Announced by
Donald John Trump :
after the Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
ruled that he
could not deploy troops in the Chicago
area over the objections of Illinois officials.
12/31/2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Supreme Court blocks Trump's use of National Guard (Dec. 2025)
Major Defeat:
Trump 2.0 cannot claim
authority to deploy
National Guard for
law enforcement as if
it is a routine matter . . .
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado federal Lawmaker (both U.S. House & Senate) - - Rest in Strength -- 12/30/25
Tuesday Dec. 30, 2025
OBITUARY / death notice
for former Colorado Senator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
AP news article/ben-nighthorse-campbell-congressman-dead . . .
Three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives
two terms in the U.S. Senate
passionate about American Indian issues, children's rights, organized
labor, fiscal conservatism . . .
Jan. 17, 2026 : at GOSHEN COLLEGE church-chapel (Goshen, IN)
Eighth annual Michiana Regional
Seed Swap from
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 17, 2026
GOSHEN COLLEGE
(Elkhart County, IN).
If you save seeds, bring them
along; there will be lots of
free seeds available!
Food for purchase available
at this welcoming event in
mid-January.
goshen.edu/about/news-events/
events/eighth-annual-michiana-regional-seeds-swap
In Memoriam -- 21 names we cherished -- international figures of renown
Jan. 1 - Dec. 27
these 21 figures of culture, politics,
entertainment, those of historic
and 21st century development
have died these last 52 weeks
and are among many we
will long remember and memorialize:
Giorgio Armani;
H. Rap Brown;
Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio);
Dick Cheney (VP in 2000 decade);
Roberta Flack;
Frank Gehry (architect);
Jane Goodall;
Gene Hackman;
Diane Keaton;
Val Kilmer;
Charlie Kirk;
David Lynch;
Chuck Mangione;
Willie Mays (sports star);
Rod Paige (Sec. of Education);
Robert Redford;
Rob Reiner;
David Souter (retired Justice);
Sly Stone;
Tom Stoppard;
Brian Wilson (composer;singer)
Jazz New Year's Eve: The Cookers
during former years of regular booking
by status quo Kennedy Center administration
(regular happy-go-lucky Theater - Ballet
bookers - also avant-garde music genres
like Jazz - Classical - many more)
Scheduled for Wednesday 12/31/2025
NEW YEAR'S EVE was
all-star jazz septet
known for hard bop
________________
however
already on Monday
12/29/2025, the
concert likely audience
was hearing in regards to
those pre-sold subscriber tickets
and at-door tickets
that THE COOKERS is CANCELED
because of the "TRUMP"
lettering signage put up
hurriedly after the
Dec. 7 - KCPA Honors
event with POTUS 47 as
Johnny-Carson like emcee
and his "5 pick acts :
Kiss, Michael Crawford, Gloria
Gaynor, Sly Stallone, George Strait".
No one may be "ringing in the New Year"
at the Trump-Kennedy Center, at
least not with Jazz hard bop !
Millions more pages of EPSTEIN FILES yet to be released (will it end and how long to get it past censors BFF of Trump among other GOPs)
New Years lead-in days
Dept. of Justice now admits the yet-to-be-revealed
EPSTEIN FILES of names, photos, et cetera
in the 10s of millions . . .
Xmas EVE Startling revelation of ineptitude :
early in 2025, then-Attorney General just sworn-in
PAMELA JO BONDI
declared that she had the EPSTEIN files on "her desk"
and would share those "binders" with those cleared for
security and at level of required clearances / taking away
names of those victimized
___________________________________________
details on the 1,000,000
pages to go =
nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-news-#epstein-files-
documents-doj
Devlin Barrett and Michael Gold -- contributors
investigators for the NY TIMES
What organizations bore responsibility for the NAZI war crimes? Seven German organizations charged at Nuremberg, Germany
Law School -- UMKC dot-edu
web pages on "THE Nuremberg Trials:
a chronicle"/Chronology - copyright
online article 2009.
Dec. 18, 1945
Prosecution lawyers begin to present
evidence to prove criminality for these
seven organizations, guilty of war crimes =
NAZI Party leadership,
the German HIGH COMMAND,
the SS,
The SA,
the SD,
the Reich Cabinet,
the Gestapo (Secret Police)
Critics of trump_ arch raise questions about _aesthetics, Costs, ETHICS_ : does one branch of government have such a single prerogative?
Sophia Cai article / exclusive details
from her interview with
Donald John Trump about
the Trump 250 Arch . . .
Politico.com [subscription
required]
12/31/2025
Angel Kelly (Federal District Judge)
Massachusetts Federal COURT
Judge Angel Kelly ruled in her court
to temporarily cease and bar a Jan. 6, 2026
Trump move to revoke
Temporary Refugee Status
for immigrants from
SOUTH SUDAN.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/
judge-temporarily-bars-trumps-
move-end-protected-status-
south-sudanese-rcna251633
MSF - Medecins Sans Frontieres ( DOCTORS without BORDERS)
Accused of cooperating with HAMAS in Gaza
and the West Bank
MSF / DOCTORS without BORDERS
declared on 30 December 2025 that it
hadn't received any official decision from Israel
over the ban to provide aid in Gaza Territory;
in Gaza, MSF supports around
20 percent of all hospital beds
and supports around the delivery
of one out of three babies.
CARE international, also
said they await official word
from the Israeli government.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Majority Whip Tom Emmer - GOP Repr. whose district includes many Somali-Americans and Somali nationals who immigrated
Minnesota PUBLIC RADIO mprnews.org
Minnesota branch of Public Radio Network story
"U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer calls for deportation of Somali-Americans
tied to fraud (Day Care scandal / illegal billing)"
Dec. 31, 2025
4 a.m. Minnesota Time Zone (CENTRAL TIME)
Emmer, whose 6th District in Minnesota includes a sizable
East Africa population, did defend those in the country legally
as far back as 2016 but he has now ascended into the GOP Conference
leadership team. Reported by Kristi Marohn, Minnesota NPR
Spero House
SPERO located at 603 N. Second Street -- one block
west of Front Street Pizza location and Riverview Park
next to St. Joseph River in downtown Niles, MI
http://sperohouseniles.org
and FACEBOOK Spero House Niles, MI
269-240-7177
Branch bank locations of United
Federal Credit Union
(North Branch @ Second
Street, Niles Downtown;
South Branch @ 11th Street
South, Niles Twp. near Wal-Mart)
are proudly supporting
a Dec. 2025 donation drive for
local charity SPERO HOUSE,
Niles, Michigan
until Dec. 31, 2025
These items were sought:
Canned goods
Pet food
Hygiene Products
Other non-perishable items
______________________
in each United Federal
Credit Union lobby -
main area there are
collecting boxes to
place your Nov. / Dec.
donations; the charity
thanks you -- the CU
is NOT an affiliate nor
does it profit/benefit
from such in-kind giving.
