Sara Netanyahu: Me and my children are victims of abuse

PM's spouse slams anti-government protesters, whom she calls 'hooligans' on cocaine, for 'defecating in people's yards' during rallies against Netanyahu; bashes left-wing lawmakers for failing to denounce lewd comments directed at her

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, on Wednesday claimed she and her two sons are being abused by the protesters during rallies against the prime minister's Jerusalem residence.

Throughout the summer, thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to call on Netanyahu to resign, protesting his handling of the country’s coronavirus crisis and saying he should not remain in office while on trial for corruption charges.

"There are hooligans and anarchists who shout 'death to Bibi (the prime minister's nickname) and Sara,'" said Netanyahu. "Just yesterday, I saw that someone admitted that some demonstrators defecate in people's yards. It is not fake news when the prime minister says it."

"People are going to die. I didn’t hear anybody condemning this anarchism. People do lines and come [to protests] doped up," she said, implying some protesters are using cocaine before rallies.

"I condemn any violence on the right. I don’t want to hear any 'death to Arabs' or 'death to leftists' calls. Most right-wing demonstrators do it respectfully with songs and flags, I can hear them. If there is a rogue minority – the prime minister and I condemn it."

Netanyahu also criticized the center-left lawmakers for failing to address obscene sexual comments launched at her during protests and online.

"I haven't heard [Defense Minister Benny] Gantz or [Foreign Minister Gabi] Ashkenazi condemn the sexual violence against me," said Netanyahu. "I would expect the most from [Labor MK Merav] Michaeli, I did not hear her condemn it. I have not heard from [Meretz MK] Tamar Zandberg, who only knows how to shout and shout."

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H14djt11zP

Flashback: Harris Said America ‘should have that conversation’ About Felons In Prison Getting Right To Vote. She’s No Centrist

Former California Attorney General Sen. Kamala Harris may have been too tough on petty crime criminals but don’t be fooled. She’s not a centrist and many of her views appear to align with the radical left. ‘

In fact, some go hand in hand with socialist Democrat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Here’s one example that’s been resurfaced since presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden selected Harris for his running mate: her appearance last year on CNN’s Town Hall. In one exchange with CNN’s Don Lemon in April, 2019, Harris is asked if felons, including the Boston Marathon bomber, should be given the right to vote from prison.

The felons comprised those that committed sexual, as well as aggravated assault, and even prisoners from death row, stated Lemon.

Harris responded that yes, America “should have that conversation.”

What? Does anyone with common sense even for one minute think that a felon should be given the right to vote from prison?

Harris also explained her role as an advocate that fights for voting rights for those who have already served their sentences saying, “I agree that the right to vote is one of the very important components of citizenship and it is something that people should not be stripped of needlessly is why I have been a long advocate of making sure that formerly incarcerated are not denied a right to vote.”

She went onto say that in some states former felons are permanently deprived the right to vote and it is an issue that she wishes to change.

“These are policies that go back to Jim Crowe, these are policies that go back to the policies of disenfranchisement,” she said.

It’s strange that these are her positions on the issue when she was highly criticized before for her stringent prosecution of minor crimes and her failure in California to investigate police officer related shootings. She was highly criticized for her lack of action.

Read this excerpt from The New York Times

Indeed, an examination of that record shows how Ms. Harris was far more reticent in another time of ferment a half-decade ago.

Since becoming California’s attorney general in 2011, she had largely avoided intervening in cases involving killings by the police. Protesters in Oakland distributed fliers saying: “Tell California Attorney General Kamala Harris to prosecute killer cops! It’s her job!”

Watch Harris and Lemon below. Decide for yourself what trajectory our nation would take if she and former Vice President Joe Biden were elected to the White House.

https://saraacarter.com/flashback-harris-said-america-should-have-that-conversation-about-felons-in-prison-getting-right-to-vote-shes-no-centrist/

Susan Rice, Benghazi & the Spygate Scandal

“As the rest of Washington sleeps in terms of political corruption investigations, Judicial Watch continues. We just released the sworn deposition answers of Susan Rice,” Fitton stated in last week’s Weekly Update.

