jewworldorder--2020-10-24--How queer Jews find meaning in the biblical laws of family purity

JTA — Like many observant Jewish women , Sandy Tapnack visits the mikvah , or ritual bath , at the end of her period in observance of the laws of family purity .
There , she washes and grooms thoroughly before immersing herself in the water three times while an attendant watches in a practice that Jewish women have followed for thousands of years to ready themselves to reunite physically with their husbands .
But unlike most mikvah users , the spouse waiting for Tapnack at home is a woman — a fact that leaves the 36-year-old attorney nervous during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her home .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “ There ’ s kind of a fear .
What if the mikvah lady knew ?
What if the receptionist who is taking the payment [ knew ] ?
” Tapnack said .
“ That ’ s the core feeling that comes up .
Do I really belong here ?
Do these people think that I belong here ?
And I guess at the most personal level , do I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Tapnack is part of a small but growing group of queer Jews who are adapting the laws of family purity for their own marriages , even though the rules are all about unions between a man and a woman .
Since little guidance exists for those not in a heterosexual marriage , many are relying on informal networks and conversations to explore how the practice fits their relationships .
“ [ There ’ s ] real movement among folks who may not have seen themselves in the tradition to say , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the tradition and if I ’ m not there I ’ m going to put myself there , ’ ” said Laynie Soloman , a nonbinary Jew who works as director of national learning for Svara , a queer yeshiva based in Chicago .
Tapnack did not always envision herself as a mikvah user .
“ Growing up in a Modern Orthodox environment with no gay peers to look up to , it didn ’ t even sort of occur to me that any aspects of taharat hamishpacha would be relevant in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said , using the Hebrew phrase for the laws of ritual purity .
But when she and her wife , Leana , began discussing the Jewish practices they wanted to incorporate in their family before their 2018 wedding , they realized family purity had something to offer .
“ Increasingly as we discussed some of the less technical aspects of it and more about the meaning behind some of the rules , I thought , ‘ Actually this should be relevant to us , ’ ” Tapnack recalled .
Along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the laws of family purity is considered a pillar of observant Jewish life .
In fact , Jewish law calls for new communities to build ritual baths before a synagogue — and amid the coronavirus pandemic many communities have kept mikvahs open for monthly immersions even as synagogues remained closed .
The laws can be traced back to the book of Leviticus , where God commands the Israelites on a number of sources of impurity .
Menstruating women are deemed “ unclean ” for seven days and any man who has sex with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rabbinic law modified the practice so that a woman needs to count an additional seven “ clean ” days after the end of menstruation before she can immerse in the mikvah and resume relations with her husband .
That means most heterosexual couples who adhere to the practice can be intimate for roughly two weeks out of the month .
Many couples sleep in separate beds and avoid casual touching and flirtation during niddah , or the mandated period of separation .
The Tapnacks found that different aspects of the practice resonated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sarah Mulhern , the nondenominational rabbi who would go on to officiate their wedding .
Both found meaning in the idea of having a ritual to mark the passage of time , while Sandy also found that having times where sex was off-limits was beneficial for her relationship .
After consulting with Mulhern , they devised a practice that includes both of them immersing after their cycles and observing a one-week rather than two-week period of niddah .
Mulhern — who received rabbinic ordination from both the nondenominational Hebrew College and Daniel Landes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem — has counseled dozens of queer couples on the laws of niddah .
“ The people who are coming to me are people who just generally are living a life where they think that halacha has what to say about the core aspects of being human and the basic building blocks of their life and just generally they don ’ t think that ’ s incompatible with their queerness , ” Mulhern said , using the Hebrew word for Jewish law .
“ So there ’ s some level in which it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ halacha has something to say to me as a Jew and as a human and as a queer person about how to regulate my eating and how to regulate the timing of my day … why wouldn ’ t it have something to say about my sex life ?
’ ” Little formal guidance exists for queer couples interested in observing niddah and unlike the Tapnacks , some couples do not have access to a queer-friendly rabbi who is versed in the laws , since the practice is mainly observed by Orthodox Jews @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve heard is that very few rabbinic or religious leaders have been that willing to take this seriously… People have a hard time being taken seriously when they want to consider keeping some version or semblance of this particular mitzvah , ” said Miryam Kabakov , the executive director of Eshel , an organization for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews .
Soloman , the nonbinary Jew who works at Svara , recalls being dismissed when asking about mikvah usage .
“ When I first started thinking about having a niddah practice in my life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what I should do and they said , ‘ Oh , don ’ t worry , it doesn ’ t apply to you , ’ ” recalled Soloman .
Since then , Soloman has become a resource for others in a similar situation , answering questions from dozens of queer and trans Jews who are interested in learning more about niddah and how it relates to them .
“ For as long as there have been queer folks , people have been thinking about this topic , but I think that often this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underground , ” Soloman said .
“ There ’ s a moment now where those underground practices are being shared and are being asked more widely.
” Some of those questions have to do with how to apply laws created for a couple where only one person is menstruating to one where both are .
Unless both partners ’ periods start on the same day , they would end up observing a period longer than two weeks where they could not be intimate — and in some cases could last the whole month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couples observe only the shorter period of niddah outlined in the bible .
“ In general , I advise couples both who menstruate who want to have a niddah practice to do a seven-day niddah practice as opposed to a two-week niddah practice , so they can be niddah around each of their periods of menstruation , but still , like the rhythm that the rabbis are imagining , be sexually available to each other roughly half the time , ” said Mulhern , the rabbi who counseled the Tapnacks .
The handful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an Orthodox teacher who instructs brides-to-be on niddah and other topics related to married life , has counseled have chosen to observe a shorter period of niddah .
“ One of the things I often point out is that this is not really a halachic conversation because halacha does not recognize same-sex marriage in the way that it recognizes heterosexual marriage and it doesn ’ t really recognize same-sex sexuality , ” said Barash , who is a faculty member at Pardes , a nondenominational yeshiva in Jerusalem .
“ So they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into essentially a non-halachic relationship — but what they ’ re looking for and what I found they ’ re interested in is achieving kedusha [ sanctity ] , is achieving some sort of boundary , separateness in their relationship with one another and with God.
” Barash acknowledges that her working with queer couples may raise eyebrows in the Orthodox world .
“ There are those within Orthodoxy that will say ‘ You can ’ t apply a concept like kedusha into a non-halachic relationship , ’ ” she said , using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s not my call to make .
I teach Torah , I teach Talmud , I teach halacha , I teach Jewish values , and my students can choose to incorporate and apply it into their lives to give their lives more meaning and I certainly applaud that.
” Though many Orthodox communities — particularly those in the Modern Orthodox world — have become more tolerant towards LGBTQ people in recent years , same-sex relationships remain taboo .
The vast majority of Orthodox rabbis do not perform same-sex weddings and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for gay people to remain celibate or for families to send children to conversion therapy .
Those types of attitudes mean that observant gay Jews often feel uncomfortable visiting Orthodox mikvahs .
Though some cities with large Jewish populations have pluralistic or non-Orthodox mikvahs , many people only have access to an Orthodox option .
One 27-year-old woman in Chicago , who asked her name not be used for privacy reasons , has on multiple occasions when visiting Orthodox mikvahs attempted to hide the fact that her partner is a woman .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and her partner told the mikvah attendants that they were friends .
“ We had to lie , obviously .
We had to pull out the very [ religious-looking ] clothing and I turned around a ring so it looked like a wedding ring , things like that , ” she said .
“ And I felt bad about lying because these women would probably be horrified if they knew what they were doing .
We told them we were American friends and we were traveling together with our husbands.
” Some queer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ observance of niddah in ways that depart from halachic convention altogether .
Rabbi Becky Silverstein , a transgender and genderqueer rabbi based in Boston , has had around 20 queer people approach him with questions on mikvah usage and in 2018 , he taught a six-session class on the topic at Mayyim Hayyim , a pluralistic mikvah outside Boston .
Silverstein has “ a menu of ideas ” for people who are looking for alternate ways of marking their cycle .
That can include reciting an existing blessing or writing a new one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they interact with their partner to create more distance .
“ There ’ s all sorts of ways to create rituals that are about celebrating one ’ s body , that are about seeing one ’ s menstrual cycle as a powerful reminder of the process of creation , ” Silverstein said .
“ Thinking through what it might mean in covenanted relationships to observe a period of separation , all of these questions are really powerful questions on their own , and I would say for a lot of people observing niddah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others the power lies in finding a way to participate in a practice that for thousands of years has defined Jewish home life .
“ In terms of the ways that we were raised , observant Jewish families have mikvah as part of just the way that they function generally , ” said Leana Tapnack .
“ Even though ‘ This is what everyone does , ’ isn ’ t usually compelling to me .
I did have to mourn a considerable number of dreams when I came to terms with my gay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more confident in my ability to manage both being gay , being queer and being religious on my own terms , it feels like why should I mourn things that I don ’ t need to mourn , things that I can reclaim , things that I can own ?
”

