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President Donald Trump has warned that Kamala Harris, the candidate who got the Democrat nomination to be president without a single primary vote, would be a threat to the existence of Israel, America's key democratic ally in the Middle East.
A report in Israel365News explains his recent comments, where he said if Harris is elected, Israel would be "eradicated."
"If I don't win this election, Israel in my opinion will cease to exist within two years, and I believe I'm 100% percent right," he said. "If I do win, Israel will be safe and secure, and we will stop the toxic poison of antisemitism from spreading all over America and all over the world. But if I don't win, I believe Israel will be eradicated."
Prominent during Trump's first term in the White House were the Abraham Accords, a series of peace agreements involving Israel and several of its Arab neighbors, some of whom previously warred with Israel.
"We Jews are a purposeful people, and President Trump is [a] purposeful man," Adelson explained. "He is a true friend of the Jewish people."
The report said Adelson is an Israeli-American physician and "is the wealthiest Israeli and the 52nd richest person in the world. She is a political megadonor to the Republican Party and one of the largest supporters of Donald Trump, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018."
She believes Trump should have "sweeping support" among U.S. Jews and Israelis and that Trump deserves a "Book of Trump" in the Bible due to his support for Israel.
"Our people have one more secret," she said, quoting from the Passover Haggadah to explain that people are given a promise in the Old Testament.
"And this [promise] is what has stood by our ancestors and us; for it was not only one man who rose up to destroy us: in every single generation people rise up to destroy us – but the Holy One, Blessed Be He, saves us from their hands," she said.
In fact, famed messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn, whose books have delivered to the world stunning revelations about current events and their impact, noted the same idea.
In his new book, "The Dragon's Prophecy: Isreal, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days," he notes the facts of history should raise concern among those who advocate for a diminished Israel, those who would decline to side with the Middle East democracy, those who would attack and slaughter its citizens without reason or warning, those who would take the side of the attackers, and those who would do nothing.
He said the most powerful forces around the globe across the ages have tried to destroy Israel, and failed. And then they have disappeared.
"The present and most powerful of the world empires, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Rome, to name just a few, all sought to eradicate the children of Israel from the face of the earth and the name of Israel from Israel," he points out. "But … The pharaohs are gone. Assyria lies in ruins. Babylon as fallen. Rome has crumbled. The Third Reich has been wiped off the earth. The Soviet Union has collapsed. All the enemies of Israel have fallen and have perished from the earth and will be no more."
He continued, "The nation of Israel lives. Because the God of Israel lives. The Savior of Israel lives. The Messiah of Israel lives. The weakest and most vulnerable have, in the end, prevailed, and have proved the strongest of peoples. The most warred-against, embattled of nations has, in the end, proved the most enduring. And the most hopeless of nations has, in the end, become the epitome of hope. The nation that once dwelt among the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians is, after the passing of ages, still as young and as full of life as it has ever been. It still defies the laws of nations. It still flouts the laws of history. And it still disobeys the laws of decay and death. Why? Because He Is God brought the nation of Israel into existence to bear witness of His existence. They are because He is. They exist because He exists. And they continue to exist because He yet still exists. They would survive despite the attempts of all hell to destroy them—because more real than any other reality is the reality of God, and more powerful than any power is the power of God. That they have survived against all odds and all hell is a cause for rejoicing."
Cahn told WND in an interview that, "One of the most powerful evidences for God and encouragements for believers is Israel. God promised in Jeremiah that as long as natural order is preserved, the nation of Israel would not cease to be a nation for him."
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Officials in the Arizona town of Payson have decided to borrow $70 million and use it for various projects they want, and they've called it an "emergency," a move that deprives residents of a constitutional time frame to oppose it, simply because they think that interest rates might go up.
And they might. Or they might not.
But the maneuver has triggered a lawsuit against the city, its officials and their actions.
According to case brought by the Goldwater Institute, the bond sale was described as an "emergency" in order to prevent residents from having an opportunity to organize a referendum and opposition.
