Let Them Destroy Each Other

 Kurt Schlichter (townhall.com)

 Palestinians will continue to suffer until Hamas is eradicated. And, as for the hostages held by Hamas (including Americans), this betrayal of Israel makes their release much more difficult.Biden continues to fail on every tough foreign policy call. And it’s all to gain the votes of self-hating Americans." Katie Pavlich 

"Contrary to popular conservative opinion, I don’t want this college chaos to end anytime soon. I want it to increase and metastasize and continue right up until these entitled, ugly, mutated communist jerks totally alienate every normal American. It’s already happening. The frat boys have turned. The normals are turning. At one of these colleges, you had the theater major graduation ceremony invaded by Palesimpians and the parents began chanting, “USA! USA!” Will this and the administrations’ feeble response help flush these institutions’ bloated reputations down the crapper? Yes, please! So, keep it up, communist dipwads. I’m loving this.

"This is definitely one of those “Can you both lose?” situations. We have left-wing faculty and administrators at the keffiyeh-clad throats of communist students on blue campuses in mostly blue cities in blue states, and all I can say is I hope they both lose. They are certainly losing the respect of normal people. There was a time when these colleges were prestigious organizations whose diplomas meant something. They mean something now, too – a warning: “Caution – The bearer is a whiny snowflake with delusions of competence.”

"I’m biased since I want to destroy so-called elite academia as currently constituted. It has become a narrow gate within our culture that the left’s gatekeepers are using by curating admissions to create the ruling class of the future. DEI is part of the agenda. “Diversity” means “People we think will make good communist cadre.” If you’re a straight white guy who identifies as a guy, you’re not getting into one of these colleges. You’re just not. A straight white dude has about as much chance as a straight Asian dude, which is to say, “Not much.” That’s not who the left wants as the ruling class of the future – too left-averse as a whole. And they have succeeded in managing campus demography. Look at the protesters. It’s a diverse collection of SSRI-ridden neurotic females and goofy femboys." . . .  

Liz Cheney must just now regret her support for Biden and Democrats. Trump would have supported Israel over Hamas. TD  

Withholding aid to Israel is wrong and dangerous. America must not abandon Israel. Doing so would mean victory for Iran and all its terrorist allies.

— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) May 9, 2024

The Left Refuses to See Jewish Suffering

  The Atlantic

After the brutal violence committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians, I looked around for my friends on the left and felt alone.

RealityBites by Broc Smith, Blog at WordPress.com.

“ 'Did they really decapitate babies?” my 14-year-old daughter asked me yesterday. She was pointing to a text message on her phone from a friend. “They’re saying they found Jewish babies killed, some burnt, some decapitated.” And I froze. Not because I didn’t know what to say—though in truth I didn’t know what to say—but because for a moment I forgot what century I was in. All of the assumptions I had made as a Jewish father, even one who had grown up, as I did, with the Holocaust just a few decades past, were suddenly no longer relevant. Had I adequately prepared her for the reality of Jewish death, what every shtetl child for centuries would have known intimately? Later in the day, she asked if, for safety’s sake, she should take off the necklace she loves that her grandparents had given her and that has her name written out in Hebrew script.

"The attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians last Saturday broke something in me. I had always resisted victimhood. It felt abhorrent, self-pitying to me in a world that seemed far away from the  Inquisition  and Babi Yar —especially in the United States, where I live and where polls repeatedly tell me that Jews are more beloved than any other religious group. I wasn’t blind to anti-Semitism and the ways it had recently become deadlier, or to the existential dread that my family in Israel felt every time terrorists blew up a bus or café—it’s a story whose sorrows have punctuated my entire life. . . ."  The rest is, sadly, behind a pay wall. TD

The Anti-Israel Left Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself  . . ."On Saturday morning in southern Israel, Hamas murdered hundreds of people at a music festival and kidnapped others at gunpoint to serve as human shields in Gaza. On Sunday afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, a speaker at a rally of pro-Palestinian and left-wing groups celebrated that atrocity — one of thousands suffered by Israelis over the past few days, which we later learned included the killing of babies and toddlers." . . .

There are more photos of new member of Congress Rashida Tlaib with a Palestinian flag than with an American flag

Gaza war: blaming Israel for October 7 Hamas attack makes peace less – not more – likely (theconversation.com)  . . ."Hamas’s horrific attack, which included physical and psychological torture, mass rape and the taking of more than 200 hostages, left Israeli society deeply traumatised. Responses that focus only on Palestinian victimhood and dismiss Israel’s experience of violence and terror are likely to contribute to Israel’s sense of isolation and anger.

