After four decades, an Iranian official has admitted that the theocratic Iranian regime aided murderous attacks in which hundreds of Americans were killed.
In April 1983, the terrorist group Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, murdering 63 people, including 17 Americans. Months later, two suicide truck bombers blew up a barracks in Lebanon, murdering 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors, and 3 U.S. Army soldiers. That attack was the deadliest single-day death toll for the U.S. Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
In 2001, families of the Americans who were killed or wounded in the attacks filed suit against Iran; Iran always denied it had taken part in the attacks.
But now, Iran’s representative to Lebanon admitted he aided the effort to target American military members. As the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated, Sayyed Issa Tabatabai stated:
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I quickly went to Lebanon and provided what was needed in order to [carry out] martyrdom operations in the place where the Americans and Israelis were. &#8230; The efforts to establish [Hezbollah] started in [Lebanon&#8217;s] Baalbek area, where members of [Iran&#8217;s] Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) arrived. I had no part in establishing the [political] party [Hezbollah], but God made it possible for me to continue the military activity with the group that had cooperated with us prior to the [Islamic] Revolution&#8217;s victory. &#8230;
With the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Hezbollah was established. For two years, [Hezbollah&#8217;s] military base was located in my home. &#8216;The group&#8217; [supporters of the Islamic Revolution] signed a contract declaring their willingness to become martyrs. Perhaps more than 70 signed this contract in my home.
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“The state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quickly scrubbed the damning disclosure that Tabatabai made about Iran’s role in the suicide bombings of Americans, but <a href="https://www.memri.org/reports/first-ever-iranian-acknowledgment-irans-role-1980s-lebanon-bombings-issa-tabatabai-iranian" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-ylk="slk:MEMRI preserved a copy;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid_p="10" data-v9y="1">MEMRI preserved a copy</a>,” Fox News <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/iran-official-admits-country-role-220009313.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMT3sBd82telARhMALuNXoX6ddw1-7Zz8f0Y-nQX-uIGSzLdr_jqcnzQOYQcCdvbVa3Jp1WSZI7GJ-jY_T4iiv01tHVU7YUH33WTiCIm1sxMNXsJHVzga6EdkEHiu8MaDiHlF-D2pcdaa7RcZA4hd7hcUxIKtbS1OTTGPW-0zC1e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute told Fox News Digital, &#8220;Americans have astonished both Iranians and the victims of Iranian terrorism with the diplomatic contortions undertaken to avoid holding Iran to account. Now that the supreme leader&#8217;s representative has confessed, the questions are: (1) Will Americans who carried water for Iranian terrorism apologize? (2) Will Iran pay compensation to the victims of their terror? If [President] Biden prices five Americans at $6 billion, the U.S. should demand no less than $289.2 billion from Iran today.&#8221;
Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian-American expert, said, “Given the Biden [and French President Emmanuel Macron] administrations&#8217; desperation for any facsimile of a deal with the Khomeinist regime, they will likely sweep this under the rug.&#8221;
“The complicity of Iran in the 1983 attack was established conclusively at trial by the testimony of Admiral James A. Lyons, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations from 1983-85,” a memo from Peterson v. Islamic Republic Of Iran <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060505094449/http:/perleslaw.com/pdf/peterson.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the United Nations, warned that the AI revolution could have catastrophic consequences if the world is not careful.
“Ladies and gentlemen, whether our future will prove to be a blessing or a curse will also depend on how we address perhaps the most consequential development of our time: the rise of artificial intelligence,” Netanyahu began.
“The AI revolution is progressing at lightning speed,” he acknowledged. “It took centuries for humanity to adapt to the agricultural revolution. It took decades to adapt to the industrial revolution. We may have but a few years to adapt to the AI revolution. The perils are great, and they are before us: The disruption of democracy, the manipulation of minds, the decimation of jobs, the proliferation of crime and the hacking of all the systems that facilitate modern life. Yet, even more disturbing is the potential eruption of AI-driven wars that could achieve an unimaginable scale. And behind this perhaps looms an even greater threat, once the stuff of science fiction — that self-taught machines could eventually control humans instead of the other way around.”
