Participated in 2025
WHITE HOUSE
Egg Roll (Post - EASTER) at
1600 Pennsyvania Ave.
with several of his school-age children
and hugged all of them
at his swearing-in January 2025
all 7 - - his confirmation vote before
the U.S. Senate was 50 - 50 - 1 with
help of VP JD Vance . . .
Sunday Feb. 8, 2026 SUPER BOWL Sunday
the alt-HALF TIME show was sponsored
by Erika Kirk's TURNING POINT USA organization . . .
further developments see
FOX NEWS.com/ about
"Kid Rock" headliner singer - rapper
Actual name Robert James Ritchie b. Jan. 17, 1971 in Romeo, MI
last TOP 100 Billboard hit was in 2015
see details
POLITICO.com/2026/02/02/turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-
00761040
livestreamed across TURNING POINT USA's social media
also joining KID ROCK
are
Brantley Gilbert
Lee Brice
Gabby Barrett
FOX News reports that "Special Olympics" has replied to the
hurtful name-calling that KID (age 54yrs old) ROCK used
as if to mock and verbally demean those with mental /
developmental issues -- see details at
M LIVE (MLive.com/news/2025/10/kid-rock-uses-hurtful-slur-
to-describe-his-halloween-costume-to-fox-news-host.html
____________________________________________
His Summer 2025 tour (June 20-21, July 11, 18, 25)
dates have ended
see kidrock.com/pages/tour
____________________________________________
July 31 at small town (Milford, MI) Kid Rock and
associate "Uncle Kracker" sing a cover of "Drift Away"
at a benefit fundraiser for an ALS patient
details - Mlive.com/life/2025/08/kid-rock-uncle-kracker-surprise-
at-small-town-concert-in-the-park-with-performance.html
31 July 2025
part of Milford's Thursday Night Concert Series through
Summer weeks 2025
______________________________________________
Trump told the Iowa crowd -- "on the White House" lawn
"We have a lot of land there"
Hollywood reporter.com/business/business-news
July 3, 2025 7:46 p.m.
year of 2026 to include many kinds of 250th
anniversary events hosted by POTUS
The White House will be the venue for
a Mixed Martial Arts UFC-sanctioned match
between contenders / fighters as invited
by POTUS & FLOTUS Trump next year
see details in USA TODAY.com/ 4 July 2025
trump-ufc-octagon-fighting-us-anniversary
____________________________________
UPDATE: Kid Rock and Jason Aldean
will be among the singers / entertainers
to fete the Inaugural events Jan. 20, 2025.
Singing "God Bless America" will be
American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.
Jewel
Nelly
entertainers for the Inaugural balls.
Theme Song: YMCA by the Village People
____________________________________
March 2025
Update: Kid Rock (age 54-year-old entertainer)
recently broke up with his fiancee of 7 years,
Audrey Berry; he divorced his wife, Pamela
Anderson in Feb. 2007 after marrying her in Aug. 2006.
The two had been linked after dating since
2011.
he was born Jan. 17, 1971 and gained fame
in Hollywood after co-starring in Joe Dirt
a 2001 feature film.
_____________________________________
March 26, 2025
People Magazine online reports that
Nelly has married Ashanti so that
"she won't be a baby mama" (I.e. she
is pregnant by him and expecting this year)a.
26964 Main Street (U.S. 12)
Edwardsburg, MI
zip : 49112
GRAND OPENING with
ribbon-cutting ceremony
1 p.m.
until 5 p.m. Friday Feb.
27, 2026
FULL LIBRARY SERVICE
is restored!
“And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
SECOND Press Conference was today (June 26, 2025)
for Defense Secy. Pete Hegseth, retired National Guard major
and weekend FOX NEWS host before Senate Confirmation (January
2025) by vote of 50 - 50 with VP Vance casting the deciding vote.
AP News.com/article/iran-nuclear-program-military-strikes-trump. . .
