Thursday Jan. 22, 2026
reported to ABC News dot-go-dot-com
U.S. Judge
presiding over challenge by
National Trust for Historic
Preservation's
lawsuit in District Court
signaled deep skepticism over
whether the Trump-Vance
administration has "legal authority"
to undertake the EAST WING
renovations and to fund them
with private donations, thereby
supplanting the Constitutional
"guardrails" that FUNDING must
go through (I.e. CONGRESS). . .
Midwest USA
here in N. Indiana / SW Michigan NOAA
(National Weather Service)
has issued a
Cold Weather Advisory
(temps. drop sub-zero)
from
Friday 4 a.m. until
Saturday 10 a.m.
Eastern TIME Zone !
the 5-yr-old's name is
Liam Conejo Ramos
Friday Jan. 23, 2026
NYTimes.com/2026/01/22/us/liam-detention-ice-minnesota.html
_________________________________
mprnews. (Minnesota Public Radio)
dot-org/
story/2026/01/21/
ice-detains-5-yr-old-minnesota-boy-
lawyer-says-agents-used-him-as-bait
At Davos, Switzerland,
French President
Emanuel Macron
wore "Top Gun" sunglasses
in the public / for press
opportunities --
this gives the optical
manfacturer / retails a
$4 million boost in its
stock.
Breaking News
(early Jan. 23, 2025)
TRUMP
sues
JP Morgan corporation,
and its CEO
Jamie Dimon
for alleged de-banking
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, democratically elected
leader of the sovereign state of Ukraine (Europe),
told REUTERS dot-com
that after his Trump talks
at DAVOS, Switzerland
the territorial issue
is still unsolved . . .
Jan. 22- 23, 2026
When is Jewish New Year
for Tree Planting?
This year (western Calendar)
is marked
on
FEB. 1, 2026 (a Sunday this year)
enjoy
at 1 p.m.
at the Jewish Federation of
St. Joseph Valley (IN)
a day of art, music, planting,
and of course, food;
Participants will create two
clay pots -- one by hand and
one on the wheel; they will learn
how growth begins just beneath
the surface, just like trees in
the winter!
$5 per family -- RSVP at
TheJewishFed.org/Trees
The Lunar New Year marked by
billions in upcoming weeks is
Feb. 17, 2026
YEAR of the Horse
and that Chinese New Year extends until
Feb. 5, 2027
February 1, 2026
peak illumination will be
5:09 p.m. EASTERN
of the FULL Snow Moon
Viktor Orban of Hungary
Saudis and Emirati (prince / emirs)
in particular Prince bin Salman of Riyadh
along with Saudi finance ministry, Foreign
Minister . . .
Javier Milei of Argentina
Larry Fink of Black Rock (co-chair of DAVOS)
Marc Benioff of Salesforce
FOLLOW-up
what nations are "on board"?
Argentina
Belarus
Morocco
Vietnam
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Kosovo
Hungary
United Arab Emirates
Egypt; Turkey; Qatar; Jordan;
Indonesia; Saudi Arabia
__________________
individuals from other
nations (diverse grouping
ISRAEL, BAHRAIN, ALBANIA,
Azerbaijan, Armenia) . . .
Announced Friday Jan. 16, 2026
Who will be on the EXECUTIVE BOARD
of PEACE -- world leaders who would
supervise the INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION?
nations include Turkey & Qatar
Ali Shaath, in charge of Gaza governance
Executive Board members:
Steve Witkoff
Jared Kushner
Marco Rubio (Secy.State/National Security Adviser)
Robert Gabriel
Ajay Banga
Marc Rowan
& Tony Blair the only non-American . . .
part of the Trump-Vance "plan" for GAZA
is the use of different nations' security forces (NOT the U.S.
Military) -- all details being "hammered out"
More News on this FRONT Forthcoming
FOX News (Sat. 10/25 online article also mentions
Qatar, Egypt, Turkey +
Indonesia, Azerbaijan
Vance Address
NYTimes.com/2025/10/23/world/middleeast/rubio-israel-gaza.html
early on at "Peace Conference"
these are the Nations pledging
troops for the TRUMP Peace
Plan immediate force to keep
a Cease-Fire in place:
Indonesia,
Pakistan,
Azerbaijan,
maybe also: Egypt,
Qatar,
United Arab Emirates.
Jerusalem Post
also adds that a technocratic
govt. may be overseen by
a Trump-chaired
"BOARD of PEACE"
jpost.com/international/article-870690
showing leaves and plant species
commissioned by the Sforza family
who were among his patrons
_________________________
on view after restoration for
OLYMPIC visitors / tourists
apnews.com/article/leonardo-restoration-milan-cortina-
olympics . . .
Jan. 21, 2026
6:51 a.m. for ASSOCIATED PRESS wire service
Those of Scottish heritage / ancestry know of
Robert Burns, Scotland's
most famous poet
(1759 - 1796) : he is held dear to
his fans / admirers among the
descendants of the Scottish clans.
