Legendary musician Ringo Starr shared about his harrowing health ordeal that caused him to cancel tour dates, the Daily Caller reported. The former Beatles drummer did not share the exact cause, but that it felt he "had a mad thing eating my body."
The 84-year-old was forced to cancel the remaining dates of his All-Starr tour due to this severe illness. Reports circulated that he was fighting COVID-19.
In an interview with Variety, Starr set the record straight. "It wasn’t the virus — I had that two years ago," Starr said, though he admitted that it "knocked me down."
Instead, Starr described an unspecified malady that made him seriously ill. "It was a mad thing eating my body, and they found out when they took my blood that the white cells there was 12,000 of ’em," Starr said.
Starr explained that the high white cell count was a sign that he was gravely ill. "That’s pretty high. And that happens," Starr said.
"That’s what saved your life — they were fighting the attacker. And so with pills and medication, I got over it in two weeks," he added.
T. Bone Burnett, who was part of the interview with Starr, said the musician was otherwise in great condition despite his advanced age. "I saw him play at the Ryman a few months ago, and, he took a break in the middle and his dressing room was upstairs, and he ran up the stairs," he said.
"So I think he’s got plenty of miles left in him," Burnett added. Starr, whose career has spanned decades, is nowhere near stopping, as he will release another album next year.
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Starr continues to make music and perform, but his time with the Beatles still draws considerable curiosity. This fact has compelled Starr to be one of the producers of "Beatles '64" documentary, a retrospective look at the band by Martin Scorsese.
The Fab Four drummer sat down for an interview to talk about the documentary that will debut on Disney+ on November 29. "Honestly, it’s a little hard now. There’s only Paul and I, and it was the four of us…," he added.
Starr said that the newest documentary will feature post-Beatles works by Starr and Paul McCartney as he fondly remembered the original 1964 film that documented the Fab Four's visit to America. Brothers Albert and David Maysles captured footage that became "What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A." about the band.
This time, Starr and McCartney will get to tell the story more from their perspectives. "Marty is producing this remake with his director of choice and putting us more in it to talk about that, so you’ve got that time and this time talking about that time," Starr shared.
Sixty years after the Beatles exploded in popularity, one of its remaining members is still as relevant as ever in his own right. Starr may have had his health challenges, but the world hasn't heard the last of him yet.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis petitioned an appeals court to reinstate six charges against former President Donald Trump, The Hill reported. Willis charges Judge Scott McAfee "erred" in throwing out the charge.
Willis has pursued the charges related to Trump's supposed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the Peach State. The case involves Trump and a number of his associates at the time.
McAfee threw out several charges in March because they were filed too broadly. The judge wrote in his ruling that while the district attorney's filing proved "essential" information pointing to the underlying crime, the charges weren't specific enough.
"The Court’s concern is less that the State has failed to allege sufficient conduct of the Defendants – in fact it has alleged an abundance. However, the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is, in the undersigned’s opinion, fatal," McAfee wrote.
Willis' office countered in its 38-page filing, claiming that McAfee "erred" in the decision to dismiss. "The indictment more than sufficiently placed Cross-Appellees on notice of the conduct at issue and allowed them to prepare an intelligent defense to the charges," argued Assistant District Attorney Alex Bernick in the appeal.
The most significant charge concerns a phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in January 2021, just months after the election. Trump supposedly implored the Republican official to "find" the 11,779 votes needed to award the state to him instead of Joe Biden.
According to the New York Times, eight charges are all that remain of the 13 that were originally filed. Besides Trump, the others who benefitted from the judge's decision to quash include Trump's former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Attorneys associated with Trump, including Ray Smith III, Robert Cheeley, and John Eastman, are also off the hook. The case is unlikely to move forward any time soon as other legal issues are hashed out.
The main concern about Willis' ability to remain on case involve a possible inappropriate relationship. Willis carried on an affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired to help build the case against Trump, but insists that it began after he was hired.
CNN reported that in February 2024, Willis was ordered to answer for her relationship with Wade at a hearing with attorneys for Trump and the co-defendants. She was belligerent and indignant as she was questioned about the timing of their relationship and official expenditures for the two of them.
