Friedrich Merz - - updated news on how 2026 is going for this Western EUROPE leader

election news

ABC News.go.com/international/wire-story/

merzs-party-stumbles-year-german-state-elections-narrow-130812193 

GERMANY - US Discussion that had been expected to

focus on trade will now likely to

be dominated by the Feb. 28, 2:30 a.m.

War begun by attacks on Iran's Leadership

that included jet strikes / battleship

missile barrages on Iran's Ayatollah

Khomenei -- killing him and many

in Iran Republican Brigade corps,

ruling in a theocratic way the Mideast

nation since 1979.

MERZ

told reporters Sunday:

The U.S. - Israeli strikes

by fighter planes are not

without risk.  We do not

know how far the region

will be drawn into escalation

by Iran's harsh counter-strikes;

Germany wants to work with

all parties to develop an agenda

for the day after !

J. Todd Inman

 White House for no stated reason

has fired a GOP member of

the NTSB

National Transportation Safety

Board

_____________________

only Sean Duffy and Donald

John Trump know why ? _ ?

_____________________

second member of the

5-person board removed since

1/20/2025

_______________________

SCOTUS may rule by June 30

this year on the POTUS "power"

to remove without cause/reason

members of independent commissions & boards.

to remove members on independent

Will Israel's citizens / multi-ethnic population remain in Bomb Shelter through PASSOVER (this Spring)?

 April 1 - 9, 2026

______________

Pesach begins before

sundown on Wed. 4/1/2026

Families have a nightly

supper of roasted lamb,

unleavened bread, spices,

salad, more

______________

Gentiles can be invited

by Jewish hosts to a

SEDER

March 2026 Blog for "Seeking Faith & Understanding" statistics on views/visits [ thus far in month 35,600+ ]

March 1, 2026 :         5,060

3/2 (Monday) :           3,476

3/3                                  775

3/4                               2,756

3/5                               3,868

Friday 3/6                    11,048

Sat. 3/7                          2,140

Sunday 3/8                    2,266

Mon. 3/9                       4,309

3/10

3/11

3/12

3/13

3/14 Pi Day

TOTAL [ thus far ] =         35,698

_______________________

Fourth Sunday of Lent 3/15

3/16

St. Patrick's Day

3/18

3/19

Vernal Equinox 3/20

3/21

Fifth Sunday of Lent

3/23

3/24/

3/25

3/26

3/27

3/28

PALM Sunday

Holy Week 2026

 

Five months until MICHIGAN Primary election (early August 2026)

 Freep (Detroit FREE Press) dot-com

gave details and reminders:

August 4, (a TUESDAY)

2026

from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

EARLY voting from Sat. July 25 -

Sunday Aug. 2, 2026;

eligible voters can cast an absentee

ballot as well ahead of the

Primary date when all early

voting is tabulated.

OFFICE up for political primary

winner to be forwarded to General

BALLOT (Nov. 3 -- also a Tuesday 2026)

Governor

Lt. Gov. / U.S. Senator / Atty General / Secy.

of State / U.S. Representatives / MI state Reprs.

and 38 open State Senators offices / 2 Michigan

Supreme Court judgeships

Big Ten Men's BB Championship Tournament (United Center, Chicago) - Sat. 14th - Sunday 15th

 CBS will air on Saturday the

semi-final games

1 - 2:30 / / / 3:30 - 5 p.m. Saturday

March 14, 2026

followed by 2:30 - 5 p.m.

MEN's BB Final at United Center,

Chicago, IL

______________________

then NCAA Selection for the

"Big Dance" / 64-team tournament

with 4 regional hubs and 64 seed

match-ups

Ten days of strikes / missiles / fighter jets across IRAN : BBC Map

 BBC.com/news/articles/c4g0pnnj8xyo

[subscription required ]

March 9 . 2026 early a.m. US Time zone

Limited number of interceptor missile used to defend against IRAN Drones / their missiles

MILITARY TIMES dot-com

March 5, 2026

"Race of Attrition: U.S. Military's

finite interceptor stockpile is being tested"

reporter Riley Ceder 

USA Today (Monday 7 a.m.) expects "Economic Deal" to be announced by Rubio / (Trump given credit) with nation of Cuba (Communist dictatorship)

 Trump eyes Cuba economic deal

after Venezuela strike

_________________________

Trump-Vance administration is

ready to announce its prepared

possible economic deal with Cuba

_________________________

sources have told the editors /

reporters of

USA TODAY dot-com

Seventh Troop death from injuries -- SORFFLY DAVIUS, NYPD Officer stationed in Kuwait died Friday at Camp Buehring

 42nd Infantry Division

New York State National Guard

nbcnews.com/

"NYPD Officer dies in 

medical episode while deployed

to Kuwait in Iran War"

posted

March 8, 2026 5 : 11 p.m.

had been an NYPD officer

since 2014

a decorated Army Veteran

Greening of the East Race - March 14, 2026 ( Saturday at mid-month) - St. Joseph River at South Bend (DOWNTOWN)

 E. Jefferson Blvd. 

South Bend waterway -

St. Joseph River

11 a.m.  12:30 p.m.

St. Patrick's Day parade;

greening of the "East Race"

will take place immediately.

When is "Pi Day" ? annual observance - special deals at pie-making restaurants / franchise eating establishments

 The day of March 14 (annually)

since in decimal notation 

the exact amount of the

mathematical ratio called Pi

is 

3.1415926535 - - continues on and on

______________________________

3-14 - 2026

is a Saturday and that should be a

great day to enjoy of slice of

dessert pie

or 

main course pie such as quiche

or even

Pizza Pie of all sorts

A new era

 CELTIC WOMAN : 21-year- history of

touring ensemble of Sopranos

Mairead Carlin,

Muirgen O'Mahony

Caitrona Sherlock

(fiddler / harpist) Kate Heneghan

together w/ CELTIC Woman

Band and dancers

__________________________

Elkhart IN LERNER THEATER

Friday April 3, 7 p.m.

a weapons-free "one-night" only;

group discounts 10%

see

the Lerner dot-com/event/

Very different target audiences : + $1.6 billion box office GLOBAL winner is Zootopia 2 // likely OSCAR winner to be "K-Pop Demon Hunters" from S. Korea animation studio

 Hollywood Reporter

on

"ZOOTOPIA 2" became the new breed of

Animated Blockbuster on par with 

Superheroes and JEDI "

interview with Disney chief

marketing officer and "brand officer"

Trump grumbles that British aircraft carriers being sent to Middle East are "not needed" : he remembers "lack of support" during early a.m. Hours Feb. 28, 2026 IRAN BOMBINGS

 Headline

U.S. Aircraft land in UK

after PM Keir Starmer 

grants permission to

use airbases : Report

showing C-17 Globemaster

transport planes landing at

Gloucestershire Sunday and 

a B-1 Lancer Bomber landing

at RAF Fairford Airbase . . .