“The world’s leading nations, however competitive, must address these dangers,” he declared. “We must do so quickly and we must do so together. We must ensure that the promise of an AI utopia does not turn into an AI dystopia.”
He followed by speaking of the positive impact AI could have:
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We have so much to gain; imagine the blessings of finally cracking the genetic code; extending human life by decades, and dramatically reducing the ravages of old age. Imagine health care tailored to each individual’s genetic composition and predictive medicine that prevents diseases long before they occur. Imagine robots helping to care for the elderly; imagine the end of traffic jams with self-driving vehicles on the ground, below the ground and in the air. Imagine personalized education that cultivates each person’s full potential throughout their lifetime. Imagine a world with boundless clean energy and natural resources for all nations. Imagine precision agriculture and automated factories that yield food and goods in abundance that ends hunger and want.
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“I know this sounds like a John Lennon song but it could all happen,” he asserted. “Imagine that we could achieve something that eluded humanity for all history. It’s all within our reach. And here’s something else within our reach: with AI, we could explore the heavens as never before and extend humanity beyond our blue planet.
He segued to his own country: “For good or bad, the developments of AI will be spearheaded by a handful of nations and my country Israel is already among them. Just as Israel’s technological revolution provided the world with breathtaking innovations, I’m confident that AI developed by Israel will once again help all humanity. I call upon world leaders to come together to shape the great changes before us but to do so in a responsible and ethical way. Our goal must be to ensure that AI brings more freedom and not less, prevents wars instead of starting them and ensures that people live longer, healthier, more productive and peaceful lives. It’s within our reach.”
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In November 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger <a href="https://time.com/6113393/eric-schmidt-henry-kissinger-ai-book/">stated</a>, “We are moving into a new period of human consciousness which we don’t yet fully understand. &#8230; In the Enlightenment, there was a conceptual world based on faith. And so Galileo and the late pioneers of the Enlightenment had a prevailing philosophy against which they had to test their thinking. You can trace the evolution of that thinking. We live in a world which, in effect, has no philosophy; there is no dominant philosophical view. So the technologists can run wild. They can develop world-changing things, but there’s nobody there to say, ‘We’ve got to integrate this into something.’”

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Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) called for more people to record what is happening in the world around them, saying it would “change the world.”
Musk has been a strong advocate for free speech; prior to buying Twitter, he tweeted, “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle? The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.”
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The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.
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On Friday, he went further, tweeting, “Please encourage more citizen journalism! You can do live video easily from your phone. More on-the-ground reporting from regular citizens will change the world.”
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Please encourage more citizen journalism! You can do live video easily from your phone. 
More on-the-ground reporting from regular citizens will change the world.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1707605322964111677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro noted, “Here is @elonmusk taking Andrew Breitbart&#8217;s citizen journalism dream to the next level.”
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Here is <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> taking Andrew Breitbart&#39;s citizen journalism dream to the next level <a href="https://t.co/XQhifTezYB">https://t.co/XQhifTezYB</a>
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In 2011, Andrew Breitbart <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/andrew-breitbart-on-mission-to-save-world-with-citizen-journalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, “All we did was ask of the mainstream media was to correct their bias problem. &#8230; When they wouldn&#8217;t correct themselves, citizens in the form of the Tea Party, citizens in the form of Hanna and James and people with video cameras going everywhere, said, “If you are not going to correct yourself, we&#8217;re going to create a media in the wake of your incompetency. &#8230; And that&#8217;s what [is] happening. It&#8217;s the most exciting time in the media and unfortunately, the mainstream media is so upset about it; it covers it as if we&#8217;re the villains out there.”
