These are the people being killed by Putin. People at a flea market.

So let me get this correct. The Late Senator Lindsey Graham and probably Senator Mitch McConnell with others like Senator Tom Tillis provide sales to Ukraine as it is in a war with Russia. Senator Lindsey Graham dies and his sister steps in for him. A bill with Russian sanctions is passed in the US Senate in the late senator's name, Trump signs the bill recognizing the fact Senator Darline Graham was voting for the bill and anticipating the president signing it and implementing the provisions.

At the same time the USA is preparing to harvest Venezuelan oil.

October 15, 2026
By Cyril Widdershoven

NABEP (click here) is deploying 11 workover rigs and two drilling rigs to accelerate Venezuela's oil production recovery.

Production has surged to 200,000 bpd, according to NABEP, with independent Rystad Energy estimates supporting the latest output figure.

NABEP targets over 1 million bpd, with a proposed $100 billion investment program aimed at reviving Venezuela's vast oil reserves....

And now Trump in recognition of the attacks by Russia on Ukraine and Ukraine's employment of the USA technology has backed out of serving the USA national security issue and instead came up with a bogus oil trade for sanction relief with Russia.

There is a lot wrong with this picture and Ukraine should be moving in court to end the lavish premission of Trump to allow Russia it's own way without engaging the sanctions passed by the USA legislature.

October 17, 2026

By Max Matza

Donald Trump blocked numerous sanctions (click here)  on Russia two days before they were due to take effect, as a row with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky deepens.

The sanctions were passed by the Congress and signed into law the president in September.

But Trump issued an executive order Friday night saying that suspending some was in the US national interest, prompting a backlash from US lawmakers. Zelensky said it was unfortunate the US has decided to "completely disregard" the sanctions.

Relations between Washington and Kyiv frayed after the US struck a controversial deal to import Russian diesel last week. Ukraine has accused the Trump administration of withdrawing key military support.

Trump and Zelensky have exchanged sharp words about one another. Ukraine's president declared it was nice to be among "real leaders" while addressing an EU summit, after Trump said Zelensky was "more difficult to deal with" than Russian President Vladimir Putin.

How is a flu vaccine developed?

The developers of the flu vaccine use past virus to determine the composition of today's virus. 

The flu vaccine isn't just thunk up and manufactured for the purpose of allowing danger to those that need it the most. Past vaccine are combined with some statistical analysis to combine the virus RNA to provide coverage stimulation of the healthy immune system to bring about antibodies that will be needed when and if anyone is exposed to this year's virus.

Introduction to flu virus (click here)

There is always a chance the virus will manifest in a way that is uncharacteristic to the RNA used in the vaccine. Evidently, this year is one of those years. There are virus known to be dangerous like the avian flu, or the swine flu so there is plenty of proof the flu virus is not static. It changes.

The 1918 influenza pandemic (click here) was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. 

In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.

It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus....

National Flu Activity Map (click here)

If a person is high risk for adverse health contracting any virus or bacteria, there are always masks to wear.

But, this leads into a bigger issue, it is the fact the Trump Administration has cancelled the vaccines for bird flu. Chickens and turkeys and the like.

To introduce my concern is this article from the lands down under.

17 May 2025

By Tom Hartley and Richard Mockler

...Virus Ecologist Dr Michelle Wille (click here) said the impacts on the animals before death are shocking.

“It’s really targeting the brains of these animals,” she said.

“Animals are having neurological [symptoms], and that’s not just the marine mammals like the elephant seals, that’s the birds too,” she explained....

The point is the virus as it stands today can cross species lines, maim, and kill. A few years ago dairy cows (click here) in the USA were infected with the virus and pieces of the RNA were found in milk. It was not transmissible to human beings from pieces of the virus, but, it was a concern. 

This is the correct way to look at this in deciding if the vaccine is important. The word is mutation. There is nothing to say when a virus crosses species lines it won't mutate and continue to infect that species. As a matter of fact the RNA will incorporate the information of the species DNA and go forward in a different form to continue to infect that species. We saw this capacity with COVID-19. There was Omnicron and all the variants. Today there are still more variants, too.

Is it not better to be safe than sorry? I think it is. I was raised that way. 

The vaccine stopped by the Trump Administration was to be issued to the animals most likely to contract the virus. It is not a human vaccine. In vaccinating the animals and preventing their illness we are preventing the chance of mutation and potentially real danger to people.

