5 - 9 p.m.
Tree CLIMBING;
BIKING
a tree give-away
electric vehicle showcase
live music (bands)
Goshen Elementary choir
No connection to the
Pacific Northwest U.S. Band -
alt-rock
_______________________
see details
abc57.com (local ABC Affiliate
newsroom)
news/green-day-celebration-in-goshen-
for-May-first Friday (Upcoming 5/1/2026)
GOSHEN, INDIANA
(Elkhart County)
TODAY
first Friday 5/1/26
Face Off
LIVE PORTRAIT EVENT
details at
boxfactoryforthearts.org/
date is
Friday May 1, 2026
ALL
portraits created during the
event will be auctioned off,
with proceeds benefiting the
artists and arts programming
at the Box Factory [ 1101 Broad St.,
St. Joseph, MI ]
Chief scientist
Human Genome Project
a $3 billion govt. program
for decoding human DNA
(23 paired chromosomes)
has died
April 29, 2026 in San Diego, CA
FOUNDER and Philanthropist
JCVI. dot-org
also an entrepreneur
(Corporation:
Celera)
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Cause of Death : Cancer
Holy Week 2026
April 1 = 10,803 views / visits
Maundy Thursday = 10,557
Good Friday = 10,019
Holy Saturday 9,964
Easter Sunday 1,781
4/6 539
4/7 515
4/8 496
4/9 482
4/10 591
4/11 1,051
Sunday 12th 465
4/13 8,937
Tues. 14th April 824
4/15 3,383
4/16 12,669
4/17 12,114
4/18 25,856 [most visits/view for APRIL]
4/19 11,804
4/20 7,512
4/21 25,645 [ 2nd most views ]
4/22 1,764
4/23 23,659 [ 4th most views ]
4/24 22,443 [ 5th most visits/views ]
4/25 24,193 [3rd most views ]
4/26 3,920
4/27-8 3,281
4/29 3,878
4/30 4,567
Total number of April visits / views =
April 1 - 30 -- 246,825 ends Thurs. evening
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Last month of 2026 (March)
total # was 168,341
Tragedy was 2 Counselors, 25 children's
deaths
July 4, 2025.
Directors of Camp Mystic, Texas
plan to re-open regardless of
lawsuits and complaints of
parents, relatives, survivors.
Mudslides, drowning as victims
were washed down the low areas
near a then-flooding deluge of
the Guadalupe River.
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1 camper's body never found
UPDATE
regarding Casey Means (nominee):
March 23, 2026
MAHA political power
tested as Surgeon General
nominee stalls in Senate
committee ahead of forward
to Senate Floor for debate
and required majority "test"
Washington POST
reporters
Lauren Weber
Rachel Roubein
nominee for Surgeon General promises after disclosures
of her business investments / profit-making endeavors
to
liquidate holdings in Personal Devices, supplements, tech
FURTHER (Mid-September)
NYTimes.com/2025/09/16/health/casey-means-
financial-investments-surgeon-general.html
BTW she has an M.D. degree but was never certified as
a physician under state licensure . . .
May 7, 2025 -- her nomination Dr. J. Nesheiwat has been
withdrawn -- in her place Dr. Casey Means from Fox News
SHE WILL NOT appear Thursday May 8 at the Senate
Health Committee -- and will maintain some places in
RFK Jr. HHS cabinet agencies and working committees . . .
________________________________________________
November 23 last year 2024
Physician and FOX News contributor
Janette Nesheiwat
markets Vitamin B & C dietary
supplements
[ medical degree from
University of the Caribbean
Medical School ]
announced by Trump-Pence
on X / Twitter by newly re-elected
POTUS #DJT
[requires Senate approval after hearing]
further info -- Houston CHRONICLE ONLINE
interview with Dr. Peter Hotez MD, PhD
ISRAEL
BBC.com/worldnews
Laura Dogu
[ former adviser to Gen. Caine:
now chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff -- Military head ]
has left Caracas, Venezuela
where she reopened a U.S. embassy;
she now has opted to defer the
work in the embassy to the present
(Senate-confirmed) ambassador to
Guatemala -- and instead go back
to work at the Alexandria, VA
PENTAGON office administration . . .
nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/Americas/
venezuela-us-diplomat-laura-dogu-leaves.html
Julie Davis
_____________________
the hill.com/
"Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine leaving post '
Bret Baier, FoxNews host & wife Amy
Maria Bartoromo
Ainsley Earnhardt
Greg Gutfeld
Laura Ingraham
Herve Pierre (personal designer, FLOTUS)
Suzanne Scott (chief executive, FOX News)
Jesse Watters (FOX News) and spouse Emma
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)
invitees were:
the Cabinet esp. Rubio,
Duffy (Sec.Transportation);
conservative
allies; wealthy donors
(Jeff Bezos, billionaire)
6 of 9 SCOTUS (all appointed
under Bush admin. and
Trump 1.0 Gorsuch,Kavanaugh,
Coney-Barrett);
N. Ireland Master's Golf
Tourney winner Rory McIlroy
___________________
TRUMP called Charles a
"Great Man" --
___________________
7 p.m. until completion
lots of high fashion
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.
The POTUS & FLOTUS
will be charming host & hostess
to the Royal couple of U.K.
King Charles & 2nd wife
Queen Camilla (formerly
Parker-Bowles)
2nd week of May (annually)
Church Rummage Sale
(Thursday and Friday)
for 2026 = May 14 begins
at 8 a.m.
1200 W. Glenlord Road,
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Pilgrim U.C.C. (United
Church of Christ)
ITEMS offered:
Clothing for men, women,
children, accessories like
purses, belts, jewelry, shoes,
home goods of all types,
books, puzzles, games,
artwork, toys / / / may have
collectibles, furniture,
appliances (home)
Author of the new 2026 forthcoming
judicial biography of
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
associate justice
SCOTUS
Mollie Hemingway tells
NEWSWEEK dot-com
that the ailing and
2nd - to-oldest justice
is NOT preparing to retire
before the next Year of the
COURT's cases (Oct. first
Monday 2026 - June 30, 2027).
April 21, 2026 article by
Jordan King of Newsweek of
US News Desk
Ben Sasse
and a Dying Breed
of Politician
Feb. 20, 2026
online article - biographical
essay
christianitytoday.com/2026/02/
ben-sasse-and-a-dying-breed-of-politician
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 . . .
[ further data:
by April 28, 2026 Trump remains muted
and dis-connected from his "endorsement"
pledge in the U.S. Senate race -- leaving
incumbent John Cornyn "in the lurch" ]
Vote was 57 - 43
insufficient given 2/3rd requirement
to convict
Donald John Trump of high crimes
and misdemeanors
__________________________
further information about then-
Senator of Nebraska BEN SASSE
npr.org/2021/02/16/968252516/
sen-sasse-votes-to-convict-trump-
says-he-voted-his-conscience
People Magazine (April 2026)
he is dying of inoperable metastatizing PANCREATIC
cancer (diagnosed Dec. 2025) -- learned his torso is
chock-full of tumors) :
comments he has made to NY TIMES Ross Douthat
as well as
People Magazine's
Rachel Raposas (4/10/2026
issue / online posting)
He is a father of three
and now age 54 - -
even at 3 - 4 months to live
"you have to redeem the time"
CBS 60 Minutes
cbsnews.com/news/ben-sasse-
cancer-legacy-60-minutes
aired Sunday night 4/26/2026
John James (R - Michigan) - opted to run in
Aug. 2025 primary for GOP candidate for Gov.
Wesley Hunt of Texas (GOP - MAGA) was defeated as incumbent in his Cong. District political primary
Byron Donalds of FL (GOP - MAGA) - running in
Florida's state primary to be GOP Candidate to
be next Governor of the state
Burgess Owens of UT - opted to retire at end of
Congressional year
Wonderland Cinema
Niles, MI
Front Street near downtown
First shows FRIDAY
then SATURDAY also SUNDAY
9:15 a.m.
Noon
3 p.m.
6:15
9:15
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the life and early death of
Michael Jackson
IS MELANIA OK? After close
call at Washington HILTON
WHCA event that was to feature
her husband honoring the
First Amendment and the need
for "Freedom of the Press"?
- - who knows ? - -
she is spending time today
April 27 -- ahead of her
upcoming three-day hostessing/
entertaining the Royal Couple
(Charles & Camilla of Buckingham
Palace, Downtown LONDON, U.K.)
however
complaining of a poorly phrased
joke by ABC Entertainment (Disney +)
stand-up comedian / late-nite host
Jimmy Kimmel . . .
as if she had anything to get ready
for herself, entertaining the King
and Queen of England . . .