Speaking with Shapiro on an <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1707137454304821373" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X Space</a> this week, Musk spoke of free speech, saying, “In the U.S. we are able to be much more free of speech; in some other parts of the world much less so, where we have the choice of either providing the X platform or it being shuttled or throttled. And I do believe also generally, if there is someone harboring hate, and that hate is based on sort of incorrect assumptions or bad knowledge, the best way to combat that hate is to hear it and then say why it’s not true, as opposed to someone harboring secret-antisemitism or some other form of hatred, never hearing the counterpoints as to why what they believe is false. &#8230; Often I think it’s better that somebody says something and then gets dumped on, frankly, or is  corrected.”
Shapiro asked, “How can you stand up to and what sort of pledges can you make with regard to the sort of backdoor pressure attempts &#8230; when it comes to government what do you do?”
“Our policy is to resist any attempts to get censorship to the maximum degree allowed by law,” Musk responded. “In the U.S., by far the biggest pressure comes from essentially fairly far-Left activist groups and actors and coalitions. &#8230; What they’re trying to do there is impose extremely far-Left values on X and other platforms under the guise of hate speech, but it is, in fact, a matter of politics.”

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At the GOP presidential debate on Wednesday night, moderator Dana Perino channeled the TV show &#8220;Survivor,&#8221; asking the candidates who “should be voted off the island.” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ripped the question, eliciting applause, saying it was disrespectful to the candidates on stage and a distraction from talking about the future of the country, while former New Jersey governor Chris Christie bluntly stated it should be former President Trump, since he had not shown enough respect for GOP voters to show up.
“It’s now obvious that if you all stay in the race, former President Trump wins the nomination,” Perino stated, referring to the fact that so many candidates were splitting the vote. “None of you have indicated that you’re dropping out. So which one of you on stage tonight should be voted off the island? Please use your marker to write on the notepad in front of you. 15 seconds, starting now. Of the people on the stage, who should be — I’m absolutely serious.”
“With all due respect, we’re here. We’re happy to debate,” DeSantis declared. “I think that’s disrespectful to my fellow competitors. Let’s talk about the future of the country.”
“If you won’t answer that question, let me ask you this one,” Perino persisted. “What is your mathematical path, Governor DeSantis, in order to try to beat President Trump, who has a commanding and enduring lead in this race?”
“Polls don’t elect presidents. Voters elect presidents,” DeSantis asserted. “And we’re gonna take the case to the people in these early states. We’re gonna do it in a state by state direction, and why? Because as Reagan said in his day, ‘This is our time for choosing.’ We are not getting a mulligan on the 2024 election; Republicans have lost three straight elections in a row; we were supposed to have a red wave with inflation at 9%; it crashed and burned. Not in Florida, it didn’t; we delivered in Florida. And so we’ve gotta choose right; we’ve gotta win.”
Co-moderator Stuart Varney then turned to Christie, remarking that he did see Christie write something down.
“No, but I’ll certainly tell you,” Christie said, as the audience laughed. “Look: I think I’ve been the only one on this stage who’s been clear about this: I vote Donald Trump off the island right now. And the reason I vote him off the island: Every person on this stage has shown the respect for Republican voters to come here and express their views honestly, candidly, and directly, and to take your questions honestly. I have respect for every man and woman on this stage —”
Seeing Vivek Ramaswamy trying to interrupt, Christie said, “Vivek, put your hand down for a moment, would you,” eliciting laughter, then continued, “I still got time, dude.”
“Look, this guy (Trump) has not only divided our party, he’s divided families all over this country, he’s divided friends all over this country &#8230; he needs to be voted off this island and he needs to be taken out of this process,” he concluded.
Ramaswamy did not answer Perino’s question, instead praising Trump and saying the America First agenda “does not belong to one man.”

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In the crucial early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, a new survey found that while former President Trump holds a solid lead in both states among Republican voters, a vast majority of those voters are not committed to supporting him.
In Iowa, where the presidential caucuses start the primary process, a new CBS News/YouGov <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2024-poll-gop-primary-iowa-new-hampshire/">survey</a> conducted between September 15-24 found only 20% of voters saying that they were committed to voting for Trump, while 48% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump.
Though a majority of respondents said they were potentially open to a candidate other than Trump, the poll also found that the former president currently holds a solid lead in the state (51%). The poll found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (21%) is running second, while former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (8%) is running third.
