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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Biden Releases Statement on Mob Attacking Jewish Synagogue in LA, Declines Call for Any Punishment of Terror Attack

Katie Pavlich: Over the weekend a pro-terrorism mob descended on a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. Dressed in Islamic keffiyeh and holding Palestinian flags, the mob proceeded to attack the Adas Torah synagogue and Jews outside of the building. Biden finally put out a statement. Notice he didn’t call for punishment of the violent terrorists (Townhall). President Biden: I’m appalled by the scenes outside of Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles. Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic, and un-American. Americans have a right to peaceful protest. But blocking access to a house of worship – and engaging in violence – is never acceptable (X). Reporter Nioh Berg: They’re beating up Jewish women in LA in broad daylight now. Why? Because of a country thousands of miles away, or so they’ll tell you. It’s not about Israel or even about zionism. These are dormant genocidal urges that they finally see an outlet for (X).

Israeli Victims of October 7 Sue UNRWA for Aiding Hamas in Attack

Free Beacon: Israeli victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack are suing the United Nations’ leading aid organization in the Gaza Strip, alleging that the organization “led a billion-dollar money laundering operation that funded Hamas” and enabled the terror group to carry out last year’s unprecedented strike that killed more than 1,200. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in New York federal court by MM~LAW on behalf of more than 100 Israeli victims of the Oct. 7 attack. It alleges that the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the internationally funded aid delivery group in Gaza, spent years laundering billions in donor cash to Hamas, “greatly reducing humanitarian aid provided to Gaza residents and playing a key role in the October 7 attack,” according to a summary of the lawsuit (Free Beacon). I24News: The lawsuit, spanning over 150 pages of detailed factual allegations, outlines how UNRWA officials, including senior directors based in New York City, allegedly facilitated Hamas in carrying out what plaintiffs describe as genocidal acts against Israeli civilians. The plaintiffs, non-U.S. citizens who were victims or survivors of the attack, argue that UNRWA’s actions were crucial in enabling Hamas to perpetrate these atrocities (I24News).

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) Looks to Force Vote in House to Arrest AG Garland After DOJ Fails to Enforce Criminal Referral

Fox News: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is planning to force a vote on directing the House Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest Attorney General Merrick Garland sometime this week. Luna is sending a letter around to fellow House Republicans on Monday arguing that the Department of Justice (DOJ) undermined Congress by refusing to act on the contempt resolution passed by the GOP majority earlier this month. Inherent contempt differs from the criminal contempt resolution passed on June 12. The latter referred Garland to his own department for criminal charges. However, inherent contempt, if passed, could force Garland to stand trial before the House of Representatives and, if found guilty, would lead to his detention by the House Sergeant-at-Arms (Fox News).

Hunter Biden Requests New Trial Over Procedural Technicality

CNN: Hunter Biden is requesting a new trial in his federal gun case, with his lawyers claiming that there was a procedural issue in the timing of the early June trial that resulted in a guilty verdict against him. His lawyers claim that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over his case because of appeals that he had filed challenging his prosecution. The defense team says that the conviction must be wiped away because, even though the appeals court had rejected the appeals by the time the trial started, it had not issued what’s known as a “mandate” – the procedural maneuver that effectively notifies a lower court of ruling made by a higher court in an appeal. Biden’s lawyers are pointing to the absence of a mandate sending the case back to the trial court after the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals handed down rulings rejecting two of his appeals in late May (CNN). Axios: Biden faces up to 25 years in prison over the three gun charges. Although as a first-time offender, it’s unlikely he will receive the maximum sentence. A sentencing date has not yet been set (Axios).

Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Louisiana Law Mandating Schoolrooms Show Ten Commandments

Associated Press: Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana public school children with various religious backgrounds (Associated Press). Axios: Plaintiffs, who said the law “unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance,” poses an expected challenge to the only state with such a requirement (Axios).

