Posts on Sunday, October 15, 2023
President Joe Biden’s campaign for reelection raised over $71 million in the third quarter of the fiscal year, his team announced Sunday.
In a Sunday statement to the Hill, the campaign also reported having nearly $91 million in liquid cash, claiming that this figure is “the highest total amassed by any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the cycle.”According to the Biden campaign, these numbers include not only direct fundraising from the campaign, but also the haul from joint fundraising committees and the Democratic National Committee’s fundraising.
The president’s reelection campaign officially launched in April and saw more than $72 million raised in Q2.
President Joe Biden said Hamas must be eliminated, but cautioned Israel over an occupation of Gaza - even with hundreds of thousands of troops amassed along the border.
Biden, speaking to CBS' 60 Minutes, also said he was 'confident' Israel will act under the rules of war in its conflict with Palestine and added deploying U.S. troops is not necessary.
He also cautioned that the threat of terrorism in the United States had increased due to unrest in the Middle East. Biden was asked, point blank, if Hamas needed to be eliminated in the wake of the attack that has already killed 1,400 people.
'Yes, I do,' he said. 'But
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) promoted propaganda over the weekend that falsely portrayed children as having died from Israeli military operations when, in reality, they died a decade ago from fighting in Syria. (snip)
“CHILD GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE,” the post, which included a photo of dead children, claimed. “614 Palestinian children murdered by the Israeli IOF Forces.”
Omar then shared the false claim to her nearly three million followers on X.
The reality is that the photo is from an August 2013 article in National Geographic and it shows children in Damascus, Syria, “shortly after they succumbed to chemical weapon poisoning.”
Joe Biden sat down for a one-on-one interview with ’60 Minutes’ anchor Scott Pelley this weekend and was asked about many topics including Ukraine and of course Israel. Those kinds of questions are expected in a time of war and terrorism.
Well, crooked Joe decided to take an opportunity to slam millions of MAGA Americans in his interview. He basically said that Trump[ supporters don’t look at democracy the same way “you and I look at democracy.” He implied that MAGA supporters stand for something other than freedom.
Not that we can ever really understand what this incompetent Regime leader says, but it goes to show how
While speaking at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on Saturday night, President Joe Biden pushed for an “assault weapons” ban and asked, “Who in God’s name needs a weapon with 100 rounds in the chamber?”
Biden did not provide an example of a gun that holds 100 rounds in the chamber, but simply added, “That weapon’s only meant for one thing…to kill people.” (Video) Biden emphasized that an “assault weapons” ban was enacted once at the federal level and declared, “As long as I’m in office I’m not going to stop until we get it done again.”
He then transitioned to talk about the 1,000+ Israelis who were killed
Israel's imminent invasion of Gaza could turn into an occupation lasting 18 months in order to dismantle the 'bloodthirsty monsters' of Hamas.
Rainy weather delayed the full-scale onslaught yesterday but Israel's prime minister vowed to 'demolish' the terror group.
A week after the bloodbath that shocked the world, Benjamin Netanyahu said the nation was approaching a 'fateful hour'. The event, about 'Bidenomics' and investing in the U.S., was to tout $7 billion in investment in new hydrogen production hubs.
Biden, 80, has suffered a series of recent stumbles, including while de-boarding Air Force One, and fell to the ground after tripping on a sand bag
The majority of American adults believe the U.S. is moving in the “wrong direction,” with a poll revealing that only 21 percent of respondents agreed with the way the country is heading.
The recent Associated Press-NORC Research Center poll, which was taken in the days following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ouster from the House Speaker position, found that 78 percent of U.S. adults disagree with the direction the country is taking. The survey also revealed that general agreement amongst voting-age adults has been on a decline, with a three-point increase in adults who thought the direction was “wrong” last month.
The safest and most dangerous cities in America have been ranked following WalletHub’s assessment of over 180 cities.
The Daily Mail reported Sunday that the company assessed the cities “across 41 indicators of safety.” According to WalletHub, “Our data set ranges from traffic fatalities per capita and assaults per capita to the unemployment rate and the percentage of the population that is insured.”Each place was graded regarding home and community safety, natural disaster risk, and financial safety, with the safest place in the United States being Nashua, New Hampshire.