[ story filed by J Post dot-com staff ]

Informal Trump Envoys : son-in-law Kushner, BFF Witkoff cancel scheduled March 10 trip

 The pair of

deputies sent by Trump 2.0

worldwide on a number

of negotiation tasks/ mission

have cancelled their trip

to Jerusalem on March 10 :

BREAKING NEWS at

Jerusalem POST online

3/9/2026

Musical "One Night in Memphis" -- next Sunday March 15, 2026 7:30 p.m.

 Orchestra tickets $96 apiece_

Single performance / show on stage

LMC Mendel Center,

Benton Harbor, MI Napier Ave.

plenty of parking

Sunday evening 3/15/2026

7:30 p.m.

features the music of

Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley,

Jerry Lee Lewis,

Carl Perkins

When is EASTER 2026 (Western Calendar : Roman Catholic and Western Protestants; Gregorian calendar reckoning) ? 27 days from now

 April 5, 2026

_____________

followed in some

jurisdictions by 

DYNGUS Day (Polish-American

after-easter holiday) - always

Monday

Costs of "war of choice" - - - no way to submit to Peace Treaty nor Cease-fire

 "Vance has made conflicting comments in 2020s on

U.S. wars far away and far from national security realm"

abcnews.go.com/

March 7, 2026

reporter

Hannah Demissie, ABC analyst

Shajare Tayyeba elementary school -- bombs killed 186 students and teachers, injuring another 114 since Feb. 28 early Hours War against the nation of Iran

 ABC News.go.com/international/

186-students-teachers-allegedly-killed-

iran-organizations-call . . .

posted at online article

March 5, 2026

Tenth day of War of Choice with IRAN : video shows Israel - U.S. Bombing kills 175+ at Iranian school for girls

 Shajarah Tayyebeh 

elementary school

near Minab, Iran

______________

it was a Tomahawk

Missile

______________

Feb. 28, 2026

onset at 2:30 a.m.

when Trump announced

the commencement of

missile barrages, drone

offense, Fighter jet

strafing targets

nytimes.com/ early Monday a.m. March 9

"U.S. Tomahawk Missile hit Naval Base

beside Iranian School, Video shows"

"SINNERS" screenplay by Ryan Coogler -- wins WGA (Writers Guild Award for Original Screenplay)

 indiewire.com/awards/results

Sinners

defeated other original

screenplay nominees :

Black Bag

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Marty Supreme

Weapons

_____________________

Mennonite Relief Sale (Interstate Center @ Bloomington, IL) - 2026 during March 3rd weekend

IL Relief Sale dot-org

2026 the 68th annual

Mennonite Relief Sale / Auction

Quilts and Wall hangings

Children's Items

A Dutch market and 

butcher shoppe

Booths selling flowers &

handmade items from

around the world

LUNCH STANDS & more . . .

Friday MARCH 20, 2026

Doors open 5 p.m.

6 - 8:30 p.m. trivia

night; meat market and

select food/beverage

booths will open

SATURDAY March 21, 2026

6 a.m.  -  11 a.m.

Pancake + Sausage Breakfast

Booths open 7 a.m.

Grand Auction opens at 8:30 a.m.

Moviegoers wanted $46 million in Tickets to see "HOPPERS" new PIXAR family film // "The Bride" / Frankenstein monster- ready-made Wife-Spouse sinks with $7 million

Thursday March 5 - Sunday 3/9

yielded in U.S. & Canada theaters

the winner :

a college student uses technology

to become a beaver igniting an

animal kingdom uprising . . .

Hoppers made back $46 million

of its $150 production cost in 4-quick

days ahead of the 3/15 OSCAR

ceremony also the 3/14 Razzies

(worst movie awards) . . .

Only Thomas Massie (KY) and Warren Davidson (OH) are GOP non-MAGA congressmen : Massie to face Primary Voters in two months

 "In KENTUCKY, Trump allies clash

to defeat a libertarian who opposed Trump-

Vance "war of choice" now underway in Iran"

nytimes.com/2026/03/08/us/politics/

massie-republicans-trump-iran-war-

midterms.html

If regime change was the "reason" for NETANYAHU + Trump-Vance "war of choice" -- it has been subverted

New AYATOLLAH

elected today;

a hard-line Theocratic

leader not expected nor desired by POTUS 47 . . . 

Third leader of the Islamic Revolution (Tehran, IRAN)

 Mojtaba KHAMANEI

his father before him (Ali KHAMANEI) (died age 86)

Ayatollah Ruhollah KHOMEINI (who died June 1989)

_____________________________

election by Assembly of Experts (Shia Muslim)

Church of (Johnny) Cash - tribute band - plays his hits / style of country - soul -- 12 days from now

 The Acorn Theater - stage

Three Oaks, MI

one night only

"Church of Cash" March 20, 2025

(3rd Friday)

8 p.m. [ three or more hours ]

Tickets $30 / $60 reserved seating

The Acorn Box Office Team

a spiritual revival of Classic

Americana music - American folk

Billionaire willing to spend millions in wealth advantage to gain GOP- MAGA nomination in state of Georgia PRIMARY

 Seeking GOP primary

win over more conventional

candidates to win the office

of Georgia's Governor --

succeeding Brian Kemp (2-terms)

RICK JACKSON

7th death of U.S. Service member (Trump "war of choice") -- injured March 1 in Saudi base Drone ATTACK of Iran

 As yet unnamed / anonymous

member of American forces

stationed in Middle East

nations such as SAUDI ARABIA;

the member of military was

injured March 1, 2026

_________________________

his remains will show up at

Dover AFB now that he/she

died of his injuries in that

overseas posting . . .

Ben Stiller tells TRUMP-VANCE "pro WAR" video machine - output recyclers that _TROPIC_THUNDER_ is not re-usable in Commercials

 Variety. com

2026/film/news/ben-stiller-white-house-

tropic-thunder-clip-war-video-1236681207/

Caitlin Kalinowski

OPEN AI

Hardware 

leader resigns

after deal w/Pentagon 
______________

Caitlin Kalinowski

cited concerns

about surveillance

of Americans without

judicial oversight &

"lethal autonomy without

human authorization"

Other Presidents who hung portraits of himself during his term . . .

 Grover Cleveland

TR (Theodore Roosevelt)

William Howard Taft

in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.

