Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 31, 2025. In today’s headlines, the U.S. is escalating its military presence in the Caribbean with the USS Gerald R. Ford’s deployment, potentially signaling more than just counternarcotics operations. Domestically, Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood has seen a federal immigration enforcement campaign, “Operation Midway Blitz,” sparking […]

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1179:
Philip II is crowned King of France. In 1180, Phillip would order the arrest of
all Jews living in his realm based on charges of ritual murder. It should come
as no surprise that two years later, in 1182 Phillip confiscated all of the…

The Book Behind Bars: We Are Sending the King James Bible Deep into the Luzerne County Correctional Facility Located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania The Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is a large castellated Gothic jail built of local yellow Campbell’s Ledge sandstone, and when storm clouds blow in, it can be quite visually intimidating, […]

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Lee University Theatre will present “Twelve Angry Jurors,” adapted for the stage by Sherman L. Sergel, on November 7-8 and 13-15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Buzz Oates Black Box […]
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