The timing of their relationship is key to determining whether there was any impropriety. If they were already dating and she hired him as a way to finance their travel and other goodies, it would seriously undermine her ability to do her job.
It was clear Willis did not like being questioned and made quite a show of her emotions while giving her answers. "You think I’m on trial," Willis snapped back at one point.
"These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020," she said, gesturing to the attorneys representing Trump and the defendants. "I’m not on trial, no matter how hard you try to put me on trial."
Willis went after Trump like an attack dog and, in the process, possibly used it as a scheme to help herself and her love. The problem with politically motivated cases is that they're, by definition, run by people without scruples.
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the secretary of state must allow convicted felons to register to vote immediately after completing their sentences, Axios reported. This is part of a broader push by Democrats to allow criminals to cast ballots.
The Cornhusker State previously allowed felons to register to vote after a two-year waiting period following the end of their sentences. However, the state legislature passed a bill earlier this year abolishing the waiting period.
Although it was passed as a bipartisan effort, Secretary of State Robert Evnen put the brakes on the liberalization of the rules as he believed it to be unconstitutional on the advice of Attorney General Mike Hilgers. To rectify the situation, Evnen barred county officials from registering convicted felons unless they had been pardoned.
The Nebraska Supreme Court did not agree and lifted Evnen's order. "The Secretary is ordered to remove any disqualification on registration he has imposed that is not contained within L.B. 20 and to comply in all respects with the provisions of L.B. 20," the ruling said.
This decision came down with less than three weeks to go in a very contentious presidential election. The impacted voters, estimated to be about 7,000 felons, will have to contend with tight deadlines to cast their ballots.
In-person registration runs until Oct. 25, but the online option is open until Oct. 18. This could be an important development as Nebraska splits its electoral votes in such a way that any additional voters could sway the race.
Previous studies have shown that ex-convicts are four times as likely to register as Democrats or have no affiliation at all than their law-abiding counterparts. With the state awarding one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district, three of the state's five votes are up for grabs for Democrats, the New York Times reported.
This could be significant in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Notably, the state's Second District, which includes the capital city of Omaha, went for President Joe Biden in the 2020 race.
The candidate with the most statewide votes receives the remaining two electoral votes, which are typically cast for the Republican in a crimson state. Even if this rule doesn't sway the 2024 race, it sets up a framework that could pay off for Democrats in 2028.
Democrats have no scruples when it comes to making sure they win elections by hook or by crook. One of their many tactics includes allowing criminals to vote.
There are varying levels of restrictions on felons voting in 48 states, with only Maine, Vermont, and the District of Columbia having none at all. Democrats have tried to nationalize a standard to allow criminals to vote and even proposed a law to do just that.
According to Reuters, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) proposed the Inclusive Democracy Act in December 2023. "The right to vote is sacred in America and it's essential to citizenship, and all citizens deserve a voice in our democracy," Pressley said at the time.
"There is resistance. We know that," Welch chimed in. The bill has gone nowhere with the current narrow GOP majority in Congress and lead in the Senate, but it's not an issue that Democrats will give up on easily.
While it's true that people who have served their time have paid their debt to society, it's a bridge too far to give them blanket voting rights. Criminals have proven that they don't respect the laws of the land, and giving them the right to influence those laws is ludicrous.
Former President Donald Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris' medical assessment shows "dangerous" symptoms that may affect her ability to serve, the UK Daily Mail reported. Trump also suggested that Harris take a cognitive test to prove she is up to doing the job if elected.
Harris released her medical records via an open letter from her primary care physician, Dr. Joshua Simmons. It showed that Harris sometimes experiences urticaria, otherwise known as hives, that are symptoms of an allergy.
The vice president also suffers from allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis from seasonal allergies. Harris has been undergoing "allergen immunotherapy" for three years to lessen the severity of her reactions.
At least 80 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies, so this report doesn't uncover anything unusual. However, Trump believes an emergency could impact her ability to serve if she has symptoms like mental fatigue, brain fog, and difficulty in mental concentration.
