Fordo - buried under a mountain
Natanz - a larger uranium enrichment plant
Isfahan - where near-bomb grade uranium is held
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Saturday, June 21, 2025
June 2025: Blog Statistics
June 1 - 30, 2025
Statistics from this GOOGLE Blog
faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Visits / Views of the postings / articles / comments
updates from the city / state / nation / world-global
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June 3 = 472
June 4 = 302
June 5 = 759
June 6 - 979
June 7 = 1441
Pentecost Sunday = 1,492
June 9 (Monday) = 2,057
June 10 = 2,320 visits
June 11 = 2048
June 12 = 1470
June 13 = 457
June 14 = 433
June 15 = 1407
June 16 = 1466
June 17 = 548
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June 19 = 661
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June 22 = 456
Running total of visits to "Seeking Faith and Understanding"
Entire month (June 1 until 30) : 22,009 visits / views
Last month May 1-31, 2025 was 9,886
10 p.m. Eastern - Trump announced attack, joining Israel's June 13,2025 surprise bombings on Tehran
Saturday June 21 is a day
to write about in the history books;
POTUS 47, VP Vance, Secy.State/National Security
advisor Rubio, Pentagon head Pete Hegseth
stood at the White House podium
with Presidential Seal as momentous notice
to the then-watching TV public =
Trump threatened more
action against Iran if it did
not return to diplomatic
efforts. . ."If they do not
make peace, future attacks
will be far greater and a
lot easier"
Across the region,
+40,000 troops are
on bases, on high
alert; commanders are
ready to respond to
any retaliation.
On This Date in history : Constitution went into effect
With the ratification vote passing in
New Hampshire (the needed 9 / 13
colonies/commonwealths),
the U.S. Constitution
was enacted on June
21, 1788 !
Parliamentarian rules June 21 that the "Big/Beautiful Bill" cuts to Medicare and SNAP are not allowable - ruling on merits
SENATE OFFICIAL rejects food aid cuts
as "income" to pay for tax cuts for the billionaire
class -- those deficit growing Tax Benefits for
the 1% are NOT part of the plan to allow
simple majority of the 100-member Senate.
This sends Republican MAGA appropriators
"back to the drawing board" / list of possible
sources to generate revenue that will lower
National Deficit.
nytimes.com June 21, 2025
Nor could MAGA Senate Republicans include
provision into a budget bill that denied SNAP
food stamp benefit payment to benefit-
providing states. . .
Enderlin, North Dakota
Three killed there (175 miles east of Bismarck, ND) said
the Cass County Sheriff. Two were in a damaged home while
a third was found by the Fire Department.
June 20 - 21, 2025. The nighttime Tornado had destroyed
10 homes and blew a train off the tracks and on its side.
Wind speeds measured up to 112 MPH.
Assassin captured near his family's home -- Green Isle, MN / / / he and wife were "preppers" expecting catastrophic event, preparing for war
More details about how this was a wider plan to kill / assassinate
Democrat Party officials in Minnesota -- the assassin did not enter
a plea in court and his wife has not been charged as an accessory --
NY TIMES dot-com/ June 20, 2025
us/minnesota-assassin-preppers-boelter.html
HOW?
nytimes.com/2026/6/16/us/minnesota-shooting-suspect-caught-how.html
within a one-square-mile perimeter,
deploying drones and police dogs.
No force used arresting him, although
he was armed.
After the perpetrator had shot Mrs.
Hortman, he also shot at police who
had arrived at her and her husband's
residence. When they returned fire,
he escaped out the back door on foot,
on a golf course, setting off the
largest manhunt in the history of
the state of Minnesota.
Bunker Hill - first battle between British and American forces during Revolution period
June 17, 1775
250 years ago
the first time at the outset of
the Revolutionary War that
British forces and rebel forces
faced off in sustained conflict
over a specific piece of territory
apnews.com/article/battle-bunker-hill-
250th-anniversary-1775
VP Vance can't remember California U.S. Senator's full name
During a visit to California yesterday,
VP Vance (formerly a U.S. Senator for 2 years himself)
repeatedly forget and struggled to refer to
Senator Alex Padilla (California)
switching in his comments /
answers to reporters' questions
to Jose' Padilla.
nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-travel-los-angeles-rcna214063
Lake Trout discovered through Great Lakes Mass Marking program
Michigan's oldest Lake trout
is 39 years old,
having been hatched in 1984
and stocked at Sheboygan Reef
within the Lake Michigan
Southern Refuge in 1985.
mlive.com/news/2025/06/
lakemichigans-oldest-tagged-lake-
trout-has-quite-a-story-its-code-reveals.html
Federal judge (Boston) William Young restores NIH Grants -- Harvard research grants (800)
UPDATE: Harvard Bulletin details
harvardmagazine.com/2025/06/judge-nih-federal-grant-lawsuit-hearing
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NBC News reported Monday June 16, 2025
that the termination of
NIH (National Institute of
Health) grants for research
and diversity were void
and illegal:
e.g.
health inequities for
sexual and gender minorities
nbcnews.com/science/science-news/
judge-deems-trumps-cuts-national-
institutes-health-illegal-rcna213360
Friday, June 20, 2025
Allison Burroughs rules in favor of Harvard's admitting overseas student enrollees - June 20
UPDATE: June 20 -- Yes, Judge Burroughs
rules in favor of Harvard's continuance to
admit international students.
NYTimes.com online BREAKING NEWS 4 p.m.
Friday June 20
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Update: June 16, 2025
NPR is reporting that the Judge will delay until
Monday the 23rd of June.
NPR.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5432750/harvard-lawsuit-international-students-hearing
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Judge Allison Burroughs (Fed. District) -- insisted that
the Status Quo remain in place. . .
details on Kristi Noem revocation -- see ABC News.go.com
"Breaking News"
Thursday May 29, 2025
Harvard University attorneys will make their first in-person
arguments before a Boston, Mass. federal courtroom
Its strategy is to use the POTUS Trump's statements
as evidence that the government is on a political
crusade against the school.
At stake is the 70-year-old Harvard
tradition of admitting top students
from around the globe; a visa ban
would affect 7,000 students currently
enrolled and other incoming students
who had expected to enroll in summer
and fall.
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On the Trump-Vance side,
Lawyers on the Dept. of Justice have not
yet submitted any written arguments on
the case.
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Revoking a university's right to host
international students is an extraordinary
measure. In court papers, Harvard has
maintained that the Trump-Vance lawyers/
legal complainants bypassed detailed
procedures that might lead to a revocation.
Narnia : Jerusalem Post gives details of Mossad operation to assassinate Iranian nuclear physicists
Online article 20 June 2025
jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858406
"Israeli intelligence targeted Iranian scientists"
Operation NARNIA
eliminated (assassinated
furtively) many senior
figures in the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps and key individual
figures in the nuclear program.
