BIDEN IS PISSED OFF AT STAFF FOR CLEANING UP HIS GAFFES, REMINDS THEM HE'S PRESIDENT

Biden is 'furious at aides repeatedly walking back his gaffes and undermining his credibility': Joe is also 'angry at staff for dire polls and has to remind them he is President'

 

By Elizabeth Elkind 

Daily Mail

May 31, 2022

President Joe Biden is furious with aides constantly walking back his 'off-the-cuff' comments, the rolling negative media coverage and the lack of Democrats rushing to defend him, according to a damning report of his administration published on Tuesday.

Biden believes his credibility is damaged by staffers when they correct his so-called 'gaffes', which reached boiling point in March when he said Vladimir Putin 'cannot remain in power,' NBC News reported.

He is also 'twisted' and 'mystified' by the fact that he is trailing by Donald Trump in the polls - as his approval ratings struggle to get above 40 percent - and has to remind those in his inner circle he is president.

Biden was also not told about the current baby formula shortage until just this month, despite economics experts claiming it had been building up to the crisis point for up to a year, according to the extensive report.

It's the latest supply crisis that Republicans and other Biden critics have been knocking him over for not being quicker to act.

It also suggests the Biden administration is headed for yet another staff shake-up, with Chief of Staff Ron Klain - known for putting up a vociferous defense of his boss on Twitter - expected to leave after November's midterm elections.

Biden's search for a potent midterm strategy to help Democrats keep their razor-thin control of Congress is also reportedly gaining urgency, even as the president grows more unpopular in the polls. 

'He shares the view that we haven’t landed on a winning midterm message...And he’s putting a lot of pressure on people to figure out what that is,' an unnamed White House adviser told NBC.

Even House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a close ally of Biden's whose endorsement helped the president clinch his 2020 primary race, conceded the president's struggles.

'I don’t know what’s required here,' Clyburn said. 'But I do know the poll numbers have been stuck where they are for far too long.'

An author who is writing a book about the current administration, Chris Whipple, conceded Biden had come to office with 'most daunting set of challenges arguably since Franklin D. Roosevelt, only to then be hit by a perfect storm of crises, from Ukraine to inflation to the supply chain to baby formula.'

But Tuesday's report still paints a picture of a commander-in-chief who appeared to have thought his decades of experience in the Senate would have given him an edge only to be left struggling with back-to-back public relations crises.

The president also reportedly griped to aides about the amount of negative coverage he's received and the lack of Democrats on television defending him.

But he's also complained about the way aides treat his public comments, the report claims, particularly ad-libbed statements that cause a stir in the headlines and they've been forced to walk back.

He reportedly thinks repeat corrections undermine his stature. One recent instance is highlighted in which an impassioned Biden said, after meeting with Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion, that Russian President Vladimir Putin 'cannot remain in power.'

Senior administration officials right up to State Secretary Antony Blinken immediately leapt to say the president was not calling for regime change in Russia.

'Biden was furious that his remarks were being seen as unreliable, arguing that he speaks genuinely and reminding his staff that he’s the one who is president,' NBC's report states.

The president was also reportedly angered that he was only told about the baby formula shortage this month - despite economists warning of the looming threat earlier

 

A White House official told the outlet: 'We don’t say anything that the president doesn’t want us to say.' 

And deputy press secretary Andrew Bates also weighed in on Tuesday morning, pointing out on Twitter that 'No comments elaborating on POTUS remarks are given without his expressed approval.' 

Biden is also particularly sensitive over his low approval rating, which has been sinking below his disapproval numbers since the American military's evacuation of Afghanistan in August 2021. 

'He’s now lower than Trump, and he’s really twisted about it,' someone close to the administration said. 

 The president is backed by 40.7 percent of Americans as of Tuesday while 54.1 percent disapprove, according to FiveThirtyEight's average of multiple recent polls.

That's now lower than every one of his predecessors at this point in their terms since the end of World War II.

Trump, who had long been an exception to that benchmark, now appears to have surpassed his Democrat rival. The ex-president's approval rating was 41.6 percent at this point in his tenure, slightly above Biden's.

And despite declaring late last year, 'I don’t look at the polls,' one person mentioned in the Tuesday report claimed that the president actually gets weekly briefings on where he stands with 'key demographics' - and another said he was reportedly baffled to be sliding back with suburban woman who were critical to his 2020 victory.

A White House official denied Biden's vexation with the polls, claiming instead that 'What he’s pushing for is to make a sharper case for all that we have accomplished thus far.' 

But among the biggest changes Biden could be faced with next is finding a new Chief of Staff - with Klain's reportedly planned departure window coming out weeks after Press Secretary Jen Psaki left her role and joined left-wing network MSNBC.

One person cited in the report claims to have heard Klain discuss leaving, but senior White House communications adviser Remi Yamamoto said on the record: 'As Ron has said publicly, he has not set a time frame, and this is not a discussion on the top of anyone’s mind here.'

Potential replacements could be Biden confidante Anita Dunn, White House counselor Steve Ricchetti or domestic policy director Susan Rice.

Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who lost his re-election bid last year to Republican Glenn Youngkin, also reportedly spoke to the White House about a senior role in the administration after his defeat last fall. 

MY KIND OF SHERIFF ..... THE KIND OF TOP COP EVERY CITY AND COUNTY NEEDS

'I'm scaring kids straight': Florida sheriff who perp walked 10-year-old boy for joking about buying AR-15s after Texas shooting has done the same to at least eight other kids under the age of 18

 

Daily Mail 

May 31, 2022

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, whose detectives perp-walked a 10-year-old boy and published his mugshot for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at his elementary school, says the public disgrace is scaring kids straight

 

The Florida sheriff whose detectives perp-walked a 10-year-old boy and published his mugshot for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at his elementary school says the public disgrace is scaring kids straight.

'The vast majority of parents come forward and tell me: "Thank you for doing that. My child is now afraid of the consequences,"' Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told DailyMail.com on Tuesday. 'It is changing the way we behave. It’s changing the way children think.'