Yes
Mrs. Reagan had 23 - significant
Internet Movie DataBase credits
she might brag on
imdb.com/name/nm0004864/?ref_fn_t_1
R.I.P. = rest in peace
[ May God bless Mrs. Reagan,
mother of 2, stepmother of Maureen
and Michael / /
adopted children of Reagan & first wife
Jane Wyman, also an actress / /
and grandmother , who did
TV appearances for charity and
her accepted/serious causes she backed ]
__________________________
the Global "Star" in that family was
her Husband -- Ronald Reagan, who
did in fact have a star on the
"Walk of Fame" (in 1960) real estate in
Hollywood Blvd., CA just like Donald
J. Trump who gained his for his
TV appearances/ hosting NBC's
The Apprentice . . . (in 2007, at
age 61)
When Ronald Wilson Reagan left office
and was succeeded by his VP (George H.W. Bush)
he was
79 years, 349 days old.
His next birthday (80th) was
Feb. 6, 1991.
______________________
note to those reading this blog
Donald John Trump
b. June 14, 1946
will be 79 years and 349 days old
on
MAY 28, 2026
________________________
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
turned 80 in 2022 when he was
21 months into his term as
President (Jan. 20, 2021).
________________________
Trump's last day in elected office
Jan. 20, 2029 -- he will have
set a record of being 82 years, 7 mos.
- - the oldest man to hold the Presidential
office . . .
former President of Chile
Michelle Bachelet
(according to MAGA
U.S. Lawmakers)
will likely be
vetoed by the U.S.
as a permanent member
of the U.N. Security
Council [ Rubio is
both Secy. of State for
Trump-Vance govt. and
Trump's National Security
Adviser, running the
National Security Council
inside the White House
West Wing ]
even though she is a
two-term president of
Chile and a former U.N.
Human Rights chief
[ Bachelet faces opposition
as a pro-abortion rights
supporter internationally ]
jpost.com online article
JERUSALEM POST April 27, 2026
10:42 Israel Time
will be the turn of
Latin and Central America
________________________
outgoing U.N. Secretary General
is Antonio Gutteres
(Europe)
who will succeed the retiring
United Nations Secretary-General?
Rafael Grossi (Argentina)
Michelle Bachelet (Chile)
Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica)
Macky Sall (Senegal)
________________________
Antonio Gutteres will leave his
U.N. Leadership position
next year on January 1.
In attendance at the
Richard M. Nixon FUNERAL
at his Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
were current and former officials who
had been president themselves:
incumbent William Jefferson Clinton,
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
April 27, 1994
HIS FRIEND, Billy Graham officiated at the outdoor funeral
_______________________________________________
Previously the death of a President was 21 years before when
LBJ died in 1973
____________________________________________
for the NIXON Funeral
important leaders from 85 nations were present at Yorba Linda
Fridays
March 6
following weeks except Good
Friday and Spring Break Friday
May 1,8, 15
This course (weekly sessions starting
at 1 p.m. in rooms 101 - 102)
concerns the legacy of fascism
and the conflict upon the German
people, specifically the families
and survivors of the NAZI (Nazional
Socialisten Partei) beginning with
the de-Nazification program initiated
by the 4 powers (U.S., Britain, France,
Soviet Russia). We will discuss the
Nuremberg Trials, military tribunals,
executions, imprisonments, as well as
the fates of German prisoners-of-war.
Also, the refugee population and
Holocaust resettlement, widows and
"rubble women" living in devastated
cities; the education of German-speaking
youth in post-war publications and media.
USA TODAY
("King Charles State Visit" (April 27 - 30)
is royal family's first since 2007)
April 14 coverage
Fernando Cervantes, Jr. REPORTER
before Joint session of
Congress is
monarch of United Kingdom
and the Commonwealth:
King Charles Windsor III
accompanying is the
Queen Camilla
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on MAY 16, 2026 (Saturday)
Half Price Books (HPB)
Mishawaka, IN
Noon until 3 p.m.
"PET ADOPTION DAY"
Store staff welcome the friends
from
Humane Society of St. Joseph County
(INDIANA)
who bring a variety of adoptable
pets to HPB in hopes of
helping the pets find their
forever home. Staff of HSSJC
will also share information on
how to adopt, foster, or volunteer
for local humane societies!
FREE Event !