JTA — Like many observant Jewish women, Sandy Tapnack visits the mikvah, or ritual bath, at the end of her period in observance of the laws of family purity.
There, she washes and grooms thoroughly before immersing herself in the water three times while an attendant watches in a practice that Jewish women have followed for thousands of years to ready themselves to reunite physically with their husbands.
But unlike most mikvah users, the spouse waiting for Tapnack at home is a woman — a fact that leaves the 36-year-old attorney nervous during her visits to the Orthodox bath near her home.
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“There’s kind of a fear. What if the mikvah lady knew? What if the receptionist who is taking the payment [knew]?” Tapnack said. “That’s the core feeling that comes up. Do I really belong here? Do these people think that I belong here? And I guess at the most personal level, do I really believe that I belong here?”
Tapnack is part of a small but growing group of queer Jews who are adapting the laws of family purity for their own marriages, even though the rules are all about unions between a man and a woman. Since little guidance exists for those not in a heterosexual marriage, many are relying on informal networks and conversations to explore how the practice fits their relationships.
“[There’s] real movement among folks who may not have seen themselves in the tradition to say, ‘I’m going to find myself in the tradition and if I’m not there I’m going to put myself there,’” said Laynie Soloman, a nonbinary Jew who works as director of national learning for Svara, a queer yeshiva based in Chicago.
Illustrative: Students participating in a learning session at Svara. (Jess Benjamin/via JTA)
Tapnack did not always envision herself as a mikvah user. “Growing up in a Modern Orthodox environment with no gay peers to look up to, it didn’t even sort of occur to me that any aspects of taharat hamishpacha would be relevant in the context of a gay family,” she said, using the Hebrew phrase for the laws of ritual purity.
But when she and her wife, Leana, began discussing the Jewish practices they wanted to incorporate in their family before their 2018 wedding, they realized family purity had something to offer.
“Increasingly as we discussed some of the less technical aspects of it and more about the meaning behind some of the rules, I thought, ‘Actually this should be relevant to us,’” Tapnack recalled.
Along with keeping kosher and Shabbat, adherence to the laws of family purity is considered a pillar of observant Jewish life. In fact, Jewish law calls for new communities to build ritual baths before a synagogue — and amid the coronavirus pandemic many communities have kept mikvahs open for monthly immersions even as synagogues remained closed.
Illustrative: A luxury mikveh (ritual bath) for women, in the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut on August 25, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
The laws can be traced back to the book of Leviticus, where God commands the Israelites on a number of sources of impurity. Menstruating women are deemed “unclean” for seven days and any man who has sex with her is also deemed “unclean.” Rabbinic law modified the practice so that a woman needs to count an additional seven “clean” days after the end of menstruation before she can immerse in the mikvah and resume relations with her husband. That means most heterosexual couples who adhere to the practice can be intimate for roughly two weeks out of the month. Many couples sleep in separate beds and avoid casual touching and flirtation during niddah, or the mandated period of separation.
The Tapnacks found that different aspects of the practice resonated with them as they discussed the topic with Sarah Mulhern, the nondenominational rabbi who would go on to officiate their wedding. Both found meaning in the idea of having a ritual to mark the passage of time, while Sandy also found that having times where sex was off-limits was beneficial for her relationship. After consulting with Mulhern, they devised a practice that includes both of them immersing after their cycles and observing a one-week rather than two-week period of niddah.
Mulhern — who received rabbinic ordination from both the nondenominational Hebrew College and Daniel Landes, a progressive Orthodox rabbi based in Jerusalem — has counseled dozens of queer couples on the laws of niddah.
Rabbi Sarah Mulhern with her husband Rabbi Will Friedman and newborn baby. (Courtesy of Mulhern/via JTA)
“The people who are coming to me are people who just generally are living a life where they think that halacha has what to say about the core aspects of being human and the basic building blocks of their life and just generally they don’t think that’s incompatible with their queerness,” Mulhern said, using the Hebrew word for Jewish law. “So there’s some level in which it makes sense to say, ‘If halacha has something to say to me as a Jew and as a human and as a queer person about how to regulate my eating and how to regulate the timing of my day … why wouldn’t it have something to say about my sex life?’”
If halacha has something to say to me as a Jew and as a human and as a queer person about how to regulate my eating and how to regulate the timing of my day … why wouldn’t it have something to say about my sex life?
Little formal guidance exists for queer couples interested in observing niddah and unlike the Tapnacks, some couples do not have access to a queer-friendly rabbi who is versed in the laws, since the practice is mainly observed by Orthodox Jews.
“The main challenge that I’ve heard is that very few rabbinic or religious leaders have been that willing to take this seriously… People have a hard time being taken seriously when they want to consider keeping some version or semblance of this particular mitzvah,” said Miryam Kabakov, the executive director of Eshel, an organization for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews.
Soloman, the nonbinary Jew who works at Svara, recalls being dismissed when asking about mikvah usage.
Miryam Kabakov, executive director of Eshel (Facebook)
“When I first started thinking about having a niddah practice in my life, I asked someone about it and what I should do and they said, ‘Oh, don’t worry, it doesn’t apply to you,’” recalled Soloman.
Since then, Soloman has become a resource for others in a similar situation, answering questions from dozens of queer and trans Jews who are interested in learning more about niddah and how it relates to them.
“For as long as there have been queer folks, people have been thinking about this topic, but I think that often this kind of oral Torah exists in the underground,” Soloman said. “There’s a moment now where those underground practices are being shared and are being asked more widely.”
Some of those questions have to do with how to apply laws created for a couple where only one person is menstruating to one where both are. Unless both partners’ periods start on the same day, they would end up observing a period longer than two weeks where they could not be intimate — and in some cases could last the whole month. To avoid this, many queer couples observe only the shorter period of niddah outlined in the bible.
“In general, I advise couples both who menstruate who want to have a niddah practice to do a seven-day niddah practice as opposed to a two-week niddah practice, so they can be niddah around each of their periods of menstruation, but still, like the rhythm that the rabbis are imagining, be sexually available to each other roughly half the time,” said Mulhern, the rabbi who counseled the Tapnacks.
The handful of queer couples that Nechama Barash, an Orthodox teacher who instructs brides-to-be on niddah and other topics related to married life, has counseled have chosen to observe a shorter period of niddah.
There are those within Orthodoxy that will say, ‘you can’t apply a concept like kedusha into a non-halachic relationship.’ It’s not my call to make. I teach Torah, I teach Talmud, I teach halacha, I teach Jewish values, and my students can choose to incorporate and apply it into their lives to give their lives more meaning, and I certainly applaud that
“One of the things I often point out is that this is not really a halachic conversation because halacha does not recognize same-sex marriage in the way that it recognizes heterosexual marriage and it doesn’t really recognize same-sex sexuality,” said Barash, who is a faculty member at Pardes, a nondenominational yeshiva in Jerusalem. “So they’re incorporating elements of the halachic structure into essentially a non-halachic relationship — but what they’re looking for and what I found they’re interested in is achieving kedusha [sanctity], is achieving some sort of boundary, separateness in their relationship with one another and with God.”
Barash acknowledges that her working with queer couples may raise eyebrows in the Orthodox world.
“There are those within Orthodoxy that will say ‘You can’t apply a concept like kedusha into a non-halachic relationship,’” she said, using the Hebrew word for holiness. “It’s not my call to make. I teach Torah, I teach Talmud, I teach halacha, I teach Jewish values, and my students can choose to incorporate and apply it into their lives to give their lives more meaning and I certainly applaud that.”
Though many Orthodox communities — particularly those in the Modern Orthodox world — have become more tolerant towards LGBTQ people in recent years, same-sex relationships remain taboo. The vast majority of Orthodox rabbis do not perform same-sex weddings and it is not rare for rabbis to advocate for gay people to remain celibate or for families to send children to conversion therapy.
Those types of attitudes mean that observant gay Jews often feel uncomfortable visiting Orthodox mikvahs. Though some cities with large Jewish populations have pluralistic or non-Orthodox mikvahs, many people only have access to an Orthodox option.
The Orthodox world lags behind non-Orthodox movements in LGBTQ acceptance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/ via JTA)
One 27-year-old woman in Chicago, who asked her name not be used for privacy reasons, has on multiple occasions when visiting Orthodox mikvahs attempted to hide the fact that her partner is a woman. One time while traveling to Paris, she and her partner told the mikvah attendants that they were friends.
“We had to lie, obviously. We had to pull out the very [religious-looking] clothing and I turned around a ring so it looked like a wedding ring, things like that,” she said. “And I felt bad about lying because these women would probably be horrified if they knew what they were doing. We told them we were American friends and we were traveling together with our husbands.”
Some queer Jews are finding ways to transform the observance of niddah in ways that depart from halachic convention altogether. Rabbi Becky Silverstein, a transgender and genderqueer rabbi based in Boston, has had around 20 queer people approach him with questions on mikvah usage and in 2018, he taught a six-session class on the topic at Mayyim Hayyim, a pluralistic mikvah outside Boston.
Illustrative: Rabbi Becky Silverstein serves at a Conservative synagogue in California. (Jordyn Rosenzky)
Silverstein has “a menu of ideas” for people who are looking for alternate ways of marking their cycle. That can include reciting an existing blessing or writing a new one to mark menstruation and changing the way they interact with their partner to create more distance.
“There’s all sorts of ways to create rituals that are about celebrating one’s body, that are about seeing one’s menstrual cycle as a powerful reminder of the process of creation,” Silverstein said. “Thinking through what it might mean in covenanted relationships to observe a period of separation, all of these questions are really powerful questions on their own, and I would say for a lot of people observing niddah is not the answer.”
Yet for others the power lies in finding a way to participate in a practice that for thousands of years has defined Jewish home life.
“In terms of the ways that we were raised, observant Jewish families have mikvah as part of just the way that they function generally,” said Leana Tapnack. “Even though ‘This is what everyone does,’ isn’t usually compelling to me. I did have to mourn a considerable number of dreams when I came to terms with my gay identity and as I’ve become more confident in my ability to manage both being gay, being queer and being religious on my own terms, it feels like why should I mourn things that I don’t need to mourn, things that I can reclaim, things that I can own?”