Following the release of the medical report, Trump took to his Truth Social to warn about the implications of Harris' condition. "As to her completely desperate request for my Medical Statements, she is dying to see my Cholesterol (which is 180!), I have already provided them, many times, including quite recently, and they were flawless" Trump wrote Tuesday.
"However, I have just seen Kamala’s Report, and it is not good. According to her Doctor’s Report, she suffers from 'urticaria,' defined as 'a rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling.'" Trump recounted.
"She also has 'allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis,' a very messy and dangerous situation. These are deeply serious conditions that clearly impact her functioning," Trump added.
"Maybe that is why she can’t answer even the simplest of questions asked by 60 Minutes, and others. What is this all about? I don’t have these problems…" he concluded.
Trump also went after Harris' cognitive abilities in a separate post to X, formerly Twitter, that day. "I believe it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on Cognitive Stamina and Agility," Trump wrote.
"Her actions have led many to believe that there could be something very wrong with her. Even 60 Minutes and CBS, in order to protect Lyin’ Kamala, illegally and unscrupulously replaced an answer she had given, which was totally 'bonkers,' with another answer that had nothing to do with the question asked," Trump said, referring to the network's selective editing that changed one of Harris' answers.
"Also, she is slow and lethargic in answering even the easiest of questions. We just went through almost four years of that, we shouldn’t have to do it again!" Trump added.
Trump was tying her symptoms to the problems that became too obvious to ignore with President Joe Biden, who stepped down from his reelection bid amid signs of cognitive decline. At 59, Harris is much younger and in better health than Biden is.
Still, Trump likes to challenge his opponents from many angles, and this attack on Harris' health is sure to get under her skin. The leftist media will mock him for his warning, but Trump is a master at pointing out weaknesses in his opponents that seem to stick.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis urged her former lover and special prosecutor Nathan Wade to remain silent in his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, Breitbart reported. The committee will depose Wade on Tuesday in its probe to determine whether the case against former President Donald Trump is politically motivated.
Willis shared her instructions to Wade in a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) Monday. "I am concerned that your demand for Mr. Wade’s testimony would force him to improperly divulge confidential information that is protected by privileges," she wrote.
Backed by Willis' office, Wade will be "asserting all legal protections and privileges related to information that he possesses about ongoing criminal prosecutions." The House Judiciary GOP shared a copy of the letter to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, captioned, "What is she trying to hide?"
🚨 #BREAKING: FANI WILLIS demands NATHAN WADE not answer questions at his deposition tomorrow before the Judiciary Committee.
What is she trying to hide? pic.twitter.com/eouMF7iMCt
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) October 14, 2024
The letter outlined what would be off-limits when Wade appears for his deposition. "Questions about the substance of Mr. Wade’s work in the case would implicate information that is protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney-client privilege, and work-product privilege, among others" should be prohibited, Wills' letter said.
"Asking witnesses to share legally protected, non-public information about pending prosecutions may cause them to violate their confidentiality obligations under professional ethics rules. In addition, the release of this legally protected information may also prejudice defendants, victims, or witnesses, or affect the overall integrity of proceedings," she added.
Willis later stated that Wade's silence is necessary to the case against former President Donald Trump, which she and Wade worked on together. "I will continue to do everything in my power to protect the integrity of this criminal investigation and all others in which my office leads," she wrote.
"My legal duty to protect the secrecy and integrity of all criminal investigations has been bestowed upon me by Federal, State and Local law," Willis added. This letter comes after the committee had difficulty serving Wade with a subpoena because Willis instructed him to evade them, the New York Post reported.
"The eleventh-hour intervention from District Attorney Willis does not excuse your failure to appear for your transcribed interview," Jordan wrote after finally serving Wade in September. Willis is trying to do all she can to stop this probe, perhaps with good reason.
Willis was ambitious in bringing her case against Trump and several others regarding alleged election interference. She may have undermined her work when she hired Wade on Nov. 1, 2021, to help with that effort.
The pair claimed they weren't together then and started their affair approximately in March 2022. However, the timing raised concerns about the nature of Wade's hiring, considering that he filed for divorce just one day after Willis hired him.