Marceno, who touts himself as the state's 'law and order sheriff,' made an example of Daniel Issac Marquez, 10, after he sent a slew of text messages featuring pictures of assault style rifles and a written threat that said 'get ready.'

 

Daniel Marquez, shown here be walked out of a Lee County Sheriff's office, was described as 'sickening' the sheriff

Daniel Marquez, 10, (pictured) was arrested and charged on Saturday with making a threat to commit as mass shooting. His mugshot and video of the arrest were released shortly afterwards. Marceno, who has repeatedly said that a 'fake threat' equates to 'real consequences,' said he will continue to release juvenile mugshots because doing so ensures safety and teaches that committing an 'adult felony' results in punishment

 

The boy was arrested and charged on Saturday with making a threat to commit as mass shooting. His mugshot and video of the arrest were released shortly afterwards.

The sheriff, who has repeatedly said that a 'fake threat' equates to 'real consequences,' said he will continue to release juvenile mugshots because doing so ensures safety and teaches that committing an 'adult felony' results in punishment.

'The last thing we want to do ever is put a 10-year-old or child in handcuffs, that's not what we want,' he explained. 'But, we have to do our job and we have to make certain child safety is number.'

 

These are the mugshots of eight juvenile offenders that have been publicly ousted by Lee County officials

 

Lee County, where Marceno serves as sheriff, is no stranger to publicizing the crimes of children. The county has shared at least nine juvenile mugshots in recent years.

 

We have a ten-year-old, a fifth-grader, that sends text messages that circulate. Pictures of wads of money. Pictures of rifles and written threats after that,' Marceno said of the text during his interview Tuesday with DailyMail.com.

Marquez's threatening text was sent to another child and was forwarded on. The recipient's parents then texted Marceno, prompting the investigation. 

'We immediately, not waiting one second, investigate that. All hands of deck. Child safety is number one,' the sheriff, whose county is home to 118 schools and more than 100,000 students, explained, adding: 'That every threat is real until proven otherwise.'

'We know as children, we're going to make mistakes. I understand that - a 10-year-old's brain is not fully developed like someone who is 35 years old. But, at the same token, when you commit an adult felony we cannot overlook that.'

CATHOLIC CHURCH OVERWHELMED BY THE 'POSSESED' ..... WOULD IT HELP IF THEY SWITCHED TO THE BAPTISTS?

RACE WITH THE DEVIL: Exhausted Catholic exorcists BURNING OUT as number of 'possessed' grows

According to the poll, Italy has a minimum of 290 exorcists, with 37 in Spain, 16 in England and Wales, nine in Ireland, and three in Scotland 

 

By Ritika Singh 

 

meaww

May 30, 2022

 

 

The research was conducted by experts operating with the Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican-approved religious university in Rome

 

Exorcists in the Catholic Church allege they are burned out because they are burdened with performing exorcisms with minimal assistance and a limited number of exorcists. According to The Times, research conducted by experts operating with the Regina Apostolorum, a Vatican-approved religious university in Rome, found that Italian exorcists were overstressed and gained very little assistance from their bishops while dealing with long lines of Catholics professing satanic possession.

The Times claimed that Italian exorcists spoke to researchers during Regina Apostolorum's 16th annual exorcism course in Rome, which drew 120 people. Due to Pope Francis' conviction in exorcism, interest in an exorcism course has lately risen, with 120 people enrolling this year. According to the Independent, he has already spoken of assisting persons who are "possessed by evil" and has made exorcism an official Catholic discipline. Priests stated they require psychiatrists' help to distinguish between persons who are mentally ill and those who are possessed. They witness 30 to 50 instances every day. They were also required to perform exorcisms on those who tested positive for Covid-19 and were purportedly possessed by evil. According to the poll, Italy has a minimum of 290 exorcists, with 37 in Spain, 16 in England and Wales, nine in Ireland, and three in Scotland.

According to the report, Italy has 290 exorcists and Spain has 37. Unusual physical strength, vomiting, or a sudden ability to speak Latin, Hebrew, or Aramaic, according to conference participants, are signs of demonic possession. According to experts, "Many of the potentially possessed people they see in Spain have spent time with New Age, spiritual or meditation groups." There were 28 working exorcists in the United Kingdom and Ireland, plus a "dedicated office and staff" in Manila, the Philippines.

 

Pope Francis rides his Pope mobile through a crowd in Havana on September 22, 2015

 

Father Pedro Barrajon, a Spanish priest and theology professor, said the training assists in the recruitment of much-needed exorcists who are more able to deal with the demon.

"Costa Rica didn’t have a single exorcist and last year they named their first one," he told the outlet. "Manila in the Philippines now have a dedicated office and team. It used to be like the Wild West out there, but the quality is going up and we are seeing more cooperation with psychologists. Exorcism always arouses interest because of films about it, but the truth is these priests need to be trained."

Father Giuseppe Bernardi claimed to have performed a nine-hour exorcism on a lady who spewed abuse in Latin and attacked monks. According to the Journal of Vicenza, the woman's father believed she had "a psychiatric problem." However, the mother, and subsequently Bernardi, felt she was under the power of a demonic force. According to The Times, Bernardi claimed he had to seek the advice of psychiatrists to ascertain whether she was disturbed or possessed, but he did it without the support of the church. According to The New York Times, the lack of support from bishops is a common complaint among exorcists polled.

BIDEN MUST HAVE BLOWN HIS BRAINS OUT WHEN HE BLEW HIS NOSE

Biden says 'no rational basis' for 9mm pistols, trolls say 'give secret service slingshots'

President Biden made a remark about 9mm handguns, appearing to suggest that the 'high-caliber weapons' ought to be banned 

 

By Shifali Gorka 

 

meaww

May 30, 2022

 

 

Upon returning to DC from Uvalde, Biden held an impromptu unscripted press conference during which he said "A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body. So, the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there’s simply no rational basis for it."

