(TJV NEWS)A black man stabbed a white 12-year-old boy at McDonald’s in Pittsburgh in what appears to be a clear anti-white hate crime, although it is not been reported if the attack will be considered a hate crime.
The child is in stable condition after being stabbed by Charles Edward Turner, 51, on Sunday.
Charles Edward Turner, 51, referred to as police and McDonald’s employees “white N——,” and “white devils” as officers and witnesses tried to get him below management following the assault on the kid – who was inside the shop with household getting meals for his diabetic member of the family at the time, the doc states, according to local Pittsburgh news
Cara Cruz, a public safety spokeswoman, told Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV the child was with his family when the incident occurred.
“He was with his family. He was standing in line, they had just zipped in for one quick thing,” she said. “Two McDonald’s employees did try to intervene and help the child.”
Ms. Cruz said police don’t believe the boy and Mr. Turner knew each other, KDKA reported.
In the criminal complaint, a witness told police that Mr. Turner tackled the child from behind. As people tried to pull Mr. Turner away they noticed the child’s neck was slashed, Post Gazette reported.
Several outlets reported the maniac tried o bite police and medics while screaming about “white devils”, reports indicate the racist slasher used a razor
Now that we are turning the corner on the dreaded coronavirus pandemic that has gripped our nation and the world for the last year, many of us are emerging from our ‘corona cocoons’ with a surprise we hadn’t originally expected. Having been in isolation and quarantine for the last year, we are now dealing with the unfortunate realization that we have all put on a significant amount of weight as we “waited out” the virus; no pun intended. Because health related matters remain a major concern for most people, getting back to our regular gym routine has been a priority and we count the days when gyms will be open once again.
After speaking to owner Kobi Noiman, one begins to understand why no one was deprived of their personal trainers and their workouts during the pandemic
For Brooklynites, however, many who are fortunate enough to belong to a local gym calledFitness by Kobi – Your One Stop Body Shop – on Avenue V and McDonald Avenue did not miss out on regular workouts during the pandemic. After speaking to owner Kobi Noiman, one begins to understand why no one was deprived of their personal trainers and their workouts during the pandemic. As a man who is firmly and passionately committed to each person striving to reach their maximum potential in the area of complete fitness, Kobi did not want his clientele to suffer because of the controversial lockdown restrictions that were imposed by the city.
Kobi speaks from experience as his gym has been serving locale clientele for 14 years. As a personal trainer for the last two decades, Kobi has hands-on experience in getting the best out of those he works with
Kobi speaks as an exercise “powerhouse” – a fitness guru who cares deeply about the success and good health of each of his clients. “I demand the absolute best from each person that works out at my gym,” said Kobi with a clear sense of resoluteness in his voice.
Kobi speaks from experience as his gym has been serving locale clientele for 14 years. As a personal trainer for the last two decades, Kobi has hands-on experience in getting the best out of those he works with. “Each person that comes here has a trainer and we ask that each person take their workouts seriously. That means coming on a regular basis, showing consistency, tenacity and the will and desire to improve one’s self through incorporating a healthy lifestyle,” says Kobi.
Fitness by Kobi is a 2000 square foot fully functional equipped gym that has evolved to suit his clients’ needs, says Kobi. What distinguishes Fitness by Kobi from other gyms in the area is that he maintains private boutique studios for his 40 plus members with custom workouts designed for each person’s requirements. According to Kobi, people seek a workout schedule for various reasons. Some come for cardio-vascular training, others come to just tone up, while many others come with the idea of working out to shed pounds and inches and perhaps get a well sculpted body along the way.
– Kobi speaks as an exercise “powerhouse” – a fitness guru who cares deeply about the success and good health of each of his clients. “I demand the absolute best from each person that works out at my gym,” said Kobi with a clear sense of resoluteness in his voice.
“We have certified trainers and we also do occupational therapy work, “ says Kobi.
When asked how he managed to stay open during the lockdown of 2020 when all non-essential businesses were compelled to close according to the restrictions placed on them, Kobi said, “For my clientele, working out and sticking to their daily exercise program is not ‘non-essential’. We take our fitness schedules very seriously and it is a major part of maintaining our health and well being and I could not let my customers down.”
Kobi did add that at the outset of the lockdown, he was forced to shutter the gym for a number of weeks but thereafter he made the decision to open again to the sheer delight of his clientele. “Not everyone was thrilled with the fact that we were open for business, “ says Kobi. He explained that he received over 40 citations from the city as well as notifications, calling on him to adhere to the restrictions imposed and close his gym. Kobi is of the opinion that those who complained to the city that his gym stayed open during the pandemic were either competitors or neighbors who were annoyed.