In New Hampshire, 23% of voters said that they are committed to Trump, while 43% are considering both Trump and other candidates, and 31% declared they will not vote for Trump. As in Iowa, Trump leads the race (50%), while DeSantis (13%) is running second, and Haley (11%) is running third.
The poll also found 62% of Republicans in Iowa and 53% of GOP voters in New Hampshire said the GOP presidential debates were a “major factor” in their decision as to which candidate to back.
“Voters considering choices other than Trump say they are doing so to keep their options open,” CBS News reported. “They also show concern about Trump&#8217;s controversies and legal fights, and think the party should consider someone new.”
Polls show Trump with a commanding lead over his rivals, but history shows that 13 months before the presidential election may well be too early to draw a definitive conclusion of who the ultimate candidate will be.  At the end of September 2007, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">leaders in the GOP polling</a> were Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney; John McCain ultimately won the nomination.
At the end of September 2011, Mitt Romney (the ultimate nominee) was leading, but one week later the leader was Herman Cain; they battled for the lead for a week before Newt Gingrich sprang into the lead, which he kept until late December 2011. By February 2012 Rick Santorum gained the lead; it wasn’t until late February 2012 that Romney was in the lead to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries">stay.</a>

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On Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled that former President Trump is liable for &#8220;persistent fraud&#8221; after the New York State Attorney General’s Office (OAG) said Trump had prepared, certified, and submitted to lenders false and misleading financial statements. Trump responded by condemning the ruling as &#8220;Democrat Political Lawfare.&#8221;
On November 3, 2022, the judge found that the defendants, including Trump, his two sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and members of the Trump organization “had a propensity to engage in persistent fraud by submitting false and misleading statements of financial condition on behalf of defendant Donald J. Trump.”
After the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, the court denied the motion on January 6, 2023. The defendants appealed that ruling.
Trump responded in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
“The widespread attack against me, my family, and my supporters has devolved to new, un-American depths, at the hands of a DERANGED New York State Judge, doing the bidding of a completely biased and corrupt &#8216;Prosecutor,&#8217; Letitia James,” Trump <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/27/donald-trump-slams-ny-judges-fraud-ruling-as-un-american/">wrote</a>. “This is Democrat Political Lawfare, and a Witch Hunt at a level never seen before. It is an attempt to badly injure the opposing Party’s Leading, by far, Political Candidate.&#8221;
He added, “Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before. My Civil Rights have been violated, and some Appellate Court, whether Federal or State, must reverse this horrible, un-American decision. If they can do this to me, they can do this to YOU!”
Trump has maintained that his financial statements were not fraudulent because they contained disclaimers. Engoron dismissed that argument, however, writing, “The defendants’ reliance on these ‘worthless’ disclaimers is worthless.”
“Defendants followed the same procedure each year to create false and misleading SFCs,” a <a href="https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=ug5960XEpNMksGWCbGdRDA==&amp;system=prod">memo</a> from NY Attorney General Letitia James in support of the plaintiffs&#8217; motion stated in late August. “The SFCs include amounts for Mr. Trump’s assets, mostly real estate holdings, that are represented to be stated ‘at their estimated current values,’ a term defined in the applicable accounting rules as the value that a willing buyer and willing seller could agree on, where both are fully informed and neither is acting under duress. The associated liabilities are then subtracted from the ‘estimated current values’ to derive Mr. Trump’s net worth.”
Engoron wrote in his <a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rdxGJHgiLN7M/v0">ruling</a> issued on Tuesday, “Defendants repeat the erroneous argument that the complaint must be dismissed because OAG cannot demonstrate the requirements of a parens patriae action, which is one in the public interest,” then explained that a parens patriae action “permits the state to commence an action to protect a public interest, like the safety, health or welfare of its citizens.”
