website = trlibrary dot-com
Medora, ND is closest town in vicinity
of Badlands
TR (Teddy Roosevelt) Presidential Library
Cabinet Secy. / former Governor of N. Dakota
Doug Burgum
will officiate at ribbon-cutting
opening of new facility,
eco-friendly in that flat landscape
Summer 2026 . . .
UPDATE: July 1, 2026
Director Brennan will sue
Todd Blanche , acting Atty.Genl.
Dept. of Justice
_____________________
Probe Prosecutor removed --
Friday 4/17/2026
story broke at CNN
_______________________
see also
REUTERS.com
CBS news division
_______________________
Friday April 17, 2026
she raised concerns as a career
prosecutor about whether
the evidence justified moving
forward with a case against
a former CIA chief
Statistics for the Blog
faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
"Seeking Faith and Understanding"
Timothy J. Shaw, blogger
June 1 17,326
6/2 34,904
6/3 31,698
6/4 33,466
6/5 32,532
6/6 35,257
6/7 36,851 [ 3rd MOST VIEWS / VISITS ]
6/8 2,873
6/9 1,453
6/10 2,254
6/11 1,393
6/12 30,596
6/13 39,881 [ 2nd most views ]
6/14 31,472
6/15 31,462
6/16 31,703
6/17 31,167
6/18 31,279
6/19 31,575
6/20 32,696
6/21 31,637
6/22 31,495
6/23 48,254 [ most visits/views ]
6/24 15,147
6/25 89,244
6/26 15,821
6/27 4,184
6/28 5,491
6/29 4,462
6/30 1,054
Total through Tuesday 769,625
+++++++++++++++++++
Previous month
May 1 - 31, 2026 was
441,549 visits & views
[ biggest day in prev. month
for # visits/views was
May 15 when 31,047 counted]
TUESDAY
June 30
in the "Wimbledon DRAW"
opening matches begin June 29, 2026
Centre Court
(weather permitting)
NY TIMES (evening of Sunday 6/21/2026)
"GRAND SLAM" - highest level of Tennis
covering this international
SPORTS story and possible
development
nbcnews.com/sports/tennis/serena-venus-williams-
play-tennis-together-wimbledon-rcna350256
CBS News update
June 30 2026 !
Supreme Court decline Trump-Vance admin.
request to fire SHIRA PERLMUTTER -- they
stand in way to the intended "sweeping out"
of this federal official
UPDATE : Nov. 26, 2025
SCOTUS (Supreme Court) - Chief Justice
John Robert
stood in the way Wednesday, 11/27
from the planned firing of Copyright
official SHIRA PERLMUTTER.
see CNN.com/. . . politics / supreme-court-
library-of-congress.html
The head of the Copyright office
is suing the Executive Branch POTUS
Donald John Trump , arguing her
abrupt ouster from the position
violated the Constitution's separation
of powers POLITICO.com/2025
5/22/ousted-head-of-copyright-office
challenges-trump-administration-00377020
Shira Perlmutter
will be escorted out of her office when she reports
Monday morning May 12, 2025
and must turn in her keys and
passwords as well as Parking Pass.
Federal Office of Copyright Head administrator.
Fired immediately when notified this past
weekend or at 12:01 a.m. by H.R. - DOGE branch.
NJ Congressman
is scheduled to participate in a
fundraising reception Tuesday evening
in D.C. -- his Congressional district is
New Jersey (7th).
The elderly and ailing Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States is
NOT Retiring -- no,
not ahead of Oct. 2026 opening
term -- he will recruit clerks
and keep his offices as a
"Life Time Tenure" . . .
State of COLORADO
_______________
governor's race
on Dem. ticket long-term
U.S. Senator
Michael Bennet LOST
to Colorado Atty.
General Phil Weiser;
Third Cong. District race
between Jessica Kilin,
clinical
psychologist (voters must
write in her name on ballot)
and fellow Army veteran
Joe Reagan went to her.
1st District Congress
voters turned out 15-term
incumbent Diana DeGette
for political newcomer
(age 29) Melat Kiros.
gazette.com results
DENVER Gazette
July updates 7/1/ and later
7
___________
absent were
Neil Gorsuch
and Samuel Alito
Upon announcement of the SCOTUS
ruling on Birthright Citizenship,
Kevin Roberts,
President Heritage Foundation,
called for passage of a new
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
doing away with it for the 21st Century.
He called the voted outcome announced today --
a tremendous betrayal of the _republic
[ he and others like him mean the Constitutional
limits of who are "We The People" ]
The JOHN ROBERTS
court (Supreme Court
of the United States)
has lifted spending limits
on candidates
and political parties
__________________
many ramifications of this
momentous decision
6/30/2026 -- being announced
mid-morning
Yes, birthright Citizenship stands
despite the
Executive Order
Jan. 20, 2025 when Trump entered the
office of POTUS signing a record # of
Exec. Orders that day following the
swearing in at the Capitol Rotunda . . .