“Remaining in our homes for such an extended period of time really affected many people’s mental and physical health in a profoundly negative way, “ says Kobi. He added that he remained open because he is dedicated and totally committed to his clientele. “As I have said, when someone comes into this gym, I demand that they put their all in to their workouts and to take their health very seriously. This precisely why I defied the authorities and allowed people to come to the gym. I want them to know that just as much as I demand their very best, I want to show them that I am willing to sacrifice for them as well.”
Kobi has most definitely hit the nail on the proverbial head. According to a government web site, experts on the matter are in agreement. The site says, “during the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many of us are very restricted in our movements, it is even more important for people of all ages and abilities to be as active as possible. Even a short break from sitting, by doing 3-5 minutes of physical movement, such as walking or stretching, will help ease muscle strain, relieve mental tension and improve blood circulation and muscle activity. Regular physical activity can also help to give the day a routine and be a way of staying in contact with family and friends.”
According to the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry, “The benefits of physical activity and exercise have been demonstrated across the lifespan. We are meant to move and many of our body’s systems work better when we are consistently physically active.” They also add that “physical activity and exercise can be effective treatment strategies for symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Each day is a new opportunity to engage in physical activity and exercise that can bring short and long-term benefits for mood, sleep, and physical health. Consistency and sustained motivation may be enhanced by peer support, family support, or electronic platforms offering exercise programs.”
Whether it comes to weight training, cardio-vascular exercise routines, strengthening muscle tone through abdominal routines or for those who haven’t exercised in years, Kobi has something for just about everybody under his roof.
“For anybody who is willing to put in the work required for total fitness, we will not turn anyone away because of the financial challenges they may be facing, “ says Kobi. While not charging his a clientele a monthly or annual rate, he does charge $50 per session and according to those who attend Fitness by Kobi on a regular basis, it is worth every penny.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a 54-year old woman who has been a regular at Fitness by Kobi for the last several years says, “Working out at Kobi’s gym is unlike any other exercise or workout experience you will ever have. Each trainer places personal attention on the exercise objectives of each person, and frankly that is priceless.”
To contact Fitness by Kobi please call: 347-200-3698 or visit their web site at: fitnessbykobi.com
In a special musical presentation in the days before the holiday of Passover, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra offered some solace to its fans who are going to be alone this Passover due to restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus. Speaking on behalf of the entire Israeli Philharmonic, Lahav Shani. the Musical Director told viewers on a specially crafted video that the following mini-concert was dedicated to them on this holiday season. He said that the members of the IPO miss them very much and look forward to seeing them in person at upcoming concerts.
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The member of the IPO all played their respective instruments from their own homes, via Zoom and then the viewer gets to see a montage of all the musicians in their own quarters. Playing songs that are familiar to those who have attended Pesach sedorim, the musicians started off by playing the most classic tune for the “Mah Nishtana?” segment of the Passover Haggadah. The Haggadah tells the story of the Jewish people’s bondage in Egypt and their subsequent exodus. It also contains symbolism that reminds us of just how precious freedom is and why we must thank Hashem for liberating us with “a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.”
Other niggunim that were played by members of the IPO included the tune of “Avadim Hayinu” as well as other classic songs that are directly related to Passover.
On Hess street in Talbia, between the Waldorf Astoria and the King David hotel, 2 units was sold, so too the "President's Graden" in Rehavia- a boutique building of 11 tenants with preserved facades on the corner of Abarbanel street, 4 units were sold during Covid time. Photo Credit: apartmentsisrael.com
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While in the states and Europe the operations against COVID-19 are in their basic to medium stages – in Israel, where over 70% of the potential population were vaccinated – social life and businesses are gradually returning to prosper.
Oren Cohen, CEO and founder of Oren Cohen prime real estate, located in Rechavia, with over 25 years of experience in Jerusalem’s high-end market, explains the effects felt in Israel in this period.
– Oren Cohen, CEO and founder of Oren Cohen prime real estate
“The story starts half a year back,” says Oren, “the re-ignition of the property market (with over 62,000 properties sold in Israel over the second half of 2020, the highest in the past 20 years) – was a direct effect of the declaration of the treasury office in July 2020 to reduce the real-estate purchasing tax, which mainly attracted business opportunities. The current new wave is majorly affected by the general population that clearly understood the new needs of a pandemic crisis – properties with a garden or a balcony is now a ‘must’”.