__________________________

but no prior

occupant of the

Presidency would have

so many posters and

even office devoted

to selling "Trump

Merchandise" . . .

White House Art displayed (2025 - current) : all_ about "the Donald"

 NYTimes.com/interactive/2026/03/02/us/politics/

president-trump-white-house-portraits.html

[

All Presidents add to and

shuffle the art in the

WHITE HOUSE Collection

                                        ]

In the first term (2017 - 

Jan. 19, 2021), Melania

(Knauss) Trump added

a sculpture by Isamu

Noguchi to the Rose Garden.

BUT NEVER BEFORE

has a sitting president 

displayed so much of his

own image on the

WHITE HOUSE walls . . .

Grief counseling

 Crisis and grief resources will be available

at Edwardsburg Public Schools, Edwardsburg, MI

(Cass County in SW Michigan)

beginning Monday March 9, 2026

______________________

12-year-old

SILAS Anderson of Jefferson Twp.

Conrad Road

died in a tornado Friday March 6,

2026 in mid-afternoon.

Edwardsburg (MI) Public Schools -- weekend of March 7 - 8, 2026

 The intermediate

School Cafeteria opened at

10 a.m. on Sat., March 7 following

a severe Tornadic winds event that

not only caused tree, residence damage

in the Jefferson Twp. area but also

killed one 12-yr.-old Friday (first

week of Severe Weather Watch month

- - annually).

The Public School / School Cafeteria

staff along with Operations worker

plus a "Crisis Team" is coordinating

additional support for

Students, Families, Staff of the District.

There will be "OPEN GYM" at the

Intermediate school for community

families along with kids who need

a meal or a place to go.

_________________________

TODAY : SUNDAY 3/8/2026

beginning 8 a.m.

the Edwardsburg Schools 

will serve more meals at

the Intermediate Lunchroom

[ March 8, 2026 ]

Courtney Szucs, schools superintendent [ Edwardsburg, MI ]

 It is with a heavy heart that I share

the tragic passing of one of our 6th

grade students.  Our thoughts and

deepest condolences are with the

student's family, friends, and classmates;

all who knew and care about him.

He was a bright and meaningful part

of our "EDDIE" community;

we know his loss is deeply felt by many

Iowa Republican Congress Repr. opts to cancel campaign fundraiser with Hegseth on "Top Gun" theme - motif

 POLITICO carried this story (March 5, 2026)

GOP Fundraiser with

Pete Hegseth scrapped

amid Iran War build-up

REP. Zach Nunn (Iowa)

had already announced that

the 3/7/2026 fundraiser

called

Top Nunn -

a salute to the troops

would not be held in a

Des Moines, IA suburb.

politico.com

March 8 - this date in History - first combat troops arrived in S. Vietnam

 61 years ago 

on March 8, 1965

U.S. Troops were landed

by the Pentagon/ U.S. Dept. of

Defense in South Vietnam

as

3,500 Marines

arrived to defend the air base

at Da Nang, S. Vietnam

(a military outpost of the

U.S. government)

House splits over "War Powers Act" forced on the floor that Speaker Johnson could not table nor send to committee

 219 - 212

[ Reprs. Massie and Davidson,

from KY and OH  only

GOP votes against Speaker

and MAGA Leadership "consensus"]

4 Democrats also joined to make the

total 219 : some voted "Present" or

were not in the House chamber

and thereby "Absent" to make 

total less than the

435 total HOUSE Members . . .

Actions of Trump appointee KARI LAKE -- were illegal and are now VOID -- follow-up to her firings of VOICE OF AMERICA (March after inauguration of Trump-Vance)

"Judge voids mass layoffs at

VOICE OF AMERICA" -- federal judge

Royce C. Lamberth

of D.C. U.S. District Court

Sat. March 7, 2026

TRUMP nominee for VOA (Voice of America) Kari Lake

twice-defeated candidate in Arizona U.S. Senate / Governor

races will already cancel contracts once she attains full

official prerogative to sever relationships with Wire service

(AP News) and major networks (mainstream media)

NYTimes.com / breaking news / March 13, 2025

Exclusive

REUTERS has learned that the Trump-Vance

administration is planning to revoke the 

temporary legal status of some 240,000

Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia;

this action would put them on a fast track to

deportation.

reuters.com/ 

26 staff advisers told by EMAIL re:National Endowment for Humanities - - by DOGE (Musk) -- FOLLOW-up story MARCH 7, 2026

"When DOGE unleashed ChatGPT

on the National Endowment for the Humanities"

NYTimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/

humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html

_______________________

Your position is terminated . . .

[no cause or likelihood of such a council to exist ]

Today (Oct. 1, 2025)

by email -- 26 members of National Council of the Humanities

have positions terminated

NYTimes.com/2025/10/01/arts/trump-neh-firings.html

________________________________________

Directed by Trump to

"Leave her Position"

Shellie C. Lowe  had served since Oct. 21, 2021 and had been

Senate confirmed Feb. 2022; normally these

Exec. branch directors have a 4-year-term.

nytimes.com/2025/03/12/national-endowment-humanities

trump-shelly-lowe.html

Gabriele Caccia

Archbishop of Italy

named ambassador to

the United States by

POPE LEO XIV

_________________

replacing an 80-yr.-old

papal nuncio, Christophe

Pierre. March 7, 2026

during Lent

_________________

Archbishop Caccia said:

I receive this mission with

both joy and a sense of

trepidation; it is a mission

at the service of

communion &

peace . . .

College Park MARYLAND -- Univ. of Maryland Terrapins host the Fighting Illini of Champaign

Sunday March 8 -- last game of BIG TEN

match-ups (Men's Basketball)

The Illini are ranked 11th nationwide going

into a fierce BIG TEN Championship

tournament in these days leading up to

the NCAA tournament announcement of

64-team field.

2 p.m. on FOX - Entertainment channel

check your local listings -- mid-afternoon in Eastern Daylight

Time Zone. 

How is RAMADAN different for Sunni and Shi'a Muslim days/nights of observance - [ background on Laylat al-Qadr ]

from Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education dot-org: July 23, 2014 Laylat al-Qadr (Islam) Meaning loosely "the night of power," this is identified as the night in which God first revealed the Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad. It is believed that this day holds more power in prayer than one-thousand months; thus many Muslims spend the whole day in prayer and reading the Qur'an. Sunni Muslims traditionally observe Laylat al-Qadr on the 27th day of Ramadan, while Shi'is believe the 23rd day to be the most important. Since the specific day of the revelation is uncertain, many Muslims spend the last 10 days of Ramadan focused on prayer. http://www.csee.org/resources/religious-calendar/july.html

Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education 

RAMADAN -- began after mid-month (Western Calendar's FEBRUARY) -- ends March 19 this year

duration of the LUNAR Calendar period

of ISLAM's holiest month is

Sundown Feb. 18, 2026

until

Thursday March 19, 2026 

Islamic Month of

Ramadan (annually

date shifts both at end

and beginning) -

a day long fast that is broken

only after the SUN sets -

meal is called IFTAR . . .