 

President Joe Biden returned from a visit to the site of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas and spoke to reporters on the aftermath of the deadly massacre at the Robb Elementary School. The president may have committed another gaffe when he appeared to confuse the different types of bullets used by semiautomatic handguns and military-style assault rifles.

In a gun-related gaffe Biden claimed that 9mm guns are "high caliber weapons" that can blow a person's lung out of their body. Recalling a visit to a New York trauma hospital, Biden said doctors showed him X-rays of gunshot wounds, and "They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out — may be able to get it and save the life. A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body," Biden said. "So, the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of self-protection, hunting," Biden added. "Remember, the constitution was never absolute." "You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed," Biden said. "You couldn’t go out and purchase a lot of weaponry." Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old armed with an AR-15 rifle killed 19 children and two teachers at the Uvalde elementary school reigniting a political debate about how the country should act to prevent similar future tragedies.

Robby Starbuck, a congressional candidate shared Biden's video and wrote, "A 9MM bullet blows the lung out of the body" has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. Joe Biden is an imbecile. Why do the people who know the least about guns want to yap their gums the most about guns? What part of "Shall NOT be infringed" do they not get?"

"Joe Biden admitted today that he wants to ban the most popular handgun in America. Sorry communist @JoeBiden but SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED is VERY clear! We aren’t giving you our guns!", he added. "They invent these horror stories to help sell their gun grabs", Jim Hanson, Executive Director of America Matters, replied.

The Washington Times writes, that rounds of 9mm ammunition typically are used in handguns; most rifles use different rounds. The AR-15 fires a .223-caliber or 5.56x45mm bullet.

While several reports online speak of Biden calling for a ban on these guns, it is far from what he said. In his remarks, Biden also appeared to rule out the possibility of taking major executive action on guns, saying: “I can’t dictate this stuff. I can do the things I’ve done and any executive action I can take, I’ll continue to take. But I can’t outlaw a weapon. I can’t, you know, change the background checks. I can’t do that.”

Biden’s comments came fewer than 48 hours after Vice President Kamala Harris called for an assault weapons ban after attending a funeral for Buffalo shooting victim Ruth Whitfield, 86. “You know what an assault weapon is? You know how an assault weapon was designed?” Harris said Saturday, May 28. “It was designed for a specific purpose – to kill a lot of human beings quickly. An assault weapon is a weapon of war with no place, no place in a civil society.”

This is not the first time Biden has come after 9mm pistols, a week after he told voters that the Second Amendment doesn’t protect “a magazine with a hundred clips in it,” Biden when he was a presidential candidate in 2020 reportedly spoke about the 9mm pistols. While Biden’s statement did call out guns that use 9 mm ammunition, he referred to the high-capacity magazines that sometimes come standard, or are added onto, those types of guns. A pistol, according to federal regulations, is a handgun that has its chamber integrated with the barrel.

Many people felt Biden asked for the banning of 9mm weapons as an infringement on Americans' constitutional rights and began to troll him. A user wrote, "WTAF? That's the most butt-frakingly stupid statement from him in a while, and he says a LOT of stupid things! A 9mm bullet will just make a small hole."

The 9mm round is the most popular handgun caliber in the United States, accounting for well over half of all handguns produced in 2019, according to Shooting Industry magazine. The data showed that throughout the 2010s, 9mm pistols made up more than 40% of all pistols produced in the United States – or roughly four in every ten pistols. In 2020, ABC News reported that "The United States Secret Service is moving forward with plans to outfit its agents with Glock 9 millimeter (mm) pistols to replace the agency's existing Sig Sauer .357-caliber duty weapons." The fact was not lost on social media who trolled Biden asking him about his own security service. "Ok he can start by having his secret service giving up theirs," said one social media user. Another asked, "Well what caliber pistol does the secret service use to protect him?" A third suggested he "give secret service slingshots."

JUST SOME POOR BLACKS TAKING WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR

Video shows shoplifters brazenly clearing shelves of LA Sephora store 

 

By Bruce Golding

 

 

New York Post 

May 30, 2022

 

 

Video posted to Tik Tok shows three individuals clearing the shelves of a Los Angeles Sephora as employees and customers look on, before calmly walking out of the store

 

A trio of fearless thieves emptied the shelves inside a high-end makeup store in Los Angeles as stunned shoppers watched in amazement amid the nation’s ongoing shoplifting crisis, according to a video clip posted online.

The 47-second recording shows the crooks wearing hoodies over their heads as they grab various cosmetics and stuff them into black trash bags.

“Oh, my God. Oh, my f–king God,” one woman said while recording the heist on her cellphone.

“F–king lowlifes.”

At least two workers stood nearby as the scene played out, then followed the shoplifters as they scurried toward the exit before calmly strolling off with their haul.

The caper took place at the Sephora outlet in the Los Cerritos Center mall around 9 p.m. Saturday and was among several similar incidents reported there that night, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department told Fox 11 LA.

A Forever 21 store was the first business targeted, followed by the Sephora store, the LASD said.

 

The video appears to show two men and one woman ransacking the shelves in the store 

 

The thieves filled a trash bag apiece before calmly walking out of the store. It is unclear if they were apprehended

 

Employees looked on but kept their distance as the thieves went about their work. The employees could be seen speaking into their radios as the robbery went down

 

The thieves strolled calmly out of the store as the woman filming could be heard saying 'Oh my fucking god. 'Fucking lowlifes.' The footage comes as shoplifting is surging across the country 

 

The video was posted Sunday on TikTok by user @jessleetv, who added text saying, “I was just trying to pick out concealer then I heard a BANG…..CERRITOS MALL 5/28 at 8:50 PM.”

It quickly went viral, racking up more than 1.4 million views by Monday evening.

The unidentified criminals appear to have been two males and a female, leading one commenter to say, “Her confidence to do that while wearing slides.”