“A similar change in the mindset is currently undergoing in the States” adds Oren, “while US Jews were majorly involved with property investments in Israel for business purposes, or holidays vacation apartments – we now find more and more interest amongst the greater crowd to purchase houses that could fit their own needs, to allow them to potentially move in for a few months during a potential world crisis.
This change directly affects the location demand of the property – if in the past the main criteria were the profit regardless of personal location preferences – the interest now is more focused on location and community, mainly in Jerusalem’s classic Anglo-Saxon locations. They too are well aware that a balcony or a penthouse is very much a need.”
Oren shares with us that the purchasing habits have changed too: zoom meetings and virtual tours of the property have become more and more popular. In other words – the local Israeli’s advantage of being geographically located within driving distance to the property – is much less felt, customers from the states and Europe have an equal chance to the Israelis in observing the property.
“What we see from the above is a major increase in demand, but unfortunately the supply is not increasing in accordance. Besides the fact that Israel’s most valuable natural resource is its limited landscapes (therefore the ground sold to citizens is in a very slow paste) – a new report presented last week to the government by the ‘Association of Contractors Builders of the Land’ reveals that by 2048 (100 years to the declaration of the state of Israel) there will be a need to provide a living to over 18 million Israelis and Olim Hadashim, practically that means that there is an immediate need to plan the future of housing in Israel with over 3 million new properties to be built within the next 27 years.”
With the above facts said – it is clear how the latest research of Australia’s ‘Compare the Market’ stated that a square meter in Israel costs over a quarter of the average monthly income in Israel – rating the Jewish state second most expensive place to live in the world for the locals.
The government is well aware of that and is ongoing a major program of subsidizing the cost of the first property of young Israeli families, mainly in the suburbs. Unfortunately, it is now well known that the plan isn’t effective in moving these families away from the strong central locations of Jerusalem, it rather makes it easier for them to carry on paying their rent while having an extra income from their subsidized apartment they are letting elsewhere.
What this means is that finding a property in the highly wanted areas become even more difficult to find – hence due to the local Israelis looking to find properties with balconies and gardens, with local markets and shops nearby, and hence due to Jews from all over the world looking into creating for themselves a potential place to live in case of world crisis.
Oren shares with us a few examples of recent deals during Covid time.
“In the Courtyard on Iben Shafrut, Rehavia- a landmark building from the 1930’s which was recently restored 3 units have been sold through zoom to clients from the states.
On Hess street in Talbia, between the Waldorf Astoria and the King David hotel, 2 units was sold, so too the “President’s Graden” in Rehavia- a boutique building of 11 tenants with preserved facades on the corner of Abarbanel street, 4 units were sold during Covid time”.
“These buyers were wise and reserved themselves high-end units knowing that the supply is limited, and prices will soon rise”, says Oren.
“In these days we are launching new projects in some of the most prime locations in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, that were mainly planned and design for foreign client’s needs and demands, and we are looking forward to meet them all face to face in the post COVID time in the very near future” finalizes Oren.
For further information please contact Oren Cohen at +972523353569 or by e-mail at: [email protected]
Former White House physician Ronny Jackson sounded the alarm about Joe Biden’s health, saying his lack of public appearances is a “major red flag.”
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“I served as White House physician under THREE Presidents. I’ve seen what it takes physically AND mentally to do the job,” Jackson wrote. “I can tell you right now that the way Biden is hiding from the public is a MAJOR red flag. Something’s not right!”
Jackson, now a Republican congressman who served as the chief physician under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.
I served as White House physician under THREE Presidents. I’ve seen what it takes physically AND mentally to do the job. I can tell you right now that the way Biden is hiding from the public is a MAJOR red flag. Something’s not right!
Networks such as MSNBC, in an attempt to keep Trump’s name in the news, have run with a theme that the memes circulating on social media which have mocked Biden’s fall on the Air Force One Stairs are going to trigger violence against Biden from Trump supporters. Biden apologist media are even claiming a meme which Donald Trump Jr shared of Biden being hit with a golf ball swung by President Trump could result in Biden being assassinated.
BOB PRICE U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) released a series of leaked photos to Axios showing the deplorable, overcrowded conditions of migrant children being held in South Texas. A short time later, James O’Keefe released additional disturbing photos depicting children having to sleep on floor mats in overcrowded facilities which were rapidly opened amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.