His "Burns Night Supper" includes a
well-known menu of HAGGIS
minced with suet, onions, oatmeal,
& seasoning : diners sing at the
courses before them as well as
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never called to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and auld Lang syne"
almanac.com -- Jan. 25 annually
Traveling from Seoul, S. Korea
the Kristi Noem section of DHS, Travel
CUSTOMS & Border Protection
opted to hassle a S.F. Giants
outfielder when arriving at
LA Airport
because of a minor paperwork issue.
Authorities state that there was no
political motivations for the brief
detainment nor was he carrying any
contraband or illegal items in his luggage.
He was en route to a GIANTS fan fest in
Scottsdale, AZ a week or two ahead of the
reporting date.
10:10 p.m. Wed. Jan. 21, 2026
THE ATHLETIC
nileslibrary.com [ Niles District Library
SW Michigan]
Niles, MI (Berrien County)
District Library (cards free
for those living inside
city limits / tax district)
620 Main Street, Niles 49120
http://nileslibrary.com/
Thursday Jan. 22, 2026
6:30 - 7:30 p.m
Adult Programming event
for
Give a book
Take a book
Share the joy of reading
Niles Library dot-com
Adult services
(269) - 683-8545
Nixon ordered up costly exhibitions / /
then re-election officials up to Nov. 1972
told curators to "wall off" a controversial
voting rights show - exhibit
DETAILS at
washingtonpost.com/
entertainment/2025/10/22/nixon-smithsonian-american-history-museum-trump-pressure
Happy Birthday Dolly Parton!
Life-size for what a coat to fit would
stretch out to --
composed of 20 different cakes,
layered and shaped . . .
Baker presented it herself to
DOLLY PARTON
Tuesday Aug. 27, 2024
POLITICO.com/news/2024/08/27/read-trump-indictment-00176509
The new indictment by Sp. DOJ Prosecutor Jack Smith
removes some specific allegations but contains the same
FOUR Charges of
election interference
to subvert the 2020 election
C-Span coverage of House Judiciary Cmte.
today Thursday 1/22/2026
10 a.m. forward Eastern Time zone
c-span.org/event/house-committee/
special-counsel-jack-smith-testifies-
on-trump-investigations/439618
NY TIMES.com
Charlie Savage article (online) - Thursday Oct. 16, 2025
"How the Bolton Indictment Compares to
the Trump Classified Documents Case"
[ D of J special prosecutor Jack Smith ]
it was thrown out by FL judge Aileen
Cannon [who sided with the POTUS
who had placed her in a high position
in the Federal Judiciary]
us/politics/trump-bolton-indictment-documents.html
The last time the Academy Awards added
a new category for competitive Oscar was
in 2001 was for "Best Animated Film"
UPDATE: Jan. 22, 2026
OSCAR nomination for portrayal
of a Blues musician in Sinners
AARP "Movies for Grown-ups"
film & TV awards (Jan. 10, 2025
announced )
He won BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
for Sinners (2025)
[ watch the entire
ceremony on PBS
"GREAT PERFORMANCES"
feb.22, 2026 - check local
listings of your PBS affiliate]
Denver Film Festival winner of
Career Achievement Award
from work in
Sinners (2025)
Sinners
2 hour 17 mins. horror fantasia
earned the lion's share of March 15, 2026
nominations for possible/likely Wins for
a film set in Black Culture of the 1930s
Mississippi.
BEST PICTURE (10 in category)
Best Actor MICHAEL B. Jordan
(five in category)
Best Actress WUNMI Mosaku
Best Supporting ACTOR Delroy Lindo
Best Director Ryan Coogler
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Make-up HairStyling
Best Achievement Music
Best Achievement Visual Effects
Best Casting
Closely following in today's OSCAR
announcements is Paul Thomas Anderson's
One Battle After Another.
The Oscars Ceremony held annually in
Hollywood and televised on ABC will
air on
March 15; host will
be Conan O'Brien.
________________
Previous 14-total Oscar-category
nominated films were
Titanic
All About Eve
La La Land (2016)
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NY TIMES The Athletic
has the scoop that soon after his return from DAVOS,
Switzerland with the high and mighty, richest on the planet
POTUS 47 will review the
post-Olympics
MLB
NBA
NFL
NHL
other mass-sports commissions
with the commissions in regard to
250th plans of the
sports leagues
[ he already has this
with pro Wrestling and
Mixed Combat arena fighting ]
for his 80th birthday (June 14)
Trump will preside over a
UFC Fight; where fighters walk
to an "Octagon" from the "OVAL
OFFICE". . .
apnews.com/video/
greenland-is-the-object-of
trumps-desire-but-he-keeps-
calling-it-iceland
published online Wed. 1/21/2026
11:01 a.m. Eastern Time
Trump holds the record
for oldest POTUS inaugurated
one year and two days ago . . .
[still has several days to go
on the "world economic stage" at DAVOS,
Switzerland ]
as reported in JERUSALEM POST
21 Jan. 2026
17:27 a.m.
SYDNEY Australia
jpost.com/diaspora/
antisemitism/article-884056
by
Mathilda Heller
Detained with his father and after apprehension
was taken away with his father in a vehicle
and sent to Texas
more at
MINNESOTA Public Radio
The family has an "active asylum case"
with NO DEPORTATION ORDERS.