"The more that Israelis feel abandoned by the international community, the harder it arguably is to bring a workable, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The situation is dire enough without making things worse, and the situation is bad.

"Israel’s military response to the October 7 attack has resulted in the killing of more than 29,000 Palestinians and the displacement of nearly 2 million more. It almost certainly violates international humanitarian law, as well as Israel’s own military code of conduct.

"There is no excuse for this extreme military response, but we need to understand Israel’s perspective if we are to break the cycle of violence. It’s important to consider that the scale of Israel’s response may be the result of anger, fear and trauma as opposed to reasoned strategic thinking. It’s likely a sense of isolation serves to exacerbate these sentiments." . . .

Ann Coulter; Police Officer Stuck in BLM Nightmare

 Ann Coulter (townhall.com)

"Moriarty is such a wacko that even the progressive, Soros-backed Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison had to take another case away from her -- the first time in 30 years a state AG had done so."

"It must be a shock to police officers busting up campus protests to be cheered, rather than jeered, as they have been since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a decade ago -- a completely justified shooting, according to President Obama's Justice Department. The anti-Israel demonstrators seem kind of surprised, too. They thought they were going to get the BLM treatment.

"I don't know how many times we have to go over this, but you're not black, Palestinians. No offense! Nor are gays or illegals or Jews or womyn, etc.

"There are different rules for black people, some for good and sound reasons (the legacy of slavery) and some for moronic reasons (we can't possibly expect black people to obey police commands).

"So while you applaud the cops arresting pro-Hamas agitators, remember that a lot of brave law enforcement officers are still living the nightmare of BLM's cop hatred. This column is about one of them.

"Last week, the lunatic progressive attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, Mary Moriarty, announced that she will spend at least a million dollars in taxpayer money to have Steptoe, a white-shoe law firm in Washington, D.C., prosecute Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan for murder.

"Londregan's crime was to save his own life and that of another officer last summer while trying to arrest Ricky Cobb II, repeat felon and father of five by at least three different mothers. (Insert first communion photo here.)

"Cobb was pulled over at around 2 a.m. last July for driving without taillights. The troopers checked his record and found that Cobb was wanted for violating a felony order of protection in a neighboring county. The officers called it in and asked if the county wanted him arrested. Yes, they did." . . .

Defending the rapists and murderers of Gaza, our history must be destroyed

 Muslim migrants caught ‘red-handed’ burning down forests as an act of jihad - American Thinker

. . ."Yet I haven’t heard a peep from the progressive left on these willful acts of destruction; why? 

"Now to be fair, leftists themselves often resort to arson to make their point, and we see this all the time—they too light forests on fire, to “prove” that “climate change” is real. Perhaps the leftists saw this and thought it would fuel the hysteria and advance their agenda—but I don’t think so.

"To me, it obviously comes down to this: when you’re embracing conflicting interests (“Queers for Palestine”), which basically sums up the collective left because they’re suffering from a superiority complex and they’re not thinking for themselves, the terrorist interest always triumphs.

"They’re against the patriarchy…until a designated terrorist group launches an attack against civilians and raping all the way because, free Palestine or something.

"They’re friends of the gays…until practitioners of Sharia law toss them from rooftops, or crucify them in the public square.

"They love the environment…until Muslim arsonists burn down thousands of acres of forest, killing who knows how many endangered species in the process, because they’re virtuously “tolerant”and accepting.

"They’re “for the children” (Nancy Pelosi’s go-to guilt trip line)…until cross-dressing pedophiles embed themselves in elementary schools and kid’s museums because, “visibility” and “acceptance.”

"They champion the cause of the common man, being exploited by a powerful overlord…until that common man is an American citizen and that powerful overlord is a tyrannical and thieving federal government.

"They’re against the death penalty…unless the person slated for execution is a baby in the womb.

"They stand against the oil companies…by utterly destroying priceless works of art on display.

"Because, when it really comes down to it, they’re not beholden to virtue, morality, or progressivism, but terrorism, wickedness, and death—plain and simple."

Disturbing to read: 15 Witnesses, Three Confessions, a Pattern of Naked Dead Bodies. All the Evidence of Hamas Rape on October 7 - Haaretz.com

The courageous testimony of released hostage Amit Sousanna, the first woman to speak publicly about the sexual assault she underwent in captivity, rendered the sexual violence being committed against the captives, women and men, an undeniable fact.