Congressman Cuellar, who lives along the Texas border with Mexico, told Axios these unaccompanied migrant children are living in eight “pods” designed to hold up to 260 people. However, Border Patrol officials are actually holding more than 400 unaccompanied male minors in the spaces, the Texas congressman said.
Cuellar recently visited the facility, but did not take the photos. He said the images were captured over the past weekend.
The Biden Administration has not allowed news media or Members of Congress to photograph the conditions under which these migrant children are being held
Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe released additional photographs and video leaked from inside Border Patrol facilities where up to 3,000 unaccompanied migrant minors are being held — often well beyond the 72-hour legal holding limit for minors.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrested 47-year-old Adam Dimmerman for the brutal murder of 102-year-old Jewish immigrant Youssef Mahboubian on Thursday.
Mahboubian, who came to the U.S. from Iran in the 1970s during the Islamic Revolution, was found shortly after noon on Thursday in the garage of his home in Encino. He had suffered numerous contusions and lacerations and was pronounced dead at the scene by LA Fire Department paramedics.
An hour earlier, police had arrested Dimmerman for assaulting another man less than half of a mile from Mahboubian’s home. The victim survived the attack and was able to direct police to Dimmerman, who was armed with an axe and a knife.
Police suspect that Dimmerman was responsible for both attacks.
“I had no idea there was a guy with a machete running around killing people. This is heartbreaking,” Mahboubian’s grandson, Jason Shakib, told Fox 11.
Shakib described his grandparents as “the nicest people imaginable” and could not understand why anyone would attack his grandfather.
“He must have been deranged or on drugs or something,” Shakib said.
Ruth Ginsberg, Mahboubian’s neighbor, told KTLA 5 that police had advised her to stay inside with her children on Thursday.
“It was pretty nerve-racking to have someone in the area who you think might be a threat to your family,” she said.
“He was a great, great person, and I’m just broken,” Mahboubian’s nephew, Sam Shakib, told KCAL 9. “I feel a hole in my heart,” he said.
Shakib described his uncle as a man with a great sense of humor who made people laugh. “He was full of life,” he said.
“He worked in the backyard every day. He planted fruit. He had a garden that he cared for every day,” Shakib said.
Concerning his uncle’s alleged murderer, who is being held on a $2 million bail, Shakib said, “I’m going to go to court Monday to see this man. That’s what I’m going to do.”
Mahboubian is survived by his wife of 65 years, three children, and several grandchildren.
The LAPD has urged anyone with additional information about the case to contact the department immediately.
THE CITY is asking City Hall contenders where they stand on tough decisions — and helping you find the mayor who best matches your own positions on the issues.
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Voters heading to the polls or the mailbox in June to cast ballots in primaries for New York City mayor will be choosing among a vast array of candidates, platforms and promises. For the first time, voters will also have the opportunity to list up to five selections in order of preference, a process known as ranked-choice voting.
To help voters navigate options, THE CITY has created Meet Your Mayor, which shows you how the candidates’ stands fit with your take on the issues that matter most to New Yorkers.
Here’s what to do: You answer a few short multiple choice questions on some of the most pressing matters facing the city — from COVID recovery to public school admissions to NYPD discipline and much more.
The major candidates have already answered the same questions.
Voila: Meet Your Mayor will reveal your best match or matches among the candidates, along with glimpses of how they say they will govern, via excerpts from their public comments. And you can share the results if you like.
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We’ll be adding new topics on a regular basis before voting begins, so keep checking back for the latest. Then — drumroll, please — the Meet Your Mayor season finale will round up highlights from every topic and reveal the candidates who most closely fit with your vision of our city’s future.
THE CITY selected candidates based on criteria that included fundraising, forum participation and media coverage. More candidates have registered to run, and until the ballots are set the city Board of Elections, the roster of candidates will not be final.
Candidates may exit the race before the finish line. Dropped-out candidates will still show up in Meet Your Mayor — but marked as out of the running.
Unlike actual New York City mayoral primaries, Meet Your Mayor is nonpartisan, including both Democratic and Republican candidates. While it is now too late to switch party registration if you are already enrolled to vote in New York, new voters may register with any party or none until May 28. You may then vote only for candidates within your own party in the primary, which begins with absentee ballot distribution, continues with nine days of early voting that begin on June 12 and ends on primary day, June 22.
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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the six-foot social distancing mandate that was employed across much of the United States and the world to deal with the CCP virus pandemic “wasn’t based on clear science.”
“This six-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic that we’ve employed in response to COVID … and it really wasn’t based on clear science. … We should have re-adjudicated this much earlier,” he said in an interview with CNBC.