"That's illegal, and the Goldwater Institute is seeking immediate relief in the form of a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction before the bond sale closes and it's too late," the organization reported.
"The Arizona Constitution and statute guarantee the popular right of referendum: that is, voters' rights to refer a bill, ordinance, or resolution to the ballot and vote on it."
City officials used a "narrow exception" that allows for "emergency" actions, "where immediate government action is necessary to preserve peace, health, or safety," the organization reported.
But in this case, "no such emergency exists … and the town cannot bypass democratic accountability and impose $70 million of debt on Payson taxpayers without giving them a say."
The city's "purported 'emergency' is a sham: the only 'emergency' is the council's desire to immediately sell the Obligations to secure the best, available [sic] economic terms therefor,'" the institute explains.
"That is not an emergency."
"In fact, even the town's own staff admitted during a presentation on the bond measure that they have 'no ability to predict interest rates,' that the bond market has been consistently favorable throughout the past year, and that recent presidential elections (the supposed reason for anticipated rate increases) have seen bond rates increase, if at all, by at most 0.6–0.8 percentage points."
The lawsuit is on behalf of resident Deborah Rose, who opposes the spending schemes.
"Our leaders want our money, but not our vote," she explained. "They're trying to take advantage of legal loopholes to saddle their own constituents with tens of millions of dollars of debt, systematically stripping power from the people by ignoring laws and twisting their truths."
The case is in Gila County Superior Court.
Actually, the "Arizona Constitution guarantees the right of referendum: the right of Arizonans to circulate petitions and refer bills, ordinances, and resolutions for a popular vote. It's a cornerstone of democratic accountability in Arizona, and it means that the people—not politicians—have the last word in state and local government," the institute reported.
The case accuses the city of trying to close on the bonds by the end of the month.
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JERUSALEM – For Jews, the slings and arrows never seem to cease, and the attempts to erase all or parts of Jewish history, particularly the decoupling of Jews and Judaism from Israel continue apace.
Wikipedia, one of the world's top-10 most visited sites, published an updated page on the topic of Zionism, the contents of which would not look out of place in an Ivy League school's freshman Middle Eastern Studies curriculum.
Several social media users noticed alterations made to the Zionism page on the Wikipedia website over the last day or two, with many posting side-by-side screenshot comparisons between the page as it looked in 2023, and the updated September 2024 version.
At the heart of the controversy is the use of much more aggressive and combative language in the 2024 version, which editorializes what the individual who runs the page thinks Zionism is, rather than the 2023 version, which actually delivers a perfectly passable description. It reads: "Zionism is a nationalist movement that emerged in the nineteenth century to espouse support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in the Jewish tradition. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, Zionism became an ideology that supports the "development and protection of the State of Israel." So far, so good.
However, the 2024 version of the page reads as follows: "Zionism is an ethno-cultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late nineteenth century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe. It eventually focused on the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a region corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish history, and of central importance in Jewish history."
This description is already beginning to get a little dicey, but gets significantly worse. It follows with: "Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible."
The last sentence is a flat-out lie and highlights a number of lacunae in the Wikipedia editor's understanding of Israel's history – especially during Ottoman rule – and falls prey to a number of misnomers. Whoever edited the page seems to be under the misperception that Jews are exclusively European or that Zionism was not intended for Mizrachi – or "Eastern" Jews, although this term is an imperfect description of Jews who have long and storied histories and origins in the Iberian peninsula, North Africa, Central Asia, as well as large swaths of the Middle East.
Furthermore, the Jews who did emigrate to Palestine under Ottoman rule, were in no position to colonize anything, as their Turkish masters had ruled over the region since the early 1500s. Also, Arabs living in the country at this time, did not conceive of themselves as "Palestinians." As opposed to Judaism, which is both a religion and a race, and in contradistinction to the other Abrahamic faiths, having a specific tie to a national homeland – Israel – there is no similar construct available for the Arabs. Ottoman Palestine was a regional backwater too; it was so discarded and its position in the Empire so lowly, its governor lived in Damascus.
