Lindsey Graham spent $18 million of funds raised to defeat opponents (including right-wing-Business man Mark Lynch) - Graham winner w/ 56.8% of South Carolina GOP Primary voters turnout

He won his Last Campaign / his sister is his successor

as appointed by Governor of S. Carolina /

August 2026 the voters in the GOP Primary will

need to select out of a crowded field who will

get the Party "go - ahead" for the Nov. 3, 2026

regular election

AUGUST 11, 2026 -- if no immediate majority

winner then Aug. 25 is the "run-off"

Darline Graham

Congressman Ralph Norman

Congresswoman Nancy Mace

Repr. Russell Fry

former Gov. Mark Sanford

Mark Lynch, millionaire businessman

Mark McBride

Clark Neilson

Sam Shepherd, Bioengineer

Duke Buckner

Seven weeks ago

June 11, 2026

_______________

South Carolina Primary voters

sent Trump-endorsed incumbent Senator

(GOP-MAGA) onward toward a

November re-election effort

DETAILS about his voter turnout

versus

Graham Platner's turnout in Maine primary

see [subscription required]

thenation.com/article/politics/

graham-platner-lindsey-graham-

primary results

REPORTER for the NATION:

John Nichols

Riverfest 2026 : Live Music / / free parking - - Last concerts Sunday Aug. 2 at Niles MICHIGAN, 49120 [ no carnival rides this 4-day fest ]

SUNDAY

downtown

NILES, MICHIGAN

(S. Berrien County, SW Michigan)

Sunday August 2, 2026

admission is FREE

(Sunday activities include

Community Worship led by Spero House)

Riverfront Amphitheater

Riverview Park

Niles, MI 49120

nilesriverfest.com/

Local bands:

Work in Progress

The Erly

Grateful Living

Jeff Whitaker

FRIDAY acts includes Erudite, Seventh Generation Roots, Tribe Reggae Show,

Shock Roxy

SATURDAY Aug. 1, 2026

2 p.m. Oscos

Aaron Conley

Hey Annie

St. Joe Jack

Fillmore's Ladder (Grateful Dead tribute band)

Sunday, August 2, 2026

11 a.m. Community Worship service at Amphitheater

Oblates of Blues

Ron Hamrick

The Santana Project (5 p.m.) -- closes out the free entertainment

Mural Mania 2026 - downtown (South Bend, IN)

National Public Radio dot-org

MURAL MANIA

again beautifying public-facing South Bend (IN) Walls

downtown 

JULY 28, 2026 main news web page

in its 5th year

This Summer (July 29 forward)

first day July 29 through Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026

Downtown South Bend, IN

will welcome 7 new wall-sized

murals ,

each transforming a blank wall

into a lasting piece of public art!

visitsouthbend.com/

events/mural-mania 

80th Birthday celebration of POTUS 42 -- mid-August 2026

 NY State and Little Rock, AR

will be host to a variety of events:

a few days ahead on

August 15, 2026 (Sat. mid-month)

clintonfoundation.org/

events/clinton-presidential-center/

president-bill-clintons-80th-birthday-

celebration

David Hearn pleads not guilty at D.C. Federal Trial -- GRAND JURY Irregularities -- update July 28, 2026 [ NBC News ]

"FORMER OLYMPIAN CHALLENGES

grand jury record that was irregular"

THE Hill platform -- July 28, 2026

1 p.m. Tues. 26 July Afternoon

__________________________

re: NPS (Dept. of Interior)

staff who accused him of

slashing 250 ft. of "American

Flag Blue" paint underwater

at LINCOLN Memorial

Reflecting pool

nbcnews.com/ Thurs. 7/9/2026

on July 21 FED. JUDGE told NPS Park Service / Dept. Interior: Reflecting pool repairs could undermine legal case against HEARN, olympian

[subscription required]

Washington POST (publisher-owner

Jeff Bezos Billionaire) -- today

July 21 online article/coverage

update: The HILL Platform

"Ex Olympian David Hearn denies

reflecting pool vandalism" 

BBC dot-com/ news

articles/c8d26051vv2o

(June 21, 2026 early a.m.)

the former

Olympic canoeist was

arrested by NPS (Dept.

of Interior) workers who

will testify he had hold

of some of the paint which

had given way from the

REFLECTION POOL bottom.

AP -- US. Dept. Justice drops suit against Olympian that National Park employees accused of tearing 250-foot gash in Reflecting Pool

 David Hearn, Olympian

had been accused by

Dept. of Interior security

when they saw him touching

the reflective pool surface

[ details elsewhere ]

20-page court filing -- AP NEWS

com/reflecting pool damage

olympian-hearn-trump

Senate blocks Dept. of Education (Cabinet Secy. Linda McMahon) off-loading of Special Education, K-12 programs, Post-Secondary Education, Indian Education

 POLITICO platform

coverage

politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/30/Congress/

Senate-Education-department-breakup-01017179

Great Lakes Asian Carp barrier project halted w/out explanation again (Trump funding fiat - capricious)

 Michigan Live!

July 31 9:03 a.m. Eastern

Reporter (online article)

Garrett Ellison

a stop-work order for the

$1.15 billion Brandon Road

Interbasin Project

on DesPlaines River

Kennedy Center tours discontinued -- Trump closes / stops volunteers offering free public tours of the D.C. Performing Arts Center

 NYTimes.com/2026/07/30/

us/politics/kennedy-center-tours.html

Egypt under attack from 2 unidentified drones: explosion at its port // Update July 31: Trump calls Camp David meeting of his Cabinet, Secy. of War

Friday July 31

President TRUMP spoke at

the 13th meeting of the 2025 Cabinet 

today about 

efforts to lower prices for Americans,

amidst war, stubborn inflation, and

opinion polls showing low approval 

and high disapproval of his actions

and inactions . . .

 DAY Of July 30, 2026

While Saudi Arabia has admitted

on Wed. July 29 that it joined the U.S.

air strikes against those attacking

it and its oil vessels --

allied nation Egypt

has breaking news that transports were under

attack from an unidentified drone

at Damietta -- one of its port cities.

