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Friday, May 1, 2026

Scott Socha -- Trump-Vance nominee NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

 withdrawn -- 4/30/2026

"needs to spend more time

at home with family"

The HILL Platform / website

White House pulls Scott Socha

of DELAWARE NORTH, a 

hospitality executive from

nomination to be considered

(Senate committee hearing /

vote there and on floor of SENATE)

nomination since February was going

"nowhere"

SETBACK for Secy. of Interior

Doug Burgum, billionaire / former

gov. North Dakota

Aeschylus - - And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart. . .

from Blog discussing _"Blue Bloods"_ as a CBS drama series:

During the family dinner scene of this episode "Unbearable Loss," Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) reveals that he has been asked to speak at the funeral and shares the quote that he plans to use –- a quote from Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (lines 179-183):
“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.”
The main purpose of this reference, on the surface, is to convey through the evocative language of Aeschylus the intensity of the suffering and grief that accompanies a loss. Frank had intended to share this quote at the funeral of his eldest son Joe, who died in the line of duty, but couldn’t find the will to do so at the time. Now, by making use of this quote, Frank demonstrates his understanding and sympathy for the reverend’s loss through an expression of the pain and suffering he himself has gone through.
https://windswaves.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/the-awful-grace-of-god-blue-bloods-robert-kennedy-and-aeschylus-agamemnon/

POTUS 47 continue to lie about whether his father born in Germany [ meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ]

March 4, 2026 in an OVAL OFFICE 

national leader to national leader Press Conference

Trump 2.0 stammered and

stuttered when nearly mis-stating 

the country of origin for his father

details:

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

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

88978261007/?tbref=hp

Reporter Kinsey Crowley USA TODAY 

Trump threatens to Pull American Bases & TROOPS from Germany : this "TOP-DOWN" revenge-retribution shocks Pentagon planners - - - May 1 continued griping by thin-skinned POTUS

FURTHER

details -- POLITICO. com

4/30/2026


 David Sanger - lead writer /

coverage of past 5 U.S. Presidents

nytimes.com/ April 29 wed. evening

us/politics/trump-germany-us-troops.html

Germany is the

HUB

of the American presence in Europe

(35,000 troops based there)

see [ subscription required ]

coverage of the after-effects of

TRUMP - NETANYAHU freezing

out the allies from the 

Feb. 28 - ongoing war notification

that is now an ongoing "Forever War"

Friedrich Merz

 Germany's Chancellor

Comments -- EUROPE -- 27 April

2026

"Iran's Leadership is humiliating

the United States and getting officials

to travel to Pakistan and then to

leave without results"

J POST dot-com

Jerusalem Post reporter =

REUTERS news agency coverage

Secy. of Defense HEGSETH questioned and admonished on use of "Pharisees" as mocking, cruel hate-speech

 Senator Jacky Rosen (NV)

directly confronted Hegseth,

a Christian fundamentalist

white nationalist, with reminders

and admonishment on not using

"Wrong" and "Not Respectful"

denigrations for those who

he wants to mock or verbally abuse.

SENATE Armed Services Committee

where he was asking for $1 Trillion

supplement funds that need Legislative

action / enactment then Trump signature . . .

Welcome back to FEMA, those workers who were suspended when they reported Corruption (Noem - Lewandowski)

 NBC News.com

FEMA is welcoming back 15

whistleblowers

who had been

placed on leave

during Kristi Noem's tenure

[ before her 2026 firing ]

Freeze Watch (overnight post-midnight hours Sat. April 2, 2026) -- move plants indoors that might die

 National Weather Service

"Freeze Watch"

northern IN, SW Michigan

from 2 a.m. Eastern

until 9 a.m.

temperatures may fall below

30 degrees F.  AREA COVERAGE

uncertain as far as whether

a hard FROST that could kill

plants will be over entire area.

APRIL 2 (after 12:01 a.m.)