Dec. 2025 blog Statistics
Month of December
2025
December 1 (Monday) 1,959 [3rd place for most views during entire 31-day month]
Dec. 2 1,522
Dec. 3 1,712
Dec. 4 1,166
Dec. 5 772
Dec. 6 (St. Nicholas' Day) 1,098
2nd Sunday of Advent 1,228
Dec. 8 1,831
Dec. 9 2,736 [most views / visits during 31 days of Dec. ]
Dec. 10 1,446
Dec. 11 2,402 [2nd place date for most visits / GOOGLE views ]
Dec. 12 1,312
Dec. 13 1,511
3rd Sunday of Advent 1,333
Dec. 15 1,372
Beethoven's Birthday 1,307
Dec. 17 1,250
Dec. 18 874
Dec. 19 1,146
Dec. 20 1,178
Winter Solstice 1,197
Dec. 22 676
Dec. 23 738
Xmas Eve 1,144
Xmas Day 681
Merry Christmas to all!
Boxing Day 1,302
Dec. 27 1,348
Dec. 28 1,591
Dec. 29 1,292
Dec. 30 1,094
New Year's Eve 1,472
Total (entire month, 31 days) = 41,711 [fourth largest month in 2025]
total for 2025 (entire 12 months)
I posted 2,538 online articles - summaries - reminders-invitations
from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025
364,052 [ largest month was
July 2025 with 51,575 site
views / visits ]
America's "First" Couple
He is the first "Johnny Carson" wannabe who appeared on a
taped version of the "Tonight SHOW" at D.C.'s fine & performing arts
center -- which he later this month re-designated as the
Trump Kennedy Center
_______________________________________________
She is the FLOTUS
who wants a for-profit documentary to hit theaters to make big
$ for her personally --
"Melania" will have its debut
NR (not rated by MPAA) - 1 hr. 44 min.
Jan. 30, 2026 and later be
available from AMAZON
online (owner is Jeff Bezos) :
her salary as "Star" and EXEC.
producer was $24 million . . .
_________________________
quite a precedent-breaking pair
of American "stars"
Monday, December 29, 2025
Grant applications that were arbitrarily frozen, denied, withdrawn
Grants applied for at
NIH (National Institute of
Health) since early in 2025
must be addressed as the
Institute agreed after a lawsuit
to follow its normal evaluation
and consideration.
12/30/2025
reported Monday late afternoon
by REUTERS dot-com and ACLU.org
press-releases/nih-agrees to evaluate
and complete review . . . . . .
Trial of Netanyahu who faces bribery charges : update Dec. 30, 2025
REUTERS distinguishes between
Trump expression of his personal
"hope" that NETANYAHU will gain
a pardon ahead of the final stages
of an ongoing Trial for charges
still being adjudicated
AND
12/30/2025 word from
President Herzog of Israel
denies any plan to offer
such a pre-emptive "pardon"/
get out of jail-free "card".
reuters.com/news 2025/12/30
___________________________
Court testimony reveals how the
Israeli P.M.
advanced regulatory decisions
worth hundreds of millions of
shekels in favor of Bezeq, in return
for positive and interventionist
coverage for himself and his family.
J POST dot-com
Jerusalem Post online article
israel-news/benjamin-netanyahu/
article-881203
Annual TV coverage of "Kennedy Center" honors December (later follow-up on CBS primetime) Dec. 7, 2025 D.C.
6 memorable moments
from Kennedy
Center Honors (live at
Dec. 7, 2025, featuring
KISS, Gloria Gaynor,
George Strait, Sylvester
Stallone)
"We miss Johnny Carson,
don't we? "
"I don't want to tell you
how many times I've seen
you (Michael Crawford) as
Phantom -- there will never
be anything like it" . . .
________________________
POTUS 47 plans to "nominate
himself" for his cultural contributions
in time for Dec. 2026 KENNEDY
HONORS . . .
Crusading Environmentalist Journalist of the Kennedy next Generation: Tatiana Schlossberg has died of leukemia
May her loved ones rest assured of her
beloved relatives, forebears welcoming her
into the everlasting Arms of the Almighty;
pray for her dear ones who know must draw
closer and with stronger bonds of charity
and compassion at this staggering loss of
a mother, wife, sister, daughter . . .
35-year-old Journalist / Environmentalist
daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edward Schlossberg,
Granddaughter of John F. & Jackie Kennedy (POTUS & FLOTUS)
has died of Leukemia Tuesday at age 35. No mention of
her place of death was tragic as she recently gave birth and also
leaves behind a 2-year-old son. . .
nytimes.com/2025/12/30/us/politics/tatiana-schlossberg-dead.html
Trump in a daze : does anyone know what Somaliland is? asks MAGA followers of his Social Media accounts / Tweet postings - queries
Jerusalem POST
tries to cover late-night and while-on-vacation INTERNET
postings of POTUS 47 who is stymied and dazed
by regional condemnation of end-of-week
"recognition" of the break-away region in the sovereign
nation of
Somalia (E. Africa)
jpost.com
28 Dec. 2025
Chuck Redd -- credentials (NPR background piece)
"Jazz Artist CHUCK REDD cancels his
annual Christmas Eve Jazz performance;
he is an international performer on drums and
vibraphone.
REDD has been involved with the Smithsonian
for +2 decades -- serving as artist-in-residence
at the Smithsonian Cafe from 2004- 2008.
spokeswoman Daravi -- email to npr
npr.org/2025/12/27/g-s1-103808/kennedy-center-lawsuit-
chuck-redd-cancellation-trump
Host of Christmas Eve Jazz Music Concert (D.C. annually) threatened with lawsuit by Grenell, Trump's deputy who oversaw new SIGN-lettering adding his boss' name out front
The Building (Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
was designated
by act of Congress to be
"living memorial" to JFK
(our 20th Century young President assassinated
Nov. 1963 in Dallas TX).