Lawyer said:
every step of their immigration
process (the family) has been doing
what they've been asked to do,
and so this is just
CRUELTY
POTUS 38 (he was VP of Richard Nixon
who had resigned from the presidency in August
1974)
Gerald Ford of
Grand Rapids, MI
is the only POTUS
to have earned the
EAGLE SCOUT
BADGE while growing
up in 1927 -- he received the
Distinguished Eagle Scout
award and had an honor
guard of Eagle Scouts at
his funeral . . .
__________________________
this unique POTUS shares few
attributes in common with POTUS 47
(Trump 2nd term).
Nowadays Ford would be called a
Moderate, non-MAGA Republican
from a state where Mitt Romney's
dad was also a GOP governor in
a Blue State. . .
There are few GOP Politicians like
Ford and Romney who maintain
a public profile or who challenge
the actions and statements of the
current POTUS 47
DAVOS
Switzerland
Jan. 21 - 24, 2026
"Trump Pauses Greenland-linked
Tariffs on 8 European Countries"
due to his meeting with NATO
Secretary Mark Rutte that delayed the
punishment for those who opposed by
sending troops to protect the Greenland
people from the TRUMP Military troops
who might invade their island neighbor nation. . .
NBC News dot-com
STEVE KOPACK Story . . .
NBC News reports of independent autopsy
commanded by family of the deceased
renee-good-was-shot-in-the-head-
autopsy-commissioned-by-the-family-finds
Portland Avenue shooting of
Renee Nicole Good,
37-yr.old Minnesotan,
mother of 3
__________________
Wed. Jan. 7, 2026
dateline: Minneapolis, MN
______________________
ICE Agents' -- behavior as
a doctor approached the
scene of the shooting
mprnews.org / Jan. 17, 2026
Noon posted report [ Minnesota
Public Radio News report ]
failure to pronounce her dead
after checking for pulse, attempting
CPR which they/ICE workers are
trained to do after shooting those
who lay dying . . .
ice-agents-are-trained-in-cpr-
they-didnt-use-it-on-renee-macklin-good
for April 2026
date is now set:
Wednesday morning
following Easter weekend:
April 8 appointments
available 8:00 until 12:30;
the VERSITI crew of
phlebotomists, nurse-staffers
will work at the MSP Headquarters
for the Niles, Michigan POST.
web connection is
donateblood.versiti.org/
SBMF (Blood Bank)
South Bend (IN) Medical Foundation
[downtown and Douglas Road locations]
sponsors the
annual "AVA ZIMMERMAN BLOOD DRIVE"
on
Feb. 26, 2026 at Howard-Ellis Elementary Dr.,
Niles MI
visit givebloodnow.com to reserve a donation time
between 2 and 6 p.m. on that Thursday afternoon
next month.
You can save lives too!
details at local NBC Affiliate News website
wndu.com/2026/01/20/niles-presents-community-recreation-
plan-residents . . .
Tuesday Jan. 20, 2026
reporter interviewed Tim Ryan, 2nd War council representative
NILES,
MICHIGAN
49120
Nashville, TN
a blood plasma exchange will
clear micro-toxins, (mold, micro-
plastics) and for her second
treatment stem cells were added
to encourage overall repair.
mlive.com/news/us-world/2026/01/country-music-icon-
undergoes-oil-change-for-the-body-after-her-teeth-fell-out-onstage.html
TPE
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
costs $10,000
she was a country music sensation
as a teenager
Steak 'n Shake's
early observance of the
Declaration of Independence
250th anniversary this
July 4 kicks off
Jan. 1 - 31, 2026.
The $2.50 milkshake (PRICE
across 50 states)
is a limited time offer and
features their hand-dipped
ice cream with sprinkles on top
(red, white, blue).
WEBSITE has more specifics!
GREENLAND P.M.
cannot rule out attack this year
by U.S. Military
Jan. 20, 2026 (one year anniversary
of Trump becoming Commander-in-Chief)
This week TUESDAY 1/13/2026
the leader of Greenland and Denmark's
Prime Minister held a joint news conference
"If we have to choose between Denmark and
the United States, We Choose Denmark"
NYTimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/
greenland-denmark-trump-frederiksen.html
We choose NATO, the Kingdom of Denmark,
the EU. . .Greenland does NOT want to be
part of the United States. . .
Greenland's national
PARLIAMENT will meet to discuss
how the N. American territory
and its citizens united
will respond to Trump 2.0 - Vance
threats to take control of its land mass
(Artic island and surrounding waters).
REUTERS is reporting that the leaders of
5 political parties issued the joint
statement Saturday 10 January 2026.
a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
1834 - 1835?
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight; the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Come see the north wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly,
on coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths;
A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn;
Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and at the gate
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art
To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone,
Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work,
The frolic architecture of the snow!
from Herman Melville's Timoleon, etc.
The Tower in tiers of architraves,
Fair circle over cirque,
A trunk of rounded colonnades,
The maker's master-work,
Impends with all its pillared tribes,
And, poising them, debates:
It thinks to plunge -- but hesitates;
Shrinks back -- yet fain would slide;
Withholds itself -- itself would urge;
Hovering, shivering on the verge,
A would-be suicide!
A poem of Herman Melville -- from Timoleon, et cetera
Descend, descend!
