Well, I finally finished chapter 9 of my digital archive, and now it's time to go back and check each chapter for spelling, grammar, and punctuation, make sure the pictures are positioned correctly, and then create a folder named "master document". In that folder, I'll add each chapter that has been checked, and then add page numbers. I have been doing this in the program called LibreOffice Writer.
I have used Gemini AI for instructions on how to use this master document, put page numbers into it, and also how to convert each chapter into a PDF file. I don't know what programs different relatives use, but I'm confident that PDF is on everyone's laptop or cell phone. The archive will only be available to family members using a restricted password, which I will create. I hope some of them will take the master document and put it on an external drive or in the cloud for safekeeping for future Generations. Whether it is 10 years or 100 years hence, it doesn't matter. Any of the future Generations who have an interest in their family roots will at least have a document that will help them know their Roots better. I wish such a document had been available to me. For my generation, there was very little information about where we came from.
Meanwhile, Ukraine.
While the White House has actively pressured Western European partners to shoulder a larger share of the financial burden – pushing continental capitals to elevate their collective defense targets to an unprecedented 5% of each member's GDP – Hegseth explicitly stated that American assistance channels would not be severed.
“Where we can help Ukraine, we have,” Secretary Hegseth summarized during the Singapore forum. “Where we can enable Europe to do more, we have. If you look at the amount of money that’s been spent, Europe has stepped up, and Ukraine has been just as, if not more, effective in the process. So, we want them to be able to defend, and we’ll find a way to make sure we can help them.” Source-Kyiv Post
Over objections by the Trump Administration, the US House of Representatives is finally ready to vote in the first week of June on Russian sanctions legislation to help Ukraine and punish Russia for its illegal aggression and ongoing war crimes against the people of Ukraine. Russia’s most recent brutal and barbaric attacks on innocent civilians and life-sustaining infrastructure should be all the House needs to approve this legislation by a strong, bipartisan, and even veto-proof vote.
Readers may think this vote is a consequence of Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin’s most recent attacks across Ukraine, but it is simply a welcomed coincidence. The sad reality is that President Donald J. Trump opposes any legislation that will help Ukraine and strengthen the US negotiating position in any peace discussions at the expense of Russia. Thanks, however, to the leadership of Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee – with the help of all his fellow House Democrats and a few principled Republicans – he is forcing the House to vote on his Ukraine Support Act.