Amid the relaxation of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus guidelines—including one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying it’s safe for schoolchildren to have three-foot distancing—Gottlieb suggested that masks may also be safely removed.
“We now know that the vaccines dramatically reduce your chance of both contracting COVID and becoming symptomatic to the point where you are going to have a bad outcome; we also know it reduces asymptomatic disease and reduces transmission … we are seeing that in the data,” he said.
Gottlieb also was asked about a public dispute between Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who also is a physician, about whether masks should be worn after a recipient is vaccinated for the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
“You’re telling everyone to wear a mask,” Paul told Fauci, who has faced increasing pushback over his statements in the press. “If we’re not spreading the infection, isn’t it just theater? You have the vaccine and you’re wearing two masks, isn’t that theater?”
Fauci responded by saying that “masks are not theater” and that he “totally disagree[s]” with Paul’s statement.
Gottlieb said “both [Paul and Fauci] made valid points,” but noted that “Senator Paul was right, we need to see light at the end of the tunnel and have guidance that prescribes an environment where people can start doing things again.”
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on March 19 that new studies have shown that in schools, three-foot distancing is sufficient if other health safeguards are in place. Studies have found that there is a low transmission of the virus in schools.
“These include universal and correct use of masks, physical distancing, hand washing, and respiratory etiquette, cleaning to maintain healthy facilities and diagnostic testing with rapid and efficient contact tracing in combination with isolation in quarantine and in collaboration with local health departments,” Walensky told CNN.
Former President Donald Trump released a statement Sunday critical of President Joe Biden’s border policies, which Trump described as a “national disaster.”
Trump said his administration handed Biden “the most secure border in history,” only to see it all thrown away in just a few weeks following Biden’s reversal of most of Trump’s policies through executive orders.
Those orders have allowed undocumented immigrants to cross into the United States while awaiting asylum requests and have flooded holding facilities with thousands of unaccompanied children.
Trump’s statement, in full, reads:
“We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot. Instead, in the span of a just few weeks, the Biden administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster. They are in way over their heads and taking on water fast.
“The pathetic, clueless performance of Secretary Mayorkas on the Sunday Shows today was a national disgrace. His self-satisfied presentation — in the middle of the massive crisis he helped engineer — is yet more proof he is incapable of leading DHS. Even someone of Mayorkas’ limited abilities should understand that if you provide Catch-and-Release to the world’s illegal aliens then the whole world will come.
“Furthermore, the Mayorkas Gag Order on our nation’s heroic border agents and ICE officers should be the subject of an immediate congressional investigation. But it’s clear they are engaged in a huge cover-up to hide just how bad things truly are. The only way to end the Biden Border Crisis is for them to admit their total failure and adopt the profoundly effective, proven Trump policies.
“They must immediately complete the wall, which can be done in a matter of weeks — they should never have stopped it. They are causing death and human tragedy. In addition to the obvious, drugs are pouring into our country at record levels from the Southern Border, not to mention human and sex trafficking. This administration’s reckless policies are enabling and encouraging crimes against humanity. Our country is being destroyed!”
As we all know, the media in this country is a monster that’s grown in epic proportions over the past several years and at this point is virtually unstoppable.
The press yields unfounded power and it’s almost all controlled by the Democrats.
While conservatives have found their own alternative ways to get news and information, the main media still runs the roost and there’s really no signs of their power waning.
But one Reagan-appointed federal judge has seen enough of the biased media and is taking serious action to make sure they’re kept in check.
A federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C. has penned a scathing dissent accusing the media of being a ‘trumpet’ for the Democratic Party, while calling on his colleagues to overturn a Supreme Court landmark decision protecting the press.
Senior Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman lamented that conservatives are being oppressed by overwhelmingly liberal news media, academia and tech companies creating ‘a frighteningly orthodox media culture.’
The judge responded to a decision on Friday to toss a libel suit filed by two former Liberian officials against human rights group Global Witness, over a report implying they had accepted bribes from an oil company.
Silberman, who was appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1985, was the only judge to dissent in the case, which found the plaintiffs could not prove ‘actual malice’, under New York Times v. Sullivan 1964.
The 85-year-old judge criticized the legal precedent in his dissent for increasing the power of the media, something he described as ‘so dangerous’, ‘because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions.’
He then went on to launch an attack on media organizations as well as Silicon Valley, which he claims is responsible for the increasingly anti-conservative bias in the news.
God bless this man!