Pleasant the downward way -
From your lonely Alp
With the wintry scalp
To our myrtles in valleys of May,
Wend then, wend:
Mountaineer, descend!
And more than a wreath shall repay,
Come, ah come!
With the cataracts come,
That hymn as they roam
How pleasant the downward way!
from Herman Melville's Battle-Pieces
collected book of Civil War era Poetry
____________________________
Silence and Solitude may hint
(Whose home is in yon piny wood)
What I, though tableted, could never tell-
The din which here befell,
And striving of the multitude.
The iron cones and spheres of death
Set round me in their rust,
These, too, if just,
Shall speak with more than animated breath.
Thou who beholdest, if thy_ thought,
Not narrowed down to personal cheer,
Take in the import of the quiet here -
The after-quiet - the calm full fraught:
Thou too wilt silent stand-
Silent as I, and lonesome as the land!
When Sunday tidings from the front
Made pale the priest and people,
And heavily the blessing went,
And bells were dumb in the steeple;
The Soldier's widow (summering sweetly here,
In shade by waving beeches Lent)
Felt deep at heart her faith content,
And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.
from Herman Melville's
BATTLE-PIECES (after the Civil War's conclusion)
a poem written by Herman Melville in MAY 1865
commemorative of the dissolution of armies at the peace
What power disbands the Northern Lights
After their steely play?
The lonely watcher feels an awe
Of Nature's sway,
As when appearing,
He marked their flashed uprearing
In the cold gloom --
Retreatings and advancing,
(Like dallyings of Doom),
Transitions and enhancings,
And bloody ray.
The phantom-host has failed quite,
Splendor and Terror gone --
Portent or promise -- and gives way
To pale, meek Dawn;
The coming, going
Alike in wonder showing --
Alike the God,
Decreeing and commanding
The million blades that glowed,
The muster and disbanding --
Midnight and Morn.
details of that re-negotiation
in
Melania
her autobiographical memoir
Back at mid-year following first 6 months
of Trump-Vance administration
(July 19,2025 Saturday)
Ross Douthat : Julie K. Brown interview "What remains
to be revealed about Epstein's 2nd arrest in 2019 for sex
crimes, about what the govt. COULD release but hasn't,
and how the story is bigger than Epstein.
NYTimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html
______________________________________________
Ross Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /
Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History
NY TIMES columnist / acclaimed author
OPINION PAGE:
. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,
a kind of pagan or heathen figure,
much more than he is a Christian
figure. Not withstanding the attempts
to claim him as a kind of King David
or Emperor Constantine. . . The
bargain for religious conservatives
with Trump is for protection and support.
A transactional bargain. . .Particular
steps Trump-Vance administration has
taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in
which the foreign aid programs were
reshuffled and cut off was a failure of
Christian duty. . .
April 25 column / op-ed / 2025
Jan. 21 -- at DAVOS -- Trump's bluster deflates when
he stops insisting on Tariffs on those who don't support
from Europe his upcoming invasion of Greenland,
fighting it out with Greenland . . .
ON THE ATLANTIC (David Frum podcast)
mid-January 2026
Presidential Historian
Timothy Naftali
relates his observation / conclusion about
the twice-elected Trump with the once-defeated,
twice elected Richard Milhouse Nixon of California . . .
theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/david-frum-show-
timothy-naftali-trump-library/685610
"Trump's unpredictable and
escalating actions are taking
down the MAGA movement,
the Trump Presidency, the USA,
and the rest of the world on
a path of doom"
BREAKING NEWS -- Judge calls her use of the
Attorney / Prosecutor title a
Charade -- she is out of a job!
washingtonpost.com/
[subscription required]
60 days ago
CNN covers "panic in the office"
CNN.com/2025/11/25/politics/lindsey-halligan-justice-department-
prosecutors-dont-know-whos-in-charge
How will Halligan follow-up this bizarre behavior
Oct. 8, 2025
when Court Trial Judge will conclusively rule
Nov. 24, 2025
on the legality of her "installation" with no
experience as a prosecutor / only an insurance lawyer
before stint as personal lawyer for then Candidate
Trump at his felony charge trials at Manhattan, NY
and "classified documents" trials in Florida . . . ? ? ?
_____________________________________
The young defense lawyer of POTUS 47
Rocked and nodded back and forth as a
junior federal prosecutor from NC made
the case against Comey in the Eastern District
of Virginia -- where Trump 2.0 installed her
as a prosecutor after her previous specialization
was in "Insurance Law"
Ms. Halligan did not speak in court today . . .
Oct. 8, 2025
____________________________________
her assignment from her boss was to obtain
3 indictments of former FBI Director James
Comey -- she got a signed indictment
from the Grand Jury foreperson but did not
show all the charges to the entire group
of Jurors as is required by law / legal precedent.
_________________________________
a second motion filed by Comey's defense lawyer
in court today argues that
the appointment of Lindsey Halligan by
Trump 2.0 was illegal.
The tenure of Trump's personal lawyer at the
Eastern District of Virginia, called a "Charade"
is now over
abc57.com/news/lindsey-halligan-departs-justice-department
trump-appointed-judge-called-her-leadership-a-charade
Announcement was NOT
corroborated by HAMAS leaders / spokesman . . .