5:45 a.m. July 30, 2026

reporters/correspondents

Leo Sands and Yan Zhuang

Eleven thousandth (11,000th) blog posting

 TODAY

July 31, 2026

faith seeking understanding

faithfor2008.blogspot.com

GOOGLE Blogger

Hope for rescue from earthquake damaged mall / buildings in southwestern JAPAN dwindles

 NBC News

July 30, 2026

Island of Kyushu

world/Asia/

Earthquake fatalities  / / 350+ injured

Earthquake (6.8 on scale) traps Japanese shoppers / / / search nearly at end: at least 34 dead, injuring 350+

NPR.org updated death total that included a foreigner to _ 18 _ 

NY Times 2026/07/28

live/world

japan-earthquake-kumamoto-tsunami

Tuesday afternoon

one person transported to a Tokyo

hospital has died___________

also affected are workers in a 

Paper Mill / shoppers in a Mall

July 2026 blog statistics (211,6668 visits / views of entire month)

 Visits & Views

"Seeking Faith & Understanding"

Google BLOG since 2007

FaithFor2008. blogspot .com

JULY 1 - 31, 2026

Wed. 1st of July:                 2,423

Thursday     9,415

Friday         15,191

Independence Day     21,182 [ 3rd most views ]

Sunday 7/5    17,938

July 6             17,145

July 7              17,252

July 8              16,336

July 9                2,886

July 10              1,311

July 11            23,583 [ 2nd most views month ]

July 12            23,964 [ most views/visits]

July 13                1,124

July 14                1,045

July 15                   910

July 16                   843

July 17                15,769

July 18                    3979

July 19                      3,119

July 20                      2,080

Tues. 7/21                 2,036

Wed.  7/22               1,134

Thurs. 7/23              1,101

Fri. 7/24                      981

Sat. 7/25                  1,108

7/26/26                     984

Mon. 27th                 833 [ least visits/views ]

Tuesday 28            1,070

29                             947

30                           1,133

31                               910

TOTAL for initial 31 days     211,668 entire count

____  _____  _______

most visits on July 11 - 12 +47,500 on those combined days

_____________

previous month (June 1 - 30, 2026)

769,625

largest day June 23rd when

# Visits/Views was 48,254

Tributes & Readings

at Lindsey Graham SC Funeral at First Baptist

Church COLUMBIA, SC

Chief Mourner

his baby sister Darline

who had been a State legislator

also on hand

Mark Sanford,

Congressman Russell Fry (7th in SC)

(who worked as an Intern for then-

Graham years ago)

_____________________________________

IN the distance at the funeral is the

August 11 special primary to replace

LINDSEY GRAHAM's name on the

Nov. 3 federal ballot as the 2027 - 

2032 term in the U.S. Senate must

be decided by voters in a special primary

and if necessary a run-off to follow that result.

NINE are currently filed as

those on a special ballot (closed

primary):

Darline Graham // Russell Fry (age 41) //

Mark Sanford (former Governor, now 66) //

Repr. Ralph Norman (age 73) //

these 5 will participate in a Monday Aug. 3

debate [ to be broadcast nationally ]

Other would-be U.S. Senators also filed

signature petitions for the race

now less than 2 weeks away.

4 others running in the unusual Primary in 12 days;

DUKE BUCKNER

GLENDA GAIL PARKER

SAMUEL SHEPHARD

MARK LYNCH (billionaire businessman)

Leaders in Taiwan, Brazil, Italy pledge support if called on to assist in JAPAN's Kumamoto Prefecture

 NHK coverage

www3.nhr.or.jp/nhkworld/

en/news/20260729_09/

mentions response - outreach by

Minister of the Interior

Liu Shyh-fang

Farhan Haq (U.N. Secretary-General

spokesperson)

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

POTUS 42 endorses with BB Video -- lawmaker Josh Turek of Iowa (member of Paralympic Basketball OLYMPIC team)

 Candidate for U.S. Senate

details of the

BASKETBALL-themed video

Josh Turek

nytimes.com/2026/07/29/

us/politics/

obama-endorses-turek-iowa-senate.html

The two played a game of

I-O-W-A  like the usual game of H-O-R-S-E

War - - - attributed cost : 3 American troops Tyler Feehan (age 25); Michael Swinton (age 30); Isabella Gonzales (19)

mid-July 2026

Three who died in Middle East last weekend 

The Feb. 28 - ongoing "War of Choice"

has resulted hundreds of injuries / deaths

to Americans and thousands of Iranians

including more than 125

students / staff at a detonation

of a Tomahawk missile at a

Minab elementary school.

"WHO Will ACCOUNT for 

ANOTHER FOREIGN POLICY

FAILURE?"

nytimes.com/2026/06/07/opinion/

iran-us-war-military-washington.html

Isabella Gonzales (teenage Private killed in Iran War) -- hometown struggles with her fatality in Drone/Missile attack

 "After a hometown soldier's

death, a Texas suburb

wrestles with Trump- Hegseth

IRAN war"

reporter for

Washington Post [ Feb. 24, 2026

online edition ]

subscription required

Reporter

Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Glen Hansard, Oscar winning Singer-Songwriter, front man for "The Frames" (Irish pop-rock)

 Glen Hansard has died

in Ireland from injuries sustained

in a single-vehicle accident

OBIT

nytimes.com/2026/07/29/arts/glen-hansared-dead.html

Jay Clayton -- next DNI -- Director of National Intelligence

 51 - 47 vote of the Senate:

absent was Mitch McConnell.

only Democrat voting in favor

was Junior Senator John

Fetterman (Pennsylvania).

Kevin Warsh, recent FEDERAL RESERVE chairman

 C-Span.org

today

July 29 to hold a news conference

2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

LIVE on the Washington POLITICs public

access channel / web platform / video re-play

Dr. Fauci, M.D. on the motivation of junior Senator from KY -- also an M.D. / opthamologist

 The only conclusion I can

reach is that the sole reason

he (R. Paul) is calling me before

this committee of the U.S. Senate

is to get me to say something,

anything, that could vindicate

his repeated public pledges that

I end up "behind bars."