For 2 decades in D.C.
a variety of Jazz musicians
would perform a Xmas Eve concert;
Mr. Chuck Redd began as host in 2006.
He decided Friday 12/19 when POTUS
Trump 2.0 and the current board/management
added the Trump name to the building
facade and the center's website that he would
cancel the Jazz concert.
NYTimes.com KENNEDY Center chief
threatens lawsuit in a letter [$1 million)
article for TIMES by Tim Balk, 12:47 a.m.
12/27/2025
Uncertainty about whether the ticket buyers would
receive refunds. / / / also reply from the D.C.
musician
Signage change of "Kennedy Center" to the new name ("TRUMP_KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS") -- D.C. residents take note : the Kennedy Center Honors took place before Sign Changing
New Signage installed early on Friday, Dec. 19
CNN Reports that workmen have posted :
"TRUMP KENNEDY"
Dec. 18, 2025 -- following a meeting of the Board of
the National Center for
PERFORMING ARTS -- a voted proposal
from the Trump-Vance officials who now
run the Concert Hall - facilities for music,
dance, theater, symphony performances
to change the name to include POTUS 47
may need a formal
"ACT OF CONGRESS"
to achieve the name
uniting . . .
Mary Tyler Moore (b. Dec. 29, 1936) : would be 89 today
Emmy Winner (7 statuettes)
born Flatbush, NY eldest of three siblings
dancer
actress
even played opposite Elvis Presley in
movie Change of Habit
Fans of her TV work consider her 1980
long-running series The Mary Tyler Moore
show to be among best sitcoms ever.
In 1988 film Lincoln she played the tragic
Mary Lincoln -- lead title character portrayal was
Sam Waterston for the March 1988 two-episode
Mini-series; Ruby Dee played Elizabeth Keckley
and Cleavon Little portrayed Frederick Douglass.
Also won a Tony Award in Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Who are the 5 billionaire Americans whose wealth derived from their music / songs / album sales?
Beyonce'
her husband Jay-Z
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Bruce Springsteen
Anchor Commitment : made at U.N. Geneva HQ
THE HILL coverage
of the
"Anchor Commitment" language of
$2 billion made by Rubio's State Dept.
thehill.com/homenews/administration/
5665376-us-un-humanitarian-assistance/
Hammonton, New Jersey -- please pray for survivors
update : BBC World News
reports that 2 pilots have died
Sunday Dec. 28, 2025
please pray for the survivors and families
of the deceased from the mid-air collision of
2 helicopters today in NEW JERSEY --
apnews com has details of the 11:25 a.m.
crash and lethal outcome / hospital interventions.
Trump 2.0 falsely claims that his "Peace Effort" brought war to an end
AFTER 11 months and 9 days here's how the count
of TRUMP Peace "Deal-Making" can be reckoned
Israel v. Hamas : not moving
into cease-fire second stage
______________________
Israel v. Iran
Trump "won the 12-day war"
of bombing Nuclear Sites
______________________
Egypt v. Ethiopia
still uneasy standoff over
Blue Nile "Grand Renaissance
Dam" -- no one at peace
_____________________
India v. Pakistan
he was "thanked" by Pakistan
but India denied Trump's claim
of brokering a cease-fire
_____________________
Serbia v. Kosovo
no war existed -- how could have
brokered "peace"?
_____________________
Rwanda v. DRC (Congo)
M23_ terrorist group is still fighting
in Eastern Congo that is backed
by Rwanda . . .
_____________________
Armenia v. Azerbaijan
treaty "inked" at W. House August
by foreign ministers' initials -
NO SIGNED DEAL NATIONWIDE
_____________________
Cambodia v. Thailand
fighting has flared again in recent
days - end of December . . .
12/29 verdict on the eight "wars"
is murky and unresolved :
not the sign of a Mediator /
"Peace" Maker ( try "DealMaker
Transactional unilateralist)
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE - Tues. 12/9/2025
Thai-Cambodia Peace Deal at risk of collapse
NHK World News -- TOKYO office report at
PLATFORM
UPDATE (Dec. 8 - Monday) -- 5 dead in air strikes
Dec. 7, 2025 -- as one of the "Wars" he had solved,
Trump 2.0 is learning that the peace "deal"/
cease fire is threatened
as Thailand in early December
is again hitting its border region next to Cambodia. . .
AIR STRIKES hit its neighbor / border
Monday Dec. 8, 2025
AP News (Monday 11/10 breaking news)
Last month in Malaysia the two warring nations
signed a U.S. brokered deal to cease hostilities
but that fragile commitment may be about to fold --
AP NEWS dot-com
article/thailand-cambodia-land-mine-border
This was one part of
Trump's "case" for the
Nobel Peace prize for
Dec. 10, 2025 presentation in Oslo, Norway.
Project Athena - (is this Jared Isaacman's personal plans for space exploration) -- leaked to Sci-American media platform
Leaked plan for
space exploration -
written by Jared
Isaacman :
further reaction of
scientific community
to this billionaire who
has already flown on
mini-space missions
himself
scientificamerican.com
jared-isaacman
November 2025
(online article)
NASA may push Artemis Moon Orbit launch from Feb. 2026 to early March if countdown clock issues worsen
CBS "Astronauts complete countdown"
- - but problems also experienced in Nov.
were back on Mid-Dec. 2025 inside
the ORION space capsule simulation
CBS NEWS dot-com
Petah Tikva, city in Israel composed of majority ULTRA-ORTHODOX young families -- faces MEASLES OUTBREAK crisis
J POST
(Jerusalem POST : reporters Dr. Ital_ Gal 12/29-2025 8:15 a.m.)
Israel's health ministry announced Monday that due to a rapid
spread of MEASLES in the city
residents are being asked to bring
their children for additional
vaccine dosages at 6 months; when
they reach 1 year an additional dose
of the vaccine . . .