He had sat in the SCOTUS court
hearing room to hear the Solicitor
General argue for his side, then left
after 13 minutes of the ACLU case
being made in opposition when the
Justices (including 3 he had installed)
asked questions / raised objections
on both sides of the legal argumentation.
Following the Iran - U.S. war
Iran wins right to charge fees
collect payment along with OMAN
from Oil Transport vessels. . .
BREAKING news 6/30/2026
The 14th Amendment stood
against the Trump-Vance effort
to do away with Birthright Citizenship;
matter of grave constitutional
interpretation and application
of the original words/concepts
of the 14th Amendment
MAJOR MEDIA are awaiting word on when
opinion is to be handed down
Thursday 6/18/2026
See further SCOTUSblog dot-com
_______________________________________________
THIS is one of the major cases to be decided by June 30, 2026
before the Roberts Supreme Court
D.C. 9 justices will ask questions of the
Plaintiff and the Defendants who want to live in America
abcnews.go.com/supreme-court-hear-arguments-injunctions-trump-bid-end
UPDATE - - - - - - - - -
Overnight April 18 / 19
SCOTUS, with Alito and Thomas dissenting, has ruled that Trump-Vance
admin. / Dept. of DHS - Justice cannot round up suspects and transport them
to El Salvadoran prison without prior hearings and presentation of physical
evidence that has been put before an immigration judge.
Drunkenness at work
instances of abuse of power
used taxpayer dollars for personal
vacations, family visits, hotel,
expenses . . .
Keith Sonderling (b. 1982)
is an American attorney
[ deputy Secretary since 2025 ]
served in Wage and Hour division . . .
Iran and U.S. talks for
cease-fire and end of
Feb. 28 "War of Choice"
jpost.com (Tuesday 30 June)
in SWITZERLAND
will be indirect
as "frozen funds not yet
released"
C-Span 2 (live)
Historians
Jon Meachem and Danielle
Allen (she was former Archivist
of the United States)
as well as
Robert Costa of CBS News
(former host of Washington Week
in Review - PBS panel show)
ABC News is reporting the +1,700 number of confirmed dead
in the country's capital (CARACAS)
Anger being directed at the
Delcy Rodriguez government
(installed by Trump-Vance after
Maduro capture and out-of-country
charges) . . .
BBC .com / world_News
A prime example of a
family of three children
where the mother sought
"chain immigration" benefit
by having her children ahead
of her own naturalization effort.
They were "born on U.S. soil"
ahead of 2026 "Birthright
Citizenship" of their father --
POTUS Trump 2.0
whose own mother a Scotland
"economic immigrant" herself
had children in the U.S. presuming
that the father's U.S. Citizenship
extended to those offspring.
TRUMP's first wife, Ivana
is buried on his Mar-A-Lago
golf course, Palm Springs, FL.
at Guadalupe, MEXICO
9 p.m. Eastern on Monday 30 June 2026
on FOX - regular TV channel
Estadio BBVA
INSIDER NJ dot-com
"Tom Kean trades stocks,
Dems scramble for votes"
May 29, 2026 9:16 a.m.
Eastern Time Zone
____________________
Doctors ordered him to
stay home and undergo
treatment for depression;
he and family chose to
keep out of public view
and not request a "medical
leave" / or resign from
public office and work duties
During time of sweltering high temperatures,
during evening / overnight
in Paris, France, EUROPE world capital
the landmark tower was struck by a lightning bolt
Saturday June 27, 2026
apnews.com/ WORLD COVERAGE
Monday a.m.
Funeral of Record producer / talent scout /
Music Mogul
Clive Davis
present were:
Alicia Keys
Bruce Springsteen
Dionne Warwick
Barry Manilow
at Synagogue
officiated by Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl
MUSIC
by
Kenny G
Jennifer Hudson
who sang "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen song)
as well as W. Houston song "I Will Always Love You"
5 - 4 defeats the
anti-voting effort of the
Trump-Vance administration
in the
Mississippi Voting Law case
before the 9-member
Supreme Court of the land!
NY POST :
29 June 2026 headline =
NO DEAL:
U.S. Brokered Peace
Agreement with
ISRAEL &
LEBANON (govt.)
will not be implemented
after Hezbollah "rips up
humiliating deal"
details at
POLITICO.com platform
politico.eu/article/
israel-recognizes-armenian-
genocide-amid-tensions-
with-turkey
June 29, 2026
posted online 3:13 p.m.