List of 9 given in the article content.
Tribal Leaders in Minnesota
Tribal leaders in the Midwestern state of Minnesota
are joining in with citizens, youth, young adults in
grieving the loss by assassination of political leader
State Repr. Melissa Hortman. She was their friend,
political ally, and respected political leader.
Minnesota Public Radio online article includes
Cathy Chavers
Robert Larsen of Lower Sioux
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Melanie Benjamin
Darrell Seki, chair of the Red Lake Nation
mprnews.org/story/2025/06/20/tribal-leaders-remember-minnesota-house-speaker-melissa-hortman
Candle Memorial Vigil of Hortmans led by musicians in Minneapolis - no sign-carrying permitted
Rest in Strength
former House Speaker
Melissa Hortman
Mark Hortman (spouse)
Those leading the service were:
Brass Quintet : Minnesota Orchestra
Native American Drum Circle
Unison singing of "Amazing Grace"
Earlier Wed. 18 June 2025
U. of Minnesota President Rebecca
Cunningham spoke at a separate
outdoor memorial service;
the Hortmans were themselves alumna
and alumnus of the Big Ten
University.
Falsetto-voiced singer of Pop Standard : "Lightning Strikes"
Lou Christie
died June 17 after a brief
illness at home in Pittsburgh,
PA
Hits included:
the 1966 #1 Lightning Strikes;
Rhapsody in the Rain;
The Gypsy Cried;
Two Faces Have I;
I'm Gonna Make You Mine.
people.com/lou-christie-dead-at-82-lightning-strikes-singer-remembered-11758074
His chart-topping hit in February 1966
was a memorable product marked by:
a sweeping arrangement by producer Charles Calello
with glimmering piano,
ringing church bells,
radiant vocals from The Delicates,
a girl trio.
Lou Christie's songwriting partner was
Twyla Herbert; his birth name was
Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco
b. 1943 in Glenwillard, PA outside
of Pittsburgh
NY Times obituary
2025/06/20/arts/music/lou-christie-dead.html
Notre Dame - extension of S. Bend to Rome, Italy (July 14, 2025) & Dante Now! (2021)
The Ritual Cultures of
Medieval Women Religious:
13 international scholars present new (2025)
research on communal & individual ritual
practices of enclosed nuns, beguines, tertiaries,
anchoresses, and their communities
ND.edu/events July 14-15, 2025
Hybrid event (in-person at Rome, but
global on Zoom, must register to view
or attend at NOTRE DAME- @Rome
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Dante Now!
Please join the Center for Italian Studies and Devers Program in Dante Studies for its annual "Dante Now!" event, dedicated to performing and understanding Dante's Divine Comedy.
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Hebel : Mist or bubbles [Hebrew language]
Known as "Ecclesiastes"
book of Hebrew wisdom / preaching / seeking the
meaning of life
H-e-b-e-l
roughly translates as
mist
vapor
but is more commonly translated as
vanity /// emptiness /// futility
See further Ecclesiastes opening 2 chapters :
but also throughout the book written by
The Preacher
K-O-H-E-L-E-T
Israel continues to pummel Iran for more than seven days
More than 50 Israeli warplanes had
attacked targets across Tehran, the capital
city of Iran, including a nuclear centrifuge
plant.
At New York HQ of the United Nations,
Iran's mission denies Pres. Trump's claim
that Iran wants to negotiate right now
saying, "No Iranian official has ever asked
to grovel at the gates of the White House."
It called Trump's threat against the nation's
Supreme Leader "cowardly."
Wed. June 18, 2025
Thunder vs. Pacers : In crucial game, INDIANA forces Game 7
The Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA Team - men's basketball, professional)
seek their first NBA title in the 6th game of the NBA Finals 2025 --
tonight 8:30 p.m. Eastern ABC Sports &
ESPN broadcast on public airwaves - antenna TV.
The 2-3 Pacers host the 3-2 Thunder in this
primetime NBA game (Game 7 Sunday Night June 22, 8 p.m.
at Oklahoma City Arena).
108 - 91
Juneteenth goes uncelebrated at Trump-Vance White House
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/19/us/trump-news#juneteenth-white-house-slavery
He posted with misspelling
Soon we'll have end up having
a holiday for every once (sic)
working day of the year
The Juneteenth holiday
came in 2025 with Trump
marking his new low with
the N.A.A.C.P. organization
which said it would break
its 116-year-tradition of
inviting every incumbent,
sitting president to its
annual June convention.
Two weeks as a period of waiting can mean 14 days or not any particular end-date or expected conclusion
In mid-April 2025, Trump 2.0 said
when asked if he could trust
President/Dictator Vladimir Putin,
he said, "I'll tell you in two weeks". . .
He promised at various junctures that
he would have these riddles solved:
tax plans
health care policies
evidence of conspiracy theories
the fight against ISIS (Islamic State)
the opening of some coal mines
infrastructure plans
in two weeks . . .
How can the American public be certain he will stick to
this promised/deadline of two weeks on making a decision
to join Israel in attacking Iran and deposing its Ayatollah?
PRESS SECRETARY : ONE THING CAN'T BE COMPARED WITH ANOTHER.
Emperor, Empress visit Hiroshima to pay respect to A-bomb victims, met with survivors
NHK media
Japanese Public Media covers the June 19 visit
of the royal family to Hiroshima their first since
ascending to their royal status/ as Emperor-Empress in 2019.
ww3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250619_16/
80 years ago
August 6, 1945 was the
date at 8:15 local time that
the Enola Gay dropped the
Atomic Bomb "Little Boy" on
the Japanese city 1,800 feet above
the military-industrial city;
killing 80,000 in first minutes.
It was a uranium bomb.
Three days
later a different flight mission
dropped "Fat Man" on
Nagasaki, an ancient site
where Christianity had first
taken root in feudal Japan.
Military planners moved the
drop site from Kokura a more
strategic military target but
cloud cover made the second
devastated city's 2-mile area
totally pulverized and 73,000
civilians killed.
Juneteenth 2025 -- June 19 -- Thursday
Juneteenth
will be observed as a
Federal Holiday on
June 19, 2025 (Thursday).
It originated in Texas
one hundred and sixty years
ago to commemorate the
notification of formerly
enslaved Texans who were
neglected at the end of the
Civil War by then-deposed
members of the Confederacy
hierarchy that they were, by
all rights and duties, fully
free citizens of the Republic,
the UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA!
Strawberry Shortcake Event
Cathedral of St. James
(Episcopal Church)
117 N. Lafayette Blvd.
Downtown South Bend,
IN --
tickets were sold in advance
and serving may continue past
2:30 p.m. as supplies last.
one day only
June 20, 2025
10 a.m. -
5 p.m. only
Home baked
shortcakes, Fresh Strawberries,
ice cream, whipped topping.