RED CITY : high morbidity hotspots;
other measles outbreaks at
Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Ashdod,
Bnei Brak, Harish among others
jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-881644
Gun owner practices Xmas Day afternoon : kills neighbor a few blocks from home [ cautionary tale regarding unpermitted Shooting Targets that ricochet ]
Further specifics -- 33-yr-old is Cody Wayne Adams of
Comanche, OK and his victim lived less than a 1/2 mile away
NBC News
Oklahoma man who had received a Glock 45 for Xmas
now charged with
First degree MANSLAUGHTER
after killing Sandra Phelps
who was sitting on her porch
holding a child when her
family heard shooting a few
blocks away from the man
shooting in his backyard.
The 33-year-old is out on
bond Friday 12/26/25.
DETAILS of the gun usage
tragedy / cautionary tale
for those living near amateur
recreational shooters who kill:
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-man-fatally-shooting-
woman-target-practicing-backyard-rcna251138
If convicted of manslaughter he could face 4 years in prison.
Areas with high rates of malarial deaths (children) -- Trump - Rubio called access to lifesaving drugs: "a waste of foreign aid"
How Cameroon Fought to
Save its Malaria Program
after the U.S. cut Critical Funding
[ for artesunate , a first-line
treatment for the disease in E.R.
and pediatric clinic ]
Stephanie Nolen - Global Health reporter for the TIMES.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Happy 71st Birthday to Denzel Washington!
born Dec. 28, 1954 in Mt. Vernon, NY
middle child in a family of three to a
Pentecostal Minister father and a beautician
mother; caught acting bug while at Fordham
Univ. where he got his degree and enrolled in
American Conservatory Theater.
Won Academy Awards for Glory (supporting actor)
and Training Day (lead actor)
First Sunday of Christmastide - - rainy, windy, high temp. possibly 62 then snow during overnight to Monday
Dec. 28, 2025
expected/ forecasted
high temperature of
around
62 degrees F.
during times of heavy rain,
thundershower
What would surprise Jesus about Christmas 2025? conversation with Bart Ehrman, Scholar of New Testament & Christianity
Nicholas Kristof column
Dec. 21 OPINION
nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/jesus-christmas-religion.html
My rating on the interaction between Kristof (non-Christian
who challenges the Univ. Professor about Christian gap
between idealism and actual history of Christian tyranny,
hypocrisy, and lack of consistent application in fields of
ethics and Christian compassion (today's lack of empathy,
listening, charity for the most impoverished and marginalized) . . .
5* out of a possible 5!
Will Americans celebrate December 31 as a "Cake Day" or Hogmanay (Scottish word meaning "May I have an Oatmeal Cake, Please") ?
Almanac dot-com
THE OLD FARMER's ALMANAC
is promoting
Dec. 31 as
Hogmanay Day;
Scotland's children ask
neighbors / relatives on that day,
"HogManAy?"
may I have an oatmeal cake, Please!
Library rededication taking place Tuesday 12/30/2025
Benton Harbor, Michigan's
public library will be
rededicated on Tuesday the
final week of 2025 as
"Mamie L. Yarborough
Benton Harbor Library"
213 E. Wall Street (Berrien
County) :
11:45 a.m. 12/30/2025.
Israel opts to recognize SOMALILAND, a break-away province of SOMALIA
NYTimes.com/2025/12/26/world/middleeast/
israel-recognize-somaliland.html
On Friday the 26th, Israel became the first nation
to diplomatically recognize the small "SOMALILAND"
autonomous region that broke away from Somalia
34 years ago.
The moves drew condemnation from Egypt
along with Turkey, Djibouti, and Somalia itself.
Most Muslim nations in the Middle East and beyond
but EGYPT and TURKEY are notable exceptions.
STORY By reporters
Abdi Latif Dahir & Richard Perez-Pena of the TIMES
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Pres. Jeffrey R. Holland of LDS Mormon Church dies in office : Salt Lake City, UT
Deseret_ dot-com
ONLINE News Platform
for Latter Day Saints readership
those paying tribute to his
LIFE and
WORDS / preaching
deseret.com/
Sat. Dec. 27, 2025
Apostle
also President of
the CHURCH of
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Christmas TREE's old lights ignite injuring 4 people and 1 dog
Details at Channel 4 Washington DC
re: Montgomery County, MD (Bethesda)
nbcwashington.com/news/local/christmas-tree-fire-
ignited-by-old-lights-injures-4-people-and-dog-in-Bethesda/
4034004
12/26/2025 updated story 7:08 p.m. by investigative reporters
Sundays before Epiphany 2026 (12th day of Christmas)
Dec. 28, 2025
Jan. 4, 2026 (10th day :10 lords_ a-leaping )
Christmastide
IN 1776, how many were resident / men, women, youth, children / in the 13 colonies that would send Representatives to enact a "Declaration of Independence"?
Historians / demographers /
specific experts of the era of
the American Revolution put the #
2.1 to 2.5 million persons (adults -
youngsters of all sorts)
Those counting the entire population
remind those us now alive that
500, 000
of those 2 and 1/2 million were
of African descent (some who would
remain enslaved until Juneteenth 1865
and some who were free persons of color
due to their buying their freedom or
the prior "owners" granting them
emancipation). twenty percent of
Americans in 1776 were either
under "servitude" or had been
granted freedom or had "run away". . .
Will people (average Joes and Janes) read the "Declaration of Independence" in the coming year?
January 1, 2026 (day One
of the 250th Birthday of
the free, democratic
Constitutionally-ordered
representative government)
up to
Dec. 31, 2026 (New Year's eve
one year from now)
Which POTUS deserves credit for East Wing to the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.) in 1902?
Theodore Roosevelt
PURPOSE: to facilitate
public entrance & in
wartime, additional
office space. It also
hid the Emergency bunker
(PEOC) where Trump and
Melania hid during the
noisy unrest/
protesting going on during
May 31 - June 1, 2020.
UPDATE: 2025
Trump has now demolished
the East Wing in favor of a
never-fully scrutinized "Trump
Ballroom" funded by BFF
Billionaires / Corporations of
various constituencies . . .
Plans for size of Ballroom
dimensions are apparently
expandable given what the
funds raised have amounted to.
They remained in a bunker
until the Secret Service deemed
it was safe for the couple.
Was chattel slavery of American plantations different from the routine slavery of the ancient world?
