Twitter ‘deeply sorry’ as widower asks that Trump’s Scarborough tweets be deleted — but won’t remove them

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/twitter-deeply-sorry-as-widower-asks-that-trumps-scarborough-tweets-be-deleted-but-wont-remove-them-2020-05-26

 

Twitter says it’s “deeply sorry” about President Donald Trump’s tweets suggesting that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough murdered a former staffer — but is not removing the president’s messages.

The husband of the woman who died accidentally in a district office of then–Republican Rep. Scarborough two decades ago is demanding that Twitter remove Trump’s tweets.

“My request is simple: Please delete these tweets,” wrote Timothy Klausutis to Twitter TWTR, +4.73% CEO Jack Dorsey.

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Twitter refuses to delete Trump’s baseless claims about Joe Scarborough

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/26/twitters-world-leaders-policy-gets-a-new-test-with-trump-tweets.html

Twitter’s policy carve-out for world leaders is facing another test with President Donald Trump’s latest tweets resurrecting baseless claims that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough should be investigated for the death of his former staffer.

Earlier this month, Trump tweeted questions about when an investigation would be opened into the “Cold Case” of “Psycho Joe Scarborough.” The unfounded accusation refers to the death in 2001 of Lori Klausutis, who was working for Scarborough when he was a Republican congressman for Florida. At the time, the medical examiner concluded Klausutis, 28, had fainted due to an undiagnosed heart condition and hit her head on the way down, finding no evidence of foul play. Scarborough was in Washington, D.C., when Klausutis died in his district office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Trump’s tweets revived a baseless theory that Scarborough was allegedly involved in Klausutis’ death. On Thursday, her widower, Timothy Klausutis, wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey requesting the company delete Trump’s tweets referencing those claims.

 

Twitter Doesn’t Remove Donald Trump’s Conspiracy Tweets After Widower Of Joe Scarborough Aide Asked For Them To Be Deleted

https://deadline.com/2020/05/donald-trump-joe-scarborough-lori-klausutis-1202943081/

 Twitter is not immediately removing President Donald Trump’s tweets about the 2001 death of an aide to Joe Scarborough, even though her widower asked the platform’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, to remove them.

Timothy Klausutis, the husband of Lori Klausutis, wrote in a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week, “My request is simple: Please delete these tweets.”

Widower of Scarborough Aide Asks Twitter to Delete Trump Tweets

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/widower-asks-twitter-to-delete-trump-tweets-on-death-allegations



 

‘My Wife Deserves Better’: Widower Of Scarborough Aide Asks Twitter To Delete Trump Conspiracies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/05/26/my-wife-deserves-better-widower-of-scarborough-aide-asks-twitter-to-delete-trump-conspiracies/#34cbe8631006

 The widower of Lori Klausutis, an aide to Joe Scarborough when he was a member of Congress who died in 2001, called on Twitter to take down President Trump’s tweets baselessly accusing the MSNBC host of murdering her.

 

Tech Writer Calls For Twitter To Remove Trump Tweets | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Former student attempts to run over principal of Baltimore yeshiva

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/501647

A former student at Baltimore yeshiva Ner Yisrael rammed his car into the vehicle of a staff member and then attempted to run over the yeshiva principal walking nearby, barely missing him.

 

Disapproval of Donald Trump Climbs Higher As Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 100,000 in U.S.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-disapproval-climbs-coronavirus-deaths-near-100000-1506426

President Donald Trump's disapproval rating has continued to climb this month as coronavirus deaths have neared 100,000 in the U.S., according to new data.
The FiveThirtyEight approval rating tracker found that Trump's average disapproval rating stood at 53.5 percent on Monday—putting it at its highest level since mid-January.
By comparison, the president's average approval rating slumped to 42.7 percent—a little more than three points down on his post-acquittal peak last month.

 

Israeli court opens way for Australian sex crime suspect's extradition

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BkEttd5sU

Court rules Malka Leifer, alleged sexual abuser from Melbourne, has been simulating mental illness and is fit to be tried; ruling was made after Leifer's lawyers contested experts who deemed her fit for trial back in January

 

Member of Lev Tahor sect indicted for child abuse

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/280890

Former principal of Lev Tahor school in Canada indicted for alleged physical and mental torture of children.

 

Court rules alleged child sex abuser Leifer fit to be extradited for trial

https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-rules-alleged-pedophile-malka-leifer-fit-to-be-extradited-for-trial/

Judge says former school principal feigned mental illness to avoid facing 74 counts of child sex abuse in Australia; defense plans appeal after July 20 extradition hearing

In a major ruling, the Jerusalem District Court has determined that alleged serial pedophile Malka Leifer is mentally fit for extradition to Australia to stand trial on charges of 74 counts of child sex abuse.

The decision handed down by Judge Chana Miriam Lomp to reject Leifer’s claims that she was unfit to stand trial seemingly caps a years-long struggle by Leifer’s alleged victims and Australian authorities to see her returned to face justice. 

“This abusive woman has been exploiting Israeli courts for 6 years! Intentionally creating obstacles, endless vexatious arguments – only lengthening our ongoing trauma!” said one of Leifer’s alleged victims, Dassi Erlich, in a statement immediately after the ruling. “Too many emotions to process!!! This is huge!”

The world sacrificed its elderly in the race to protect hospitals. The result was a catastrophe in care homes

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/26/world/elderly-care-homes-coronavirus-intl/index.html

 

By February 25, the World Health Organization said the virus had already killed thousands in China and was spreading through northern Italy, but at the time there were just 13 confirmed cases and no deaths in the UK. While the government ordered hospitals to prepare for an influx of patients, its advice to some of the country's most vulnerable people -- elderly residents of care or nursing homes -- was that they were "very unlikely" to be infected.

That guidance would remain in place over the next two-and-a-half weeks, as the number of coronavirus cases in the UK exploded. By the time the advice was withdrawn on March 13 and replaced with new guidance, there were 594 confirmed cases, and it was too late.

 

 Data published on LTCcovid shows that more than half of all coronavirus deaths in nations including Belgium, France, Ireland, Canada and Norway occurred in care homes or among care home residents in all settings. In the US, data collated by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) from 35 states and included in the LSE report showed that care home residents accounted for 30,130​, or at least 34.6%​, of the more than 87,000 coronavirus deaths ​recorded as of May 15. Care home residents are also overrepresented in ​some countries with relatively few deaths, accounting for 26 out of ​the first 99 deaths documented in Australia, or more than a quarter of all fatalities through May 18.

 

Sweden has repeatedly defended its controversial decision to remain relatively permissive in its restrictions on movement, but Health Minister Lena Hallengren admitted a "big failure" to protect the elderly and said care homes were now of the utmost importance, according to Swedish media. There had been 1,661 coronavirus deaths among care home residents out of 3,395 total coronavirus deaths in Sweden by May 14, or 49%, according to LTCcovid's report.

 

 

Hong Kong says it has not had a single infection in a care home, and only four deaths and just over 1,000 cases in total. In Singapore, just two of 18 deaths have taken place among care home residents.

"There's been a lot of focus in hospitals and focus on community transmission, but not in care homes. And I think that reflects the low status that the care sector has in many countries," said Comas-Herrera.

The authors of the JAMA report on Seattle write that: "Although many prefer not to think about nursing homes, they are a critical safety net for frail older adults and part of the fabric of our society."