HOWARD SAFIR: 'THERE'S MORE GUNS IN NY THAN PEOPLE'

Regulate assault rifles like machine guns, says ex NYPD Commish Safir 

 

By Cindy Adams

 

 

New York Post 

May 30, 2022

 

 

Howard Safir (L) was New York City’s Police Commissioner from 1996 to 2000. Ramos (insert) legally purchased the guns (lower right) he used in the massacre shortly after his 18th birthday

 

Howard Safir, NYC’s Police Commissioner 1996 to 2000:

“Uvalde’s Salvador Ramos put $2,000 down, filled a voluntary form and got two legally purchased assault weapons plus 375 rounds of ammunition. That’s crazy. Mass school shootings since Columbine are mainly by 18 or younger males — with legally bought weapons of mass destruction.

“Federal firearms statute allows citizens to own machine guns. For this special license individuals must submit two photos, be fingerprinted, pay a $200 tax and have a local law enforcement agency certify they can own it. [These machine guns also must’ve been made before 1986.]

“Broken windows, jumping turnstiles, aggressive panhandling, small crime squeegee guys pretell one’s possibility to commit a larger crime. Many carried guns. My guys even arrested those who jumped subway turnstiles. No summons. Took them in, put them in our files, fingerprinted, photographed them, gave desk appearance tickets. We knew who they were.

“We deployed plainclothes units in high crime areas. Sent messages that if you commit a crime you’ll get taken in. Used computerized statistics to confirm sending resources to high crime areas. Our specially trained street crime unit did the stop, frisk, search and ask questions.

“It’s about criminals. There’s more guns here than people. Now — no bail, no jail. We did assertive policing. Seeking out criminals prevents crime. An atmosphere where criminals are afraid of police — not the public. In my time they weren’t carrying guns in the street to shoot innocent people.

“We’re not running out of jails. We’re running out of district attorneys who’ll put bad people in jails. It’s catch and release. When I was commissioner, Rikers’ population was 17,000. It’s now like 5,000. We had Mayor Rudy Giuliani and great DA Robert Morgenthau. Took us years to get things right in New York — then de Blasio comes and ruins it. It’s the atmosphere. Bad guys aren’t prosecuted.“

“Assault weapons — being semi-automatic — no special license is required. Why not reclassify them with the same requirements as machine guns? Not a ban — just a responsibility.

“The National Firearms Act says citizens can own a machine gun. But law says you must get fingerprinted, photographed, vetted by a police organization and pay a $200 tax. Why not assign assault weapons to that same category? They’re not because they’re semi-automatic instead of full automatic like machine guns — but just as dangerous.

“The NRA will oppose this or anything that requires gun owners to be responsible for their actions. But it is time for politicians to regulate a weapon that — with no legitimate sporting purpose — is designed only to kill people.

“If the midterms turn around — who controls Congress — we could see a turn to the center, to the right, and law and order people elected again. This commissioner doesn’t have the resources — nor the absolute backing of the new mayor — so it’s not going to happen.”

ISRAEL WARNS ITS CITIZENS TO GET THE HELL OUT OF TURKEY

Fearing Imminent Iranian Attack, Israel Bolsters Air Defenses, Tells Citizens to Leave Turkey

Retribution expected after top Iranian commander was assassinated; intelligence suggests Iran targeting Israelis traveling abroad

 

Israel Today 

May 31, 2022

 

 

Iron Dome batteries have been reinforced in the north of Israel in preparation for an expected Iranian attack

 

Israel is fairly certain that Iran plans to attack very soon. And it is taking every precaution given the different ways the Islamic Republic could strike.

The heightened level of alert follows the recent assassination of a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander in Tehran. Israel is believed to be behind the hit.

On Monday, some 100 Israelis currently vacationing or traveling on business in Turkey received text messages from the Israeli defense establishment urging them to keep a low profile and return home at the earliest opportunity.

Specific intelligence suggested Iran would try to either abduct or kill Israelis traveling abroad. Iranian state media ran a segment identifying five leading Israeli hi-tech and cyber security figures it says are “wanted.”

The Iranian retribution could also come from its forces and proxies in Syria and Lebanon, most likely in the form of surface-to-surface missiles.

In preparation, Israel on Monday beefed up its anti-missile defenses in the north of the country, according to Kan News.

BIDEN BETRAYS ISRAEL

Biden Is Skirting Laws to Aid Palestinians

The Taylor Force Act bars US funding to the Palestinians as long as they continue the “pay-for-slay” policy, rewarding terrorists with financial stipends

 

by Mitchell Bard

 

JNS   

May 31, 202

 

 

Then-US vice president Joseph Biden with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

 

Joe Biden made clear during his campaign that he would restore Palestinian aid cut by his predecessor as part of an effort to improve relations with the Palestinians. As president, he wasted no time in approving $290 million in assistance to the Palestinian Authority and another $150 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). These allocations violate the spirit if not the letter of the laws designed to make the Palestinians and the United Nations accountable for undermining the prospects for peace with Israel.

Since Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo Peace Accords in September 1993 and promised to stop terrorism, at least 54 Americans have been among the more than 1,600 people murdered by Palestinian terrorists. Those serving time in Israeli jails have been receiving stipends from the PA since it passed a law in 2004, providing these killers as much as $3,400 per month.

For example, American Ari Fuld was stabbed in the back and killed by Khalil Yusef Ali Jabarin in 2018. Jabarin was convicted in 2020 and became eligible to collect about $415 a month for the first three years of his sentence from the PA. During his lifetime in prison, Jabarin can expect to collect tens of thousands of dollars.

 

From Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon’s presentation on payments to Palestinian terrorists, May 11, 2017

 

Congress passed the Taylor Force Act, named for an American Army veteran who was visiting Israel as a graduate student and was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Jaffa, barring US funding to the PA as long as it continues this “pay-for-slay” policy. Aid continues to flow, however, despite the US State Department acknowledging that the PA has not terminated payments for acts of terrorism against Israeli and US citizens. This month, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed his commitment to the “pay-for-slay” policy.

The administration claims it is not violating the law. Even if that were true, since money is fungible, US taxpayer dollars free up money for the PA to continue to incentivize and reward terrorism.