jewworldorder--2020-10-24--Tom Cotton: Joe Biden Avoids Wage-Raise Policy

Joe Biden ’ s open-borders migration policy ignores the obvious way for the government to help Americans get wage raises , Sen. Tom Cotton , R-Ark.
, told SiriusXM ’ s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow .
“ The simple way to help workers to get pay raises is to mandate the use of the E-Verify system , ” Cotton said in the October 23 interview , adding : You ’ re not going to impose a wage mandate on anyone .
You just have to tell every company in this nation that they will use the E-Verify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ applicant employees to work .
That will automatically help raise wages for American workers , not for illegal aliens .
The E-Verify system allows hiring companies to quickly and easily verify job applicants ’ legality , at no cost to the employer .
But instead of raising wages by the use of E-verify , Biden is promising to flood Americans ’ labor market by legalizing the nation ’ s semi-hidden population of illegal immigrant workers , Cotton said .
: Biden is also threatening to import additional white-collar and blue-collar workers , Cotton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about importing millions and millions of new workers , over and above the 15 million illegal aliens here who are going to get amnesty , and therefore the right to work .
He is going to import millions of workers at a time when we have more than 10 million Americans who are still out of work because of the Wuhan coronavirus .
So Joe Biden is going to bring in millions of new foreigners to compete with those Americans who are out of work at a time when we should be putting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs .
It just goes to show how radicalized the Democrats have become on immigration .
Trump ’ s 2020 plan offers broadly popular — but quite limited — pro-American restrictions on migration and visa workers .
In many speeches , for example , Trump ignores the economic impact of blue-collar and white-collar migration on Americans while stressing issues of crime , outsiders , diseases , or welfare , even though his low-immigration policies have been a popular boon to Americans .
Joe Biden ’ s 2020 plan promises to let companies import @ @ @ @ @ @ @ import temporary workers , to accelerate the inflow of chain migration migrants , to end migration enforcement against illegal aliens unless they commit a felony , and to dramatically accelerate the inflow of poor refugees to at least 125,000 per year .
Open-ended legal migration is praised by business and progressives partly because migrants ’ arrival helps to transfer wealth from wage-earners to stockholders .
Migration moves money from employees to employers , from families to investors , from young to old , from homebuyers to real estate investors , and from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Migration also allows investors and CEOs to skimp on labor-saving technology , sideline U.S. minorities , ignore disabled people , exploit stoop labor in the fields , short-change labor in the cities , impose tight control on American professionals , centralize technological innovation , undermine labor rights , and get many left-wing reporters to cheerlead for Wall Street ’ s priorities .

Joe Biden’s open-borders migration policy ignores the obvious way for the government to help Americans get wage raises, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
“The simple way to help workers to get pay raises is to mandate the use of the E-Verify system,” Cotton said in the October 23 interview, adding:
You’re not going to impose a wage mandate on anyone. You just have to tell every company in this nation that they will use the E-Verify system to verify the legal eligibility for applicant employees to work. That will automatically help raise wages for American workers, not for illegal aliens.
The E-Verify system allows hiring companies to quickly and easily verify job applicants’ legality, at no cost to the employer.
But instead of raising wages by the use of E-verify, Biden is promising to flood Americans’ labor market by legalizing the nation’s semi-hidden population of illegal immigrant workers, Cotton said.:
Joe Biden is saying, “I’m gonna send an amnesty bill to the Congress in my first hundred days without asking anything in return, without trying to secure our border, without enforcing immigration rules at workplaces against unscrupulous employers, without cracking down on visa fraud.”
Biden is also threatening to import additional white-collar and blue-collar workers, Cotton said:
He’s also talking about importing millions and millions of new workers, over and above the 15 million illegal aliens here who are going to get amnesty, and therefore the right to work. He is going to import millions of workers at a time when we have more than 10 million Americans who are still out of work because of the Wuhan coronavirus. So Joe Biden is going to bring in millions of new foreigners to compete with those Americans who are out of work at a time when we should be putting American workers first in line for American jobs. It just goes to show how radicalized the Democrats have become on immigration.
Trump’s 2020 plan offers broadly popular — but quite limited — pro-American restrictions on migration and visa workers. In many speeches, for example, Trump ignores the economic impact of blue-collar and white-collar migration on Americans while stressing issues of crime, outsiders, diseases, or welfare, even though his low-immigration policies have been a popular boon to Americans.
Joe Biden’s 2020 plan promises to let companies import more visa workers, to let mayors import temporary workers, to accelerate the inflow of chain migration migrants, to end migration enforcement against illegal aliens unless they commit a felony, and to dramatically accelerate the inflow of poor refugees to at least 125,000 per year.
Open-ended legal migration is praised by business and progressives partly because migrants’ arrival helps to transfer wealth from wage-earners to stockholders.
Migration moves money from employees to employers, from families to investors, from young to old, from homebuyers to real estate investors, and from the central states to the coastal states.
Migration also allows investors and CEOs to skimp on labor-saving technology, sideline U.S. minorities, ignore disabled people, exploit stoop labor in the fields, short-change labor in the cities, impose tight control on American professionals, centralize technological innovation, undermine labor rights, and get many left-wing reporters to cheerlead for Wall Street’s priorities.


jewworldorder--2020-10-24--Sudan foreign minister says Israel deal needs okay from still-unformed council

Following the announcement of Sudan ’ s normalization agreement with Israel on Friday , Sudan ’ s acting foreign minister said the agreement still depends on approval from the Sudanese legislative council , which has not yet been formed as the government goes through transition .
“ Agreement on normalization with Israel will be decided after completion of the constitutional institutions through the formation of the legislative council , ” Omar Gamareldin said , according to the Reuters news agency .
“ This is an agreement to normalize .
It is not yet normalization .
We must wait for Sudan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including the legislative council , so we can complete the ratification of this step so it can become , in reality , normalization , ” Gamareldin added , CNN reported .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Before the deal was announced , government sources said Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok had agreed , in principle , to normalize ties , but was conditioning the move on ratification by the still non-existent transitional parliament .
Sudan is on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ popular uprising last year led the military to overthrow longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir .
A military-civilian government rules the country , with elections possible in late 2022 .
It remains unclear when a transitional parliament will be formed amid negotiations between the civilian and military parts of the transitional government .
Whether or not to normalize ties with Israel has been a matter of vehement debate within Sudan ’ s transitional government , with its military wing , headed by Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan , said in favor , but Hamdok opposed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the White House in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan ’ s leaders .
A joint statement from the US , Israel and Sudan released by the White House said Netanyahu , al-Burhan and Hamdok “ agreed to the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel and to end the state of belligerence between their nations.
” In what appeared to be the first public contact between the two countries after the joint phone call , Israel ’ s ambassador to the United Nations , Gilad Erdan , spoke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ahmed Siddig .
Erdan and Siddig agreed to meet in the coming days to discuss cooperating at the UN in the fields of technology , agriculture , trade and tourism , Erdan ’ s office said in a statement .
Erdan was informed of the Sudan normalization agreement during his first working meeting with the Bahraini ambassador to the UN , the statement said .
Bahrain inked a normalization deal with Israel last month .
“ I will act immediately to translate these agreements into cooperation here at the UN .
I will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it is better to be on the side of Israel , and not on the side that condemns peace and acts against us , ” Erdan said .
Israel also last month signed a normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates .
The UAE applauded Sudan ’ s move to normalize relations with Israel early Saturday morning .
The UAE foreign ministry said the deal was “ an important step to boost security and prosperity in the region , ” according to the Emirati state news agency WAM .
Egypt , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Israel in 1979 , was one of the few other Arab countries to publicly applaud the Israel-Sudan deal .
“ I welcome the joint efforts of the United States , Sudan and Israel to normalize relations between Sudan and Israel and I value all efforts aimed at establishing regional peace and stability , ” Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi tweeted .
While officially stating that it will not normalize ties until Israel signs an internationally recognized peace accord with the Palestinians , Riyadh has given tacit approval to the UAE and Bahrain deals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airspace .
The Palestinian leadership blasted the deal , as it did with the normalization agreements with the UAE and Bahrain .
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he “ condemns and rejects ” the Israel-Sudan agreement .
“ No one has the right to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause , ” the statement from Abbas ’ s office said .
The Hamas terror group , which rules the Gaza Strip , also condemned the deal as a “ political sin ” that harms both Palestinians and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include aid and investment from Israel , particularly in technology and agriculture , along with further debt relief .
It comes as Sudan and its transitional government teeter on the edge .
Thousands have protested in the country ’ s capital Khartoum and other regions in recent days over dire economic conditions .
Before the deal was announced , Trump earlier on Friday signed a waiver to remove Khartoum from the State Department ’ s blacklist of state terror sponsors .
Congress now has 45 days to approve the measure .
Sudan ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with Iran , North Korea and Syria — subjects it to crippling economic sanctions and limits the impoverished country ’ s access to international credit .
Trump announced his intention to sign the waiver on Monday , saying he would go through with the move after Sudan followed through on its pledge to deliver $ 335 million to compensate American victims of past terror attacks and their families .
Sudan transferred the funds the next day .
The money is meant for victims of the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its leader , Osama bin Laden , was living in Sudan .
The United States brokered the diplomatic pacts between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain .
Jordan recognized Israel in the 1990s , while Egypt was the first to sign a peace deal in 1979 .
Netanyahu has made it a priority to forge ties with formerly hostile countries in Africa and the Arab world in the absence of any progress with the Palestinians during his tenure , which has lasted over a decade .