First Day of Spring - after vernal equinox 2026 [ March 20, 2026 at 10:46 a.m. ]

Sunrise 7:46 a.m.

Sunset 7:58 p.m.

Gov. Whitmer

 Gretchen Whitmer,

incumbent Governor of the GREAT LAKE

state -- Michigan

has issued a disaster declaration following

tornadoes in

Cass County

Branch County

St. Joseph County (Three Rivers)

March 7, 2026

April 18, 2026 (six weeks from now) -- "Lace Up for Libraries" (Lincoln Twp. Library Stevensville, MI) --

BERRIEN COUNTY 5k / Walk

$25 registration / $30 same day

Sat. April 18 

9 a.m. / / / 10:30 a.m.

Race begins and ends at the Library

2099 W. John Beers Road

Stevensville, MI

Berrien County in SW Michigan

 

Sarett Spring Stampede (Holy Saturday of Easter 2026 weekend) - near Interstate exit I-96 in W. Michigan near Lake Michigan -- 30 days from now

 $1 fee for Fun Run

2300 Benton Center Road,

Benton Harbor, MI

Sarett Nature Center

findtherun.com/race/17284/sarett-spring-stampede

April 4, 2026 (Saturday)

8:30 a.m. Fun Run and Walk (1-mile)

5K Run and Walk - $30 entry

Shipshewana Trading Place -- to hold annual "Good Friday" Horse/pony auction

 Friday April 3, 2026

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

a large event that lasts well into the afternoon with up to 300 

horses to be sold (25 - 30 per hour) ; also a tack auction;

a pony / mini-horse auction; a large number of vendors will

be set up

345 S. Van Buren Ave., Shipshewana, IN

- - - loose horses, driving horses, work horses,

saddle horse -- auctioned in this order . . .

Medora, ND -- opening date July 4, 2026

 $300 + million for the rurally-located Presidential center

TR Library dot-com

Theodore Roosevelt Library 

About to open is North Dakota "TR" / Theodore Roosevelt Library in the WESTERN state /PLAINS State

 Cabinet Secy. / former Governor of N. Dakota

Doug Burgum

will officiate at ribbon-cutting

opening of new facility,

eco-friendly in that flat landscape

Summer 2026 . . .

POTUS 44 thanks Chicagoans -- welcome all to June 18, 2026 Presidential Center / Chicago Public Library

 the HILL Platform

OBAMA

Presidential

Library / Center / Complex

opening day is June 18

Trippin' Billies: the music of the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND -- $35 general admission : The Acorn Theater

 Trippin' Billies:

the music of "Dave Matthews Band"

( together since ~20 years )

March 28, 2026 begins 8 p.m.

General Admission ticket is $35

reserved seating $65

107 Generations Drive, Three Oaks, MI

(Berrien County, Michigan)

Tribute Band - Fleetwood Mac - "Second Hand News" - The Acorn, Three Oaks, MI

 business.harborcountry.org/

"SECOND HAND NEWS"

$40 general admission

Sat. 3/21/2026 , 8 p.m.

$70 reserved seating 

a tribute band playing

the band's extensive catalog

of hits / classic songs

WBOC -- Delaware, Maryland, Virginia tri-state Media - Dover AFB

 Dignified transfer of remains

- - TIME t.b.a.

wboc.com/news/

dover-air-force-base-to-hold-

dignified-transfer-of-us-soldiers-

killed-in-kuwait/article . . .

March 7, 2026 mid-morning

Election watchers : Jim Clyburn of SC

Will the veteran Repr. opt to reiter

and anoint a successor for Nov. 2026?

Another GOP House Repr. declines to enter race for 2027-208 Congress

CA Republican incumbent

Darrell Issa

[ The HILL Platform ]

has this scoop

3/7/2026 mid-morning

Infamous remark by Trump's when dodging a rainy day visit to a French W.W. I cemetery : It's filled with losers . . .

 then CHIEF-of-STAFF

retired General John Kelly

reported and swore to Trump's

selfish assessment :

why should I visit the Aisne-Marne

American Cemetery near Paris, France?

It's filled with losers

Trump's complicated connection with those brought back from COMBAT DEATHS (Afghanistan) -

 Trump controversially

posted videos of himself

[ in a temporary burial area

SECTION 60 in 2025 ]

visiting graves at Arlington

Cemetery where campaign

videographers pushed and

trampled to get the best angles

regardless of what was included

in the camera shots and live

video . . .They violated cemetery

rules about using the hallowed

site for political purposes . . .

Time of the TRANSFER of the military coffins / remains of the 6 : 10 a.m. Dover AFB, (Maryland) Tarmac where POTUS, FLOTUS are waiting

 As the 6 died on active duty,

the families might choose for

their loved ones to be buried in

ARLINGTON CEMETERY , Virginia

___________________________

however, families can also

choose a local / family

cemetery where a military

honors- funeral will be

arranged by the PENTAGON

(Secy. of Defense Pete Hegseth).

Casualties from Feb. 28 attack on Iran -- coordinated with IDF (Israel) -- U. S. Service members killed in Kuwait (Persian Gulf Emirate) -- list of the 6 and their hometowns/current residence

 Captain Cody Khork (Army

Reserve - resident of Lakeland, FL);

Sgt. Nicole Amor (resided White Bear Lake, MN);

Sgt. Declan Coady [a sophomore at Drake Univ.

Des Moines, IA] - had promotion posthumous

Sgt. Noah Tietjens [ Bellevue, NB ];

Major Jeffrey O'Brien [ Waukee, IA ];

Chief Warrant Officer (3) Robert Marzan

[ resided Sacramento, CA ].