I realize the words "chance" and "potential" are fighting words to this administration. They should be. The ability of that virus to mutate is real. We have seen it in the past with other viruses. People of the USA paid for the research and the manufactured product ready to administer is on the shelf but being withheld. It is a ridiculous situation and one that should not exist in the USA.

Vaccinating animals keep them healthy and in turn keep us healthy. There is nothing wrong with that, and, everything right with it.

Texas Paul gave me a chance to be on my soap box. I think that is a good thing, too.

 I like him a lot. I will address his statements about the flu vaccine in the next entry.

Imagine that. History being important. And, in all places Washington, DC.

October 16, 2026
By Jonathan J. Cooper

President Donald Trump’s (click here) plan to paint a 19th-century historic landmark building next to the White House would diminish the historic character of the White House complex, the Trump administration concluded in a draft environmental assessment published Friday.

Trump has suggested the massive Eisenhower Executive Office Building be painted as part of his push to remake and beautify the nation’s capital. The plan, estimated to cost at least $7.5 million, has alarmed preservationists, architects, historians and others who argue that granite is not meant to be painted and that paint would trap moisture and degrade the stone.

Trump last year said the building’s gray exterior is a “really bad color.”

The building’s architect, Alfred B. Mullet, hand-selected the construction materials, which “are central to the building’s historic character and original design intent,” the environmental assessment concluded....

We can use the money more productively than this.

A press secretary has to know what to do when entering that room.

They are not the enemy. They are allies to the American people's right to know. They work hard to understand government policy and explain it along with delivering the news. 

There are propaganda outlets that like to call themselves "infotainmnet" with little interest in the truth so much as politics. Politics is their power base. 

Regardless of whether the journalists are there to actually engage the truth or fantasy they are bright people. If a press secretary tries to feel her way through this crowd, it will not go well. 

The appointment of Zacharia is unfortunate, but, it is not out of line with other Trump choices. He has allowed people to have full exposure to the government without first securing the country. Trump, in his insane pursuit of exonerating himself of any wrong doing in the past has caused a great deal of damage to the country and the freedom of the press. Placing an unqualified Press Secretary at the podium is as good as propaganda which robs the American people of their government. Such lack of expertise in the Press Secretary is a facade that allows deception and hidden agendas.

The press has every right to demand a Press Secretary that knows the job and delivers information vital to the country. 

Journalists are not stenographers regardless of the fact Trump would rather it that way. Journalists are the front lines.

Don't let them get away with it. Fine tune the law to make it escape proof for the time they resided there.

October 14, 2026
By Matt Durot

California voters are set to determine the fate of California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax (click here) in November. But some of the state’s wealthiest people aren’t taking any chances and have already moved out of state, starting with its two wealthiest people, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. According to their representatives, Page (estimated fortune: $288 billion) and Brin ($265 billion) are now residents of Florida and Nevada, respectively. Though Forbes was unable to find updated voter registrations or declarations of domicile documenting their moves and their spokespeople declined to provide any proof, Brin and Page both recently bought houses out of state as they made their frustration with the tax known....

Why is Elizabeth Warren's message still relevant today?

The hysteria is Islamophobia.

 CAIR (click here)

There are many other ethnicities with the same kind of organizations supporting them. 

Fie Example:

JCRC (click here)

JCRC stands for the Jewish Community Relations Council. It represents a network of locally based Jewish public affairs and advocacy organizations across the United States. Operating as the public policy and community relations arm of the organized Jewish community, each local JCRC acts as a unified voice to engage with broader civic, political, and faith-based groups.

Core Mission & Focus Areas
While individual councils focus on their respective regions, most JCRCs operate across four core pillars:Combatting Antisemitism: Partnering with civic leaders and educators to address bias, hate crimes, and anti-Jewish sentiment in public, academic, and digital spaces.

Government Relations & Advocacy: Lobbying local, state, and federal lawmakers to influence public policy, secure community security funding, and champion social justice initiatives. 

Intergroup & Interfaith Relations: Building bridges with other cultural, racial, and religious communities (such as Black, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian organizations) to foster dialogue and collaborative action. 

Israel Engagement: Advocating for a safe and secure Israel, and organizing educational seminars or goodwill missions for government and community leaders.

Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy (click here)

PAA (click here)

The Polish American Association is a non-profit human services agency founded in 1922 that provides bilingual and bicultural support to Polish and immigrant communities.