In addition, the Consolidated Appropriations Act mandates that the United States withhold economic assistance from the PA if “the Palestinians initiate an International Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.”

The administration has found a way around this law as well, ignoring PA calls for ICC investigations into Israeli policies in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Last June, PA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Maliki demanded that the new ICC prosecutor give priority to the cases submitted by the “State of Palestine” and expedite the opening of the investigations. The PA has also submitted 60 cases accusing Israel of crimes.

There is no law barring aid to UNRWA; however, Congress has made its concerns known by requiring the State Department to report whether the agency is taking steps to ensure the content of educational materials taught in UNRW-administered schools and summer camps is consistent with the values of human rights, dignity and tolerance, and does not induce incitement.

The Biden administration said it was restoring aid after “UNWRA has made clear their rock-solid commitments to the United States on the issues of transparency, accountability, and neutrality in all its operations. … And what neutrality means in the context of the United Nations is zero tolerance for racism, discrimination, and antisemitism.”

The United States has continued to fund UNRWA while acknowledging the agency continues to distribute antisemitic and anti-Israel material. A report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), for example, found that “UNRWA is complicit in radicalizing schoolchildren through the glorification of terrorists, encouragement to violence and teaching of blood libels to Palestinian schoolchildren.” UNRWA maps label all of Israel as “Palestine,” and Israel is referred to as “The Enemy” or the “Zionist Occupation.”

In 2020, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the use of such materials, and the United Kingdom and European Union subsequently cut their contributions to UNRWA.

UNRWA has been a sinkhole for more than $6 billion in US funding since 1950. This is an agency that was supposed to support Palestinian (and Jewish) refugees until they could be resettled or repatriated. More than 70 years later, UNRWA creates refugees, claiming the need to support 5.7 million Palestinians—more than 10 times the number that was displaced in 1948-1949. Today, the real number of surviving refugees is probably less than 20,000 but by defining “refugee” to include descendants, the number has continued to grow each year.

Thanks in part to US support, UNRWA can incite violence and teach millions of Palestinians to hate Jews and Israel.

Rather than use aid as leverage to encourage reforms, the administration is rewarding the Palestinians for their intransigence and underwriting their promotion of terror.

ANGEL LOSES HER HEAD WHEN $2M TABERNACLE IS STOLEN FROM BROOKLYN CHURCH

Thieves rob Brooklyn church of $2M tabernacle, decapitate angel statue 

 

By Reuven Fenton and Tina Moore

 

 

New York Post 

May 29, 2022

 

 

                 The altar of St. Augustine parish as it appeared before the tabernacle was stolen

 

A bejeweled tabernacle believed to be worth $2 million was stolen from a Brooklyn church by godless thieves who also decapitated statues of angels, cops and church officials said Sunday.

The crooks used power tools to slice open a steel cabinet at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope and swipe the “pure 18-karat gold tabernacle with jewels” sometime between Thursday and Saturday, police said.

The tabernacle is believed to date to when the Park Slope church was built in the 1890s. It held the Holy Eucharist and was only ever opened during Mass. 

The thieves also cut off the heads of angel statues flanking it and left the Eucharist strewn about the altar.

Church officials were horrified by the unholy act.

 

Thieves used power tools to cut through an altar at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church

 

“To know that a burglar entered the most sacred space of our beautiful church and took great pains to cut into a security system is a heinous act of disrespect,” said the Rev. Frank Tumino, the church’s pastor.

The pastor said he came by the Sixth Avenue church at around 3:50 p.m. Saturday for confession and noticed the doors were ajar, although the house of worship had been locked since 7 p.m. Thursday.
He went into the sacristy, noticed that items were out of place and called the police.

Then he noticed the missing tabernacle and his heart dropped “right to the pit of my stomach,” he said.

“I could see that the tabernacle they had been working on, they had been really well prepared and working on cutting the steel cabinet that covered it,” Tumino said.

He said the removal of the tabernacle was “very, very violent.”

 

A statue of an angel had its head removed

 

“I tend to think and look for the good in all people, so I never would have known, would have thought” this would happen, he said.

“That being said, I always try to make sure that things are locked and that the church is lit.

Tumino believes the culprits broke into the church not through the front door but by some other means. They exited through the front by breaking its lock, which was on the inside.

A safe in the sacristy was also cut open but nothing was inside, church officials said. A DVR containing surveillance footage was taken.

Tumino said information about the church and its artifacts was very public. The church is also used for weddings and other events.

He said many of the police officers who came to investigate the theft were disgusted.

“They equally were horrified,” he said. “I can’t tell you how many of the officers at varying levels kept on sharing, ‘This is horrendous, Father. This is so unbelievable.’ That was very encouraging and heartening. ”

He begged the thieves to bring back the tabernacle.

“As a human being, I say, ‘You’ve taken away something that is so beautiful, that has given people beauty among the ugliness of their lives at times,’ ” Tumino said.

“A sacred thing should not be cut up and sold. A sacred thing should not be melted down. A sacred thing should really be protected. And so that would be my greatest hope, that as it is sacred and has been used for over 100 years for sacred things, that it would return to sacred use.”

New York State Catholic Action Chairperson James Russell called on the incident to be investigated as a hate crime.

“When is enough, enough! Yet, again our churches have been desecrated,” he said in a statement. “We encourage in the strongest terms possible that if you see something that isn’t right, say something!”  

CNN WAS ALSO DELIBERATELY DISHONEST WHEN TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT

CNN’S Farce of an ‘Investigation’

Cobbling together speculation, assumption, feelings and partisan “experts,” the only thing CNN’s report on Shireen Abu Akleh’s death proves is that it is no longer a serious news agency

 

by David M. Litman

 

JNS 

May 30, 2022 

 

 

CNN eagerly took the Palestinian narrative surrounding the death of Shireen Abu Akleh and presented it as "evidence" of Israel's culpability

 

CNN’s “investigation” of the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh did not, as it claims, show that Israeli forces intentionally murdered her. Instead, CNN only showed the world how far the news company has fallen from serious journalism.