____________________________________________________
impact made in IRAN June 21 overnight "Midnight Hammer"
operation -- see NYTimes.com/2025/06/24/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html
____________________________________________________
The civilian Air Force engineer who developed
and designed for production some of the biggest,
most powerful non-nuclear bombs ever made
Albert L. Weimorts.
When he retired in 2003
at his retirement from the Air
Force research laboratory,
his bosses stated about his
work on the Massive Ordnance
Air Blast & the GBU-28
"Bunker Buster". The latter was
used in the Operation Desert
Storm in 1991 while the former
might well be used by Trump-Vance
administration officials and the
Hegseth Defense officials against
Iran's deeply hidden underground
Nuclear Enrichment facilities,
known and unknown.
SEE Weimorts' obituary (he died
on Xmas, 2005 of brain cancer
at Ft. Walton Beach, FL) that
mentions how the MOAB was
made for the second Iraq War.
In the 1990s Mr. Weimorts served
two tours as a weapons inspector
for the United Nations in Iraq.
now-cancelled
new ballet
on
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
and
A.I. (artificial Intelligence)
from the San Francisco Ballet
Company
at formerly known
Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts
nytimes.com/2026/02/28/arts/dance/
kennedy-center-san-francisco-ballet.html
NYTimes.com/2026/02/26/
arts/time-capsule-america.html
reporter
JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
Calendar Girl
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1962)
That's When the Music Takes Me (1972)
Laughter in the Rain (1974)
Bad Blood (1975)
Love Will Keep Us Together (1973)
______________________
Pop Music
hits in the 1950s and resurgence in
the 1970s
the final episode of M*A*S*H (TV series)
was aired, nearly 106 million viewers watched
the series finale (2 hours-length).
a then-record for TV viewer audience size.
BTW nowadays when 32.6 million watch
the TRUMP 2.0 "State of the Union" that
is considered a "win" for the time slot.
JERUSALEM POST ongoing "breaking news"
these 37 organizations
banned from helping Gazans:
Action against hunger;
ActionAid
Alianza por la Solaridad
American Friends Service Cmte.
Campaign for the Children of Palestine
CARE
Caritas Internationalis
DanChurchAID
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children International
Fondazione AVSI
Handicap Intl.
International Rescue Committee
Japan International Volunteer Ctr.
Medicins_Du Monde (France)
M DU MONDE (Switzerland)
Medecins_Sans Frontieres Belgium
MSF France
MSF Netherlands
MSF Spain
Medical Aid for Palestinians UK
Medico Intl.
Medicos del Mundo
Mercy Corps
Movement for Peace - MPDL
Near East Council of Churches
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam Novib (Netherlands)
Oxfam Quebec
Palestine Solidarity Assn. in Sweden
Premiere Urgence Internationale
Relief International
Terre Des Hommes Lausanne
War Child Holland
We World GVC
World Vision International
Happy 78th Birthday to
Grammy - nominee
multiple Tony Award winner (3)
and a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame!
also member of THEATER
Hall of Fame:
Bernadette Peters
MONDAY
March 2, 2026
begins a week of reading
book purchasing at
HOWARD TWP., Cass
County branch Library
2341 Yankee Drive, Niles, MI
The sale of used / donated /
library discarded materials
will run all the weekdays
when the building is open.
FOR: Adults, Teens, Kids !
The world-renowned author
of Uncle Tom's Cabin or
Life among the Lowly (1852)
was born on
June 4, 1811
in Litchfield, Connecticut
7th of 13 children to a
religious family Lyman & Roxana
BEECHER . . .
Second day of Clinton family
questioning
a senior California Democrat on the
HOUSE INVESTIGATIONS committee;
we now have a rule:
Presidents and their
family have to testify
when Congress
issues a subpoena
FACT CHECK:
in Trump-Vance "case" for war
a series of false or unproven
claims
___________________
Trump (age 79 yrs. 8 mos.)
said:
2,000 ballistic missiles in
IRAN's arsenal; its most powerful
ones can reach our allies in
Central and Eastern Europe.
When Rubio spoke about the
missile threat he said
IRAN IS BUILDING MISSILES
TO REACH
THE United States one day . . .