UPDATE : Foreign Minister
Abbas Aragchi has left IRAN for Russia
to meet with Russia's leader PUTIN
now that talks with the U.S. have stalled in
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
CNN dot-com/ LIVE- Updates -- Sunday 4/26/26
9 p.m. Eastern US Time ZONE
June 19, 2025 -- axios.com reports that foreign ministers of
France
Germany
U.K.
will meeting with Iran's Abbas Aragchi
_______________________
Details axios.com/2025/04/19/us-iran-nuclear-talks-rome-witkoff.html
_________________________________________________
UPDATE -- U.S. has told Israel NOT to bomb
Iranian nuclear facilities; an air of uncertainty and backtracking
is emerging with the direct talks between Washington DC and
Tehran Iran -- more to emerge during this Easter 2025 weekend.
_________________________________________
Thursday April 16, 2025 update mentions Rome ITALY is city for
Iran - U.S. summit the weekend of Easter 2025
__________________________________________
David Sanger article for NY TIMES on confused side-stepping
by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Trump adviser
Steve Witkoff who is also handling Gaza-Hamas negotiations;
Fox News interview unveiled that Witkoff might settle for
verification and permission to continue to produce uranium
at low levels . . .
NYTimes / 2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-negotiations.html
[ the original Obama administration deal can be improved - in essence ]
_______________________________________________
Update -- next round Sat. 19 April could lead to actual face-to-face
where the Oman mediator brings together the U.S. Repr.
with the Iranian foreign ministry representative.
UPDATE: NBC News (Saturday 12th) -
In Iran's view the talks only concern the nuclear stockpile;
the mediator in the room is the Omani Foreign ministry.
Where: Sultanate of Oman
How Trump sees this momentous event: Direct negotiations.
How Iran participates: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will
meet with and converse with envoy Steve Witkoff - NOT
Trump nor with Vance nor with Rubio or State Dept.
WITKOFF -- is a go anywhere, meet with anyone kind of
Exec. Branch man of all credentials -- he has met with HAMAS
about hostages, with
PUTIN, NETANYAHU, Arab leaders (Qatar, Egypt)
WHEN: these were announced April 7,2025 --
Saturday is the
Jewish Sabbath after the Friday Muslim Day of Prayers;
Passover is approaching and Ramadan has concluded.
The HILL Platform / website
Michael McCaul on WHCA Dinner
Secret Service needs to
reconsider Joint appearances of
POTUS and VP after
WHCA Gala . . . also 3rd in line
was Speaker of House (Mike Johnson,
Louisiana) in attendance at D.C.
Hilton gala for 1st Amendment /
Freedom of Press
FOLLOW-up from this
seeking of
a pardon for Netanyahu
__________________________________________________
5:20 a.m. April 26, 2026
Israel's President HERZOG
will seek mediation to reach a
plea_ deal
and does NOT
plan to say YES or No
to Netanyahu's plea_ for a pardon in his long-running
corruption trial before Israel's court system
NYTimes.com/ (Online Article w/updates) REPORTER
Isabel Kershner
________________________________________________
politico.eu/article/more-than-cigars-and-champagned-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-israel/
During a congratulatory speech
(1 hour long), Trump turned to
President Isaac Herzog and asked
for a Pardon (trial still ongoing) for
crimes committed by Benjamin
Netanyahu -- currently Prime Minister.
30-paragraph coverage by POLITICO
reporter/journalist Jamie Dettmer
Oct. 14, 2025
FOLLOW-UP
A large outbreak in South Carolina was declared over
after sickening hundreds -- may leave "immune amnesia"
NYTimes.com/2026/04/26/well/South-Carolina-
measles-outbreak-ends.html
REPORTER : Teddy Rosenbluth
NPR dot-org
tells how the outbreak is
moved from SW corner of
the state to the cities of
Provo and Salt Lake City now.
2026-04-08/measles-outbreak-spreads-
in-utah-hitting-people-without-the-vaccine
Notre Dame FOOTBALL
won in a squeaker
41 - 40
The famed stage entertainer / "mentalist"
Oz Pearlman was to have been
the lead act / entertainer
for the
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTs'
DINNER 8 - 11 p.m.
April 25, 2026
at the Washington D.C. Hilton
FOLLOW-up
WASHINGTON POST online headling
"White House ousts independent
National Science Board members"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.
Sunday 4/19/26
THE HILL Platform
reports that Trump-Vance suspension of
1,400 grants has also contributed to
any new 2027 grants --
NSF has funded a quarter of basic
scientific research across the country
The dismantling of the agency which
is a counterpart to the
National Institutes of
Health -- will curtail American
scientific innovation ultimately.
It funded past projects that
advanced the internet, the
cell phone, mRNA vaccines. . .