[ all identified by the Pentagon/Dept. Defense

publicity / communications thru Wed. 3/4/2026 ]

The 6 American Casualties: Honored DEAD, killed by a drone during Trump-Hegseth coordinated attack on Iran Targets : urban/rural

 Kuwait

Shuaiba port

attacking the group was

an unmanned "aircraft

system attack" (Drone)

_________________

all in a group from

Des Moines, IA

103rd Sustainment command

[ providing food, water, 

ammunition to those based

in Kuwait as well as transporting

equipment & supplies ]

BIOGRAPHICAL Tribute /

life accomplishments of these 6

see

NY TIMES.com /2026/03/03/

world/middleeast/us-soldiers/

killed-iran-war.html

Dover Air Force Base (Maryland) : Trump 2.0 will witness along with widows, children, parents the 6 who died in Feb. 28 IRAN WAR (killed by drone in Kuwait)

the fallen service members bodies' will be carried solemnly

down the transfer jets bringing them home from Kuwait

also

accompanying the Commander-in-Chief will be FLOTUS

and members of his cabinet [ no specific word whether

Pete Hegseth will be on hand or the Commander of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff Caine ] 

SATURDAY

March 7, 2026

while the world's camera's

rolling video,

POTUS Trump 2.0 will be

on hand for the solemn and

tear-filled return to American

soil the bodies of 6 killed in Kuwait

in his "War of Choice" -- early hours

of Feb. 28 just one week ago . . .

World's largest Aircraft Carrier (U.S. Navy Gerald-Ford) docks at Haifa, Nation of ISRAEL [ adding firepower to attack Iran ]

 J POST dot-com

Jerusalem Post (Capital media of State of Israel)

also has received confirmation / verification

that the U.S. is bringing reinforcements, cargo,

and will refuel Israel's fighter squad aircraft

HAIFA

is on the Mediterranean Sea -- near Tel Aviv . . .

Anniversary of "The Great Escape" (March 24, 1944) from Nazi Prison camp (Sagan, Poland)

from MSN online news reporting: Survivors of the famous escape from a German prisoner of war camp in Poland during World War II mark the 70th anniversary of the men's daring exploit.

The first-ever ceremony to honour the famous breakout 

by more than 70 men held in a German prison of war camp took place on March 24, 2014; 

Survivors, their families, and UK and Polish officials marked in 2014 

the 70th anniversary of what has become known as 'the Great Escape' at Zagan (known then as Sagan), 

in Poland. The plot, which inspired a Hollywood film, 

resulted in three escapees managing to flee to safety but 73 were recaptured. 

 Fifty RAF service personnel will march for four days from Zagan to the cemetery 

at Poznan where 50 of the prisoners of war, who were shot by the Germans, are buried. 

 The plot to escape was masterminded by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, 

who began the planning and organizing of it at the camp in 1943. 

 Three tunnels, codenamed Tom, Dick and Harry, were dug and shored up 

with wooden boards from the prisoners' beds. In the end it was 'Harry', which was over 330 feet long, that was used. 

http://news.uk.msn.com/tmx/anniversary-of-the-great-escape

Who were the NAZI War Criminals whose trial took place at Nuremberg GERMANY?

 At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS

Nov. 20, 1945 

21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:

Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley

Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)

Hans Frank

Wilhelm Frick

Hans Fritzsche

Rudolph Hess

Alfred Jodl

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Wilhelm Keitel

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach

Konstantin von Neurath

Franz von Papen

Erich Raeder

Alfred Rosenberg

Fritz Sauckel

Hjalmar Schacht

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Albert Speer

Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)

Julius Streicher

MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)

___________________________________________

The 2025 (due out on DVD & Blu-Ray in Feb. 2026)

feature film Nuremberg is 2hrs. 28min. in length.

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)

Critical trial of 24 W.W. II principal NAZIs who were captured and held for tribunal - Nuremberg, Germany

posted at NY TIMES dot-com :

ON THIS DAY On Nov. 20, 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

Vinay Prasad

 FDA official who was rejecting

Vaccine applications despite

agency scientists approvals --

to resign April 30, 2026

nytimes.com/live/2026/03/06/us/trump-news-updates

a Vaccine Chief at Food

Drug Administration who 

overroad those with 

more technical experience

and background in that

field -- he was intent to

reject many potential drugs . . .

Jean Davidson, National Symphony director (D.C.)

 Jean Davidson

has quit the KENNEDY CENTER

"NATIONAL SYMPHONY"

as director, citing a hard year as

she leaves for Los Angeles.

She departs end of March and

begins May 4 in Wallis Annenberg

Performing Arts Center.

It is unclear whether the

Board of the "TRUMP/KENNEDY"

center about to close for 2 years

will be able to replace a

director . . .

breaking news - WashingtonPost

(Jeff Bezos, publisher-owner)

In Memoriam -- Oscar nominees, Hollywood arts, artisans, producers, directors [ to be noted in ceremony 3/15/2026 ]

Robert Duvall 

Gene Hackman (died Feb. 2025)

Diane Keaton (died Oct. 2025)

Val Kilmer (died April 1 last year)

Diane Ladd (died Nov.)

David Lynch (died Jan. 2025)

Robert Redford (died Sept. 2025)

Rob Reiner & wife Michele Reiner

Tom Stoppard (Oscar for Shakespeare in Love )

many more

Interior Secy. Doug Burgum announces HISTORIC agreement re-establishing diplomatic ties w/ Venezuela [ AXIOS March 6 breaking news ]

 former North Dakota Governor

Douglas Burgum

(tech billionaire one year

ago confirmed by Senate as

"Secretary of the Interior")

traveled today to Venezuela

to meet with its newly installed

PRESIDENT Rodriguez who

succeeded Nicolas Maduro,

who was extracted for trial in 

the U.S.

While there Burgum will meet with

U.S. and Venezuelan Oil, gas,

and mining sector executives

in Caracas, the capital.

Tony Gonzalez - - - will drop out of re-election effort [ March 6 2026 ]

 Texas GOP - MAGA adulterer

Tony Gonzalez

has received word from

Congressional GOP - MAGA

leadership

Mike Johnson

Steve Scalise

Steve Emmer

Lisa McClain

RESIGN now . . .

Ashley Castelino on Medieval Animals - Sat. 4/11/2026 10:30 p.m. - 11:30 a.m. FREE

 Medieval Institute

lecturer (Ph.D.) will offer

a FREE Program on Sat. April 11

2026

from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the

NDL (Niles MICH. District Library)

Library Community Room on

"Deciphering Medieval Animals"

an educational and entertaining tour.

nileslibrary.com

see "CALENDAR"

nileslibrary.com/

on this post-Easter event.

Draft report on the "State" of Nature and Natural Resources in the United States -- online prelim. chapters available

 details

nytimes.com/2026/03/05/climate/trump-nature-assessment.html

2026 is the 80th Anniversary (Jan. 4, 1946 until Oct. 4, 1946) - in Nuremberg, Germany

SOURCE UMKC Law School posting

law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nurembergchronology.html

Jan. 4, 1946

Colonel Telford Taylor begins, making

a case to convict for war crimes, charging

the German High Command.  Because of

this immediately impressive speech/

argumentation, Taylor will be appointed

Chief Prosecutor in the 1946 Nuremberg

Tribunal.

