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SVB Startup Banking for 500 Startups MENA game changers

500 Startups MENA founders choose Silicon Valley Bank because we champion startups at every stage — from seed and venture raising to IPO and beyond — to accelerate growth. And to change the game.

https://www.svb.com/account/500startups-mena

SVB has an Israeli branch, managed by David Cohen and Gadi Moshe, and serves an estimated 500 Israeli companies, including giants such as eToro, Redis, Verbit, Fireblocks, and Capitolis.

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/silicon-valley-bank-tanked-dragging-down-500-israeli-startups/2023/03/10/

LeumiTech helped Israeli startups move $1 billion out of SVB

Bank Leumi’s high-tech subsidiary said it would increase the amount of credit available to high-tech companies that have lost access to their credit lines and are desperate for liquidity following the SVB debacle

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h111dmzsk2

Population boom: Australia will open its doors to 650,000 migrants over the next two years - putting even more pressure on the housing shortage

Australia is set to see its biggest two-year population growth ever with more than 650,000 migrants arriving this financial year and 350,000 expected in the next year.

More than half of the expected migrants arrived in Australia as part of the post-Covid boom in skilled workers, international students and working holiday-makers.

In the first three months of this financial year, from July to September 2022, about 106,000 migrants arrived in Australia, according to The Australian.

Since September, another 304,000 people have come to live and work with two-thirds settling in New South Wales and Victoria.

It marks the highest population rise since March 2009.

Jim Chalmers has revealed net overseas migration this financial year is likely to be 350,000, a 50 per cent rise on what was expected in the October budget and January's annual population statement.

Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy told a Senate hearing last month temporary migration had recovered faster than expected.

'Net overseas migration numbers are being artificially boosted this year by the resumption of inward flows of international students and working holiday-makers,' Dr Kennedy said.

'Coupled with broad softening in hiring demand, increases in net overseas migration should help to ease skill and labour ­shortages, particularly for the hospitality and retail sectors.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11912767/Australia-set-biggest-two-year-population-growth-migration-boom.html

Dr. Anthony Fauci sells memoir for ‘just under $5M,’ book insiders say

Dr. Anthony Fauci has sold a memoir to the same book imprint behind Barack and Michelle Obama’s blockbuster tomes, publishing insiders exclusively tell Page Six.

An insider told us that “there was a two-week auction,” and they speculated that Fauci’s proposed book was picked up for “just under $5 million.”

The source said Fauci reached the deal with Penguin Random House’s Crown imprint, which was behind the former First Lady’s best-seller “Becoming” and President Obama’s “A Promised Land.”

We hear that the upcoming memoir will cover Fauci’s life “from Brooklyn to COVID.”

Fauci grew up above his family’s pharmacy in Dyker Heights and became a household name as White House chief medical advisor during the coronavirus pandemic.

We hear that Fauci was repped in the deal by Washington, DC, superlawyer Robert Barnett — the publishing powerbroker who has inked past book deals for the Obamas as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Nikki Haley, Mitch McConnell, Tony Blair and Queen Noor of Jordan, among others.

Reps did not immediately get back to us.

Crown previously has published books by other political figures such as Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang, as well as Hollywood stars Matthew McConaughey and Seth Rogen.

Reports said when Fauci retired last year from the National Institutes of Health that he planned to write a memoir.

In 2021, Fauci published “Fauci: Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward,” a compilation of interviews the infectious disease expert did for a documentary series.

https://pagesix.com/2023/03/28/dr-anthony-fauci-sells-memoir-for-nearly-5m-insiders-buzz/

House GOP Subpoenas Blinken for Key Documents on Afghanistan Withdrawal

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has signed a subpoena for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to obtain a July 2021 Dissent Channel cable and the Secretary’s response.

Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) requested the cable that is believed to have warned the administration of a lack of proper preparation for President Joe Biden’s unilateral decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, according to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s March 27 press release on the subpoena.

The July 2021 Dissent Channel cable was written by 23 State Department officials working in the Kabul Embassy.

According to the committee, despite McCaul offering to review the document on camera and the State Department being allowed to redact the names of signatories to protect their privacy, they refused to provide the documents.

“This committee is empowered by the U.S. Constitution to conduct oversight of the State Department,” said McCaul.

“We have made multiple good faith attempts to find common ground so we could see this critical piece of information. Unfortunately, Secretary Blinken has refused to provide the Dissent Cable and his response to the cable, forcing me to issue my first subpoena as chairman of this committee.”

The committee asserts that this cable and Blinken’s response are crucial documents as they reveal what information State Department employees who were on the ground provided to Blinken about a month prior to the evacuation, as well as the secretary’s response.

The cable was first requested in August 2021 by then-Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and separately by then-Ranking Member McCaul. Chairman McCaul reiterated that request on Jan. 12, 2023, and again on Jan. 30.

McCaul sent a letter (pdf) to Blinken on March 20, following up on previous requests and emphasizing the need for the State Department to produce the records regarding the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

McCaul asked that the State Department send at least three documents by March 22 in response to a query from the department to identify the materials deemed most significant to the committee’s oversight responsibilities.

The exploration for records coincides with Blinken’s scheduled appearance before the committee on March 23 to discuss Biden’s 2024 budget plan.

The chairman went on in the press release on the subpoena, “The American people deserve answers as to how this tragedy unfolded, and why 13 U.S. servicemembers lost their lives. We expect the State Department to follow the law and comply with this subpoena in good faith.”

The State Department did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment.

https://www.ntd.com/house-gop-subpoenas-blinken-for-key-documents-on-afghanistan-withdrawal_910071.html

Democrat Bill Seeks to Ensure Transgender People Can Serve in US Military

Democratic lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Defense from discriminating against or barring transgender individuals from serving in the military.

Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) introduced the bill on Monday with the support of 22 Democratic co-sponsors. Though a full-text version of the legislation is not yet available, Jacobs said its purpose is to “prevent future discriminatory policies” against transgender military service members.

Jacobs introduced the bill just over a month after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced legislation seeking to codify specific eligibility requirements for transgender individuals to serve in the military. The Republican bill, titled the “Ensuring Military Readiness Act,” would require transgender individuals to have been “stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex prior to accession” into the military, and would allow transgender service members who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria while in the military to remain in service as long as they do not pursue gender reassignment therapy or hormone therapy.

Jacobs said her bill, titled the “Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act,” would “prevent future discriminatory policies like ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ President Trump’s transgender military service ban, and Senator Rubio and Congressman Banks’ bill that would reinstate President Trump’s transgender military service ban.”

“Anyone willing and able to serve our country should be able to serve authentically,” said Jacobs, who serves as vice-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and co-chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force.

Jacobs also presented her bill as a way to address the military’s recent recruiting challenges. All U.S. military branches struggled with recruitment last year, and the U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal by 25 percent, or about 15,000 fewer recruits than it had planned for the 2022 fiscal year.

“Discrimination of all kinds, especially against the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, prevents our military from recruiting and retaining the best and brightest and weakens military readiness,” Jacobs said Monday. “As our military faces recruitment and retention challenges, we need to ensure that our policies reflect our military’s values of equality, diversity, and inclusion.”

Jacobs’ bill also garnered the support of various LGBT advocacy groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, SPARTA, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), the National Center for Transgender Equality, Minority Vets, and American Veterans for Equal Rights.

https://www.ntd.com/democrat-bill-seeks-to-ensure-transgender-people-can-serve-in-us-military_910027.html

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Katie Hobbs VETOES GOP Bill Eliminating Food Tax Amid Skyrocketing Inflation After Claiming “I’m Not Going to Say No to Anything If There’s a Way to Provide Relief for Arizonans”

Katie Hobbs on Tuesday vetoed the GOP legislature passed SB1063, titled, Food; Municipal Tax; Exemption, which would eliminate the grocery tax across the state, saving Arizonans money amidst the ongoing inflation crisis.

Senator Sonny Borrelli, the bill’s sponsor, told The Gateway Pundit, “she would rather have windfall taxes go to cities on the backs of people that need to survive on essential items like groceries consumed at home.”

Arizona Senate Republicans released a statement condemning Hobbs’ “unwillingness to help Arizonans amid crippling inflation.”

Governor Continues Unwillingness to Help Arizonans Amid Crippling Inflation

PHOENIX, ARIZONA- Senate Republicans share their extreme disappointment after the governor vetoed another tax cut bill that would have put more money back in hard-working Arizonans pockets while the cost of living remains historically high. Last month, the governor vetoed SB 1184 which would have eliminated rental tax, and today she vetoed SB 1063 which would have eliminated sales tax on groceries.

Over the past year, food prices have skyrocketed between 15% and 45% on many items Arizonans rely on to feed their families. Data shows that a family of four on a low-cost grocery budget currently spends about $1,000 per month on food. Right now, 65 cities and towns within Arizona levy a sales tax of up to 4% on food for home consumption.

“This veto is a disgraceful windfall for cities and an absolute gouge for families,” said Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli who sponsored the bill. “We’re not only paying inflated prices to feed our families, but we’re also paying more in taxes as the cost of food rises. Food is not a luxury; it is a necessity. A tax on our groceries is regressive and hurts everyone. Over the next four fiscal years, cities and towns are estimated to receive an average of $2.3 billion per year in state-shared revenues, which is an increase of S844 million more than the average for the last four fiscal years. And yet the governor vetoed this bill, only padding cities’ bloated budgets instead of leaving more money in the wallets of hardworking taxpayers.”

“Senate Republicans have been working toward introducing legislation necessary to provide financial relief to all Arizonans, especially low-income families who are feeling the tremendous burden of inflation,” said Senate President Warren Petersen. “It’s very clear the governor has no interest in helping with that financial burden.”

The Majority Caucus will continue our mission to reduce costs for food and housing.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/breaking-katie-hobbs-vetoes-gop-bill-eliminating-food-tax-amid-skyrocketing-inflation-after-claiming-im-not-going-to-say-no-to-anything-if-theres-a-way-to-provide-relief-fo/

‘State Sanctioned Kidnapping’ – California Democrats Advance Bill That will Allow Children as Young as 12 to Enroll in Group Homes without Parental Consent

California Democrats on Tuesday advanced a bill that will allow children as young as 12 to enroll in group homes without parental consent.

Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), the woman behind this sinister bill known as AB 665, deceptively claims her legislation just helps disadvantaged children obtain mental health services, according to the Sierra Sun Times.

The ultimate goal of this bill, which a San Francisco lawyer dubbed ‘state sanctioned kidnapping,’ is to send gender confused children to a shelter where they will be brainwashed into taking puberty blockers.

California’s Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved the bill to allow children to enroll in the group homes without any claims of abuse or neglect.

“For LGBTQ+ youth, the rejection from parents, harassment in school, and the overall LGBTQ negativity present in society can lead to depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol use, and other negative outcomes. Over one-half of surveyed LGBTQ+ youth reported that not being able to get permission from their parents or guardians was sometimes or always a barrier to accessing mental health services,” the bill reads.

The bill will now head to the full Assembly for a vote.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/state-sanctioned-kidnapping-california-democrats-advance-bill-that-will-allow-children-as-young-as-12-to-enroll-in-group-homes-without-parental-consent/