Confessed Pennsylvania governor’s mansion arsonist Cody A. Balmer, who is now being hospitalized for an unspecified reason, told police he was prepared to beat Gov Josh Shapiro with a sledgehammer if he encountered him. Meanwhile, new details have emerged that paint Balmer as a quintessential dead-ender with a troubling assault charge on his rap sheet — and a mother who’d tried in vain to get police to lock him up in the days leading up to the arson attack.
In an appearance at the Dauphin County District Court, Balmer was charged with eight crimes, including attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, terrorism, reckless endangerment and prowling at night. As he was escorted both to and from the courthouse, Balmer made strange faces for the media throng, crossing his eyes and sticking his tongue out.
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President Trump on Thursday announced he was nominating Israeli-born Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi Yehuda Kaploun as US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. 
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that they’re monitoring immigrants’ social media for any “antisemitic activity” which they will now use “as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.” 