Following the announcement of Sudan’s normalization agreement with Israel on Friday, Sudan’s acting foreign minister said the agreement still depends on approval from the Sudanese legislative council, which has not yet been formed as the government goes through transition.
“Agreement on normalization with Israel will be decided after completion of the constitutional institutions through the formation of the legislative council,” Omar Gamareldin said, according to the Reuters news agency.
“This is an agreement to normalize. It is not yet normalization. We must wait for Sudan’s democratic institutions to be functional, including the legislative council, so we can complete the ratification of this step so it can become, in reality, normalization,” Gamareldin added, CNN reported.
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Before the deal was announced, government sources said Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok had agreed, in principle, to normalize ties, but was conditioning the move on ratification by the still non-existent transitional parliament.
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan, August 21, 2019. (AP Photo, File)
Sudan is on a fragile path to democracy after a popular uprising last year led the military to overthrow longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. A military-civilian government rules the country, with elections possible in late 2022.
It remains unclear when a transitional parliament will be formed amid negotiations between the civilian and military parts of the transitional government.
Whether or not to normalize ties with Israel has been a matter of vehement debate within Sudan’s transitional government, with its military wing, headed by Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, said in favor, but Hamdok opposed.
Trump announced the Israel-Sudan deal on Friday at the White House in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan’s leaders.
A joint statement from the US, Israel and Sudan released by the White House said Netanyahu, al-Burhan and Hamdok “agreed to the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel and to end the state of belligerence between their nations.”
In what appeared to be the first public contact between the two countries after the joint phone call, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, spoke to his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig.
Erdan and Siddig agreed to meet in the coming days to discuss cooperating at the UN in the fields of technology, agriculture, trade and tourism, Erdan’s office said in a statement.
Erdan was informed of the Sudan normalization agreement during his first working meeting with the Bahraini ambassador to the UN, the statement said. Bahrain inked a normalization deal with Israel last month.
Today, I met with @BahrainMsnNY Amb Jamal F. Alrowaiei where we reviewed mutual priorities at the @UN ???????? and how the #AbrahamAccords will lead to an era of friendship and cooperation for those pursuing a stable and secure Middle East in the face of regional threats ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/xCNza65csf — Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) October 23, 2020
“I will act immediately to translate these agreements into cooperation here at the UN. I will show the organization’s member states that it is better to be on the side of Israel, and not on the side that condemns peace and acts against us,” Erdan said.
Israel also last month signed a normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE applauded Sudan’s move to normalize relations with Israel early Saturday morning.
The UAE foreign ministry said the deal was “an important step to boost security and prosperity in the region,” according to the Emirati state news agency WAM.
Egypt, the first country to sign a peace deal with Israel in 1979, was one of the few other Arab countries to publicly applaud the Israel-Sudan deal.
“I welcome the joint efforts of the United States, Sudan and Israel to normalize relations between Sudan and Israel and I value all efforts aimed at establishing regional peace and stability,” Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi tweeted.
Regional giant Saudi Arabia was notably silent.
While officially stating that it will not normalize ties until Israel signs an internationally recognized peace accord with the Palestinians, Riyadh has given tacit approval to the UAE and Bahrain deals and allowed Israeli aircraft to use its airspace.
The Palestinian leadership blasted the deal, as it did with the normalization agreements with the UAE and Bahrain.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he “condemns and rejects” the Israel-Sudan agreement.
“No one has the right to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause,” the statement from Abbas’s office said.
The Hamas terror group, which rules the Gaza Strip, also condemned the deal as a “political sin” that harms both Palestinians and Sudanese.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) recites a prayer as he arrives for a meeting in the West Bank’s Ramallah on September 3, 2020, (Alaa Badarneh/Pool/AFP)
The deal with Sudan will include aid and investment from Israel, particularly in technology and agriculture, along with further debt relief. It comes as Sudan and its transitional government teeter on the edge. Thousands have protested in the country’s capital Khartoum and other regions in recent days over dire economic conditions.
Before the deal was announced, Trump earlier on Friday signed a waiver to remove Khartoum from the State Department’s blacklist of state terror sponsors. Congress now has 45 days to approve the measure.
Sudan’s presence on the terror list — along with Iran, North Korea and Syria — subjects it to crippling economic sanctions and limits the impoverished country’s access to international credit.
Trump announced his intention to sign the waiver on Monday, saying he would go through with the move after Sudan followed through on its pledge to deliver $335 million to compensate American victims of past terror attacks and their families. Sudan transferred the funds the next day.
The money is meant for victims of the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by the al-Qaeda network while its leader, Osama bin Laden, was living in Sudan.
The United States brokered the diplomatic pacts between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain. Jordan recognized Israel in the 1990s, while Egypt was the first to sign a peace deal in 1979.
Netanyahu has made it a priority to forge ties with formerly hostile countries in Africa and the Arab world in the absence of any progress with the Palestinians during his tenure, which has lasted over a decade.


jewworldorder--2020-10-24--WATCH: BLM Activists Assault Woman, Damage Cars in California Protest

An anti-police protester attacked a woman in her car while another man scratched her car with a key , according to a video posted on Twitter .
In a second video , another vehicle is keyed as the driver attempts to pull away from the protesters in San Bernardino , California .
Protesters blocked traffic in San Bernardino and vandalized cars caught up in the roadway blockage .
A video tweeted by journalist Drew Hernandez shows one of the protesters punching a woman in the face .
A second man reaches out and keys the side of her car .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a man keying another car as the driver attempts to flee the protest area .
The sound of the key scratching the side of the car can be heard as the driver pulls away .
Protesters came out after news broke of a San Bernardino police officer shooting an armed black man .
Police officials reacted quickly and released video of the shooting that clearly shows the man fighting with the police officer and then pulling a gun from his wasteband .
The officer shoots in self-defense as the man begins to turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toward the officer .
Despite the evidence released quickly by police officials , “ angry BLM protesters gathered in the street , ” journalist Andy Ngo tweeted .
Speaking to a group gathered outside the store where the shooting took place , one man told onlookers that police are not from the community .
He said they come from “ KKK enclaves ” in the suburbs .
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An anti-police protester attacked a woman in her car while another man scratched her car with a key, according to a video posted on Twitter. In a second video, another vehicle is keyed as the driver attempts to pull away from the protesters in San Bernardino, California.
Protesters blocked traffic in San Bernardino and vandalized cars caught up in the roadway blockage. A video tweeted by journalist Drew Hernandez shows one of the protesters punching a woman in the face. A second man reaches out and keys the side of her car.
SAN BERNARDINO: A BLM protester punches a Hispanic woman in the face and another BLM protester keys her car after BLM protesters shut down an intersection (baseline/waterman) pic.twitter.com/65HeNgRfua — Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) October 24, 2020
In a second video, Hernandes shows a man keying another car as the driver attempts to flee the protest area.
BLM rioters are standing in the street in San Bernadino, CA and keying people’s cars as they drive by. You know, to protest against “racism, or something. pic.twitter.com/hLTd3qNou5 — Richard (@Wildman_AZ) October 24, 2020
The sound of the key scratching the side of the car can be heard as the driver pulls away.
Protesters came out after news broke of a San Bernardino police officer shooting an armed black man. Police officials reacted quickly and released video of the shooting that clearly shows the man fighting with the police officer and then pulling a gun from his wasteband.
The officer shoots in self-defense as the man begins to turn with the gun visible in his hand toward the officer.
SAN BERNARDINO: After a man was resisting arrest and fighting a police officer The suspect then reaches for a weapon while fighting the officer The officer then sees this and takes the criminal down A handgun was retrieved from the scene pic.twitter.com/vIv87OIvzl — Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) October 23, 2020
Despite the evidence released quickly by police officials, “angry BLM protesters gathered in the street,” journalist Andy Ngo tweeted.
Angry BLM protesters gather in the street in San Bernardino, Cal. after a black man was shot dead last night by a cop. It was caught on video & shows him resisting arrest, fighting the cop & grabbing a pistol from his waistband. Video by @livesmattershow pic.twitter.com/J15Uu6yvnG — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 24, 2020
Speaking to a group gathered outside the store where the shooting took place, one man told onlookers that police are not from the community. He said they come from “KKK enclaves” in the suburbs.
Angry BLM protesters gather in the street in San Bernardino, Cal. after a black man was shot dead last night by a cop. It was caught on video & shows him resisting arrest, fighting the cop & grabbing a pistol from his waistband. Video by @livesmattershow pic.twitter.com/J15Uu6yvnG — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 24, 2020
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.


