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July 11, 2019 at 7:10 pm
When Christine Blasey Ford came forward to accuse then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of decades-old assault, little was known about her; in fact, she had no social media footprint at all — an extreme oddity for modern times.
Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway and her co-author, Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network, suggest in “Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court” that this social media history scrubbing had been done to cover up Blasey Ford’s far-left politics and her expressed “antipathy” toward President Donald Trump, who tapped Kavanaugh for the position on the highest court.
As reported by the Washington Examiner, the book outlines how Blasey Ford was portrayed by the media as &...
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July 11, 2019 at 7:08 pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have had a very public fight over the nature of the Democratic Party. AOC recently chided Pelosi for saying she believed AOC and her “squad” – Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley – were irrelevant because they voted against the House’s border funding bill.
The revelation came about this past weekend in an interview Pelosi did with the New York Times, where she said the so-called Squad “have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” but “they’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”
Pelosi doubled down on her comments when she was asked if she was concerned about dividing the Democratic Party.
“I have no regrets abo...
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July 11, 2019 at 7:07 pm
Congressional Republicans are expressing confidence that the 2020 elections will be secure, despite strong protests from Democrats that more needs to be done.
House and Senate members received separate classified briefings from senior administration officials on Wednesday, during which the plans for securing the 2020 elections were outlined in the wake of Russia’s extensive interference ahead of the 2016 vote.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of President Trump who has previously supported additional election security legislation, said that he was “very impressed” by the administration’s efforts ahead of 2020.
“They all said the president is giving them every authority they’ve asked for. No interference from the White House,” Graham sa...
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July 11, 2019 at 7:07 pm
According to Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch, on July 7 the Palestinian Authority doubled the monthly salary it pays to Husam al-Qawasmi, the terrorist that planned the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaer, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16.
Qawasmi was arrested on July 11, 2014, and subsequently convicted. Having now served five years in prison, his P.A. salary is being doubled, according to PMW, from NIS 2,000 per month ($560) to NIS 4,000 per month ($1128).
Since 2014 the P.A. has paid over NIS 350,000 ($98,000) to Qawasmi and to the families of the other two terrorists involved in the kidnapping and murders, who were killed while resisting arrest.
The rise in Qawasmi’s salary is a function of the 2004 P.A. Law of Prisoners and Released Prisoners, in which...
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July 11, 2019 at 7:04 pm
A court convicts an Arab Israeli man for stabbing to death a rabbi in a terror attack last year in the West Bank.
Abed al-Karim Assi attacked Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal, Z'L, H'yd, last February at a bus stop outside the Ariel settlement before fleeing. He was arrested over a month later after an extensive manhunt in the Palestinian city of Nablus.
The Central District Court in Lod rules Assi is guilty of murder.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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July 11, 2019 at 6:56 pm
A billionaire who heavily contributes to the Democratic Party says he “profoundly” dislikes “communist” Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban told the Hollywood Reporter that Sanders is unique among the pack of 23 candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination because of his far-left agenda.
“We love all 23 candidates,” Haim told the Reporter. “No, minus one. I profoundly dislike Bernie Sanders, and you can write it. I don’t give a hoot. He’s a communist under the cover of being a socialist. He thinks that every billionaire is a crook. He calls us ‘the billionaire class.’ And he attacks us indiscriminately. ‘It’s the billionaire class, the bad guys.’&n...
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July 11, 2019 at 6:52 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of launching a broad “surprise” campaign along its southern border with the Gaza Strip, claiming to hold no illusions that a political agreement can be reached with the enclave’s ruling Hamas.
“I want there be calm — not that we are under the illusion that we can reach a political agreement with Hamas who wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth,” Netanyahu said during a meeting in the southern Israeli city of Askhelon on Thursday, an area heavily targeted by Gaza militants in previous escalations.
“But we are preparing for a campaign that is not only broad, but also surprising.”
“I am not going to hesitate to do what is necessary,&rdqu...
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July 11, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Surging health careOpens a New Window. stocksOpens a New Window. lifted the Dow Jones Industrial AverageOpens a New Window. on Thursday above 27,000 for the first time as the White HouseOpens a New Window. backtracked on a proposed rule to eliminate rebates that flow from drugmakersOpens a New Window. to middleman pharmacy benefit managers. The S&P 500 also closed at a record high.
The proposed ruleOpens a New Window., which was projected to raise federal spending by $177 billion over the next decade, was poised to prohibit drug rebates for treatments offered in the MedicareOpens a New Window. and Medicaid programs beginning in 2020.
It drew intense backlash from pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), whose ope...
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July 11, 2019 at 6:26 pm
America’s TIME magazine for the fourth time featured Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on its cover, with the quote: “‘Only the strong survive.’ How Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is testing the limits of power.”
In its article, the magazine notes that Netanyahu is facing indictment, but still believes that the good of the country is to leave him in charge.
“I don’t look at my survival,” he told TIME. “I look at the survival of the country, its durability, its future.”
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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July 11, 2019 at 6:18 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to demand citizenship details from all respondents in next year’s census Thursday, instead directing federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases.
“It is essential that we have a clear breakdown of the number of citizens and non-citizens that make up the United States population,” Trump said at a Rose Garden announcement. He insisted he was “not backing down.”
His reversal comes after the Supreme Court blocked his efforts to include the citizenship question and as the government had already begun the lengthy and expensive process of printing the census questionnaire without it.