DONATION of $7
benefits
St. Margaret's House
Dismas House
Imagination Library (through
the Community Foundation of
St. Joseph County Indiana)
Juneteenth (5th Annual) - Niles MI Plym Park, 4 - 9 p.m.
401 Marmont Street, Niles, MI 49120
web :
nilesjuneteenth.com/
Live Entertainment
Cultural Performances
Delicious Food served
at Food Truck vendors
Inspirational Speakers &
Empowering Workshops
Fun for the Whole Family
Senate votes 73 - 27 to pass landmark Civil Rights bill [June 19]
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
June 19, 1964
sixty-one years ago
the Senate passed and
LBJ signed the legislation
in the Oval Office,
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
District of Columbia
Eight Movies of 2025 that may exceed expectations or may fall flat
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Superman (2025) -
opens July 11, 2025
Mission : Impossible - Final Reckoning
$122 million from May 23 - June 1, 2025
June 4: $125.1 million total reported to BOX OFFICE MOJO
Total up to $169 million by June 19, 2025
Thunderbolts
$181.8 million from May 2 - June 1, 2025
June 4: total reported to BOX OFFICE MOJO = $182.3 million
as of June 15 -- $188.7 million in box office
Lilo & Stitch
$ 183 million from May 23 - 25, 2025
$ 63 million more for weekend of May 30 - June 1, 2025
$ +38 million for week June 2 , 3 , 4 plus another $32 million June 7-8
totaling $371.7 million since release; globally $772 million
Karate Kid : Legends
$21 million initial release
June 4: $21.6 million reported (BOX OFFICE MOJO)
up to $45.7 million by June 19
A Minecraft Movie
$418 million from April 4 - 30, May 1-22, 2025
$423.8 million by June 19, 2025
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How to Train Your Dragon
opening weekend June 15 - 16 sold $83.7 million
$105.2 million by June 19, 2025
Williamsburg Bray School in Virginia (open to tours, June 19, 2025)
Back in 1760, A colonial Williamsburg, VA school that
taught enslaved and freed_ Black children --
archaeologists estimate ~400 students
NY Times dot-com/2025/06/19/us/bray-school-
williamsburg-virginia-juneteenth.html
Subsequent to its re-use, It had served as the military
science dept. for
the university at Williamsburg and before that
a women's dormitory (Methodist) at College
of William and Mary, Williamsburg.
It has been renovated and relocated into the
colonial Williamsburg tourist education experience
area.
Do you think you have "Breyer's Chocolate Truffle" ice cream? June 2025
According to a national recall
Breyer's 1.5 quart tubs
labeled Chocolate Truffle
ICE CREAM, may instead
contain "Rocky Road" ice
cream which by the way
contains almonds, which
is known to elicit allergic
reaction from those who are
allergic to nuts / almond-type
USA TODAY .com June 18, 2025
Arak Nuclear Facility
ISRAEL's government spokesman has told world media
(CNN and many others) that the IDF / Israel Air Force
has struck with bombs the
Arak Nuclear Facility
(currently de-activated)
in Iran.
5 a.m. Eastern USA time
June 19, 2025
Ramat Gan
reported from direct missile hit --
"Like an Earthquake"
the street outside the Bursa (Diamond District)
was cloaked in dust and acrid smoke
Thursday morning -- the hollowed-out
shell of a residential structure's front
had been torn open
five or six other buildings had also been hit. . .
timesofisrael.com/like-an-earthquake-ramat-gan-reels-after-missile-slams-into-financial-district/
a city near Tel Aviv, Israel
was hit by Iranian missile attack
June 19 and that aftermath
is reported now in international
media 5 a.m. Eastern USA time.
Ramat Gan is in the Dan area
of N. Israel.
John Bolton on Trump 1.0 in national security crises
John Bolton, a "Washington POLITICO"
who served as national security secretary
during part of Trump-Pence administration,
was a big advocate for the War on Iraq,
and is now a big supporter of bunker-
busting BOMB for Fordo, the secretive
location where nuclear testing/storage/
enrichment/device development-research
has been ongoing.
Mr. Bolton has no privileged info-insight
as to whether Trump 2.0 (since Jan. 20,
2025) will decide and when he will issue
orders to Pentagon to drop such a
"first-strike" weapon. But in his
experience (2017-Jan. 19, 2021),
Bolton describes Trump 1.0 as
frantic and agitated in national
security crises.
Iran strikes Israel hospital - Beersheba
Soroka Medical Center
missile attack June 19, 2025.
According to Jerusalem POST
the unsafe wing of the building was the
3rd-floor surgical wing -- by moving patients
out into secure areas, only one person was injured
when the missile hit : credit to Bar Siman-Tov
jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-858157
Fulbright board resigned totally given Trump-Vance interference with Program participants 2026 forward -- PBS interview
PBS News Hour -- segment ANCHOR interviewed David Price, former member
of the Fulbright Scholarship Program, federal government over 80 years that
strengthened ties between young scholars - talented people in various areas
Funded by the State Department (Cabinet - level) over 8 decades
PBS.org/newshour
thehill.com/homenews/education/5344988-fulbright-board-resigns-
citing-trump-administration-interference/
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Professor of History and Italian Studies
New York University
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University whose research revolves around on fascism, authoritarianism, war, and propaganda. Her work has been supported by Fulbright, Guggenheim, and other fellowships.
The author of seven books and numerous academic journal articles, her latest volume Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Norton, 2020) lays out the "playbook" authoritarian leaders on different continents – from Mussolini to Putin – have followed in maintaining power and evading accountability. She also brings to bear this historical expertise in exploring current threats to democracy and their future implications. As a cultural critic on related topics, her analyses and commentary have been featured in television, radio, podcasts, and online media, including such outlets as the Washington Post, the Guardian, the New Yorker, and CNN.
Ben-Ghiat is an advisor to Protect Democracy and serves on the Board of Directors for World Mental Health Coalition. She holds a PhD in Comparative History from Brandeis University.
From Mussolini to the present, authoritarian leaders have used propaganda and personality cults to bind people to them and present themselves as competent and infallible. Based on research for her new book Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Norton, 2020), Ben-Ghiat will discuss what has changed (social media) and what has stayed the same (the leader's use of machismo) over a century of illiberal rule.
Professor Ben-Ghiat of NYU will make her Feb. 8, 2021 presentation by ZOOM
Registration for the 5:30 p.m. Virtual lecture-seminar
https://kellogg.nd.edu/propaganda-and-personality-cults-mussolini-present-virtual
Iran 2025 negotiations - Witkoff + Araghchi (June 20 - Friday possible meeting Geneva, Switzerland)
June 19, 2025 -- axios.com reports that foreign ministers of
France
Germany
U.K.
will meeting with Iran's Abbas Aragchi
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Details axios.com/2025/04/19/us-iran-nuclear-talks-rome-witkoff.html
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UPDATE -- U.S. has told Israel NOT to bomb
Iranian nuclear facilities; an air of uncertainty and backtracking
is emerging with the direct talks between Washington DC and
Tehran Iran -- more to emerge during this Easter 2025 weekend.