It appears the PPA has been around for so long they have developed their own scholarships.

Given the FACT Mike Rogers has tried to instill fear of the American Islamic faith through poison ads degrading the ethnicity as terrorists within the borders of the USA contributing to a candidate other than himself. Considerable amounts too, something like a little less than half a million. Can we actually contribute that much to a campaign? That would be a special interest ad from a PAC. Those monies did not go to anyone's campaign.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO TRUTH IN ADVERTISING?

Trump pulled the plug on "Starshield" while Bessent was writing the permit for Russia.

No one else finds that a violation of treaties and national security policy?

October 15, 2026
By Lim Hui Jie

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk (click here) said Wednesday that the U.S. government and President Donald Trump are responsible for any curbs on Ukraine's military-grade Starlink network.

Writing on X, Musk said that "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the U.S. government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS."...

The USA government executive branch cannot unilaterally end legislation.

Trump's bizarre idea of politics is the only reason this dialogue exists.

The sanctions (click here) were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

...Digging into the details, (click here) however, reveals Trump’s diesel deal to be anything but. As a legal matter, it’s not clear that Trump’s actions can actually clear the way for U.S. imports of Russian diesel fuel as he claims. And while he can ease U.S. restrictions on the global market for Russian diesel fuel, a number of other factors make it unlikely that doing so will meaningfully impact prevailing prices. Instead, the deal’s most serious consequences will likely be felt in Ukraine, as Putin appears to have persuaded Trump that Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s diesel fuel industry—a major contributor to its recent military success—are pushing up global energy prices and thus hurting Trump’s domestic political prospects.

The operative legal instrument behind the diesel deal is General License No. 135 (illegal permit click here), which the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued on Oct. 9, shortly after Trump’s Truth Social post. It exempts “all transactions … related to the sale, delivery, offloading, or importation, including importation into the United States[,]” from two long-standing sets of Russia-related U.S. economic sanctions: the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations codified at 31 C.F.R. part 587, which were promulgated around the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; and the Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations codified at 31 C.F.R. part 589, which were promulgated following Russia’s 2014 occupation of Crimea. Both are the products of executive orders issued by Trump and his White House predecessors, using the authority the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) provides to the president....

The emergency order Trump rolled out August 26, 2026 had to do with increasing the domestic production of infrastructure responsible for producing electricity. If Bessent is using this as an excuse to produce a permit than it is very illegal, because the executive order specifically attacks any and all equipment imported from foreign countries that can contain, basically spy capacity. So, the idea Trump is actually importing Russian oil is contrary to his own policies. 

Trump cannot undo legislation that prohibits business with our enemies. Someone needs to brief Donald about the FACT Russia is the enemy of the USA. Russia was warned in 2014 if it continued to plague Ukraine with incursions and invasions there would be consequences. THAT IS POLICY. It is policy that removed Russia from the G8. There are treaties Bessent is in violation of in issuing permits to USA enemies. He cannot simply take orders unilaterally from Trump and be his "yes, man" no matter how much he desires it. 

Executive Order 14421 (click here)

...Section 1. National Emergency. As President of the United States, my highest duty is protecting the national security, foreign policy, and economy of this country. Certain foreign actors are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in the United States bulk-power system, which provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, and economy. During my first term, I found that the bulk-power system could be a target of those seeking to commit malicious acts against the United States, including malicious cyber activities, because of the significant risks that a successful attack would have on our economy, human health and safety, and national defense. Since my first term, the threat to the United States regarding foreign supply of bulk-power system electric equipment has become even more acute: The rapid growth of advanced manufacturing, data centers, artificial intelligence, and defense production has increased the Nation’s dependence on abundant, reliable electricity and magnified the consequences of a successful attack or supply disruption on the bulk-power system....

Some other laws that can be insulted by that permit are “Foreign Extortion Prevention Act”. and the "Logan Act" comes to mind.

Provision Two of "The Hague Summit Declaration"...

...United in the face of profound security threats and challenges, (click here) in particular the long- term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security and the persistent threat of terrorism, Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core defence requirements as well as defence-and security-related spending by 2035 to ensure our individual and collective obligations, in accordance with Article 3 of the Washington Treaty. Our investments will ensure we have the forces, capabilities, resources, infrastructure, warfighting readiness, and resilience needed to deter and defend in line with our three core tasks of deterrence and defence, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security....