Trump 2.0 expounding how soon the Peace Council
will begin its work to bring "Peace" to Gaza's millions:
jpost.com/international/article-884121
Trump declared that within three weeks
(21 days) Hamas will give up its weapons . . .
__________________________________________
at Dec. 29, 2025 here's how the count
of TRUMP Peace "Deal-Making" can be reckoned
Israel v. Hamas : not moving
into cease-fire second stage
______________________
Israel v. Iran
Trump "won the 12-day war"
of bombing Nuclear Sites
______________________
Egypt v. Ethiopia
still uneasy standoff over
Blue Nile "Grand Renaissance
Dam" -- no one at peace
_____________________
India v. Pakistan
he was "thanked" by Pakistan
but India denied Trump's claim
of brokering a cease-fire
_____________________
Serbia v. Kosovo
no war existed -- how could have
brokered "peace"?
_____________________
Rwanda v. DRC (Congo)
M23_ terrorist group is still fighting
in Eastern Congo that is backed
by Rwanda . . .
_____________________
Armenia v. Azerbaijan
treaty "inked" at W. House August
by foreign ministers' initials -
NO SIGNED DEAL NATIONWIDE
_____________________
Cambodia v. Thailand
fighting has flared again in recent
days - end of December . . .
12/29 verdict on the eight "wars"
is murky and unresolved :
not the sign of a Mediator /
"Peace" Maker ( try "DealMaker
Transactional unilateralist)
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE - Tues. 12/9/2025
Thai-Cambodia Peace Deal at risk of collapse
NHK World News -- TOKYO office report at
PLATFORM
UPDATE (Dec. 8 - Monday) -- 5 dead in air strikes
Dec. 7, 2025 -- as one of the "Wars" he had solved,
Trump 2.0 is learning that the peace "deal"/
cease fire is threatened
as Thailand in early December
is again hitting its border region next to Cambodia. . .
AIR STRIKES hit its neighbor / border
Monday Dec. 8, 2025
AP News (Monday 11/10 breaking news)
Last month in Malaysia the two warring nations
signed a U.S. brokered deal to cease hostilities
but that fragile commitment may be about to fold --
AP NEWS dot-com
article/thailand-cambodia-land-mine-border
This was one part of
Trump's "case" for the
Nobel Peace prize for
Dec. 10, 2025 presentation in Oslo, Norway.
b. Jan. 21, 1956
was able to study abroad one year
in Sweden during High School, which
led to her being fluent in Swedish as a
teen and adult
Two of those men are not formally part of the
Trump-Vance "cabinet" -- (requiring formal
consent of the U.S. Senate) --
Scott Bessent called
Elon Musk a "fraud"
leading to a physical scuffle
where Musk shoulder-checked
Bessent and Bessent hit back,
requiring others to intervene :
reported in Jeff Bezos' WASHINGTON
POST -- Trump did not pledge to
sue the POST for $260 million for
publishing that story as he has in
the past threatened Rupert Murdoch's
WSJ with hundreds of millions Lawsuit
claims on the Birthday signed message
to Trump's then BFF Jeffrey Epstein . . .
He is a former
investment executive who
has served as the governor
of Canada and England's
central banks --
now is the
PRIME MINISTER of
Canada (a sovereign nation)
8 a.m.
Jan. 21, 2026
He touts the accomplishments of the U.S. Economy
recognizing so many respected business leaders . . .
The Supreme Court of the United States
SCOTUS
announces its major opinions as late as
possible for its July, Aug. September
summer recess. Expect that decision
limiting Trump 2.0's power to fire at will
either on June 30 or July 1, 2026.
UPDATE: Same comments about his
grievances with N. Europe (in particular Scandinavia)
"THEY Control the PEACE PRIZE awards, despite what they say . . ."
Exclusive interview with NBC News
before his 4-day trip to Davos, Switzerland
gathering of billionaires and absolute potentates /
world's wealthiest by family or earned capital --
Donald John Trump
told NBC News
Norway totally controls it despite what they say
UPDATE
ABC News.go.com
"AS Trump pressures Fed, SCOTUS weighs
bid to fire Governor Lisa Cook of Federal Reserve
(chmn. Jerome Powell) . . ."
Ask the folks at
SCOTUS Blog
who are watching the "watchers"
at the Supreme Court and those
who "listen intently" to the verbal / vocal
intensity of the Trump MAGA crowd at
the Group of 9 (needed to restore "Separation
of Powers" / Checks & Balances) . . .
scotusblog.com/
The Fed Firing
CASE
in three steps /
today is Jan. 20, 2026
10 a.m. Eastern
January 19, 2026
to
Dolly Parton
Benefactor
Country music innovator
Songwriter
Performer / Artist
Concert and Movie personality
Friend and maternal supporter to many
Criticized the
horror unleashed in Minneapolis;
Hirschfeld said at a vigil memorializing
Renee Gold (victim of lethal shooting
by ICE agent Jonathan Ross)
people of faith should not fear death. . .
get your affairs in order (make a last will
and testament) & prepare for a
new era of martyrdom
[ NBC News
news/us-news/new-hampshire-bishop-
warns-new-era-of-martyrdom . . . ]
Did CDC in Atlanta really shrink?
Yes, approximately one-third.
