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The pro-Hamas protests and marches keep expanding across our college and university campuses. Much to the dismay of Jewish students, alumni, and donors (as well as non-Jewish Americans watching these events with alarm), those who claim to support the cause of the Arab population living in Gaza and the West Bank feel perfectly comfortable ratcheting up the antisemitic rhetoric, using threats and even resorting to violence. (This disturbing behavior has also spilled into our cities, including the nation's capital. Demonstrations outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., earlier this week turned violent. Six Capitol Police officers were injured,...

President Biden wants Americans to believe his meeting with Xi Jinping was successful. But in truth, the U.S. gained nothing.President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping met this week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. The Biden administration touted the meeting as a significant foreign policy achievement, even though it accomplished little but photo ops.Leading up to the APEC meeting, Xi had a weak hand, while the leverage was on the U.S. side. China’s economic growth has slowed down significantly. Its once high-flying property sector crashed and exports dropped. The youth unemployment...

Former President Trump, his sons, and his companies are sitting on trial in a case filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James with state court Judge Engoron presiding. Pundits, anchors, and political commentators have expressed the common opinion that Donald Trump will be found “guilty” in that case — either because Trump did wrong or because the judge is biased against the Trump surname. Others have announced Trump will soon be in prison as a result of the claims pending against him in this case. There are things we can all know for certain. No one will be found...

A federal judge in Florida denied a key deadline request on Thursday from special counsel Jack Smith in the case against Donald Trump, alleging the former president unlawfully retained classified documents. United States District Judge Aileen Cannon's decision, in which she rejected Smith's request that Trump notify him by mid-December of any classified evidence he plans to use for his defense, is yet another indicator that she is likely to postpone the trial's start date. The trial is currently set to begin on May 20, 2024, but Cannon said last week she would evaluate numerous outstanding deadlines at a scheduling...

espite undergoing myriad personnel changes at all levels in the last year or so, CNN is still woefully CNN. Here is some background on this story from my colleague Rabbi Michael Barclay: An arrest has been made in the death of Paul Kessler, the Jewish man who died in a counter-protest a week and a half ago in Ventura County, Calif. The charge of manslaughter has been leveled against Loay Alnaji, and there is still an ongoing investigation into the possibility of a hate crime. There will be a press conference on Friday morning, and officials will hold a private...

Thursday on FNC’s “Special Report,” outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) addressed speculation he would seek the White House as a third-party candidate in 2024.The West Virginia Democrat gave low marks to the two parties’ frontrunners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.He told FNC host Bret Baier he had little confidence in either and warned of consequences if Trump were to win a second term.“Well, first of all, we don’t know on Super Tuesday who the two candidates may be on the Democrat and Republican side,” Manchin said. “But right now, I guess all odds are they will be...

Between February 2022 and August 2023, as many as 19,740 fled Ukraine illegally into Romania, Moldova, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia - with dozens continuing to leave daily. More than 21,000 have also 'attempted to leave' the country since Russia's brutal invasion but have been' turned back' by Ukrainian authorities, according to Kyiv. Ukraine's President has warned that there has been a tenfold increase in exemptions since February last year, blaming corruption among medical military commissions. In August, the US estimated as many as 70,000 could have been killed - a significant proportion of the 800,000 reported to be in Ukraine's...

Dan Aykroyd will forever be known as a “Ghostbuster.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum created plenty of memorable characters during his sketch TV days, but the 1984 sci-fi comedy remains his calling card for many. Some insist his 1980 film “The Blues Brothers” remains his finest hour as a comic actor. The musical comedy featured bravura performances from Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles and more. The film cemented Aykroyd’s on-screen bromance with fellow “SNL” standout John Belushi and became a cult classic. Aykroyd told podcaster Adam Carolla some behind-the-scenes footnotes from the film.

Israeli experts on rape and sexual abuse have documented Hamas's sex crimes during its Oct. 7 attack and denounce the world's silence.. Experts in the fight against rape and sexual abuse demanded to know why international women's organizations have remained silent about the horrific sex crimes Hamas committed in Israel on Oct. 7... And there's no doubt that they did: the experts, all women, who spoke on Nov. 12 in an online seminar organized by Jewish professional students at Harvard University, have been systematically gathering evidence since the attack. The one who headed up that effort spoke about the unspeakable....