The Minnesota city government has succeeded in
enforcement of
FEDERAL ICE AGENTS must
unmask, self-identify,
wear a body camera & keep it on,
notify the city govt. of any
law enforcement actions in advance
mprnews.org/story/2026/02/27/
federal-agents-in-mankato-must-
unmask-and-wear-body-cams-and
identify-themselves
MARCH 13, 2026
as announced and scheduled
ELVIS PRESLEY
in CONCERT (105-minute
documentary)
will be shown at Three Oaks, MI
NOT
WONDERLAND THEATER,
Niles (as previously publicized)
ABC News.go.com
abc7 Chicago.com
blind-man-taken-ICE-facility-dies-border-patrol-dropped-off-
ny-investigation
2025 documentary produced by
noted director
Baz Luhrmann
length of this never-before-seen
and never-before-heard
recordings & Concert Footage
is
100 minutes in length.
imdb.com/title/tt35003538/?ref_=po_rs_ansr
_______________
additional dates for
VICKERS Theatre, Three Oaks, MI
(Berrien County)
Friday March 13 showing until
last showing Sunday March 22, 2026
vickerstheatre.com/
56-year-old partially blind
refugee here legally in the U.S.
was
abandoned by the Border Patrol
and later found dead.
Kristi Noem and her CBP
have fodder for many more
Congressional investigation
meetings; hope this is
looked into in a timely manner.
REMEMBER Renee Good
& Alex Pretti!
The
Feb. 26, 2026 Red Cross
Blood drive for the
Churches / Sr. Center was cancelled
yesterday Thursday at end of month
due to a flu outbreak.
See you next time at the
Niles Senior Center, Bell Road at
11th Street on
April 23, 2026 from
Noon until 6 p.m.
Walk-ins are always
welcome and you can
pre-register at
redcrossblood.org.
Your donation saves 2 lives!
Niles-Buchanan YMCA
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Meet fellow members
(adults, teens, kids) at
the Community Room,
Niles-Buchanan YMCA
for a free bowl of soup
(while the supply lasts).
No Pre-registration - come
as you are for a steaming
bowl of nourishment and
a glad group to enjoy a meal!
nytimes 2/27/ update 12:25 a.m.
drone-faa-dhs-el-paso-airspace.html
_____________________________
The Defense Dept. of Pete Hegseth, former
weekend anchor of FOX & Friends (Fox News),
fired Thursday a
high-energy laser
at a drone belonging to
DHS (Kristi Noem's Dept.)
over a small border town
near El Paso, TX. This also
happened early in Feb. 2026
when officials from Customs
& Border Protection used a
high-energy laser on a metallic
birthday balloon. . .That led to
a complete shutdown of El Paso, TX
air space. . .Pentagon official
Mark R. Ditlevson :
The department of War always
cares about safety. . .we don't
ever want to do anything that
would be unsafe
_______________________
1984
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Spring
Nothing is so beautiful as spring - -
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long & lovely & lush;
Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
The glassy peartree_ leaves and blooms, they brush
The descending blue; that blue is all in a rush
With richness; the racing lambs too have fair their fling
What is all this juice and all this joy?
A strain of the earth's sweet being in the beginning
In Eden garden -- Have, get, before it cloy,
Before it cloud, Christ, Lord, and sour with sinning,
Innocent mind and Mayday_ in girl and boy,
Most, O maid's child, thy choice and worthy the winning!
[ GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS 1844 - 1889 ]
The world is charged with the grandeur of God,
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared,
smeared with toil;
and wears man's smudge and shares man's
smell; the soil is bare now, nor can foot feel,
being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep
down things;
And through the last lights off the black
West went
Oh morning, at the brown brink eastward,
springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and
with ah! bright wings.
[ Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844 - 1889 ]
Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier, Ph.D.