The Athletic Department
wins!
this spring exhibition of the
likely Quarterbacks, Offense,
Defensive line-ups
is not for a 1-0 record but is
a fundraiser for the Knute Rockne
Foundation / charity.
event/nd.edu
Saturday April 25, 2026
Admission : required
those attending will go through
event security
7 p.m. Eastern
c-span.org/
White House
Press Corp
Dinner - Presentations -
awards including to the WSJ
(Wall Street Journal)
April 25, 2026
at the Washington (D.C.)
Hilton -- Correspondents
along with their plus One;
unlike Trump-Pence tradition,
for TRUMP-Vance first time
Donald John Trump has pre-announced
his attendance . . .
whca.press/
also people.com -- magazine coverage
Eighth week since Feb. 28 - 56 days
of War of Choice
unclear how to sign
a peace / cease-fire
with a theocratic
dictatorship
Since the Feb. 28, 2026 (Saturday
final day of February 2026)
sudden attack
on Iran, targets both
military & infrastructure /
suspected HQ where the nation's
leaders were in hiding / underground
in urban and rural
Iran
(no notification of allies nor
or Congressional Leaders)
56 days entire-
concluding
week of 2nd month
of WAR of CHOICE
USA TODAY dot-com
Saturday 8 a.m. Eastern
Pete Hegseth's ouster of
Army top chaplain leaves
enormous gap
STORY: BrieAnna Frank
HEGSETH IS PUTTING HIS
OWN STAMP ON RELIGION
AND ITS ROLE IN THE MILITARY
NPR .org "Trump expedites
via Executive Order
review of psychedelics for mental health disorders"
npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s15789859/
psychedelic-treatments - mental- health
POLITICO online platform
"Trump's nominee
Surgeon General Pick
means abortion - psychedelics
out of purview . . ."
see article AMANDA FRIEDMAN
& ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN
3 p.m. today 4/21/2026
Means' book Good Energy
extols Psilocybin . . .
PART II of ongoing revelations :
NBC News online article
"Judge questions legal
basis -trumps- lawsuit- 10 billion - rcna341984
The IRS will consider what damages and
settlement from release of Trump's Annual
Tax paperwork (years 2019 and 2020) --
see further REUTERS dot-com
[ platform wire service ]
any settlement would likely come from
taxpayer money
/legal/government/trump-irs-talks-settle-
us-presidents-10-billion-lawsuit
April 17, 2026
Festa di San Marco 2026
Across Italy
APRIL 25
marks the liberation from Fascism,
in Venice
it coincides with the Feast of
San Marco (English: Saint Mark)
PATRON SAINT of the Venetians.
According to a local tradition,
women are given a red rosebud
BOCOLO
as a gesture of love
and good fortune!
NBC NEWS has this scoop
April 24, 2026
4:49 a.m. Eastern
China on Friday announced that it will
send 2 giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta,
in an effort of "panda diplomacy."
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/china-send-giant-pandas-atlanta-rcna341832
Norway's foreign minister revealed in a
Politico - EUROPE interview that
Donald John Trump
opts during war engagement
with Iran to
quietly seek allies
to stabilize Gaza strip
(rural and Gaza City)
by cooperating with
the European Union and
the Palestinian Authority (!)
and to prepare for post-
conflict governance . . .
politico.eu/article/
TUES. April 21 -- week of
April 20 - 24, 2026
donald-trump-quietly-seeking-
allies-to-fix-gaza-says-norway
Tuesday April 21, 2026
Senior Expo - May 15 (Friday)
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
will give free tote bag
to first 800 attendees and
door prizes you can sign up for
Avid Health at Home
Berrien County Senior Centers
Berrien County Parkinson Support group
Caring Connection
CapTel Outreach
Comfort Keepers
Everdry Waterproofing
Fresh Perspective Home Care
Leaf Filter Gutter Protection
Legacy Counsel PLC
Mary Kay Cosmetics
PACE of Southwest Michigan
Professional Hearing Services
Starks Family Funeral services
St. Joseph Public Library (St. Joseph MI)
SW Michigan Hearing Service
THE ORCHARDS at Niles
THE Willows
Top Home Improvements
United Healthcare
West Woods (Bridgman, Niles)
Woodland Terrace
Third Friday of
next month
May 15, 2026
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern
Mendel Center, Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor
MI
sponsored by AREA Agency on Aging, Inc.
FREE
areaagencyonaging.org/senior-expo/
Thursday a.m.
