http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/282786
Vermont Senator adds his name to letter spearheaded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against Israel's sovereignty plans.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Supreme Court opens door to state funding for religious schools
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/espinoza-montana-religious-schools-scholarship-supreme-court/index.html
In a ruling that will open the door to more public funding for religious education, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of parents in Montana seeking to use a state scholarship program to send their children to religious schools.
The court said that a Montana tax credit program that directed money to private schools could not exclude religious schools.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Judge temporarily blocks publication of tell-all book by President Trump's niece
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/media/mary-trump-book/index.html
The ruling, issued by Judge
Hal B. Greenwald of the New York State Supreme Court, the state's trial
court, is the first legal win for Robert S. Trump, the younger brother
of the President. Robert Trump has sought to block the book
by Mary Trump, the President's niece, contending it violates a
confidentiality agreement related to the estate of the President's
father, Fred Trump.
The Tuesday ruling comes after a judge for the Queens County Surrogate Court in New York last week dismissed a similar attempt to block the book, citing a lack of jurisdiction.
Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years
https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-authorities-placed-children-with-pedophiles-for-30-years/a-53814208
The 'Kentler Project' in West Berlin routinely placed
homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster
parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades.
Starting in the 1970s psychology professor Helmut Kentler conducted
his "experiment." Homeless children in West Berlin were intentionally
placed with pedophile men. These men would make especially loving foster
parents, Kentler argued.
A study conducted by the University of
Hildesheim has found that authorities in Berlin condoned this practice
for almost 30 years. The pedophile foster fathers even received a
regular care allowance.
Helmut Kentler (1928-2008) was in a
leading position at Berlin's center for educational research. He was
convinced that sexual contact between adults and children was harmless.
765 new infections recorded over last 24 hours, as virus curve bulges
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-june-30-2020/
Number of seriously ill patients jumps to 52, up from 46 Tuesday morning; single day case tally matches second highest since start of pandemic
The Health Ministry releases new coronavirus data showing 765 new infections over the last 24 hours, as the pandemic continues to trend upward.Twitch suspends Trump's account for hate speech
https://www.jpost.com/international/twitch-suspends-trumps-account-for-hateful-speech-633315
US President Donald Trump's Twitch account was suspended on Monday for violating the site's rules regarding hateful content, gaming news outlet Gamespot reported.
“Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch. In line with our
policies, President Trump’s channel has been issued a temporary
suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream, and the offending
content has been removed,” a Twitch spokesman said in a statement,
according to Gamespot.
The
statement gave examples of hate speech used in some of Trump's
livestreams, citing both a 2016 rally that was recently rebroadcast, and
the recent campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Both examples could be
perceived as racist and hateful against Mexicans.
The
example from the 2016 rally was the now-infamous quote regarding
Mexican immigrants. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending
their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re
sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those
problems to us,” Trump said at the time. “They’re
bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I
assume, are good people. But I speak to border guards and they tell us
what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense – it only makes
common sense. They’re sending us not the right people.”
New revelations stir old questions about Trump and Russia
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/donald-trump-russia-taliban-phone-calls/index.html
Reports that a Russian military intelligence agency put a bounty on the heads of US troops
in Afghanistan launched the President's team into a new cycle of
confusion, apparent half-truths and contradictions as a fresh storm
raged over Trump's mysterious deference to Moscow and its strongman
leader, President Vladimir Putin.
Conflicting messages from the
President and his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, only deepened the
intrigue about what is really going on.
None of what they are saying clears up an episode that comes as new reporting for CNN from veteran Washington reporter Carl Bernstein
lifts the lid on Trump's desperate flattery of Putin, his ignorance of
basic world events, the way he was manipulated by smarter world leaders
and his "near-sadistic" -- according to one source -- behavior toward
female world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
'Blood is on their hands': Rep. Banks says NYT revealed sensitive details on Russia bounty intel
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-times-russia-bounty-story-rep-banks
"Having served in Afghanistan during the time the alleged bounties
were placed, no one is angrier about this than me," Banks wrote. "Now
it’s impossible to finish the investigation. All b/c the @nytimes will
do anything to damage @realdonaldtrump , even if it means compromising
nat'l security."
The White House said Monday that Trump wasn't
briefed on U.S. intelligence assessments concerning the bounties because
the information had not been verified.
Press Secretary Kayleigh
McEnany told reporters Monday that Trump — even now — had not been
briefed on the allegations because the intelligence “would not be
elevated to the president until it was verified."
The result was an odd situation in which eight Republican lawmakers
attended a briefing at the White House on Monday about explosive
allegations that the president himself was said to have not been fully
read in on.
GOP Lawmakers Urge Action After Russia-Afghanistan 'Bounties' Briefing
https://time.com/5861497/gop-russia-afghanistan-briefing-bounties/
The White House seemed to be setting an unusually high bar for
bringing the information to Trump, since it is rare for intelligence to
be confirmed without a shadow of doubt before it is presented to senior
government decision-makers. McEnany declined to say why a different
standard of confidence in the intelligence applied to briefing lawmakers
than bringing the information to the president.
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Texas Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top
Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said, “After today’s
briefing with senior White House officials, we remain concerned about
Russian activity in Afghanistan, including reports that they have
targeted U.S. forces.”
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