Wikipedia, is a public, user-edited platform, which in the old days of the internet – and really before the 2016 U.S. election – was viewed by some as helpful. However, over time, and on hot-button topics, upon which there is vigorous and often acrimonious debate, the ability of editors to seemingly steer outside of certain boundaries – as in this case – has become increasingly problematic.
The Times of Israel's senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, whose near-weekly conversations with Dan Senor on the "Call me Back" podcast have catapulted him to a broader audience said simply, "The whole campaign, top to bottom, is a war on our story."
Pro-israel Educator Hen Mazzig, whose family was expelled from North Africa and Iraq, eventually making their way to Israel, called the Wikipedia post "downright antisemitic."
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JERUSALEM – Speculation is rife in Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally has lost patience with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and will imminently dismiss him from his post. Rumors abound Netanyahu's former political protégé Gidon Sa'ar – formerly of the LIkud Party, but now the New Hope faction leader – will replace him.
Likud party insiders leaked the progress of the talks between Netanyahu and Sa;ar, suggesting headway had been made. It is thought one of the stumbling blocks is Gallant's future, a decision the ever-cautious prime minister has yet to finalize.
Netanyahu is wise to be cautious. The last time he fired Gallant in March 2023 over the defense minister's opposition to the pace and shape of the proposed judicial reforms, tens of thousands of Israelis from across the political spectrum flooded onto the streets to protest the decision. The prime minister quickly reinstated Gallant, realizing the scale of opposition to his sidelining a political rival. And this was several months before Oct. 7 had even taken place. If anything, such a decision now might hide even greater jeopardy for the embattled premier.
One of the possible arrangements under consideration is a rotation scenario between Sa'ar and current Foreign Minister Israel Katz, where Katz would become defense minister for a period while Sa'ar would head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the conclusion of that stint, Katz would return to the foreign ministry portfolio, and Sa'ar would slide into the defense brief. Former construction and housing minister Ze'ev Elkin is reportedly being touted as a future health minister. The prime minister's office denied the reports about a putative deal with Sa'ar, claiming talk of the negotiations were "incorrect."
National Interior Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, whose party's Knesset seats are crucial for allowing Netanyahu to remain in power, took to X, formerly Twitter, to declare he'd been seeking Gallant's dismissal for months.
"I've been calling for Prime Minister Netanyahu to fire Gallant for months, and the time has come to do it immediately. We need a decision in the North, and Galant is not the right man to lead this."
Why now?
In a normal situation where the country was not fighting an 11-month war against an Iranian proxy in Gaza, and attempting to keep a lid on numerous other arenas against a similar enemy, Gallant – as well as other ministers, up to and including Netanyahu – should have offered mass resignations for the failure that was Oct. 7.
Several months ago there were rumors Gallant might consider resigning, taking on the mantle of collective responsibility for failures which came under his purview, although by no means exclusively down to him. It seems he hardened his own position once he realized Netanyahu had no intention of quitting willingly and was also attempting to shift the entirety of the blame onto the security establishment and the army. He may have also seen himself as a bulwark against Ben Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Commentators in Israel are arguing it is precisely this – and the deep divisions over the drafting of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men to the army, which has set Gallant's fate. He assesses there is a desperate need, as does much of the country, that all men of fighting age should be drafted into the military – and exceptions in the ultra-Orthodox community should only be made for the most advanced and learned students. As far as Gallant is concerned there should not be a blanket exemption for all young men studying in a yeshiva. This position puts him at odds with ultra-Orthodox members of the Knesset, as well as providing a considerable barrier to Netanyahu's immediate political requirements – given he is reliant on his coalition to remain in power.
Predictably, the rumors of backroom deals and the optics of Netanyahu seeming to choose to save his political skin yet again, caused uproar among opposition leaders.