Kyiv and Budapest (Ukraine's government & Hungary's ORBAN officialdom) quarrel as 7 Ukrainians detained for Money Laundering

CBS ch. 19 news dot-com

/ Hungary detains seven-Ukrainians-as

Kyiv-Budapest-quarrel-over-russian-oil

Friday March 6, 2026 7 a.m. Eastern

[ CBS affiliate Charlottesville, VA ] 

IRIS Dena -- Iran's battleship in the Indian Ocean -- sunk by U.S. submarine -- 208 survivors moved by Sri Lankan navy to naval camp

UPDATE : March 6 (Friday) 

Survivors moved to naval camp

by Sri Lankan NAVY -- 208 in all

ABC News.go.com/

4 March 2026

US SUB sinks Iranian ship to torpedo

killing 180 -- leaving 32 survivors to be plucked

from the water by the Sri Lankan navy. . .

HEGSETH ordered the sub captain of

the fast-attack submarine to "cut it in half" . . .

Shirab Tayyebeh in Minab, Iran

 School where U.S. Missiles killed

175 children and teachers on

initial bombings / missile targeting into

nation of Iran : Sat. Feb. 28

ahead of

FLOTUS statement to

U.N. Security Council

"We stand with the children"

Manhattan U.N. Building

New York, NY

___________________

initial hours of Iran War

shows otherwise . . .

Saturdays in that nation

is the start of the school week

Oldest to Youngest

 1946 year of birth for two former Presidents

and the incumbent (Trump)

80th birthday this year on

June 14th b. Donald Trump

of Queens, New York City;

on July 6th b. George Walker

Bush b. New Haven, CT

now of Crawford, TX;

on August 19th b. William Clinton

b. Hope, Arkansas now of

Chappaqua, NY State.

Now that Trump has fired his first Cabinet Secretary (Kristi Noem), how many can we expect to be fired going forward?

Major officials who were fired

(post election results verified mid-November

2025):

Trump fired Michael Flynn (Feb. 2017)

Tom Price (HHS: Sept. 2017)

 Rex Tillerson (State: March 2018)

David Shulkin (Veteran Affairs: 3/2018)

Scott Pruitt (EPA July 2018)

Jeff Sessions (Atty. General : Dept. Justice)

Ryan Zinke (Interior 12/2018)

Jim Mattis (Defense Secy. 12/31/2018)

Kirjsten Nielsen (Dept. Homeland Security)

______________________________

Trump was going to name

Matt Goetz -- head of Dept. of Justice

but he resigned from Congress due to

a sex / inappropriate relationship scandal

______________________________

two who left the first administration

[ Trump - Pence ] were Chief of Staff

Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon,

chief strategist . . .

Significant Patron saint -- Perpetua

 Mothers

Expectant mothers

Martyrs

Catechumens

Catalonia, Spain

Widows

Cows/cattle/heifer

[ also St. Anthony is a patron

saint of livestock ]

a Holy Martyr of the ancient Church -- St. Perpetua (her feast day)

 Saturday May 7, 2026

Feast Day for

Saint Perpetua of Carthage

(North African church of

3rd Century) -- she died

in the arena under the 

persecution of the Church by

Emperor Septimius Severus

___________________

the ancient ruins of Carthage

are near the modern capital

city of Tunis, Tunisia

Federal ICE / customs/border DHS Staff are using a surveillance web in MINNESOTA [ shades of Orwell's _1984_ "Big Brother" ]

 details in 

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Online journalism

ICE is using a mass surveillance

web : we talked to people caught

in it

3/4/2026 5 a.m.Eastern online

reporters:

Kat Lonsdorf, Jude Joff-Block,

Meg Anderson

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

npr.org

Whereas Eleanor Roosevelt visited United Nations about Universal Human Rights post-W W II // FLOTUS "Melania" defers judgment of history about bombing of Schools in Iran WAR

 Further update about school children killed along with

teachers and injuries during Feb. 28 - March 1 bombing of

targets throughout Iran by Israel - U.S. fighter jets - missile

launches from submarines, battleships . . . .

ABC News.go.com/ story about

Shajare Tayyiba Elementary School (all-girls school

in Minab, IRAN

____________________________

FLOTUS

Melania (Knauss) Trump

presided over a meeting of

the Security Council of the United Nations

"Children, Technology, Education in Conflict"

on March 3, 2026.

NPR.org/2026/03/03/g-s1-112272/melania-trump-

presides-un

excerpt from Trump's statement:

The U.S. stands with all the children throughout

the world, I hope soon peace will be yours

__________________________________

uncertain in the "breaking news" was the bombing

of a school in southern Iran where 165 children

were killed in an airstrike Monday 3/2/2026

__________________________________

arriving in a motorcade, the former supermodel,

now a Executive producer of her own self-titled

DOCUMENTARY : _Melania_ she shook the

hands of each of the Security Council staff / 

official delegate along with U.N. Secy. General

Antonio Guterres.

Mayo Clinic during 2025 closed 6 rural health clinics

 Mayo Clinic during 2025

opted to invest in Mankato, MN

and La Cross.WI

instead of de-centralizing by 

keeping open rural clinics. . .

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) posts a $1.5 billion profit at the end of 2025

 MPR News dot-org

Minnesota Public Radio News dot-org (NPR affiliate)

2026/03/05/mayo-clinic-posts-15b-profit-in-2025-care-

charity-care-remains-below-average

Homeland Security Chief handed her own head on a platter

 NY TIMES -- 3/5/2026

Former Gov. of South Dakota

has been fired -- in testimony

under oath she had claimed

POTUS Trump had approved

and knew about her $220 million

ad campaign -- establishing

border security recruitment and

highlighted footage of her riding

on horseback at Mount Rushmore.

live/2026/03/05/us/trump-news#Kristi-

Noem-markwayne-mullin-trump

Judge Richard Leon ruled that Lawsuit was filed wrongly challenging on Presidential initiative -- HOWEVER, Fine Arts Panel needs public input

complicated matter about whether after demolition

of the East Wing for a new Ballroom

did the POTUS have rights to do sweeping

reconstruction without any input from Congress

or watchdog commissions / D.C. public use boards. . .

NYTimes.com/2026/02/26/us/politics/

judge-white-house-ballroom-trump.html

ZACH MONTAGUE - reporting 1:06 p.m.

today from D.C. Federal district court of

Washington

FINE ARTS COMMISSION

votes unanimously in favor of Trump 2.0 Ballroom plans

Developing story

Monday Feb. 9, 2026

JUDGE is Richard Leon

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.