Why aren’t there more federal judges who are fighting this fiercely to ensure that our 1st Amendment rights are protected?
Freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) was hosted last week by Jewish community leaders in Brooklyn and Long Island for an “educational visit,” several weeks after being stripped of her committee assignments for allegedly anti-Semitic remarks.
In January 2021, Taylor-Greene came under fire for past social media posts that appeared to support anti-Semitic conspiracies.
Nachman Mostofsky, the head of Orthodox advocacy group Chovevei Zion, invited the politician for an “educational tour” with the intent of showing her “authentic Judaism.”
“The idea of the day was to bring a member of Congress who had very little interaction with the Jewish community and specifically the more religious Jewish community,” Mostofsky told the Atlanta Jewish Times.
He took Taylor-Greene to a yeshiva, a kosher pizza restaurant, and a matzah factory. Later, she met with an elderly Holocaust survivor. Mostofsky said he does not believe that Taylor-Greene is anti-Semitic, adding that her values are aligned with that of the Orthodox community.
“Knowing the congresswoman for a bit now, she has been nothing but a friend and ally for our community,” Mostofsky told the Forward. “From government interference, education, religious freedom, we share what is commonly called Judeo-Christian values.”
He said that the politician was greeted warmly by the community. ““Everywhere we went, people that noticed her and knew she was a congresswoman and were told who she was would say ‘thank you, keep up the good work, we are with you, we don’t believe any of this stuff that is being said about you.’”
In 2018, Taylor-Greene reposted a video that claimed “an unholy alliance of leftists, capitalists and Zionist supremacists” were behind Muslim mass migration to Europe, as part of an effort to outbreed native Europeans and destroy Western civilization.
“This is what the UN wants all over the world,” Taylor-Greene wrote alongside the video.
Earlier in 2018, she posited on Facebook that devastating wildfires in California could have stemmed from a Rothschild-backed conspiracy.
She also liked a tweet that claimed that Israeli intelligence officials were responsible for President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
“Mossad was on the ground in Dallas on 11/22/1963,” read the tweet that was “liked” by Taylor-Greene.
FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., speaks during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reed is drafting a proposal that would require college endowments of more than $1 billion to spend at least 25 percent of their profits every year on financial aid. Reed's goal is to help lower tuition costs for students from working-class families. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., who was accused last week of rubbing a female lobbyist’s back and unhooking her bra without her consent in 2017, apologized to the woman Sunday and announced he will not run for reelection next year.
Reed, 49, said in a statement the incident involving then-lobbyist Nicolette Davis occurred “at a time in my life in which I was struggling.” He said he entered treatment that year and realized he was “powerless over alcohol.”
Reed apologized to his wife and children, and to Davis, and said he planned “to dedicate my time and attention to making amends for my past actions.”
Reed, who was first elected to Congress in 2010, had been among the members of Congress calling for the resignation of Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations. In late February, Reed said he was seriously considering running for governor against Cuomo should the Democrat seek a fourth term next year.
Reed said in his statement Sunday he would not seek any elective office in 2022.
The announcement came two days after The Washington Post reported the allegations from Davis, who was 25 and a lobbyist for insurer Aflac when she said Reed, seated next to her at a Minneapolis bar, unhooked her bra from outside her blouse and moved his hand to her thigh.
“A drunk congressman is rubbing my back,” she texted a co-worker at Aflac that evening, adding later, “HELP HELP.”
Reed released a statement Friday saying, “This account of my actions is not accurate.”
In his statement Sunday he said, “In reflection, my personal depiction of this event is irrelevant. Simply put, my behavior caused her pain, showed her disrespect and was unprofessional. I was wrong, I am sorry, and I take full responsibility.”
A former mayor of Corning, New York, Reed is co-chair of the House of Representatives’ bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.
He voted against impeaching former President Donald Trump in January but voted in favor of certifying the 2020 election of Democrat Joe Biden.
A Massachusetts high school denied allegations that they fired a football coach after he expressed concerns about his daughter’s seventh-grade world history curriculum.
Former Dedham High School head football coach David Flynn sued Dedham Public Schools in February after the district refused to renew his contract following a disagreement with school officials. Flynn and his wife had previously contacted Dedham superintendent Michael Welch about their daughter’s world history class, in which the teacher asked students to analyze a cartoon that depicted police officers as a “risk” to black people.
Welch, Dedham High School principal Jim Forrest, and athletic director Stephen Traister denied that they fired Flynn as a result of the conflict, according to new court documents reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. Dedham Public Schools spokeswoman Sara Errickson declined to answer a Free Beacon inquiry into the nature of Flynn’s firing.