Sunday 6/28
SCOTUS declined to take up
the appeal for the Legal Verdict,
making Trump having to pay
court costs and the $5.3 million.
BBC noon hour (US Eastern Time Zone):
U.S. says that it has agreed
to "stand down" after
exchange of Strikes (missile,
jet strafing, drones) with
antagonist IRAN . . .
Mental health
________________
he likely will handle the
press conference with a
5-minute "order of the day"
speech at the "well" of the House
before a microphone and video camera
REUTERS also confirms + 1400 deaths in Venezuela
Sunday June 28, 2026
Friday June 26
Death Toll climbed to 235
Hundreds remain missing or trapped under rubble
NYTimes.com/2026/06/26/
live/world/venezuela-earthquakes
State Dept. has managed to find $150 million
to aid groups already there in the S. American
nation of Venezuela : if any available, U.S Military
would "surge" available battleships, amphibious
transport ship, among other assets . . .
Wed. June 24, 2026
Two strong earthquakes have struck
west of
Caracas, Venezuela
damaging buildings --
early reports of fatalities
STORY : ABC News.go.com
Breaking news
in-house coverage
NBC NEWS dot-com
business/business-news/comcast-
spinoff-nbcuniversal-sky-split-
two-companies-rcna352188
Today's newest news (Monday 6/29/2026
posted 6:50 a.m. Eastern TIME ZONE
READ entire coverage of
outgoing GOP (not MAGA)
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (Louisiana)
a licensed medical doctor / 2-term
senator in D.C. discussion on
"Foundation of Lies" at
cbsnews.com/
news/bill-cassidy-rfk-jr-public-health-foundation-of-lies-
face-the-nation
2026/06/28/arts/kennedy-center-bill-maher
mark-twain.html
REPORTER assigned was
Julia Jacobs -- 4:48 a.m. update
on Sunday June 29th
_______________
Thursday 3/26/26
NY Post confirms that
the 70-yr.-old comedian
and talk show host
Bill Maher
will receive the Kennedy
Center's MARK TWAIN AWARD
(NetFlix to air the ceremony).
nypost.com/2026/03/26/us-news/
bill-maher-to-receive-mark-twain-prize-
from-kennedy-center-after-white-house-
denied-initial-report
___________________________
Update : March 28 from THE HILL
platform
Maher chides Trump over prize
he will receive from Kennedy Center
"Keep the game going, baby"
Full
STRAWBERRY MOON
will be June 29, 7:56 p.m. Eastern Time zone
for
2026
Regime Change (2026)
book sold beginning 6/23/2026
at bookstores nationwide
by
Maggie Haberman
&
Jonathan Swan
________________
Karoline Leavitt, Press
secretary, once caught
him trying "to adorn
the marble fireplace
with new golden
decorations / appliques"
with a tube of
SUPER_GLUE.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (May 1, 2026)
Mortal Kombat II May 8
The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 22, 2026)
in STAR WARS universe
Disclosure Day (June 12 - 2nd Friday)
written / produced/ directed
Steven Spielberg
__________________________
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31)
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (June 26
fourth Friday) - first weekend $38 million
__________________________
Toy Story 5 (June 19) - return of
major voice actors : Tom Hanks,
Tim Allen;
Minions & Monsters (July 1, Wed.)
The End of Oak Street -- mystery - thriller
from BAD ROBOT (J.J. Abrams) - - Aug. 14
________________________
Bio-pic of the late Michael
Jackson : Michael (May 2026)
would be considered a
Stand alone title :
global premiere July 17 (3rd Friday)
The Odyssey (Christopher Nolan director)
also
not part of a sequel or trilogy
The cousin of Kal-El ("Superman
from Planet Krypton") only managed
$38 million on her own . . . . . . .
Noah Kahan
has this year charted all
21 songs from
The Great Divide
on Billboard's Hot 100
billboard.com/music/
chart-beat/
noah-kahan-great-divide-
hot-100-1236238425/
How many music listeners
monthly does
Noah Kahan
have on SPOTIFY?
30 million
for his modern folk
and pop songs /
albums . . .
STATESIDE FESTIVAL
Noah Kahan
tour stop / concert
see
RollingStone.com/
Wimbledon Tournament
Lawn Tennis (Gentlemen's
and Ladies' brackets; also
doubles and mixed doubles)
begins June 29, 2026 for
U.S. Viewers -- pay-cable
for 18 courts on ESPN+
June 29-30 begins already
at 6 a.m. US Eastern TIME ZONE
C-Span will provide
coverage since the House
and Senate are on
JULY 4 vacation - - - -
c-span.org/event/united-nations/
un-security-council-meets-
to-discuss-middle-east/444518
Monday, June 29,
begins 10 a.m. Eastern TIME ZONE
Honored with a doctorate degree and
regaled the graduating class at
Siena Heights University (Adrian
Michigan) with a commencement
address --
details at BridgeMI dot-com
___________________________
the actor's sister is a member of
the Dominican Sisters; she also
received an honorary degree
May 13, 2026
Siena Heights University;
its final graduating class had
441 degree-earning seniors.
bridgemi.com/
talent-education/
money-woes-close-a-
small-michigan-college-
its-not-alone/
Siena Heights University
closed the doors of its physical buildings
June 2026 in
Adrian, Michigan;
its leadership was the
Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Van Buren County Library
system (Main branch is
"Webster District, 200 N.