The judge went on to slam the Trump legal team&#8217;s reliance on what he characterized as other &#8220;bogus arguments,&#8221; including &#8220;rent regulated apartments are worth the same as unregulated arguments; restricted land is worth the same as unrestricted land; restrictions can evaporate into thin air; a disclaimer by one party casting responsibility on another party exonerates the other party’s lies.&#8221;
The ruling is the latest in a barrage of legal actions brought against Trump amid his presidential bid, including two federal indictments and two state-level indictments, all of which the former president and leading GOP candidate has condemned as attempts to keep him from winning reelection.

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Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, the man nicknamed “The Human Vacuum Cleaner” who set the standard for playing third base, has died at age 86, after having become a legendary beloved figure in Baltimore.
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A Statement from the Robinson Family and the Orioles:
“We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Brooks Robinson. An integral part of our Orioles Family since 1955, he will continue to leave a lasting impact on our club, our community, and the sport of…
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Robinson, who played for the Baltimore Orioles his entire career (1955-1977)  won an astonishing 16 consecutive Gold Gloves (1960-75) during his career; he played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles and became a local hero in the town. He helped the Orioles win the World Series in 1966 and 1970.
Robinson won the 1964 American League MVP after batting .317 with 118 RBIs. He also won the MVP in the 1970 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, hitting .429 with two home runs. He ended his career just shy of 3,000 hits, with 2,848 hits, a .267 batting average, 268 home runs and 1,357 RBIs. He appeared in 18 All-Star Games.
But it was his defense that made him legendary, as can be seen <a href="https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/best-of-brooks-robinson-s-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
After the five-game 1970 World Series against the Reds, where Robinson made one dazzling play after another, he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/orioles-star-third-baseman-brooks-robinson-dies-86-2023-09-26/">stated</a>with typical humility, “I just happened to be in the right spot in that series. I tell people that I played 23 seasons and I never did have five games in a row like I did in that World Series. It was a once in a lifetime five-game series for me and it just happened to be in a World Series.”
Robinson once told writers that his defense was never brought up when he was negotiating a contract with the Orioles. General Manager Harry Dalton explained why, as Doug Wilson wrote in “<a href="https://books.google.co.il/books?id=ZYfqAQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA218&amp;lpg=PA218&amp;dq=Brooks+Robinson+defense&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=MXYhSTZVM8&amp;sig=ACfU3U2d41MXMQY0s8oNluRxS4-IWQuTBA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi15qm5isqBAxVPX0EAHeyEBgA4ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=Brooks%20Robinson%20defense&amp;f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson</a>”: “Perhaps his glove wasn’t brought up by me because I think you can understand that I would have everything to lose by bringing up his defense. How could I bring up defense? How could I debate perfection?”
In addition, Robinson was beloved as a human being for his graciousness and humility. “Great player, great guy on the field, great guy off,” fellow Orioles Hall of Famer Jim Palmer recalled. “Respectful, kind. And you don&#8217;t meet too many guys like that. Brooks was a genuine person. There was no acting. Brooks was just a genuine person.”
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Robinson was such a beloved figure in Baltimore that when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in July 1983, the crowd was estimated at 12,000 people, 4,000 more than any previous induction ceremony. Wilson noted, “56 buses, 14 planes and countless individual cars made the 250-mile ‘trip of pride’ sponsored by the business community of Baltimore.” Bill Tanton, sports editor of the Baltimore Sun, said, “When Brooks went in, it was like a member of your family going in.”
Robinson reacted humbly, “I can’t believe it. It was just unbelievable for all these people to make this hike up from Baltimore to see me go into the Hall of Fame. If I’m making them happy in any way, then that makes me happy.”
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Remembering Mr. Oriole 🧡 <a href="https://t.co/vibCuUWybB">pic.twitter.com/vibCuUWybB</a>
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&quot;Brooks Robinson is iconic – not just in the game of baseball, but in Baltimore as a whole.   Few people captured the hearts of a community like Brooks. His charm, kindness and class truly made him one of a kind.”
Steve Bisciotti on the passing of <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Orioles</a> legend Brooks… <a href="https://t.co/VNBF1auf9I">pic.twitter.com/VNBF1auf9I</a>
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The memories we all share of Brooks will live on. My thoughts are with Connie and the Robinson family. We lost a great man but were so fortunate to have had him in our lives.&quot; &#8211; CRJ
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When I was a little kid, I couldn’t imagine anyone ever being cooler than Brooks Robinson.
