Donald Trump won on promises to fix the economy, the border and soaring global disorder; his team needs to focus on delivering change on those fronts — not spend energy either having to defend crackpot theories or trying to control RFK Jr.’s mouth.
Friday, November 15, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
McCarthy says Gaetz won’t get confirmed: ‘Everyone knows that’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4990312-kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-feud-donald-trump-cabinet/
Asked for his response to Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, McCarthy told Bloomberg Television in an interview, “I think the choices are very good, except one.”
“Look, Gaetz won’t get confirmed,” he continued. “Everybody knows that.”
McCarthy, a loyal Trump ally while serving in the House, was asked why the former president would bother tapping Gaetz if he knew the Florida Republican couldn’t get confirmed.
CIA Official Arrested for Intelligence Leak on Israeli Plans to Strike Iran
The leaked reports assessed Israel’s planning for a possible Iran attack, including the types of aircraft and munitions its military could use. They also described Israeli air-force exercises involving air-to-surface missiles, believed to be in preparation for aerial strikes inside Iran. One of the reports says the U.S. hadn’t seen any sign an attack would involve nuclear weapons, a capability Israel is known to possess but doesn’t publicly confirm it
Trump Yuden rein Appointments
With all the "Jewish Pride in the election of Trump - one glaring problem has been ignore - none of his selections are Jewish
Typically the Ambassador to Israel is a Jew as David Friedman was , This time Trump picked a loyalist Baptist minister instead of Friedman. Huckabee is pro Israel but he also believes as a good Christian that a great battle will take place at the end of days and All the Jews will either be killed or will convert.
In sum. Trump seems to be going with the White Christian Nation thing.
Marriage Skills Handbook - Guest Post by Raffi Bilek, LCSW-C
The low divorce rate of the frum community used to be a badge of pride.
In truth, there aren’t many chiddushim in here either. It’s a lot of ideas that have existed already, put together in a way that is digestible and easy to read, with maybe a few twists of my own.
-- Ben Yehoyada, Berachos 28b
Trump Sends Shockwaves Through Washington With Gaetz Pick
Most of Trump’s picks indicates he wants a firm grip on his nominees and that he values loyalty, a quality prized by all presidents but one that he has put a particular premium on. Gaetz’s selection also has the benefit of exciting the president-elect’s MAGA base.
Trump’s AG pick called ADL ‘racist,’ invited Holocaust denier to State of the Union
This past spring, Gaetz, alongside Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, opposed a bill that would codify an official definition of antisemitism because it classified the view that Jews killed Jesus — which Gaetz endorsed — as antisemitic.
“The Gospel itself would meet the definition of antisemitism under the terms of this bill!” Gaetz wrote on X, adding, “The Bible is clear. There is no myth or controversy on this.”
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Affirmative Action and Trump
For years Conservatives have complained about Affirmative Action because it is not concerned with job related factors but only race or yichus for jobs or college admission.
Trump declared at his first presidency he was going to hire only the best people. But many of them ended up disagreeing with him and became his biggest critics
This time around he is not looking for competence or experience - the most important and non- negotiable factor is loyalty - not only now but forever. As his son declared "I want people who ‘don’t think they know better’ than father in Cabinet."
It is ironic that he is using affirmative action but substituting loyalty for race because he doesn't want resistance to doing anything he wants! After all he doesn't want anybody who thinks he knows better than he does ,since he is such a stable genius who aced competency tests. Nobody could possibly know more than he does!
Trump Jr.: I want people who ‘don’t think they know better’ than father in Cabinet
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4979130-trump-jr-involved-transition/
Donald Trump Jr. said he wants people who “don’t think they know better” than his father, President-elect Trump, to be a part of the Republican administration.
“I’m going to be heavily involved on the transition. I want to make sure now that we know who the real players are, the people who will actually deliver on the president’s message, the people who don’t think that they know better than the duly elected president of the United States,” Donald Trump Jr. said during his Thursday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends.”
“I want to make sure that those people are in his Cabinet. I want to make sure that those people are in this administration,” he added.
Trump taps Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4987358-pete-hegseth-defense-secretary/
Defense secretary proved to be one of Trump’s more volatile Cabinet posts during his first term in office. Jim Mattis resigned after Trump said he was withdrawing troops from Syria, and his replacement, Mark Esper, was fired days after the 2020 election and has since been critical of Trump.
Ex-Fox Host Flames Former Colleague Pete Hegseth After Trump’s Pentagon Nod
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson said she was “stunned” Tuesday by Donald Trump’s intention to nominate Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense.
“From silly diner interviews on Weekend Fox and Friends to Secretary of Defense?“ Carlson wrote on X. ”I never thought I’d say I’m stunned about any pick after the election but nominating Pete Hegseth for this incredibly important role? Yes he’s a veteran … and?"
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
A Surprising Source of Dementia Relief: Cannabis
Doctors who prescribe cannabis to dementia patients say it can alleviate anxiety, agitation and pain, and improve sleep, appetite and mood. While there isn’t much definitive research on the use of cannabis for dementia, several small studies have backed its usefulness in soothing agitation.
Donald Trump's Cabinet Picks Might Cost GOP House Majority
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cabinet-picks-might-cost-gop-house-majority-1984525
President-elect Donald Trump has named two members of the House of Representatives to his cabinet, and at least four more Representatives are rumored to be joining them in high office.
Having not yet officially won a majority in the House, the President-elect could further tighten the Republican's margin, which is likely be a very narrow majority over the Democrats, when all votes have been counted.
According to The Associated Press, the Republicans have so far won 214 of 435 seats in the House of Representatives; they need 218 to form a majority. Democrats have won 205.
Democratic warnings about Trump were not simply campaign rhetoric
The issue isn’t that Democrats never believed Trump posed such a risk. The issue is that the party and its presidential candidate lost an election centered on that risk. The process of democracy, responding in large part to global economic patterns, awarded the presidency to a candidate who is overtly and increasingly antagonistic to the American system. A candidate representing a party in which a majority told pollsters four years ago that the governmental separation of powers was not extremely important.
The argument that Democrats were insincere in their concerns about democracy is, particularly when offered by Trump supporters, an effort to diminish the idea that any such risk exists.
It obviously does.
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