This was a bipartisan resolution to validate the NATO Treaty and the change in percent contribution to the alliance, a change to 5 percent GDP from 2 percent. This is a validation of the alliance and it's importance to the USA. 

Russia is a known enemy of NATO and the USA.

Bessent is in violation of every treaty between the USA and Europe, including trade agreements as they are effected by the national security of all countries involved.

End of discussion.

Senate Resolution 291 (click here)

Celebrating the June 2025 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in the Hague, the Netherlands, and reaffirming priorities pertaining to transatlantic security and our commitment to NATO....

...Whereas the Hague Summit will take place during the fourth year of the Russian Federation’s unprovoked, illegal, full-scale war against Ukraine;

Whereas, following calls from the United States Government to increase defense spending among European Allies, the Hague Summit is expected to revise NATO Allies’ defense spending pledge from 2 percent of each country's gross domestic product that was agreed to through the 2014 Wales Summit Declaration, to a reported target of 5 percent of each country's gross domestic product, which includes a commitment to spend 1.5 percent of each country's gross domestic product on investments in defense-related infrastructure and capabilities;

Whereas Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington April 4, 1949—

(1) establishes NATO’s open-door policy; and


(2) permits the admission of any European country whose government is willing and able to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area and assume the requirements and responsibilities of membership;...

Nothing new, except the vehicle involved.

The technology is not new (click here). The only difference between this and an oil rig or any other drilling ship is the weight. There is no genius here. Just, sensationalism. Just more of the Musk Circus.

Musk is always conducting some sort of outrageous maneuver that hasn't been done before, like destroying the American government.

WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

October 16, 2026
By Brian Brant

Ashley St. Clair (click here) is opening up in a new documentary about how she entered Elon Musk’s orbit — and the child custody battle that followed after she gave birth to their son.

“It’s very difficult to see the architecture that’s Elon’s world when you’re dropped in,” St. Clair, a 28-year-old former conservative influencer, says in Alex Gibney’s Musk, which was released in theaters nationwide on Friday, Oct. 16.

“You see just enough that you think you’re seeing the whole picture,” St. Clair says, “and you don’t ask any other questions.”

Musk’s ex is one of the more prominent voices featured in the roughly four-hour documentary....

February 6, 2023

By Jackie Watties

It’s now been half a decade (click here) since SpaceX turned heads around the world with its decision to launch Elon Musk’s personal Tesla roadster into outer space, sending the car on an endless journey into the cosmic wilderness where it’s expected to remain for millennia to come.

As of Monday, February 6, the cherry-colored sports car has officially been in space for exactly five years.

At the time of its anniversary, data estimates show that it had completed about three and one quarter loops around the sun and was positioned about 203 million miles (327 million kilometers) from Earth, according to the tracking website whereisroadster.com.

The roadster has logged more than 2.5 billion miles in space (4 billion kilometers), mostly through a barren vacuum. Though, in 2020, the vehicle made its first close approach to Mars, passing within 5 million miles of the planet, or about 20 times the distance between the Earth and the moon....

Trump's rantings and bozo orders only distract from the White Supremacist recruitment of our young sons.

When does it stop and the USA return to domestic peace?

October 15, 2026
By Clayton Franke, Dallas Finn Calvert, Nicole Vulcan and Peter Madsen

Police responded to an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary (click here) in southeast Bend, according to an alert police sent out Thursday afternoon.

Five people are dead, including three children, a teacher and the 16-year-old male shooter, according to Mike Krantz, Bend Police chief, who spoke at a 5:30 pm press conference Thursday at Bend City Hall. The three children killed were ages 5, 8 and 11.

Crisis counselors will be available to the public Deschutes Central Library on Friday, beginning at 9 am....

Research in psychology and criminology (click here) shows that when a young boy or adolescent attacks classmates, the motives rarely stem from a single cause. Instead, they typically result from a complex mix of psychological, social, and environmental factors:

Bullying, Marginalization, and Humiliation: Many researchers, such as criminologists studying school violence, point to acute feelings of chronic bullying, social rejection, humiliation, or perceived injustice as primary catalysts.

The Desire for Revenge and Glorification: Young males experiencing severe alienation may develop obsessive revenge fantasies, seeking to reclaim power or achieve notoriety (often amplified by real or imagined peer or online audiences).

Mental Health and Emotional Regulation Challenges: Underlying depression, trauma, anger-management issues, or developmental vulnerabilities can impair a youth's ability to cope with stress or interpersonal conflict.