Netanyahu's former war cabinet colleague Benny Gantz poured scorn on what he viewed as the prime minister's politicking at such a sensitive time. In an X post, he wrote:
"Instead of the Prime Minister of Israel being busy with the victory over Hamas, the return of the hostages, the war with Hezbollah and the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes – he is busy in scornful political intrigues and changing the minister of defense before a massive campaign in the north. This indicates poor judgment and distorted priorities."
Meanwhile, leader of the opposition Yair Lapid also took to X to post several of Gidon Sa'ar's previous quotes – some as recently as 2023 – about how he would not work with Netanyahu if he was still prime minister. In August 2022, Sa'ar wrote, "I will not return to a government that Netanyahu leads, because he represents an approach which endangers Israel's future. My principles do not permit me to support a leader who puts his personal benefit above all."
Israel is facing an uncertain future, with a potentially lengthy and very damaging war with Lebanon seemingly about to break out, as well as budgetary news, which showed how much of a toll the war has already had on the country's economy… and worse than expected. And still, more than 100 hostages are languishing in unspeakable conditions in Hamas captivity in Gaza. As the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks approaches, the country is left with much soul-searching about its future direction.
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An appeals court has ruled that a $300,000 punishment for two school employees who complained about being ordered into "equity training" is unjustified.
"Americans should know that they have the freedom to file civil rights' litigation to vindicate their constitutional rights without fear of reprisal. No American should face crushing attorney's fees awards for merely attempting to hold government officials accountable. The risk of bearing those fees will discourage victims from seeking justice—justice they would not have had to seek had the government not violated their rights. The 8th Circuit's decision protects every American's right to pursue legal action to vindicate their fundamental freedoms."
That's a comment from Mathew Hoffman, of the ADF, which was among a long list of legal teams working to oppose the punishment imposed by a district court against two employees of the Springfield Public Schools in Missouri.
They had sued over being ordered into diversity and inclusion training they said violated their constitutional rights.
A lower court dismissed their case, and then demanded that they pay $300,000 in legal fees.
A decision from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said, "The plaintiffs alleged during the training, the defendants compelled them to speak as private citizens on matters of public concern, and engaged in viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court granted summary judgment for the school district on the ground that the plaintiffs did not suffer an injury in fact and thus lacked standing to sue. The court also found that the lawsuit was frivolous and awarded attorney's fees to the school district. The plaintiffs appeal. Because we agree that the plaintiffs did not establish an injury in fact, we affirm the dismissal. We conclude, however, that the fee award was unwarranted and reverse that portion of the judgment."
The court ruling noted: "The school district provided in-person and virtual training. At the in-person training, school officials instructed the attendees on how to become 'Anti-Racist educators, leaders and staff members.' The district defined 'anti-racism' as 'the work of actively opposing racism by advocating for changes in political, economic, and social life.' The presenters cautioned that actions like practicing color-blindness and remaining silent about racism perpetuated white supremacy."
In fact, the indoctrination included statements including: "We want to stress that we are not calling you as an individual a white supremacist. That being said, certain actions or statements . . . can support that structural system of white supremacy."
The presenters also displayed an "Oppression Matrix" that categorized various social groups as a privileged, oppressed, or border group. For example, within the category of race, the matrix identified white people as a privileged social group, biracial people as a border group, and Asian, Latina/o, black, and native people as oppressed social groups. At the virtual training, the school district provided similar instruction," the ruling said.
When the fight over the legal fees arose, WND reported the chilling effect on speech was so significant that even the staunchly leftist American Civil Liberties Union joined a long list of conservatives in support of two teachers who challenged the "antiracism" indoctrination.
The concern was that the lower court judge's attack on the two teachers would send the chilling message not to challenge such ideologies ever.
The teachers are Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Lumley. They challenged the indoctrination plan by the Springfield Public Schools.
The advocates argued, "Uncritically awarding government officials hundreds of thousands of dollars defeats the purpose of our fundamental civil rights statutes."
The district, in fact, ordered the teachers to "write down what they will do to adopt antiracism … akin to an ideological loyalty oath," court records show. The school had conceded it forced the teachers to attend the training, and then refused to give them credit unless they chose answers that violated their own beliefs.
