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A Few GOP Holdouts Could Derail Alejandro Mayorkas’ Impeachment

Published by Tampa Free Press The House of Representatives’ Republican Conference does not yet appear to have enough votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, those House members still deciding how they will vote told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Mayorkas, who oversees immigration and border security, has been heavily criticized throughout the Biden

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Pilip, Suozzi vie for ex-Rep. George Santos’ NY seat as early voting starts

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Early voting started Saturday in the heated congressional special election to pick a successor to disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos for a Long Island swing seat that could further reduce the already razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Democratic ex-Rep. Tom Suozzi is battling upstart

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Pentagon announces new series of coalition strikes in Yemen: 13 targets attacked

Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) The U.S. and UK, supported by other coalition countries, conducted additional strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Weapon depots, including missile systems, were targeted, announces U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to the head of the U.S. Department of Defense, additional strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled

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Own Your Accomplishments; Give Yourself Credit

I’m answering emails and half watching the 2024 Emmy Awards on TV, mostly to see the fancy dresses and gorgeous humans. I gaze up from my laptop as Niecy Nash-Betts accepts her trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress, proudly raises it to the sky, and yells “I’m a winner, baby!” Now, I am watching with my full attention. I see Niecy give a powerful, emotional acceptance speech, which includes a loud shout-out to an unusually recognized person. [Shayna Kaufmann]

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Speaker Johnson says House will vote on Israel bill next week, applying pressure to Dems

Published by Mirror By Joe Smith The House will vote on a standalone Israel aid bill next week, without any offsetting spending cuts, speaker Mike Johnson, R-La told Republicans on Saturday. Johnson criticized the impending Senate legislation that would lump Israel aid in with border security and asylum laws and funding for Ukraine in a

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Shelley Berman

He started doing stand-up comedy during the 1950s, leading to a recording contract with Verve Records. His album “Inside Shelley Berman” won the first Grammy Award for “Best Comedy Performance-Spoken” and his voice was the inspiration for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Fibber Fox. He appeared in episodes of numerous television series including Curb Your Enthusiasm in which he played Larry David’s aged father, a role for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2008. He also had many movie credits, and taught humor writing at the University of Southern California. [SDJW Staff]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Local Volunteers Fly to Israel to Pick Fruit

Lauren Lizerbram of Rancho Santa Fe, the First Lady of Jewish National Fund-USA, extols the experience she had on a 4-day volunteer mission picking fruit at a kibbutz 3.7 miles from the Egyptian border.  The wife of JNF-USA President Sol Lizerbram noted that Thai workers are no longer available in southern Israel, site of the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists.  “The farmer said he would have absolutely lost his entire crop if it wasn’t picked,” she reported.  “And this was only one farmer.  There are many farmers like him.” [SDJW staff]

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US retaliatory strikes hit Iran-linked targets in Syria, Iraq

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a recent drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan. The extensive air attacks were ordered in response to the deaths of

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New Jersey man pleads guilty to hate crimes after assaulting, driving into Orthodox Jews

Published by New York Daily News A New Jersey man has admitted to carrying out a series of hate crimes in the Lakewood area, including attempting to run down members of the Orthodox Jewish community with a car, officials announced. Dion Marsh on Thursday pleaded guilty in a federal court hearing in Trenton to five

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OpEd: Iraq and Iran Complicit in the Tower 22 Attack

Admiral John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, said explicitly that the United States is not looking for a war with Iran. He failed to mention that Iran has proclaimed itself at war with the United States and has been using its proxies to attack US bases and killing and wounding American soldiers for years. Iran now controls Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. [Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen]

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N.J. man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in attacks on Orthodox Jews

Published by NJ.com An Ocean County man on Thursday pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes levied against him for an antisemitic rampage in 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, faces a possible life sentence, federal prosecutors said. Last week, he also pleaded guilty to state terrorism charges and faces 30

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Republican Jewish Coalition Slams Biden’s Sanctions on Four Israelis

“This executive order is about cold, calculated politics – plain and simple. Joe Biden and his team are watching his poll numbers crater. Today he traveled to the key battleground state of Michigan, home of the largest Arab-American population in the United States, desperate for some sort of political “win” with his fervently anti-Israel base in the Democratic Party. It’s a disgrace.” (Press Release)

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Biden visits Michigan as Arab-American anger over Gaza grows

Published by AFP HARPER WOODS (United States) (AFP) – President Joe Biden traveled Thursday to the crucial swing state of Michigan, where growing Arab-American anger at his pro-Israel policies threatens to cut into already tight margins of support. As the Israeli military keeps pounding Hamas in Gaza in retribution for the October 7 attacks, and

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US Sanctions Four Israeli Individuals For Alleged Violence On Palestinians: Blinken Mulls 2-State Solution

Published by Benzinga On Thursday, the Biden administration took a significant step by imposing sanctions on four Israeli individuals, alleging their involvement in settler-related violence in the West Bank. An executive order, enacted by the U.S. administration, seeks to apply penalties to Israeli settlers operating in the West Bank, an area where Palestinians envision establishing

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