Online Subcultures and Influence: Exposure to toxic online communities, extremist rhetoric, or violent media (such as certain segments of the "manosphere" or incel/hate forums) can desensitize young people or validate aggression as a means of retaliation.

Access to Firearms or Weapons: The physical capacity to carry out a deadly attack almost always relies on the easy availability of unsecured firearms or lethal weapons in the home or environment.

There are only two of the five permanent nuclear nations State Party members.

The United States of America is ranked along side of Russia and China. That is an enormous disgrace.

Any and all sanctions placed against the ICC should be litigated within the court system of the USA. The International Criminal Court is a moral force in the world. Countries and their people globally look to the court for recognition of the sanctity of life. The USA's leaders should never be outside the circle of the most moral positions of governments in the world. There is no pretending. There is only living it.

The USA should be in lock step with our allies and not our enemies. There are treaties enforcing it.

  State party

  Signatory that has not ratified 

  State party that subsequently withdrew its membership 

  Signatory that subsequently withdrew its signature 

  Non-state party, non-signatory

The war in Iraq was an illegal war. The moral decline of the USA never stopped. While Bush believed the attacks of September 11, 2001 took the USA into unknown defensive miliary areas, the lack of return to our best moral content was abandoned. We should still stand with our allies and be a member party. 

In the Bush Administration's range of policies (click here) that had negative ramifications for the promotion and respect for international human rights, its approach to the International Criminal Court (ICC) was of particular significance. What was striking was not the Administration's position on the United States' becoming part of the court­-the Clinton Administration also had concerns over joining-but rather the intense, virulent assault that the Bush Administration advanced on the Court. Despite official claims to the contrary, the Bush Administration's approach, which was far more strident during its first term, appeared to be an intensive effort to cripple the Court....

Trump is scared. He is aware now that his presidential pardons won't work internationally.

The Hague has strong, moral, and capable allies. The Rule of Law matters.

October 16, 2024

By Raffy Boudjikanian

An internal memo told Justin Trudeau's government (click here) that it was expected to pursue the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then defence minister and Hamas leaders if the International Criminal Court were to issue the warrants being prepared by one of its prosecutors.

Trudeau and his successor Mark Carney both later said they would act on the warrants. But the document — dated months before the warrants were ultimately issued — offers a rare glimpse at internal advice the government received from a non-partisan source.

"The International Criminal Court is a designated extradition partner under Canada's Extradition Act," Trudeau's national security adviser at the time, Nathalie Drouin, wrote in a memo dated June 10, 2024....

26-CV-5957 (JMF) (click here)

14 October 2026

By Anna Betts

A US federal judge (click here) has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing sanctions on two US-based human rights groups for working to help the international criminal court’s (ICC) investigations into war crimes in Gaza.

In a 30-page order issued on Tuesday, Jesse M Furman, a judge at the US district court for the southern district of New York, granted a preliminary injunction to the two groups, Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) and Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (Taag).

The two organizations sued the Trump administration this summer, challenging an executive order issued in February 2025 that imposed sanctions against the ICC.

The order warned the US government would “impose tangible and significant consequences” on people involved in investigations that Washington said threatened the national security of the US or its allies, including Israel.....

Pope Leo is absoluely amazing.

Surgery for lung cancer nodule removal and now he is up and about serving mass. That is extremely remarkable.

(Click here)

Governor Newsom and the State of California should file a lawsuit of harassment.

There is no legal basis for any investigation. 

This is political harassment in hoping to stir up some dirt.

This is how Trump is spending our tax dollars.

October 15, 2026

By Amie Parnes

Nearly four months (click here) have passed since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) publicly and unexpectedly announced President Trump was launching what Newsom described as a politically motivated federal investigation into him and his wife.

Federal agents had “knocked on the doors” of family friends and former employees, the governor said at the time....

Trump limits language. It is unconstitutional.

October 14, 2026

By Joe Fisher

The National Institutes of Health (click here) has implemented a list of 235 banned keywords used to reject grant funding for research, drawing science into a First Amendment case.

The ACLU, Center for Science in the Public Interest and Protect Democracy filed a class action lawsuit against the agency last month, alleging that it is censoring researchers and violating the Administrative Procedures Act....

...Terms including "diversity," such as "bolster diversity," "cohort diversity" and "cultural diversity" are included 85 times.

