Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Roe v Wade: Woman behind US abortion ruling was paid to recant
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733886
The woman behind the 1973 ruling
legalising abortion in the US is seen admitting in a new documentary
that her stunning change of heart on the issue in later life was "all an
act".
Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe in the US Supreme Court's
decision on Roe v Wade, shocked the country in 1995 when she came out
against abortion.
But in new footage, McCorvey alleges she was paid to switch sides.
n her "deathbed confession", as she calls it, a visibly ailing
McCorvey says she only became an anti-abortion activist because she was
paid by evangelical groups.
"I was the big fish," she said. "I
think it was a mutual thing. I took their money and they'd put me out in
front of the cameras and tell me what to say.
"That's what I'd say. It was all an act. I did it well too. I am a good actress. Of course, I'm not acting now."
Teenage boy charged in Canada's first 'incel' terror case
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733060
The 17-year-old boy is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in February.
Incel,
short for "involuntarily celibate," is an online subculture focused on
members' perceived inability to find romantic or sexual partners.
A
2018 attack in Toronto that killed 10 was also allegedly inspired by
the ideology, but the accused in that case was not charged with
terrorism.
"Terrorism comes in many forms and it's important to note that it is
not restricted to any particular group, religion or ideology," said the
RCMP.
Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/19/politics/fraud-suit-trump-family-company/index.html
A federal judge on Monday allowed a federal lawsuit
accusing President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and his
company of collaborating with a fraudulent marketing scheme to prey on
investors to proceed.
The lawsuit, originally filed in October 2018
and amended a few months later, alleges that in exchange for "secret"
payments, Trump and three of his adult children used his former reality
TV show "The Celebrity Apprentice" and other promotional events as
vehicles to boost ACN Opportunity, a telecommunications marketing
company linked to a nonprofit that used Trump's brand to appeal to
teens.
The lawsuit also
accuses the Trumps of having profited off the poor and vulnerable, as
people looking "to enrich themselves by systematically defrauding
economically marginalized people looking to invest in their educations,
start their own small business, and pursue the American dream."
Nancy Pelosi accused of fat-shaming 'obese' Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/52733199
"Especially in his age group, and in his, shall we say, weight group,
morbidly obese, they say," the US House of Representatives speaker
said.
Why the campaign is frozen: Trump, Biden and industrial-strength Teflon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/why-the-campaign-is-frozen-trump-biden-and-industrial-strength-teflon
If I had told you three months ago that a
terrifying virus would invade America, infecting a million and a half
people, killing 90,000 and throwing 35 million folks out of work, what
would you have thought about President Trump’s reelection chances?
My
first thought would have been that he’d be on the ropes, that any
president would find it nearly impossible to win a second term in the
face of such a devastating calamity.
My second thought would have
been that Trump might be soaring in popularity if he was seen as leading
the country in crisis--just as war can boost a commander-in-chief’s
fortunes as people rally behind the leader.
And yet neither of those things has happened.
My view is that politics in this country have become almost
completely tribal. Most people are so locked into their viewpoints,
pro-Trump or anti-Trump, that they rationalize and excuse behavior that
they would find intolerable in a figure on the other side.
“Americans feel more strongly about Trump, either for or against,
than about any other candidate since polling began,” Continetti writes.
“His supporters give his approval ratings a floor, and his detractors
give his ratings a ceiling. There is not a lot of room in between.
So are both candidates so thoroughly coated in Teflon that they can’t be seriously scratched?
I
liked this Continetti line: “Watching the numbers hardly budge over
these past months, I have sometimes wondered what could move them. War?
Spiritual revival? Space aliens?”
Barring an interplanetary invasion, the candidates are competing for a
strikingly small number of persuadable voters. The election is likely
to be a referendum on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus and the
reopening; his team wants it to be a verdict on Biden’s fitness for
office.
And the press, which was wrong about Trump four years ago
and wrong about Biden three months ago, is left covering a virtual race
that just doesn’t seem to budge.
Jerusalem's haredi schools return to nearly normal functioning
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/280547
Following the dramatic improvement in coronavirus infection rates in
Jerusalem, the city's mayor, Moshe Lion, ordered the city's haredi
schools to reopen nearly fully.