I still can’t. 
RIP <a href="https://t.co/7PpHWTwBoB">pic.twitter.com/7PpHWTwBoB</a>
&mdash; Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) <a href="https://twitter.com/notthefakeSVP/status/1706788105674449019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Words can’t express how I feel right now. A sad day for our Hall of Fame family with passing of Brooks Robinson. One of the most kindest and sincere individual I have ever met. Brooks you will be dearly missed my friend RIP 🙏
&mdash; Wade Boggs (@ChickenMan3010) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChickenMan3010/status/1706792049637245172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Human Vacuum Cleaner’: Legendary Hall Of Famer Brooks Robinson Dies At 86

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Israeli secularists, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/segregated-yom-kippur-prayers-spark-slurs-and-bitterness-not-atonement-in-tel-aviv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">furious</a> that Orthodox Jews had erected a makeshift barrier so men and women could pray separately in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, tore down Israeli flags strung together for the barrier and seized chairs organizers had set up, thus preventing the prayers from continuing. The barrier separating men from women in Orthodox Jewish prayer is called a mechitzah.
Rosh Yehudi, an organization supporting Orthodox Judaism in Israel, has hosted the Yom Kippur service in the plaza in previous years without a problem. But last week, the avowedly leftist Israeli Supreme Court upheld a lower court order permitting the Tel Aviv Municipality to block the separation of sexes for prayer in the public place.
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Leftist protesters prevented a Yom Kippur prayer service with separate seating for men and women Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv. Protesters confronted the worshipers, destroyed the partition, and removed the chairs that the organizers had placed. 📸 Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90 <a href="https://t.co/Mz0aompDo1">pic.twitter.com/Mz0aompDo1</a>
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“I heard with great sadness about the events that happened around the prayer on the holiest day for the people of Israel,” Israel&#8217;s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi David Lau, stated. “The most special day of the year turned into a sad day due to wild incitement by elements who hate religion. There are those who forgot the essence of the day and continued the waves of seething hatred. The residents of Tel Aviv came to the prayer service and only wanted to pray according to Jewish law without imposing anything on anyone, but only for those who are interested and interested in it. Then we saw that under the guise of freedom, a very broad public is prevented from praying according to their customs.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/377493" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated,</a> “To my astonishment, precisely in the Jewish state, on the holiest day for the Jewish people, left-wing protesters rioted against Jews during their prayers. It seems that there are no boundaries, no norms, and no reservation for hatred on the part of the extremists on the left.”
Mayor of Tel Aviv Ron Huldai <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/09/26/pm-blasts-protesters-for-disrupting-yom-kippur-prayer-in-tel-aviv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended,</a> “I want to clarify clearly – I will not let the nature of our city be changed. In Tel Aviv, there is no place for gender segregation in the public sphere. Those who don&#8217;t respect the municipality&#8217;s instructions and the law won&#8217;t be given approvals for activities in the city&#8217;s public spaces.&#8221;
The famed Lubavitcher Rebbe <a href="//BCFDB321-7653-43C8-8CE0-F1BB824F1522/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> of the mechitzah:
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One of the inner and essential reasons for the Mechitzah &#8230; is that the synagogue, and the time of prayer in general (even when recited at home), are not merely the place and time when a formal petition is offered to Him Who is able to fulfill the petition; it is much more profound than that. It is the time and place when the person offering the prayer unites himself with Him to Whom the prayer is offered, by means of the prayer. &#8230; The union of two things can be complete only when there is not a third element involved, be it even a matter of holiness and the like. From the above it follows that there certainly must be nothing to distract the attention and the attunement of the heart and mind towards the attainment of the highest degree of unity with God.
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Secularists Disrupt Public Religious Jewish Service In Tel Aviv On Judaism’s Holiest Day

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The American Federation for Children, which joined its political affiliates and allies to spend $9 million in the 2022 election season to back political candidates supporting school choice, is launching a super PAC called AFC Victory Fund to target state legislators who oppose school choice for students.
