A long-time friend, my former next-door neighbor back in DC, Carol Euston, has just died at age 90. She was a cat lover who always fed neighborhood strays. She was also an interracial marriage pioneer as a Caucasian woman whose husband was African American, tying the knot long before such unions were common. They had moved late in life to a retirement community in Maryland, where I visited them there, and where the husband, Joe Watson, died several years ago.
Dear Carol and Joe, I so enjoyed knowing you both. You were such wonderful neighbors and such good friends. May you rest together now in peace, my dear friends Carol and Joe.
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Pennsylvania reports fourth measles-related death, the most in US in decades
RFK Jr. simply doesn't like vaccines and Donald J. Trump always backs him up. So folks aren't getting vaccinated, with some getting ill and even dying. These deaths are now on you both, RFK Jr. and DJT.
And Trump voters are also to blame. They chose a president whose mind is fading fast and who was never that sharp to begin with. Kamala is so much smarter and she would not have made all the mistakes that Donald is making almost daily. And it's still not quite over yet.
Measles cases hit 30-year high. How worried should Americans be?
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Hope now that news of mothers killing their young children doesn't start an epidemic of child murders. We all need to keep alert and aware without incentivizing and normalizing such crimes, just as we don't want the Reiner case to incentivize murders of older parents. At the same time, we do need to be aware of the possibilities and the warning signs in case we are in a position to prevent these deaths. It's a difficult balance to maintain in terms of news coverage--keeping us all advised of what's happening and the possible danger signs of similar situations without providing an example to follow.
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No crypto, sorry Donald, your plan failed:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-backed-crypto-bill-fails-190110760.html
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Judges question DOJ bid to revive cases against Trump foes Comey, James
Donald Trump may now often forget what he was saying in mid-sentence, but has not forgotten
about Comey and James, two former foes whom he had tried to prosecute previously without success. So now he'd like to try to prosecute them once again. But he isn't doing so well with the public now
and he lacks support for his idea, just ancient history already put behind us some time ago.
NY Times:
Democrats Gain Edge as Trump Drags Down G.O.P., New Poll Finds
Would-be voters are getting rather tired of Donald Trump, who is no longer on the ballot. Republicans wish
the president would now simply shut up.
A big blue wave is building as midterm elections now approach.
Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board votes
to immediately close venue for renovations
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Here is another big Trump mistake that Dems are now trying to stymy:
Wash. Post.
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to
Israel is largest in years
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AI Overview
Fuel prices are surging globally,
with U.S. crude oil climbing past $100 per barrel.
Escalating military conflicts, refinery maintenance pauses, and geopolitical choke
points have sent regular gasoline and diesel prices to new record highs.
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Has Donald Trump ever done anything that voters like me would approve of? I cannot think of even
one single thing, except that he did pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million, not sufficient compensation for
his having raped her, but at least she got something substantial.
mental faculties are ebbing fast, causing him apparent confusion and distress, a misfortune for him
and for all the rest of us here in our own country and for the entire world.
Donald's father Fred was 86 when he was diagnosed with mild senile dementia, dying 7 years
later at age 93. Donald, who is now 80, may follow a similar trajectory.
Donald Trump is the very oldest person to ever be sworn in as a U.S. president, at
age 79 when taking office this time, before his recent 80th birthday. He will be 82 when his current
term ends. Let's hope Trump won't try to run for vice president then on a Republican ticket, because
he now needs to give someone else much younger a chance.
Which brings us back to the question of maximum ages for serving in US political office, as has been
discussed before. Let's recap now.
There are minimum ages for serving in public office, such as age 25 for the House, 30 for the
Senate, and 35 for president, though I doubt any president has ever actually been so young. There are
no upper age limits and the late Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC) actually served to age 100. However,
when we were having this discussion before, there seemed to be some consensus about 90 as the upper
age limit, though now Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is turning 93 on September 17, with no plans
to retire. The late Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC) had retired from the Senate at age 100.
Yet, a number of elected representatives have actually shown serious signs of aging well before age 100.
So, should there be an upper age limit for Congress and, if so, what should it be? Age 90 or 95?
The decision is not mine to make.
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Measles cases hit 30-year high. How worried should Americans be?
I've told my daughter planning to visit us that she probably doesn't need a new measles vaccination, as she
had been fully vaccinated as a child. I said, "Even if you should happen to be exposed to measles on
your flight here, I think you would still be immune, as supposedly those vaccinations last a lifetime.
So you would not need a new measles shot, although everything in life is a gamble, even riding in a car,
so make your own decision."
I actually survived measles myself as a child, long before any vaccines were available, a quite serious illness, so
now I won't be getting the vaccine myself. We were under a quarantine way back then, with a sign pasted on our
front window, warning that those inside had measles. My brother also got measles, but our baby sister
did not, although she did get whooping cough, while my brother and I escaped that..
Vaccines now cover both measles and whooping cough,,
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Nick Reiner prosecutors won’t seek death penalty in the killings of parents
Rob and Michele Reiner, DA says
So it's probably life in prison now for Nick Reiner.
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AP NEWS,
At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025,
Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report says
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These Iranian twins have been arrested
for antigovernment activities.
One face life in prison, the other execution.