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Thursday April 16, 2025 update mentions Rome ITALY is city for
Iran - U.S. summit the weekend of Easter 2025
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David Sanger article for NY TIMES on confused side-stepping
by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Trump adviser
Steve Witkoff who is also handling Gaza-Hamas negotiations;
Fox News interview unveiled that Witkoff might settle for
verification and permission to continue to produce uranium
at low levels . . .
NYTimes / 2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-negotiations.html
[ the original Obama administration deal can be improved - in essence ]
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Update -- next round Sat. 19 April could lead to actual face-to-face
where the Oman mediator brings together the U.S. Repr.
with the Iranian foreign ministry representative.
UPDATE: NBC News (Saturday 12th) -
In Iran's view the talks only concern the nuclear stockpile;
the mediator in the room is the Omani Foreign ministry.
Where: Sultanate of Oman
How Trump sees this momentous event: Direct negotiations.
How Iran participates: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will
meet with and converse with envoy Steve Witkoff - NOT
Trump nor with Vance nor with Rubio or State Dept.
WITKOFF -- is a go anywhere, meet with anyone kind of
Exec. Branch man of all credentials -- he has met with HAMAS
about hostages, with
PUTIN, NETANYAHU, Arab leaders (Qatar, Egypt)
WHEN: these were announced April 7,2025 --
Saturday is the
Jewish Sabbath after the Friday Muslim Day of Prayers;
Passover is approaching and Ramadan has concluded.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania rally (20 days ago) -- Today June 18 -- US Steel is now subsidiary of Nippon Steel
The Steel making operations of USS (U.S. Steel)
are now owned by Nippon Steel under a "Golden
Term deal" that would mean Americans would
remain the majority of the board and that Japan
NIPPON steel would not carry out layoffs or close
factories.
KYODO News.net urgent-Nippon-Steel-finalizes-deal
to make USS-wholly-owned.html
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Outside of Pittsburgh, PA
the Steel Plant HQ of
U.S. Steel was the setting
for POTUS TRUMP 2.0 to make the pledge
to double Tariffs he had already announced
on foreign steel to
50%
Levies on aluminum, steel,
and cars have been issued
by Trump-Vance since
20 Jan. 2025 through a
separate law pertaining to
national security.
May 30 - - 5 - 6 p.m. Eastern
America First "wing" of MAGA clashes with Iran "hawks" who want a battle to overthrow an Ayatollah
The conflicting bases of the
MAGA - Trump/Vance Republican
GOP hardliners will soon have a
situation where
"Isolationist" / No-forever Trump of
the 2015 - 2024 campaign wing
will have to deal with
foreign policy "hawk"/Vulcan sections
of conservative defense build-rebuild
armaments and defensive forces/shields
will be more than a face-off between
Tucker Carlson (America First) and
Ted Cruz (Senate "hawk"/Pentagon
increases / unstoppable OKs for
next forces/naval/air Force/SEALs)
nytimes.com/2025/06/18/trump-maga-base-iran-israel.html
Thunderstorms in Area
Tornado watch / Thunderstorms passing
through
Berrien County, Michigan and N. Indiana
from New Buffalo in far SW michigan
to St. Joseph, Michigan along the
Lake Michigan coastal area
beginning 1:01 p.m. Eastern
until 8 p.m. this evening
June 18, 2025.
Installation of 100-foot flagpoles + POTUS asks if any workers are non-legal non-citizens without green cards
Coverage included POTUS interacting with the crew workers
who had been paid to erect the poles, asking them
Do we have anybody here?
Any illegal immigrants?
see NYTimes.com/ online article
us/politics/trump-flagpole-immigrants.html
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June 18, 2025
POTUS and FLOTUS proudly erect on North
and South lawn areas at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, District of Columbia
100-foot flagpoles.
Also this week Donald John
Trump removed a bust of
M.L. King, Jr. from the Oval Office
in favor of one he could ponder
and admire there of deceased
P.M. Winston Churchill, U.K.
USA TODAY also mentioned in
this 6/18 online news release
the Trumps wish to install a
new ballroom in the Executive
Mansion.
Guidance on daily drinking of alcohol (June 18, 2025)
RFK, Jr.'s Health and Human services
Cabinet-level department will drop
the guidance to limit drinking of
alcohol, wine, beer, spirits to two
or fewer per day --
New guidelines
will be more general and
less specific than current
guidelines.
newsweek.com/us-drop-guidance-
alcohol-limits-report-2087369
June 18, 2025 online "breaking
news/early expectation"
Previous Surgeon General Vivek
Murtha (Biden & Obama admins.)
had offered language in Jan. 2025
stating: "Alcohol consumption is
the third leading preventable cause
of cancer in the U.S., following
tobacco and obesity, increasing
risks for at least seven types of cancer."
INDY Juneteenth 2025 (Indianapolis, IN)
According to CNN coverage / online article
Indy Juneteenth (tomorrow 19 June
2025) announced it would
pause its parade,
but still hold several events to
observe the national/federal holiday.
Executive director Indy Juneteenth
told, "we were ultimately denied by
public safety officials due to concerns
from nearby residents". Also, in
Denver, CO the annual Juneteenth
Music Festival was scaled back to
a single day.
Charles Williams, novelist/poet/biographer/dramatist
The Greater Trumps
2003 Regent College Publishing
edition, from "Introduction"
by William Lindsay Gresham
on Christmas 1949.
The book is a kaleidoscope
of ideas: a particle now takes
on the hue of Zen Buddhism,
then twists into the simple
piety of Brother Lawrence,
then clashes with a dark
jewel of sorcery. It is a guide
to Christian charity, intercessory
prayer and the practice of
the presence of God -- it's a
slam-gang action-fantasy
melodrama too!
ISBN = 1-57383-111-5
Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order - Alexandria, Egypt near ancient Christian monastery
24 - 28, 2025
ancient St. Bishoy_ Monastery
at Wadi El Natrun, Alexandria,
Egypt
Details at
oikoumene.org/events/nicaea-2025#sixth-
world-conference-on-faith-and-order
"Where now for visible unity?"
The See of Alexandria is
historically significant for
early/ancient Christianity,
with an important role in
the debates that led to
the Council of Nicaea.