Court cases in Colorado and Minnesota kick off this week as globalists attempt to kick Donald J. Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot, sighting the 14th Amendment as reasoning. The 14th Amendment allows for candidates to be removed from the ballot for “engaging in an insurrection against the United States.” Trump is not facing any insurrection-related charges and obviously has not been found guilty by a jury of his peers on insurrection-related charges. Despite this critical detail, globalists’ efforts to remove Trump from the ballot are expected to make it to the United States Supreme Court. Loomer called out the...

At a glittering fundraiser in downtown San Francisco Tuesday night, Biden began his speech by thanking Mayor Breed for “welcoming us to your city. It kind of sparkles right now.” A mixture of resentment that everyone underestimates him and cockiness about his prospects, Biden’s remarks foreshadowed his campaign pitch for 2024. He began by boasting about the “incredible night” Democrats had at the polls last week, “despite all the predictions, except ours.” “The American people voted to protect our fundamental freedoms like the right to choose, they voted to protect our democracy, they voted against extremism of our opponents, and...

The Marxist Origin of Wokism: The Hideous Face of RevolutionI am picking up a subject about which I have already written in an article entitled “Wokism: The New Pagan Morality.”[1] We now live in an increasingly post-Christian society. Interestingly, 56% of American voters deemed the term “woke” to be positive, associated with being informed and educated, while just 39% deemed it negative, likening it to censorship and being overly politically correct.[2] In his book, America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Left Conquered Everything,[3] Christopher Rufo traces the origins of CRT/Wokism, showing how America has been quietly taken over by the ideological...

Something to keep in mind - The attacks on Biden from the Democrat Establishment coincide with the ascent of Gavin Newsom. How could the DNC avoid a messy primary and nominate their preferred candidate (Newsom)? It’s in the fine print. Biden is increasingly frail and confused, his dementia is worsening and his economic plan is faltering. His popularity continues to crumble even among Democrats. Consider the possibility that he resigns after receiving the Presidential nomination at the DNC 2024 convention. Why that specific timing? Because – Rules adopted by the Democratic National Committee in 2022 leave the DNC as the...

Under Biden’s Reign of Error (or green economic transformation), the US has seen over 8 million illegal immigrants enter the US which is a far greater number than births in the US. In other words, Americans apparently are NOT being born under a bad sign. Hence, the US is seeing the demand for housing increase. But …. housing start were DOWN -4.2% YoY in October. Housing Starts: Privately‐owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,372, the October 2022 rate of 1,432,000. Single‐family housing starts in October were at a rate of 970,000; this is...

Attorney Tom Renz leveled serious allegations against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a fiery testimony Monday during the “Injuries Caused by COVID-19 Vaccines” hearing, claiming their deep involvement in the COVID-19 pandemic.He said, “When someone got this [COVID] shot. They didn’t get it from Pfizer or Moderna. They got it from the DoD. The DoD distributed this. The contract with our federal government requires it to distribute this; the DoD had to ensure that there was absolute immunity. If you want to sue someone right now, you’re going to have to sue...

A collective of Black farmers in West Sacramento, California, is sowing seeds for a sustainable tomorrow with its a recent $1.25 million grant.

The successor of sitting Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very similar to him politically, the Kremlin suggests. -snip- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a university student-run channel operated by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations that Putin's eventual successor will be "the same. Or different, but the same," according to the Moscow Times. -snip- Peskov told news outlets in October that there is no competition against Putin ahead of the next presidential election next year. "We have repeatedly said that President Putin is undoubtedly the number-one politician and statesman in our country," said Peskov. "In my personal opinion...

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough rebuked House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other Republicans who seem to "hate" American values.Video has surfaced of the Louisiana Republican taking part in a prayer call early last month with far-right Pastor Jim Garlow with the World Prayer Network, and the "Morning Joe" host was troubled that Johnson suggested the nation deserved God's wrath for its "dark and depraved" culture.

17 November 2023 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time St Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 13:1-9 ©How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind, or the swift...

President Biden appeared confused as he took the stage with other world leaders at APEC Thursday — after botching the name of the venue and refusing to mention a US corporation for fear of mispronouncing it. Video shared widely online showed the oldest-ever US president picking at his nose and looking around confused as he takes his spot for a photo op at the San Francisco-based conference.