National Capital Planning Commission -- was supposed to review Trump Ballroom plans -- moved from March 5 now to April 2, 2026

UPDATES -- on to MARCH 5 and even further to April 2, 2026

before a FINAL VOTE can be tested in the

Trump-friendly commission whose consent is required.

_______________________________________

the FINE ARTS panel that is by rule

where plans for remodeling / building new Ballrooms

for 1600 Pennsylvania are to take suggestions

and adjust the "blueprints"

was postponed Wed. Jan. 14, 2026

NYTimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/

fine-arts-panel-trump-ballroom.html

Thursday Jan. 8, 2026 will be the first of several

meetings of the dual commissions (Planning for 

National Capital

and the Fine Arts) that must view publicly the plans

for the TRUMP Ballroom slated to be built quickly

from the donations of billionaire donors and BFFs

______________________________________ 

WASHINGTON POST online article

"Trump is reconstituting

FINE ARTS panel due to 

review the Trump Ballroom

plans, demolition, work over

2026 weeks - months"

1/2/2026 online article

[subscription required]

Jan. 2026

The Governmental supervisory / oversight group

will meet early next year to review the

demolition of the East Wing

(1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.);

the 90,000 sq. foot ballroom will

be the primary topic . . .

Will Scharf

 Trump 2.0 appointed head of

National Capital Planning Commission

Will Scharf

has to admit this week in early MARCH

that he cannot call for a vote on

the NEW "Trump Ballroom" plans until

they have processed in some way the

"amount of testimony that we're hearing

and a large volume of written comments"

________________________________

BALLROOM construction cannot

commence until the Commission votes;

100 have signed up to give testimony . . .

[ NBC News.com/ March 5 online article ]

Historical Revisionism [ see Winston Smith's job duties in _1984_ ]

 Reuters.com

[ subscription required ]

LEAKED Dept. of Interior

[Secy. Burgum] database

reveals Trump-Vance-Cabinet

plans to revise historical

information . . .

3/5/2026

Kid Rock (born in Michigan but lives in Nashville, TN) -- endorses John James for Michigan GOP candidate in Nov. 2026 gubernatorial race

 Kid Rock

a.k.a. Robert James Richie (b. 1971)

announced on Social Media

his preference for

John James (who will

resign this fall his

Congressional Seat)

to become the next

Governor of Michigan

Nov. 2026.

see details MLive.com

Michigan Live!

Richie born in Romeo,

metro Detroit area, favors

the former candidate for

U.S. Senate over

republicans

Mike Cox

Tom Leonard

Perry Johnson

and Indep. Mike Duggan.

TEXAS races to require Run-off: -- 3/3/2026 -- Senate party candidates split plurality hence no one at 50% - - Trump signalling he wants Cornyn and Paxton must drop out

GOP Race for

U.S. Senate (6-yr. term)

incumbent John Cornyn

challenger Ken Paxton

maverick Wesley Hunt (Musk endorsed)

__________________

Democratic main primary

insider / outsider

Congresswoman or State lawmaker

Talarico vs. Crockett

__________________

Also races are unclear as far

as challenges to incumbents

in

North Carolina

&

Arkansas

__________________

In one race in NC for a State

Senate party victory, 

more than $10 million spent

Brutal night in TX district of Iraq War veteran Dan Crenshaw : he had supported aid for Ukraine wholeheartedly and the 2020 election results

more details

TEXAS Tribune dot-org

Tuesday March 3, 2026

"Steve Toth unseats Dan Crenshaw"

the incumbent had raised $1.3 million more for

the re-election race than had State. Repr. Toth

The outspoken Member of

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

was defeated in Texas

Tuesday March 3, 2026 --

his primary opponent for the

deep "RED" district defeated him with 

more than the 50% required for that

state's elimination round of race for

FEDERAL OFFICE . . .

details at

AXIOS dot-com

[subscription required]

Another member of GOP - MAGA retires at end of term -- Burgess Owen (UTAH - 4th Cong. District)

 Details:

 POLITICO dot-com

reporter Aaron Pelish

March 4, 6:47 p.m.

_______________

announcing on social

media

will "take on the next

chapter of my mission. . .

outside of elected office"

POTUS (one of 5 children of Fred Trump, Sr. and Mary Ann (Scottish immigrant to U.S. in 1930s))

 Fred Trump (b. 1905 in United States)

and Mary Ann had five children:

Maryanne Trump Barry (1937 - 2023) Judge

Fred Trump, Jr. (1938 - 1981) -- [ his daughter is Mary Trump, psychologist ]

Donald John Trump (1946 - resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.)

Robert Trump (1948 - 2020 : funeral held at White House)

Elizabeth Trump Grau (b. 1942) an older sister of Trump 2.0, a retired bank executive

Was Trump's father [ Fred Trump, Sr.] born in Germany? POTUS 47 continue to lie about this

Yesterday in an OVAL OFFICE 

national leader to national leader Press Conference

Trump 2.0 stammered and

stuttered when nearly mis-stating 

the country of origin for his father

details:

USA today.com/story/news/politics/2026/

03/04/donald-trump-father-germany/

88978261007/?tbref=hp

Reporter Kinsey Crowley USA TODAY 

Notre Dame Irish lose final home game (86-78) to Stanford (Palo Alto, CA) Cardinal BB team

 wrap up at

ND SMC OBSERVER (student newspaper)

reporter

Dan Kilcoyne

_________________

the Men's BB Team of

Notre Dame Univ. must travel

to conclude its season to

Boston College where they

must win and Pitt Panthers

must lose in its final ACC

Men's BB match-up.

Only after Saturday games

will the entire roster for a

Conference Tournament

tournament based on season

record be determined and announced.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural (on this date in history)

March 4, 1865 

National Constitution Center (D.C.) -- elements of March 4 (Great American Speech)

 What did Lincoln include in his

Second Inaugural

March 4, 1865?

constitutioncenter.org/

education/classroom-

resource-library/classroom/

12.4-primary-source-abraham-

lincoln-second-inaugural-address-

1865.htm

Seven nations where TRUMP 2.0 has authorized military strikes

  1)Somalia

2) counterterrorism strikes IRAQ March 2025

3)  Strikes in Yemen against Houthi rebels (3/25)

4) Natanz, Iran  June 2025 - heavy attack bombing

nuclear enrichment sites (only one damaged)

5) Syria (IS - Islamic State)

6) Nigeria (IS terrorist locations - Dec. 2025)

7) Venezuela (U.S. forces extracted the

arrest national leader Maduro - to face

U.S. charges in Manhattan, NY State, USA)

Trump track record on "finishing a war"

Trump POTUS 45 & 47

often has disparaged

"Forever Wars" --

how good is he at

Ending Forever Wars?