In reference to race and ethnicity, keywords include "HBCU," "Hispanic serving," "historically Black" and "ethnic segregation." "Racist," "racism" and "racial discrimination" are also included under the DEI category.

Seven terms related to climate change are included, such as "changing climate," "fossil fuel" and "global warming."

There are five keywords with the prefix "trans" on the list: transfeminine, transgender, transmasculine, transphobe and transsexual.

NIH declined UPI's request for comment.....

It is amazing to what an entire administration worship money while terrified of the truth.

Honestly. What next?

So, let me get this correct.

JD Vance is lying about the statements Trump made in public and was called out by Retired General Milley. 

Well, if Vance doesn't like the accurate reporting of Tapper, let's just look at what he is saying himself. Vance admitted the president wants to send the military after "...far left lunatics...". Lunatics like Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi. The same lunatics who's office was invaded on January 6, 2021, occupied with classified material stolen. Those left wing lunatics that have been in leadership of their constituencies for decades with one serving as the first woman Speaker of the House. Those left wing lunatics?

Vance is advancing hate speech. The same hate speech that brought right wing lunatics to attacks Former Speaker Pelosi's spouse causing permanent damage to the man, and the same hate speech that caused the deaths and injuries of strong and faithful Democratic legislators. 

Vance is the enemy within as is his fuhrer. 

Thank you, Jake. The interview reveals the lethal campaigns of deceptions, lies, and fear mongering of the Republican leadership. It is all too clear why Trump wants CNN and others silenced. The truth hurts. It doesn't have to, but, in this case for Vance it does. Vance is vested in changing the truth, not living with it. This is our Vice President. 

An automatic draft registration? Of men only. Are 19 year olds brain physiology fit for war?

The picture to the left was 1917. That was World War I. The draft age then was 21 to 30. The age of majority changed to 18 when 19-year-olds were being drafted for Vietnam. They did not have a vote as to whom as sending them to war. So, the legislature rather than raising the draft age to 21 again decided to give the vote to 18-year-olds instead of changing the draft policy.

April 8, 2026

Automatic registration (click here) into the U.S. military draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process.

The Selective Service System, the federal agency that maintains a database of registered U.S. males who are considered draft-eligible in the event of a national emergency, submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on March 30, according to the office’s dashboard.

Automatic registration into Selective Service was mandated in December 2025, when President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the agency’s website says.

It may be time for Quakers to brush the dust off of those draft counseling manuals from the 70s. This law would not have been passed if there was no intention of restarting conscription.

It wasn't enough for the Omar family to make it safely to the USA in 1995?

There is no fraud. If there are mistakes made by Somali parents entering the USA to save their lives and those of their children and family then they were innocent lies facilitated by a language barrier. I find the entire episode with our US House of Representative Omar nothing more than rough handling of an innocent person and racist.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (click here) is an example of the promise of the USA. She came to this country as a refugee and flourished. There is absolutely everything right about her experience from the age of 12. She was not part of a grand conspiracy to undermine the government of the USA. She came here to be a part of our country and bring fairness to the people of her district. 

If mistakes were made by her parents of which her father is now deceased, those mistakes were innocent. She is not the problem. She is a solution for many people in her district. The harassment must stop.

April 1995 Vol. 7, No. 2

SOMALIA FACES THE FUTURE (click here)

HUMAN RIGHTS IN A FRAGMENTED SOCIETY

I. SUMMARY

The departure of the last troops of the United Nations' Somalia operation in March 1995 marks a critical juncture for Somalia, and for international peacekeeping. In researching this report, Human Rights Watch set out to discover what would be left behind when the U.N. withdrew, what the prospects would be for the future, and what recommendations should be made to Somalis and the international community based on what we learned. The resulting recommendations are directed at Somali leaders at all levels of society (including those in the Somali diaspora), at various governments in the region, and at the wider international community, in particular the major European powers and the U.S. They concern the protection and promotion of human rights in Somalia, but also larger issues of international peacekeeping, peace enforcement and humanitarian intervention....

Excuse me, Texas? Really?

 Kim Jong Un has set up housekeeping in Texas.

FBI dismantles 40 laptop farms across (click here)

Texas Federal officials conducted raids at over 40 so-called "laptop farms" across Texas that the Justice Department says are controlled by North Korea as part of a scheme aimed at fraudulently securing remote jobs to help fund its nuclear program. Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike senior vice president, and Brett Leatherman, FBI Cyber Division assistant director, join to discuss.