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According to Democrats, the Jan. 6, 2021, protest-turned-riot at the U.S. Capital was an "insurrection."
That would be, according to that definition, a plan to take over the government, throw out the current leaders, assume control of the army, the policy, the foreign relations, debts, politics, courts, and more.
Of course, the protest-turned-riot was just that, a protest by those upset with the counted results of the presidential race, and the decision to give the White House to Joe Biden while there still remained many unanswered questions about the election.
In fact, there were two undue influences on the election, Mark Zuckerberg's decision to hand out $400 million plus like candy to local election officials who often used it to recruit voters in Democrat districts, and the interference by the Department of Justice's FBI, which falsely told publications that the Biden family scandals documented in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop were Russian disinformation and should be suppressed.
That facts have not prevented Democrats, and Democrat compatriots like ex-Rep. Liz Cheney, from proclaiming it WAS an insurrection, and claiming insurrectionists, including President Trump, not only must be charged and convicted, they must be prevented from ever being in office again.
Now that message is being hand-delivered to school-age children in Pennsylvania.
It's through a "graphic novel," or comic book, that is being published and handed out.
A Morning Call report said the publication insists students consider: "What would have happened if the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection had been successful?"
The creators of the concept say they are mailing copies to all public high schools in the state as well as public libraries.
The report explained their goal is "to convey the risks facing American democracy, and what people can do about it."
It's authored by Harvard teacher Alan Jenkins and he said he wanted to make his opinions about that event available "in a widely accessible way."
He has imagined, the report said, "a society controlled by armed militias who take over a TV network, declaring it to be 'an enemy of freedom.'"
In fact, it is leftists across American academia, business and government who have tried to impose their own censorship schemes on America's people and communications.
It also features a prominent Democrat lie that has been used against President Trump over and over, the claim he called KKK-type characters "very fine people," when Trump specifically condemned that faction in his comments about a race dispute in Charlottesville.
A report at PJMedia explains the topic is one of the "inexhaustible supply of dead horses" Democrats have to beat.
"In the latest pathetic attempt to keep the J6 version of the ORANGE MAN BAD monster under their beds and scaring the base, the false J6 narrative has been reimagined in comic book form to help indoctrinate the high school kids," the report said.
The report confirms, "There was no insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. … The series of graphic novels are chock-full of lies from the Democratic Trump Derangement Syndrome fever dream. The Charlottesville lie is there, of course, and Black Lives Matter operatives are the good guys. The authors have enlisted the help of a radical organization to make sure the potential youth voters properly understand their marching orders."
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"Duck Dynasty" has been off the air for several years already, but star Si Robertson is finding himself back in the headlines with an ultra-patriotic statement on the roof of his Louisiana home.
A report from CBN explains that under a program an area roofing company developed, Robertson's roof now is red, white and blue stripes.
Robertson, who served in the U.S. Army and fought in Vietnam, got what KNOE-TV described as a "patriotic home makeover."
He's famed for his antics, one-liners, and zany interests on the popular television show.
Now it's for the look of his roof.
According to the report, the project comes through the efforts of Northeast Louisiana Roofing, based in Monroe.
It has developed a program to upgrade homes of veterans, and company spokesman Jeremy Antley told KNOE it's to honor those who have served the nation.
"It all kind of started with us looking to try to do a veterans program through Owens Corning," he explained. "But we ended up partnering with Owens Corning and we kind of made our own veterans' program."
The project also appeared on Instagram, courtesy of Jase Robertson, Si's nephew and fellow "Duck Dynasty" star.
"I had to go see it for myself and take pictures for y'all," Jase wrote on the social media platform.
He continued, "I said this on our 'Unashamed' podcast on Thursday: there's no mistaking Si's priorities in his senior years. He loves Jesus, and he loves America, and he's definitely unashamed."
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Kamala Harris failed right out of the gate in the presidential debate Tuesday night with President Donald Trump.