CNN’s incendiary accusation against Israel piles assumptions on top of assumptions. It relies not so much on objective, incontrovertible evidence, but on the feelings of biased eyewitnesses. All the while, plausible alternative explanations are not only cast aside, but effectively covered up by CNN’s reporting.

These are the acts of a partisan organization, not a serious news agency.

Below are just some of the major shortcomings of the CNN investigation.

Concealing assumptions and caveats

CNN relies on Robert Maher, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Montana State University and who specializes in forensic audio analysis, to suggest that the gunfire that killed Abu Akleh originated at a distance “between 177 and 197 meters.” This, CNN goes on to claim, “corresponds almost exactly with the Israeli sniper’s position.”

CNN presents Maher’s analysis without including the important assumptions and caveats that Maher provided elsewhere. For example, in a separate interview with Bellingcat, Maher explained some of the ways this analysis could be wrong:

“Maher added a note of caution and caveats to these calculations. ‘The estimate of the distance depends upon the air temperature, since this affects the speed of sound,’ he said.

“While the calibre of bullet analysed is also consistent with reports that the bullet which killed Abu Akleh was 5.56mm, it is also important to note that this calculation does not account for the possibility that another weapon not visible or captured in videos from the scene could have been used.

“On top of this, Maher noted that even a slight difference in the assumed speed of the bullet could result in change to the calculations: ‘Probably the bigger question is my assumption about the bullet’s speed. If the bullet were travelling at a slower supersonic speed, the distance estimate would be longer. If the bullet were travelling at a faster supersonic speed, the distance estimate would be shorter.’”

Nowhere, in either the CNN article or the TV segment, were these important qualifications provided.

Moreover, there are important questions that CNN never addresses. For example, the article states: “The video that Maher analyzed captures two volleys of gunfire; eyewitnesses say Abu Akleh was hit in the second barrage….” Did Maher also provide an analysis of the gunfire from the first barrage? If so, was it consistent with his analysis of the second barrage? This is important information left out of CNN’s reporting that would help clarify whether there may or may not have been gunfire from a different source.

This is particularly important considering a claim in the TV segment where CNN states that Palestinian gunmen were “without a clear line of fire” towards Abu Akleh. At no point does CNN explain what would have obscured their line of fire. A map used by CNN places Palestinian gunman south of the Israeli soldiers on the same, largely straight road which both the Israeli soldiers and Abu Akleh were also on. While it is certainly possible that changes in elevation or other obstacles could have obscured the line of fire from the Palestinian position, CNN simply does not provide the details necessary to support or challenge the claim.

 

The map used during the CNN segment showing the positions of Abu Akleh, the IDF forces, and Palestinian gunmen (unlabeled, but in the bottom dot)

 

This is to say nothing of the fact that CNN’s “investigation” completely ignores the possibility that other Palestinian gunmen were located elsewhere. After all, exchanges of fire occurred in multiple locations during the IDF operation. Palestinian gunmen were seen not just further south down the same road, but also in alleyways and on rooftops. Instead of acknowledging the possibility that the gunfire could have come from an entirely different position, CNN assumes the only Palestinian gunmen present were on the road south of the Israeli forces.

In addition to asserting that the Palestinian gunmen south of the Israelis did not have a clear line of fire, CNN also claims they would have been “beyond the 200-meter reach of the gunfire.”

Realize what CNN is doing here. They leave out the important qualifications Maher made elsewhere, that the estimate of 177-197 meters was based on numerous assumptions, and the fire could very easily have been from a shorter or longer distance if any of those assumptions did not hold. After failing to inform its audience of this, CNN then states definitively that Palestinian gunmen more than 200 meters away “were too far from Abu Akleh to have fired the fatal shot, according to a firearms expert.” This is only true if every single assumption Maher made turns out to be correct, but none of which have yet been proven.

By failing to inform viewers and readers of the important assumptions and caveats of Maher’s analysis, and by failing to support its conclusions (such as with Palestinian lines of fire) CNN uses broad strokes to prematurely rule out very plausible alternative explanations.

The “expert”

CNN’s report also relies on an expert by the name of Chris Cobb-Smith. Cobb-Smith claims that there was “no chance” random fire could result in the “tight configuration” of the shots that hit a tree next to where Abu Akleh died. As CNN relays to readers:

“’The number of strike marks on the tree where Shireen was standing proves this wasn’t a random shot, she was targeted,’ Cobb-Smith told CNN, adding that, in sharp contrast, the majority of gunfire from Palestinians captured on camera that day were ‘random sprays.’”

Cobb-Smith’s suggestion is that because a “majority” of Palestinian gunfire captured on camera were “random sprays,” the shots that hit the tree could not have been Palestinian gunfire. Once again, speculation and assumptions on top of assumptions. For one, he’s relying solely on gunfire captured on video, which, of course, does not account for exchanges of gunfire not caught on video. Worse, even according to Cobb-Smith’s own statement, not all Palestinian gunfire (his words: “majority of gunfire”) came in the form of “random sprays.”

So how can Cobb-Smith make this definitive claim?

Now consider Cobb-Smith’s background, which at no point is provided by CNN.

Far from being an impartial expert, Cobb-Smith is from the notoriously partisan organization Forensic Architecture. His organization has openly advocated anti-Israel political positions that have nothing to do with forensics, such as promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

It’s also the organization that absurdly claimed Israel unlawfully shot a Palestinian man, Ahmed Erekat, when he rammed a car into an Israeli soldier in 2020, notwithstanding the clear video of the incident. An individual from an organization willing to go to such absurd, partisan lengths to accuse Israel of acting unlawfully can hardly be considered an impartial “expert.” Yet that is exactly how CNN presents him.

The “witnesses”

CNN failed to provide context on the individuals it was relying on elsewhere, too.

