Cabinet approves: Lebanon ceasefire to take effect at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399818

Agreement brings to an end the current round of conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist organization.

Trump Wants Revenge. Biden’s Best Weapon: Get Pardoning

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-revenge-bidens-best-weapon-get-pardoning/

Destroying his enemies is the point. Hounding them with baseless lawsuits ruins their lives as they struggle to find the means, financially and otherwise, to defend themselves.

Whatever philosophical discussions there are will take place as the Biden presidency winds down, and the case is made to Biden that preemptive pardons will enhance his legacy. They are the right thing to do. The alternative is to allow Trump free rein, which is not the message Biden should leave for history.

'No Debate' That Charges Against Trump 'Constitute Crimes': Ex-Trump Lawyer

 https://www.newsweek.com/ty-cobb-jack-smith-january-6-charges-trump-1991603

He added: "What the debate has always been, in Trump's mind, is 'No, no, no, you can't get me.' And that proved to be true, that they ran out of time and the American people bestowed upon him the presidency, which puts him in a constitutional position that he can no longer be pursued."

Republicans in North Carolina try to destroy Democracy

As Trump pushes to consolidate power, he is being met with a push for democracy

Trump cabinet picks point to continuation of first term's scandals and disgrace

Are the kids all right? Abigail Shrier says you should stop asking them

 https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/are-the-kids-all-right-stop-asking-lhsgy4p9

America is in denial, says Shrier, but all the data suggests that therapy culture carries strong “iatrogenic effects” — when the healer makes things worse. “In 2016,” Shrier says, “one in six of children aged two to eight had a mental health or behavioural diagnosis. Those kids weren’t on smartphones… those were very young kids, they don’t generally have a smartphone now in America, but back then they certainly didn’t. What they had was a tremendous amount of diagnosis. Which meant a tremendous amount of mental health professional oversight. And we have seen this for more than a generation. These kids have been flooded with mental health interventions. They should be the picture of mental health, right? If preventive mental health care worked, these would be the healthiest kids we’d ever seen. But preventive mental health care doesn’t work. Now that of course doesn’t apply to people who actually are in desperate need of treatment, which is not preventive care, [they’re] people who are being treated because they have mental illness and that’s necessary. But right now, mental health professionals are holding themselves up, especially in America, as the solution to the suffering of this generation, just when we have every reason to believe they have only been making things worse for a generation. To me, that’s a very big problem. It’s the idea of the firemen have actually been starting the fire.”

Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’

 https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-brand-uk-tyrannical-police-state/

Musk’s fight with the British government took off over the summer, when he leaped on the killing of three schoolgirls in the seaside town of Southport to offer his thoughts on policing in the U.K., spread inaccurate claims about the government’s response, and accuse Starmer of running a “two-tier” justice system that treats white people more harshly.

Downing Street hit back after he claimed “civil war is inevitable” in the U.K. and he was not invited to a major investment summit held in the fall, although ministers have since tried to rebuild bridges.

Donald Trump won the election. Now he’s losing it.

 https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5004940-trump-overstepping-voters/

On Nov. 5, Americans hired Donald Trump to do three things: put more money into their pockets; lower prices for gas, groceries and rent and restore order at the southern border.  

Trump was not hired to gut the Justice Department, abolish the FBI, pardon the Jan. 6 rioters, weaken our intelligence agencies, eliminate the Department of Education or “go wild on health.”  

The U.N’s Anti-Israel ‘Genocide’ Purge

 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-ns-anti-israel-genocide-purge-c8feef1a

Alice Nderitu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide. She was fired.

Beracha for all those who promote Achdus

 Today I was Sandek for my new grandson named after Rav Shlomo Fisher

According to reliable sources a Sandek has a power to give Berachos. I was asked by a woman for a beracha that her daughter and grandchildren who are now trapped in Iran will be allowed to leave.

I also give a beracha to all those who are working for peace and achdus within the Jewish people. Even if you just say hello or good day to another person you qualify.

As Musk Assumes Deregulation Role, Tesla Racks Up Pollution Violations

 https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-tesla-environment-1263cd60?mod=hp_lead_pos8

Musk is considered a champion of the environment for his role in pioneering the electric car industry. He has said the mission of Tesla, which is the largest maker of electric cars in the U.S., is to “protect life on Earth.” Yet across his business empire, Musk’s companies show a pattern of breaking environmental rules again and again, federal and state government filings and documents show.

A Journal investigation shows that Tesla bosses were aware of the problems but sometimes chose short-term fixes to avoid slowing production. Former employees said they feared they might lose their job if they drew attention internally to potential environmental hazards, because senior managers didn’t consider such issues to be mission critical. As head of the company, Musk set the tone, these people said, pushing employees to move fast and complaining frequently in public statements that unnecessary regulations are strangling the U.S.

Final text of Lebanon ceasefire reached, Israeli officials say

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399744

The Israeli political-security cabinet will convene tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss the details of the agreement between Israel and Lebanon that will lead to a ceasefire in the conflict with the Hezbollah terrorist organization.

Israeli sources said that in advance of the cabinet meeting, a final text of the agreement with Lebanon has been reached. According to the report, Israel has given the green light to American mediator Amos Hochstein to move forward with the agreement.

Reuters reported that the US has informed Lebanese officials that a ceasefire could be declared "within hours."

GOP senators squirm over sex-related allegations against Trump Cabinet picks

 https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5005618-trump-cabinet-sexual-misconduct/

“There are clear signals from my colleagues that there’s more trouble than just with Gaetz,” said the lawmaker.

The senator warned that heated public hearings in which senators from both parties grill nominees over sexual allegations would be a bad way to start Trump’s second term as president.

“It would be awful for the Senate and I don’t think it’s good for the country,” the lawmaker added.