"Davidian, who gave testimony both to the UN team and to the Association of Rape Crisis Centers, told Haaretz what he saw. "There were trees on which there was one body, and there were cases in which a number of bodies were tied to the same tree," he related. "There was a case of a couple who were in an embrace, naked, and tied to a tree. Both of them had been shot in the chest."

"In his testimony to the Association, Davidian said he had seen more than five bodies that had been mutilated "in intimate places… their organs were cut off, damaged. There was blood from the groin… There were also shots to breasts.". . .

 Douglas Murray: Hamas raped and murdered Jews with Glee!

Biden passes out his medals

 

Why call it quits after decades of marriage? - CNN.com  

For the Gores, they had successfully passed all these divorce-prone points, which made their separation so surprising for the public, marriage experts say. As one marriage expert put it: "It's tragically a different kind of a divorce."

"The Gores don't plan on commenting further on their relationship or whether the separation will evolve into a divorce."

Al Gore Thinks Trump Will Lose and Climate Activists Will Triumph - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Why the Masseuse's Story About Al Gore Rings True (slate.com)

Finally, the big picture dawns on her. She is a massage therapist. He is a “rich kid who is used to getting what he wants” and operates on the basic presumption of “money or power bailing him out of trouble.” She is at the opposite end of that equation. It’s perfectly possible that none of this will hold up in court. But it does ring true in life.

 Two More Massage Therapists Accuse Al Gore of Sexual Assault (businessinsider.com)  . . ."A source from the luxury hotel in Beverly Hills told The Enquirer: "The therapist claimed that when they were alone, Gore shrugged off a towel and stood naked in front of her.". . ." 

 

Biden's not merely old, he is incompetent

 Biden's Problem Isn't Age—It's Biden | Opinion; Newt Gingrich

The truth is, as a candidate, U.S. senator, vice president, and president, Biden has always had a loose relationship with reality—and a stunning willingness to just make things up.  

. . ."Those who argue that President Joe Biden is too old to run for reelection are wrong. He's not too old—he's too Joe Biden.

"His age isn't the problem. His competence is." . . .

"Paul McCartney is staying busy and traveling around the world at 81 as one of the wealthiest musicians in the world (estimated to be worth more than $1 billion). 

"Dame Judi Dench continues to make several movies a year at 88.

"Chuck Grassley, who will be 90 in less than two weeks, was reelected to his eighth term in the U.S. Senate. He was first elected in 1980. He is now the longest-serving Republican senator in history and is aggressive in digging out the facts about corruption in the Biden administration and continuing his work with whistleblowers. 

"Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) took up painting at 78 and became a world-famous painter who created more than 1,500 paintings. She passed away at 101.

"The point of this long list of continuing achievers is that age is not the problem for them. Some people age well and remain major contributors to their art or profession. Others age badly and become less effective long before many of their contemporaries. " . . .

"The truth is, as a candidate, U.S. senator, vice president, and president, Biden has always had a loose relationship with reality—and a stunning willingness to just make things up. 

"His recent story about his house almost burning down is a lie he has told on at least eight occasions over the years. It simply is not true, and that simply does not matter to Biden.

"President Biden telling the parents of those who were killed during his administration's disastrous Afghanistan evacuation that his son Beau had died while serving in Iraq is another example of his unending—and, indeed, mystifying—willingness to make things up. (Beau died from cancer in Maryland.) 

"Biden's lack of accurate memory may have gotten a little worse—but there has always been a big gap between the truth and his recollections. 

"Importantly, the president's cognitive decline is clear and painful. To have the leader of the most powerful nation in the world wander around a stage because he does not know where he is supposed to go—or what he is supposed to do—is just plain frightening. His slipping mind compounds with his lifetime of yarn-spinning and it makes both seem worse. 

"Just remember the next time this comes up: it isn't about Biden's age, it's about Biden."

Israel: Now is the Time for Choosing

  CarolineGlick.com

"Israel’s choice is between defeating its enemies on the battlefield even at the cost of terrible condemnation and isolation or collapsing under pressure and losing. Israel is called to make this choice in the immediate term, and its fate stands or falls with its decision about Rafah."

"Early this week, rumors began to swirl that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is poised to act on these groundless complaints and issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces. . .

. . ."Israel’s war is not a war of choice. It isn’t a conflict that Israel can shrug its shoulders and walk away from, or opt for a limited goal of blocking incoming strikes. This is a war for national survival. Hamas made clear the genocide it aims to achieve on Oct. 7. Its appalling cruelty to the hostages it has held captive for more than six months demonstrates still further that there is no way to fight to a draw with this jihadist terror regime. There is no “deal” to be had with Hamas leaders. The same is true of Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. And, of course, the same is true of Iran.

"Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and their terror partners have used all the resources at their disposal to expand their capacity to annihilate Israel. They have not done this to jockey for stronger negotiating positions. They are putting everything they have into building these capacities because they really want to destroy Israel and kill the Jews. The calls for Israel’s destruction are not mere slogans. They are solid commitments.

"The good news is that Israel has the military and economic power to defeat its enemies completely. The bad news is that in their efforts, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and their other partners are not fighting alone. While the United States and other Western nations are willing to speak out against Hamas and Iran from time to time, they completely oppose Israel’s effort to defeat its enemies. Israel is permitted to defend against incoming attacks. But it is prohibited from taking decisive offensive action.

"To block Israel from winning, the United States and its partners in Europe and the United Nations are waging an unprecedented, comprehensive and ever-escalating political war against Israel. Its clear goal is to criminalize Israel’s war effort and to effectively deny the Jewish state the right to self-defense." . . .

Joe Biden Is, at Best, a Fair-Weather Friend of Israel | Opinion (Newsweek)

. . ."The first lesson of the Shoah is that Israel will defend the Jewish people in the Land of Israel as an independent, democratic country; allies are essential and friends are welcome, but Jews will no longer sit at the mercy of governments that may be friendly one day but not the next. Israel has the right and obligation to make decisions about its safety and security.

"The second lesson is that American choices that empower Israel's enemies, and that constrict the flexibility and defensive capability of Israel, ignore the first lesson and engender a rift in the relationship.

"That is exactly what has happened under Biden's presidency." . . .

Biden’s troubled Gaza strategy: ‘the US looks feckless’ (Financial Times)  ..."But most importantly, Biden does not want to be seen as the president that allowed the worst massacre on the Jewish people since the Holocaust to pass without consequence, analysts say. Not only did Biden denounce the Hamas attack as “sheer evil”, but within days he was in Tel Aviv visiting Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet." . . .

"US officials do not believe that a cooler or even a more combative approach to Israel — such as the one that Barack Obama adopted during his years in the White House — would necessarily help trigger a change of heart by Israel and may, in fact, backfire. Biden administration officials say that while they have some sway with Israel, the notion that they dictate the terms of Israel’s campaign or can tell it when to stop are overblown." . . . 

As Jewish Heritage Month Begins, Let's Recognize Donald Trump's Achievements

 As Jewish Heritage Month Begins, Let's Recognize Donald Trump's Achievements (townhall.com)

"With President Trump, promises made were promises kept. Unfortunately, the promises President Washington made—“which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”—seem to have been forgotten by the Biden administration. . . ."

"In 1790, Moses Seixas, warden of  Congregation Yeshuat Israel of Newport, sent a letter of thanks, on behalf of the Jewish community, to the first President of the United States. With a “deep sense of gratitude,” he praised a government built by the people “generously affording to All liberty of conscience, and [immunities] of Citizenship.”

"In his response, President George Washington declared that “happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens[…].”

"While a traditional article on Jewish American Heritage Month would celebrate the many accomplishments of Jewish Americans since the early days of our republic, this year is different. We cannot escape the alarming dangers, both at home and abroad, brought on by the current administration. 

"We have seen a sharp rise in virulent, open antisemitism on our college campuses and in our streets, with a landscape that’s becoming more toxic by the day. We have seen the Biden administration’s agonizingly weak foreign policy, which has emboldened and empowered Iran—and therefore Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS. Jews are under attack everywhere and our current Federal government can only play politics.

Trumps Veep? Not a chance

"For those in the Jewish community who need reminding of the accomplishments of the Trump Administration, in which I and many other Jewish-Americans proudly served our country, the contrast couldn’t be more stark.

"It was President Trump who followed through on more than two decades of promises to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It was President Trump who recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.  And it was President Trump who brokered the historic Abraham Accords—peace deals with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. It was President Trump who extended the protections of Title VI to defund universities that failed to suppress antisemitism. For every year that President Trump issued a proclamation for Jewish American Heritage Month, we saw success after success, not just for Jewish people around the world, but also for the State of Israel." . . .