Phelps Drive, Decatur, MI")
annual Friends of the
Library book sale: August 5 - 6,
2026. First day 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
269-423-4771 webmaster @
vbdl.org
Washington POST updates on Sunday June 28
that Trump 2.0 intends to plant 47 trees there
by an Anniversary of 250th Year since 1776
_______________________________________
Lafayette Square may be
closed
"Fenced In"
by TRUMP
see WashingtonTimes
Northern and Southern sides
of the well-known D.C. landmark
will have temporary fencing
changed to PERMANENT
fencing allowing the Secret
Service . . .if they deem it
necessary . . .
11:33 p.m. reporting in the western (Europe & N. American
media)
Iran fires missiles and drones
at Kuwait and Bahrain
[ source: ABC News dot-com ]
Sat. night 27 June 2026 -- almost
midyear and precisely 4 months
since "surprise" / War of Choice
begun by Donald J. Trump when
Central Command began to shell
Iran and to seek to kill Iran's
leadership and knock out its
military / navy / command & control
NBC News reports early 6/28/2026
that
"Trump-backed Julia Letlow wins
Louisiana GOP - MAGA primary runoff"
[ results had been inconclusive until
certified and all balloting finished ]
The incumbent Bill Cassidy, M.D.
chairman of the Senate Health
Committee is done with two 6-year
terms as a U.S. Senator
nytimes.com/ "Cassiday loses Senate Primary -
Louisiana - Trump .html
Great American State Fair
closes 2 hours early
due to inclement weather --
no Concert by 1990s rapper
Vanilla Ice.
He has called it a "once in
a lifetime opportunity" --
thehill.com/ vanilla-ice-freedom-
250-trump-rally-canceled-weather
July 19, 2026
Berrien County YOUTH FAIRGROUNDS
4 p.m.
a Family-Friendly
Circus Performance featuring
Acrobats & Clowns
Michele Boorstein -- reporter
shared in Washington POST
(weekend online article)
that a draft report
from "Religious Liberty Commission"
argues the separation concept
(Thomas Jefferson)
is a "legal error" and that
the D of J (current Atty. General
Todd Blanche, not Senate-confirmed)
issue guidance to promote
"originalism" . . .
June 27 -- publisher/owner
of the Washington Post (D.C.)
is Jeff Bezos, billionaire . . .
Pickle Fling
Big Wheel Races
Old-fashioned Pickle Games
Pickle decorating contest
Relish Eating contest
Food Vendors
Craft & artisan vendors
Community games & activities
[ Berrien Springs, Michigan ]
REUTERS dot-com online verdict
Iran
U.S.
trade attacks in
worst escalation since
Cease Fire / Peace Deal
in retaliation for Iran's strike
on a commercial vessel off the
coast of that nation in the
Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command said in
a 5 p.m. statement that it had
with 6 jet fighters
struck locations
in coastal city of Sirik
as a powerful
response to the Thursday attack
on that commercial vessel . . .
Trump-Hegseth
resume fighting - bombing
attacking;
war with Iran continues past
fourth month. . .
Article in WASHINGTON Times (online)
Vanilla Ice defends Freedom 250
gig -
weather wipes National Mall Show
stage name =
vanilla ice
whereas
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (a.k.a. Eminem /
Slim Shady)
was born Oct. 17, 1972 (in 2026 is 53 yrs. old)
Vanilla Ice (1990-2)
even made a film "Cool As Ice" (1991)
Marshall Mathers of Detroit, Michigan
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
6:26 p.m. update
Thurs. 6/25/2026
Reporters Peter Eavis,
Farnaz Fassihi, Jenny Gross,
Euan Ward
nytimes.com/2026/06/25/
world/middleeast/
iran-strait-of-hormuz-threat-rubio-bahrain.html
see [ subscription required ]
Reuters.com Platform Friday 6/26/26
UPDATE: AP NEWS SOURCE
Bolton will plead guilty in classified
information prosecution
DEAL MADE with Trump-Vance
Dept. of Justice, slamming him w/
$2.25 million fine . . .