Meanwhile, St. Louis, Missouri, was ranked the most dangerous city.
Republican presidential candidates have rushed to Israel’s defense following the Hamas terrorist attacks, listing immediate actions they believe the U.S. should take to assist the ally as the war wages on.
Israel began its counteroffensive in Gaza following Saturday’s terrorist attacks that have led to thousands of dead Israelis and Palestinians, as well as at least 27 Americans, and many others in hostage by Hamas. The GOP presidential hopefuls called for various forms of immediate action the U.S. should take, including providing aid to Israel, freezing the $6 billion President Joe Biden recently promised Iran in exchange for American prisoners and imposing sanctions on Iran.
As Hamas rockets rained down on Israel, U.S. Senators were forced to take shelter during their trip to the Jewish country.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La), Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev..), and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) traveled to Tel Aviv this weekend to show solidarity as the deadly Hamas attacks killed at least 29 Americans and 1, 300 people. Meanwhile, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the United States is "actively trying" to find American hostages who may being held in Gaza.
Hundreds of people were left fleeing for their lives after a gunman opened fire at State Fair of Texas - as some fairgoers were left on the top of a Ferris wheel watching the terror from above.
A suspect, who wounded three people on Saturday night, is in custody, police said. The gunman opened fire at the food court at the Tower Building in Dallas.
Dallas Police said their injuries were not considered life-threatening. The ordeal erupted when one man started shooting at another - but screaming fairgoers in their dozens started running away from the amusements when they heard the bullets ring out.
Equal justice under the law is a difficult concept to understand for CBS Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan. During an interview Sunday with Republican Congressman Mike Turner, Brennan seemed stunned that he called for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to be treated the same for mishandling classified documents.
“You were talking about classified documents, mishandled by the current president, and you said that when it came to Biden and Trump, they're both equally egregious with equal classification issues.This past week, President Biden was interviewed by special counsel Robert Hur,” Brennan noted.
Since August 2021, the sprawling Obama Presidential Center complex has been taking shape in Jackson Park on what will be a 19.3 acre campus fronting on Stony Island Avenue and stretching from 62nd Street on the south to 59th Street on the north.
For months, the rising tower — which will house the museum dedicated to former President Barack Obama — has been visible to the surrounding Hyde Park neighborhood, already tall enough to call it a South Side landmark.
On Monday when I visited, the concrete shaping and supporting the tower, which will be the center’s signature structure, was still about 85 feet shy of its ultimate 235-foot height.
Turncoat Mike Pence has made it his campaign strategy to insult, smear, and attack his former running mate and President Trump at every stop and in every mainstream media interview.
Last week Mike Pence blamed President Trump after for the attack by Hamas on Israel. In back to back attacks in a speech in Iowa last Saturday after the massive slaughter by Hamas in Israel and on CNN interview on Sunday, Pence accused Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy of “appeasement” and “signaling retreat.” It was an insane assertion.
Later in the week Pence attacked President Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “informal conversations” are taking place for a bipartisan solution to the House speakership.
Anchor Kristen Welker said, “Are you actually having conversations behind the scenes with the Republican counterparts about trying to create a bipartisan solution, a governing coalition?” Jeffries said, “There are informal conversations that have been underway. When we get back to Washington tomorrow, it’s important to begin to formalize those discussions.”
Suzanne Somers, the actress best known for her roles in TV comedies including "Three's Company" and "Step by Step," has died, her longtime publicist announced Sunday. She was 76 years old.
“Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th," R. Couri Hay said in a statement. "She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years. Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family. Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and want to thank her millions of fans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited US President Joe Biden to his country this week on a solidarity visit as the IDF prepares a massive ground invasion of Gaza.
Biden would be the first head of state of visit Israel since the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist attack last Saturday that killed 1,400 Israelis and launched the nation and its unfriendly neighbor back into war.
Joe Biden's office did not immediately confirm the invitation or issue a response.