This became the central question in a hearing over whether Willis should be disqualified due to her relationship with Wade, whom she may have hired due to their relationship. As the Washington Post reported, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ultimately required Wade to leave the case over the "appearance of impropriety" after hearing Willis' testimony.
Now, Trump's case will remain unresolved until after the election. Even if Willis does succeed in prosecuting him, Trump's legal team has quite a bit of leverage to get the conviction tossed based on the undisclosed and possibly improper relationship between Willis and Wade.
People like Willis and Wade were doing all they could to get Trump behind bars. However, they couldn't help themselves to a little impropriety behind the scenes, which may cost them the case against him even if they can convict him.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein is suing the state of Ohio because state election officials said they won't count her votes on Election Day because her party apparently named her running mate after the deadline.
Stein, running mate Butch Ware and three Ohio voters filed the suit on Wednesday, claiming that the decision "infringes on their constitutional rights to free speech, association, and equal protection and the voting rights of the Ohio-based plaintiffs," according to the Washington Examiner.
Stein filed as an independent candidate in Ohio because the Green Party lost its state recognition in Ohio several years ago.
She named party nominee for Ohio governor Anita Rios as a placeholder for her running mate until Ware was nominated in August to fill the position.
Ohio election officials said Stein's name would still be on the state ballots, which were already shipped to overseas military voters, but votes for her and Rios/Ware would not be counted.
The request to remove Rios was granted, but the request to add Ware was received after the deadline, the officials said.
The lawsuit contends that the request by Rios to withdraw her candidacy was submitted by a local party official without Rios's knowledge.
The lawsuit plaintiffs want a temporary injunction and restraining order to force officials to count votes for Stein.
In 2020, Stein got 46,271 votes in Ohio, less than 1% of the votes in the state.
Her vote total was only about 10% of the more than 450,000 votes that separated former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in Ohio, which had 18 electoral votes.
Trump handily won the state despite having only a narrow advantage in polling close to Election Day.
In 2024, Ohio looks like a solid win for Trump again, and its position is only made stronger by the fact that it is the home state of Sen. J.D. Vance (R).
Stein is one of the last third party candidates left standing after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the race and endorsed Trump in August.
While the counting of her votes might not make much of a difference in Ohio, there are swing states that had smaller vote margins in 2020, and if just 45,000 votes more votes in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin had gone to Trump, it could have been an entirely different result.
The sports world is in mourning with the news that a beloved bodybuilding legend has died at the age of 60.
As the New York Post reports, news broke last week that Lenny Persin, affectionately known as “Big Lenny,” passed away after a battle with congestive heart failure.
Word of Persin's death began to spread as a result of a YouTube video post from Dave Palumbo, a fellow figure in the bodybuilding world.
“Big Lenny Persin is no longer with us,” Palumbo said, according to The Sun. “He passed over the last couple days, we're not really sure exactly what day.”
Offering some insight as to the cause of his colleague's death, Palumbo noted, “He was suffering from congestive heart failure for quite some time now.”
Paying tribute to the late athlete, Palumbo stated, “Big Lenny was an icon in the sport. He carved out a unique niche for himself, leading a group of bodybuilders who went by the name of the Del Rey Misfits.”
Persin was, according to Palumbo, the group's “fearless leader.”
Well-known for his outgoing and gregarious personality as well as for his unusual physical features that included a notably protruding midsection, Persin had no trouble making a name for himself within the bodybuilding community.
Persin took second place in the 2017 NPB Ruby Championship, the most recent competition in which he was involved.
Those acquainted with him professionally recalled his commitment to being the largest competitor on any stage and marveled at his unorthodox approach to the sport and unfailingly unfiltered communication style.
Persin never shied away from sharing his takes on fitness, bodybuilding, and philosophy in a frank, attention-grabbing manner, something friends and fellow athletes now recall with great fondness.
Amid the sad news of Persin's death, tributes for the bodybuilder have begun to pour in, including from industry figure Jon Bravo, who noted, “I had a chance to know him, and he was a gentle giant, you know.”