When it comes to Susan Rice’s involvement in the Benghazi scandal, “you might not be surprised to learn that Susan Rice can’t remember much.” As you might recall, Susan Rice was Obama’s National Security Advisor and U.N. Ambassador. Judicial Watch investigations have documented her unmasking requests for General Flynn, as well as her broader involvement in the January 2017 Oval Office meetings, which are believed to have established the groundworks for Spy Gate. As per her involvement in the Obama Admin’s Benghazi cover-up, much remains to be discovered, according to Fitton.

Rewinding to the aftermath of the attack in 2012, viewers might recall how “Susan Rice proved her worth in lying to the American people on Sunday television talk shows in the months prior to Obama’s re-inauguration,” Fitton explains. Pressing for more information on the Benghazi talking points, Judicial Watch revealed how Susan Rice’s narrative was in fact, a crafted “set of talking points based on the political assessments of Ben Rhodes, one of the political hacks working in the Obama White House.” If you want to refresh your memory on just what Judicial Watch discovered, click here.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, in FItton’s view, throughout her deposition, Rice repeatedly stated she “could not recall.” Using those words 18 times during her deposition, Rice “could not recall… who gave her the Benghazi talking points, does not recall being in any meetings regarding Benghazi in the days after the attack… and does not recall communicating with anyone in Clinton’s office about the Benghazi talking points.” “Who knows what she was doing, according to her written testimony?”

“Isn’t that amazing?” Fitton continues. Interestingly, however, “she did admit that she did use emails to Hillary Clinton’s private server. So she knew, Susan Rice knew. She herself used private emails to conduct government business.” “The question I have, is there going to be accountability?” Fitton concludes.

Do you want accountability for Susan Rice’s lies on Benghazi? What about Spy Gate? Support Judicial Watch today to get the full truth about both.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/deep-dive/rice-benghazi-spygate/

New Trump medical adviser: Risk of COVID-19 'extremely low' for kids, 'even less than seasonal flu'

'We know that the harms of locking out the children from school are enormous,' said Dr. Scott Atlas Wednesday at a back-to-school event hosted by President Trump.

As the coronavirus pandemic lingers into late summer and schools around the country grapple with how to best balance education with public health concerns, President Trump, who has been pushing for schools to reopen for in-person instruction, hosted an event on Wednesday afternoon called "Kids First: Getting America's Kids Back to School."

"One thing we've learned during this horror show of the China plague is that virtual is not as good as being there, that virtual is just not the same thing, and for a long time we've been hearing how great it would be," the president said during the White House event. "Well we've had the ultimate sample right? Namely, the whole country practically, and it's not as good."

The president's new medical adviser Dr. Scott Atlas weighed the risks of schoolchildren spreading the virus against those of keeping schools shut.

"The risk of the disease is extremely low for children, even less than that of seasonal flu," said Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the think tank's working group on health care policy. "We know that the harms of locking out the children from school are enormous. And we also know, as we all would agree, that educating America's children is right at the top of the list for our nation's priorities."

There have been more than 5.1 million coronavirus cases in the U.S. and more than 165,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

A Just the News poll with Scott Rasmussen found that by a margin of 45% to 29% registered voters think that in the event a school does not offer in-person education, parents should "be able to use public school funding to have their children attend a different school that offers in-person teaching."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/president-trump-takes-part-kids-first-getting-americas-kids-back-school

Israel takes Greece’s side in maritime standoff with Turkey

Jerusalem kept mostly silent on the crisis building up in recent months.

Israel voiced its support for Greece in their dispute with Turkey over economic zones in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Foreign Ministry released a rare declarative statement that “Israel follows closely as tension arises in the Eastern Mediterranean.

“Israel expresses its full support and solidarity with Greece in its maritime zones and its right to delimit its EEZ [exclusive economic zone],” the ministry stated.

Soon after the statement was released, Israel’s Ambassador to Greece Yossi Amrani met with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, who later announced he would come to Israel on Wednesday and meet with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.