A new alert notification system in California — the first of its kind in the country — will go into effect in January to aid law enforcement’s efforts to find missing Black youth.
On Oct. 8, Gov. Gavin Newson signed a bill establishing the Ebony Alert, which seeks to address racial disparities over missing person cases in the U.S., especially regarding young persons of color.
“We were ecstatic and very appreciative of it,” State Sen. Steven Bradford, the legislation’s author, tells PEOPLE. “It's something that's truly needed
ASHDOD, Israel — Israel’s military have called Hamas’ leader Yahya Sinwar a “dead man walking” and, while preparations for a ground invasion on Gaza gather pace, the hunt for him also appears to be on.
“He chose to send the butchers into our bedrooms to kill our babies,” Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, told NBC News Saturday. “And when they chose to go full front against Israel, they signed their own death warrant. A dead man walking. We will get to that to man.”
Sinwar, who was in charge of the day-to-day governance in Gaza, is believed to be hiding in the labyrinth of tunnels
There has been much banter about 500 to 600 Americans who are currently in Gaza and the need to evacuate them. Let us not pretend. Any American who intentionally took part in Palestinian civilian life in Hamas led Gaza did so knowing they were living within a population controlled by terrorists. It should not be the position of the U.S. government to avert people from the consequences of their adult decisions.
Has anyone ever noticed that when Democrats are in power, the world ends up in perpetual globe-skipping crisis? (snip)Both Sullivan and the pearl-clutching Brennan pretend the Palestinian people do not support their terrorist leaders. WATCH
The deepening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is driving a wedge between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, two of the leading Republican presidential candidates, who deviated sharply on Sunday over whether the United States should help Palestinian refugees from the region ahead of an expected Israeli invasion.
In an appearance on the CBS morning show “Face the Nation,” Mr. DeSantis, the Florida governor, doubled down on remarks he had made one day earlier in Iowa, espousing a hard-line opposition toward helping civilians who have been thrust into the middle of the conflict.
“They teach kids to hate Jews,” he said. “The textbooks do not have Israel even on the map.
FBI Reverses – Wray: Reported Domestic
Threats Have Surged Following Terrorist
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Threats Have Surged Following Terrorist
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Last Monday the FBI said they did not “have specific and credible intelligence indicating a threat to the United States.” {link} Today, FBI Director Chris Wray says reported domestic threats have surged as conflict in Israel escalates. {link}
The good news is it wasn’t just the CTH audience who laughed at the face of a highly politicalized FBI claiming last week there was no concern. The social media sphere and independent journalists were thoroughly eviscerating the FBI for their politically correct nonsense. The tides have changed, and the majority of the American people now see the naked stupidity of the FBI as a political institution.
Pro-Hamas Stanford lecturer who allegedly
rounded up Jews in class radicalized Colin Kaepernick replies
rounded up Jews in class radicalized Colin Kaepernick replies
Ameer Hasan Loggins appears to be the lecturer that Stanford University removed from a Civil, Liberal, and Global Education class for rounding up Jews in his class in response to Saturday’s Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel. (snip) In 2017, The New York Times ran the report “The Awakening of Colin Kaepernick” that credited Hasan Loggins with exposing the football player to radical texts as the quarterback became more prominent in the Black Lives Matter movement. (snip) San Francisco Magazine called Kaepernick Hasan Loggins’ star pupil. ”His Pedagogy is Dope,” the magazine quoted in an Instagram post.
Top Associated Press reporter in Gaza
suspended for comparing Israel to Nazis,
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suspended for comparing Israel to Nazis,
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The main Associated Press reporter in Gaza covering the war was suspended from his duties while the wire service looks into his previous social media posts, which include comments calling for the "fall" of Israel and comparing the world's only Jewish state to Nazis.
Issam Adwan has made numerous comments against Israel, which were highlighted last week by Honest Reporting, an Israel media watchdog.
In an October 2022 post on X, formerly Twitter, Adwan said that Israel was a "racist regime that is so similar to the Nazis." The post has since been deleted.
Kari Lake announced her candidacy Tuesday for the Senate seat in Arizona currently held by Kyrsten Sinema, but wasted no time attacking her opponents.