June 4 - 7, 2025 : "Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium" Rome, Italy
Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity
among speakers were:
Rowan Williams
Lewis Ayres
Mark DelCogliano
Kurt Koch
David Luy
Gayle Woloschak
iota-web.org/2025-nicaea-conference-general-information
1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea -- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
goarch.org/nicaea
1700th Anniversary of
the Ecumenical Council
of Nicaea :
a momentous occasion
for the global Christian
community that defined
the foundations of
Christian doctrine !
Procession as remains of slain couple moved to Minneapolis, MN
Wed. June 18, 2025
news from NPR affiliate
Minnesota News Public Radio
Law enforcement vehicles
formed a procession to
honor and memorialize
lawmaker Melissa Hortman
and her husband who were
assassinated by far-right
conspiracy-theory shooter
who had stalked other
public figures and health
care staff. He will have court
appearances in the days and
weeks to come (for now: charges
of 2nd degree murder).
mprnews.org/story/2025/06/17/
formal-procession-for-rep-melissa-
hortman-and-husband-mark
Erik Kurilla is overruling other Pentagon officials regarding Iran "attack plans"
The U.S. Central Command chief
General Erik Kurilla is
overruling top Pentagon
officials, including P. Hegseth,
former FOX NEWS weekend
anchor and nominee of Trump-
Vance for Defense Secy. (whose
nomination got a 50-50 vote
in the Republican majority,
Democratic minority U.S.
Senate).
see POLITICO.com/
Henry Louis Gates (Harvard) investigation -- POPE Leo XIV (Cardinal Robert Prevost)
The first American Pope of the Roman Catholic Church,
according to genealogical research done along the lines
of Prof. Gates' "Finding Your Roots" PBS series --
is a distant cousin --
Madonna (born in Michigan 1958)
Justin Bieber (born in London,
Ontario, Canada 1994)
Angelina Jolie, Justin Trudeau,
Jack Kerouac, Hillary Clinton.
nytimes.com/2025/06/12/magazine/pope-leo-xiv-family-tree-takeaways.html
Massive Ordnance Bomb -- developed by Air Force engineer -- Albert Weimorts
The civilian Air Force engineer who developed
and designed for production some of the biggest,
most powerful non-nuclear bombs ever made
Albert L. Weimorts.
When he retired in 2003
at his retirement from the Air
Force research laboratory,
his bosses stated about his
work on the Massive Ordnance
Air Blast & the GBU-28
"Bunker Buster". The latter was
used in the Operation Desert
Storm in 1991 while the former
might well be used by Trump-Vance
administration officials and the
Hegseth Defense officials against
Iran's deeply hidden underground
Nuclear Enrichment facilities,
known and unknown.
SEE Weimorts' obituary (he died
on Xmas, 2005 of brain cancer
at Ft. Walton Beach, FL) that
mentions how the MOAB was
made for the second Iraq War.
In the 1990s Mr. Weimorts served
two tours as a weapons inspector
for the United Nations in Iraq.
USS Nimtz
The US Navy is expected to have two
aircraft carrier strike groups
in the Middle East:
the USS Nimtz
has left southeast Asian waters
for the Middle East Monday
to head for the region
where it would join the
USS Vinson group already there
as part of a 7-month deployment.
U.S. Officials briefed
cnn.com/world/live-news
Aircraft Carrier Strike groups
Already in the Middle East is the
USS Carl Vinson group
in a 7-month deployment
cnn.com/live-news/israel-iran-conflict
John Eastman - law professor behind Trump fake elector scheme (AZ) -- May 2024 arraignment // Calif. State Bar court on his 2025 disbarment
Tuesday June 18, 2025
California three-judge review panel upholds John
Eastman disbarment from practicing law after his
legal arguments on the "Big Lie" cases that were what
continues to be 2020 election results now nearly 5 years later.
He has been termed the "architect" of the coup scheming
that led to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection / attempt to keep
Trump in the White House despite his VP (Pence) certifying
the election in the electoral College that day.
POLITICO.com/2025/06/17/california-court-john-eastman-disbarment-00411266
_____________________________________________
Friday May 17, 2024
John Eastman, law school professor behind the "fake elector" scheme
of Predecessor and defeated candidate (Nov. 2020) Trump and allies,
was arraigned today in Phoenix, AZ
[Eastman is a longtime friend and former law clerk for Clarence Thomas
SCOTUS justice]
The case was brought by the State Attorney General.
DETAILS: NYTimes.com/2024/05/17/us/john-eastman-arizona-donald-trump.html
TikTok - its Thursday deadline will be moved by Trump Admin. 90 days into future
Trump to likely extend deadline for
TIK-TOK to be sold away from indirect
China control (thought at times to be
"Security Risks"); poll analysts pointed
out to the Trump-Vance campaign that
influencers and celebrities were likely
using their viewership to appeal to
possible, new voting blocks to elect
the GOP challenger to Harris-Walz
(Democratic political party) last
Fall months - inauguration 2025 and beyond.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Jalen Williams, fifth-youngest NBA player to score 40+ in a NBA FInals Game
Oklahoma Thunder NBA
forward in 120-109 victory
over the Indianapolis PACERS
Monday night scored 8 of his
career-high 40 points in the final
quarter . . .nbcnews.com/sports/NBA/jalen-williams-
thunder-nba-finals-rcna213321
Summer Solstice (Litha) 11 years ago -- celebrated at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England (BBC report)
posted on BBC World News (June 21, 2014):
An estimated 37,000 people gathered to watch the sun rise on the longest day
of the year, with a small number of arrests reported by police.
Wiltshire Police
said the 25 arrests were mostly for drugs-related offences.
Druids and pagans are among those who mark the summer solstice at sites
such as Stonehenge and Avebury.
"We are pleased that the solstice celebrations
have been enjoyable events for the majority of people attending,"
said a spokesman for Wiltshire Police.
People prepare for
the summer solstice dawn celebrations Druids, pagans and revellers gathered at the monument to wait for the sunrise
Revellers watch as the sun rises over the standing stones at the prehistoric monument Stonehenge
Many waited patiently for the first rays of the sun to emerge on the horizon
Revellers perform yoga as they celebrate the summer solstice;
Some in attendance performed yoga en masse as the sun rose;
Revellers dressed in Aztec costume celebrate the summer solstice;
Others chose to adorn flamboyant Aztec costumes, along with smartphones;
People take part in the summer solstice dawn celebrations;
The solstice sunrise marks the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
The Summer Solstice or Litha
which means a stopping or standing still of the sun - has a long tradition of attracting people to monuments to witness the sun rising on the longest day.
Police said the road system had worked well with "minimum delays"
and many people used public transport .
"It is always a pleasure to see
so many people enjoying the event," said the spokesman.
Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun) - at Summer Solstice celebration in Peru
[ from FIESTA ! -- text by Sherry Shahan / publisher
August House, Atlanta, GA 2009 ]
Peru -- festival of the Sun -- held in Cusco,
high in the Andes Mountains in Southern
Peru.