DISCUSSION:
Apologists for the acceptance of slavery in the Bible
have sometimes asserted that ancient slavery was
different from the chattel slavery of American rural
plantation system. Such an argument can be found in
writings by abolition-favoring writers who display
embarrassment with supporters who cite Bible
exemplars with slave owning instances. NO
SUCH HISTORICAL SUPPORT CAN BE MAINTAINED. .
John T. Noonan, Judge - Author
his 2005 book A Church that can and cannot Change:
the development of Catholic Moral Teaching (Univ.
of Notre Dame Press)
His chapter X begins with granting in 1452 of perpetual
right to reduce Saracens, pagans, infidels to slavery
by Pope Nicholas V to King of Portugal Alfonso V.
page 62
The re-release of an Extended LOTR: The Return of the King will require four and a-half hours
DETAILS at
ign.com/articles/
all-3-Lord-of-the-Rings-movies-
are-returning-to-theaters-in-extended-edition-form-
so-prepare-yourself-for-hours-and-hours-of-
middle-earth-fun-all-over-again
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (re-release to DBOX theaters) : Jan. 16, 2026 for twenty-fifth anniversary of the Hit Global Feature success
The Fantasy Adventure will be released in its
extended version
2 hours, 58 minutes in this
2026 movie-event (DBOX /4DX).
It is based on the Writings of
J.R.R. Tolkien : LORD of the RINGS
trilogy.
Director Peter Jackson
had also re-released it earlier in 2011 for
a 10-year anniversary.
South Haven, MI -- watch the New Year's "ball" drop at the stroke of midnight
Will host its annual "BEACH BALL DROP"
Dec. 31, 2025 11:59 and Jan. 1, 2026 12:01 Midnight
southhaven.org/events/new-years-eve-celebration
Nigerian consent to US Military jet attacks in Sokoto State, north of Lagos follows Trump earlier threat to end Aid sent to this W. African nation (220 million)
16+ Tomahawk missiles fired from a Navy
ship in the Gulf of Guinea striking camps of ISIS or
Islamic State insurgents/allies
in Tangaza in Sokoto State
ground assessment will be needed in the future
among the Lakurawa
in an area widely populated by Muslim residents . . .
NIGERIAN officials had
denied the truth to the claim that they were
"allowing the slaughter of Christians"
NYTimes.com/2025/
world/Africa/trump-nigeria-military-christians.html
world/Africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
Christmas Night
8 p.m. Eastern Time
next day (Nigerian time in
other hemisphere)
washingtonpost.com/
"US Strikes ISIS in Nigeria after
Trump 'warning'/rhetoric about Christian
killings" POTUS claimed a "genocide" was going on
12/25/2025 online article
Friday, December 26, 2025
Newsmaker of the Year: a North Star of moral clarity
Pope Leo XIV
National Catholic Reporter
online names the newly
elected POPE as "NEWSMAKER
of the YEAR"
ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/
pope-leo-xiv-ncrs-newsmaker-year-2025
posted
15 December 2025
Delroy Lindo, Movie & TV actor of "Sinners" and "Believe" (2014)
Denver Film Festival winner of
Career Achievement Award
from work in
Sinners (2025)
"Farmer Bridge Assistance" program -- only for Row Farmers who "check all the boxes"
details about how this
Socialism for the Ag Sector program
may not help any of the hardest hit
but the side-effects / aftermath
of TRUMP
Tariff program placed onto China :
OREGON Public Broadcasting (OPB)
opb.org/article/2025/12/23/oregon-farmers-agriculture-commodity-bail-out.html
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Mark Zaid, Washington attorney for whistleblowers
Trump's authoritarian sweep
to take away constitutional and
national security clearance from
prominent D.C. Attorney
MARK ZAID and 14 other
individuals was denied by
a judge Tues. 12/23 (according
to reporting of PBS and CBS News)
PBS.org/newshour/politics/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-
strip-security-clearance-from-attorney-who-represented-whistleblowers
Thanks -- Readers and visitors to this Google BLOG -- on this Social Media Page 9 years ago today (2016)
Today - December 1 -- 201 Page Views --
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faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Memorial Service (at a later T.B.Announced date)
Rob Reiner
Michele Reiner
were found dead on Sunday
Dec. 14, 2025 -- death certificate
information and expectation on
MEMORIAL SERVICE
variety.com/2025/film/
new/rob-reiner-died-minutes-
after-knife-inuries-memorial-
service-1236616737/
The "death" of Iranian nuclear enrichment sites : Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan
June 22, 2025
"Bunker Busting missiles"
"Mother of all ordinance bombs" [ M.O. A. B. ]
GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Trump claims success after bombing
key nuclear sites in Central & N. Iran
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/21/world/
israel-iran-trump
Las Posadas
Las Posadas (Advent tradition with group traveling
from place to place as "Holy Family" of Joseph, Mary, infant
Jesus :
this year at
U.S. Mexico border wall
+200 people (Sat. Dec. 20)
ncronline.org/news/posada-us-mexico-border-highlights-plight-migrants
CHURCH of the NATIVITY: Bethlehem Christmas Tree in Manger Square (West Bank)
Advent Season
pre-Christmas "countdown" to
Dec. 25, 2025
BBC dot-com .UK
reports that the City authorities
and merchants have lit the Christmas
displays for the first time since
Oct. 7, 2023 attacks from HAMAS and
other terrorist kidnapping and killing of
those near Gaza urban and rural locations.
Dec. 6, 2025 -- St. Nicholas (an ancient
church Bishop of Myra [ modern-day Iznik,
Turkey ] who took part in the
Nicaea Council in 325 Common Era --
1,700 years ago this fall.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
NBC aired from St. Peter's Square -- the Christmas Midnight Mass -- finished at 1:26 a.m. Eastern Time Zone USA
POPE's message
at Christmas 2025
In a world wounded by discord,
violence, and conflict
where we also witness a growth
in aggression and anger,
often exploited by both the
digital sphere and politics
Christmas invites everyone
to work for peace and universal fraternity!
__________________________________
before the Midnight Mass -- Pope LEO XIV
apologized in English & Italian to those
left outside of the basilica:
Welcome! Basilica of St. Peter's
is very large, but unfortunately
it is not large enough to receive
all of you. I admire and respect
and thank you for your courage
and your wanting to be here this
evening. . .
Despite the weather, we want to
celebrate the Christmas feast
together Please follows the
celebration on the screen.