In a late-Friday post on X (formerly Twitter), Lake slammed her competitor, incumbent Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego, over his alleged personal conduct after Gallego attacked her position on abortion. “Ruben, you left your wife when she was 9 months pregnant. Maybe you should sit this one out,” Lake responded. (snip) Lake’s response was in reference to Gallego’s divorce from his wife of six years in 2016.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray has revealed the bureau has seen an increase in domestic threats since last weekend's attacks in Israel.
Wray, 56, made the comments while speaking to a gathering of police chiefs in San Diego Saturday, where he urged citizens to be vigilant and share intel to stop 'lone actors' inspired by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
With those attacks fresh in mind, the Trump appointee acknowledged an increase in stateside threats due to a so-called 'heightened environment', and called for an increase of vigilance.
An Israeli K-9 unit is being credited with rescuing over 200 civilians while under fire in communities near the Gaza Strip.
In battles in multiple communities close to Gaza, Israeli soldiers paired with K-9s went on several rescue missions that "rescued hostages, saved lives, and eliminated terrorists who had barricaded themselves in houses," according to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman's Unit.Commanders and soldiers from Israel's Oketz K-9 Unit were split up into three different companies in order to take a more active role in combat near the Gaza Strip, the Spokesman's Unit said, resulting in the rescue of several hostages and the deaths of more than 10 Hamas terrorists.
Jewish-owned houses are being marked with the Star of David by anti-Semites in Berlin in images reminiscent of 1930s Nazi Germany, according to multiple reports.
German outlet Tagesspiegel reported Friday that Berlin Police confirmed it was aware of an incident where a Star of David was painted on a Jewish woman’s door. German State Security is investigating the marks on suspicion of incitement and hatred. The Jewish resident whose house was graffitied said she called the police, but authorities told her to report it online.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made a stop in Beirut on his tour of the Middle East and promptly raised the temperature in the region, threatening to unleash Hezbollah on Israel if the IDF carries out its threatened ground assault on Gaza. Amir-Abdollahian said he met Friday with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and discussed various scenarios that could take place. “I know about the scenarios that Hezbollah has put in place,” Amir-Abdollahian said. “Any step the resistance (Hezbollah) will take will cause a huge earthquake in the Zionist entity.”
“I want to warn the war criminals and those who support this entity before it’s too late to stop
The patterns of the anti-Semitic/Marxist/”Palestinian”/LGBTQ/BLM/hate-filled alliance are nothing if not predictable. After expressing shock and dismay that their Palestinian friends in Gaza specifically targeted civilians, in under a week, they have quickly shifted back to their repeated old rhetoric. They are now blaming Israel for the horrific attacks from Hamas, calling Israel’s counter-attacks on Hamas a “terrorist siege,” blitzing the media with images of wounded from Gaza, and attacking Israel in all ways as an ‘apartheid state’ and, as Ocasio Cortez defined Israel, a nation devoted to “ethnic cleansing”. We cannot let them try to control the narrative with their blatant lies.
The best way to dismiss falsities is to educate.
have often noted here the difficulty our progressive and enlightened age poses for the art of satire. Satire depends on some palpable distance between common reality and the thing satirized. “Ha!,” we say, we feel viscerally, when confronted by effective satire, “that exaggeration, that caricature, that satire dramatizes a dangerous tendency in our culture. Of course, no one really tries to extract cucumbers from sunbeams, as Swift suggests in his great satire Gulliver’s Travels, but the idea that they might shows you how absurd so much academic culture is.”
But what if it turned out people really did try to distill cucumbers from sunbeams? What then?
Convoys of humanitarian aid stacked up near Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, unable to enter the Palestinian enclave being bombarded by Israel, witnesses told AFP. The Rafah crossing -- the only passage in and out of the Gaza Strip not controlled by Israel -- has been closed since Tuesday, after three Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian border post within 24 hours. (Snip) On Sunday, witnesses said concrete blocks installed by the Egyptians to fortify the border following Israel's bombings were still in place, suggesting that no passage was being considered in the immediate future. Already, shipments of aid
President Joe Biden was was interrupted by a Pro-Palestinian activist during a speech at a human rights dinner on Saturday night.