The situation in the eastern Mediterranean will be at the top of the agenda.

The message came as Turkey sent naval ships into the eastern Mediterranean this week, saying they are meant to protect a research mission, surveying the continental shelf. The ships are in Greece’s EEZ.

Turkey claimed control of the area under the terms of an agreement it signed with Libya in November 2019, dividing large swaths of the eastern Mediterranean Sea between them, creating friction between Ankara and Athens. Last week, Greece and Egypt signed their own agreement, delineating their EEZs in the eastern Mediterranean, to Turkey’s consternation.

Greece and Israel have become close allies in recent years, working together on energy projects such as the EastMed pipeline, planned to be the longest in the world, which would go from Israel to the Greek mainland via Cyprus.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-takes-greeces-side-in-maritime-standoff-with-turkey-638344

France to bolster military presence over Turkish prospecting

Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads over competing claims to natural gas reserves.

France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, calling on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece.

The French leader voiced concern over "unilateral" exploration by Turkey in a call with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Macron's office said in a statement. It added that prospecting should "cease in order to allow a peaceful dialogue" between the neighbouring NATO members.

The standoff deepened this week with the arrival of Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis in a disputed area of the Mediterranean, accompanied by warships.

France will "temporarily reinforce" its military presence, Macron's statement said, to "monitor the situation in the region and mark its determination to uphold international law."

Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads over competing claims to natural gas reserves, brought into sharp focus by the attempts of EU member Cyprus to explore for gas in the eastern Mediterranean over Turkey's strong objections.

Macron called last month for EU sanctions against Turkey for what he described as "violations" of Greek and Cypriot sovereignty over their territorial waters. Relations between Paris and Ankara have also frayed over the conflict in Libya.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/france-to-bolster-mediterranean-military-presence-over-turkish-prospecting-638404

Knesset rejects bill that would stop Netanyahu from running

During the debate on the bill, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid faced off against each other.

The Knesset plenum voted 53-37 on Wednesday to reject a bill that would have prevented anyone indicted of serious crimes – including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted for fraud, bribery and breach of trust – from forming a government.

The vote was conducted by roll call vote at the request of the opposition in order to embarrass Blue and White MKs who boycotted the vote. The Likud had warned Blue and White that if they merely absent themselves instead of voting against the bill, it would violate coalition discipline and would lead to elections.

During the debate on the bill, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid faced off against each other.

"We are witnessing another vile chapter in the unending story of those who talk about democracy while trying to destroy it,"

Netanyahu said. "I am here because I was elected. A huge amount of people put their trust in me in the last election. Such bills to prevent the candidacy of one person belong in the darkest regimes, like Iran."

Netanyahu called Lapid "a democtator" because of the rules in his Yesh Atid party that keep him in power. After mentioning his own late father, Professor Benzion Netanyahu, in a speech in the plenum last week, this time, Netanyahu recalled Lapid's father, the late former justice minister Yosef Tommy Lapid.

"Lapid, stop acting against democracy," Netanyahu said. "You are a fake democrat, and your father was a real democrat."

In response, Lapid said that Netanyahu forgot to mention that his own father had given him the advice to never touch money. He said that had he followed that advice, he would not have been indicted.

"When all you care about is not going to prison, there is nothing you are not willing to do," Lapid said. "Instead of the coronavirus being his enemy, his enemy is the prosecution, the courts and the press."

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/knesset-rejects-bill-that-would-stop-netanyahu-from-running-638341

Senior GOP Senate Source: Romney Blocking Sen. Ron Johnson From Subpoenaing Comey, Brennan

A Senior Republican Senate source has confirmed to Gateway Pundit that Senator Mitt Romney is leading an effort to block Senator Ron Johnson from subpoenaing James Comey and John Brennan.

Johnson, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair, said during a radio appearance on Wednesday that fellow Republicans were blocking him from subpoenaing the former FBI Director and former CIA Director, among other figures involved in the scandal.