Trump's Cuts to the CDC
(Centers for Disease Prevention / Research)
in Atlanta take a wallop to
city of Georgia (its capital) . . .
RFK, Jr. placed as head of HHS . . .
__________________________
over many decades the disease-fighting work
of the CDC helped define the Southern city's
moral purpose along with its civil rights legacy;
the CDC was a regional life sciences sector
that employed 200,000 + of the brightest
scientists / technicians / lab workers . . .
Jan. 20, 2026 1 p.m. Eastern US Time
THIS Evaluation of POTUS to call Starmer "Stupid" is an
ironic follow-up since the "at a loss for
words" 79 and 7 months-old Sr. POLITICIAN
now calls P.M. Starmer stupid for returning
the British empire
Chagos Islands to those
living there as permanent
residents (former British
empire territory) . . .
Monday July 28, 2025
Donald John Trump had vague
language to share at Scotland
press conference beside U.K.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer:
he offered to open new sites in
Gaza : "We're giving Money and
Things. I want to make sure they
get food, every ounce of food."
he reiterated as he had with
Ukraine's officials in Feb. 2025 :
"Nobody said 'Gee, thank you
very much,' and it would be nice
to have at least a thank you."
Further Trump mentioned,
"That's real starvation stuff,
I see it, and you can't fake that,
and we have to get the kids fed."
Other quotations: "We're going to
set up food centers and where people
can walk in and no boundaries. We're
not going to have fences. They see
the food. It's all there but nobody's
at it because they have fences set up
that nobody can even get it. It's crazy
what's going on over there."
Trump explained : suffering in Gaza
is "not a U.S. problem, it's an
international problem" then lamenting
that he had not been properly thanked
for the tens of millions that the U.S.
had dedicated toward helping Gazans.
Following the Jan. 3, 2025 military raid
that ousted Venezuelan non-elected President
Maduro,
Venezuelan opposition leader
has visited European countries
and N. American capitals and
major cities.
NBC Miami interviewed her on
Friday Jan. 16 after she had presented
to
DONALD JOHN TRUMP a framed
with "gift letter" inside GOLD
official medallion presented Dec. 10
to her Peace Prize weighty trophy.
Speaking on behalf of her country's
people who voted in opposition before,
Machado expressed the wish that
the Venezuelans will be free . . .
No word as to whether she will settle
in S. Florida (Miami or Palm Springs,
near Mar-A-Lago golf course & restaurant).
nbcmiami.com/news/local/maria-corina-machado-
hosts-news-conference-after-giving-trump-peace-
medal . . .
Donald John Trump
claim that
Tariffs he unilaterally
(without vote and discussion
in the U.S. Congress) imposed
on friend and foe alike
brought a decline of 400 to 600
percent in prescription drug prices
is
mathematically impossible . . .
Since the Capitol Rotunda swearing-in for
Donald John Trump and VP JD Vance
(former Ohio Jr. senator),
the misleading claims and overstated boasts
have exceeded former record exaggerations
and lapses into "Alice thru the Looking-Glass"
nonsensical whimsies of decades past over the
230 years of Presidential history.
Fact-Checking
his major moves_ on
Immigration
Economy
Trade
Foreignpolicy
ExecutivePower
us/politics/trump-falsehoods-fact-check-first-year.html
TODAY (Jan. 16, 2025)
"All the things named for
Trump, and how long other
presidents had to wait"
The UPSHOT by Amy Fan
and Margot Sanger-Katz
- -
also a battleship U.S.S. Defiant
The "Trump Gold Card" (State Department special passport / visa)
Trump Accounts (for all children)
Trump R X
a proposed 250th anniversary $1 coin
America the Beautiful National Park Service pass (photo alongside G. Washington)
8 months ago:
Judge Beryl Howell ruled Monday
May 19, 2025
that
the U.S. Institute of Peace
president and board members
were fired illegally when
POTUS Trump 2.0 moved to
dismantle the organization and
its operations. (March 2025
when staff lost access to email
accounts and all of their work).
In a 102-page ruling, the Federal
district judge ruled that transfer of
the institute's assets and Headquarters
seizure were
null and void.
Dec. 2025 -- renamed
"Trump Institute of Peace"
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter (following in his Post-Presidency)
Barack Obama
___________________________________
Other officials who did NOT turn over their medals
to the President/s they served in the Administration for:
Elihu Root (both a Secy. of War and of State)
Charles Dawes (a Vice President)
Frank B. Kellogg (a Secy. of State)
Cordell Hull (a Secy. of State)
Ralph Bunche (peacemaker for Israel & Arabs)
George Marshall (Plan after W W II)
Henry Kissinger (Secy. of State - Vietnam War)
Albert Gore (former VP in 1990s) along with
IPCC (committee on climate change - 2007)
Andrew Young
b. 1932
guest on the
Nonviolent Jesus
podcast
ncronline.org/opinion/
podcast-civil-rights-icon-
andrew-j-young-remembers-civil-rights-movement
Column by
John Dear of NCR Online
National Catholic Reporter
National Film Registry
Library of Congress
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
and
Hud (1963).
born Jan. 20, 1926
was
Patsy Louise Neal
whose father managed a coal
mine in KY and whose mother
was the daughter of the local doctor.