jewworldorder--2020-10-24--German auction sells handwritten Hitler notes despite Jewish group’s objections

BERLIN — Handwritten speech notes by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Munich on Friday despite objections from Jewish groups that they could encourage neo-Nazis .
The Hermann Historica auction house defended the sale of the manuscripts , all dated to before the outbreak of World War II , saying they were of historical significance and belong preserved in a museum .
The documents all sold to anonymous bidders for well above their starting prices .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up A nine-page @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new military officers in Berlin in 1939 , about eight months before the beginning of World War II , fetched the top price of 34,000 euros ( $ 40,300 ) .
The speech notes are directed to Nazi-party organizations and contributors at various functions , and make reference to preparing Germany for war and the “ Jewish problem , ” said Bernhard Pacher , the managing director of the Hermann Historica .
“ These are handwritten notes from Adolf Hitler , where if you analyze what he wrote… you can prove he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about ‘ resolving the Jewish problem , ’ ” Pacher told The Associated Press in a telephone interview .
“ If we destroy these things and they do not go into a museum for experts to work on them , you will leave the interpretation of what was happening to the right-wing Nazi apologists , who will say Hitler never said that .
The man was preparing the Germans that there would be a war and those who didn ’ t want to see that must have been totally blind — it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rabbi Menachem Margolin , the head of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association , said the auction “ defies logic , decency and humanity ” to put them on the market .
Margolin said the auction was particularly worrisome amid recent figures showing rising anti-Semitism in Germany , and could encourage neo-Nazis .
“ I can not get my head around the sheer irresponsibility and insensitivity , in such a febrile climate , of selling items such as the ramblings of the world ’ s biggest killer of Jews to the highest bidder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ What auctions like this do [ is to ] helps legitimize Hitler enthusiasts who thrive on this sort of stuff.
” The auction house has come under fire in the past for its sale of Nazi-era items , and maintains it goes to great lengths to ensure that they are not being sold to neo-Nazis , and are usually bought by museums and research facilities .
In 2016 , it auctioned off one of Hitler ’ s uniforms for 275,000 euros ( $ 325,000 ) and previously sold a typewriter and dozens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader , among other things .
Perhaps most famously , last year a Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul purchased Hitler ’ s top hat , a silver-plated edition of “ Mein Kampf ” and other items the auction house offered in order to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis , and donated them to a Jewish group .
The auction house has also dealt in many other items owned by famous historical figures , including Napoleon Bonaparte ’ s silver and gold-plated toothbrush , a saber that belonged to British naval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sword that once belonged to famed Italian seducer Giacomo Casanova .
Margolin called the businessman ’ s intervention to purchase the items last year “ a miracle , ” but said “ we can not rely on miracles going forwards ” and urged the auction house to pull the speeches ahead of the sale on Friday .
“ It defies logic , decency and humanity for the very same auction house that came under fire less than a year ago for selling disgusting lots of Nazi memorabilia that they should do so again @ @ @ @ @

BERLIN — Handwritten speech notes by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at auction in Munich on Friday despite objections from Jewish groups that they could encourage neo-Nazis.
The Hermann Historica auction house defended the sale of the manuscripts, all dated to before the outbreak of World War II, saying they were of historical significance and belong preserved in a museum.
The documents all sold to anonymous bidders for well above their starting prices.
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A nine-page manuscript by Hitler outlining his speech to new military officers in Berlin in 1939, about eight months before the beginning of World War II, fetched the top price of 34,000 euros ($40,300).
The speech notes are directed to Nazi-party organizations and contributors at various functions, and make reference to preparing Germany for war and the “Jewish problem,” said Bernhard Pacher, the managing director of the Hermann Historica.
“These are handwritten notes from Adolf Hitler, where if you analyze what he wrote… you can prove he was publicly speaking about going to war, about ‘resolving the Jewish problem,’” Pacher told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
“If we destroy these things and they do not go into a museum for experts to work on them, you will leave the interpretation of what was happening to the right-wing Nazi apologists, who will say Hitler never said that. The man was preparing the Germans that there would be a war and those who didn’t want to see that must have been totally blind — it’s in there.”
On Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the head of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association, said the auction “defies logic, decency and humanity” to put them on the market.
Margolin said the auction was particularly worrisome amid recent figures showing rising anti-Semitism in Germany, and could encourage neo-Nazis.
“I cannot get my head around the sheer irresponsibility and insensitivity, in such a febrile climate, of selling items such as the ramblings of the world’s biggest killer of Jews to the highest bidder,” he said in a statement.
“What auctions like this do [is to] helps legitimize Hitler enthusiasts who thrive on this sort of stuff.”
Rabbi Menachem Margolin, head of the European Jewish Association. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
The auction house has come under fire in the past for its sale of Nazi-era items, and maintains it goes to great lengths to ensure that they are not being sold to neo-Nazis, and are usually bought by museums and research facilities.
In 2016, it auctioned off one of Hitler’s uniforms for 275,000 euros ($325,000) and previously sold a typewriter and dozens of other items owned by the Nazi leader, among other things.
Perhaps most famously, last year a Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul purchased Hitler’s top hat, a silver-plated edition of “Mein Kampf” and other items the auction house offered in order to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis, and donated them to a Jewish group.
The auction house has also dealt in many other items owned by famous historical figures, including Napoleon Bonaparte’s silver and gold-plated toothbrush, a saber that belonged to British naval hero Adm. Horatio Nelson, and a sword that once belonged to famed Italian seducer Giacomo Casanova.
Margolin called the businessman’s intervention to purchase the items last year “a miracle,” but said “we cannot rely on miracles going forwards” and urged the auction house to pull the speeches ahead of the sale on Friday.
“It defies logic, decency and humanity for the very same auction house that came under fire less than a year ago for selling disgusting lots of Nazi memorabilia that they should do so again,” he said.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Coons: ‘Hundreds’ of Trump’s Lower Court Judges Shouldn’t ‘Be Allowed to Sit Peaceably’

On Monday ’ s broadcast of MSNBC ’ s “ Rachel Maddow Show , ” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Chris Coons ( D-DE ) said that there should be a “ wide-open conversation ” on rebalancing the courts , including the circuit and district courts , where there are “ hundreds ” of judges who shouldn ’ t “ be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process , the results , and the consequences.
” Coons said , “ [ W ] e ’ ve got to have a wide-open conversation about how do we rebalance our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court [ seats ] that have been stolen through these processes that are just wildly hypocritical have been used to jam through partisan nominees .
But we ’ ve got to look at our federal courts as a whole , Rachel .
Because we ’ ve seen hundreds of conservative judges put on circuit courts and district courts all over this country in the last four years , in many cases , too young , too unqualified , and too far right to be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that there should be a “wide-open conversation” on rebalancing the courts, including the circuit and district courts, where there are “hundreds” of judges who shouldn’t “be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process, the results, and the consequences.”
Coons said, “[W]e’ve got to have a wide-open conversation about how do we rebalance our courts. Yes, the two Supreme Court [seats] that have been stolen through these processes that are just wildly hypocritical have been used to jam through partisan nominees. But we’ve got to look at our federal courts as a whole, Rachel. Because we’ve seen hundreds of conservative judges put on circuit courts and district courts all over this country in the last four years, in many cases, too young, too unqualified, and too far right to be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process, the results, and the consequences.”
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jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Justice Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in at the White House

President Donald Trump hosted a swearing-in ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday night , about an hour after the Senate voted to confirm her .
“ She is one of our nation ’ s most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land , ” Trump said .
The White House held the swearing-in ceremony on the South Lawn as the South Portico of the White House was decorated with lighting and large American flags .
“ It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ruth Bader Ginsburg , ” Trump said at the ceremony .
Trump noted that Barrett was the fifth woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the first mother of school-aged children to sit on the court .
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas , the longest-serving justice currently on the Supreme Court , presided over the ceremony .
Trump thanked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsay Graham ( R-SC ) for their support in the confirmation process .
In attendance were Barrett ’ s husband Jesse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican members of Congress , and conservative allies who helped fight for her confirmation .
“ People have been watching them and loving them , and they ’ re watching right now at home in Indiana , ” Trump said .
“ Thank you very much.
” Barrett thanked the president and the Senate for nominating and confirming her to the Supreme Court .
“ It ’ s a privilege to be asked to serve my country in this office and I stand here tonight , truly honored and humbled , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s role was to pursuit policy and that her job would be to resist her policy preferences .
“ Federal judges don ’ t stand for election , ” she said .
“ Thus , they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people.
” She voted to serve as an impartial judge on the Supreme Court .
“ A judge declares independence , not only from Congress and the President but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her , ” she said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barrett ascended the stairs of the South Portico and paused and stood in front of the crowd of supporters as they applauded .
They were later joined by First Lady Melania Trump and Jesse Barret .

