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Orthodox Jews
April 15, 2024
Ed Kozak
Lawfare

Judge Blocks Orthodox Jews, Who Overwhelmingly Back Trump, from Trial Jury.

Judge Juan Merchan is being accused of purposefully scheduling proceedings on Fridays to prevent Orthodox Jews from participating in the jury in former President Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial. An American Jewish Committee (AJC) poll found that 74 percent of Orthodox Jews favored Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 elections.

Fox News host Mark Levin and Dan Schneider, vice president for the Media Research Center’s Free Speech Alliance group, are among those questioning Merchan’s schedule. They argue the choice of Fridays, rather than Wednesdays, sidelines Orthodox Jews, who observe the Shabbat starting on Friday evenings.

“Leftwing anti-Trump Democrat judge in phony case against Trump starting tomorrow has purposely scheduled trial days to include Fridays to prevent more conservative pro-Trump Orthodox Jews from serving on the jury,” Levin posted on X (formerly Twitter). “This is yet another sleazy move by this judge.”

“Orthodox Jews to be excluded from [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin] Bragg’s jury pool. The NYC demographic group most strongly supportive of Trump is the orthodox Jewish community,” Schneider posted on X. “So, no surprise that the very biased judge in Bragg’s case scheduled the trial to include Fridays instead of Wednesdays. Very unusual, but understandable since this switch will necessarily exclude all orthodox Jews from the jury pool. Democrat operatives are very clever.”

As Trump heads into this unprecedented trial, he has labeled it as a form of “election interference” and branded it an “assault on America.” Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 charges in the case centered around falsifying business records, with the trial expected to span approximately six to eight weeks.

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Judge Juan Merchan is being accused of purposefully scheduling proceedings on Fridays to prevent Orthodox Jews from participating in the jury in former President Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial. An American Jewish Committee (AJC) poll found that 74 percent of Orthodox Jews favored Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 elections. show more
The Intercept
April 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media

ANOTHER Media Firm Losing Cash, May Fold.

The Intercept, a far-left news outlet, is reportedly losing around $300,000 a month now it has been cut off by leftist billionaire Pierre Omidyar. Omidyar, an Iranian-American born in France, has funded many leftist projects, most notably the government-tied Misinformation Reporting Portal (MiRP) used to censor conservatives online.

He spun off The Intercept from his First Look Media organization in 2022 with a grant of $14 million to help it strike out on its own. However, much of that funding appears to have been squandered, and the news site is projected to be out of cash by 2025.

The struggling outlet has managed to mobilize its audience to set records for small-dollar donations since the Hamas terror raid on Israel on October 7, 2023, adopting a strong anti-Israel stance that has pleased readers but further alienated “traditional funders,” according to chief executive Annie Chabel.

The Intercept often attacks the Biden regime and the Democratic Party in general, particularly on foreign policy, which has proved unpopular with liberal donors who fear “infighting” could help Donald Trump return to power.

Some of its leading figures, such as founder Glenn Greenwald, have also left the organization on bad terms, alleging it was actually censoring criticism of Joe Biden.

The Intercept’s editorial union is at odds with Chabel, saying she has “failed” to fundraise, creating further tensions within the organization.

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The Intercept, a far-left news outlet, is reportedly losing around $300,000 a month now it has been cut off by leftist billionaire Pierre Omidyar. Omidyar, an Iranian-American born in France, has funded many leftist projects, most notably the government-tied Misinformation Reporting Portal (MiRP) used to censor conservatives online. show more
April 15, 2024
William Upton
Crime
NatSec

Clinton-Linked Diplomat Spied For Cuba, Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail.

Former U.S. diplomat and Cuban spy Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government earlier this year. The plea agreement stipulates that Rocha, 73, must also cooperate with federal investigators in an ongoing assessment of the impact his espionage activities have had on U.S. interests.

U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom told Rocha at the sentencing hearing: “Your actions were a direct attack to our democracy and the safety of our citizens.” The Cuban spy acknowledged responsibility for his actions and said he would accept the court’s penalty.

Rocha — who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia under both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — was arrested in early December of last year. His entering of a guilty plea to spying allegations in late February shocked the U.S. foreign service community. The scale of damage that Rocha may have caused to U.S. intelligence and national security operations around the communist Cuban regime is not yet known. Details of the former diplomat and spy’s activities are considered classified – Judge Bloom herself was not even informed by prosecutors when they became aware that Rocha was an agent of Cuba.

In recorded conversations with an undercover FBI agent posing as a Cuban intelligence operative, Rocha referred to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro as “Comandante,” referred to the U.S. as the “enemy,” and bragged about his role as a Cuban operative for over 40 years within U.S. foreign policy circles.