[ Eric Tucker reporter for Associated
Press -- filed online story 6/4/2026
1:32 p.m. ]
Nov. 21 2025 -- Bolton's trial
may be delayed an entire 12 months due to
issues of classified items and chargeable offense
over what he send emails out concerning
washingtonpost.com/ (Publisher Jeff Bezos)
UPDATED: 11 a.m. Friday Oct. 17, 2025
NBC News at federal grand jury in Maryland
COULD FACE 10 years in prison
/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-surrender-
authorities-federal-indictment-rcna238146
update PBS.org/newshour
he was convicted today after
pleading guilty - sentencing Oct. 28
[ ahead of Midterm elections ]
Oct. 16 last year -- John Bolton indicted in
Federal court in Maryland -- Thurs.
on charges of mishandling classified
information . . .
see LIVE Update NYTimes.com/
________________________
Back on June 19, 2025 -- ahead of Trump 2.0
massive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites:
John Bolton, a Washington POLITICO
who served as national security adviser
during part of Trump-Pence administration,
was a big advocate for the War on Iraq,
and now remains a big supporter of bunker-
busting BOMBs for Fordo, the secretive
location where nuclear testing/storage/
enrichment/device development-research
has been ongoing in isolated regions
of Iran.
Mr. Bolton didn't know
whether Trump 2.0
will decide when he will issue
orders to Hegseth's Pentagon to drop that
"first-strike" weapon. But in his
experience (2017-Jan. 19, 2021),
Bolton describes Trump 1.0 as
frantic and agitated in national
security crises. [The Room Where
It Happened - his Trump insider
memoir ]
Washington Examiner
source of their story
DHS Secy. Mullin
/policy/immigration/4624965/
ice-backtracks-warehouses-
illegal-immigrant-detainees
The Hill reports on
the Federal RESERVE's
gauge showed prices rising
at the fastest rate in the past
3 years . . .
not his only bizarre past remark + + +
CNN.com
7 p.m. Thursday June 25, 2026
has drawn scrutiny for claims such
as election security "Conspiracy
Theories" . . . .
Dec. 12, 2009
when he was 83 years old
see YouTube
CBS broadcast
Mel Brooks
Melvin James Kaminsky
b. 1926
June 28
Brooklyn, NY
served in military for W.W. II
was a writer for TV series / variety
programming (including Get Smart )
parodies of different films genres
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
High Anxiety
Spaceballs
Mel Brooks was highly successful
for turning The Producers into
a Broadway musical;
he won an Oscar for original
script for 1967 film The Producers;
he won 3 Emmys in a row;
3 Tonys for The Producers;
3 Grammys; making him one of
only 18 EGOT's
beginning in 1950
U.S. Airmen and Air Force
trainees have fallen ill_ after a
flu outbreak at Lackland Air
Force base at Lackland, TX.
UPDATE: Military Leaders sought
influenza vaccination for trainees
on May 5 but the OK to vaccinate
them only arrived June 16 when the
flu manifested itself in a widespread
manner. . .
NBC News has the details
of the impact of contagious illness
among the military ranks due to
an only 40% of trainees opting to
take seriously their need for annual
immunization -- 160+ trainees are
thus far diagnosed and being treated
after Def. Secy. Hegseth ended April 21,
2026 the requirement to be immunized
with the present-day once-a-year
safe vaccine.
National Geographic
MUSEUM of EXPLORATION
to open June 26 (Friday), 2026
in D.C.
100,000 sq. feet of immersive
exhibitions
Coverage on C-Span
previously aired
June 26, 2026
Sail250 Maryland welcomed
an international fleet of
Tall Ships
celebrating America's 250 founding!
Kick-off celebration
led by host
Donald John Trump to open
his "National State Fair" /
Rally . . .
Wed. June 24, 2026
video posted at YouTube dot-com
Jean Klock Park
Beach
Benton Harbor, MI
proposal heard
at June 2026 meeting
of Benton Harbor
community/ government
review.
see further
HeraldPalladium.com
14 months ago (May 8, 2025)
Habemus Papa : there is a new Pope for
Roman Catholics worldwide and Eastern
Rite Catholics (Maronite, Melkite, Armenian Rite,
Byzantine Rite, many more)
Robert Cardinal Prevost,
Augustinian order
a missionary
a dual-citizen both in his land of outreach (PERU)
and his native U.S.A. where he had "birthright
Citizenship" from his two parents also of Chicago, Illinois
suburb = raised in Dolton -- his elementary schooling
there at St. Mary of the Assumption
NBC News is breaking this news
with his death today (TUESDAY)
JUNE 23, 2026 -- he was a record
executive once President of Columbia
Records and founder of Arista Records;
American manager & business negotiator /
talent scout!