May 1, 2026 : Goshen Downtown "First Friday" to celebrate _ GREEN DAY _ : this afternoon

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)

May 2026 blog statistics (by 10 a.m. only 3,200)

 May 1 - 30, 2026

First Friday

5/1/             3,217

until 

Fifth Monday (5/31)

Total for entire month =

3,200+

________________________

Last month April 1 - 30

was 

246,825

17 artists, each displaying a distinctive style, will paint TODAY from 6 - 9 p.m. (Box Factory, St. Joseph, MI) -

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 ]

Frog Fest - Saturday May 9, 2026 : 6:30 p.m.

 N.D. Library Lawn - Reflecting Pool

Graduate Student organization

welcomes Public, kids, all

for interactive science activities

and free food, raffle, visit from

Potawatomi Zoo

events.nd.edu/

visitsouthbend.com/events/frog-fest-at-the-university-of-notre-dame

6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Trump waffles with vague "Probably" when asked when he will remove troops from Italy and Spain

 Trump

(4/30/2026)

asked when he will remove

troops from non-cooperative

allied nations : Italy + Spain

who are not mine-sweeping

during 60-day Iran - - 

Gulf of Hormuz operations

- - war / defense / offense

_____________________

see Military Times dot-com:

HUMEYRA PAMUK reporter

04/30/2026 4:44 p.m. online

Non-alcohol drinking POTUS does away with Whiskey Tariffs

 Famous non-alcohol

(beer, wine, spirits)

drinker DONALD J. TRUMP

did away with the

administration tariffs on

Scotland's WHISKEY

exports to U.S. markets -

buyers

______________________

after a successful "Special

Relationship" tour of

King Charles III and
Queen

Camilla of the U.K.

July 6, 2026

 New Summer semester

foreverlearninginstitute.org/

starting next month

(June) you can pre-register

and find out details/program

descriptions

Instructors in AI, Zoom, literature, history, meteorology, Zumba

 Apply to

Forever Learning, South Bend

those who are

passionate about teaching

and connecting with lifelong

learners :

574-282-1901

email to

george@foreverlearninginstitute.org

Summer Semester (June, July, August)

now being planned & up for

registration when complete slate

available

Trump's nomination of Casey Means, an unlicensed/ non-practicing Med. School Graduate for Surgeon General -- update 4/30/2026 -- next nominee a RADIOLOGIST

 Casey Means -- wellness influencer

( who did advocate for

psychedelics / psilocybin in her

published book )

sister of White House

senior domestic adviser

CALLEY MEANS

- - - has had her nomination

withdrawn

++++++++++++++++

instead from today forward

the nominee who must be

vetted is a radiologist at

Sloan Kettering Medical Ctr.

Farm Bill (as passed April 30 by HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES) strips out "Pesticide Language" from Senate version

 Details at

POLITICO.com

"House strikes Pesticide

language from FARM BILL"

4/30/2026

Vote was

224 - 200 in budget-neutral language

_____________________________

with changes, the two

Legislative groups must

reconcile different items,

and re-vote after May 11

Congress gives itself a break until Monday May 11

 both House and Senate will be

returning home to campaign both

in upcoming 

Primary races

& Nov. 2026

general elections

______________

war now in

60th day

USDA Figures off by 1.3 million more acres of CORN planted by U.S. Farmers / / NY Times article / summary of Farmer data

USDA Cabinet Secy.

signed reporting of

86.8 million acres

last growing year - - 

MIS-Count

________________

actual amount was

91.3 million

2026 is the 80th Anniversary (Jan. 4, 1946 until Oct. 4, 1946) - in Nuremberg, Germany - - ended after 4 nations' Prosecution

SOURCE UMKC Law School posting

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

Jan. 4, 1946

Colonel Telford Taylor begins, making

a case to convict for war crimes, charging

the German High Command.  Because of

this immediately impressive speech/

argumentation, Taylor will be appointed

Chief Prosecutor in the 1946 Nuremberg

Tribunal.

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

 At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS

Nov. 20, 1945 

21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:

Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley

Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)

Hans Frank

Wilhelm Frick

Hans Fritzsche

Rudolph Hess

Alfred Jodl

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Wilhelm Keitel

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach

Konstantin von Neurath

Franz von Papen

Erich Raeder

Alfred Rosenberg

Fritz Sauckel

Hjalmar Schacht

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Albert Speer

Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)

Julius Streicher

MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)

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

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