Berachos (63b) Abbahu said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: Now they will say, The Master is angry and the disciple is angry, what will happen to Israel? If thou wilt restore the tent to its place, well and goods but if not, Joshua son of Nun, the disciple, will minister in thy place. Therefore it is written, ‘And he would return to the camp’.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Defiant Portland mayor tells feds to 'stay inside' or 'leave' city, asks DHS to clean up graffiti
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-feds-stay-inside-or-leave
The
interim head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in
Portland meeting with federal law enforcement officials on Thursday, the
same day he issued a blistering public statement calling out “local
political leaders” for their refusal “to restore order to protect their
city.”
The message from Acting Secretary Chad Wolf condemned “the rampant long-lasting violence” in Portland.
Wolf’s nearly 1,700-word statement refers to Portland’s demonstrators as both “violent anarchists” and a “violent mob.”
U.S.
Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat, on Thursday decried violence and added that
“the real issue here is Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to send
federal law enforcement into Portland. Unfortunately, these outsiders
proved themselves to be escalators of violence when they shot a peaceful
protester in the head just last weekend.”
Homeland Security head visits Portland, calls demonstrators ‘violent mob’ and defends federal officers
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/07/homeland-security-head-calls-portland-demonstrators-violent-mob-defends-federal-officers.html
The
interim head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in
Portland meeting with federal law enforcement officials on Thursday, the
same day he issued a blistering public statement calling out “local
political leaders” for their refusal “to restore order to protect their
city.”
Wolf’s statement comes six days after a deputy U.S. Marshal fired an impact munition at a 26-year-old man, seriously injuring him, and four days after President Donald Trump said “Portland was totally out of control” until federal law enforcement responded and “very much quelled it.”
Oregon governor criticizes Trump for sending federal officers to Portland
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/507841-oregon-governor-criticizes-trump-sending-federal-officers-to
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) lashed out at President Trump and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf amid reports of federal officers detaining protesters in Portland, Ore.
“This
political theater from President Trump has nothing to do with public
safety. The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is
deploying federal officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a
blatant abuse of power by the federal government,” Brown tweeted
Thursday after Wolf defended sending the forces, claiming that the city
of Portland has been "under siege for 47 straight days by a violent
mob."
Anonymous security forcing citizens into cars is mark of dictatorship
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/18/opinions/portland-anonymous-security-forces-mark-of-dictatorship-ghitis/index.html
In recent days, federal security forces have taken to the streets of Portland,
clad in camouflage gear suitable for a war zone, and handling
anti-racism protesters with tactics reminiscent of dictatorships.
How does coronavirus affect kids? Science has answers and gaps
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/07/17/breaking-news/how-does-coronavirus-affect-kids-science-has-answers-and-gaps/
“There are still a lot of unanswered questions.
That is the biggest challenge,” said Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, a pediatrics
professor at the University of Florida and former scientist at the U.S.
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Trump Falsely Claims Biden Wants to Defund Police in Fox News Interview
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-biden-fox-news-defund-police-1518828
During an hour-long interview due to air on Sunday, the president was quickly rebuffed by the interviewer.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/17/fox-news-chris-wallace-fact-checks-trump-bidens-stance-police/5461970002/
Fox News host Chris Wallace fact-checked President Donald Trump's inaccurate claim during an interview that former Vice President Joe Biden is in favor of defunding the police, leading to a testy reaction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/17/fox-news-chris-wallace-fact-checks-trump-bidens-stance-police/5461970002/
Fox News host Chris Wallace fact-checked President Donald Trump's inaccurate claim during an interview that former Vice President Joe Biden is in favor of defunding the police, leading to a testy reaction.
In a clip released between the "FOX News Sunday” anchor and Trump – the entire interview will air Sunday – the
president blamed "stupidly run" Democratic local governments for the
increase in violence in some cities and implied the increase was the
fault of the defund the police movement.
"It’s
gotten totally out of control and it’s really because they want to
defund the police, and Biden wants to defund the police," Trump said in
the clip about the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Portland mayor demands Trump keep federal agents 'in your own buildings, or have them leave our city'
https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-mayor-demands-trump-keep-federal-agents-in-your-own-buildings-or-have-them-leave-our-city
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is demanding that President Trump remove federal agents
deployed to the city amid criticisms of a heavy-handed response against
protesters and journalists and reports that militarized law enforcement
personnel have refused to identify themselves.
“Keep
your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city,”
Wheeler said at a news conference Friday. "This is part of the core
media strategy out of Trump’s White House: to use federal troops to
bolster his sagging polling data. And it is an absolute abuse of federal
law enforcement officials.”
His remarks came on the same day the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a lawsuit
against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Marshals
Service for allegedly violating the rights of journalists and legal
observers. The suit adds the federal agencies to an existing complaint
to halt crowd control measures and the use of tear gas, rubber bullets
against the media and legal observers during protests.
Trump and Pence attempt a campaign reset as public trust falters
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/18/politics/us-election-donald-trump-joe-biden-coronavirus/index.html
President Donald Trump attempted to right his faltering reelection campaign this week, looking to stem the steady decline of his poll numbers and shore up eroding support within his key voting bloc -- non-college-educated White voters -- by redefining his fight against Joe Biden and shaking up his campaign team after a series of stumbles.
Trump spent little time trying to lead America out of its coronavirus crisis this week, which was bookended by an erratic Rose Garden press conference
Tuesday and a sharply worded campaign speech by Vice President Mike
Pence in Wisconsin Friday afternoon. Clearly losing the battle on
messaging, the President and his team sought to reframe
the 2020 election as a choice between their agenda of "freedom and
opportunity" and what Pence claimed is Biden's vision of an America
under "growing control of the state" -- a future he said would lead to
"socialism and decline."
Their
aim -- in keeping with the President's relentless push to reopen the US
economy regardless of the human cost -- is to get Americans to focus on
anything other than the raging virus while distracting from the
administration's flawed effort to control it earlier this year, a
diversionary tactic that has not worked so far.
Friday, July 17, 2020
McCarthy warns if GOP doesn't win in November, Democrats 'will change the rules of the game'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kevin-mccarthy-2020-election-dems-change-rules
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told "Hannity"
Thursday that it is crucial for Republicans to win big the fall because
otherwise, as he put it, "I don't know if we'll ever have an
opportunity to win it again."
"They
will change the rules of the game," McCarthy told host Sean Hannity.
"How we vote, they will change -- you know in California, they allow
people who are not even citizens to vote in school board races. You
know, in California, they lowered the voting age to 17. Do you know, in
California, that you could turn your ballot in 17 days after the
election?
We want to focus on bringing this country back," the top House
Republican went on. "Rebuilding it, restoring it, and renewing it, and
that means and law and order and justice."
In that vein, McCarthy
said he would introduce legislation that would strip federal funding
from states and cities whose leaders do not enforce laws against
vandalism of public property.
"This is to protect American statues
because what we want to do is tell the history," he said. "When you
watch [San Francisco's] St. [Junipero] Serra [statue] get torn down or
you watch Ulysses S. Grant's [statue vandalized], you watch
Christopher Columbus, you watch Frederick Douglass, this is a real
challenge because we have local officials who have a responsibility for
the rule of law.
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