President Donald Trump hosted a swearing-in ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday night, about an hour after the Senate voted to confirm her.
“She is one of our nation’s most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land,” Trump said.
The final Senate vote was 52 -48.
The White House held the swearing-in ceremony on the South Lawn as the South Portico of the White House was decorated with lighting and large American flags.
“It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat of a pioneer for women, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” Trump said at the ceremony.
Trump noted that Barrett was the fifth woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the first mother of school-aged children to sit on the court.
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving justice currently on the Supreme Court, presided over the ceremony.
Trump thanked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsay Graham (R-SC) for their support in the confirmation process.
In attendance were Barrett’s husband Jesse, a few members of her family, Republican members of Congress, and conservative allies who helped fight for her confirmation.
Trump praised the family.
“People have been watching them and loving them, and they’re watching right now at home in Indiana,” Trump said. “Thank you very much.”
Barrett thanked the president and the Senate for nominating and confirming her to the Supreme Court.
“It’s a privilege to be asked to serve my country in this office and I stand here tonight, truly honored and humbled,” she said.
She noted that a senator’s role was to pursuit policy and that her job would be to resist her policy preferences.
“Federal judges don’t stand for election,” she said. “Thus, they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people.”
She voted to serve as an impartial judge on the Supreme Court.
“A judge declares independence, not only from Congress and the President but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her,” she said.
After the ceremony, President Trump and Barrett ascended the stairs of the South Portico and paused and stood in front of the crowd of supporters as they applauded. They were later joined by First Lady Melania Trump and Jesse Barret.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Supreme Court May Revisit Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail Case — with Justice Amy Coney Barrett as Tiebrea

Supreme Court May Revisit Pennsylvania Vote-by-Mail Case — with Justice Amy Coney Barrett as Tiebreaker

The Supreme Court could soon revisit a challenge to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on extending the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots — this time , with Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Court , possibly casting a tie breaking vote .
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican application to stay the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant the Democratic Party ’ s request to make several changes to mail-in voting that critics have decried as vulnerable to fraud .
As Breitbart News reported last month , “ The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled … that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will still be counted — even if there is no evidence they were postmarked on time.
” The Supreme Court , however , split 4-4 on the request , leaving the decision of the lower court in place .
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court ’ s liberal minority ; the remaining four conservative justices sided with the Republican request .
The fact that the Court split 4-4 means that its decision will set no precedent on the legal issues at stake .
Moreover , Republicans have re-filed a challenge — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitutionality of the power of the state courts to decide election issues .
Article II , Section 1 of the Constitution states ( emphasis added ) : Each State shall appoint , in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct , a Number of Electors , equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ state legislature — which is controlled by a Republican majority — has the sole power to regulate elections , invalidating the courts ’ changes to the process of accepting absentee ballots .
Sen. Ted Cruz ( R-TX ) told Breitbart News — without referring to any particular controversy — that one of the most important reasons to confirm Barrett before the election was to avoid 4-4 splits that could create a patchwork of electoral guidelines .
Barrett will also hear a variety of other consequential cases immediately upon taking her place on the @ @

The Supreme Court could soon revisit a challenge to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on extending the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots — this time, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Court, possibly casting a tie breaking vote.
As Breitbart News reported last week:
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican application to stay the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant the Democratic Party’s request to make several changes to mail-in voting that critics have decried as vulnerable to fraud. As Breitbart News reported last month, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled … that ballots received three days after Election Day will still be counted — even if there is no evidence they were postmarked on time.” Republicans sought a stay. The Supreme Court, however, split 4-4 on the request, leaving the decision of the lower court in place. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court’s liberal minority; the remaining four conservative justices sided with the Republican request.
The fact that the Court split 4-4 means that its decision will set no precedent on the legal issues at stake.
Moreover, Republicans have re-filed a challenge — this time, apparently, challenging the constitutionality of the power of the state courts to decide election issues. Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution states (emphasis added):
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Court could decide that the Pennsylvania state legislature — which is controlled by a Republican majority — has the sole power to regulate elections, invalidating the courts’ changes to the process of accepting absentee ballots.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News — without referring to any particular controversy — that one of the most important reasons to confirm Barrett before the election was to avoid 4-4 splits that could create a patchwork of electoral guidelines.
Barrett will also hear a variety of other consequential cases immediately upon taking her place on the bench.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Warren: We Cannot Let ‘Handful of Zealots’ on SCOTUS Take Away Rights

Senator Elizabeth Warren ( D-MA ) said Monday on MSNBC given the Republican-controlled Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court , Democrats must restore balance to the court .
Warren said , “ Focus on the court for a second , that ’ s the real problem .
The Republicans have now tilted the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals and district courts so sharply , in favor of business , in favor of the extremist point of view that doesn ’ t reflect the values of the majority of Americans .
Our job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope — are in the majority next year , is to restore some integrity to the courts , restore some balance .
“ We can ’ t simply spend an entire generation of a handful of zealous on the court breaking and destroying everything the American people want to see happen , ” she continued .
“ We can ’ t just let them take away healthcare from people , overturn access to reproductive rights , take away union rights and workers ’ rights , destroy our opportunities to attack climate change head-on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get balance back in this system .
And frankly the way I think of it , I want a depoliticize it .
Turn down the volume .
I want to have courts that decide things based on justice and law .
Not on extreme ideology the way Amy Coney Barrett has indicated she will .
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Monday on MSNBC given the Republican-controlled Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Democrats must restore balance to the court.
Warren said, “Focus on the court for a second, that’s the real problem. The Republicans have now tilted the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals and district courts so sharply, in favor of business, in favor of the extremist point of view that doesn’t reflect the values of the majority of Americans. Our job when we — I hope, I hope — are in the majority next year, is to restore some integrity to the courts, restore some balance.
“We can’t simply spend an entire generation of a handful of zealous on the court breaking and destroying everything the American people want to see happen,” she continued. “We can’t just let them take away healthcare from people, overturn access to reproductive rights, take away union rights and workers’ rights, destroy our opportunities to attack climate change head-on. We’re going to have to get balance back in this system. And frankly the way I think of it, I want a depoliticize it. Turn down the volume. I want to have courts that decide things based on justice and law. Not on extreme ideology the way Amy Coney Barrett has indicated she will.”
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jewworldorder--2020-10-27--AOC on Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation: ‘Expand The Court’

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) made no secret of her intentions following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday , immediately demanding more judges be added to the judicial body .
Barrett was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice on Monday evening after breezing through an expedited confirmation process unaffected by the kind of controversy that delayed Justice Brett Kavanaugh ’ s nomination in 2018 .
While there has been debate within Democratic Party circles as to whether to try to expand the court in order to overturn the new conservative majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her views clear on the matter .
“ Expand the court , ” she wrote on Twitter , in a post that has received tens of thousands of likes .
The 31-year-old later followed up with an explanation for her demand , arguing that Democrats must retaliate against Republican “ bulldozing ” judicial nominees .
“ Republicans do this because they don ’ t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do .
And for a long time they ’ ve been correct , ” she wrote .
“ But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn ’ t .
There is a legal process for expansion.
” Many other Democrats have endorsed the idea , with Sen. Ed Markey ( D-MA ) also declaring that the Senate “ must expand the Supreme Court ” should they have the votes to do so .
Such a radical measure could only ever be implemented should Democrats take control of Congress .
The most pressing issue , however , is whether Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden also approves of the process , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the run-up to Election Day .
Despite having spoken of his opposition to court-packing in the past , the 77-year-old said in a recent interview with CBS ’ s 60 Minutes that he would create a bipartisan panel of experts to make recommendations on whether reform is necessary .
“ I ’ ll put together a national commission of scholars , constitutional scholars , Democrats , Republicans , liberal , conservative , ” he explained .
“ And I will ask them to , over 180 days , come back to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the court system because it ’ s getting out of whack.
” Follow Ben Kew on Parler , Facebook , or Twitter .
You can email him at bkew @ breitbart.com .