Follow-up : Rand Paul - Junior Senator of KY ; other GOP Senators harangue FAUCI by quoting Diary entries (Private) that staff/aides have dug through online/archived Agency Data

now at 11 a.m. Senator Moody (Jr. Senator from Florida) . . . 

Hearing finished 11:30 ish

Wed. July 29, 2026

Senate Homeland Security

and Governmental Affairs

committee

[ the Hill PLATFORM - 

"Fauci to face Paul in

Senate next week"  . . . . .

likely to be carried on

C-Span dot-org

Pentagon (Dept. of War) is now changing the numbers of Troop Deaths, with varying explanations

NY TIMES

Helene Cooper, Lara Jakes, John Ismay

The number of Iran War

FATALITIES was lowered

on a PENTAGON Website,

with differing explanations:

instead of 18 total

it was lowered to 14

Pre-Season (the BIG 10 - - actually 18 schools/universities -- mostly PUBLIC State schools but not all)

 last year the 18 included colleges/universities included the

nation's #1 

FB Team

Indiana (Bloomington, IN)

the OHIO STATE Univ. (record was 12 - 2)

Oregon

USC (California)

Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Iowa

Washington (Seattle)

Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)

Minnesota

Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)

Northwestern (Evanston, IL)

UCLA (California)

Penn State (College Station)

Rutgers (New Brunswick, NJ)

Wisconsin

Maryland (College Park)

Michigan State (E. Lansing)

Purdue (W. Lafayette, IN)

______________________

Bill Connelly of ESPN expects these

of the 18 universities to rank something

like this in the TOP Row to the worst-

performing Football programs:

Ohio State

Oregon

Indiana

USC

Michigan

Penn State

Washington

Iowa

Illinois

Nebraska

Minnesota

UCLA

Northwestern

also in less expectations are:

Maryland, Rutgers, 

Wisconsin, Michigan State, Purdue

Lindsey Graham National Cathedral FUNERAL (Bibi & Mitzi Netanyahu as well as Cabinet, VP) - Trump conferred off-camera with UKRAINE's Zelinskyy 7/28

 Trump will meet with

PRESIDENT Zelinskyy

(democratically elected

President of a free nation)

who will be attending the

late Senator's funeral and

offering condolences to the

brand-new U.S. Senator from

SC (Lindsey's sister, Darline) . . .

Tuesday, July 28 -- stay

tuned for the C-Span.org

video coverage . . .

Full Moon -- at JULY

The Full Buck Moon will

appear

10:36 a.m. Eastern Time Zone

on

July 29, 2026

it will be below the horizon,

so plan to look to the southeast

following sunset that day (a

Wednesday at month's end)

and watch it rise into the sky

during evening/night.

Trump rebuts some of HEGSETH remarks / sworn Congressional committee testimony on China

After Secy of War PETE HEGSETH

hypothesized that

Putin and Xi (Russia & China autocrats/

dictators) were "enabling Iran to various degrees"

POTUS 47

in OVAL OFFICE said,

Well, I don't know that

they're enabling

I mean

I will tell you

that President Xi said

he will not partake. . .

And President Putin 

said the same thing . . .

Okefenokee Swamp (state of Georgia, USA)

 is now a 

WORLD UNESCO HERITAGE

SITE

details

Atlanta (GA) Journal-
Constitution

http://ajc.com

The first natural site in

the United States in 30

years to be added

to a "World Heritage" List.

Newest 60_Minutes TEAM member: called POTUS 47 "A kind of pagan or heathen figure" -- column on National Political "stars" -- Ross Douthat

Back at mid-year following first 6 months

of Trump-Vance administration

(July 19,2025 Saturday)

Ross Douthat : Julie K. Brown interview "What remains

to be revealed about Epstein's 2nd arrest in 2019 for sex

crimes, about what the govt. COULD release but hasn't,

and how the story is bigger than Epstein.

NYTimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html

______________________________________________

Ross Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /

Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History

NY TIMES columnist / acclaimed author

OPINION PAGE:

. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,

a kind of pagan or heathen figure,

much more than he is a Christian

figure.  Not withstanding the attempts

to claim him as a kind of King David

or Emperor Constantine.  .  . The

bargain for religious conservatives

with Trump is for protection and support.

A transactional bargain.  . .Particular

steps Trump-Vance administration has

taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in

which the foreign aid programs were

reshuffled and cut off was a failure of

Christian duty. . .

April 25 column / op-ed / 2025

Measles Outbreak worst since it was declared "eliminated in the United States"

US Measles cases hit 2,318 in Jan. 1 - July 28, 2026

thus far

surpassing the total of the entire Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025

ABC News.go.com/Health/US-Measles-cases-hit-2318-

2026-surpassing-years

____________________________

Measles cases reach 33-year-high

(worst in U.S. epic year of 1992). . .

HHS Secy. RFK, Jr. is dubious about vaccine

research -

Public Health downturn makes America

unhealthy as MMR vaccinations questioned

by advisory councils handpicked by RFK, Jr.

___________________________

Next outbreak of Measles cases

is North Dakota --

HHS Secretary continues to be

beyond "neutral" on vaccine studies;

at times he gives speeches mentioning

Vitamin A "treatment" instead of outright

endorsement of MMR Vaccine (two-shot series)

apnews.com/ today is May 7, 2025 :

107th day in Trump 2.0 - Vance administration

"Make America" Healthy?