Actress of stage and screen --
wife for 30 years of Roald Dahl, writer.
Won Best Actress Oscar for Hud in
1963. Suffered a series of strokes
that nearly killed her in 1965.
Emmy nomination for role as
"Olivia Walton" in TV movie -
The Homecoming: A Christmas
Story (1971).
Bald Eagle Moon
-or-
Eagle Moon by the Cree;
Bear Moon -or-
Black Bear Moon
by the Ojibwe or Tlinglit;
the Dakota know it as the
Raccoon Moon;
Groundhog Moon by certain
Algonquin people;
the Haida knew it as
Goose Moon.
Who is the Iranian who faces
a death sentence but may not face
execution due to Trump's threat
of bombs / lethal after-effect?
he is 26-year-old protester whose
name became well-known to the Iranian
diaspora --
it is unclear how he is an enemy of God
as the fundamentalist defense minister
Aziz Nasirzadeh
and Atty. General
Mohammad Movahedi
Azad declared such folk
deserving of death penalties.
Breaking NEWS : Rep. Don Bacon on Trump's
Greenland letter to Norway's P.M. Jonas Gahr Sto/re
the Hill.com/policy/international/5695971-
trump-bacon-greenland-letter/
Four months later
GOP Repr. from a "Purple" cong. district in
Nebraska,
DON BACON says that if Trump 2.0
invades Greenland to gain control of
its minerals and rare earths, this will
lead to Trump's impeachment by the
House of Representatives and conviction
by the U.S. Senate
see DETAILS USA TODAY.com /
January 15, 2026
Two months later (11/30/2025)
Repr. Don Bacon (sent by Nebraskans in urban large
capital city as their Congress Representative)
accused the Trump-Vance
administration of sending "mixed
signals" on Ukraine's
settlement for end of Russia's
missiles drone attacks on civilian
and infrastructure targets -- 11/30/2025
politico.com/ moral-clarity-Ukraine
13 days later -- in reply to Lindsey Halligan's move
to Prosecute James Comey, former
FBI Director,
Don Bacon, Repr. from Nebraska
expressed concern on social media
LAWFARE undermines our great county
/ / /
the continued escalation will only hurt us all
_______________________________________________
THE HILL reports that on 13 Sept. 2025
Don Bacon (R but not MAGA) House Repr. from
Nebraska's urban / purple district denounced Trump
"Mr. President, Putin
is the invader . . .
you'll be judged in history
books by your actions
or lack thereof. . ."
thehill.com/homenews/house/5502201-don-bacon-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
September 13, 2025 (Saturday) 1:26 p.m. Eastern Time posted
BREAKING NEWS
BBC .com covers new legislation before the Australian
House of Commons (Lower legislature) which must
be passed and then sent to P.M.
Hanukkah, 2025
at Sydney Australia beach event for Jewish Community --
a pair of gunmen (50-yr.-old father and son suspects)
amassed six guns legally but used them violently and
with evil intents killing 12 and injuring 38 in
Sydney hospitals / treatment facilities.
A 24-year-old gunman was disarmed and his father killed
by police in response action
at the scene of their wanton anti-Semitic actions. Death
included a 10-yr.-old child, a Holocaust survivor, and a CHABAD
clergyman, Rabbi Eli Schlanger (formerly of Brooklyn, NY).
____________________________________________
MORE in upcoming days / hours on this breaking story
APNEWS.com/article/australia-shooting-bondi-beach-sydney
11:43 p.m. update
Dec. 14, 2025
dateline -- Australia, WORLD news
On Wed. Jan 21, 2026
the Federal Reserve governor will attend the SCOTUS
in D.C. oral arguments on whether a POTUS can arbitrarily
dismiss the central bank governor
Lisa D. Cook.
The stakes are enormous for the
independence of the Federal Reserve
from the whims of a unitary Executive
Commander, an untethered POTUS . . .
breaking news : TRUMP 2.0 has
announced prior to the 6:30 p.m. game
NCAA Championship at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL
that he will attend for the
Big Ten v. ACC conference
final deciding game of the NCAA FB
schedule that began last August 2025.
Junior Senator (in past) and NOW
trump's Secy of State/National Security Adviser /
National Archivist / Director of A.I.D. programs
Marco Rubio of FLORIDA will also attend.
Trump's Granddaughter KAI will attend the
Univ. of Miami on a Golf Scholarship next Fall
Sept. 2026.
The incumbent POTUS also attended the
ARMY - NAVY bowl game in Dec. 2025
at M & T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD.
__________________________
FRIENDLY WAGER between
Two
U.S. Senators from the home states of the
IU (Indiana University - Bloomington)
and Univ. of Miami (FL) football teams
playing in Monday's National College Championship
game in Miami Hard Rock Stadium
are wagering in a friendly manner
the
Cuban-American espresso
beverage versus the
ALBANESE CANDY Company
(Merrillville, IN) Gummy Bear
candies.
thehill.com PLATFORM
/homenews/Senate . . .
will not perform this
MLK Holiday weekend
at the Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, D.C.
[ NPR dot-org has details ]
6 p.m. possible streaming
broadcast live
on YOU TUBE channel
for Georgetown University,
D.C.
