NOTE: Entries much later and briefer than usual, or missing, today. Visitors are encouraged to scroll down to previous ones and click on sources of news and opinion for fresher news and opinion.

First, a link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 7-19-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Politics chat: Trump gives Putin a ceasefire ultimatum, DOJ reverses course on Epstein. Reported by Adrian Ma and Mara Liasson | NPR  We look at how President Trump’s stance on Russia has shifted, as well as how he’s managing the outcry among his base, who are angered over the lack of transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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TO BE CONTINUED