July 28, 2026 - - L. Graham FUNERAL at U.S. Senate/Capitol & National Cathedral, D.C. live TV You Tube and C-Span

TUESDAY July 28, 2026 

Senator Lindsey Graham

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

website

cathedral.org/

calendar/cathedral-closed-18

You Tube Channel

Funeral delayed two weeks after Graham died on July 11 -- until July 28 & 29, 2026

THE HILL Platform

/homenews/senate

5980028-senator-graham-

funeral-services

D.C. 7/28

Charleston, SC 7/29

[ arrival ceremony

 at Rotunda ]

next

Tuesday 28th will include a 

Speech by POTUS

according to LAZAR BERMAN, journalist

3 p.m. Jerusalem time, STATE of ISRAEL

The coffin and body of deceased Senator

Lindsey Graham will

be held at mortuary /

funeral home, pending

the July 28 in D.C. services

still being arranged by

the U.S. Senate GOP / MAGA

leadership.  Prime Minister

Netanyahu has already told the

TIMES_OF_ISRAEL that his

expected meeting with POTUS 47

will be delayed until 4th week 

of the month. . .

timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-pushes-off-trip-to-late-July-as-Lindsey-Graham-funeral-delayed

1917 - 2020 list of National Historic Heroes who were accorded tribute of lying in State at Capitol ROTUNDA - Lindsey Graham not accorded this honor

 Admiral George Dewey (Navy) - in 1917

General John Pershing (Army) in 1948

Douglas MacArthur in 1964

Herbert Hoover in Oct. 1964

J. Edgar Hoover in May 3- 4, 1972

Ronald Reagan (POTUS 40) in June 9 - 11, 2004

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Sept. 25, 2020

McCain -- in tribute-biography by Mark Salter -- last mention of Lindsey Graham (one of "Three Amigos") is on page 538 of _THE LUCKIEST MAN_

Last months of Senator John McCain's life

Jan. 1 - August 25, 2018

his national funeral service was held on

Sept. 1, 2018 at the Washington National

Cathedral (Episcopalian denomination)

followed by a private burial service and

internment at the U.S. Naval Academy

Cemetery in Annapolis, MD on

Sept. 2, 2018

___________________________

"THE LUCKIEST MAN" tribute

biography by his co-writer of several

books -- MARK SALTER --

on 538th page of 595 this mention of

Lindsey Graham (SC):

John McCain announced

he would oppose another

Republican attempt to

repeal "Obamacare", this

effort proposed by his

friend Lindsey Graham . . .

Who are the leaders of the U.S. Senate? July - August 2026

 John Thune (majority)

Charles Schumer (minority)

other elected Senators from

various states

Lindsey Graham a significant ally and political heavyweight for UKRAINE & ISRAEL : both Netanyahu & Zelenskyy to attend today's public memorial-funeral

 Benjamin Netanyahu

(Prime Minister : Knesset

leader) will travel to the U.S.

for meeting/s with Trump-Vance

as well as attend in the National

Cathedral / the public funeral

arrangement - memorial;

Volodymr Zelenskyy

also will be welcomed at

the National Cathedral service

and may pay his respects at

the U.S. Capitol alongside

political figures (Senators,

Congresspersons, officials)

(he served as elected President 

of that democracy in E. Europe)

who has also recently met with

the new Prime Minister of the U.K.

will confer and update POTUS 47

on the war he is winning against

non-democratically in power

President Vladimir Putin of Russia . . .

Johnson & Johnson

 Health products corporation

Johnson & Johnson

to make deal /

sweeping settlement

for court verdicts -

on talc product liability

that could end decade

of litigation

details =

reuters.com/ [subscription required]

Funeral for former JAG Colonel / Senior U.S. Senator expected on Tuesday July 28

National Cathedral

D.C.

LINDSEY GRAHAM

(military lawyer and lawmaker,

proudly was termed one of

Three "Amigos" in U.S. Senate

_______________________

he will be buried in SC and

his funeral is being arranged

July 28 2026 in D.C. by

the "new" U.S. Senator,

his sister, Darline. . .

Which of the Three Amigos was gone first? second? third?

 John McCain (d. Aug. 25, 2018)

Joseph I. Lieberman (d. March 27, 2024)

Lindsey Graham (d. July 11, 2026)

Message from the Dean of the National Cathedral (D.C.) - service is by invitation only

 The Cathedral is proud

to serve as a sacred space

where people gather

during times of both

celebration and sorrow.

We believe God is present

with us in all of life's

moments; our prayers are

with Senator Lindsey Graham's

family at this difficult time

____________________

Very Rev. Randolph Marshall

Hollerith will officiate the

service for Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senior Senator (S. Carolina)

2-4 p.m. Eastern Tuesday 7/28/2026

cathedral.org

its You Tube channel and C-Span

will carry a Televised live version

that day

What kind of person (Emily Wilson, Prof. of Classics, U. Penn) - - starts out The Odyssey by describing ODYSSEUS

 The Odyssey by Homer

opening lines (Book 1)

Tell me about a complicated man.

Muse, tell me how he wandered and was

lost when he had wrecked the holy town 

of Troy, and where he went,

and who he met,

the pain he suffered on the sea,

and how he worked to save his life

and bring his men back home.

He failed, and for their own mistakes,

they died.  They ate the Sun God's cattle,

and the _god kept them from home.

Now goddess, Child of Zeus,

tell the old story for our modern times.

Find the beginning!

Three Months Ago Ben Sasse, NEBRASKA senator (resigned, left office to become Univ. FL President) : Terminal cancer (Pancreatic) patient -- told 60_MINUTES "Neither political party is properly focusing on the challenges America will face in upcoming decades"

 CBS 60 Minutes

cbsnews.com/news/ben-sasse-

cancer-legacy-60-minutes

aired Sunday night 4/26/2026

following afternoon Sports

Broadcasts in PRIME TIME

exposure (CBS News)

NEITHER POLITICAL PARTY IS

PROPERLY FOCUSING ON THE

CHALLENGES AMERICA WILL

FACE IN THE UPCOMING DECADES!

Eulogy - - he died doing what he was best at

What is a "eulogy" -- eu - logos [ good word ]

a speech presentation or

a written remembrance/praise

to someone recently dead

(typically among a group

of mourners, publicly

or in a private / semi-private

setting); it communicates

the impact the deceased had

upon the giver of the comments

and those the eulogist seeks

to "stand alongside" the mourners.

MAGA Rally Crowd numbered more than 1,000 adults - Trump and administration had been dis-invited to Gordie Howe Celebration same day, different start-time

 M Live.com

2026/07/trump-says-stable-economy-is

en-route-during-speech-at-michigan-automaker.html

OAKLAND County, Mich.

Early on in the speech he addressed young MAGA

supporters

"I've done more for you

than your parents"

TRUMP by the way

did not mention the

opened-today

GORDIE HOWE bridge

an infrastructure many years

in the building by the Canadian

govt. -- profits for the bridge

traffic to be split between

Canada/Ontario and Michigan . . .

How many missiles are left in the Middle East Command (U.S. military branches)?