Mourned with tributes pouring in from
Barry Manilow
Bruce Springsteen
Gladys Knight
Carlos Santana
Rod Stewart
Patti Smith
Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20)
Diane Warren (songwriter)'
Michael Buble'
Darlene Love
Shajarah Tayyebeh
elementary school
near Minab, Iran
______________
it was a Tomahawk
Missile
______________
Feb. 28, 2026
onset at 2:30 a.m.
when Trump announced
the commencement of
missile barrages, drone
offense, Fighter jet
strafing targets
nytimes.com/ early Monday a.m. March 9
"U.S. Tomahawk Missile hit Naval Base
beside Iranian School, Video shows"
Face-to-face at the closed-to-press
luncheon at CAPITOL HILL - Senate dining area
details
nytimes.com/2026/06/24/
us/politics/
trump-gop-senate-meeting-iran.html
June 29
the celebration is of ancient origin;
honoring the two apostles' faith,
ministry and sacrifice.
This feast always falls on the same
day for R. Catholic and Orthodox. . .
Lee Greenwood welcomed POTUS to the stage
for the opening of the National State Fair --
he gave a keynote, campaign-style 30-minute
address that stuck to the teleprompter version
of the "Fair-Opening" on the Capitol Mall location
Wed. June 24, 2026
a now-famous Tenor
Christopher Macchio will
headline and beside him
will be Lee Greenwood,
song composer of "God
Bless the U.S.A." --
host to be POTUS 47
Trump . . .
WashingtonPost.com
"The SINGER who stands
by Trump and who is on a
quest to get God to Bless
the U.S.A."
Geoff Edgers
on the singer/songwriter
who has aligned himself
unequivocally with
Donald John Trump . . .
almanac.com
Old Farmer's Almanac p. 135
The Sixth Month -- June has 30 days
also religious holiday
Nativity of St. John the Baptist
(R. Catholic & Eastern Rite)
Washington Post
reporter Dan Lamothe
Wed. 6/24 2 p.m. Eastern
Highly regarded inside
PENTAGON, Gen. Christopher
Donahue has been fired by Hegseth,
despite internal efforts in "War Dept."
to extend this key Army "warrior"
[subscription required]
nytimes.com/2026/06/24/
opinion/thomas-friedman-
iran-deal.html
Nancy Lecore of 1st Congressional
District (NC) -- supported by
House Majority PAC.
Nancy Lacore
see details:
nytimes.com/2026/
06/23/us/politics/
nancy-lacore-nancy-
mace-south-carolina-
house-democrats.html
young
Jack Schlossberg
son of Caroline (Kennedy)
Schlossberg and Edwin
Schlossberg; grandson of
JFK & former FLOTUS
Jacqueline (Bouvier)
Kennedy Onassis. . .
age 33,
lost in Tuesday primary
to Micah Lasher, who had
been endorsed by the retiring
incumbent, Jerrold Nadler.
Vote411.org/Michigan
[ sponsored and posted by
MLive Media Group &
League of Women Voters
of Michigan Education Fund ]
a feature film version
directed by Rachel Chavkin
and Brett Sullivan
imdb.com/title/tt36306021/?ref_=
ttrv_ov_bk
Trailer now out; movie in theaters
July 24, 2026.
[Georgia Recorder dot-com]
2026/06/17/
georgia-republican-lawmakers-
drop-plans-to-redistrict-
citing-pending-legal-cases
This event helps as a fundraiser
for charitable / medical treatment for
children who suffer after home / other
fires affecting their lives . . .
July 24, 9 a.m.
until July 26, 4 p.m.
Riverfront park, Niles, MI 49120
see FACEBOOK page for further details
NPR.org/ 2026/07/02
nx-s1-5871170
American - 250 -Congress
TIME dot-com
"Congress to hold special
session in Independence
Hall on Thursday JULY 2,
2026"
a ceremonial event, part of America250,
the bipartisan national commemoration of
the 250th anniversary of the signing / ratification
by 13 colonies' Representatives of
Declaration of Independence
time.com/article/
2026/06/11/
congress-event-philadelphia-
250th-anniversary
AT Radio City Music Hall,
New York City, NY
He will be celebrated for a long
career and heigtened impact on
Music and Guitar style / improvisation
Variety dot-com
/2026/music/news/
buddy-guy-90th-birthday-celebration-
eric-slapton-john-mayer . . .
Tickets go on sale this week,
June 26, 2026
10:00 a.m. Eastern
$160 million
(biggest weekend
total since 2026)
see
vickerstheatre.com/
homepage on available
seating in the Three Oaks,
MI venue
July
3
4
5
7
10
11
12
14
2026
Friday - Sunday have as
Box Office Totals =
$44,530,925
on its opening weekend.