The wrath of God / Goddess:
a spirituality of feminist rage
She is professor of Theology
of Catholic-related
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
college, Los Angeles, CA
DATE:
Thursday April 9, 2026
(week following Easter &
Dyngus Day/Monday)
7 p.m. FREE EVENT open
to the public as well as students
from Saint Mary's, Holy Cross,
Univ. of Notre Dame (undergraduate
& graduate enrolled)
wkar.org/wkar-news/2026-02-25/
whitmer-sets-focus-on-literacy-health-care-housing
in-final-state-address
Wed. 25th Feb.
7 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
delivers her Address directed to
the Voters and Residents of the
STATE of Michigan.
Wed. Feb. 25, 2026
Hamnet
best Actor George Clooney
Jay Kelly
Best actor (Female) Laura Linney
Is This Thing On?
Guillermo del Toro for Directing
Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sup. Actor (male)
Sinners
Thursday 2/26/26
2 - 6 p.m.
Eastern Time Zone
UPDATE: Feb. 25
20 or so time slots taken -- only 5 15-minute intervals remain on
this late month -- chance to help with those hospitalized
or entering E.R. with crisis need for Transfusion - Blood Products
____________________________________________
website
givebloodnow.com
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!
The lawsuit also challenges the rampant replacement
of members of the federal Council on Immunization Practices;
RFK, Jr.
and Jay Bhattacharya (CDC acting
head) will be "defendants".
nytimes.com/2026/02/24/health/
vaccine-schedule-california-lawsuit.html
The new vaccine schedule is
based NOT on scientific
evidence but on comparisons
to countries very different
from the United States. . .
RFK last June fired all 17 members
of the Council on Immunization
Practices . . .
Multi-media and across news / entertainment / benevolent
categories :
2026 concerns those of Calendar Year Jan. 2025 - Jan. 2026
Motion Picture
TV & Streaming
Music
Literature & Journalism
Podcasts
Digital Content Creators
Stunt Ensemble
Animated Series
Children's program
Outstanding Literary Work
Outstanding Editing in Motion Picture/TV
DETAILS / follow-up
ASSOCIATED PRESS has this nailed down :
AP News.com/article/trump-michigan-gaza-amer-ghalib-
arab-americans . . . Feb. 1, 2026
October 28 -- POLITICO is announcing that members of the
GOP - MAGA Senate Foreign Relations cmte. will not be
voting up nor will they hold a hearing for Ghlaib to be ambassador
to Kuwait - - -
another-doomed-trump-nominee -- POLITICO 10/28/2025 / live-news
according to arabnews dot-com
MAYOR of Dearborn Heights, MI
Bill Bazzi has been nominated by Trump - Vance
to be next ambassador to Tunisia. . .
Ghlaib and Bazzi had publicly endorsed
Trump / Vance ticket in Oct. 2024 and the
State of Michigan did favor that ticket over
Harris-Walz on Election Day Nov. 2024
_____________________________________
UPDATE at Michigan Live!
ADL (Anti-defamation League) is accusing
AMER GHLAIB of "routinely trafficking
in anti-semitism"
____________________________________
Mayor of Hamtramck, MI
nominee of Trump-Vance admin.
to be Ambassador to Kuwait
/ / / Laura Loomer has called for
his dismissal / / /
from Variety online post
Spike Lee will be honored with the lifetime achievement award at the DGA’s 74th annual awards ceremony on March 12, 2022. This year’s nominations for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film will be announced on Jan. 27. Nominations for outstanding directorial achievement in television, commercials and documentary will be announced on Jan. 26.
“While he is no stranger to huge commercial success, he is also the beating heart of independent film,” Glatter continued. “Even as countless filmmakers call Spike their mentor and inspiration, he continues to devote his time to teaching future generations how to make their mark. We are thrilled to present Spike with the DGA’s highest honor.”