 WSJ (Wall Street Journal)

"Washington's Sensitive Secret:

how many missiles are left?"

wsj.com/politics/elections/

[subscription required]

by Damian Paletta

6:59 a.m. Mon. 7/27

July 27 hour-long Rally Speech to MAGA at General Motors site: Michigan [ reporting from M Live! ]

"Trump in Michigan for Speech lasts roughly an hour"

freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/27/trump-michigan-

speech-rally-updates-live/910398474007/

Michigan Live! coverage of the announcement

Monday July 27, 2026

2:50 p.m. Eastern TIME ZONE

TRUMP (POTUS 47)

to speak at General Motors

facility during Michigan

visit (Milford a vast vehicle

testing facility); the Michigan

Republican - MAGA party

encouraged its Michigander

supporters to register at 3 p.m.

event with early arrival at

11 a.m. -- likely his endorsed

candidates will appear on 

stage at the rally alongside

him while early primary voting

is ongoing.

July 28th -- 5 month-anniversary of "War of Choice" -- Feb. 28 bombardment of Iran's Nuclear sites, military/naval forces visible, Headquarter of Ayatollah Khamenei

150 days since the night of BOMBARDMENT

DRONE ATTACKS,

Artillery shooting from Battleships, Jet fighter

runs (including an Elem. School where 125 killed

very early) in this time of Belligerent MIDDLE

EAST Command of Pentagon / Dept. of War -

Armed Services . . .

Guthrie family reaches to those on Social Media

 SPECIFICALLY

Instagram

with an appeal / plea

video [ July 27, 2026 ]

- - - now approaching the

sixth-month anniversary since

the disappearance and 

presumed kidnapping from

Tucson, AZ Residence. . .

Savannah Guthrie pleads with kidnappers of her aged mother -- It's never to late to do the RIGHT THING

 Today is almost the 6-month anniversary

since her mother

NANCY GUTHRIE, retiree of Tucson, AZ

was taken late at night time from her residence

January 31, 2026

_____________________________________

Pima County (Arizona) Sheriff nor

FBI (Kash Patel, Director)

have enough leads to

"Break the Case" and see that the Octagenarian

is returned to her loving family

___________________________________

DNA and hair samples found in the home

are still under intense analysis and investigation . . .

Traffic now flowing on GORDIE HOWE International Bridge

 Monday evening

July 27, 2026

between Michigan and Canada (Ontario)

specifically

DETROIT, MI

to 

Windsor, Ontario

Gordie Howe Bridge -- will open Monday July 27, regardless

 Trump Questions Gordie

Howe Bridge Deal

Canada says Agreement Stands

Michigan LIVE! web platform

Saturday July 25, 2026

_______________________

important for

WINDSOR, Ontario Mayor

Drew Dilkens

and Ontario Premier 

Doug Ford

also

Canada's infrastructure

minister 

Gregor Robertson

Opening of "Gordie Howe" Bridge now open July 27 : Cancelled event by P.M. Carney after Trump hitting Canada with 50% Tariffs

NY Times (reporters Ian Austen, Tyler Pager from

Ottawa assignment) -- July 10-11, 2026 

THIS Opening has been cancelled

by the Canadian Government

Monday, July 27, 2026

will mark a historic opening

INFRASTRUCTURE day --

credit to Prime Minister Mark Carney

who saw the 13-year project

reach completion only thrown

off the rails in Feb. 2026 by Trump

"After being delayed by Trump,

a U.S. - Canada bridge is set to open"

Hitchcock Mystery-Thriller titles (Tuesday Marathon August 4, 2026)

 on MOVIES! TV Network

8:50 a.m. til

10 p.m. Eastern TIME

The Wrong Man (1956)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Lifeboat (1944)

To Catch a Thief (1955 - color)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

I Confess (1953)

all directed by Alfred Hitchcock

from late 1930 to 1956 (last

of these 6)

Sea shells read 86 - 47? -- update [ 7/27/26 ] - Comey seeks dismissal of charges

 N.Carolina Fed. Court Filing brought against

JAMES COMEY -- to be challenged to have

it thrown out NYTimes.com/2026/07/27/

us/politics/comey-seeks-dismissal-of-charges

____________________________________

Did Comey willfully and blatantly threaten

Physical violence to 

the 47th President ?

Prosecutors from his Dept. 

Of Justice (Todd Blanche,

temporary Atty.Genl.) will have

to prove it is more than just

sea shells at the sea shore  . . .

TRIAL in U.S. District Court

Judge Louise Flanagan

Arraignment delayed until 

Sept. 30 (4 months from now)

Prayers for Carly Simon, famed singer-songwriter

 NYTimes.com/

her diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease

2026/07/27/arts/music/carly-simon-parkinsons.html

Haley Stevens & Abu el-Sayed : Debate (Live Fox 2 Detroit, MI)

 the two candidates

a Congresswoman

and 

a Michigan Physician

will debate ahead of the

Aug. 4, 2026

Democratic Primary

_________________

c-span dot-org will carry

Coverage as well as

Channel 2, Detroit, MI

8:30 - 11 p.m.

July 27, 2026

Does the Past belong to each one of us? Lessons from Archaeological success (April 2016 lecture) -- 10 years, 3 months ago - Palestine City of Jericho

Talk: “Building up the Round Tower: Near Eastern Archaeology between peace and war, What it means that the Past belongs to each of us as Human Beings, and the case of Jericho” by Lorenzo Nigro

Sunday, April 17, 2016Part of the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Series
Eighteen years (1997–2015) of archaeological activities in Palestine at Jericho, a site which epitomizes humankind’s conquests and defeats over ten millennia, also provides a valid example of cooperation in the field of archaeology. Nigro suggests it as a model of how to build up peace in a very complicated international scenario: What is the Past and to whom does it belong? Can archaeology help promote the respect due to objects of scientific investigations and relics of the human past? Do archaeological discoveries strengthen appreciation of the material heritage of humankind, and how? What is the relationship between ancient peoples and us? Our experience in Palestine may suggest how to re-start a global conceptualization of cultural heritage and—especially—the field of archaeology in the light of respect for a shared memory of diverse pasts. As part of this lecture, an overall summary of the finds in ancient Jericho and their historical interpretation will be offered to the audience.
Visit http://www.archaeological.org/societies/centralillinoisurbana (external link) for more information.
Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL (Univ. of IL Campus)
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission

Archaeology Open House (Aug. 1 - 2, 2026)

 City of NILES,

Michigan

in coordination with WMU (Western Mich. Univ.