Also celebrated in other parts of Peru,
throughout South America, across the world.
The festival's centerpiece annually takes place
on
June 24, the actual day.
Indigenous Peruvian
dishes steam from
decorated tables:
escabeche (fish
that is poached or
fried, then marinated
before serving) and
mazamorra (a corn,
fruit, and spices
pudding similar to
spoon pudding).
Fernwood Photography Club reception (Niles, Michigan) - June 28 (last Saturday)
Saturday June 28, 2025
Noon - 2 p.m.
Eleanor and Mowitt Drew Art Gallery,
Niles District Library, Niles, MI
details at 269-683-8545
nileslibrary.com/
Fernwood-Photography-Club-Reception
no pre-registration required
Rehovot
The Weizmann Institute of Science
in Rehovot, Israel was damaged
by a barrage of Iranian missiles
on Sunday morning, June 15, 2025
jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-858054
Rest in Strength, Hortman family of Minnesota!
You will be long remembered by constituents
and Midwesterners and Americans of good
conscience and respect for justice and righteousness!
Rep. Melissa Hortman
spouse Mark Hortman
MEMORIAL today June 17, 2025
outside the State Capitol Building
St. Paul, Minnesota
Game 6 of NBA best-of-seven Championships : Pacers won twice, Thunder pull ahead with three wins
Thursday June 19, 2025
at OKLAHOMA Thunder home
arena
ABC - ESPN sports coverage
beginning at 8:30 p.m. Eastern
(7:30 Central - Oklahoma City, OK)
GAME 5 results at Oklahoma City
was 120-109 - home team can clinch
its 4th win and the championship
trophy on sixth not just seventh game
Fiona Havers, M.D.
CDC Vaccine official resigns over
RFK, Jr.'s firing of the entire advisory
board on Vaccines. Dr. Fiona Havers is
an expert on respiratory diseases and vaccines.
washingtonpost.com/health BREAKING
NEWS June 16, 2025
Denver jury finds Mike Lindell (my pillow CEO) guilty of defamation
In the court case that asked for damages for
legal defamation from Minnesota executive-
entrepreneur Mike Lindell of
MyPillow enterprises,
the judge has now (June 16, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Mountain Time Zone) ordered
Lindell to pay roughly $2.3 million
in damages.
cpr.org/2025/06/16/my-pillow-CEO-mike-lindell-defamation-lawsuitverdict/
CPR is Colorado Public Radio dot-org
The plaintiff was Eric Coomer of Denver, CO
former employee of Dominion Voting Systems;
Lindell has claimed that he is currently in debt.
Zelenskiy will breakfast with Mark Carney (Canada) while G7 summit in shambles
Trump's departure Monday from a 3-day summit
has "put a damper on the multilateral meeting"
but the Ukrainian President will still ask for help
from 6 of the 7 world leaders and others who had
come from other developing and growing nations/
economies to meet bilaterally with one another
and the diplomatic contingents from the world's
biggest nations.
CANADA (Alberta province) - Tuesday 17 June 2025
Air Quality Alert Day (Southern Berrien County, MI)
Today, June 17, 2025
the Michigan Department of
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
has declared Tuesday 17 June 2025
an AIR QUALITY ADVISORY
day for elevated levels of ozone.
Pollutants in the SW Michigan
lake-area counties are expected to
be in the "UNHEALTHY" for
sensitive groups range.
Until 11:59 p.m.
Monday, June 16, 2025
Christopher Hanson
Trump fired today - June 16, 2025 -
another member of a federal commission
Christopher Hanson
of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, without
cause and contrary to
existing law and longstanding
precedent regarding presidential
appointments
politico.com/trump-fires-democratic-
nuclear-commissioner-00407577
by firing members to deprive the
entire contingent of enough votes
to act with a quorum is blocking with
the intent of defiance of originating laws. . .
Trump torpedoes G7 meeting expectations to arrive at consensus
Trump informs host and others
"he has to return to D.C."
in essence, dumping its agenda
9 p.m. Monday 16 June 2025
___________________________________
CNN reports
mid-afternoon
June 16,2025 from Alberta Canada
that Trump will not
and has no intention
to sign a multi-lateral
statement calling
for de-escalation.
cnn.com/2025/06/16/
politics/trump-israel-iran-g7-statement
Mike Lee of UTAH - deletes post that "blamed" Gov. Waltz of Minnesota - condemned by in-state Deseret News
The DESERET NEWS (Utah media)
condemns Lee's social media posts on 2 shootings
in Minnesota, saying that it casts a poor light on UTAH
see further details in POLITICO dot-com June 18
"AN APOLOGY and a RECOGNITION of the mistake is needed!"
______________________________________
Makes joke that is
incredibly BAD taste
His TWEET showed
a photo of the assailant/
perpetrator writing in the caption
This is what happens to Marxists
showing a masked man at the
lawmaker's family home . . .
TheHill.com/homenews/Senate/
535266-sen-amy-klobuchar-condemns-sen-mike-lee
Macron on way to Alberta G7 conference will visit Greenland
The President of France
Emmanuel Macron
will stop en route to the June 16, 2025
G7 meeting hosted by Mark Varney
This multilateral group includes USA, United Kingdom,
Italy, India, Brazil, Japan.
Macron's visit to Greenland and
its elected government
sides with the Danish-Greenland
territorial agreements.
Valentina Tereshkova
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY (16 June 1963):
First cosmonaut
who was female flew
into outer space on the
Vostok 6, 71 hours
orbiting the earth 48 times.
Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian director
The director of the Smithsonian
Lonnie Bunch,
historian
is a guest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
on
"Finding Your Roots" rerun
tonight on ch. 34.2
WVPE (PBS for Elkhart/S. Bend, IN)
from 8 - 9 p.m. Eastern
Putin and Trump : what's on the "read-out"? Hour-long conversation on POTUS' birthday
Saturday -- his 79th Birthday
POTUS 47 took 1 hour+ to call President Putin
of Russia to discuss the escalating tension in
the Middle East nations of Israel and Iran.
ABC News dot-go dot-com reviewed the
"Truth" social media comment that the
Leader of the Free World had with
the invader of Ukraine about the missile
exchanges ongoing between the two
middle east opponents / arch-enemies.