Only 35 directors have been honored with the DGA lifetime achievement award. Its past recipients include Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, Miloš Forman. Ridley Scott is its most recent honoree, receiving the award in 2017.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spike-lee-dga-lifetime-achievement-award-1235156995/
UPDATE at the 2025 ceremony / awards show
Ang Lee received this same LIFETIME Achievement award (Feb. 8, 2025)
St. Matthias
his feast day (day of
martyrdom / execution)
is Feb. 24 (annually);
the 13th apostle, chosen by
lot [Acts of the Apostles, ch. 1]
Glory to Ukraine :
uttered by presenter
Darryl Hannah
of FILM EDITING award
at Oscar ceremony
March 2, 2025
She held up two fingers in
a peace sign as she voiced
her support with the term
which translates to
Glory To Ukraine!
She backed the besieged
nation's people in 2022 shortly
following the vicious Russian
invasion -- writing on social media
We stand with you &
all the victims of brutal
dictators & senseless
wars
Head of SOJOURNERS
Washington DC
&
100s of Christian leaders across
denominations (Prot. & R. Catholic bishops)
statement details at
USA TODAY
Marc Ramirez reporter
Feb. 24, noon updated online
story
NBC NEWS has the breaking news -
Jeanine Pirro's office (D of J)
shelves pursuit of Democrats
over Video , sources tell
Reporters : Ryan J. Reilly, NBC
NEWS late (Feb. 10)
The Grand Jury refused charges brought by
Prosecutor PIRRO's office to the Democrats
(Kelly, Slotkin & 4 others) whose video tol
the MILITARY not to follow illegal / unconstitutional
orders from their superiors . . .
STORY will continue
NY Times -- late Tuesday 2/10 (online coverage)
She and other Democratic lawmakers in 2025
posted a video for Military members reminding
them not to follow unconstitutional or otherwise
illegal orders . . .
WASHINGTON POST Coverage by
reporter
Mariana Alfaro
[subscription required]
SLOTKIN
will not cooperate with
this request from Atty. General
(TRUMP Dept. of Justice)
coverage of this ongoing story
POLITICO dot-com
[subscription required]
hegseth-mark-kelly-appeal-00795773/
Final score
100 - 56
Men's Basketball
at PURCELL PAVILION
tickets for as low as $18
____________________
wearing "Duke Blue" the #1 ranked
Program for ACC Men's BB will
appear as the season is waning for
the FIGHTING IRISH of Notre Dame
(South Bend, IN)
TV Coverage on ESPN
Judge dismisses Daniel Rosen's
request for "speedy Trial" --
nytimes.com/2026/02/24/us/Minnesota-gun-case-dismissal.html
Court rules against Justice
Department Search of Reporter's
computer --
the federal court NOT Pam Bondi
and NOT D. of J. --
a filter team CANNOT search a
reporter's work product (an iPhone,
two computers and other devices).
Her employer, Jeff Bezos'
WASHINGTONPOST dot-com,
cited First Amendment and attorney-
client privilege; her opponent in the
case FORGOT to mention the
Privacy Protection Law (1980). . .
NBC NEWS coverage
Trump - cost- walmart-thanksgiving-
meal - rcna242357
TRUMP 2.0 claims "his basket"
sold to POTUS & FLOTUS is
25% "cheaper"
the 2025 basket however contain
six less items including sweet
potatoes & pecan pie
at Trump/Kennedy D.C. premiere
black-carpet opening
POTUS & FLOTUS traipsed before
shouting photographers and reporters
. . .very important movie. . .shows life in the
White House. . .
1/2 the Presidential Cabinet and "Second Lady"
Usha Vance
RFK, Jr. whose uncle the Center pays memorial
tribute to . . .
Mike Johnson - off work from the House of Repr.
"I think it will pay off for AMAZON"
Alina Habba, recently fired from job in NJ
Federal Attorney position, complained that
VOGUE magazine had yet to do a cover
feature on the FLOTUS
_________________________________
at "Melania" debut were:
Andy Jassy of Amazon and Tim Cook of Apple
and Lisa Su of AMD
but back in W. Coast dissenters were organizing
ICE Out .tech
[Hollywood Reporter dot-com] behind the scenes details =
a military band
played theme music composed for
FLOTUS unique and unprecedented
commercial venture (a $40 million
feature documentary with full
publicity arm)
"Melania's Waltz"
composed by Tony
Neiman of Hollywood, CA.