Disclosure Day
directed by Steven Spielberg.
The feature film opened at
3,824 screens domestically.
VP Vance (former U.S. Senator
part of one six-year experience)
before that a Yalie, private
equity investor (made millions)
protege of Peter Thiel (nowadays
a doom-n-gloom Apocalyptic
Armageddon expectant lecturer)
on JUNE 18, 2026 with the World Press as his conveyor belt
Vance delivered a blunt warning
to Trump White House critics in
Israel and its war hawks
to rebut criticism of the MOU
(Memo of Understanding)
negotiated by Trump's
son-in-law Kushner and
BFF Witkoff . . .
18 June 2026 front page
NY TIMES
ALLAN GREENSPAN
b. 1926
died June 21, 2026
he had a 19-year turn as CHAIRMAN
of the FEDERAL RESERVE
One was Oscar-worthy for
Ring Lardner, Jr.
in the category of Best Screenplay - Adapted material
while the winner at the 15th Academy Awards (March 1943)
for the category of Original Screenplay was presented to
this pair of screenwriters :
Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin.
won by
Screenwriter
RING LARDNER, Jr.
[ will air on MOVIES! TV
network - local 57.2 ]
on Tuesday prime-time
8 - 10:30 p.m. (Eastern)
sponsored America250
(bipartisan and already planned
events to commemorate
250th ANNIVERSARY of
Signing of Decl. of Independence (1776))
QUEEN LATIFAH
rockers Smashing Pumpkins
Country star Chris Stapleton
tickets are
$17.76
benefitting a charity
GIVING 4th
Movie + Popcorn
Tuesday July 14, 2026
at Niles, Michigan
Senior Center follows
lunch of Veggie Fritatta;
Sausage Patty; Potatoes
O'Brien; Summer Melon.
1109 Bell Road, near 11th
street. Hot lunch begins
11:30 a.m. Sign up at
least 2 days before this
Movie - Lunch combination
/ telephone 269-683-9380
Niles, Michigan
City of NILES, MI (zip 49120)
official fireworks display
is
Saturday July 4
at dusk; if it is rained
out, July 5 -- Sunday night.
Smash new hit
song from
Toy Story 5
written and performed
in the animated hit film
by
Taylor Swift
Sunday June 21, 2026
Talks led by JD Vance
also Jared Kushner, Mike Witkoff
and mediated by Pakistan's P. Minisiter
Shehbaz Sharif
are concluded . . . no joint Press
Conference detailing any progress
CNBC 2026/06/20
JUDGE CHRISTOPHER COOPER
has forced the Board to keep it open;
The Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts will stay open
for now but unclear is whether
it will book much into the future . . .
source:
Washington POST (owner:
Billionaire Jeff Bezos)
June 14, 2026
Both
POTUS 46 (Joseph R. Biden)
and
POTUS 47 (Donald John Trump)
will have joined the rare
ranks of those serving as
then-in-office
PRESIDENT at the age of 80
(other man who did so was
Ronald W. Reagan);
STANDING ALONE :
Donald Trump was oldest to
be sworn in on Jan. 20th of a new
Presidential administration :
78 years, 220 days old since
his birth in Queens, NY City, NY
NBC NEWS
home page
U.S. and Iran reach
cease-fire deal
MOU
Memo Of Understanding
evening of 6/17/2026
details at AXIOS dot-com
"Breaking down Iran's Potential deal
BILLIONS of frozen funds"
a potential $300 billion
rebuilding investment if final
nuclear agreement is reached
_________________________
Trump already bored, disinterested
can't keep attention focused on any
particular items up for negotiation . . .
_________________________
sanctions relief and access to income
from safe passage through Strait
of Hormuz will help
THEOCRATIC AUTHORITARIAN
crushing punishment for Ayatollah's
ongoing repression of rebel people opposing regime . . .
D.C. Flights in / out
of National Airport must be
halted during the POTUS 47-planned
celebrations (July 3 - 4 - so forth) . . .
today
June 21, 2026
JAPAN 4 - Tunisia 0
in Monterrey, Mexico
More details ( ABC NEWS feature story)
"Sunday to mark the longest day of year
for half the planet"
marks the astronomical start of summer north of
the equator
June 21, 2026
4:24 a.m.
Sun at highest point in the sky for the longest day of the year
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice
POLITICO.com
"Pulte seeks major cuts in first
day as "acting" director of
"National Intelligence" coordination. . .
6/20/2026
update JUNE 9, 2026
9:44 p.m.
"TRUMP says Bill Pulte will take over as Intelligence
on June 19"
reporter NY TIMES
Chris Cameron, Wash. D.C. beat
TRUMP backs off this nomination like he backed of
MATT GAETZ as head of "Justice" agency
also claims he will get through Senate Confirmation the
deputy
Todd Blanche to be next Attorney
General of the U.S.