“We had a number of my committee members that were highly concerned about how this looks politically,” Johnson told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who pressed the Senator to name the Republicans blocking him.

Johnson declined to name names.

Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports that Johnson’s committee said no one is blocking any subpoenas for Comey or Brennan, rather there’s just a desire to exhaust all options to get them to testify voluntarily.

However, shortly after Johnson made his claims, a senate source reached out to Gateway Pundit and confirmed that Romney is leading the obstruction.

“Romney was for impeachment. He has been against Trump every step of the way. Now he is obstructing going after the leakers and liars who went after Trump,” the senior senate source said.

The obstruction claims come despite the fact that the committee gave him the unilateral power to subpoena people earlier this year.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/senior-gop-senate-source-romney-blocking-sen-ron-johnson-subpoenaing-comey-brennan/

Global Times Accuses US Of Flying Spy Planes Near China Masked As Commercial Airliners

As China increases military drills around East Asia over the next couple of weeks, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin accuses the U.S. of flying spy planes, masked like commercial airliners, near China.

Xijin said, "U.S. surveillance aircraft appearing like commercial airliner constantly fly near China. They even follow civil aviation flights to confuse Chinese radars. This poses a threat to safety of civil aircraft over the South China Sea. It's shameful for the U.S. military to do so."

The accusation comes as China and the U.S. have increased military activities in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

The U.S. has expressed serious concern about China's "destabilizing activity" in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, as tensions between both superpowers continue to worsen.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/global-times-accuses-us-flying-spy-planes-near-china-masked-commercial-airliners

Report: 75% of Americans Allowed to Vote by Mail in 2020 Election

More than 75 percent of Americans will be allowed to vote by mail in the 2020 presidential election scheduled for November, according to a report from the New York Times on Tuesday.

The Times‘ analysis stated that if turnout increases as predicted, an estimated 80 million mail ballots would be delivered to election offices later this year, more than double the number of ballots that were returned four years ago.

Every state has some sort of mail voting, but this year 24 states, along with the District of Columbia have welcomed mail ballots.

In nine states, along with Washington D.C., registered voters will be mailed a ballot before the election. Voters in 33 states will be allowed to cast an absentee ballot with no excuse needed. In eight states, voters will be mailed an application to request an absentee ballot. In 25 states, voters are required to obtain an application for an absentee ballot themselves. In another eight states, voters will be required to have an excuse, other than coronavirus, to vote absentee.

According to the Times, states that allow residents to vote by mail saw a higher turnout during the caucuses and primaries.

Over the last year, the conversation regarding vote by mail has shifted into one of partisanship. Republicans, for the most part, oppose the process, while Democrats are in full support of it.

Democrats have noted that a vote by mail process would be suitable in November as the coronavirus continues to spread. President Trump disagrees.

President Donald Trump has questioned the safety and security of the process, saying it could lead to such problems as election fraud. Trump also accused Democrats of “meddling” and said voting by mail makes it easier for foreign actors to interfere with our election process.

In a July statement to Fox News, the United States Postal Service ensured that no mail-in ballots would be compromised.

“The Postal Service is committed to delivering election mail in a timely manner … the Postal Service’s financial condition is not going to impact our ability to process and deliver election and political mail,” the USPS stated.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/12/report-75-of-americans-allowed-to-vote-by-mail-in-2020-election/

Calais Mayor: Stopping Illegal Boat Migrants Is Declaration of ‘Maritime War’

The Mayor of Calais claimed that Britain has “declared maritime war” by floating the idea of sending the Royal Navy to the English Channel to prevent further waves of illegal boat migrants from reaching British shores from France.

The outburst from Mayor Natacha Bouchart came one day after British immigration minister Chris Philp travelled to Paris to try to secure a deal that would see migrants immediately returned to France.

“The British themselves have created this hot air by not reviewing their own reception systems and are content to hand out lessons and by subjecting the people of Calais to this situation for too long,” Bouchart pronounced.

“It is a declaration of maritime war,” she claimed in comments reported by The Sun.