Kalamazoo, MI)

Open House

at Fort St. Joseph

(Revy. War and Colonial

History location)

Niles, MI 49120

uncoverniles.com

Use of 3-D scanning brings archaeological relics / evidence to ARCHAEOLOGY Camp - August 1 - 2, 2026

 Niles, MI

[ cooperation with

WMU, Kalamazoo, MI ]

History and Anthropology

aspects

wmich.edu/fortstjoseph

___________________

Excavation units, features,

artifacts

+300,000 thus far recovered

Celebrating 175 years through the decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s)

 CASS COUNTY FAIR (Michigan)

Pre-Fair activities Fri. July 31 & Aug.1

Sunday, Aug. 2

Youth Livestock

Grandstand Fair Opening Ceremonies

CASSOPOLIS Fairgrounds

gates open on Fair Days Aug. 3 - 8

at 8 a.m.

Exhibits and Concessions open

11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

my Cass county Fair dot-com

Justice Dept. withdrew subpoenas to specific NY Times reporters who revealed Qatari Luxury jet having faults/deficiencies

AP WIRE STORY

covered in detail at POLITICO platform

UPDATE: 7/24/2026

The government's action comes after

a federal judge raised questions about

the subpoenas,

which the TIMES said

were designed to intimidate the media

[NYTimes.com/  

BREAKING NEWS:

Washington POST - 6 p.m.

July 23, 2026 -- (publisher

/owner Jeff Bezos, billionaire)

WNBA (Women's Professional) All-Star Teams shine in Chicago -- July 25

129 - 122

the game set an attendance 

record.

Senior Senator (SC) - Lindsey Graham who died Sunday 7/12 : found at home (age 71) -- what he "stood for"?

 NBC News (early a.m. hours of July 21, 2026)

before resumption of Senate Floor business

to act on Major actions such as Keeping

the government active, by bipartisan

agreement between his GOP- MAGA

political party and the opposition

Democratic party / and Independent

U.S. Senators . . .

L. Graham never married and was for a time

a member of a more McCain "wing" of

the GOP; his loyalty to Donald John

Trump kept him in solid standing with

MAGA - Washington, D.C.

Hadestown: The Movie based on the Tony-winning MUSICAL - in Cinemark MISHAWAKA, IN ($2.5 million on July 25 - 26)

www.cinemark.com/

Review - July 23, 2026

in NY TIMES

Chris Azzopardi -- posted online MOVIE Version

review

NYTimes.com/2026/07/23/movies/

Hadestown-the-musical-review.html 

filmed in London's West End

2025

with the original cast from BROADWAY

[ length 2hrs 12 min. ]

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.

Iran War realities

 "Trump holds off on Major

Escalation bombing infrastructure

due advisers' recognition of 

diminished supply of Drones /

Missiles / Ammunition /

Air defense supplies such as

PATRIOT missile defense"

those advisers include

Vance

&

Caine

nytimes.com/2026/07/25/

us/politics/trump-iran-military.html

STORY Compiled from

military / political advisers

who attended FRIDAY July 24

meeting ahead of

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS

DINNER

reporters Eric Schmitt & Jonathan Swan

Hopelessly dependent in an addictive and obsessive way

 Chocoholic

Golfaholic

Shopaholic

Sugarholic

Workaholic

High Profile POLITICAL FIGURES (across spectrum) who overcame disabling conditions and achieved success and re-election

 Greg Abbott (paraplegic

after accident in 1984)

Max Cleland (triple

amputee, Vietnam veteran - 

lost limbs from grenade attack)

Dan Crenshaw (Afghanistan War veteran

who lost an eye due to IED attack)

Daniel Inouye (Japanese-American

who lost an arm in W.W. II combat

fighting alongside our allies due

to grenade shrapnel)

John McCain (Vietnam P.O.W.

for many years, despite being an

admiral's son, lost use of arm due

to mistreatment by his captors

and little medical / First Aid)

Josh Turek - participates in Rural Bike MARATHON

IN IOWA,

a Democrat U.S. Senate

candidate's uphill battle

comes with wheels

_____________________

the maverick rural-state

unlikely candidate participates

in RAGBRAI (annual rural

bicycle - wheelchair pedaling

marathon between far-apart

towns - regions)

TUREK is a paralympic 

Gold medalist . . .

nytimes.com/2026/07/26/

us/politics/

turek-iowa-senate-democrat.html

Detroit Tigers MLB Team marks 125th anniversary of founding: July 23 - 26, 2026

DETROIT FREE PRESS

entertainment/dining/

2026/07/23/

detroit-tigers-125th-anniversary-

menu-hits-comerica-park-for

four-days

_________________________

founded 1901 as the oldest

continuous team franchise

to continue with the same

NAME

and 

CITY in the American League

TRUMP mail-in Vote Presidential "Order"/ban cannot be implemented says U.S. Appeals Court Judge (Sat. 7/25/2026)

 REUTERS dot-com

/world/us-appeals-court-

trump-cannot-implement-

mail-in-voting-order-2026-07-25/

Boston, Mass.

The 1st Circuit COURT of

APPEALS made this ruling

Sat. 7/25/2026

Is it ethical to bomb another nation's railway system? During antagonistic face-off that never was "declared a war"?

 A matter to consider;

not a "hypothetical". . .

Did the

U.N. Security Council

hear arguments for and against such bombing

of

railway bridges? . . .

- - - our U.N. Ambassador

MIKE WALTZ was until

Signal-Gate the "National

Security Adviser" to the

POTUS 47 cabinet . . .

Military Families oppose the official lowering (from 18 to 14) of American Soldiers / Troops who died in Middle East conflict (war of Choice)

 NY Times (afternoon July 25)

nytimes.com/2026/07/25/us/

pentagon-iran-war-us-troops.html

1974 Hammer Studios (England): title of Vampire Hunter's saga

 Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

in the

SVENGOOLIE line-up

August 1, 2026 (Saturday 8 p.m.)