The U.S. Senate needs to have
hearings on the nominee's lack
of experience on Intelligence
agencies such as CIA, NSA,
and many more "insider" agencies. . .
TULSI GABBARD
who resigned due
to husband's illness
at least
had National Security "accreditation" as
a former Democratic congresswoman
(a Hindu member of Hawaii's delegation)
during 21st century; also as a
Presidential candidate over several
election-runs.
USA TODAY (online article)
usatoday.com/story/pets-animals/
wildlife/2026/06/19/national-bald-eagle
day is even more American than you realized
AP NEWS (coverage - online article)
apnews.com/article/trump-qatar-jet-air-force-ethics
. . .
Jonathan J. Cooper
1 May 2026 on Press Website
valuation of $400 million / this defied
Presidential / Counter-Intelligence "common sense"
2026/06/21/live/
world/
iran-us-trump-lebanon
______________________
Jerusalem POST
jpost.com/ Sat. June 20
report (online article);
Vance delays departure for
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland . . .
The BUCHANAN District Library will
celebrate a local Scouting anniversary
TROOP 541
(100th year) with a free screening (indoors
with A/C) on
July 18, 2026
6:30 p.m. -- free and
a celebratory ocassion!
it is the debut film for
Baby-Boomer action actor
Kurt Russell a Disney stalwart
child actor . . .
IMDb.com/title/tt0060420
imdb.com/
5:30 - 7 p.m.
2nd Wed. July is
JULY 8, 2026
location
905 N. Front Street
phone 269-683-1552
Algal bloom is making the REFLECTING POOL
green in color
Hydrogen Peroxide bottles now being dumped into
LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOLS --
to "fix problems with algae"
the Hill.com/homenews/administration
5926372-hydrogen-peroxide-reflecting-pool/
JUNE 16, 2026 - 1 p.m.
____________________________________________
Received $14.2 million to clean to
Secy. of Interior (Bureau of Parks)
Douglas Burgum
POTUS
Donald J. Trump
specifications --
BREAKING NEWS:
Algae and other
organic material
re-appear after job
completed by
ATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
to paint pool liners with
"American Flag Blue"
The
TRUMP-Vance / Masoud Pezeshkian
talks have been postponed due to
VP Vance holding off his flight from
D.C. to Switzerland; such slow-down
and acknowledgment that Israel continues
to bomb in reply to attacks on military
IDF outpost by Hezbollah (Lebanon
terrorist group / popular military forces)
will worsen such expected
delay in the initial
days/hours of the
bilateral talks between
IRAN
_________________
day of June 19, 2026
(Friday)
and U.S.
NBC NEWS details
on the teenager apprehended who
remains in custody regarding his
plot to disrupt and commit mass murder/injuries
at the POTUS 47 Birthday party UFC Mixed Martial
Arts event at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.
last Sunday . . .
"FBI Arrests 5 In Alleged Plot to attack
White House UFC event w/ explosive-laden
drones and guns"
"an apostrophe to Zion" pages 57-8 -- Geza Vermes transl. DSS, 2nd ed., Penguin, 1975
I remember you for blessing, O Zion;
with all my might have I loved you.
May your memory be blessed forever!
Great is your hope, O Zion:
that your peace and your longed-for
salvation will come.
Generation after generation will
dwell in you,
and generations of saints will
be your splendor:
Those who yearn for the day of your
salvation, that they may rejoice
in the greatness of your glory.
On (the) abundance of your glory
they are nourished, and in your
splendid squares will they toddle.
The merits of your prophets will you
remember, and in the deeds of your
pious ones will you glory.
Purge violence from your midst;
falsehood and evil will be cut off
from you. Your sons will rejoice
in your midst, and your precious ones
will be united with you.
Your sons will rejoice in your midst,
and your precious ones will be united
with you. How they have hoped for
your salvation; your pure ones
have mourned for you.
Hope for you does not perish,
O Zion,
nor is hope in you forgotten.
Who has ever perished (in) righteousness,
or who has ever survived in his inquity?
Man is tested according to his way;
every man is requited according to
his way; every man is requited
according to his deeds. All about
are your enemies cut off,
O Zion, and all your foes
have been scattered.
Praise from you is pleasing to God,
O Zion, ascending through all the world.
Many times do I remember you
for blessing; with all my heart
I bless you.
May you attain everlasting righteousness,
and blessing of the honorable
may you receive.
Accept a vision spoken of you,
and dreams of prophets sought for you.
Be exalted, and spread wide, O Zion,
praise the Most High, your savior;
let my soul be glad in your glory.