4/23/2026
part of the
Blockade
in Trump's War of Choice
(ongoing since 2/28/2026)
WHITE HOUSE weddings
Bush daughters
Jenna
Barbara
opted to marry at Crawford, TX or
in a secret Kennebunkport ceremony
at the Bush Dynasty compound in 2018
Obama daughters (as yet unmarried)
were of elementary and H.S. age during
father's administration
POTUS 45 (Trump - Pence administration)
Two of the children of Mike and Karen Pence
married after his election as Vice President
and opted for private, out-of-public view
ceremonies -- Marine Pilot Michael Pence
married Sarah Whiteside during Dec. after
the Nov. 2016 election; their daughter Charlotte,
married Lt. Henry Bond in Dec. 2019 -- ahead of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the Trump offspring
Donald , Jr. was divorced by Vanessa Trump
March 2018 in a Manhattan, NY Court.
[ 5 children of their union ]
____________________________________________
White House wedding of staffer
Pete Souza married Patti Lease
in the Rose Garden
October 19, 2013
South Lawn of White House
wedding of POTUS & FLOTUS
grandaughter Biden couple,
Naomi married Peter Neal
Nov. 19, 2022.
_____________________
Between his terms as POTUS 45
and POTUS 47, Donald Trump
(and ex-wife Marla Maples) daughter
Tiffany married fiance' Michael
Boulos at Mar-A-Lago Golf Course
and Restaurant/Club on Nov. 12, 2022;
Trump's daughter with Czech-American
Ivana Trump = Ivanka
married Jared Kushner in 2009 at
Bedminster Golf Course in a lavish
wedding Bedminster, NJ.
_____________________
the rumors that Don, Jr. would marry
either Presidential advisor Kimberly
Guilfoyle in 2020 never materialized;
they broke off engagement in 2024 --
she has since worked as Ambassador
to Greece for the Trump-Vance administration.
His most recent fiancee' = Bettina Anderson
has been engaged since Dec. 2025 but
the couple (he is most eligible
"Washington Bachelor")
have not "set a date" but plan to
marry in a matter of months (?)
______________________
also most "eligible College-age"
Bachelor would be Barron, son of
POTUS & FLOTUS Donald John &
Melania (Knauss) - Slovenian-American
naturalized 3rd wife who does have
"Birthright" Citizenship having been
born in the U.S.A. not in his mother's
native nation of Slovenia, Europe.
FLOTUS
Dolley Madison's sister married a SCOTUS justice
March 29, 1812
(before the 1814 burning of D.C. by British troops)
Daughter of the Monroe's (Maria) married a
private Secy. of POTUS James Monroe
March 9, 1820
Son of John Quincy Adams and FLOTUS
(born in Gr. Britain) married her niece
Mary Catherine Hellen
Feb. 25, 1828
Grand-niece of deceased Rachel (Donelson)
Jackson = MaryAnne Eastin married
Lucius J. Polk
April 10, 1832
Daughter of a close friend of Pres. Andrew
Jackson = Mary Anne Lewis
married Alphone Pageot
Nov. 29, 1832
Daughter of the POTUS & FLOTUS
John Tyler couple = Elizabeth
married William Waller
Jan. 31, 1842
Daughter of POTUS & FLOTUS U.S.
Grant couple = Nellie
married Algernon Sartoris
May 21, 1874
Niece of POTUS Rutherford B. Hayes
= Emilie Platt married
General Russell Hastings
June 19, 1878
POTUS Grover Cleveland married
Frances Folsom in the Blue Room
[ only bachelor / widower Pres.
to marry in the White House ]
June 2, 1886
APRIL 24 (Friday 5 p.m.)
U.S. Attorney JEANNINE PIRRO
announced the
criminal investigation against Jerome Powell
has been dropped
BREAKING NEWS -- Trump 2.0
totally untethered and foaming at mouth
mentions to interviewers that he
considers Chairman of the Federal
Reserve on his "Yet - to - Fire" list this
spring (April 15 - May 2026)
details CNN.com/
LATEST Development -- March 13, 2026
A Federal judge today blocked an attempt
today by Trump loyalist Jeanine Pirro to issue subpoenas to the Federal
Reserve in her investigation of the chairman (J. Powell). "There
was evidence that Bondi's action was designed to
harass and pressure Jerome Powell
into yielding to Pres. Trump 2.0's wishes to lower interest rates or to resign
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NYTimes.com/2026/01/16/us/politics/powell-trump-investigation.html
"Powell, an unlikely foil,
an institutionalist who strives to
put the FEDERAL RESERVE
(central bank) before all else,
takes on Trump:
he tapped a groundswell of support
among Congress (esp. Senate
leadership)
that has been years in the making"
Friday Jan. 16, 2026 - NY TIMES
magazine (online version)
subscription required
Alice Lee Roosevelt,
daughter of POTUS T.R.