What kind of track record?

did he "finish" the Russian - Belarus invasion

of a democratic UKRAINE

war on his first day of his 2nd term?

No.

Did Donald John Trump finish the

Israel - Hamas War?  He has invited

returned hostages who were released by

Hamas to Israel at the OVAL OFFICE . . .

Is there a complete "Council of Peace"

deal to restore the Gaza Strip?

No.

Did POTUS 47 invade the capital

of Venezuela and take back to 

Manhattan Court Room the President

of that nation? Certainly no one denies

that; did he gain "control" of the flow

of oil from Venezuela's oil wells or offer

a re-start to international Petroleum Companies?

Time will tell.

Did he deserve credit for solving the India-

Pakistan stand-off?

Pakistan says "YES"

and India demurs . . .

Between Rwanda and Dem. Republic of

Congo?  Dec. 4, 2025 two leaders sign

a "Cease-Fire" of sorts

Time will tell.

ARMENIA - Azerbaijan

treaty signed in OVAL OFFICE :

are both on board with

GAZA Peace Council effort?

 

Three military jets shots down in "Friendly_Fire"

 Over Kuwait air space

____________________

NY TIMES .com 2026/03/02

world/ middle - East /

iran-kuwait-us-attack-planes.html

_____________________

all 6 crew member ejected successfully,

have been safely recovered, and

"are in stable condition"

The Iran War of Feb. 28, 2026 with IRAN : first combat fatalities (U.S. Service members) raised to 6 known service members in Kuwait base (Combat troops)

 The Pentagon announced Sunday

March 1 some preliminary

unclassifed statistics/admissions :

six service members killed

in Kuwait at a military

base while 

five service members were

seriously wounded.

Those killed were Iowa

National Guardsmen . . .

Photographers record significant noticeable "RED RASH" on collar & neck of POTUS 47

 What is Trump's

Neck Rash?

a personal physician

(Walter Reed Medical

Army hospital)

says:

it is expected to last a

few weeks; aides will apply

a medicated cream as a

preventative

_____________________

the 79-yrs/9mos.old

POLITICIAN - REAL ESTATE

DEVELOPER

also has 

chronic venous insufficiency

and bruises on the backs of both

hands that he hides by applying

make-up, unsuccessfully . . .

Bipartisan WAR POWERS resolution [ defeated by 52 GOP + Fetterman of PA -- only 46 Democrats plus Rand Paul of KY ] - 3/4/2026 floor of U.S. Sente

 Main sponsor in the U.S. Senate

is

Tim Kaine (Virginia)

if it gains a 60 - 40

majority it moves to the

House of Representative

where Speaker Mike Johnson

anticipates he can beat it by 

a single vote given his bare

majority . . .

Deaths (past weekend) according to IRAN "Fars Agency" details immediate family of Ayatollah Khamenei -- deaths by bomb blast

The 86-yr.-old Grand Ayatollah

his daughter & son-in-law

a grandchild

a daughter-in-law

AP NEWS / obituary for

the theocratic dictator /authoritarian

Middle East despot and sponsor of

terrorism among proxy sycophants . . .

he had ruled since the 1989 death of

Ayatollah Khomeinei of the 1970s

overthrow of a Monarchical and also

authoritarian regime called "Shah of Iran/Persia"

Details on upcoming May 26 face-off for incumbent Sr. U.S. Senator John Cornyn's place in GOP - MAGA leadership

 PBS dot-org/

Republicans Cornyn &

Paxton advance to TX

runoff for place on Ballot

(U.S. Senate - federal office)

Cornyn spent $70 million

to place ahead of the 

Texas Attorney General in the

state-wide race . . .

83 days will elapse before another

primary voting day : TRUMP 2.0

has "promised" to endorse now that

the 3-way race is a 2-man single-

elimination . . .

Later this year in MASSACHUSETTS primary showdown: a 46-yr.-old Gulf War Veteran - Seth Moulton or an 79-yr.-old lawyer-politician - Ed Markey?

Update (Oct. 15, 2025)

Official declaration / first TV commercials stressing the

33-yr-age difference

NYTimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/seth-moulton-ed-markey-massachusetts.html

 Democratic Pol. Party

primary voters (in-person and by-mail)

will likely face two if not more choices

Seth Moulton (age 46)

[ in 2014 he defeated an old-guard

politician for House Repr. seat ]

or

Ed Markey (age 79) --

who 50 years ago was elected

to the House of Repr. in 1976

from his home state of

Massachusetts . . .

UPDATE:

POLITICO Com interview Nov. 14, 2025

"The Conversation" on Senate bid,

Venezuela, the Epstein Files

37-year-old Repr. HOUSE (D.C.) will square off with 78-year-old House veteran Al Green (Texas)

 Christian Menefee

DEMOCRAT elected 1 month

ago to replace deceased

Sylvester Turner of Houston

who died in office (March 2025);

to face

Al Green of TX an 11-term veteran

IN

TEXAS' run-off plan for primary

re-votes . . .

Chris Kempczinski

 In viral video

CEO of McDonald's Restaurants

nibbles daintily on a new

"Big Arch" sandwich saying:
That's a big bite for a big arch

__________________________

In reply 

BURGER KING CEO

We wouldn't finish it either . . .

Cuts in VA Veterans services: Doctors, Nurses, medical vacancies left without replacements hired

 Empty slots

where staff met needs

1,500 physicians

4,900 nurses

in total

14,400 at Health Care division . . .

nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/

veterans-affairs-nurses-doctors-cut.html

U.S. sinks Iranian warship; NATO stops missile fired by Republican Guard toward Turkey

 Major

NEWS from the WAR desk

March 4, 2026

Tim Walz & Keith Ellison

 Gov. Tim Walz

and Atty. General Keith Ellison

both of Minnesota

speak before the

HOUSE Investigations & Govt.

Reform committee on

Wed. 3/4/2026 at 9 a.m. Eastern

on C-Span 3

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c-span.org/event/house-committee/

gov-tim-walz-d-testifies-on-alleged-

misuse-of-federal-funds-in-minnesota/

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Oil Price hikes are coming

 POTUS 47 admits

THAT his "Iran Feb. 28" War

will drive up petroleum prices

on the international / domestic

marketplace price competition . . .

March 3, 2026

Maple Tree Syrup "tapping" to end early

 the pronounced different weather of 

below-zero morning / early a.m. hours

will not be 

mid-March 2026

abc57.com/news

Bendix Woods County Park

(St. Joseph County, INDIANA)

N. near S. Bend / Mich. City /

LaPorte, IN