Joe Biden Just Committed an Impeachable Offense, and Donald Trump Might Have Something to Say About It

If this contemptible Quisling* was president in 1939-1945, they would be speaking German in England, and all the British War Cabinet, Including Winston Churchill, long dead. TD

Bonchie – RedState

"With that said, this is another example of the president throwing Israel under the bus. He's so terrified he's going to lose the Islamists in Dearborn, MI, and with it, the presidency, that he's willing to hold up already-passed aid to an ally in the middle of the most crucial part of their operation against a terrorist group. If it weren't real life, you'd think it was a parody." 

"Joe Biden has committed his umpteenth impeachable offense. According to reports, the Biden administration has halted multiple arms shipments to Israel. That decision comes amid a domestic political crisis for the president in which he is desperately seeking to appease Hamas-supporting Democrats who have taken to the streets. 

"The shipments are Boeing-made precision bombs and follow a ruse by Hamas to claim they had accepted a "ceasefire" just as Israel began its assault on Rafah. 

"In other words, Biden just committed an impeachable offense. Congress appropriated that aid to Israel. He doesn't get to delay it in an attempt to smooth over his political misfortunes at home. How do I know that? Because that's the standard Democrats set with their first impeachment of Donald Trump. 

"The former president was impeached and given a trial in the Senate in early 2020 based on the idea that he had held up an aid package to Ukraine in an attempt to benefit politically (in this case, investigating Biden family corruption in the country). There is no tangible difference between that and what Biden is doing with this aid to Israel. Congress appropriated the money, and it is being held up by the president to benefit him politically. 

"In other words, Biden just committed an impeachable offense. Congress appropriated that aid to Israel. He doesn't get to delay it in an attempt to smooth over his political misfortunes at home. How do I know that? Because that's the standard Democrats set with their first impeachment of Donald Trump. 

"The former president was impeached and given a trial in the Senate in early 2020 based on the idea that he had held up an aid package to Ukraine in an attempt to benefit politically (in this case, investigating Biden family corruption in the country). There is no tangible difference between that and what Biden is doing with this aid to Israel. Congress appropriated the money, and it is being held up by the president to benefit him politically. " . . .

*Quisling: " . . ." a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for traitor or collaborator.^[1][2][3] The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during World War II."

The Democrat Party's Antisemitism Went Big With Barack Obama

 The Federalist

Obama’s embrace of antisemites is responsible for the anti-Israel radicalism rampant among Democrats today.

"In 2018, a photo surfaced showing Obama and well-known antisemite Louis Farrakhan smiling together during a 2005 Congressional Black Caucus meeting. Farrakhan — who heads Nation of Islam, a black supremacist group — has claimed that Judaism is a “gutter religion,” whites are a “race of devils,” and Adolf Hitler “was a very great man.”

"For a man who has never been shy about sharing his sanctimonious opinions, former President Barack Obama has been noticeably quiet about anti-Israel anarchists’ takeover of U.S. college campuses.

"'On Monday, Columbia University — Obama’s alma mater — announced it will not host its university-wide commencement ceremony for this year’s graduating class. That appears to be a response to the pro-Hamas demonstrations that have engulfed the school for weeks. The announcement came days after the university (finally) permitted law enforcement to arrest participants unlawfully occupying a school building.

"One would imagine the erection of illegal encampments and harassment of Jewish students at Columbia and other American universities would prompt outcry from any former president. Donald Trump, for example, has repeatedly condemned these demonstrators and their anti-Israeli sentiments. But for Obama, the task is seemingly too difficult.

"Since the launch of the Columbia encampments last month, Obama has issued a smattering of posts on X, none of which address leftists’ takeover of campuses throughout the country. While the former president wished Jews a happy Passover on April 22, he couldn’t be bothered to condemn the antisemitic behavior on display at his alma mater or any of America’s post-secondary institutions." . . .

How do two feckless self-absorbed men greet each other? Like this:  ‘I Just Want To Take A Moment To Drink You In’: Colbert Praises Obama During Interview

“Can we just take moment- I can just- and I want to talk. I just want to take a moment to drink you in for just a moment. Because I’m having to get used to looking at a president again,” Colbert said, prompting a laugh from Obama.

Stephen Colbert flirts with Barack Obama during lovefest interview: ‘I just want to take a moment to drink you in’ | The Post Millennial

In a series of bootlicking exchanges during a sit-down interview, former President Barack Obama and Democratic sycophant Stephen Colbert engaged in eye-rolling flirtatious banter. 

America's Alice-in-Wonderland judicial system

 

This first post is Joy Reid-worthy:   Maxine beyond repair - Silvio Canto, Jr.  . . ."Democratic Representative Maxine Waters stated Donald Trump supporters are “training in the hills” in preparation for an attack.