The school officials confirmed details of Flynn’s lawsuit in the new filings but denied that they fired him as a result of the disagreement. A prior announcement from the district, however, claimed Flynn was fired because he “expressed significant philosophical differences” with school officials. Michael Bekesha, a senior attorney for Judicial Watch—the group working on Flynn’s case—told the Free Beacon that he looks forward to squaring that discrepancy at an upcoming court-ordered conference.
“The only thing [the district officials] really deny is that Flynn was provided any indication for the reason for his firing … and they deny it without providing any context,” Bekesha said. “Everything else is admitted. It seems to strengthen or at least show that Flynn’s lawsuit is based on facts.”
The Dedham community has rallied around Flynn since his firing. Members of a Facebook group called “Save Coach Flynn” have sent letters to the district, calling on them to “right their injustice and reinstate Flynn as head coach.” Supporters have held rallies outside of Dedham High School continually for the past two months.
A former Dedham high school football player told WCVB News in January that he was “devastated” over Flynn’s departure.
“Coach Flynn is an awesome guy and we’re all devastated that they fired him,” Kevin O’Leary said. “Coach Flynn and Dedham football, it’s like broccoli and cheese sauce, can’t have one without the other.”
Last fall, Flynn and his wife emailed Welch and school committee members to express concerns about their daughter’s history class. Flynn claims in his lawsuit that parents were not notified of changes to the seventh-grade world history curriculum that included work on bias and race. Flynn and his wife argued that the coursework was “not suitable for twelve- and thirteen-year-olds.”
Middle school history teacher Kim Randall taught the online class via Google Classroom, in which she allegedly created an avatar of herself that donned a Black Lives Matter T-shirt. In one lesson, Randall asked students to evaluate a cartoon that depicted police officers as “risks” to black people, and black people as “risks” to white people.
The Flynns emailed district officials about their daughter’s class on several occasions. They decided to remove their two children from Dedham schools in October after they felt their concerns fell on deaf ears, which they believed had resolved the controversy.
Then in January, Forrest, Traister, and Welch called Flynn into a meeting to inform him that the district would not renew his contract. Flynn had “never been provided any indication” that he would be fired prior to that meeting. The former coach claims in his lawsuit that the district retaliated against him in violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
Flynn is seeking damages for loss of pay, harassment, and emotional damages as a result of his firing. He began coaching at Dedham High School in 2002 and was promoted to head coach in 2011. Flynn also teaches special education students in a town outside of Dedham.
The first court-ordered conference regarding the case is scheduled for April 26.
According to a CNN report, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, Alex Morgan and Sue Bird, (all former US Olympians) have joined forces in the formation of TOGETHXR, a media and commerce company aimed at Gen Z and young millennial women, according to the CNN report. Photo Credit: TOGETHXR
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Now that women’s professional sports has once again dominated the headlines because of the challenges that it would face with the inclusion of transgendered athletes, it appears that a new company that is comprised of US Olympic athletes has been formed.
According to a CNN report, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, Alex Morgan and Sue Bird, (all former US Olympians) have joined forces in the formation of TOGETHXR, a media and commerce company aimed at Gen Z and young millennial women, according to the CNN report.
Speaking to CNN, chief content officer Jessica Robertson said, “This brand is certainly for this generation, it’s for our co-founders and their teammates, and this collective women’s sports landscape, but it’s really for the next generation. It’s so young girls can see themselves reflected in the stories that we tell, that they have a place to go that feels like they’re bigger than themselves, gives them something to aspire to, and to be seen and heard and recognized.”
CNN reported that Robertson came to TOGETHXR after working at The Players’ Tribune, which was founded by legendary New York Yankees’ shortstop Derek Jeter.
Despite the fact that the number of professional female athletes has significantly increased over the years, she said that what still persists is that men’s sports are given the lion’s share of coverage on the media.
In an e-mail to CNN, Nicole M. LaVoi, the director of the The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota said that, “The paradox is coverage has gone down while more and more girls and women are playing sports And now high profile women athletes, like those in TOGETHXR, are taking this lack of coverage into their own hands and disrupting the existing landscape of media coverage that has benefited and overrepresented men.”
She added that many of their best stories came from female athletes, but women’s sports get only a fraction of the coverage of men’s sports.
“When you have low visibility, it’s really hard to grow your fan base and grow interest. Less people are buying tickets, literally, there aren’t people in the seats,” Robertson said. “If there’s not a lot of fandom and a want to see the stories or watch these games, then there’s a lack of investment from corporations and big brand partners.”