Bravo went on, “One of the biggest guys, the biggest guy in the room and, you know, if there's one thing we can all learn from Big Lenny is that he lived each day to the fullest and it didn't matter if he lived in a rundown apartment filled with roaches and dirt and mould, each day, he had a smile on his face and each day he found a way to make himself happy.”
Another social media user appeared to co-sign those sentiments, commenting on Persin's death by remarking simply and succinctly, “Now this is heartbreaking because that big gentle giant meant no ill will toward anyone that he might offend,” and that is a modest -- yet profound -- legacy of which anyone could be proud.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Vice President Kamala Harris has "no role" in hurricane preparedness and clean up after she complained the Florida Republican wouldn't take her calls, The Hill reported. This came after Harris said DeSantis was "selfish" for ignoring her attempts to reach out.
The governor of the Sunshine State has been dealing with back-to-back hurricanes. As the state was still reeling from Hurricane Helene, a more virulent storm named Hurricane Milton was bearing down on the state, headed for a direct hit.
Meanwhile, Harris, desperately trying to appear relevant in the matter for the sake of her presidential campaign, said DeSantis was being "selfish" for refusing to speak with her. DeSantis had strong words after host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him about it on Thursday's Squawk Box on CNBC.
DeSantis punches back at Kamala. This is a beatdown.pic.twitter.com/KOzjl93mKT
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 11, 2024
It's clear DeSantis was fed up with Harris' grousing about their lack of communication while he was busy helping his state during a crisis. "I am working with the President of the United States, I’m working with the director of FEMA, I’m marshaling all my state assets," De Santis responded.
"We’ve been doing this now nonstop for over two weeks between Helene and this. And so if there’s anything I can leverage to benefit my people, I’m going to do it," he added.
Then DeSantis contrasted Harris to both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who never "politicized" hurricane relief. "The fact of the matter is they put out a story saying I didn’t take [her calls]. didn’t even know she was trying to reach me, but she has no role in this process," DeSantis went on.
"And I’ve been dealing with these storms in Florida under both Trump and Biden. Neither of them ever politicized it. And, in fact, all the storms I’ve dealt with under this administration, although I’ve worked well with the president, [Harris] has never called in Florida. She has never offered any support," he added.
"So what she’s doing is, she’s trying to inject herself into this because of her political campaign. So, as the governor here who’s leading this, I don’t have time for those games. I don’t care about her campaign," DeSantis said.
Harris was trying to make DeSantis look like the one using the crises for political gain. Instead, the strategy backfired as people saw how she made herself the story during a hurricane just for political gain.
As DeSantis noted, both Biden and Trump were able to work with him to provide help to the people of Florida. As NBC reported, Biden praised DeSantis when asked about Harris' alleged snub.
"All I can tell you is I’ve talked to Gov. DeSantis. He’s been very gracious. He’s thanked me for all we’ve done," Biden said. "He knows what we’re doing. And I think that’s important."
An anonymous source claims that Biden wasn't aware of the conflict when asked about it. "He wasn’t tracking a specific back-and-forth" because he was too "focused on the response itself."
Harris has made many blunders in the short time she's been campaigning. This public tiff with DeSantis is the worst yet because it shows her true colors.
U.S. House of Representatives candidate Thomas Bowman has suspended his campaign after realizing he's been a "pawn" for Democrats, ABC News reported. Bowman was running as an independent to represent Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District in a contentious race.
The Patriots Run Project had enticed Bowman and several other conservative candidates into running as independents in key states. Many agreed to this election scheme, thinking they were helping former President Donald Trump.
However, Bowman realized that he was splitting the votes to allow the Democrats to prevail. Bowman has since decided to endorse GOP candidate Joe Teirab in his bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Angie Craig.
"I certainly spent a lot of time and effort influencing the race as a pawn in this scheme here," Bowman lamented. The 71-year-old retiree was one of many candidates who were taken in by this scheme.
Bowman didn't know what he was getting into when he decided to run as an independent candidate. The self-proclaimed constitutionalist started to suspect something was wrong after discovering that donor Elizabeth Steinglass had been donating to his opponent.
In fact, Steinback and her husband, David, had given the maximum allowable donations to Craig's campaign. The pair gave millions of dollars to other Democratic candidates, which led Bowman to question everything.