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Former U.S. diplomat and Cuban spy Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government earlier this year. The plea agreement stipulates that Rocha, 73, must also cooperate with federal investigators in an ongoing assessment of the impact his espionage activities have had on U.S. interests. show more
trump gag order
April 15, 2024
Lawfare

Democrat Judge Tells Trump He’ll Be Arrested if He Misses Trial to Campaign for President.

The Democrat donor judge in President Donald J. Trump’s New York trial beginning this week has communicated to the 45th President that his presence is required in the courtroom every day, and if he breaks – such as to campaign for the office he is currently running for – he will be arrested.

The ruling underscores Trump’s long-standing claims that the case, brought by far-left Democrat Alvin Bragg, is simply designed to interfere in the U.S. Presidential election.

“Mr. Trump, you may remember that I previously gave you Parker warnings: You have the right to be present in the trial. If you disrupt the proceeding, you may be excluded and jailed. If you fail to appear, a warrant will be issued for your arrest,” Judge Merchan said on Monday.

While Merchan did not specifically mention campaigning for President, this is the primary activity in Donald Trump’s life right now, currently being placed on hold for at least six weeks as this trial in New York not just continues, but demands his presence under threat of arrest.

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The Democrat donor judge in President Donald J. Trump's New York trial beginning this week has communicated to the 45th President that his presence is required in the courtroom every day, and if he breaks – such as to campaign for the office he is currently running for – he will be arrested. show more
April 15, 2024
Crime
News

FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into Baltimore Bridge Smashed by Container Ship.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has initiated a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, last month. The bridge was struck on March 26 by the DALI, a container ship flagged in Singapore and crewed by Indians, assisted by U.S. harbor pilots. The subsequent collapse of the bridge caused six fatalities.

The FBI has officially confirmed its presence on the ship, stating, “The FBI is present aboard the cargo ship DALI conducting court authorized law enforcement activity.” They declined to add further details, but official sources say investigators will seek to establish whether the crew knew their ship, which appeared to lose power before the allision, had issues before they departed.

Erek L. Barron, U.S. attorney for Maryland, reaffirmed his commitment to the law in a statement, saying, “Whether it’s gun violence, civil rights abuse, financial fraud, or any other threat to public safety, we will seek accountability for anyone who may be responsible.”

The DALI is registered to Grace Ocean Ptd Ltd. and managed by the Singaporean firm Synergy Marine Group. At the time of the tragedy, Maersk had chartered the ship, which was en route to Sri Lanka from Baltimore.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has initiated a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, last month. The bridge was struck on March 26 by the DALI, a container ship flagged in Singapore and crewed by Indians, assisted by U.S. harbor pilots. The subsequent collapse of the bridge caused six fatalities. show more
Katherine Maher NPR
April 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media

New NPR CEO Has One of the Wildest Anti-White Racist Social Media Histories You Could Imagine.

Katherine Maher, the President and CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), has a long history of politically partisan and anti-white posts on X, formerly Twitter.

Appointed in March, Maher has led the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s fightback against Uri Berliner, a senior editor at NPR who exposed its bias and obsession with woke objectives such as “identifying and ending systemic racism.”

“Questioning whether our people are serving our mission with integrity, based on little more than the recognition of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning,” she complained.

However, this intervention by Maher, the daughter of a Democrat state senator and a Goldman Sachs banking executive, has only drawn attention to her partisanship.

As a senior and eventually chief executive at Wikimedia, she regularly posted diatribes against Donald Trump, writing “Christ, what an asshole” when the then-President was responding to a natural disaster in 2017 and branding his administration “on the wrong side of history” in 2018, for example.

She is also an anti-white racist. In 2020, she suggested she would not leave the U.S. to escape Trump’s “tyranny” because it would be an unfair use of her “cis white mobility privilege.” The same year, she said she had been “taught” to use a “hysteric white woman voice” to get her way. She also argued that looting, while “counterproductive,” was an understandable response to “a system of oppression founded on treating people’s ancestors as private property.”

X owner Elon Musk was among those who expressed disapproval of Maher’s post history, calling her a “crazy racist.”

Maher is also a gender ideologue but has still had to apologize for “trans-erasure” and “binary language” for using insufficiently woke phraseology while advertising her progressivism.

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Katherine Maher, the President and CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), has a long history of politically partisan and anti-white posts on X, formerly Twitter. show more
trump trial
April 15, 2024
Lawfare

Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial, With Democrat-Linked Judge, Starts Today.

