Friendly Reminders

 https://mishpacha.com/friendly-reminders/

I’ve been thinking I really need to daven more for Jared and Ivanka’s shalom bayis than for my own. Seriously.

Because while the fate of my children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren rests on my shalom bayis; the fate of the entire Jewish people rests on theirs. If something sours in that marriage and Ivanka gets hurt, I’m afraid Trump will turn against us.

When Trump was elected, I heard the collective sigh of relief. Finally, a president who loves the Jewish people! He even has Jewish grandchildren! Once he’s the sheriff, all the hostages will be home within a fortnight, we thought. Hamas would capitulate, the Houthis would capitulate, the Iranians would capitulate. I even heard from a source close to MK Simcha Rothman that Mr. Rothman requested that Bibi ask Trump for authorization to begin building the Third Beis Hamikdash, to which Bibi responded, “No, I won’t ask, I’m afraid he’ll say yes.”

I watch as the families of hostages plead with Trump to help bring their loved ones home, watch those who were released thank Trump profusely, and I think of the poor innkeeper dancing in a bear costume before the poritz. We rely on Trump so much, we needed Mike Huckabee to reassure us, “Trump still loves you,” when he didn’t include Israel in his first tour of the Middle East.

Now we’re not so sure about Trump anymore. There’s talk of tension between him and Bibi; he signed a ceasefire with the Houthis behind Israel’s back; described a potential archenemy, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa as, “an attractive, smart man;” and a bad nuclear deal is on the horizon

Terror in Colorado: Molotov cocktail attack targets pro-Israel walk

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409327

Seven people, including children, injured in Boulder, Colorado, as Molotov cocktails thrown at a peaceful walk for Israeli hostages. Attacker reportedly yells "End Zionists" before being arrested. FBI investigating incident as a terrorist attack

Ukraine destroys 40 aircraft deep inside Russia ahead of peace talks in Istanbul

 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-sumy-region-18966d4b286ffb6f4e764b94a6afaf61

 A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory, Ukraine’s Security Service said on Sunday, while Moscow pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones just hours before a new round of direct peace talks in Istanbul.

A military official, who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details, said the far-reaching attack took more than a year and a half to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

ICE Barbie’s List of ‘Sanctuary’ Cities Yanked After Furious Backlash

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-yanks-ice-barbie-kristi-noems-list-of-sanctuary-cities-after-furious-backlash/

Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has taken down a list of dozens of “sanctuary” cities and counties accused of hampering the administration’s mass-deportation efforts after even a pro-Trump law enforcement group denounced the list.

In a statement Saturday, the National Sheriffs’ Association—whose leadership has typically supported Trump—called the list “arbitrary,” while doing its best to distance Trump from his own policy.

“DHS has done a terrible disservice to President Trump and the Sheriffs of this country. The President’s goals to reduce crime, secure the Borders, and make America safer have taken a step backward,” said the group’s president, Sheriff Kieran Donahue of Canyon County, Idaho. “The sheriffs of this country feel betrayed.”

The statement said the list was “created without any input, criteria for compliance, or mechanism for how to object to the designation,” meaning sheriffs had no way of knowing what they needed to do to avoid being tagged with the “arbitrary” label.

Trump says it’s Biden’s economy, but businesses and economists beg to differ

 https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-biden-tariffs-a268e2c155019a462eaa951aa20c7fcd

 When the stock market was climbing in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who deserved credit: He did.

Nearly a year before his return to the White House, he declared on his Truth Social platform that investors were celebrating his lead in the polls against President Joe Biden.

When the stock market fell Wednesday on news that the American economy had gone backward during the first three months of 2025, Trump knew exactly who to blame: Biden.

“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s,’’ he posted, adding that Biden “left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!’’

‘Incredibly ironic,’ Trump antisemitism effort may force out Harvard’s Israeli Jews

 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-856173?utm_source=jpost.app.android&utm_medium=share

Trump's effort could force Harvard’s Jewish students from Israel — the very people the administration says it is aiming to protect — to leave the country.

The Trump administration has been attempting to weed out antisemitism at Harvard University by revoking a key certification that allows the university to enroll international students.

But that same effort could force Harvard’s Jewish students from Israel — the very people the administration says it is aiming to protect — to leave the country.

“I find it incredibly ironic that my visa is now under threat because I criticize my own government and that this is somehow presented as a measure to protect Jewish and Israeli students. I think anyone with some common sense can see that it’s a farce,” said Noga Marmor, a Jewish doctoral degree student at Harvard from Israel.

RFK Jr. ‘cannot remain in office’ after MAHA report cited fake studies

Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/16/trump-biden-economy

By standard measures such as job and GDP growth and the stock market, the US economy was in excellent shape

Donald Trump keeps saying he inherited a terrible economy from Joe Biden and many Americans believe him, even though that’s not true. During his White House marketing event for Tesla on Tuesday, Trump said the US and its economy “went to hell” under Biden. Last week, in his national address to Congress, Trump said: “We inherited from the last administration an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare.”

Biden’s economic legacy: Historic wage gains, investment and job growth but marred by inflation

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/economy/us-biden-economic-legacy

President Joe Biden will leave the White House with a strong economy, historic gains in the job market, a foundation for future manufacturing growth, and having brought down decades-high inflation without triggering a recession.

Those feats, economists say, are even more impressive considering the nation was deep in the throes of a deadly, economy-scarring pandemic when Biden took office.

His legacy will also include higher national debt, a wider trade deficit and steeper costs for housing, health care, higher education and child care.

The engine that fueled the Biden economy is sputtering under Trump

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/12/business/consumer-spending-trump-retail

Biden entered the White House in the depths of the pandemic and left office with strong economic growth, monthly job gains for the entirety of his presidency and the stock market at record highs. But he also presided over a steep rise in housing, child care and other household costs that contributed to Trump’s victory in 2024.

The Trump administration has said it’s trying to “turn back the economic plague unleashed by the Biden Administration.”

But American business leaders are now sounding the alarm about consumers freezing up, in part due to Trump’s policies. Consumer confidence last month registered its biggest monthly decline since 2021, according to the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index. Airlines are warning that consumer demand for travel is slowing, and shoppers are buying less clothing, home decor and other goods.

Elon Musk loses job, power and $50B! Melber on Musk's losing bet in Trump 2nd term

Trump Becomes A Joke Among World Leaders

Donald Trump vs. His Own Judges

 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-vs-his-own-judges-65426dbf?mod=hp_opin_pos_1

President Trump is expert at downplaying his failures, but attacking his own success is something new. That’s what happened Thursday as he lashed out at the conservative Federalist Society after a judge he appointed was part of a unanimous panel that struck down his tariffs.

“I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations. This is something that cannot be forgotten!” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social.

Triage Patient will live short time or one might be cured

Igros Moshe (Choshen Mishpat II #73.2) Question: There are two patients  but only one can be treated One can only be helped to extend his life for a short time or only remove the pain and requires emergency services for that. The second can be cured but it is not clear that he needs emergency services in the hospital There is only a single bed in the emergency room. Which one gets treated?What happens if one gets to the hospital first but treatment hasn’t started? Answer If both come at same time, than the one that doctors think they can cure is treated first even if they are not sure he needs to be treated immediately. However if the incurable patient came first and is receiving treatment he is not removed from there.