Trump discussed the feeling of the major
countries: "He feels, as do I, that this war
in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained,
his war in Ukraine should end" . . . Left
unexplained were whether the call was
made with guidance of his National Security
Adviser Marco Rubio and other Cabinet
officials including negotiator-in-chief Steve
Witkoff.
international/WireStory/trump-putin-discussed-
middle-east-tensions-Ukraine-war/122846492
Classic Rock Anthems
In the USA TODAY coverage / wrap-up
of the Army 250 / Trump 79th Birthday
Parades on June 14, 2025 6 p.m.
streets of District of Columbia
among the hit background rock hits were
"Barracuda" (Heart)
"Thunderstruck" (ACDC)
"Jump" (Van Hallen)
"Good Times Bad Times" (Led Zeppelin)
Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29 annually) / / St. Irenaeus of Lyons (June 28 feast)
These singular apostles and early church bishop
are celebrated annually on
June 28 (Irenaeus, systematic theologian
and doctrinal "watchdog")
and June 29 (St. Peter, original
disciple of Christ, apostle at Pentecost,
martyred in Rome by Emperor Nero :
Apostle Paul of Tarsus, writer of
majority of New Testament Epistles/
writings, martyred at Rome, likely
beheaded by Nero).
Tina Smith, junior Senator from Minnesota
Saturday June 14, 2025
The senator / lawmaker said in comments to
the media that the gunman had a notebook
with names that included her and about 70
potential targets, 45 of whom were state & federal Democrats,
as well as doctors, community and business leaders,
locations for Planned Parenthood and health care
centers. Some were in neighboring states.
6//14 online article politics/minnesota-shootings-gunman-suspected.html
Amy Klobuchar - MEET_THE_PRESS
Sunday's episode (June 15, 2025)
NBC News
Amy Klobuchar, Senior Senator from Minnesota,
told viewers and interviewer that
Vance Luther Boelter
had been confronted by
actual law enforcement at
the Hortman residence in
Brooklyn and was thought
to have remained in the
Minnesota/South Dakota
vicinity : "Right now,
everyone's on edge here.
Because we know that this
man will kill at a second.
We also know that he is clearly
off-balance from the manifesto --
. . .he is someone that only
law enforcement should mess with.
He lived in Green Isle -- southwest
of the twin cities of Minneapolis -
St. Paul, Minn.
mprnews.org -- part of NPR (that
GOP lawmakers are trying to claw
back presently appropriated funds
from out of political divisiveness,
led by Louisiana Congressional
leader/Speaker Mike Johnson).
Suspect has been apprehended: largest manhunt in state's history - June 16, 2025
CNN reports Monday June 16, 2025 at 1 a.m. Central
that the Extremist/suspect in the lethal shooting of
lawmakers and spouses in Sibley County, Minnesota has been
caught by law enforcement / FBI
cooperation. Details are forthcoming
about the security / mercenary, age 57,
white who formerly worked on a State
of Minnesota employment task force,
appointed by Gov. Tim Walz and who
knew one of his victims by that government
employment. He was also an international
security "consultant" of sorts; father of 5;
husband. He will now enter the detainment
and justice system both in the state and federal
levels. Three AK-47s and 9mm handgun in his
vehicle.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Boston Dynamics Robot Dogs
a 21st Century element of Trump-Vance $45 million
parade lasting 6 - 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Well under
200,000 were visible and counted on the D.C. primary
streets and avenues. Fireworks as well as sing-along
I'm Proud to be an American . . .
newrepublic.com/article
trump-birthday-military-parade-pathetic
Posted 5 p.m. Sunday the day after.
Trump spoke for 7 minutes to the crowd paying him
their full attention and adulation.
Trump Parade had corporate sponsors -- Ultimate Fighting Championship corp., Palantir, Crypto companies, more
"Close Trump allies sponsored the military parade
(6 p.m. June 14, 2025) -- , raising ethical concerns"
Oracle, owned by friend of Trump, Larry Ellison
received a shout-out as a sponsor.
Federal regulations prohibit the use of public office
for the private gain of officeholders or their friends,
relatives, or non-governmental affiliates.
Goldman Sachs and Lockheed Martin were also
mentioned in America250 publicity materials.
Austin Tice, kidnapped American from 2012 in Syria
NOW in June 2025
thirteen years later, authorities are questioning
SYRIAN general Bassam Hassam
about the likely death
(unreported) and burial
of the never-found journalist
Austin Tice.
The general was a notable
adviser to Bashar al-Assad,
who has recently fled to Moscow
to live in exile as a failed autocrat.
Political Nationalism
denounced by Pope Leo XIV
nbcnews.com/video/pope-leo-denounces-political-nationalism-in-sunday-mass-
2411337733562?cid=referral_taboolafeed
June 15, 2025
Manifesto found -- Assassin did shooting with political motivation
He had worked for decades in the food industry
according to NY Times.com -- work-in-update
what-is-known-of suspect : in online videos, he
told of quitting that industry to work in Congo
(Central Africa) on agricultural projects // recently
he had taken odd_ jobs picking up deceased persons'
bodies at funeral home companies to pay his bills
from a family of 5 children_________________
AP NEWS details -- he kept a list of
70 names including legislators, community
leaders, abortion rights advocates and details
of healthcare facilities. . . Sunday 15 June 2025
Police recovered several AK-style firearms from
his two vehicles -- he lives in Sibley County, MN
with a wife and 5 children. He is a former political
appointee. He texted to friends ahead of the shootings /
lethal and attempted lethal shootings -- "May be dead
shortly" -- Saturday 6 a.m. Central, rural Minnesota
________________________________________
PEOPLE Magazine has shots of suspect
assailant of Minnesotan
who killed 2 and injured another couple
the 57-year-old white male
with receding hairline was
wearing a light-colored
cowboy hat with dark-colored
long-sleeve coat or collared shirt,
light pants, carrying a dark bag.
ARMED and DANGEROUS
people.com/fbi-releases-new-photo-
of-vance-boelter-minesota-lawmakers-
shooting-suspect-11754953
Minnesota State Repr. assassinated; Trump still avoids calling Governor of state where this happened
This has become a "MAGA" story as political rumors
are swirling and POTUS Trump 2.0 still has NOT
telephoned to extend condolences to Minnesotans
grieving the loss in the Hortman Family . A state senator
and wife, John and Yvette Hoffman were also attacked
by gunmen. . .
_________________________________________
Governor Tim Walz message to Minnesotans --
Beware of those who may be armed and seeking
to kill those in
No Kings demonstrations
June 14, 2025
nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/minnesota-shootings
ER Doctor who posted Islamophobic rant online -- among noticeable unqualified Vaccine counselors to RFK, Jr.
Dr. James Pagano
Dr. Joseph Hibbeln
Dr. Cody Meissner, Dartmouth
Dr. Michael Ross, not
currently employed Virginia Commonwealth
University
Dr. Vicky Pebsworth of
NVIC (National Vaccine Information Center)
Dr. Retsef Levi, MIT
professor of operations research
Dr. Robert Malone
Dr. Martin Kulldorff
The committee will meet
25 June 2025 to discuss and vote on several
vaccines including the Vaccines for Children
program
Summit in Alberta, Canada -- G7 nations as well as Ukraine ; some other invitees decline to show for June 15 - 17
Major economic world powers represented
Canada is host (Mark Varney,
Prime Minister);
guests include today
June 15, 2025
Britain (Keir Starmer, P.M.)