By declining to answer the question – on the topic of signal importance to Americans, the Biden administration's failed economy has included some 21% inflation for American consumers and sky-high prices for housing, food, and energy.
She asked if she believes Americans are "better off" now, following the nearly four years of Biden and Harris influences, than they were before, but she didn't answer.
She instead boasted about being raised "as a middle-class kid," and claimed that Trump's economic plans would cost American families $4,000 a year more, not acknowledging that the Biden-Harris inflation cost Americans many times that.
She wants to give tax cuts to families and small businesses, not identifying how she would cover those costs.
She blasted Trump for a poor economy and a health catastrophe that developed at the end of his term; apparently blaming the GOP candidate for the COVID-19 pandemic and its results.
Kamale repeatedly smirked, laughed and pursed her lips while Trump was speaking, in an auditorium where there was no audience.
Trump pointed out his tariffs generated billions for the United States and he would resume them. Some of them, he pointed out, the Biden-Harris regime even kept.
He called inflation a "country-buster."
"It's been a disaster for people," he said.
On abortion, Trump explained he appointed Supreme Court justices who returned the abortion decisions to voters in the states, which is what people have wanted for years.
Harris repeatedly lied that Project 2025 belongs to Trump, a plan that he had no part in, and has disavowed.
Harris said she wants to return to the limits of Roe v. Wade, the faulty precedent created by the Supreme Court in 1973, a ruling that essentially provides for literally no limits on abortion.
In fact, Trump cited the words of ex-Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia who described how his support for abortion extended to setting a baby born alive aside, then having a consultation with doctors and the mother, and then deciding what to do with the child.
That specifically suggests an execution after birth.
He challenged Harris to answer whether she would allow an abortion in the eight, or ninth month, or after.
Harris tried to use her own party's lawfare cases against Trump to embarrass and hurt him. Her party, in fact, has weaponized the Department of Justice and other Democrat prosecutors to create cases against Trump.
Probably the major case was dismissed; others are on appeal and legal experts have condemned the Democrats for their campaign to create claims against Trump.
He responded, "It's called weaponization. They weaponized the Justice Department. Every one of those cases…"
He cited the "total victory" he had in the "documents" case, and when Harris claimed Trump said he would "terminate" the Constitution, he noted, "She's the one who weaponized. I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things they said about me. They are the ones who are a threat to democracy."
On the topic of the Jan. 6, 2021, protest-turned-riot at the U.S. Capitol, Trump took the opportunity to interject with, "I'm speaking … sound familiar," referring to Harris' own penchant for using that same term.
Trump was asked if there was anything he regretted about that day, he pointed out he made a speech, and knew the day's events could be volatile, so he contacted Nancy Pelosi and the Washington, D.C., mayor to offer 10,000 troops to maintain security.
He pointed out that they refused.
"They rejected me," he said. He noted Nancy Pelosi's own daughter has released a video in which Pelosi admits she "is fully responsible for what happened."
Harris said she was at the Capitol that day as "acting senator."
She accused Trump of inciting a "violent mob" to attack the Capitol.
She said he was "indicted and impeached" for that, but failed to note that that impeachment in the House was overturned by Trump's acquittal on those charges in the Senate.
Then she brought up the Charlottesville lie. That is a oft-repeated Democrat falsehood about Trump's comments regarding a race issue in that city. The Democrats' claim that he praised KKK-type radicals has been debunked even by the leftist Snopes.
Harris claimed that Trump's inability to "process" that he lost the 2020 race was worrying, to which Trump said the court cases that drew praise from Democrats were decided on technicalities, which in fact is what happened.
Most of the Trump campaign's challenges to the 2020 results ended up being dismissed, often by leftist judges, on issues such as standing.
On the Hamas terror against Israel, Harris said Israel has a right to defend itself, but complained that Palestinian "children, mothers" were being killed.
"We must chart a course for a two-state solution," she said, insisting on security of Israel and the Palestinians, equally.
Trump said the conflict never would have happened if he had been president. Likewise, he said, Putin never would have invaded Ukraine.