Trump had said last week that he was “very seriously” consid...
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July 11, 2019 at 5:41 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to drop his bid to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, according to a House Republicans aide. Trump instead will pursue other avenues for collecting citizenship information after the Supreme Court blocked his census efforts, according to current and former administration officials familiar with the plans.
Trump tweeted Thursday morning that he would be holding a news conference on the subject. A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to preview the plans, said the president would be announcing new executive action as part of the effort but did not elaborate. Officials were still scrambling to finalize language in the hours after Trump’s tweet.
The American Community Survey, which p...
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July 11, 2019 at 5:32 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - July 11, 2019 - Jerusalem, Israel has been the scene of increasing research in technology, and the growing field of Biomedical and Medical technology. On Tuesday evening, July 9, JLM-BioCity, under the leadership of Joseph Van Zwaren and Yaron Suissa, held an evening event for six Biomed and pharma Startups to pitch their innovated therapies to a panel of investors at the Azrieli College of Engineering.
CONCENTER BIOPHARMA, the startup that has developed a novel drug to treat type-2 diabetes, was the first to pitch.
OMNYSENSE envisions taking the simple oral thermometer to a new level. Their device would transmit information about the patient from at home to medical professionals to diagnosis problems using real data.
OMNIX MEDICAL synthesis...
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July 11, 2019 at 4:57 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 11, 2019 - 4:56 PM - The dangerously deep waters on Green Meadow Parkway from Pimlico and east caused by the raging rains have begun to recede. Extreme caution is still advised throughout the area. Should you come upon any deep waters, we urge you to drive extremely slowly.
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July 11, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 11, 2019 - BJL just received this update via e-mail:
Thursday afternoon update: Search continues with helicopter, boats, and people walking and riding on beach. Rabbi Slone continues to coordinate. We are always hopeful, but al pi derech hateva this is a ‘recovery’ mission. We will be coordinating volunteer search units over shabbos.
Contrary to previous reports the family will not be beginning shiva today. The hope is to find R’ Bauman soon. Please respect the family’s privacy and do not linger. Refreshments for visitors can be found in the Shul social hall. There will be a meeting at Shul for community members at 6:30 pm. It will follow the format of previous meetings with representation from the va...
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July 11, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Washington - President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran on Wednesday, the White House said, the same day the U.S. president threatened to “substantially” increase sanctions on Tehran to curb its nuclear activities.
Iran recently started enriching uranium beyond a limit established in a 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, a deal from which Trump withdrew. Trump has since intensified economic sanctions on Tehran, and tensions have escalated.
“The two leaders discussed cooperation between the United States and Israel in advancing shared national security interests, including efforts to prevent Iran’s malign actions in the region,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said on Thursday. Read more at Reuters
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July 11, 2019 at 12:57 pm
Washington - The abrupt resignation of Britain’s ambassador to the United States over leaked cables critical of the Trump administration may have jolted official Washington, but it’s unlikely to have a lasting impact on the U.S.-British relationship or diplomatic practice.
Current and former diplomats say the leak of Ambassador Kim Darroch’s sensitive reports is unfortunate and alarming, particularly given the apparent political motive behind it. Yet, they believe any complications will be temporary even as they create short-term turbulence in relations.
“It’s a problem, but I don’t know that it has a chilling effect over time because in the end people have jobs to do and they do their jobs,” said Ronald Neumann, a retired three-time U.S. ambassa...
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July 11, 2019 at 12:56 pm
Jerusalem - Jerusalem’s Police and Municipality workers on Wednesday operated in the Arab neighborhood of Isawiyeh to remove a monument erected on Tuesday night in honor of Arab terrorist Mohammed Abid.
The monument was removed at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after coordination with Jerusalem’s Mayor Moshe Leon and security and enforcement officials.
The terrorist Muhammad Abid, who was affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and had spent four years in prison after throwing Molotov cocktails, was killed last month after launching fireworks at close range at a police unit that was operating against criminals in Isawiyeh. The police said that the officers felt that their lives were in danger and shot Abid. Read more at VINne...
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July 11, 2019 at 11:51 am
Baltimore, Md - July 11, 2019 -9:33 AM - BJL just received this via e-mail:
Thursday morning update: The search continues. Rabbi Slone is coordinating volunteers. There will be refreshments set up in Shul social hall for out of town visitors in Shul Social Hall. We want to avoid people outside of relatives congregating at the families home.
No decisions have been made regarding end of search or timing of Shiva, r’l.
Please continue to daven for Reuven Tzvi ben Esther Baila.
Rabbi Sender Haber
Rabbi Haber is the Rav of B'nai Israel Congregation, Norfolk, VA
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July 11, 2019 at 11:46 am
A newly opened “temporary” facility to house unaccompanied migrant children could cost up to $300 million and stay open through January 2020, the Trump administration says.
The Carrizo Springs facility in Texas officially opened June 30, and currently houses about 225 children. It is eventually expected to hold up to 1,300, which would make it one of the largest facilities for unaccompanied minors in the country, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Carrizo facility is run by the non-profit firm BCFS, which HHS will pay $50 million for its first 60 days of operation, according to recent federal filings. Supplemental funding of up to $250 million will be paid if the facility is open through Jan. 31, 2020.
Read more at The Hill.