Take Shatha Hanaysha. She has a known history of publicly celebrating terrorist rocket attacks on Israel and “[w]however sacrifices his life for the sake of the homeland.” Hanaysha publicly celebrated the murder of 17-year-old Israeli girl Rina Schnerb, tweeting: “Maybe this attack would become a model to follow, which would make ‘recreational hikes’ in the hills and plains of West Bank, an adventure of undesirable consequences” (as translated by CAMERA Arabic).

In 2018, Hanaysha seemed particularly fond of the terrorist murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, tweeting (among other posts): “22 bullets in only 40 seconds within a range of 20 meters,” followed by a smile emoji and the hashtag “#NablusOperation.” She would go on to tweet repeatedly about the “martyr AhmadJarrar”—the terrorist who killed Rabbi Shevach.

True, even a broken clock is right occasionally, and someone who celebrates the murder of teenage girls can tell a truth once in a while. So what evidence did Hanaysha bring to the table for CNN?

Feelings.

Consider this exchange, in which CNN uses her to attempt to establish their the main claim that the IDF deliberately targeted Abu Akleh:

Hanaysha: “But I think they want to kill us. This is why they shoot. I don’t have another reason why they shoot. And they know that we are journalists.”

CNN: “It felt targeted?”

Hanaysha: “Yeah….”

In other words, CNN relied on her mind reading powers and her feelings. Hanaysha was 200 meters (656 feet) from the IDF soldiers, according to CNN itself. Even assuming those shots were fired by them, what evidentiary value is provided by Hanaysha’s claims that she “thinks” they wanted to kill Abu Akleh?

Consider the other main exchange between a CNN interviewer and Hanaysha:

CNN: “The Israeli government has said that there were also Palestinian gunmen in that area, and that–”

Hanaysha (interrupts): “No”

CNN: “–it could have been either. You were there. What did you see?”

Hanaysha: “I absolutely disagree that there is any Palestinian guy with his gun. And as a journalist, and as a human, I will not put myself in a dangerous situation.”

Hanaysha is blatantly lying. Even the CNN segment contains video of Palestinian gunmen firing in the area—CNN’s own map even shows a location where Palestinian gunmen were captured on video firing at Israeli soldiers. Yet CNN never confronts Hanaysha with the evidence the network had available that directly contradicted her emotional testimony.

Another prominent witness is Jamal Huwail. Like Hanaysha, Huwail is known for glorifying terrorism, including a stabbing attack that killed four Israelis just two months ago.

Huwail is used in the article for two claims. First, according to CNN, Huwail “believed the shots were coming from one of the Israeli vehicles….” Then, quoting Huwail directly: “They were shooting directly at the journalists.”

There’s a big problem with this. Nowhere does CNN state where Huwail was at the time Abu Akleh was killed. CNN tells us where he was earlier in the day (“at the Awdeh roundabout”—down the road from where Abu Akleh was later killed) when he was chatting with Abu Akleh, but then states, “The next time he saw her up close, she was dead.”

If Huwail saw Abu Akleh earlier in the day at a different location, and the only time he saw her again afterwards was after she was already dead, how does he know the shots came from the Israeli vehicles, and that they were shooting directly at the journalists?

Relying solely on CNN’s own reporting, there’s no reason to think he would be in any position to make such a claim.

Whether relying on Hanaysha or Huwail, much of the “evidence” of the IDF “targeting” Abu Akleh seems to rely on people who were 200 meters (or, in the case of Huwail, perhaps much further) away from the soldiers and yet seem to believe they know exactly what the Israeli soldiers were seeing and what was going through their minds at the time.

That’s beyond shoddy journalism.

Conclusion

Consider just the fact that at no point does CNN even establish that the Israeli soldiers knew there were journalists down the road, let alone intentionally shot at them.

The evidence it uses for these propositions boils down to mainly the feelings of two obviously partisan witnesses who were 200 meters (or more) away from the soldiers. Barring the existence of psionic abilities, their statements are useless for actual evidentiary purposes. Instead, they serve only to stir up emotions.

The only other evidence used by CNN to suggest Abu Akleh was “targeted” is the “analysis” by the partisan Cobb-Smith who fails to adequately explain how he can rule out the source of fire being from Palestinian gunmen.

Cobbling together speculation, assumptions, mind reading witnesses and partisan “experts,” CNN falls far short of proving the serious allegation that Israeli forces deliberately targeted a journalist.

But, as seems increasingly clear, CNN isn’t actually interested in honesty when it comes to Israel.

UVALDE CITIZENS DEMAND GUN CONTROL

Joe Biden trolled for shedding tears at Texas school memorial: 'Empathy without works is useless'

Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrived in Texas to console the families of the victims of the deadliest Uvalde school shooting 

 

By Shifali Gorka 

 

meaww

May 29, 2022 

 

 

President Joe and first lady Jill Biden to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Texas on Sunday morning, May 2019, to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and to comfort victims of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history when a Sagittarius slaughtered 19 children and 2 adults on Tuesday May 24th. As they exited a church service in the city, an onlooker called out to the President, “Do something!” “We will,” Biden replied. It was the second time in as many weeks that they mourned alongside families whose loved ones died in a mass shooting.

The First Lady carried a large bouquet of white roses to place in front of Robb Elementary’s brick sign. The Bidens, both dressed in black, stood silent for a moment in the midday sun. The President made the sign of the cross and shed a tear. After speaking with the principal and local officials, Biden and the first lady walked to a series of memorial wreaths, each marking one of the children or teachers who were killed. They touched cardboard cutouts of each in silent observation, their photos on the front surrounded by garlands of white flowers.

The Bidens attended mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller invited children from the devastated congregation to sit in front. “Our response must be hope and healing,” he said, urging the community to “resolve to support one another with respect for our differences.” And later in the afternoon, Biden and the First Lady met privately with family members of the victims at the Uvalde County Arena.

The White House tweeted about Biden’s visit to the Robb Elementary School memorial.

However, he was heavily criticized and trolled for shedding a tear and showing empathy at the Uvalde School Memorial. People blamed the government for the attack. One user wrote: “Empathy without works is useless”

Another user wrote: “It would seriously be better if he didn’t go. Let the parents mourn. Don’t give them false hopes.”

