https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/fact-check-biden-medal-of-honor-backwards/index.html
Monday, August 15, 2022
Anti-Biden commentators spread false claim that he affixed a Medal of Honor 'backwards' - lies because he deserves it!
Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
Fox News’ Bret Baier Shuts Down Trump: ‘Obama Documents Were Handled Properly’
Ron Johnson Calls Mar-a-Lago 'Pretty Safe Place' for Classified Documents
https://www.newsweek.com/ron-johnson-calls-mar-lago-pretty-safe-place-classified-documents-1733514
Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, called Mar-a-Lago a "pretty safe place" to keep documents with sensitive information on Friday.
"I'm not overly concerned about some top secret information being leaked out," Johnson told ABC News affiliate WSIN, adding that while he is "always" concerned about classified documents, he thinks that the documents in the possession of former President Donald Trump are in a "secure location guarded by the Secret Service."
However, the Secret Service said that it used to conduct physical screenings to ensure no banned items were brought into Mar-a-Lago and to secure the then-president, but it didn't decide who was given access to the residence when Trump was in office, Reuters reported on Saturday.
Republicans foolishly try to roll out the ‘what about Obama’ tack
Mar-a-Lago -- and its owner -- have long caused concerns for US intelligence
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/14/politics/trump-documents-mar-a-lago/index.html
Mar-a-Lago, the stone-walled oceanfront estate Donald Trump labeled the "Winter White House," has long been a source of headaches for national security and intelligence professionals. Its clubby atmosphere, sprawling guest-list and talkative proprietor combined into a "nightmare" for keeping the government's most closely held secrets, one former intelligence official said.
Trump calls for return of privileged documents reportedly seized at Mar-a-Lago
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Responding to FBI search, Trump and allies return to his familiar strategy: flood the zone with nonsense
In response to the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's home in Florida on Monday, Trump and his allies in Congress and right-wing media have returned to his preferred strategy for communicating in a crisis: say a whole bunch of nonsense in rapid succession.
From his battles against impeachment to his effort to limit the political fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump has attempted to flood the zone with such a quantity and variety of lies, conspiracy theories and distractions that Americans will tune out, turn away or cease to know what is true and not. And he has regularly been joined by a large cast of eager defenders.
Rand Paul Calls for Espionage Act Repeal as Trump Fumes Over FBI Search
https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-calls-espionage-act-repeal-trump-fumes-over-fbi-search-1733488
Jared Kushner Theories Swirl Over $2B Saudi Money After Trump Mole Claims
https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-theories-saudi-money-donald-trump-mole-fbi-raid-1733474
Prayer and angels
Sanhedrin (44b) R. Eleazar said: One should always offer up prayer before misfortune comes; for had not Abraham anticipated trouble by prayer between Beth-el and Ai, there would not have remained of Israel's sinners a remnant or a survivor. Resh Lakish said: He who devotes his strength to prayer below, has no enemies to overcome above. R. Johanan said: One should ever implore mercy that all Heavenly beings may support his effort in prayer so that he may have no enemies on high.
Rashi (Sanhedrin 44b)לעולם יבקש אדם
רחמים שיהו הכל מאמצים את כחו - שיסייעוהו מלאכי השרת לבקש רחמים ושלא יהו לו
מסטינים מלמעלה והכי משמע היערוך שועך אם באתה לערוך שועך כזאת תערכהו לא בצר שלא
יהו לך צרים ושהכל יהו במאמצי כחך:
Hashkofa alert
Why are people so concerned today with criticizing gedolim whereas we find that Chazal often looked to uncover sins that are not stated explicitly in the Torah
For example they say Adam was a heretic Avraham's lack of faith caused the Jews to go into exile in Egypt and Yosef was almost seduced and lacked bitachon or that Yehoshua wanted the Jews to rebel and caused the nation to sin
Update:
Breitbart Slammed for Doxxing FBI Agents Involved in Mar-a-Lago Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/breitbart-slammed-doxxing-fbi-agents-involved-mar-lago-raid-1733401
Conservative media outlet Breitbart is facing criticism for publishing the names of FBI agents involved in the raid of former President Donald Trump's home.
Breitbart published a leaked version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, including the names of an FBI special agent and supervisor agent, on Friday. The agents both signed their names on receipts for property seized from Trump's home, including boxes of classified documents that reportedly may have included nuclear secrets. A redacted version of the warrant, which omitted the names of the agents, was officially released hours later.
Commentators soon took to Twitter to accuse Breitbart, an outlet previously managed by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, of doxxing—the practice of identifying a person or releasing personal information about them, often with the aim of enabling targeted harassment. Some also accused Trump of leaking the warrant to Breitbart in hopes of targeting the agents.