Custom made popcorn boxes,
framed collectable screening
tickets, "take home cookies"
bearing Melania (Knauss) Trump
own name. . .
Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026
the FLOTUS also has planned the
ringing of the opening bell of
the NY Stock Exchange and
a Thursday night release event
at "Trump" Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, D.C.
details:
USA today.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/24
trump-isaac-hayes-song-lawsuit/ . . .
Hold On, I'm Coming
_____________________
details at
RollingStone.com
Feb. 23, 2026
reporter: Nancy Dillon
_____________________
the late singer-songwriter's
son claimed in court that
Trump infringed on the
song's solid licensing and
represented the "worst in
integrity and class". . .
According to TRUMP 2.0
these justices are
fools and lap dogs :
Chief Justice John Roberts
Justice Gorsuch, Justice Barrett,
and the 3 moderate Democratic
justices
KAGAN,
SOTOMAYOR,
JACKSON
______________________
he wants to dis-invite these
6 from hearing his SOTU
address on Tuesday, 2/24
at the Capitol and only endears
himself to KAVANAUGH (who
wrote an extensive dissent),
ALITO, & THOMAS.
NYTimes.com/2026/02/22/us/politics/trump-greenland-hospital-ship.html
"Denmark rejects Trump - Vance - Hegseth
plan to send Hospital U.S.N.S. Ship
to Greenland Port/s"
By a vote of 126 - 47
POTUS Andrew Johnson
(who succeeded A. Lincoln
after assassination in 1865)
was impeached by the HOUSE on
FEB. 24, 1868 -- the Senate,
however, did not vote to convict
so he did complete his successor
term and moved back to TN
following the election of Ulysses
Grant in the national / electoral
college results.
coverage at NPR dot-org 2/23/2026
NPR.org/2026/02/22/
new-dinosaur-spinosaurus-fossil-niger-horn-sereno
Univ. of Chicago
paleontology team discovers a new
species of
dinosaur --
crest of its skull along with wholly
previously undiscovered skeletal remains
abcnews.go.com/
Feb. 21, 2026 -- size of a T.Rex
nytimes.com/2026/02/23/world/Europe/
ukraine-war-russia-eu-hungary.html
______________________________
Szijjarto raises objection on behalf of his nation's
participation in the European Union --
Hungary
- - - its President is
VIKTOR ORBAN
_________________
his preference for
Putin winning the
Invasion of Ukraine (2016)
over current President
Zelensky is well-known. . .
(crypto "industry")
Tyler Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss
Coinbase
Ripple
Tether
_____________________
(tobacco)
Altria Group
Reynolds American
_____________________
(Communications)
Comcast
T-Mobile
Hard Rock International
_____________________
(Tech billionaires)
Meta
HP
Micron Technology
Amazon
Apple
Palantir Technologies
Microsoft
____________________
(Defense "industries")
Booz Allen Hamilton
Lockheed Martin
____________________
(Energy)
Union Pacific
Caterpillar
NextEra Energy
Paolo Tiramani
____________________
(Trump insiders: billionaires)
Lutnick Family
Kelly Loeffler & J. Sprecher (spouse)
Benjamin Leon, Jr.
_____________________
Individual donors
Konstantin Sokolov
J.Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Stefan E. Brodie
Charles & Marissa Cascarilla
Edward & Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Stephen E. Schwarzman
_____________________
Philanthropy
Adelson Family Foundation
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Fdtn.