Hundreds of New Yorkers are set to appear for jury duty in Manhattan this morning, where they will potentially be selected to serve as jurors for the “hush money” trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The Manhattan district attorney’s office and Trump’s legal team plan to sift through the pool to select 12 jurors and several alternates, a process that might take days or even weeks.

The case centers on payments made to whore Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, who both claimed to have had affairs with Trump years before he ran for president. Trump has denied these affairs, and Daniels even signed a letter admitting it never happened in 2016. The legal case emerges from how the payments were accounted for and reported, the key allegation revolving around the falsification of business records.

Information about the jury pool has been kept under wraps, with lawyers on both sides looking to gather as much information as they can about the potential jurors. The parties, excluding Mr. Trump, will have the jurors’ names. Lawyers will have access to their addresses due to New York State laws.

The public will not have this information as Judge Juan M. Merchan, overseeing the trial, has allowed these details to be withheld. Merchan and his family are linked closely to a number of far-left operatives and politicians including Vice President Kamala Harris. Merchan’s daughter was recently caught gloating about the possibility of her father putting Donald Trump behind bars. As as result of the discovery, Merchan extended a gag order to stop Trump and his team discussing his daughter’s intricate links with Democrats.

Throughout the vetting process, potential jurors will have to answer questions related to their jobs, education, families, news sources, and their opinion on Mr. Trump. Questions about past political affiliations, contributions, or voting history will not be included. The legal teams have the option to object to potential jurors if they believe the individual cannot be a fair and impartial judge.

This trial, projected to last more than six weeks, underscores a significant milestone in America’s descent into a banana republic, seeing a former President stand trial for unverified claims made some eight years ago.

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Hundreds of New Yorkers are set to appear for jury duty in Manhattan this morning, where they will potentially be selected to serve as jurors for the "hush money" trial of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. The Manhattan district attorney's office and Trump's legal team plan to sift through the pool to select 12 jurors and several alternates, a process that might take days or even weeks. show more
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel
April 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Religion

VIDEO: Bishop Stabbed During Live-Streamed Service.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, was stabbed multiple times in the middle of a live-streamed service.

Footage of the sermon shows a dark-skinned man in a black jacket approaching the bearded clergyman while he is speaking before flying at him with a knife. Parishioners at the church can be heard shrieking in horror before rushing forward to stop the attack.

“Officers attached to Fairfield City Police Area Command attended a location on Welcome Street, Wakeley, following reports a number of people were stabbed,” confirmed New South Wales police.

Mar Mari is a vocal critic of Islam and has a substantial following on social media. Clips of his preaching often go viral on TikTok, causing him to be dubbed the “TikTok Bishop.”

He was previously a bishop of the Ancient Church of the East, which is separate from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox communions. He was excommunicated in 2014.

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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, was stabbed multiple times in the middle of a live-streamed service. show more
10 commandments
April 14, 2024
Education

Bill to Require 10 Commandments in Classrooms Advances.

An initiative to require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools has made headway in Louisiana’s legislature, stoking debate about the interplay between religious principles and public education. Known as HB71, the bill calls for the Ten Commandments to be displayed on 11 x 14-inch posters in every public classroom, with the financial burden to be carried by private donations rather than taxpayer funds.

State Representative Dodie Horton (R-Haughton) justified the move by arguing that the document has historical significance and provides a moral compass that transcends religious boundaries. The Ten Commandments, she claims, form the bedrock of legal systems across various cultures and religions, asserting that its display does not constitute advancing any particular religious worldview.

Nevertheless, past Supreme Court rulings cast doubt on the constitutionality of such a measure. Stone v. Graham, 1980, declared a similar mandate was mainly religious in nature and lacked secular purpose. Despite the historical legal precedents and controversies surrounding the issue, the bill passed with a majority vote in the 10-2 range and is slated for further deliberation in the full House. The bill’s fate remains uncertain as no other state has been successful in passing similar legislation.

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An initiative to require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools has made headway in Louisiana’s legislature, stoking debate about the interplay between religious principles and public education. Known as HB71, the bill calls for the Ten Commandments to be displayed on 11 x 14-inch posters in every public classroom, with the financial burden to be carried by private donations rather than taxpayer funds. show more
trump raheem kassam
April 14, 2024
The National Pulse
News

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The National Pulse is just one of a handful of news sites in the English-speaking world that refuses to take cash from politically motivated billionaires, political action committees, or major corporate entities. Our founding philosophy means that we would always prefer to be for the people, and by the people. With this in mind, we started a membership program that now has over 12,000 subscribers contributing around just $1.73 per week. show more