Another translation of "Stille Nacht" (words by Franz Gruber) -- first posted 2015 -- Dec. 21st ten years ago
1. Silent night, peaceful night!
All things sleep, shepherds keep
Watch on Bethlehem's silent hill;
And unseen, while all is still,
Angels watch above,
Angels watch above.
All things sleep, shepherds keep
Watch on Bethlehem's silent hill;
And unseen, while all is still,
Angels watch above,
Angels watch above.
2. Bright the star shines afar,
Guiding trav'lers on their way;
Who their gold and incense bring,
Offerings to the promised King,1
Child of David's line,2
Child of David's line.
Guiding trav'lers on their way;
Who their gold and incense bring,
Offerings to the promised King,1
Child of David's line,2
Child of David's line.
3. Light around! joyous sound!
Angel voices wake the air;
"Glory be to God in heav'n;
Peace on earth to you is giv'n,
Jesus the Saviour is come,3
Jesus the Saviour is come."
Angel voices wake the air;
"Glory be to God in heav'n;
Peace on earth to you is giv'n,
Jesus the Saviour is come,3
Jesus the Saviour is come."
Note:
Most Complex and Secretive Military operation in history: Crossing the Delaware River
In honor of the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday
how about recognizing and honoring the
Revolution War Forefathers / spies / counter-intelligence
agents and grunts who got General Washington
across the Delaware
to surprise-attack on Christmas
12/25 - 26 / 1776
the British troops occupying
New Jersey colony
?
Producer - director - aviator Howard Hughes born on this date in history
Dec. 24, 1905 in
Humble, TX just north of
Houston. He studied at
Rice University and at the
California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, CA. Notably
produced blockbuster films in
the 1930s : Hell's Angels
Scarface
The Outlaw.
His business ventures,
Hughes Aircraft and Hughes
Helicopters were worth $5.5
billion when they were sold in
the early 1980s. He died April 5,
1976 of kidney failure.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy
AP NEWS coverage
U.S. District Judge McElroy in Providence, R.I.
blocked the transfer of FEMA / Homeland Security
funding away from certain "blue" states . . .
7:01 p.m. 12/23/2025 online coverage by
Kimberlee Kruesli . . .
In total, Kristi Noem and
her implementers reduced
$233 million out of a $1 billion
program intended to be based on
assessed risks and not on the
whims of those currently permitting
or prohibiting state exceptional
status . . .
Five Characters in Search of an Exit -- on MeTV -- 12/24/25 at 12:35 a.m. Eastern
Twilight Zone rerun
episode to
air on MeTV:
Five strangers awaken
in a small room with
no memory of who
they are and no idea
of how to escape
[ check local listings
as far as your MeTV station ]
Fruitcake (in 1700s became associated with Christmas) - Martha Washington
Linda Raedisch The Secret history of Christmas baking
Llewellyn Books, 2023
chapter 10
"Stirring Things Up"
Homemade fruitcake, which was originally
a wedding and special occasion cake,
beat gingerbread to the American
Christmas table by at least a hundred years. . .
The giant fruitcake or "great cake" with
which Martha Washington welcomed her
husband home for Christmas 1797 was
more like a raisin cake than what we
think of as a fruitcake today. The only
fruits in it were dried currants, which
may have been all Martha could get
at the time. The idea of a heavier cake
in which roughly chopped fruits and
nuts took the lead was reintroduced to
America by later immigrants from Ireland,
where fruitcake baking is begun a month
or more before 12/25. Some Irish cottages
even have a special niche in an outside wall
where the brandy-anointed cake can be
kept while it matures. The last step
before 12/25 is to cover the cake,
like Queen Victoria's wedding cake,
in marzipan and royal icing.
Who is the likely Next Leader in Palestine?
who is the successor to the 90ish
Mahmoud Abbas / "Abu Mazen" who
has held control without re-election over
West Bank and P.L.O. prior authorities?
Jerusalem Post asks about
Hussein al-Sheikh
who has been named
interim president
in the event of Abbas'
sudden disappearance;
Marwan Barghouti -
charismatic leader of
Fatah movement;
Jibril Rajoub;
Muhammad Dahlan;
Salam Fayyam.
jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-879613
Dec. 19, 2025 14:13
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Four months after Harvard University compromises announcement (8/23/25) $500 million by means of educational measures - Christmas 2025 Harsh PRIVATE Letters being exchanged
Christmas 2025
further developments : NYTimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-harvard-letters-deal.html
MORE COMPROMISES on Harvard's part :
NYTimes / us/harvard-changes-academic-freedom-trump-deal.html
August 23, 2025 5 a.m. Saturday Eastern TIME Zone
_____________________________________________
Further details (Week of August 11 - 15, 2025)
ahead of Fall Semester 2025
_________________________________________
Monday August 11, 2025 Reporters
Alan Blinder, Michael Bender, Michael S. Schmidt
NY TIMES collaborative NEWS / Politics story
"Harvard nears a deal with the $500 million settlement
that it will pay by means of educational measures -- no
cash- payoff to Trump - Vance . . ."
/us/trump-harvard-settlement-negotiations.html
Wed. April 23, 2025
Harvard University will NOT bend to
the Trump - Vance (graduate of Yale)
administration's demands to change
several of its academic and administrative
policies (particular ones on student protest
and admission of international students and
any student misbehavior).
See details at THE HILL.com/homenews/education/
5265069-harvard-trump-fighting-lester-holt
How many Rob Reiner-directed major films have you seen?
The Bucket List
Rumor Has It
Alex & Emma
Ghosts of Mississippi
The American President
North
A Few Good Men
Misery
When Harry Met Sally. . .