_____________________
Tech Giants 8
Crypto 5
Energy & Industrial 4
Philanthropy 3
Trump Insiders 3
Com. / Entertainment 3
Big Tobacco 2
Defense industrial complex 2
Individuals 7
= 37
Four weeks since his
shooting by 2 ICE Agents
near the George Floyd police
incident --
details of the MN march-protest
Minnesota Public Radio News
Feb. 22, 2026
MARCHERS Mark 4 weeks since
Alex Pretti was fatally shot
mprnews.org/2026/02/21/
marchers-mark-four-weeks-since-
alex-pretti-fatally-shot-minneapolis
USA TODAY has this disclosed reaction of the
Self-help doctor and
integrative medicine
best-selling author
Deepak Chopra
________________
sample email unearthed
by Pam Bondi's EPSTEIN-
MAXWELL Files
dozens of emails
some mentioning
Epstein's "girls"
further NY TIMES & CNN
[subscription required]
Feb. 23, 2026
2:30 p.m. - 4 at Univ. of NOTRE DAME, S. Bend, IN
SOJOURNER TRUTH Lecture
details of the
FREE 90-minute lecture / book-signing
300 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Sojourner Truth Commons
Univ. of Notre Dame Campus
light refreshments afterward
Tanya Kateri' Hernandez
UNDERCOUNTING BLACKNESS
across the Globe
(her 2022 book)
she is a professor of Law at
FORDHAM University, D.C.
events.nd.edu/2026/02/23/under-counting-blackness-across-the-globe-the-civil-rights-crisis-of-census-racial-erasure
Director
Producer
Writer
Jonathan Demme
b. Feb. 22, 1944
Long Island, NY
died April 2017 of
cancer & heart disease
QUOTE:
Your antagonist has to be
every bit as formidable as
your hero, or you diminish
the character you're supposed
to care about. For people
start out writing scripts, they're
in that 'hiss-the-villain' mode,
and you always want to say,
'Wait, wait. They're human too.
Give them some problems and
you'll end up with a better story.'
In a rare letter to the
GOP Conference of the
U.S. Senate -- 4 T. Roosevelt
descendants urge their fellow
REPUBLICANS not to
forward to Trump 2.0 desk
House Bill that allows mining
upstream from the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
that would despoil a vast preserve
of glacial lakes and untouched forests.
Ted Roosevelt IV
Tweed Roosevelt
Mark Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt IV
Monaco has one of the highest per capita
concentrations of Jewish men, women, teens, kids
in the world outside of Israel :
2.86 - 5 %.
The growing community
is attributed to
retirees who have moved
there from Gr. Britain,
France, alongside a mix
of N. African and Turkish
Jews.
Chief Rabbi of Israel
has visited during Feb. 2026
Jewish communities of Monaco and
Southern France in a historic tour
of communities & synagogues associated
historically with Judaism and Israel.
DETAILS: Jerusalem POST (21 Feb. 2026)
jpost.com/Judaism/article-887404
POTUS 1.0
George Washington of
Mount Vernon, Virginia
c-span.org/event/america-250/
wreath-laying-ceremony-at-
george-washingtons-tomb/440352
PEOPLE dot-com
6:12 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
2/16/2026
who passed away Sunday 2/15/2026
at his home in Virginia . . .
he is survived by his wife, Luciana;
she announced the actor's passing on FACEBOOK.
coverage in
THE HILL PLATFORM
"Half-Daylight saving time could
become permanent under new bill
introduced by REP. Steube_ (FL)
This calls for clocks to
slide forward a half hour
and for twice a year clock
adjustments to end.
Coverage in DESERET online platform
(Salt Lake City, UT)
Amy Ortiz, reporter
5 p.m. Feb. 20, 2026
"First-Edition BOOK_OF_MORMON
sells for $250K at auction, setting record
price"
If alive, the Academy Award winner
would be 99
today . . .
He also won an Honorary Award in 2002
at the OSCARs; also winning a Lifetime
achievement at the Golden Globes in 1982
(the Cecil B. DeMille Award).
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
Unidentified Flying Objects
________________________
Trump in "slap" back at Obama
on Podcast conversation
CLAIMS he will release the
FILES --
on alien life
and
Extraterrestrial Life . . .
________________________
does Trump 2.0 himself understand
what is the difference between
UAP and UFO? and Alien Life
and Extraterrestrial Life?
_________________________
please comment at GOOGLE
blogger
March 14, 2026 (Saturday)
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. BCYF office bldg.