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made no secret of her intentions following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, immediately demanding more judges be added to the judicial body.
Barrett was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice on Monday evening after breezing through an expedited confirmation process unaffected by the kind of controversy that delayed Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination in 2018.
While there has been debate within Democratic Party circles as to whether to try to expand the court in order to overturn the new conservative majority, Ocasio-Cortez wasted no time in making her views clear on the matter.
“Expand the court,” she wrote on Twitter, in a post that has received tens of thousands of likes.
Expand the court. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2020
The 31-year-old later followed up with an explanation for her demand, arguing that Democrats must retaliate against Republican “bulldozing” judicial nominees.
“Republicans do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct,” she wrote. “But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn’t. There is a legal process for expansion.”
Republicans do this because they don’t believe Dems have the stones to play hardball like they do. And for a long time they’ve been correct. But do not let them bully the public into thinking their bulldozing is normal but a response isn’t. There is a legal process for expansion. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 27, 2020
Many other Democrats have endorsed the idea, with Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) also declaring that the Senate “must expand the Supreme Court” should they have the votes to do so.
We must expand the Supreme Court. — Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) October 26, 2020
Such a radical measure could only ever be implemented should Democrats take control of Congress.
The most pressing issue, however, is whether Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden also approves of the process, a question he has repeatedly avoided answering in the run-up to Election Day.
Despite having spoken of his opposition to court-packing in the past, the 77-year-old said in a recent interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes that he would create a bipartisan panel of experts to make recommendations on whether reform is necessary.
“I’ll put together a national commission of scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal, conservative,” he explained. “And I will ask them to, over 180 days, come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it’s getting out of whack.”
Follow Ben Kew on Parler, Facebook, or Twitter. You can email him at bkew@breitbart.com.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Pelosi: ‘Let’s Take a Look and See’ Whether We Should Pack SCOTUS, ‘Maybe We Need More District Cour

Pelosi: ‘Let’s Take a Look and See’ Whether We Should Pack SCOTUS, ‘Maybe We Need More District Courts’

On Monday ’ s broadcast of MSNBC ’ s “ All In , ” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA @ @ @ @ @ “ take a look and see ” whether we should expand the size of the @ @ @ @ @ we need more district courts as well.
” Pelosi said , “ I think that @ @ @ @ @ a good path .
He ’ s going to have something that people can understand @ @ @ @ @ And I like something that Brian said about , not just the Supreme Court , @ @ @ @ @ … In 1876 , there were nine justices on the court .
Our population has @ @ @ @ @ Should we expand the court ?
Well , let ’ s take a look and @ @ @ @ @ and that relates to the nine district courts , maybe we need more district courts @ @ @ @ @ other thing we need , we need for these justices to disclose their holdings .
@

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that we should “take a look and see” whether we should expand the size of the Supreme Court and “maybe we need more district courts as well.”
Pelosi said, “I think that Joe Biden has given us a good path. He’s going to have something that people can understand why this is important. And I like something that Brian said about, not just the Supreme Court, but the other courts. … In 1876, there were nine justices on the court. Our population has grown enormously since then. Should we expand the court? Well, let’s take a look and see. But not — and that relates to the nine district courts, maybe we need more district courts as well. And one other thing we need, we need for these justices to disclose their holdings.”
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jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Watch Live: White House Swearing-in Ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett

President Donald Trump will host a swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett on Monday at the White House .
The @ @ @ @ @ joined by her family , supporters , and likely several Senate Republicans .
Justice Clarence @ @ @ @ @ instead of Chief Justice John Roberts .

President Donald Trump will host a swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett on Monday at the White House.
The Senate voted to confirm Barrett Monday evening.
The president and Barrett will be joined by her family, supporters, and likely several Senate Republicans.
Justice Clarence Thomas will conduct the ceremony instead of Chief Justice John Roberts.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Evidently Putin is Corrupted Too; After All He Is Saying No Criminality Insofar as Hunter Biden’s Ac

Evidently Putin is Corrupted Too; After All He Is Saying No Criminality Insofar as Hunter Biden’s Activities in Ukraine. Give Me a Break!

Follow RT onBusiness that Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter “ had or might have ” in Ukraine has nothing to do with Moscow , President Vladimir Putin said , adding that although Hunter made “ good money ” there , Russia sees “ nothing criminal ” in it .
“ It doesn ’ t concern us .
It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians , ” Putin said when asked about Hunter ’ s business dealings in Ukraine during an interview with Rossiya-1 that was aired late on Sunday .
The Russian president said he is aware of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s son “ de-facto headed , ” adding that Hunter “ apparently made very good money ” from this endeavor .
Still , Putin said he does not “ see anything criminal about it.
” ALSO ON RT.COMFBI asks to interview former Hunter Biden business partner after he said Joe Biden was involved in son ’ s foreign business dealings Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings – one of Ukraine ’ s largest private natural gas producers – in 2014 , soon after the violent coup in Ukraine and when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barack Obama .
Hunter stayed on the board until his term expired in 2019 .
This issue has been raised repeatedly by current President Donald Trump , who has accused Joe Biden of influencing US policy towards Ukraine and even pressuring Kiev into firing the then-Ukrainian prosecutor general to supposedly help his son ’ s company during a corruption investigation .
Hunter ’ s business interests in Ukraine – and allegedly in Russia – were once again invoked by Trump during the final presidential debate on Thursday .
Trump claimed that Biden “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ” a fortune from Ukraine , Russia , and China.ALSO ON RT.COMBlaming Russia for Hunter ’ s problems was a big misstep , Joe , and it may prove to be your downfall Putin refused to weigh in on claims that the former VP himself was “ getting a lot of money from Russia , ” as insinuated by Trump , responding “ no comment ” when asked .
The Russian leader also said he is unaware of any “ commercial relationships ” between Hunter Biden and Yelena Baturina , the widow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue raised by Trump during the debate .
Baturina , one of Russia ’ s richest women , once ran an investment and construction company , and later founded an investment fund .
Putin said the businesswoman and billionaire “ has had numerous business contacts ” but that he does not know if there have been any Americans among them .
As for his own relations with Luzhkov , Putin described them as “ respectful ” and “ trusting ” but added that they had always remained strictly official .
Think your friends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
Comment : Either Putin has his fingers in the pudding or he wants to maintain good relations with these crooks and thieve .

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Follow RT onBusiness that Joe Biden’s son Hunter “had or might have” in Ukraine has nothing to do with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said, adding that although Hunter made “good money” there, Russia sees “nothing criminal” in it.
“It doesn’t concern us. It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians,” Putin said when asked about Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine during an interview with Rossiya-1 that was aired late on Sunday.
The Russian president said he is aware of “at least one company” Joe Biden’s son “de-facto headed,” adding that Hunter “apparently made very good money” from this endeavor. Still, Putin said he does not “see anything criminal about it.” ALSO ON RT.COMFBI asks to interview former Hunter Biden business partner after he said Joe Biden was involved in son’s foreign business dealings
Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings – one of Ukraine’s largest private natural gas producers – in 2014, soon after the violent coup in Ukraine and when his father was still vice president under Barack Obama. Hunter stayed on the board until his term expired in 2019.
This issue has been raised repeatedly by current President Donald Trump, who has accused Joe Biden of influencing US policy towards Ukraine and even pressuring Kiev into firing the then-Ukrainian prosecutor general to supposedly help his son’s company during a corruption investigation.
Hunter’s business interests in Ukraine – and allegedly in Russia – were once again invoked by Trump during the final presidential debate on Thursday. Trump claimed that Biden “and his family” were “raking in” a fortune from Ukraine, Russia, and China.ALSO ON RT.COMBlaming Russia for Hunter’s problems was a big misstep, Joe, and it may prove to be your downfall
Putin refused to weigh in on claims that the former VP himself was “getting a lot of money from Russia,” as insinuated by Trump, responding “no comment” when asked.
The Russian leader also said he is unaware of any “commercial relationships” between Hunter Biden and Yelena Baturina, the widow of ex-Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov – another issue raised by Trump during the debate. Baturina, one of Russia’s richest women, once ran an investment and construction company, and later founded an investment fund. Putin said the businesswoman and billionaire “has had numerous business contacts” but that he does not know if there have been any Americans among them.
As for his own relations with Luzhkov, Putin described them as “respectful” and “trusting” but added that they had always remained strictly official.
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Comment: Either Putin has his fingers in the pudding or he wants to maintain good relations with these crooks and thieve.


jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Iran’s Zarif urges UN to unite against U.S. unilateral actions