Teirab lauded Bowman for his courage. "Thomas is a true patriot for his willingness to boldly call out the dirty tricks that Angie Craig's allies pulled in an attempt to interfere in the election," the Republican candidate said in a statement.
Meanwhile, it's become clear that other right-leaning candidates may have been similarly recruited to unwittingly help Democrats. Bowman is the second candidate to drop out after learning who was truly behind the Patriots Run Project.
In Iowa, independent candidate Joe Wiederien withdrew from his House of Representatives race after learning he had also been duped by the shady organization. The state Division of Criminal Investigation has opened a probe into possible election fraud.
An Associated Press investigation found that the Patriots Run Project is backed by Democratic donors and consulting firms. The group recruited unsuspecting pro-Trump patriots through Facebook ads.
The Patriots Run Project lured these would-be candidates in with targeted ad language that appealed to would-be candidates. One ad proclaims, "We need American Patriots like YOU to stand for freedom with President Trump and take back control from the globalist elites by running for office. "
Despite the underhanded methods, pinpointing whether an actual crime was committed is difficult. There may be cause in Iowa as it's illegal to deprive citizens of "a fair and impartially conducted election process."
It is difficult to determine who exactly was the mastermind behind all of it. Weirden claims that he was recruited by an operative named "Johnny," who drove an electric vehicle and was cagey about being photographed.
This scheme preyed on unsuspecting Americans who were trying to serve their country. While it's true that the candidates should have done their due diligence, it's unconscionable for parties to manipulate people and elections this way.
A Biden-Harris administration report found that its policy of lifting sanctions on Iran has allowed the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world to make billions of dollars on petroleum, the Daily Caller reported. The regime has flourished after the administration eased up on Trump-era financial restrictions.
Iran was under the thumb of former President Donald Trump thanks to "maximum pressure" sanctions imposed on the nation. Revenue from oil cratered from $65 billion in 2018 to $16 billion in 2020.
The exact opposite has happened under President Joe Biden, according to the 2024 Report on Iranian Petroleum and Petroleum Product Exports from the Department of Energy. As he eased sanctions against Iran, revenue rebounded each year, beginning with his first year in office.
Iran raked in $37 billion in 2021, then $54 billion in 2022, and another $53 billion in 2023. Meanwhile, tensions in the Middle East have increased after Hamas, which is supported and funded by Iran, launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The purpose of sanctions is to restrict an unfriendly nation's ability to make money. This is supposed to prevent dangerous nations from launching offensive strikes by cutting off funding.
Unfortunately, Biden ignored that fact and relaxed the sanctions against Iran, which contrasted sharply with his predecessor's policy. While Trump was in office in 2018, Iran produced 527,000 barrels of petroleum and 704,000 barrels of condensate oil for export.
Biden allowed Iran to export 1.3 million barrels in 2023, nearly doubling the output under Trump just five years before. In a statement Wednesday, Richard Goldberg, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warns it will only get worse.
"If 2024 follows 2023, that's roughly $200 billion in oil revenue for Iran under the Biden-Harris administration. Annual oil revenue for Iran today is more than 3x higher than under Trump in 2020," Goldberg posted to X, formerly Twitter, Wednesday.
"Totally insane. This is not due to 'sanctions evasion.' This is by design," he added.
Iran has had its hand in the war with Israel following the Oct. 7, 2023 strike against America's ally. However, the Associated Press reported that Iran launched more than 180 ballistic missiles last week in solidarity with Hamas and Hezbollah.
Israel will now have to answer for this offensive even as most of the missiles failed to cause the death and destruction intended. Leaders are discussing exactly what that will entail.
"The question is not whether Israel will retaliate or respond. The question is which way," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said to the Associated Press.
In keeping with the theme of helping a state sponsor of terrorism, Biden has discouraged Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear program or the oil industry. It remains to be seen whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will listen as he seeks to protect his own people.
Biden has betrayed America and its allies and made the world less safe in the process. Lifting sanctions on Iran has had swift and dire consequences that prove that a Democratic administration makes the world a more dangerous place.