One user wrote: “We need change. We need laws that protect people, not gun manufacturers. Our government is failing us. Both parties are failing us to show that we are done with inaction.”

Another user trolled him, writing, “Where will his next massacre tour stop?”

The frustration of the angry public could be felt at the memorial. Some onlookers waiting for Biden began screaming as Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrived to escort the president. “Please Governor Abbott, help Uvalde County,” a man shouted. “We need change. Our children don’t deserve it.” As Biden drove away, similar cries for help could be heard before getting into his vehicle. A day before Biden’s visit, he spoke to the victims’ parents about his Sunday meeting.

“I will be traveling to Uvalde, Texas to speak with these families. As I speak, these parents are literally preparing to bury their children in the United States of America, to bury their children. There’s too much violence, too much fear, too much grief,” Biden told graduates at the University of Delaware’s graduation ceremony on Saturday.

For Biden, the meeting should bring comfort to grieving families in their darkest moments. He often draws on his own experience of losing two children — a young daughter to a car accident and his adult son to brain cancer — to comfort other parents.

“Losing a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. There’s a hole in your chest and you feel like you’re being pulled in and never get out. It suffocates. And it’s never quite the same,” Biden said on the night of the Roosevelt Room shooting, shortly after returning from a two-country visit to Asia.

In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Roland Gutierrez, a Democratic state senator from Texas, was asked if the country “has a gun problem or a security problem,” Gutierrez replied, “It’s absolutely a gun problem, and it’s all of that Things,” he said. Abbott believes it’s a mental health problem. Sure it is. Well, then fund it right. We’re dead in the United States as far as mental health funding goes. You know, we have one Crisis of infinite proportions in this United States.” “Ultimately, if we don’t have access to militarized weapons, that’s not going to happen, just as it doesn’t happen in the rest of the world,” he added.

NEW YORKERS DO WHAT THEY DO BEST ..... WATCH SOMEONE ELSE BEING VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED WITHOUT LIFTING A HAND TO HELP THE VICTIM

                                                                        Even in schools, kids don't stop to help

 

NYC subway HORROR: Video shows woman BEGGING for help as man assaults her and everyone watches

The visibly distressed woman is heard crying out, 'Help! Help!', but the other riders ignore her 

 

By Sumanti Sen 

 

meaww

May 27, 2022

 

 

Video shows NYC subway passengers walk away and do nothing as thug brutally assaults woman 

 

NEW YORK CITY, NY: A shocking video has captured the moment a woman riding a New York City subway was seen pleading with fellow passengers to help her while a thug randomly assaulted her. Riders, however, were seen simply ignoring her cries for help and walking away. The video shows the man storming around the train car and yelling expletives.

The hooligan, dressed in a white hoodie, is shown sitting down as many passengers quickly move to another area of the train. As one female passenger, who was closest to the frenzied person, tried to flee, he grabbed her and forced her to sit down beside him. He is seen grabbing the victim by her hair and pushing her down into the seat. The incident is a stark reminder of the Philadelphia train rape case from 2021 where surveillance footage from a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train showed how 35-year-old Fiston Ngoy sat next to a woman for a conversation on the train before ripping her clothes off and "just completely overpowered the woman and forcibly raped her.” Here as well none of the passengers intervened.

The visibly distressed woman is heard crying out, "Help! Help!", but the other riders ignore her. He is then seen shoving the woman to another area of the train moments later, yelling at her, "Get up!" He then walks away, screaming obscenities after which he kicks a window of the moving train. After this he simply walked into the crowd as the train pulled into the station platform. New York Police Department told the Daily Mail that they are "looking into it", referring to the incident.

             

Fellow subway passengers ignored as the victim cried for help 

 

There has been a disturbing increase in violence on the city streets and subways. Recently, a man was arrested and taken into custody for fatally shooting 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez on a Q train over the Manhattan bridge. Andrew Abdullah, 25, is being charged with murder. 

In April, a man wearing a gas mask threw two smoke canisters and also opened fire aboard a subway car on the N train while it was approaching the 36th Street Station in Brooklyn in the morning. Frank James is facing one felony charge for committing a terrorist attack against a mass transportation system.

A Reddit thread about the incident shows mixed reactions from social media users. While some criticized the passengers for doing nothing, others claimed a direct confrontation is not always possible. "That poor woman...how did everyone just stand there and do nothing?" one user wrote. "I can't believe the consensus here is that it's better to just stand and do nothing... wtf. There were at least 3 to 4 guys on that train. I've confronted people on my own. Wtf is wrong with people, do they expect the NYPD to handle it? like they do with everything else. Gtfo. Stand up people," another user commented. One user wrote, "Person recording and people on the train are worthless. Wow".

"Everyone appears so numb to this kind of insanity. Not speaking from experience or anything but I feel like the best thing to do if he didnt let go or the situation escalated is to have someone hold the doors open while someone else tries to get a hold of security. Definitely no direct confrontation until the next stop and doors are held open so people have a route of escape if he produces a weapon," wrote one user, while another argued, "You can’t fight crazy. What do you think he would do if someone came up and tried to defend her. The best guess is he would freak out even more and seriously hurt her or someone else. Crazy people tend to carry knives or weapons and it’s not safe to confront them. The best bet is always to de-escalate as much as possible. Most nyc subway riders know that."

TIRE SLASHERS STIKE NYPD VEHICLES

Tires found slashed on multiple NYPD traffic vehicles in Queens 

 

By Larry Celona and Amanda Woods

 

 

New York Post 

May 30, 2022

 

 

About a dozen NYPD vehicles were found with slashed tires at a lot in Long Island City, Queens on Sunday

 

About a dozen NYPD traffic vehicles had their tires slashed inside a Queens lot over the weekend, cops said. 

A traffic enforcement agent found the vandalized vehicles inside the unsecured lot on Thompson Avenue near 30th Place in Long Island City around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, according to authorities and police sources. 

No arrests had been made by Monday morning. 

Police did not have any information on suspects.