Berrien Springs, MI
details at
nileslibrary.com/single-event/
fandom-fest-book-sale-fundraiser-2
EVENT for all ages --
browse & buy great collection of
books
movies
music
video games
puzzles
board games
Ankhmerwer's 21-foot scroll, gold amulets,
reed pens, and other ancient artifacts
NOW ON DISPLAY
at the Brooklyn, NY City Museum
nytimes.com/2026/02/19/arts/design/
book-of-the-dead-brooklyn-museum-obituary.html
ONLINE article / photography
essay written by OBITUARY Desk staffer
Sam Roberts
also, declined the invitation
at the FEB. 20 "GOVERNORS
BREAKFAST at WHITE HOUSE"
to only 48 incumbent
governors when Trump 2.0
snubbed 2 Democratic leading governors of both
East and West Coast states.
Michigander
JEFF DANIELS
played Atticus Finch
in the Broadway play version
of the novel by Harper Lee.
It opened Dec. 2018 for its
original run -- he also re-appeared
in the play's revival Oct. 5, 2021
until early January 2022. . .
see further details at
tokillamockingbirdbroadway.com/news
The beloved character actor / comedian
Jeffrey Warren Daniels
b. Feb. 19, 1955
was born in Athens, GA but
has made Chelsea Michigan
his home since 1986, establishing
the PURPLE ROSE THEATER
complex in its downtown as well
as other establishments for
entertainment and fellowship.
"JD's Stage Bistro" is set to open
in Spring 2026 with a 100-seat
restaurant and live stage venue.
He married his high-school
sweetheart, Kathleen Treado in
1979; they married on Friday the
13th because he wore uniform
#13 on his H.S. Baseball uniform.
Also attended Central Michigan
University before dropping out
to pursue a full-time acting career.
SOURCE: Old Farmer's ALMANAC (2026 edition)
p. 256 -- author of the Amusement Article
"How to Live to be 100 years old or. . .more!
Always maintain a good sense of humor!
Never be too good to start at the bottom.
Exercise every single day, even when
you don't feel like it.
Don't spend more money than you make.
Your family is the most precious thing
you will every have in life.
Don't ever be afraid to be your true self!
Education is important; remember LIFE
can be_ education in itself!
You must be able to forgive! Even if
it's difficult to do. . .
Love is not always easy;
sometime you will have to work at it!
Try not to take yourself so seriously!
confirmed on SOCIAL MEDIA
that she is visiting and congratulating
U.S. Athletics including Michigan
Ice Dancing medalists & Hockey
Gold Medalists!
more details at
M Live dot-com
[ subscription required ]
Michigan LIVE !
today Thursday 2/19/26
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
Gregory Peck - then 46 - passed away 2003, age 87
Frank Overton - then 44 - passed away 1967, age 49
Brock Peters - then 35 - passed away 2003, age 78
Estelle Evans - then 55 - passed away 1985, age 79
Rosemary Murphy - then 37 - died 2014 at age 79
Mary Badham (Scout) then 9, alive in 2026
Phillip Alford (Jem) then 13, alive in 2026
Robert Duvall - then 32 - passed away yesterday
at age 95 [ he portrayed Boo / Arthur Radley ]
OTHERs in the cast
Alice Ghostley
William Windom,
et al.
____________________________________
Producer: Alan Pakula
Director Robert Mulligan
Music: Elmer Bernstein
adapted screenplay Horton Foote
from Harper Lee novel
Theodore Roosevelt
PURPOSE: to facilitate
public entrance & in
wartime, additional
office space. It also
hid the Emergency bunker
(PEOC) where Trump and
Melania hid during the
noisy unrest/
protesting going on during
May 31 - June 1, 2020.
UPDATE: 2025 - spring '26
Trump has now demolished
the East Wing in favor of a
never-fully scrutinized "Trump
Ballroom" funded by BFF
Billionaires / Corporations of
various constituencies . . .
Plans for size of Ballroom
dimensions are apparently
expandable given what the
funds raised have amounted to.