France (Macron, President)
Italy
Japan
U.S.
also meeting on the sidelines
will be
Mexico (Claudia Sheinbaum),
USA (Donald John Trump),
India
Brazil
South Africa
Ukraine (Zelinsky, President)
Australia
South Korea (newly elected Pres.)
NATO (Head Mr. Rutte_)
Army continues to investigate the Commercial retail of Trump-Vance "merchandise"
Following the Ft. Bragg speech by POTUS Trump 2.0
the Army will investigate how MAGA vendors were
allowed on a high-security military base to sell
materials / profit-making items. . .
politics/trump-military-parade-takeaways.html
June 14, 2025
"context went unacknowledged"
Zach Montague - early reporting
Fierce exchange
Israel and Iran continue to bomb each other's
energy and nuclear power enrichment infrastructure;
entrenched leadership on both sides pronounce
each other as not worthy of
co-existence; this is
a battle to the extreme
by Ayatollahs of the
Iranian "Republic" and
a fanatical Likud Prime
Minister who once he
leaves office, will face
charges of corruption and
disregard of the hostage
families and loved ones for
not compromising in some
form to return those who died
and managed to survive being
held hostage for 1 1/2 years or
so in furtive control of terrorist
"handlers".
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. failed the entire nation on matter of Vaccines -- The Atlantic "Health" story
theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/06
Bill-Cassidy-RFK-jr-Vaccines
The junior Senator from Louisiana
is himself a medical doctor
Judge halts Rubio's notion to fire almost 2,000 State Dept. employees
That's for Congress to decide -- says Judge
to Marco Rubio plan to layoff nearly 2,000
in the diplomatic centers of the entire government.
washingtonpost.com/ online article
Additional nations to be added by Rubio to "TRAVEL BAN" list
Up to 36 more countries among
Africa partners
and Caribbean nations :
60 - day deadline ahead
of action removing visa
permissions to them
WASHINGTON Post online
by Adam Taylor
Breaking news - 14 June 2025
Product Safety Agency -- restored June 13, 2025 -- Trump loses this battle with independent commission for public consumer protecting
UPDATE: June 14 -- one month after DOGE closing,
the CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY Commissioners are back
breaking news NYTimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-cpsc-regulators-reinstated.html
*
*
May 14, 2025 -- NBC News is reporting that
the CPSC is closed down, shuttered by Musk's DOGE.
________________________________________
Consumer Product Safety Commission's three
Democratic
members' firing will be protested and stopped
by the Courts due to illegal firings at
independent agencies of the government.
[as of May 9 expectation]
Without a quorum the entire Commission's
actions were stymied
World Blood Donor Day - Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025
SBMF celebrates World
Blood Donor Day and
seeks to bring awareness
of the important blood needs
of the community; please
donate this month/week and
help South Bend Med. Fdtn.
keep a steady and healthy
supply on hand. June 2025
donors will get a free T-shirt
and be entered to win a Four
Winds Casino gift packages
(valued +$500).
[I donated a pint of blood
from 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Sunday June 15, 2025 at
SBMF, Douglas Road, South
Bend IN]
Register to give blood ahead:
givebloodnow.com to Log-In
Lee Greenwood and Donald John Trump -- retailers of "Trump Bible (KJV)"
In financial disclosures one day
ahead of POTUS 47's 79th Birthday,
the media was given the figure for
2025 income on POTUS & FLOTUS
joint statements (1040 forms):
$1.3 million from the
"God Bless the U-S-A"
Bible (KJV in public domain) -
includes Constitution & Bill
of Rights along with lyrics to
sing "God Bless the U-S-A"
trademark of the country
performer (Greenwood)
CALENDAR YEAR (Jan. 1 -
Dec. 31, 2024).
The mock-leather bound
Bibles ($59.99) were part
of legislation in the state
of Oklahoma, forcing all
schools, college, universities
to have a Bible on hand in
Classrooms of all levels
and subjects.
abcnews.go.com/ has
other money-making figures
for a profitable year for Trump 2.0
Capitol Police arrest 60 at pre-parade protest, including one Veteran using a walker
details from NBC 4 - affiliate Washington, D.C.
nbcwashington.com/news/president-trump-politics/
capitol-police-arrest-parade-protesters-vet/3936147/
The angry group of 100+, willing to be arrested for trespassing
in front of the Supreme Court,
were protesting the use of federal troops in city of Los
Angeles,
the spending for the Military/Birthday
parade for the Army 250th and POTUS 79th. . .
instead of housing, health care, and food ! ! !
Sixty of their number crossed the bike rack that
marked how far one was allowed to go onto
ground of the Capitol and Supreme Court.
Saturday 14 June 2025
Ax is laid at the roots of the trees (Matthew 3:10) - explained by Chromatius of Aquileia (4th Century)
from 2018 translation (#75 of Ancient Christian
Writers series, Newman Press, New Jersey)
Sermons & Tractates on Matthew
edited/transl. by Thomas P. Scheck
pages 159 - 63
"But already the ax is laid at the roots
of the trees. Every tree that does not
produce good fruit will be cut down and
cast into the fire" [Matthew 3:10]"
Doubtless this ax signifies the power of
the divine words, for the Lord says through
Jeremiah the prophet, Are not my words like
fire, says the Lord, and like an ax that
cuts rocks? [Jeremiah 23:29].
Therefore this ax that has been laid at the
very roots of interior faith, in this forest of
the human race, always threatens with the
severity of divine judgment. By its unfruitful
trees, that is, barren people, bearing no fruit
of fecund faith, it will be cut down and
consigned to perpetual fire (Gospel John
15:6). It is likewise confirmed by a testimony
of Ezekiel that this ax represents the power
of divine judgment. For angels are appointed
by the Lord to take up axes and lay waste to
unbelievers. For it is written And each shall
have axes in their hands [Ezekiel 9:1].
And it is said to them, "Go, run about and
strike, and do not spare them, from the
greater to the lesser. But do not touch anyone
on whom you find my sign, and begin with
my very holy ones [Ezekiel 9:5 - 6]. And so,
unbelievers are indeed cut down with a gospel
ax of this sort, but believers are purged, so
that they may be able to bring forth better
fruit (Gospel John 15:2). . .
6. Whence it is not unbefitting that it follow
He has his winnowing shovel in his hand
and will purge his threshing floor. He will
store up the wheat in barns, but the chaff
he will burn with unquenchable fire (Gospel
Matthew 3:12). . .
He who is a judge of fairness and justice hands
sinners over to the unquenchable fire to be burned
like chaff. To him is the praise and glory in
the ages of ages. Amen [I Peter 4:11].
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