans-honor-dick-cheney.html

AMERICAN_REVOLUTION (concluded Nov. 21, 2025) - limited TV series

 Tonight between

8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

the intense and historically

unbiased telling of the

"fight for freedom" and

many unintended consequences

of the bitter, heavily violent

and vengeful acts of war between

many parties

PBS -- directed / produced

Ken Burns, filmmaker, historian

Who was buried in 1924 in the crypt of the Bethlehem Chapel inside National Cathedral, D.C.?

 Former President

Woodrow Wilson

who is the only President

buried in the National 

Cathedral (Episcopal

Church) in NW District

of Columbia.

Ukraine delegation meets with POPE Leo XIV over abducted children

 Ukrainian delegation of leaders

and concerned parents, grandparents met

at Vatican City with the POPE and official

representatives to talk about the

Children kidnapped after Russian invasion who

remain missing and under-reported.

Nov. 21, 2025

washington post dot-com