The Princess Bride
Stand By Me
The Sure Thing
This is Spinal Tap
[ my favorites from this list of 13 are:
When Harry Met Sally / Stand By Me /
The Princess Bride ]
Thirteen health characteristics / habits that make one more likely to suffer stroke, depression, dementia
High blood pressure
High BMI (body mass index)
High blood sugar
High total cholesterol
Depressive symptoms
Diet high in red meats, sweets, sodium, sugar-sweetened beverages
Hearing loss
Kidney disease
Pain that interferes with participatory activity
Sleep disturbances
Smoking history
Loneliness or isolation
General stress or stressful life events
Factors that cut your risk of dementia - stroke - depression
Low to moderate alcohol intake;
Cognitive activity (daily word puzzles/reading)
Diet high in vegetables, fruit, dairy, fish, nuts
Moderate or high levels of physical activity
A sense of purpose in life
A large social network
Kennedy Center Honors individuals (from age 83 to age 67) - - 98% picked by POTUS 47 (who also has re-named the institution Trump-Kennedy Center)
Michael Crawford is 83
Gloria Gaynor is 82
Sylvester Stallone is 79
George Strait is 73
members of KISS range from
76, 73, and 67
the honor is to be given posthumously
to drummer Ace Freehly who died at age
74 this fall.
_________________________________
Event done live at the J.F. Kennedy Center
main theater / stage in D.C.
Dec. 7, 2025
________________
Prime Time --
Tuesday, Dec.
23, 2025 8 - 10:30 p.m.
Eastern -- Entertainment
history-making event
featuring POTUS 47
carried only (taped)
on CBS network
(check your local listings)
Ukraine -- funding of $105 billion for the European besieged nation (Ukraine) from EU
Thursday Dec. 19, 2025
THE European Union has announced
$105 billion funding plan
and had intended to use
Russia's frozen assets (since
2021 invasion) -- "This will address
the urgent financial needs of Ukraine"
said ANTONIO COSTA, the president
of the European Council in an early morning
news conference in Brussels (capital /
adm. center) of the EU.
Timing was important as Ukraine was
expected to begin running out of money
early in 2026.
No ifs, ands_, or buts
Wall Street Journal
(owner-publisher Rupert
Murdoch)
reports Dec. 17, 2025 that
DONALD JOHN TRUMP
has been told by his friend-
adviser ALAN DERSHOWITZ
that
the CONSTITUTIONALITY
of a 3rd Term is "unclear"
EXCLUSIVE reporting for
the WSJ.com
stories of those "fired" in 2025 by Trump : 317,000
WVPE dot-org (NPR affiliate
Michiana / N. Indiana Radio station)
wvpe.org/npr-news/2025-12-18/under-trump-317-000-workers-
are-out-of-work-here-are-3-of-their-stories
Liz Goggin, Vet. Administration
Mahri Stanniak, Maine, Office of Personnel Management
Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service
On this date in 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S.S. PUEBLO released by N. Korea
On this date
Dec. 23, 1980
11 months after they were
captured,
North Korean military at last released
the U.S. Naval Crew of the Pueblo
[ it was a covert intelligence-gathering
ship, hiding nearby the N. Korean boundary ]
Monday, December 22, 2025
Rob Reiner's family film _The Princess Bride_
St. Joseph County Public Library's Main Branch
downtown South Bend, IN
sjpcl.com/
part of a LIBRARY sponsored film series
at main library's viewing theater
Leighton Auditorium
Feb. 6, 2026 [ FACEBOOK
online post has entire Series 2025-2026 ]
6 - 8 p.m.
FREE
details at
visitsouthbend.com/event/the-page-to-screen-
film-series/8747
Departure of the House and the Senate for 14-day vacation : no action on Health Care Insurance assistance/subsidies
NBC News dot-com/ politics/ Congress/
Congress-leaves-town-2026- no-health-care-deal-
forcing-premium-hikes-rcna249817
5 a.m. Sat. Dec. 20, 2025
Gone on a Hanukkah and
early winter (Solstice, Dec. 24 - 26, Kwanzaa,
New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Epiphany)
BREAK;
allowing the ACA subsidies to
lapse or leave the minds of
anyone who cared . . .
Nick Fuentes - white nationalist / white supremacist / defamer of VP Vance's wife Usha
further Nick Fuentes story --
dateline Dec. 22, 2025 7:45 p.m.
USA TODAY
JD Vance lashes out after Nick
Fuentes insults his wife Usha
BREAKING NEWS (11/17/2025)
"Trump Defends Tucker Carlson
after Nick Fuentes Interview"
NY TIMES summary - details by
Reporter Chris Cameron
read the details at
www.wired.com/
" For years, influencer
Nick Fuentes was too extreme
for MAGA. Now he's working
his way into the mainstream
and he has a plan for his secret followers
to seize the levers of power"
David Gilbert online article
[subscription] - Sept. 2025
Fuentes has contempt for his
committed followers -- calling them
Groypers.
White Supremacist Ideologues
Christian Nationalist self-described
as "America Firsters".
after a decade of livestreaming
hate-filled diatribes, the death
of Charlie Kirk has accelerated
the venomous attacks of Fuentes
Ballroom -- estimates rise in Fall, 2025 from $250 million to $300 million to be fundraised from Billionaire / Corporate donors
UPDATE: CBS News follows up with Sen. Blumenthal (CT)
about those at Private Fundraiser seeking to get those who
want influence or to support Trump demolition and "no- Turning Back"
approach to BALLROOM -- to be done in "Trump STYLE"
CBS News.com/news/white-house-ballroom-blumenthal-details-
architect-donor-dinner-details
Dec. 22, 2025 8:47 p.m. ONLINE Article posted
__________________________________________________
Wed. Oct. 22 -- NBC News quotes
officials that
entire East Wing is to be
DEMOLISHED in days;
Trump estimate on funds raised/
costs of new "Ballroom" -- ~$300 million
October 21 -- 9 p.m.
REUTERS platform
"White House says it will submit
ballroom plans for review
now that demolition is
underway" Reuters.com
Jonathan Edwards & Dan Diamond reporters
"Part of White House demolished for ballroom,
contradicting Trump's claim"
see Washington POST dot-com
coverage of the immediately proceeding of the
clearing of White House planted trees (some historically
significant on the grounds of the landmark U.S. residence
of POTUS & FLOTUS) -- 15 Sept. 2025
_____________________________________________
NBC NEWS has the details
PETER NICHOLAS Story
posted Saturday 9/13/2025
5:38 p.m. Eastern
"Trump says the
new WHITE HOUSE
ballroom will be a
little bigger than initially
planned "
ESTIMATES at
$200 million -- to be
personally paid by "donors".
40% increase so as to accomodate
900 dancers / socialites / guests.