married Representative
(Ohio) Nicholas Longworth
in East Room
Feb. 17, 1906
Jessie Woodrow Wilson,
daughter of POTUS Woodrow
and FLOTUS Ellen Wilson
married Francis Bowes Sayre
Nov. 25, 1913
Eleanor Randolph Wilson,
daughter of POTUS & FLOTUS
Wilson couple married Secy. of
Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo
May 7, 1914
Alice Wilson, niece of Woodrow
Wilson married Rev. Isaac Stuart
McElroy, Jr. in Blue Room
Aug. 7, 1918 (during War years)
Harry Hopkins (advisor to FDR)
married Louisa Gill Macy
July 30, 1942
in second floor Oval Room
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gap of 25 years
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Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter
of POTUS & FLOTUS Johnson,
married Captain Charles Robb
in the East Room
Dec. 9, 1967
(during war years : Vietnam)
Tricia Nixon daughter of POTUS
& FLOTUS Nixon couple married
Edward Finch Cox in the Rose Garden
June 12, 1971
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gap of 23 years
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Anthony Rodham (brother of
FLOTUS Hillary Clinton) married
Nicole Boxer in the Rose Garden
May 28, 1994
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Turkey
United Kingdom
USA -- for Feb. 20, 2025 no Main
govt. official will attend (Secy. of
State Rubio declined early in 2/25)
also AFRICAN UNION
EUROPEAN UNION
Today's
Centennial Mass and Reception
LeMans Hall,
campus of Saint Mary's College
celebrant priest for the
100th anniversary dedication
APRIL 24th
at 2 p.m. is
Provincial Superior of the
Congregation of Holy Cross
Fr. Bill Lies, C.S.C.
for those unable to
attend there will be
a livestream
saintmarys.edu/
centennial-holy-spirit-chapel
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a reception follows the mass
on campus
Saint Mary's (Notre Dame, IN)
in Stapleton Lounge
South Bend Tribune coverage of
100th commemoration open to
the public - alumnae
3rd floor of LeMans Hall,
also being livestreamed
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Celebration of the 100 year-old
worship space -- a mass led by
Fr. Bill Lies
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nowadays called
Chapel of the Holy Spirit
24 April 2026
Sonnet #30
ascribed to William Shakespeare
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear Time's waste
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long since canceled woe,
And many th' expense of many a vanished sight;
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the whole I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end!
4 - 7 p.m. Eastern
rotirotiartcenter.org/events-1/
empty-bowls
Annual Hunger Relief project
that benefits REDBUD Area
Ministries
4th Thursday
April 23, 2026
Buchanan, Michigan
HIGH SCHOOL -- enter
from parking lot to gym / cafeteria
World Hunger fundraiser (31st Annual year)
Location: Buchanan (Michigan) High School
$5 soup and chili take-out meal
includes Mac 'n Cheese for kids
and vegetarian option: benefits
Redbud Area Ministries' food
pantry
Roti Roti Art Center dot-org
details : Pick out a clay pottery
bowl. All profits go to RAM
local pantry (usually $5000+).
Thursday April 23, 2026
4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Eastern
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50 days after this
annual Tradition is the
Post-School Year
"City-Wide Garage Sale"
3-day weekend :
June 12 - 14 [ 2026 ]
friday a.m. until Sunday p.m.
J Post has the scoop
TRUMP will attend at least part of Lebanon - Israel
PEACE summit at 1600 Pennsylvania today
THURS. 4/23/2026
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newarab.com/news/
trump-picks-golf-buddy-
michel-issa-
us-ambassador-
lebanon
[ online article from 2025 ]
Noon
April 22, 2026
Wed.