"She hates Israel. She wouldn't even meet with Netanyahu when he went to Congress," he said. "She went to a sorority party. She hates Israel. At the same time she hates the Arab population…:"
He pointed out the tens of billions of dollars the Biden administration gave to Iran, which is the prime sponsor of terror in the Middle East.
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In a move that likely will attract a lot of support from voters who have been hit by those 20% inflation penalties courtesy of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime, President Donald Trump wants an audit.
Of the U.S. government.
The ENTIRE U.S. government.
To crack down on fraud, waste and worse, all of which costs voters their paychecks.
Is it the Post-Millennial that reported Trump promised a "Government Efficiency Commission" to audit and analyze the finances of the federal government – and all of its trillions of dollars in spending.
X Space chief Elon Musk had suggested the idea.
Trump said, "I will create a Government Efficiency Commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government — and making recommendations for drastic reforms."
He pointed out that Kamala Harris is inextricably linked to the policies and failures of the Biden-Harris administration and the 20% inflation they have produced to hurt Americans during her tenure.
And he warned Harris would double down if elected in November, with her promise of a corporate tax rate of 28%. Trump's proposal is 15%.
He also warned of the Harris plan for a 25% tax on unrealized capital gains. That means some high-dollar voters would have to pay taxes on increase in their property or asset values, even though they've gotten none of that increase because they haven't sold.
His economic plan, his supporters say, would bring inflation down rapidly and trigger a huge growth in the economy.
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A doctor in Wyoming is pursuing a First Amendment lawsuit against Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon after the state's chief executive forced him off a health panel because of his private views about transgender body mutilations on children.
Ironically, state lawmakers adopted and the Republican governor himself signed into law the proposal, known as Chloe's Law, that was in dispute.
That law restricts physicians' abilities to perform gender reassignment surgeries on minors.
The problem was that the Wyoming Medical Society, of which Cubin was a member, opposed the plan.
Liberty Justice Center said it now has gone to court because of the situation in which Gordon forced Cubin to resign from the Wyoming Board of Medicine.
It explained, "Dr. Cubin is a member of the Wyoming Medical Society (WMS), a voluntary organization of Wyoming doctors that claims to represent the interests of physicians across the state. In early 2024, the organization expressed its opposition to a proposed bill known as Chloe's Law, which would restrict Wyoming physicians' ability to perform gender reassignment surgeries on, or prescribe hormone therapy for, minors. Because the WMS's public position on Chloe's Law did not reflect the perspective held by all of its members, Dr. Cubin contacted the WMS to request that the organization poll its members and present physicians on both sides of the issue. The organization repeatedly ignored his concern that the WMS was not accurately representing the views of Wyoming physicians."
Eventually, Cubin decided to express his own opinion, privately sending an email to state lawmakers to support the law, and to explain the society's "public opposition" did not represent all doctors.
The law passed and was signed by Gordon, but then only a few weeks later, Gordon removed Cubin from his post on the state Board of Medicine, "explicitly citing Dr. Cubin's personal email to the House of Representatives in support of Chloe's Law as the reason for removal."
The legal team explained, "By firing Dr. Cubin for exercising his right to free speech, the Governor engaged in illegal retaliation and violated Dr. Cubin's First Amendment rights."
Center lawyer Buck Dougherty said, "Governor Gordon unlawfully retaliated against Dr. Cubin for exercising his First Amendment rights. People who serve in government positions do not lose their right to speak out on important issues. We look forward to holding the Governor accountable for his actions in court."
Cubin explained, regarding the case now pending in federal court in Cheyenne, "I was removed from the Wyoming State Board of Medicine because I took a stand to protect the children in our state. I had been misrepresented by the Wyoming Medical Society and had no choice but to speak up for what I believed to be right.
"I urged our legislators to be circumspect about the information they were being provided and cautious about what they allow physicians to do to kids in our state—something that is now the law across Wyoming. I am proud to stand with the Liberty Justice Center and fight this violation of my First Amendment rights."