Hallelujah! A soulful celebration (conducted by Quincy Jones) - Grammy Winner
Handel's Messiah
(1992) Grammy win for
MervynWarren.com/discography
The final song on the
CD is
"Hallelujah Chorus"
all- star choir!
At the brink of winter
from The Collected Poems of
William Carlos Williams
"At the brink of winter
planting the bulbs
Sh!
she said to the garden,
They are going to sleep!"
pages 348 - 349
Emine_ Erdogan urged FLOTUS Melania to support children of Gaza : Unite our voices -- late August 2025 -- no such letter from her desk publicized
DETAILS AT
BBC.com/news/article/cn47ppy382wo
The First Lady of Turkey (spouse of Pres. Erdogaan)
wrote publicly an open letter to
Melania Trump (3rd wife of
Donald J. Trump) as FLOTUS
to write Benjamin Netanyahu
on behalf of the "CHILDREN" of
Gaza before he authorizes an
all-war on the Gaza City / Territory
location where children and families
reside.
reuters dot-com / August 23, 2025
DATELINE : Ankara or Istanbul, TURKEY
FLOTUS Michelle Obama : just-published book "The Look" (CROWN Publishing)
More than a coffee-table tome
a tome revealing much about
POLITICS
less about FASHION
_________________________
Already an Amazon Best-Seller
Third installment in her
TRILOGY that focus on
Self-Realization
First Ladies who did unpaid TV appearances / non-profit media gigs
FLOTUS Nancy (Davis) Reagan
appeared on an episode of
Diff'rent Strokes (1983 season)
as well as
Sesame Street (in 1985).
In both cases she was not
promoting herself but instead
Reading
&
the "Just Say No" campaign.
_________________________
Mrs. George H.W. Bush (Barbara)
appeared on an episode of
Sesame Street in 1989 (#2660);
Hillary Clinton in 1993 for the
Season 25 premiere episode;
among a list of appearances,
FLOTUS Michelle Obama
appeared in 2009 for the show's
40th Anniversary, talking about
her non-profit "Let's Move"
initiative on healthy exercise
and eating for kids & youth.
Healthy, natural flavored protein-rich snack pie
From Redefine Foods:
Skippy Oatmeal Protein Pie
(natural flavoring with other
natural flavors) Non-GMO
with 15g Protein and 10g
Dietary Fiber (from Oats &
Peanut & Corn Fiber)
glad I used my CVS "dollars"
for its $2.75 price at Granger, IN
12/22/2025
Queen of Slovenian Desserts : Made every year for Christmas celebrations
This is SLOVENIA
advent online calendar
POTICA -- queen of
Slovenian desserts
slovenia.si/this-is-slovenia/
potica-queen-of-slovenian-desserts
What is Potica? - mentioned in Mrs. Trump's autobiography
a Slovenian pastry
_________________________
World Figure POPE FRANCIS
asks Melania if she has cooked/
baked it for her husband Donald
(see book review of her 184-page
autobiography published pre-2024
election)
nytimes.com/2024/10/31/opinion/
melania-trump-donald.html
Amazon Documentary - FLOTUS salary to be $28 million
Oct. 14, 2025 DATELINE
Palm Beach, FL
Mar-a-Lago Golf Course and resort/restaurant
AMAZON will release the feature-length document, directed
by Brett Rattner and starring Melania (Knauss) Trump, POTUS
47's 3rd wife and mother of the 19-year-old Barron Trump, NYU
student in Business undergraduate-level, Washington, DC Branch
campus. . .
The FLOTUS reportedly gained a salary of $28 million as "Star"
and executive producer. It will open in theaters Jan. 30, 2026 next year
and after its theatrical run it will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime
video service.
_______________________________________________
NEW YORK magazine
nymag.com/intelligencer/article/melania-trump-
documentary-amazon.html
Among executive producers are MELANIA herself,
and Fernando Sulichin (Argentinian producer);
Pay-out = $40 million // FLOTUS salary $28 million.
___________________________________________
Busy 24-day out-of-public-eye period due to
travel between New York City, Florida, and D.C.
residences/official address.
She defended her 24-day absence, saying that she will
never be a "traditional First Lady" . . .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
People Magazine quote / source
She hasn't spent meaningful time at 1600
Pennsylvania in an official capacity . . .
AMAZON billionaire and new Trump BFF
Jeff Bezos -- hired Brett Ratner to follow around
the third Mrs. Trump while she steps away from
official duties to take a break from official duties ? ? !
Unclear whether any other Trump family members
will appear in the non-fiction film or docu-series.
It will have a theatrical release, even if limited.
Muse_ Films Production company will release FLOTUS documentary Jan. 30 next year
More details The HILL platform
thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5652663-melania-trump-
film-trailer-unveiled/?tbref=hp
Tara Suter - correspondent/BLOGGER - Wed. Dec. 17 online
article
"Melania" documentary
is on schedule for Jan. 30
2026 theatrical release
hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/
melania-trump-production-company-muse-films-
1236432711/
This sets a historical precedent for a FLOTUS while
in Office to seek to make films under the aegis of
a for-profit Production company (Hollywood, CA).
Past First Ladies like Nancy (Davis) Reagan who
had a film and TV career were not releasing
film documentaries for profit about their impact
on Washington, the nation, and the world.
Such media appearances (guest shots on
Sesame Street (PBS) for example) were
charitable in nature, NOT for-profit, benefitting herself.
Chronicle of Melania Knauss (3rd Mrs. Trump) -- documentary by Brett Rattner
titled
Melania
Cast to include
Melania Trump as
herself
she will also
Executive Produce
this "Chronicle"
and receive salary
from AMAZON corporation
[ owned by billionarie
Jeff Bezos ]
her 20-day preparation to
be FLOTUS (First Lady)
ahead of Jan. 20, 2025.
It will open in theaters
Friday Jan. 30, 2026
details at
DEADLINE.com/ Dec. 17
online article
Trove of Critical Minerals / Rare earth elements found in Utah Desert (early December 2025)
Exclusive:
Thursday Dec. 11, 2025
Wall Street Journal online article
Mineral production company IONIC
tells how it discovered 16 rare earth
and critical minerals that will help
the U.S. compete with China . . .
Dec. 11, 2025 5:30 a.m. Eastern
lithium
alumina
germanium
rubidinum
cesium
vanadium
niobium
in Utah's Silicon Ridge.
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