On Tuesday, Rabbi Yisrael Kellerman and Rabbi Avraham Bezalel, who
are in charge of the city's haredi education resources and haredi
education portfolio, respectively, presented the plan for reopening the
schools.
The plan was made in coordination with rabbis, and in accordance with Health Ministry guidelines, and was approved by Lion.
Trump sows division and confusion as anxious country edges toward opening
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/20/politics/trump-coronavirus-response/index.html
If America navigates its risky pursuit of a comeback without unleashing a vicious resurgence of coronavirus, it will be in spite of President Donald Trump, not because of him
But they will not be
shepherded by a President offering advice on how to safely open,
empowering his public health officials, or publicly shouldering the fear
and concern of his compatriots.
Trump, disdaining a mask and flouting
the scientific advice of doctors, portrays himself as a warrior
President standing up for Americans who believe liberal elites have
leveraged the crisis to stifle freedoms and defeat their hero.
Trump's behavior in recent days flies in
the face of every template of convening presidential leadership amid a
crisis that will join the list of the greatest challenges in US history.
He and his son-in-law Jared Kushner and
chief of staff Mark Meadows swept barefaced into the US Capitol for
lunch with GOP Senators on Tuesday. The President's resolve will be
tested on Wednesday when he heads to a Ford plant in Michigan. Managers
have told the White House that masks are mandatory.
Pence's Doctor Disagrees With Trump's on Using Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent Coronavirus
https://www.newsweek.com/pences-doctor-disagrees-trumps-using-hydroxychloroquine-prevent-coronavirus-1505265
Vice President Mike Pence says he is not preemptively taking the
malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19 like President
Donald Trump because his doctor does not recommend using the drug.
Michael Flynn's Attorney Files Emergency Appeal to Force Judge to Dismiss Charges Despite Guilty Plea
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-flynns-attorney-files-emergency-appeal-force-judge-dismiss-charges-despite-guilty-plea-1505252
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has asked a U.S.
Appeals Court in D.C. to force the U.S. District Court judge overseeing
his case to grant the Department of Justice's motion to dismiss his
case.
President Trump Says America's 1.5 Million Coronavirus Cases Are ‘Badge of Honor’ for Testing
https://time.com/5839262/trump-badge-of-honor-coronavirus/
P resident Donald Trump said it’s “a badge of honor” that the U.S. has
more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus — the highest number of
infections globally — saying the total is simply a reflection of a
successful testing regime.
“I view it as a badge of honor, really, it’s a
badge of honor,” Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting at the
White House on Tuesday. “It’s a great tribute to the testing and all of
the work that a lot of professionals have done.”
At least 91,000 Americans have died from Covid-19,
the disease caused by the coronavirus, since February. The U.S. has now
performed more than 11.8 million tests for infection by the virus,
according to the Covid Tracking Project, after the government
experienced delays in getting tests developed and manufactured. The U.S.
continues to face testing shortages and sets priorities for who gets
one.
Contrary to Trump’s claim, U.S. testing levels
aren’t extraordinary. The U.S. trails countries like the U.K., Italy and
Germany in tests conducted per 1,000 people, Bloomberg data show. And
the U.S. is finding a case for every 7.8 tests, far behind other
countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, who have to test
far higher numbers of people to find a case, according to figures
compiled by Our World In Data.
Cabinet approves further relief measures
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/280528
The Cabinet on Tuesday night approved a series of changes to the
emergency regulations and lifted some of the restrictions that had been
placed on the public as part of the fight against the coronavirus.
The prohibition of staying at a beach has been lifted, and from now
on, staying at a beach will be possible in accordance with several
guidelines, including maintaining physical distance between bathers.
The prohibition on prayer in a building was lifted as well. Prayer
will be possible under restrictions that include up to 50 people in the
building, while maintaining a distance of two meters between people,
wearing masks and appointing a person who will be tasked with ensuring
that the guidelines are followed.
The ban on operating a museum has been lifted as well. Operation of
facilities or exhibits for children that can be touched will not be
permitted in museums. Museums will adhere to the guidelines on the
operation a public space, including allowing the entrance of one person
per 15 square meters.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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