The protester shouted 'Let Gaza live' and 'Ceasefire now' whilst the President was addressing the crowd at a Human Right Campaign dinner in support of LGBT rights.
Biden briefly paused and said 'I don't know who's hollering down there, but I can't hear you.' The President then asked the crowd 'I can't hear her, what is she saying?' before continuing with his speech.
Addressing the dinner in Washington, Biden linked the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to different versions of hate that he said must be stopped.
Year after year, much more harm than good results from congressional budget battles fought under threat of a government shutdown. To help set things right, Congress should pass a combination of elements from two bills that are remarkably bipartisan while backed by a number of key conservative groups.
The first and most essential bill, authored by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and co-sponsored by nine Republicans and four members of the Senate’s Democratic caucus, is called the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023. A complementary bill, called the No Budget, No Pay Act, was introduced in January by four Republicans and two Democrats.
Alternate media never gets the credit it deserves. Elon Musk has taken over Twitter (now “X”) and allowed free speech. In the process wokesters -- particularly in the intellectual and moral cesspool absurdly continued to be called “higher education” -- and media have exposed themselves as ignorant embracers of bestiality. Hamas’s snuff films posted there establish what they are. The compromised and partisan reporters on the ground never did this, and sentient readers have every reason to view mainstream media as pap for imbeciles.
What exactly do I mean by “wokesters” -- what do they believe and why? Richard Samuelson in a brilliant essay analyzes their thinking and
Saudi Arabia, which was engaging in months-long talks with Israel on normalizing relations, has reportedly paused discussions and shifted its focus to making a deal with Iran.
Reuters reported that two sources familiar with the matter said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in an attempt to prevent further escalation in the region. Iran told the Saudi leader that Saudi Arabia would need to prioritize concessions for Palestinians for talks to continue between the two countries, according to one source.
Israeli Ambassador: Israel Is Creating
‘Safe Zones’ with Food, Medical Support
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‘Safe Zones’ with Food, Medical Support
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Appearing Saturday on the Fox News Channel, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog said Israel is creating “safe zones” for Gaza civilians in the southern part of the strip. A partial transcript is as follows:
FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Secretary of State Blinken has been traveling the region and in Riyadh he said, “As Israel persues it’s legimate right to defend its people, it’s vitally important that all of us look out for civilians and we are working together to do exactly that.” What do you make of that statement?
AMBASSADOR MICHAEL HERZOG: The U.S. administration has supported Israel’s right to strike back at Hamas after the massacre and waging war
The Israeli government said Saturday that it would not negotiate with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas over the release of between 100 and 200 Israeli and international hostages, because it was destroying the organization and not trying to save it.
Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of Israel’s National Security Council, said that the days of negotiating for hostages were over. While Israel was trying to rescue the hostages, it would not hostage prisoner exchanges or stop its military operation in Gaza.
The Times of Israel reported:
National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi said on Saturday that there are no active negotiation efforts underway
Republican Jeff Landry won a landslide election on Saturday to flip the Louisiana governor’s mansion red in one of three main gubernatorial elections this year, shocking political observers with a victory that saves him the trouble of having to face a Democrat in a November runoff.
Landry defeated Democrat Shawn Wilson and the rest of the field in Louisiana’s gubernatorial election, winning about 52 percent of the vote. In Louisiana, governor elections are first open to a full field of all candidates from either party in what is known as a jungle primary—and then the two top vote-getters generally advance to a runoff a month later. But if a candidate
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for protection for civilians in both the Gaza Strip and Israel as the Israeli military ordered half of the Palestinian territory’s population to evacuate in advance of an expected ground assault.
Blinken met his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Riyadh as he began a third day of intense Middle East diplomacy aimed at preventing the Israel-Hamas war from expanding into a regional conflict and fueling a humanitarian crisis.
Both stress the importance of minimizing the harm to civilians as Israel prepared for an anticipated incursion against Hamas a week after the militant group’s unprecedented assault on Israel.