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jewworldorder--2020-10-27--Mitch McConnell: A Republic’s ‘Legitimacy’ Does Not Flow from Left’s ‘Feelings’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) said on the Senate floor Monday night that America is a “ constitutional republic , ” and the government ’ s “ legitimacy ” does not arise from the left ’ s “ feelings.
” McConnell said before the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court , “ Our Democratic colleagues keep repeating the word illegitimate as if repetition would make it true …We ’ re a constitutional republic .
Legitimacy does not flow from their feelings.
” He also said that Democrats now “ see legitimate defeat as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scream , the less accurate they are , ” he added .
McConnell charged that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) wants to confirm activist judges instead of originalist judges such as Barrett .
Sen. Josh Hawley ( R-MO ) also slammed leftists ’ attacks against Barrett during her confirmation .
He said on the Senate floor : The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is truly historic .
This is the most openly pro-life judicial nominee to the Supreme Court in my lifetime .
This is an individual who has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decision Roe v. Wade .
This is a nominee who has been open about her faith and her faith commitments and the way she and her husband live their lives immersed in their Catholic faith and raise their children in their Catholic faith and want others to have the freedom to be able to do the same .
And her nomination , and I anticipate her confirmation , tonight , in just a few hours on this floor , will show that there ’ s nothing wrong with any of that .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of faith should be welcome on the Supreme Court of the United States .
People of Judge Barrett ’ s convictions should be welcome on the Supreme Court of the United States , and in just a few hours , in the vote of this body , we will confirm that that is indeed the case .
”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on the Senate floor Monday night that America is a “constitutional republic,” and the government’s “legitimacy” does not arise from the left’s “feelings.”
McConnell said before the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, “Our Democratic colleagues keep repeating the word illegitimate as if repetition would make it true …We’re a constitutional republic. Legitimacy does not flow from their feelings.”
He also said that Democrats now “see legitimate defeat as an oxymoron.”
“The louder they scream, the less accurate they are,” he added.
McConnell charged that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants to confirm activist judges instead of originalist judges such as Barrett.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) also slammed leftists’ attacks against Barrett during her confirmation. He said on the Senate floor:
The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is truly historic. This is the most openly pro-life judicial nominee to the Supreme Court in my lifetime. This is an individual who has been open in her criticism of that illegitimate decision Roe v. Wade. This is a nominee who has been open about her faith and her faith commitments and the way she and her husband live their lives immersed in their Catholic faith and raise their children in their Catholic faith and want others to have the freedom to be able to do the same. And her nomination, and I anticipate her confirmation, tonight, in just a few hours on this floor, will show that there’s nothing wrong with any of that.
He added, “In fact, people of faith should be welcome on the Supreme Court of the United States. People of Judge Barrett’s convictions should be welcome on the Supreme Court of the United States, and in just a few hours, in the vote of this body, we will confirm that that is indeed the case.”


jewworldorder--2020-10-28--Typhoon Molave: Two people killed as 145 kph winds lash Vietnam

Two people were reported killed and 26 others missing as Typhoon Molave hit central Vietnam on Wednesday , knocking down trees and tearing roofs off homes in some of the worst destruction seen in years .
Authorities relocated around 375,000 people to safety , cancelled hundreds of flights and closed schools and beaches ahead of the typhoon , which made landfall south of Danang , packing winds of up to 145 kilometres per hour .
State media said at least two people were killed in Quang Ngai province while trying to protect their homes from the storm .
Officials were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the storm — Vietnam ’ s fourth this month — bringing waves up to six metres high as power was cut off across the region .
Navy and surveillance vessels were deployed to look for the crew members after their two boats disappeared after they attempted to dock , Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said .
A fishing ban has been in place since Tuesday , while all airports in the area were closed until further notice .
The typhoon comes on the back of weeks of severe flooding and landslides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or destroyed more than 310,000 homes , according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ( IFRC ) .
Close to 1.2 million people were in “ severe danger ” and in need of relief , the IFRC warned .
Vietnam is prone to natural disasters in the rainy season between June and November , with central coastal provinces commonly impacted , but the storms have notably worsened in recent years .

Two people were reported killed and 26 others missing as Typhoon Molave hit central Vietnam on Wednesday, knocking down trees and tearing roofs off homes in some of the worst destruction seen in years.
Authorities relocated around 375,000 people to safety, cancelled hundreds of flights and closed schools and beaches ahead of the typhoon, which made landfall south of Danang, packing winds of up to 145 kilometres per hour.
State media said at least two people were killed in Quang Ngai province while trying to protect their homes from the storm.
Officials were also searching for 26 missing fishermen, with the storm — Vietnam’s fourth this month — bringing waves up to six metres high as power was cut off across the region.
Navy and surveillance vessels were deployed to look for the crew members after their two boats disappeared after they attempted to dock, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said.
A fishing ban has been in place since Tuesday, while all airports in the area were closed until further notice.
The typhoon comes on the back of weeks of severe flooding and landslides that have claimed 130 lives and damaged or destroyed more than 310,000 homes, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Close to 1.2 million people were in “severe danger” and in need of relief, the IFRC warned.
Vietnam is prone to natural disasters in the rainy season between June and November, with central coastal provinces commonly impacted, but the storms have notably worsened in recent years.


jewworldorder--2020-10-28--Coronavirus Israel live: Low infection rates pave way for reopening economy


jewworldorder--2020-10-28--45 Missing Children ‘Rescued From Evil’ in Human Trafficking Bust in Ohio- 179 Arrested

The largest human trafficking operation in Ohio history resulted in the recovery of 45 missing children and 179 arrests , according to authorities .
The month-long operation , dubbed Autumn Hope , saw the US Marshals Service track down and recover dozens of trafficked children .
In all , 109 human trafficking victims were rescued and referred to social services , the Ohio Attorney General ’ s Office reported .
More than 50 agencies participated in the operation , which also included the arrest of a man and the recovery of two children in West Virginia .
The operation included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general ’ s office : “ Rescuing victims of human trafficking and referring them to social services , recovering missing and exploited children , apprehending those seeking to have sex with a minor ” and “ arresting male johns seeking to buy sex.
” One of the victims rescued was a “ high-risk ” 15-year-old girl from Cleveland linked to human trafficking , authorities said Monday .
The operation was conducted by the marshals in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General ’ s Office and the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Children , and state and local agencies in Ohio .
Peter C. Tobin , US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio , said : “ My thanks to all personnel who have stepped up for this operation.
” “ These are the same personnel who hunt down violent fugitives every day.
” “ I ’ m incredibly proud of them and pleased that they were able to apply those same skills to finding missing children.
” “ I know Operation Autumn Hope has made a difference in a lot of young lives.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year in Ohio .
Over a hundred people were arrested in September 2019 as part of a large child sex trafficking sting operation based in central Ohio .
Among those arrested were a medical doctor and a church youth director .
Twenty-four men were nabbed when they arrived at an undisclosed location to meet a child for sex , according to Maj. Steven Tucker of the Franklin County Sheriff ’ s Office “ They show up with sex toys , they show up with lubrication , ” Tucker said at the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor , WBNS-TV reported .
Last month , 35 missing children between the ages of 13 and 18 from the Cuyahoga County area were located during Operation Safety Net .
Just over 20 percent of the recovered cases were linked to human trafficking .

The largest human trafficking operation in Ohio history resulted in the recovery of 45 missing children and 179 arrests, according to authorities.
The month-long operation, dubbed Autumn Hope, saw the US Marshals Service track down and recover dozens of trafficked children.
In all, 109 human trafficking victims were rescued and referred to social services, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office reported. More than 50 agencies participated in the operation, which also included the arrest of a man and the recovery of two children in West Virginia.
The operation included four priorities, according to the attorney general’s office: “Rescuing victims of human trafficking and referring them to social services, recovering missing and exploited children, apprehending those seeking to have sex with a minor” and “arresting male johns seeking to buy sex.”
One of the victims rescued was a “high-risk” 15-year-old girl from Cleveland linked to human trafficking, authorities said Monday.
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The operation was conducted by the marshals in conjunction with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and state and local agencies in Ohio.
Peter C. Tobin, US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, said:
“My thanks to all personnel who have stepped up for this operation.”
“These are the same personnel who hunt down violent fugitives every day.”
“I’m incredibly proud of them and pleased that they were able to apply those same skills to finding missing children.”
“I know Operation Autumn Hope has made a difference in a lot of young lives.”
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The US Marshals conducted similar operations last year in Ohio.
Over a hundred people were arrested in September 2019 as part of a large child sex trafficking sting operation based in central Ohio.
Among those arrested were a medical doctor and a church youth director.
Twenty-four men were nabbed when they arrived at an undisclosed location to meet a child for sex, according to Maj. Steven Tucker of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
“They show up with sex toys, they show up with lubrication,” Tucker said at the time.
The suspects were then charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, WBNS-TV reported.
Last month, 35 missing children between the ages of 13 and 18 from the Cuyahoga County area were located during Operation Safety Net.
Just over 20 percent of the recovered cases were linked to human trafficking.