The organization <a href="https://www.federationforchildren.org/afc-announces-launch-of-affiliated-afc-victory-fund-super-pac/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> that in 2022, it succeeded in 277 out of 368 races, “a 75% success rate that included the defeat of at least 40 anti-school choice incumbents.”
“Coming off our best election cycle ever, the tectonic plates have shifted decisively in favor of educational freedom, and we’re just getting started,” AFC CEO Tommy Schultz celebrated. “With AFC Victory Fund, we are taking our work to the next level, intending to invest at least $10 million in state-level races to ensure the interests of parents are represented at ballot boxes in key districts from coast to coast. With $6 million already committed, we are shaping up to have our best cash position ever ahead of the primary season.
“If you’re a candidate or lawmaker who opposes school choice and freedom in education – you’re a target,” he continued. “If you’re a champion for parents – we’ll be your shield. Especially when we see news that even teachers unions bosses are choosing private schools for their own kids, we are motivated to ensure all families have those options available for their own children, not just for the elected or politically connected.”
Ryan Cantrell, the organization&#8217;s director of government affairs, told <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/school-choice-group-launches-super-pac-target-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Examiner</a>:
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There is endless amounts of money that the unions have to fight to keep school choice from expanding even further, but that&#8217;s why AFC is excited about this [PAC] because it gives us more flexibility, it gives us more ability to have an impact on some of those places where the union grip is still too strong. This structure is going to allow us to scale up and be even more nimble, be more effective, than we have been previously.
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“Republicans, Democrats, independents, all agree that parents should have more options for their kids,” he continued. “And so that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re really trying to seize on right now — the majority of parents really want to see this happen.”
In 2020, as he was running for president, Joe Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1220182792304308225" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;When we divert public funds to private schools, we undermine the entire public education system. We&#8217;ve got to prioritize investing in our public schools, so every kid in America gets a fair shot. That&#8217;s why I oppose vouchers.&#8221;

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School Choice Group Launches Super PAC To Target Anti-School Choice Legislators

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Michelle Obama — whose husband, former President Barack Obama, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/barack-obama-on-wealth-inequality-only-so-much-you-can-eat.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a 2018 speech “There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough” — got paid over $700,000 for a one-hour speech in Germany.
Michelle Obama spoke at a start-up event held near the annual Oktoberfest beer festival; the event’s webpage said roughly 5,000 people would hear her speak about how to “push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.” The organizers of the event said Michelle Obama “topped the list” of prospective speakers for the event.
“They really pulled out all the stops to get her,” one source told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. “It’s one of the highest fees that they have ever paid.”
The Obamas have raked in the cash since Barack Obama left office; they got a $65 million deal with Penguin for their memoirs and signed a multi-year contract with Netflix in 2018. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was a supporter of Obama and his wife was Obama’s Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011.
In 2019, the Obamas’ company, Higher Ground Productions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-new-production-company-gets-deplorable-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> that another company, founded in 2008 as Higher Ground Enterprises and devoted to helping authors publish e-books, renounce its trademark. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/barack-obamas-production-company-runs-a-trademark-problem-1236219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> (THR) noted that Higher Ground Productions asked the U.S. Patent &amp; Trademark Office to cancel the trademark registration for “Higher Ground Enterprises.”
THR reported, “Higher Ground Enterprises is run by Hanisya Massey, who, according to her attorney Larry Zerner, is in the business of helping authors publish e-books. … On April 10, a Trademark Examiner refused to register the Obamas&#8217; claimed mark with a nod to the one held by Massey. The Obamas … argued the two marks could co-exist in the marketplace.”
The Obamas’ production company stated:
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The consumers of “media production services” covered by the Application are likely to be highly sophisticated. Media production services are generally offered not to individual consumers but to commercial entities and professionals in their field. Indeed, Applicant has entered a deal with Netflix in connection with its media production services. Such customers, whether multi-billion-dollar media companies or smaller commercial entities in need of media production services, will exercise the height of care in selecting a media production company and are highly unlikely to be confused by a photographer or e-book publisher — particularly when the other party uses a distinguishable mark.
