Times of Israel

NEW YORK (JTA) — Seth Rogen and his father were honored by the secular Jewish group The Workers Circle — formerly known as The Workmen’s Circle until Monday night — for their contributions to Jewish culture, activism and promotion of the Yiddish language.

Rogen, 37, who usually plays Jewish characters in his movies, recently studied Yiddish for “An American Pickle,” an upcoming film in which he plays a Jewish pickle maker who emerges from a pickle barrel after being stuck there for 100 years.  Continue reading “Seth Rogen and father honored for their contributions to Jewish culture”

New York Post – by Lia Eustachewich

The US sailor who shot up the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has been identified — and he used his service weapons in the suicidal attack, according to new reports.

Petty Officer Gabriel Romero, 22, used his M4 service rifle in the shooting Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilian employees and wounding a third, according to a preliminary incident report obtained by Fox News.  Continue reading “Suspect in Pearl Harbor shooting identified as Petty Officer Gabriel Romero”

Breitbart – by Tom Ciccotta

New York University-Shanghai has introduced a pro-communist “civil education” course at the request of the Chinese government. As part of the class students will take trips to visit memorials for those that died defending China’s communist party.

According to a report by Campus Reform, New York University Shanghai has introduced a pro-communist course that sympathizes with the Chinese government. Reports suggest that the Chinese government demanded that NYU Shanghai offer the course.  Continue reading “NYU Shanghai Adds Pro-Communist Class at Chinese Government’s Request”

New York Times Magazine – by Josh Owens

On Election Day 2016, I sat in the passenger seat of Alex Jones’s Dodge Hellcat as we swerved through traffic, making our way to a nearby polling place. As Jones punched the gas pedal to the floor, the smell of vodka, like paint thinner, wafted up from the white Dixie cup anchored in the console. My stomach churned as the phone I held streamed live video to Facebook: Jones rambling about voter fraud and rigged elections while I stared at the screen, holding the camera at an angle to hide his double chin. It rarely worked, but I didn’t want to be blamed when he watched the video later. Continue reading “I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It.”

ICE

NEW YORK — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested Feliciano Perez-Bautista, 32, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Perez-Bautista, a twice removed Mexican national who has pending manslaughter and gang assault charges, was released from local law enforcement custody with an active detainer due to Westchester County’s Immigrant Protection Act. Continue reading “ICE arrests Mexican national with pending manslaughter, gang assault charges; released despite active detainer”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Greenville, SC — Sean Theodore Kaiser, 40, had no criminal record and had never been in trouble with law enforcement before a disturbing interaction over an alleged shoplifting charge unfolded last month. According to Kaiser’s attorney, the 40-year-old was suffering from some sort of a mental health crisis and instead of getting the help he needed, a trigger happy cop showed up and shot his innocent mother. Continue reading “Cop Responds to Unarmed Mentally Ill Man’s Crisis by Shooting His Innocent Mother”

The New Arab

France’s parliament voted late on Tuesday to adopt a definition of anti-semitism that includes anti-Zionism, prompting angery from activists who believe it will restrict legitimate criticisms of Israel.

French lawmakers adopted the controversial bill, which was tabled by Paris MP Sylvain Maillard from Emmanuel Macron’s La Republique en Marche centrist party, with 154 votes against 72. Continue reading “France adopts resolution equating ‘anti-Zionism’ with ‘antisemitism’”

New York Times – by Reed Abelson

The nation’s hospital groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over a new federal rule that would require them to disclose the discounted prices they give insurers for all sorts of procedures.

The hospitals, including the American Hospital Association, argued in a lawsuit filed in United States District Court in Washington that the new rule “is unlawful, several times over.”  Continue reading “Hospitals Sue Trump to Keep Negotiated Prices Secret”

Daily Mail

Two people have been spotted easily climbing over a new section of President Donald Trump’s border wall with a rope ladder.

Footage shows three people at the foot of the wall at the California-Mexico border that the President has previously said ‘could not be climbed’.  Continue reading “Border Patrol catch two scaling new section of Trump’s wall”

The Local

Construction workers have been blockading refineries in Brittany since last week and a blockade at La Rochelle – which was listed over the weekend – has resumed.

French media reported on Tuesday morning that 390 filling stations have no fuel at all, and another 389 have limited supplies. The areas affected include Brittany, the west of France, the south east coast area around Marseille and some parts of eastern France near the Swiss border.  Continue reading “Hundreds of filling stations around France have run out of petrol and diesel as blockades of oil refineries enter their second week.”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Hickory, NC — The taxpayers of Hickory, North Carolina found out that they will be shelling out $400,000 this week after one of their police officers lost his cool and smashed a tiny handcuffed woman into the concrete driveway outside of the jail. Chelsea Doolittle suffered a broken nose and multiple broken teeth as a result of the attack.

“This is a nice early holiday gift that this unfortunate chapter in her life has come to an end, and she just, like you’d expect, is just hoping to move forward,” attorney Brad Smith said on Tuesday after news of the settlement was released.  Continue reading “Cop Smashes Handcuffed Woman into Concrete, Shattering Her Teeth Over Parking Ticket”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

There was a federal bond hearing for former Houston Police Officer Gerald Goines last week after his arrest on 20 November, 2019.

In the hearing for Goines, FBI special agent O’Neil Brown testified about more evidence found in Goines’ official, but unmarked Houston Police Department car. From click2houston.com:  Continue reading “More Revelations at Former Officer Goines Bond Hearing, Chief Officer in Harding Street No Knock Raid”

Breitbart – by John Carney

U.S. private employers added far fewer jobs than expected in November, the fewest since May, according to a report Wednesday from private payroll processor ADP and Moody’s Analytics.

The ADP National Employment Report said U.S. employers added just 67,000. The median forecast by economists was for 156,000, according to Econoday.  Continue reading “Private Payroll Growth Crashes in November”

The Washington Post – by Joshua Partlow, David A. Fahrenthold

BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — It was important for Sandra Diaz to be invisible.

Before entering the Trump family villa, she would tie back her hair, pull on latex gloves and step into delicate paper shoe coverings. She knew not to wear makeup or perfume that might leave the faintest trace of her presence.

Continue reading “How two housekeepers took on the president — and revealed that his company employed undocumented immigrants”

Winter Watch – by Thomas Müller

It’s been well publicized that the Houston Public Library in Texas hosted two registered sex offenders for Drag Queen Story Hour. Soon after, a Texas library in Austin did the same. It was later revealed that Austin Public Library, as a matter of policy, does not conduct background checks on its guest performers for children’s programs, according to a January 2019 resolution passed by the city’s LGBTQ Quality of Life Advisory Commission. Continue reading “Who’s Behind Drag Queen Story Hour?”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Gun buyers are currently on the cusp of breaking the record for the highest number of background checks conducted in one year’s time.

Breitbart News reported the record for the most background checks in a single year is 27.5 million, and we are fast approaching that number.  Continue reading “Gun Buyers on Cusp of Breaking All-Time Background Check Record”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Del Rio Sector Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Brady Waikel told Breitbart News that “nothing crosses the river in this area without a payment being made” to Mexican cartels. His comments came during a recent roundtable discussion between Del Rio Sector leadership and Breitbart.  Continue reading “No One Crosses River Without Payments to Mexican Cartels, Says Texas Border Sector Asst. Chief”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the latest reversal to his campaign promise to bring American troops home, the Trump administration is considering “significantly expanding” the US military footprint in the middle east, by sending as many as 14,000 additional troops, along with military hardware and a dozen ships to the Middle East, the WSJ reported. Continue reading “Trump May Send Another 14,000 Troops To Middle East To “Deter” Iran”