CNN Cuts Off Trump Spokesperson Who Brought Up Debate Moderator’s Anti-Trump Rhetoric

Fox News: CNN has already set the stage for an unfair debate between former President Trump and President Biden by selecting a debate moderator with a “history of anti-Trump lies” and abruptly ending an interview with the campaign’s spokeswoman on Monday morning, according to the Trump campaign. “CNN cutting off my microphone for bringing up a debate moderator’s history of anti-Trump lies just proves our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly in Thursday’s debate. Yet President Trump is still willing to go into this 3-1 fight to bring his winning message to the American people, and he will win,” Trump national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News. Leavitt was abruptly cut off during an interview with CNN host Kasie Hunt on Monday morning, after criticizing CNN hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, who will moderate Thursday’s debate between Trump and Biden (Fox News). Jack Posobiec: CNN host Kasie Hunt CUTS OFF Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt the second she brings up Jake Tapper spending years comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. This is a preview of how CNN will act during the debate (X). End Wokeness: Oh look, debate moderator Jake Tapper repeatedly comparing Trump to HitIer. I’m sure this debate will be 100% fair (X).

McDonalds in San Francisco Closes Due to Minimum Wage Hike

HotAir: In San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria mall, a McDonald’s franchise has been serving up the usual assortment of burgers and fries to shoppers for more than thirty years. The restaurant also created countless entry-level jobs for teens and young people. But that all came crashing to a halt this weekend when the shop abruptly closed its doors and ceased operations. You might be tempted to suspect that this was caused by the soaring crime rates and migrant issues plaguing the city, and there have certainly been plenty of those issues to contend with. But Scott Rodrick, the franchise owner, told reporters that the final nail in the coffin was the state’s move to jack up the minimum wage to 20 dollars per hour for fast food workers this year. Combined with other rising costs, he said that finally pushed them over the edge. He called the decision “gut-wrenching” (HotAir). ABC: He said all of the employees were offered jobs at nearby locations, and a vast majority of them will remain with the company (ABC).

Supreme Court Will Take on Challenge to Tennessee’s Ban on Gender “Reassignment” for Minors

Townhall: The United States Supreme Court will review Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and irreversible sex reassignment surgeries for minors. The case, United States vs. Skrmetti, will be argued in the next term, which starts in October. Tennessee enacted a law in 2023 to protect children from experimental, so-called “gender-affirming care,” which includes surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone therapies. The legislation allows lawsuits against health care providers who violate these restrictions. In addition, providers who break the law could lose their licenses to practice. Reportedly, two “transgender” teenagers challenged the law (Townhall). Scotusblog: The challengers raised several different issues in their petitions for review. First, they noted, the courts of appeals are divided on the question at the center of both the Tennessee and Kentucky cases: whether (and, if so, how) states can ban gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender adolescents. (The ban on gender-affirming surgeries is not before the Supreme Court in this case.) But the cases also present other questions that the court should resolve, the challengers continued, such as how courts should review state laws that single out transgender people for disfavored treatment, whether courts should subject such laws to a more stringent review, and whether the laws violate the fundamental rights of parents to make decisions about medical care for their children (Scotusblog).

New European Union Law Could Fine Apple Up to 10 Percent of Total Profit

New York Post: Apple has become the first US tech giant to be charged under the European Union’s tough new antitrust tech law — potentially exposing it to billions of dollars in fines for allegedly stifling developers in its App Store. The iPhone maker has allegedly breached the EU’s Digital Markets Act by preventing app developers from easily steering customers to cheaper offers outside the App Store, the European Commission said Monday. If confirmed to have breached the law, Apple could be fined up to 10% of its total worldwide revenue — a figure that could amount to tens of billions of dollars, as the company’s global revenue in 2023 totaled $383 billion (New York Post). Associated Press: Under the DMA’s provisions, app developers must be allowed to inform customers of cheaper purchasing options and direct them to those offers. The commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said App Store rules “prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content.” Apple now has a chance to respond to the findings. The commission must make a final decision on Apple’s compliance by March 2025 (Associated Press).

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Julian Assange Agrees to Plea Agreement for Publishing Classified Documents

Washington Post: Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, has reached a tentative deal to plead guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act for his role in obtaining and publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010. The plea deal likely ends a long-running legal saga and a transatlantic tug-of-war that pitted national security against press freedom. He is expected to plead guilty and be sentenced on Wednesday in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a letter filed by the Justice Department in the remote U.S. jurisdiction Monday evening. He will then return to his home country of Australia, the letter says, indicating he will be sentenced to the 62 months he has already spent behind bars (Washington Post).