[ 54th day since
onset of "War of Choice" Feb. 28, 2026 ]
no cease-fire / end of war
negotiations taking place in
Islamabad, Pakistan once
Trump pulled back JD Vance,
son-in-law Jared Kushner,
best friend Steve Witkoff
Annual 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
tribute to
William Shakespeare's
Sonnets
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O'Shaughnessy Hall is the
venue for the annual
event that features
readings by Notre Dame
campus
notables as well as
Indiana / Hoosiers V.I.P.'s
[ Hagerty Cafe ]
more at
Shakespeare.nd.edu/shows/events/
2026/04/23/sonnetfest-2026/
FREE to public :
join with other fans of the Bard's
poetic standards
Three Chicago, IL-
based TV dramas - procedurals
will be renewed for the 2026-7
season:
Chicago Med
Chicago Fire
Chicago PD (Police procedural)
see
Variety dot-com
According to
EVENT CALENDAR
city of Niles, Michigan
Thursday June 5, 2026
starting with music 5 p.m.
also Friday June 6
also Saturday June 7
and running until Sunday
June 8, 2026
nilesmi.org/calendar
Notre Dame, IN
Campus
new policy concerning
e-bikes
as of July 1, 2026
No e-bike whether with
or without electrical
assistance
may be ridden on any
campus pathway, sidewalk,
or roadway, nor may they
enter any University building
for any reason.
THEY MUST remained parked
and locked around the campus
perimeter.
www.michigan.gov/egle/outreach/earth-day/celebrate
Happy 80th birthday to
Director John Waters
b. April 22, 1946
Baltimore, MD
[ he has been a guest on
Finding Your Roots, hosted
by Harvard prof. Henry
Louis Gates, Jr. ]
IMDb trivia : a well-known
bibliophile who owns 8,000+
books
Waters was given a Star on
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023
SITE:
I-94 (Royalton Twp., Michigan) -- Berrien
County was site
of fatal injuries and other hospital
treatment : 41-yr.-old died on
Transfer to Grand Rapids, MI hospital
Brian Luke of Coopersville, MI.
TIME: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday 4/21
in Eastbound Lanes of the Interstate
wndu.com/2026/04/22/man-dies-injuries-
multi-vehicle-crash-berrien-county/
see
Middle East / Israeli coverage
jpost.com/middle-east/article-893695
April 21, 2026
10:45 Jerusalem late morning time Zone
Prime Minister
U.K. majority
Labour Party
may be voted "no confidence"
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He may lose his job over
regret / admission of guilt
from appointing Mandelson
(Friend of Jeffrey Epstein)
as Ambassador to the U.S.
Breaking News
REUTERS.com/
world/us/
cherfilus-mccormick-resigns-us-congress-2026-04-21/
Cherfilus-McCormick
(D- Florida) will face an
expulsion vote that will
succeed if 80 Democrat
colleagues of the Ethics
investigated swindler
join in on an upcoming
vote on the entire House
floor -- axios.com
has details =
sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-
democrats-ethics-expel
04/21/2026
During FDR's
4 elected terms / administrations
Frances Perkins
Alex Acosta (senate-confirmed
in 2017)
left office in disgrace 2019
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Lori Chavez - DeRemer
close 2nd to worst in history
of Federal Cabinet officials
confirmed Jan. 2025 --
Scandals throughout 2026
(left office exactly 15 months
at her job )
Kentucky Derby Horse Race
weekend is
May 2, 2026 at Churchill
Downs, Louisville, KY
details at
gotolouisville.com/events-calendar/
annual-events/kentucky-derby-guide
Governing body for the
National Dog Sled Championship
is KNQK
Avannaata Qimussersua
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while U.S. Tax Dollars
previously gave $ to
pay for transportation
of dogs,
sleds,
racers --
in 2026 the KNQK has
explicitly opposed
the involvement of U.S.
political figures such
as Trump's "envoy"
Gov. Jeff Landry
[the private tour
operator who issued an
invitation on his own
behalf was rebuffed]
GREENLANDIC HERITAGE
WEEK
may include military
presence from
Pituffik Space Base;
but . . .
NO Political invitees
such as Usha Vance,
her interested child/children,
or VP JD Vance . . .
STORY on
Sinclair Broadcasting Network (Press Wire Service)
Louisiana Gov. says his wife's
foundation will pay for 8
funerals for mass shooting
victims (children ages 3 - 11)
in Shreveport, LA (one of
Baton Rouge suburbs) . . .
wsbt.com/
news/nation-world/
Maria Tedesco reporter
for SINCLAIR 's
"The National News Desk" --
quote mayor of Shreveport
had very difficult two days
(Sunday - Monday). . .
NYTimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/labor-secretary-steps-down.html
Reporter
Rebecca Davis O'Brien
Several dozen witnesses detailed her corruption
and abuse of spending limits and drinking on the job
Next member of Trump-Vance
Cabinet out -- fired for misconduct
drinking in the office/s
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Labor Secretary since Jan. 2025:
she made it exactly 15 months . . .
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
