Ultra-Orthodox press calls for virus czar’s resignation over rebuke of top rabbi

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-press-calls-for-virus-czars-resignation-over-rebuke-of-top-rabbi/

 Ultra-Orthodox newspapers on Thursday condemned Israel’s coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu and called for his ouster, after he denounced a prominent rabbi who reportedly told yeshiva students not to get tested for the disease.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, considered among the most important leaders of the non-Hasidic branch of ultra-Orthodox Jewry in Israel, expressed concern that the testing process would take students away from their studies and that positive results would require those who came in contact with the patient to quarantine, further disrupting yeshiva life, according to the Kikar HaShabat website.

 

Biden tops Trump in Pennsylvania, but lead shrinks: poll

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-tops-trump-pennsylvania-lead-shrinks-poll

An average of all the latest polls in Pennsylvania conducted by Real Clear Politics puts Biden ahead of Trump by 4.7 points. That’s down from a 6-point lead Biden enjoyed at the beginning of August.

Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states

 https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-biden-tops-trump-among-likely-voters-in-key-states

 Democrat Joe Biden is ahead in three key states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, according to new Fox News statewide surveys of Arizona, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. 

Support for reelecting Trump falls below his 2016 vote share in each state.  At the same time, there’s room for improvement, as more voters approve of his job performance than back his reelection.

Biden’s advantage comes from strong support among women and suburban voters.  Moreover, suburban women in all three states trust Biden over Trump to handle coronavirus and policing/criminal justice.

Interest in the election is roughly the same among both Biden and Trump supporters. 

 

'פער את פיו': היומונים החרדים נגד רוני גמזו

 https://www.kikar.co.il/373422.html

 חשיפת 'כיכר השבת' על הוראת מרן הגר"ח והתבטאות פרויקטור הקורונה נגדו, היום בכל היומונים החרדים • את הקו החריף הוביל עיתון 'המבשר', שקרא לרוני גמזו להתפטר (ארץ)

Rabbi Kanievsky: 'Don't test yeshiva students for coronavirus'

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286465

 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading haredi rabbi, has instructed that post-high school yeshivas not conduct coronavirus tests, since the tests may send thousands of students into quarantine, wasting time during which they would otherwise be learning Torah, Kikar Hashabbat reported.

 

Russia set up fake liberal network to help Trump win election - NYT

 https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/russia-set-up-fake-liberal-network-to-help-trump-win-election-nyt-640907

 

The White House has sought to control the flow of information concerning foreign threats to the election in recent weeks.

 A Kremlin-backed group created a network of fake accounts and a fake Liberal website as part of a disinformation campaign designed to assist US President Donald Trump, Facebook and Twitter said, according to The New York Times.

According to the NYT, the Internet Research Agency, which reportedly interfered in the 2016 presidential election, launched the campaign to push potential Democratic voters away from presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Has Trump incited violence?

 https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-riots-andrew-napolitano

 Now back to the present use of words to incite violence. President Trump has been accused of inciting violence by his use of words. He has said many things: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” “Knock the crap out of them,” “any guy who can do a body slam, he’s my type,” and “the audience hit back; that’s what we need a little more of.”

Even though the president’s language was referring to violence in American cities last summer and this summer, and even though his supporters may take some consolation in his harsh and supportive words, because there was time for more speech to rebut what he said, his words are protected.

I write this as a constitutional analysis, not a political one. The voters will decide if Trump’s words are prudent or helpful or even presidential. But the courts will leave him alone.

 

 

In North Carolina, Trump urges voters to vote twice in November

 https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/politics/jamie-dupree/north-carolina-trump-urges-voters-vote-twice-november/O4R6IAVBT5C47JZ5ZILVQX4LGY/

 Hours after once again denouncing states which are mailing ballots to all active registered voters for November, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to not only vote by mail or by absentee ballot, but also then to show up to the polls on Election Day to vote a second time, which theoretically could put voters in legal jeopardy.

 Some election experts said the President himself broke the law by suggesting people should vote both by mail and in person.

In his answer, the President quickly suggested that people should both cast a ballot by mail, and then vote again at the polls.

“Well, they’ll go out and they’ll vote, and they’re going to have to go and check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates then they won’t be able to do that. So, let them send it in, and let them go vote, and if their system is as good as they say it is, then obviously they won’t be able to vote. If it isn’t tabulated, they’ll be able to vote. So, that’s the way it is. But send in your ballots, send them in strong, whether it’s solicited or unsolicited, the absentees are fine - we have to work to get them - you know, it means something. And you send them in - but you go to vote - and if they haven’t counted it, you can vote. So, that’s the way I view it.”

Trump Encourages His Supporters To Try To Commit Voter Fraud By Voting For Him Twice | MSNBC

Senator floats false data claim. See ex-CDC chief's reaction

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DOJ to Charge Trump Inaugural Donor Broidy Who Served in RNC with Cohen and DeJoy. Will Broidy Flip?

George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus, but it had nothing to do with his death, autopsy shows

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/health/george-floyd-coronavirus-autopsy/index.html

 

County and family release conflicting autopsies

In addition to his coronavirus test results, officials released more details on the final autopsy.

Floyd's death was due to cardiopulmonary arrest -- or the stopping of his heart -- according to the final autopsy results released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

 The final autopsy says Floyd had heart disease and a history of high blood pressure. It includes a more complete toxicology report that said Floyd had evidence of several drugs in his blood and urine, including morphine, fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamine, although not all of the tests were reliable.

Experts hired by Floyd's family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it.

George Floyd’s Toxicology Report Causes Toxic Stigma and Prejudice

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-addiction/202006/george-floyd-s-toxicology-report-causes-toxic-stigma-and-prejudice

 Some of the comments already online include: “Fentanyl and meth in his system, while trying to by [sic] cigs with counter fit [sic] money sounds like he was just another good boy.” And, “George Floyd died as a direct result of the drugs he ingested.”

These comments are taken directly from the playbook that blames the victim, laying total responsibility for any abuse suffered on whatever flaws the victim may possess. The motivation behind such comments is domination, born out of a fear of being too weak to be comfortable dealing with others on equal footing.

But the simple bottom line is that it does not matter that George Floyd had drugs in his system. The only reason he could not breathe that night was because the breath was squeezed out of him by men in uniform who had more than enough time and training to know the reality of what they were doing. That is murder.