By Hannah Nightingale – The Postmillennial

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, was reportedly flagged as suspicious by the Secret Service over an hour before the shooting, and that Secret Service marked him as a threat 10 minutes before Trump took to the stage. Continue reading “NEW: Secret Service flagged would-be assassin as ‘threat’ 10 minutes before Trump went on stage”


Republican Jewish Coalition chief Matt Brooks delivered an Israel First speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday and told the Israeli paper Haaretz afterwards that his goal is to “make sure the Tucker Carlson-wing of the party doesn’t get a foothold” in the GOP. 

The Trump assassination attempt was good for Israel because with the US focused on domestic issues it means “there is no reason to expect any drastic new pressure on Israel from Washington before the presidential election,” according to a new column in the Times of Israel. 

