Wednesday, August 31, 2022

GOP Leaders Endorse Democrat for Pennsylvania Gov. After Republican Candidate Seen Wearing Confederate Uniform

 https://people.com/politics/republican-leaders-endorse-democrat-pennsylvania-governor-after-gop-nominee-scandal/

Several Republicans in Pennsylvania are throwing their support behind a Democratic candidate for governor after photos surfaced of far-right GOP nominee Doug Mastriano wearing a Confederate military uniform.

At least 16 Republican leaders have announced their endorsement for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, days after Reuters reported that Mastriano posed for a photo wearing a Confederate uniform in 2014, while he was an instructor at the US Army War College.

Trump team likely sought to conceal classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, DOJ tells judge

 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/30/trump-justice-department-filing-warrant-00054319

 


Prosecutors obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after receiving evidence that there was “likely” an effort to conceal classified documents there in defiance of a grand jury subpoena, a new Justice Department court filing released Tuesday night said.

Trump Slams FBI in Truth Social Posts After Special Agent Leaves Bureau - more fake news from Trump

 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-fbi-truth-social-posts-after-special-agent-leaves-bureau-1738031

Fox News said that, contrary to Trump's assertion, Thibault was not involved in this month's FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago "at any level."

The network also reported he retired, and was not fired as the former president has said.

Trump FBI raid: DOJ files response on possible 'special master' appointment for Mar-a-Lago docs

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fbi-raid-doj-files-response-possible-special-master-appointment-mar-a-lago-docs

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed its response opposing the appointment of a "special master" to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, saying classified documents were likely "concealed" at the residence in violation of a grand jury subpoena.

Before prosecutors obtained a search warrant, Trump's lawyers claimed that all of the records from the White House that remained at Mar-a-Lago were in a secure storage room on the premises.

But the filing said documents were likely "concealed and removed from the Storage Room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation."

The warrant was obtained after "the government developed evidence that a search limited to the Storage Room would not have uncovered all the classified documents at the Premises."

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Commission calls for stripping Robert E. Lee of honors at West Point

 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/29/commission-calls-for-stripping-robert-e-lee-of-honors-at-west-point-00054100

The congressional commission reviewing Pentagon property honoring the Confederacy is recommending renaming facilities and removing depictions dedicated to Robert E. Lee and other leaders at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy.


Yad Moshe Hebrew just reprinted

 Just received the update that Yad Moshe Hebrew printing finished]

That should mean it will be back in stock in America in a week or two

English version still available from Amazon

Contact Shanky's for copies in Israel 

Berman and Levitz carry it in New York

Yeshiva University Requests Stay on Order to Recognize LGBTQ Club from Supreme Court

 https://yucommentator.org/2022/08/yeshiva-university-requests-stay-on-pride-alliance-case-from-united-states-supreme-court/

Yeshiva University filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, asking the court to grant a stay on an earlier court’s decision that ordered YU to immediately recognize the Pride Alliance as an officially sanctioned club until its appeal to the New York State Appellate Division is decided. 

Coming a week after the lower court rejected YU’s appeal for a stay, YU is presenting its argument to the Supreme Court on grounds of its First Amendment rights to religious freedom.

Online creators are de facto therapists for millions. It’s complicated.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/29/mental-health-tiktok-instagram/

Instagram in June launched a pilot called the Well-being Creator Collective, which it says provides funding and education to about 50 U.S. creators to help them produce “responsible” content on emotional well-being and self-image. The program is guided by a committee of outside experts, the company says.


How The Cruelty Is The Point Of Trump's Presidency

Monday, August 29, 2022

Joe: If Any Official Took This Many Documents, They Would Be In Jail

Inside Israel's Closed Off Ultra-Orthodox Communities | Foreign Correspondent

'It's a spy's dream': Andrew McCabe on security threats at Mar-a-Lago

Republicans who blast FBI's Trump search are prepping to snag Joe in a Hunter Biden probe

 Republicans who blast FBI's Trump search are prepping to snag Joe in a Hunter Biden probe

Conversations Tuesday with more than a half-dozen House Republicans revealed deep concern about constituents panicked and infuriated by the FBI’s daylong Mar-a-Lago search.

“The base has lost its mind. If Trump decides to call them to arms, then I think he could get another Jan. 6,” one senior House Republican said in an interview, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Graham predicts ‘riots in the streets’ if Trump prosecuted over classified docs

 https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3619050-graham-predicts-riots-in-the-streets-if-trump-prosecuted-over-classified-docs/

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday warned of “riots in the streets” if former President Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home. 

“If there’s a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debacle… there’ll be riots in the streets,” Graham told former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy, who now hosts Fox News’ “Sunday Night in America.