“I want to know about all of those right-wing organizations that [Trump] is connected with who are training up in the hills somewhere and targeting what communities they are going to attack,” she said.

Waters’ allegation comes as she fears what might happen if US President Joe Biden wins the November 5 election.

The 85-year-old appeared on MSNBC’s ‘The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart’ when she made the bold claim.

Waters’ comments about Trump could be considered hypocritical after she ordered her supporters to “absolutely harass” members of Trump’s cabinet in 2018.

"To be honest, I don't follow MSNBC -- I'd rather watch cartoons -- but these comments from the congresswoman merit some response."

. . ."Of course, the Congresswoman knows that MSNBC is the only venue on TV that would let her say that. Even “desperately looking for ratings” CNN would pull the plug on this woman and tell her to get some help, and quickly." . . .

Jack Smith's Lawfare Scheme Under Scrutiny and Fraying -  "Prior to the Obama-era the radicals tearing down government defended the transparently guilty, their allies and fellow traveling communists. Those who were arrested for violence the radicals supported, were defended, excused and their activity justified.

"After the election of Obama, as noted first by author Jack Cashill, something changed; the radicals reversed their position. Instead of defending the transparently guilty, the Obama aligned usurpers -now with actual power at their fingertips- began accusing the transparently innocent.

"In the “anger games” era of Barack Obama, the radicals began attacking the innocent and using their allies in media as part of the attack narrative. George Zimmerman, Darren Wilson, the Baltimore-six, etc. The list is long; we tracked them all with detailed research; however, the theme amid every story was the same. Isolate, ridicule and marginalize the transparently innocent target and make them appear guilty." . . .

The kangaroos keep coming in Judge Merchan's courtroom - Monica Showalter

. . ."He's telling Smith what he's allowed to testify about instead of letting New York district attorney Alvin Bragg make those arguments to the jury. He's saving Alvin the hard work of having to defend his flimsy politically motivated prosecution by gagging Trump's best witness.

Victoria Taft at PJMedia points out that this testimony could well make a difference in how the jury views the so-called 'crime' of this argument over bookkeeping entries." . ..

 FNC's Turley: Judge Merchan 'Lost Control of His Courtroom'  The trial has been the punishment. TD

. . . [Turley] continued:

So the court had the opportunity repeatedly to say we are not going to take this courtroom through details of this relationship. If you want to establish a relationship occurred, do so. Establish the dates, it’s likely those facts could’ve been been stipulated to. So the prosecutors wanted to get salacious details out. This is a form of punishment. They are trying to use a witness for punitive purposes and in my view, political purposes, and this is what happens. It happened because the judge lost control of his courtroom.

"John Roberts said, “There seems to be no argument, Jonathan, that this was only to make Trump look like a bad guy. ”

"Turley said, “You know, you really can’t have this cat walk backward. The judge knows that, the prosecutors know that, but what the prosecutors are arguing here is completely ridiculous.”

Georgia Appeals Court Agrees to Review Fani Willis Disqualification Ruling | The Epoch Times     "The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to review the decision a trial court judge issued that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on the high-profile case against former President Donald Trump so long as she took a special prosecutor off the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety." . . .

Israeli Officials Say U.S. Blindsided Them with Surprise Hamas 'Agreement'

 Joel B. Pollak (breitbart.com) 

No, Bibi, NO!

"Israeli officials said Monday that Biden administration officials had secretly worked with mediators, without Israel’s knowledge, to craft a Hamas “agreement” to ceasefire terms in an attempt to deter an attack on Hamas in Rafah.

"On Monday, as Breitbart News reported, with Israel beginning its operation in Rafah by warning civilians to leave, Hamas suddenly announced that it agreed to a “ceasefire” — on unfamiliar terms that Israel had not actually offered.

"Israel, regarding the move as a bluff aimed at the international media in an attempt to pressure Israel to abandon the operation, decided to send junior-level diplomats to Cairo, Egypt, to explore talks, while continuing to fight in Rafah.

"The White House seized on the announcement of an agreement by Hamas, though it would not say (or speculate) what was in the agreement itself, puzzling reporters.

"Barak Ravid of Axios.com reported (original emphasis):

Israeli officials claim the Biden administration knew about the latest hostage and ceasefire deal proposal Egypt and Qatar negotiated with Hamas, but didn’t brief Israel before Hamas announced it accepted it on Monday. A senior U.S. official pushed back saying “American diplomats have been engaged with Israeli counterparts. There have been no surprises.”  …