Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say.

 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/04/daniel-ellsberg-final-advice-00099639

“The need for whistleblowing in my area of so-called national security is that we have a secret foreign policy, which has been very successfully kept secret and essentially mythical,” he says. “I’m saying there’s never been more need for whistleblowers … There’s always been a need for many more than we have. At the same time, it’s become more and more dangerous to be a whistleblower. There’s little doubt about that.”

Megaphone snatching incident: NYPD throws out complaint against MK Rothman

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/372313

Rothman discussed the incident during a conversation on Sunday morning with Galei Tzahal, "There will be a judicial reform. There are people who think that through violence and threats, they will manage to get us to think differently. But violence actually convinces me that reform is important and how important it is to do it quickly."

Anti vaxxer nonsense full page ad in Binah Shavuous edition

 Where are all the victims?

Why Steve Bannon May Still Go Down for a Pardoned Crime

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-steve-bannon-may-still-go-down-for-a-pardoned-crime?ref=home?ref=home

The feds went on to secure convictions against Bannon’s three other business associates, who were punished for looting the purported charity. Brian Kolfage, a wounded and decorated Air Force veteran who served as the face of the project, was sentenced in April to more than four years in prison. Andrew Badolato, a project financier, got three years. Colorado businessman Timothy Shea, whose first go-around ended in a mistrial, was ultimately convicted and is set to be sentenced this month.

Chemical found in widely used sweetener breaks up DNA

 https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230531/Chemical-found-in-widely-used-sweetener-breaks-up-DNA.aspx

At issue is sucralose, a widely used artificial sweetener. Previous work by the same research team established that several fat-soluble compounds are produced in the gut after sucralose ingestion. One of these compounds is sucralose-6-acetate.

Utah district bans Bible in schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/utah-district-bans-bible-in-schools-due-to-vulgarity-or-violence

The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.

Detox’ routines won’t undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/14/covid-vaccine-mandate-detox-borax-bath

Unproven and sometimes dangerous vaccine “detox” remedies, including restrictive diets and supplements, have been popular in anti-vaccination circles for years. Social media, coupled with politicized resistance to Covid-19 vaccine mandates imposed by businesses and government agencies, has increased the spread of misinformation.

As Jewish leaders debate community’s future in Europe, their kids are already leaving

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-jewish-leaders-debate-communitys-future-in-europe-their-kids-are-already-leaving/

Blouma Jacobs noted that antisemitism was one of the main factors pushing away young religious Jews, who statistical data show are likelier to be targeted because of their recognizable dress code. When they leave, it weakens the community that remains, she said, “so Jewish life is less robust overall.

Egyptian policeman kills 3 IDF soldiers in border shootings; is shot dead

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-israelis-hit-by-gunfire-in-incident-on-egyptian-border/

An Egyptian policeman shot and killed two Israeli soldiers who were manning a guard post near the border on Saturday morning, the military said. The Israel Defense Forces said there was a further exchange of fire in the area hours later, inside Israeli territory, in which the gunman and another IDF soldier were killed.

The incidents occurred between Mount Sagi and Mount Harif in the Negev desert. The circumstances were under investigation by the military, including how the gunman, an Egyptian policeman, managed to infiltrate Israel from Egypt.

Donald Trump Responds to Bombshell Audio Tape: 'Everything I Did Was Right'

 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-classified-document-audio-hannity-1803987

The audio recording prosecutors are reported to have obtained was recorded at Trump's golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.

During a meeting with people who were helping to write the autobiography of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump is said to have brought up that he was in possession of a classified document while discussing media reports at the time which detailed how his Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley talked Trump down from attacking Iran in the final few days of his presidency.

Trump is alleged to have discussed how he had a secret Pentagon paper from Milley and said that if he was allowed to show it to those at the meeting—who did not have security clearance to view classified materials—that it would undermine what Milley was saying.

Israeli Sbarro bombing victim dies after 22 years in coma

 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-744793

Chana Nachenberg died on Wednesday, almost 22 years after a Palestinian suicide bomber bombed the Sbarro pizza place, putting her in a vegetative state.

New York-born Nachenberg, nee Finer, was 31 years old when the bombing took place. Her two-year-old daughter Sarah was one of the few to survive the attack unscathed.

Trump admits to keeping classified doc on potential Iran attack in 2021 recording: report

 Trump admits to keeping classified doc on potential Iran attack in 2021 recording: report

Former President Donald Trump was recorded in July 2021 admitting to having held on to a classified document about a potential military strike against Iran, according to a new report.

Republicans ‘Not Interested’ In Whether Biden Bribe Allegation Is True, Chuck Grassley Says

 Republicans ‘Not Interested’ In Whether Biden Bribe Allegation Is True, Chuck Grassley Says

 Republicans don’t care if it’s true that Joe Biden accepted a bribe as vice president — they just want the FBI to hand over its record of the uncorroborated allegation.

That’s according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of the two Republicans leading the effort to obtain the FBI’s raw material.

“We are not interested in whether the allegations against Vice President Biden are accurate or not,” Grassley said Thursday morning on Fox News. “We’re responsible for making sure the FBI does its job, and that’s what we want to know.”

The fierce debate over rewriting children's classics

 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230530-roald-dahl-the-fierce-debate-over-rewriting-childrens-classics

It is perhaps worth remembering that it is not just children's literature that is subject to these sorts of revisions. Both Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming have recently had offensive references removed. Nor is it a new practice. Charles Dickens was so stung by the hurt reproaches of a Jewish reader over his depiction of the villainous Fagin that he halted a reprinting of Oliver Twist mid-run and removed many of the references to Fagin as "the Jew". The kindly Jewish character of Mr Riah in Our Mutual Friend, Dickens's last completed novel, seems to have been intended as an atonement.