“Here, we are hostile to it [the Royal Navy]. Rather than accept migrants who would work in the black market, Boris Johnson would do better than to teach us lessons, would be better to create better laws to accept people in his own country,” the mayor fumed.

“Technically I don’t even know how they would do [it], and I think the [French] government would oppose it,” she said, while saying that the row over illegal migrants has been used to damage the “image” and economy of France.

The leader of the city that is home to one of the most notorious migrant camps in France — which earned the moniker of the ‘Calais Jungle’ — called upon the British government to “take responsibility”. She said the British should establish “reception centres” for asylum seekers on the French side of the Channel, to expedite the asylum process.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/08/12/mayor-calais-stopping-illegal-boat-migrants-declaration-maritime-war/

Florida Woman Admits To Downloading Child Porn, Deputies Say

CLEARWATER, Florida — Crimes Against Children Detectives have arrested a Clearwater woman for Possession of Child Pornography.

According to detectives, their investigation began on August 6, 2020, after receiving information from Largo Police Department reference an electronic child pornography investigation.

Through various investigative techniques, detectives were able to identify the suspect as 31-year-old Courtney Rummery.

Detectives obtained a search warrant from the Sixth Judicial Circuit for Rummery’s residence, located at 2023 Lake Citrus Drive in unincorporated Clearwater. Detectives located a laptop inside the residence which contained multiple images of child pornography.

In an interview with detectives on August 12, 2020, Rummery admitted to downloading and viewing child pornography.

Detectives arrested Rummery and charged her with 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

Rummery was transported to the Pinellas County Jail without further incident.

The investigation continues.

https://breaking911.com/florida-woman-admits-to-downloading-child-porn-deputies-say/

California Man Obtained $860K In COVID-19 Aid Then Fled The Country: Court Docs

LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man now believed to have fled the United States today faces federal criminal charges today for allegedly obtaining more than $860,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for a shell company and then transferring the bulk of his illicit gains to his personal bank accounts.

Arman Manukyan, 49, of Panorama City, was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a criminal complaint filed Monday in United States District Court.

According to an affidavit in support of the complaint, Manukyan in June submitted two applications for PPP loans to Bank of America for $1.7 million on behalf of two shell companies registered in his name – Argo Global, Inc., and Express Wiring.

Manukyan allegedly claimed Argo Global was a sewing business with 73 employees and submitted to Bank of America, and later the Small Business Administration, false tax documents purporting to show wages and taxes for the company. The underwriting packet also did not include a list of employees or associates for Argo Global, which listed a virtual office address in Beverly Hills as its place of business, according to the affidavit. Ultimately, an $867,187 loan was approved for Argo Global, Inc.

Shortly after receiving the funds in Argo Global’s name, Manukyan allegedly transferred most of the balance to two of his personal bank accounts. When a bank investigator contacted Manukyan after one of his accounts had been frozen because of suspicious activity, he allegedly told the bank he was going to use the PPP loan to start a limousine business, contradicting what he wrote on his loan application, the affidavit states.

In June, Manukyan also allegedly submitted to Bank of America a loan application of $884,748 for Express Wiring, a shell company with a Glendale address. The Small Business Administration rejected the application, indicating it either had been submitted after the June 22 deadline for PPP loans or the allocated PPP funds had run out, according to the affidavit.

In July, a seizure warrant was executed on Manukyan’s bank accounts, recovering $866,019.

A search warrant executed at Manukyan’s home on July 22 revealed multiple debit cards used for unemployment benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD) that were in the names of different people, the affidavit states. Manukyan allegedly told law enforcement that he found two of the EDD cards on the street and decided to keep them, but insisted that he never used them. Investigators recovered another $118,474 from debit cards linked to Manukyan.

On August 9, law enforcement received information that Manukyan had boarded a flight from Mexico City inbound to Paris with a final destination of Minsk, Belarus, the affidavit states.

https://breaking911.com/california-man-obtained-860k-in-covid-19-aid-then-fled-the-country-court-docs/