Eastern Time Zone

Next month's first of 5 feature

length Movies and hilarious

introductions / joke-y commentary

and comedy bits.

ME TV (in S. Bend, IN)

Channel 57.2

UPDATE: July 2026 - WEST Point Faculty dissent: All service academies outside advisory groups (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard)

July 26, 2026

Army SERVICE ACADEMY faculty member

Tim Bakken

"After Trump's order,

WEST POINT curbed

faculty free speech. . ."

washingtonpost.com/ [subscription required]

early Sunday a.m. online article up on website

[publisher / owner is Jeff Bezos, billionaire ]

_____________________________

Feb. 2025 details:

just-inaugurated (1/20)

Trump fires all advisory boards of

outside Board of Visitors for

West Point, Annapolis, Air Force

academy et al.

DETAILS: New republic.com/ 

post/191350/trump-anti-woke-purge-military

Today according to "Truth" Social tweet

Feb. 10, 2025

2026 Niles Michigan "Burn Run" begins; July 26, 2026

This event helps as a fundraiser

for charitable / medical treatment for

children who suffer after home / other

fires affecting their lives . . . 

9 a.m.  - 11 Registration

of Motorcycle riders / various models

and styles

NOON -- course through

Berrien & Cass Counties MICHIGAN

July 26, 4 p.m.

Riverfront Park, Niles, MI 49120

see FACEBOOK page for further details

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers : Pittsburgh prayed through the Book of PSALMS

 After 8 years of post-Shooting ministry

the Rabbi of Tree of Life Congregation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

will depart -- interview with

LA POST dot-com

LA Post.com

/content/

eight-years-after-deadliest-

antisemitic-attack-in-us-history-

tree-of-life-rabbi-bids-farewell

Qatar's gift LUXURY Air Force One (last May 2025) - - taken out of service July 22, 2023 due to flaws in operation

LATE July 2026

The "new BOEING luxury Air Force One" has safety

downsides . . .

10:30 p.m. TRUMP Speech at Mount Rushmore

July 3, 2026 -- 250 years since 1776

(local time Mountain Time Zone is 8:30 p.m.

Rapid City, South Dakota)

Carried on C-SPAN 2

July 1

Luxury Boeing 747-8

MEDORA, North Dakota is a small town/burg of 130 - 160

residents (some of whom work at the Newly Developed

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library -- rural N. Dakota 

[ state where current Secy. of Interior Burgum , billionaire ]

he was former governor before Presidential campaign 2024)

a gift that many raise ethical concerns from lawmakers

and those watching for violations of Gift law limits . . .

June 25, 2026 -- see USA TODAY "National News"

about the use of the Qatar AIR_FORCE_ONE at the

national park = Mount Rushmore -- South Dakota

in the Black Hills

THE HILL Platform / political news - current events

"Trump unveiled the Air Force One gifted by Qatar

and said it will take part in

a ceremonial fly-over of

the District July 4 festivities

and nearby Arlington / Alexandria. . ."

It is the "gift" to him from Qatar that has been

renovated by the Pentagon / Secret Service

and he will take with him when he moves out of

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and will display at his

to-be-planned / finalized at Miami FLORIDA

Trump Library - Hotel

_____________________________________

NBC News .com/politics/

donald-trump-mulls-inaugural-

flight-new-air-force-one-

mount-rushmore-event 

Trump mean and nasty refers to CNN reporter -- Friday night at Waldorf Astoria . . .

Award given to Kaitlan Collins

was a fake . . . fake. . .

no question about it

_________________________

PEOPLE magazine puts in

print the verbal insult and

reaction of her fellow WHITE

HOUSE correspondents . . .

people.com/trump-attacks-

kaitlan-collins-white-house-

correspondents-dinner-

12026969

Wall Street Journal (published by Rupert Murdoch) rips into Trump's obsession with Tariffs

 PUBLISHED issue (Friday July 24)

Details on the lapsing

122 tariffs that are being

replaced with "Section 301"

"Trump doesn't care about

the damage since tariff costs

are dispersed across businesses,

consumers, and workers" . . .

thehill.com/business/

5990246-trump-tariffs-

obsession-wsj-board-critique

Troy Jackson of Maine (formally nominated opponent of incumbent Senator Collins) - background online FAQ

JULY 25, 2026 -- The Hill platform

confirms that he won the Convention vote

ahead of the deadline to replace Plattner . . .

5 THINGS to know about the Maine

Nov. 2026 likely nominee

TROY JACKSON

NYTimes.com/2026/07/20/

us/politics/troy-jackson-maine-senate.html

"In state of MAINE,

delegates to state political convention,

may have given early lead and greatest

momentum-boost to Democratic party

experienced legislator

Troy Jackson"

nytimes.com/2026/07/19/

us/politics/maine-democrats-

senate-jackson.html

Opponents of Permanent Daylight Savings BILL (passed in House this week) are likely to derail it

mini-story in

ABC57.com/ news/

permanent-Daylight-Saving-time-may not actually happen

________________________________

Senator Tom Cotton (Arkansas-

MAGA)

Senate Steve Daines (outgoing

Montana MAGA Senator)

in former consideration

GOP Senate Leader (2026)

John Thune (S. Dakota - GOP

MAGA) has opposed other

year-round Daylight bills before

the U.S. Senate.

Former President greets and compliments WNBA All-Stars

 POTUS 44 (two-term)

spoke to the assembled group

practicing ahead of the

annual "All-Stars" game:

Some of you I'm meeting

for the first time.  All of

you are extraordinary and

I could not be a bigger fan. . .

It's making me happy. . .

I know many of you are involved

in some wonderful ventures

off the court, looking out for

other young people, and 

inspiring them.  I just

wanted to say thanks!