The company will create short-form content for Instagram, TikTok and other social media channels, according to Robertson. They will also create original content for their YouTube channel and other streaming services, according to the CNN report.
Supplying financing for this venture is a private equity-backed holding company known as Magnet Companies. They are both funding and operating TOGETHXR.
“I can’t wait to share everything we have in store,” she wrote. “There has never been a place for women that exist like this. It’s about damn time.”
Morgan plays for the Orlando Pride professional woman’s soccer team and has won two World Cup championships and an Olympic gold medal with the US Women’s National Soccer team.
US President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to negotiate with Iran. If it does not work, the US will have to deter Iran from producing nuclear weapons. Another scenario is that the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, might survive and even be improved following future negotiations.
It would include strict monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program, but this will not be sufficient. Deterrence will also be required. Negotiations will deficiently be needed when the JCPOA expires – or even before that if Iran assumes it has the opportunity to produce the bomb. This could happen if the US is deeply busy with a major crisis somewhere, such as with China. Either way deterrence, based on boosting Israel’s military capabilities, should be part of the effort to make sure Iran does not try to produce a nuclear weapon
Israel can help, especially since the US wants to reduce its commitments in the Middle East. In a way, Israel could replace the US in deterring Iran. It will make it easier for the US and actually for Israel too. Although Israel needs its American patron relying on Israel’s strength works for Israel. It has been its traditional approach: to depend on itself as much as possible, particularly in military affairs. It requires having a big stick i.e. holding the arsenal needed to deter Iran.
In late 2020 there was a bipartisan bill in the US congress aimed at providing Israel with a giant bunker-buster bomb capable of destroying Iran’s heavily protected nuclear sites. Israel also needs the B-52 to carry that huge bomb. Knowing Israel can destroy their nuclear sites will deter Iran from trying to produce a nuclear weapon.
If Iran tries to produce a nuclear weapon, Israel will rush to attack with its available arsenal out of desperation. It might not be enough to destroy heavily protected Iranian sites. The US does not want to urge Israel to attack Iran let alone if this raid escalates into a war, one that might drag the US into it. If Israel is better armed it might not be necessarily bring a strike against Iran. Instead, Israel can deter Iran from producing a nuclear weapon to begin with.
Iran’s best fighters – such as the MIG-29 and F-14 – are almost obsolete. They would not be much of a match to Israel’s superior aircraft. The Israel Air Force has also advanced air-to-air missiles and worldwide reputation in air to air combat. The IAF can reach Iran and overcome Iran’s air defenses and air force. Israel’s main problem will be to penetrate Iran’s highly protected nuclear sites, such as the one in Fordow. The IAF has bunker buster bombs, the GBU-28, but they can’t crack the fortification of targets like Fordow. For that mission the IAF requires the MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator), a US made bomb that weighs 30,000 pounds.
Israel needs its American patron to provide the IAF not only with the MOP, but also with a heavy bomber to carry that huge bomb. The IAF does not have heavy bombers, only fighter-bombers: the F-15, F-16 and F-35. Israel should not ask for the B-2, but for the B-52. The veteran B-52 is quite old, which will make it easier for the US to give a few B-52s to Israel.
Israel should at least get the MOP. Getting the B-52 faces difficulties of arms control.
Even without the B-52, the IAF might manage to drop the MOP from its C-130, a transport plane. Iran’s air defense, mostly its advanced systems, the S-300, will jeopardize the B-52 or C-130, but the IAF might be able to suppress antiaircraft fire. It will be a dangerous and complicated mission, but the IAF took high risks in the past. It is worth it, considering the importance of the task.
The IAF should receive the MOP – let alone the B-52 – as soon as possible since it will take time, maybe even a few years, to assimilate the B-52. The IAF is capable and skilled enough to quickly adjust, but it will be a toll order to be ready to use the B-52 in a short time. The idea is to prepare if the talks with Iran fail or if the JCPOA, in its current version or an improved one, expires and Iran rushes to have nuclear weapons. When the IDF is ready, Israel can deter Iran from producing nuclear weapons. It can prevent an Israeli attack on Iran and even a war. This will serve a basic interest of both Israel and the US. (JPost.com)
The writer has been dealing and studying Israel’s national security for more than 25 years. He served in the IDF and later worked for the Defense Ministry as a researcher. He has a PhD and has published six books in the US and UK.
(This article originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post)
