Middle East Monitor

Hollywood celebrities raised a record breaking $60 million for the Israeli military at the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) annual gala last week.

This year’s sold-out Western Region event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel welcomed more than 1,200 supporters of Israel, including prominent actors and singers like Ashton Kutcher, Pharrell Williams, Gerard Butler, and Katharine McPhee.“We are thrilled that so many members of our community, including major Hollywood figures, are coming together to help us support the brave men and women of the [Israeli army].” said FIDF National Board Member and Chairman of the event, Haim Saban. “Standing behind these heroes is one of my greatest honours in my life.”   Continue reading “Hollywood stars raise record $60m for Israel army”

Foundation for Economic Education – by Brittany Hunter

Over the last several years, Facebook has gone from facilitating the free flow of information to inhibiting it through incremental censorship and account purges. What began with the ban of Alex Jones last summer has since escalated to include the expulsion of hundreds of additional pages, each political in nature. And as more people become wary of the social media platform’s motives, one thing is absolutely certain: we need more market competition in the realm of social media.   Continue reading “Not Too Big to Fail: Why Facebook’s Long Reign May Be Coming to an End”

WCBS 880

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Two New York lawmakers are working to draft a bill that would propose a social media check before a gun purchase.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and state Sen. Kevin Palmer’s proposal would allow authorities to review three years of social media history and one year of internet search history of any person seeking to purchase a firearm.   Continue reading “Lawmakers Drafting Bill That Would Allow Social Media Checks Before Gun Purchase”

Daily Mail

A Texas homeowner has been arrested for firing his gun in an apparent attempt to scare of illegal immigrants when he saw them running through his property after crossing the border.

Enrique Fernandez, 56, was arrested in Brownsville, Texas, after agents who were patrolling the border heard the shots and called the local sheriff’s department.   Continue reading “Texas homeowner is arrested after firing his gun to ‘scare off’ illegal immigrants who ran onto his property after crossing the border”

Nexus Newsfeed

It saddens me to see older women diagnosed with “osteopenia” or “osteoporosis” listening to their doctors and taking supplemental calcium and even problematic drugs called bisphosphonates.  These are irrational, dogmatic, harmful approaches to the problem of degrading bone as we age.  

“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.“~Proverbs 17:22   Continue reading “Osteoporosis is scurvy of the bone, not calcium deficiency”

KITV 4 – by by Laura Schweizer

KANEOHE, Hawaii – The name of a newly opened transitional housing lot fits its mission. What’s being called  “The Shelter,” will be a temporary home for nearly 45 single homeless women and their children.

“I think the people who move in will feel a sense of value, dignity, and ‘ohana,” said Pastor Klayton Ko, Senior Pastor at First Assembly of God, Kane’ohe, and visionary behind the dome shelters.   Continue reading “The state’s first igloo dome shelters open to help Hawaii’s homeless”

Star Tribune – by Erin Adler

From Burnsville to Crystal, many cities in the metro area no longer require residents to obtain pet licenses, calling the practice out-of-touch in an age when rabid dogs rarely roam and people have other ways to find their missing pets.

“What I’ve seen is some cities finding it is more of a headache … than it is a benefit,” said Graham Brayshaw, head veterinarian for the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley.  Continue reading “No license, no problem: More cities eliminating pet licenses”

NTD – by Zack Stieber

MSNBC broadcast a graphic showing that Democrat Andrew Gillum won the race for Florida governor, claiming it was “inadvertent.”

The graphic, aired during “All In,” with openly liberal host Chris Hayes, shows Gillum receiving about 45,000 more votes.

“Quick clarification here. Just want to say, earlier this hour, uh, we showed a graphic of the Florida gubernatorial race. May have caught your eye because our system had inadvertently populated some test numbers,” Hayes said, reported Deadline.  Continue reading “MSNBC Broadcasts Florida Governor Race Results One Day Early”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Terms of the preliminary settlement with eight Hispanic plaintiffs – seven from Arizona and one from Washington state – were disclosed in a Nov. 2 filing with the federal court in Phoenix.   Continue reading “Motel 6 to pay $7.6 million for giving guest lists to U.S. immigration”

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China last month granted initial approval for 16 new trademarks for the fashion brand of U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka, including voting machines, a search of official records on Tuesday showed.

Ivanka announced in July she was shutting her fashion line to focus on her role as an informal White House adviser, where she is working on advancing working women.   Continue reading “China grants more trademark approvals for Ivanka Trump firm – including voting machines”