Green Day to open Super Bowl with tribute to
60 years of MVP Performances
ABC News.go.com/Entertainment/WireStory/
green-day-to-open-60th-super-bowl-anniversary-ceremony
No
the "Sports Master Schedulers"
realize that if an Olympic Winter opening ceremony were
to be scheduled against a SUPER BOWL
with highly competitive final teams that would
be a ratings "catastrophe" --
NBC has it figured out that competition can be
aired between Feb. 6 - 22 (16 days/nights) without
a conflict with SUPER BOWL on its own network/
sports channel/ Peacock.
NBC is already claiming that it will air a record
number of hours of "free" (packed with commercials)
TV highlights/live competitions of a WINTER GAMES
in the history of the modern Games (Olympic Movement
since 1896).
Jan. 29, 2026
in Washington, D.C.
at the TRUMP-Kennedy Center for Performing
Arts
tickets for a Capital debut of the Documentary
on FLOTUS (time framework are the weeks of
Nov. - Dec. Jan. leading up to 1/20/2025
when both POTUS 47 (her husband) and JD Vance
were sworn in after Electoral College cast the
deciding votes in Congress without a hitch.
Melania is the Amazon Corp.
production for the non-fiction
work, starring herself.
Salary $28 million as Exec. Producer.
POLITICO dot-eu
(European capitals)
collected info overseas
that TRUMP-Vance are
charging $1 billion for a
seat on the Gaza "Peace
Security" Council
politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-mulling-over-invite-
to-donald-trump-board-of-peace-for-gaza
Monday Jan. 19, 2026
thegoaticecreamco.com/event-details/hunter-ice-festival-2026
from FRIDAY Jan. 16 - Sunday Jan. 18
12 Noon - 5 p.m. each of these 3 festival days
____________________________________________
national story / "bad news" from
HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. and AG Secy. Brooke Rollins
united in telling Americans the new Dietary Guidelines
for upcoming years
Eat Real Food
[ no processed foods nor
added sugar ]
also on hand was former
TV Doctor OZ who is now
in charge of Medicare/Medicaid . . .
Choose your whole-food sources
from among :
animal fats [ red meat,
whole-fat dairy, avocadoes ]
- - - butter and beef tallow
are OK
You Tube channel
for the NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
from
Sunday Eucharist service
youtube.com/watch?v=lv7DIVDro3c
celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday 11 a.m. Eastern
Jan. 18, 2026
FREE streaming of entire service
MUSIC & PREACHING & READINGS
see Story about Trump's pardon of
Corrupt Puerto Rico governor and her
billionaire associate who faced corruption
and bribery charges - - as well as PIPE BOMB Trial (2026)
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/
trump-pardon-former-puerto-rico-governor-relevant-docket-vasquez
rcna254677
"Trump's Pipe Bomb Conspiracy
blame game for Jan. 6, 2021
preceded Dec. 5, 2025 arrest"
Dan Bongino, former far-right PodCaster
now 2nd in command of FBI,
gets his man from Virginia
Brian Cole
who must be tried
in a Court of Law --
Trump after 2021
2nd Impeachment had
said it was an "inside job"
to "steal his 2nd Term
after the Jan. 6 insurrection". . .
News of Jan. 17 - 18, 2026
weekend SOCIAL MEDIA "blast"
Trump is already backing a GOP Challenger who hasn't
declared she is leaving the House of Repr. to pose a
Primary Challenge to a
sitting GOP Senator -
Dr. Bill Cassidy who shepherded
RFK, Jr. through Senate
Confirmation as a iconoclastic
HHS Secy. during Trump-Vance
opening weeks . . .
During pre-Senate Confirmation hearing days with then-
nominee of HHS
Sen. Bill Cassidy (Louisiana)
got pledges from RFK, Jr. that he would
work closely together on any VACCINE
announcements (blame or praise) --
THIS HAS BEEN Broken, ignored, sidestepped
&
Kennedy pledged to protect access to vaccinations
BUT -- he has cancelled $500 million for development
for new mRNA vaccines and changed the recommendation
of who should get the newly available update to the
COVID-19 virus VACCINE . . .
UPDATE: Nov. 21, 2025 ANNIE KARNI coverage
NYTimes.com
POLITICO reports that
Senator Bill Cassidy (R - Louisiana) also a M.D.
wrote into Trump Omnibus / Tax Break for billionaires bill
a $2 billion break for the Rum Industry, saying
"we have the highest per Capita intake of liquor in the nation."
POLITICO.com/news/2025/07/04/from-rum-to-gun-silencers-tailored-tax-
breaks-add-billions-to-megabill
CBSNEWS dot-com / news/
face-the-nation-full-transcript-01-18-2026/
Subscription required;
nytimes.com/2026/01/18/
us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-
minnesota.html
When facing Margaret Brennan
on Face The Nation
she changed course given incontrovertible
video evidence and blamed the
protesters -- her employees only use
them when there is violent force --
VIDEO evidence to the contrary . . .
The two officials at Lansing State
Capitol, Gretchen Whitmer & Garlin
Gilchrist
declare that
MLK Day will be
Jan. 19, 2026
michigan.gov/whitmer/news/
proclamations -- Tomorrow