Arizona 1st Congressional District

Primary winners of

major party "Sticker"

are

former state legislator

Amish Shah (D)

and 

former NFL Kicker

Jay Feely (MAGA- R)

Insult-laden speech to 700 at WHITE HOUSE Correspondents Dinner draws mostly stunned silence

Michael Birnbaum for

WASHINGTON POST front-page

summary

7/24/2026

at the WALDORF-Astoria

(formerly Trump International HOTEL)

POTUS 47 attacked a slew of

journalists as well as "favorite

political foils" at slimmed-down

redo of the Spring "Nerd Prom"

held at the Washington D.C.

Hilton.

[subscription required]

Comic-Con San Diego included Svengoolie & the Sven Squad (Saturday July 25, 2026)

 Comic-Con, San Diego, CA

metv.com/stories/metvs-svengoolie-

creeps-into-san-diego-comic-con

on Saturday July 25th

?marketID=46

Israel's Knesset -- out of session ("dissolved") -- fall elections after Yom Kippur

 Bennett versus Netanyahu

OCTOBER 27, 2026

__________________

details see

Jerusalem POST jpost.com

Who attended rescheduled hour-long Correspondents Dinner 4th Friday July (Waldorf-Astoria)

PENTAGON Press Corps

Kaitlyn Collins (CNN); Josh Dawsey

(Wall Street Journal);

July 24 - 7 p.m.

at WASHINGTON D.C.

Waldorf-Astoria

originally scheduled April 25, 2026

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

Michael Jordan -- wealthy golfer, sports team Owner-operator, played different sports professionally

 POTUS 47 background /

level of "friendship" /

admirer / admired / befriended by

MICHAEL JORDAN (NBA

guard and high scoring,

winner of 6 NBA Titles

as player and MVP)

he has played golf

alongside M. Jordan.

LeBron James : signed today with PHILADELPHIA 76ers (NBA Franchise)

POTUS 47

musings on how that

hiring today (Friday 7/24)

affects America at its 250th Birthday:

He's a really good guy

____________________

then in a 180-degree change

______________________

I think LeBron is  - - -

maybe he's a racist.

But maybe he doesn't

like Trump. I don't know.

I only like people that like

me.  So I would say

(the greatest BB Player of

All Time) --

Michael Jordan all the way!

Online Question-Answer I offered to Dan Zak, then-WASHINGTON POST reporter at WHCD ( May 2011) -- 15 years ago

from Onliine chat-discussion (5/2/2011) -- posted at Reliable Source -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Venue: the Washington DC Hilton


I didn't understand the joke made by Seth Myers about the location of the dinner being the "Hilton"; is this a tacky joint or some other kicked-around place or just a kind of "we love it and so we complain about it"?

– May 02, 2011 11:50 AM from trs5678 , Niles, MICHIGAN, USA

A.Dan Zak :

I think "the Hilton" conjures images of the comfortable-but-not-glamorous. It's not the White House. The dinner was in a multi-purpose "ballroom." And it was very crowded

http://live.washingtonpost.com/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2011-recap.html

Granite building to be painted white -- Will cost taxpayers $7.5 million to placate War-era POTUS

Trump unveils "plan" to paint a near-to-White HOUSE

official building -- is NOT ONLY costly

it will damage stone and harm the structural sounding

and the system of reviews that protect such

federal building complexes

washingtonpost. com today July 24, 2026

reporter / analysis by Philip Kennicott, COLUMNIST

Trump's Plan to Paint

the EISENHOWER is about

more than damaging stone

National Capital Planning Commission must first 

approve the cost of the

paint job

$7.5 million

The

EISENHOWER

EXECUTIVE

OFFICE 

BUILDING 

Blood Type needed

 O-Positive (universal donor)

Type O is the most transfused

blood type

Winners

 FIELDS Medal

Winners

July 2026

Hong Wang

Jacob Tsimerman

John Pardon

Yu Deng

_____________

article by

NY Times reporter

Kenneth Chang

[subscription required]

Kash Patel (Fox July 23 interview) - FBI Director [ confirmed 51 - 49 in Senate ] continues to blame local authorities who lost "DoorBell Video" evidence

 USA TODAY re-hash of FOX News (digital) dot-com

interview:

"Nancy Guthrie case

FBI's Patel says local delays

may have cost evidence"

7/23/2026 1:58 p.m. Eastern

reporter Taijuan Moorman

regarding Pima County Sheriff

& local Tucson, AZ investigators

lack of progress in concluding

Nancy Guthrie kidnapping

[ Jan. 31 / Feb. 1, 2026 from

her home ]

Additional BLOOD DRIVES (August 4, 27 afternoons)

August 4 : First Presbyterian Ch. Niles MICH

August 27: Niles Senior Center, Bell Road at 11th street, Niles 

Red Cross Blood

as a national organization

is in dire need of new and

returning Blood Donors --

at Red Cross Blood dot-org

when you type in 49120

zip code

JOIN those pre-registering for

an appointment at

NILES SENIOR CENTER,

1109 Bell Road, Niles, MI 49120

Michiganders running for U.S. Senate (Senior Senator GARY PETERS is retiring) - Abdul El-Sayed & Haley Stevens (congresswoman) in Democratic Party Primary

 August 4 -- Primary will decide

who is the Democratic candidate

between

Abdul El-Sayed

Mallory McMorrow -- update

she withdrew July 5 -- from this

campaign ahead of PRIMARY in a month

Haley Stevens

__________________________

GOP candidate is

Mike Rogers

__________________________

other political parties

GREEN

Libertarian

Socialist

Independent

JD Vance Secret Service staffing shuffled

 NBC News / MS Now report on the

Secret Service complaints about Vance's

travel habits

_____________________________

nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/

jd-vance-secret-service-

removed-probe-travel-

complaints-rcna588871

_________________

reporter Kelly O'Donnell

Trump now adjusts/threatens Saudi Crown Prince : no Nuclear "Program" unless you join Israel recognition ("ABRAHAM ACCORDS")

 NPR dot-org (July 23, 2026)

"Trump (POTUS 47) now

says "nuclear deal" with

Saudi Arabian monarchy

hinges on the monarchy

normalizing Israel ties"

__________________

he is responding to the

immediate criticism of

the proposed Nuclear

Research/Testing/Program

he offered Mohammed bin

Salmon by government

and opinion leaders in

Jerusalem / Tel Aviv, Israel.