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The U.S. Trademark Office disagreed, countering, “The overriding concern is not only to prevent buyer confusion as to the source of the goods and/or services, but to protect the registrant from adverse commercial impact due to use of a similar mark by a newcomer.”
THR continued, “In a petition to cancel, the Obamas essentially allege that Massey doesn&#8217;t deserve a trademark because ‘Higher Ground Enterprises’ wasn&#8217;t actually in use at the time of its 2016 registration. (An online search turns up some early incorporation filings, though the digital trail at least seems thin.)”
Zerner furiously replied, “The Obamas have known for almost a year that their Higher Ground trademark application was rejected by the USPTO because it infringed my client&#8217;s rights. Instead, of simply picking another name, the Obamas&#8217; lawyers have now filed a meritless petition to cancel my client&#8217;s trademark so they can take it for themselves. This is really deplorable behavior. I hope that the Obamas realize that these actions are not consistent with the values they preach and that they instruct their attorneys to immediately dismiss the petition.”

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After his country’s parliament gave a World War II Ukrainian veteran an ovation, only to learn later that he was part of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, the military wing of the Nazi Party, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent time focusing on “Russian propaganda” and “Russian disinformation.”
The ovation for Yaroslav Hunka came during a session in which President Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine addressed the Canadian Parliament to thank Canada for its support. The speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, then recognized 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, who fought the Russians in World War II. Hunka was a member of the First Ukrainian Division in World War II, which was also known as he 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, aka SS Galichina,
“Division members are accused of killing Polish and Jewish civilians, although the unit has not been found guilty of any war crimes by a tribunal,” the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66908958#:~:text=Division%20members%20are%20accused%20of,the%20Western%20Allies%20in%201945." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Fact-Check Fails &#8211; Memo to Ukrainian President Zelinskyy and Canada’s Parliament and Prime Minister: If you don’t want people thinking you’re anti-Semites, do a background check to make sure you’re not giving a standing ovation to a former Nazi soldier.<a href="https://t.co/mTqeoPtk4k">https://t.co/mTqeoPtk4k</a>
&mdash; Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1706336819112001663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rota later <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66908958" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a>, saying, &#8220;In my remarks following the address of the president of Ukraine, I recognized an individual in the gallery. I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to do so. &#8230; No one, including fellow parliamentarians and the Ukraine delegation, was aware of my intention or of my remarks before I delivered them. This initiative was entirely my own, the individual in question being from my riding [district] and having been brought to my attention.”
&#8220;I particularly want to extend my deepest apologies to Jewish communities in Canada and around the world. I accept full responsibility for my actions,” he added.
“Obviously it’s extremely upsetting that this happened,” Trudeau commented. “The speaker has acknowledged his mistake and has apologized. This is something that is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians, I think particularly of Jewish MPs and all members of the Jewish community across the country, celebrating, commemorating Yom Kippur today.”
“I think it’s going to be really important that all of us push back against Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation and continue our steadfast and unequivocal support for Ukraine as we did last week with announcing further measures to stand with Ukraine in Russia’s illegal war against it,” he declared.
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Speaking for the first time since a Ukrainian Nazi Veteran was appalled during the Zelensky speech, Justin Trudeau says “this is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians,” adding it is “extremely upsetting that this happened” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://t.co/6YfkGw74D5">pic.twitter.com/6YfkGw74D5</a>
&mdash; Mackenzie Gray (@Gray_Mackenzie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gray_Mackenzie/status/1706355158634905611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“If the prime minister is so proud of how he conducted himself; he would be on the floor in the House of Commons today answering questions instead of hiding under a rock,” opposition leader Pierre Poilievre told parliament, then turned to Rota, saying, “Mr. Speaker, Canadians are sick and tired of a prime minister who never takes responsibility for things that happen under his watch, whether it’s the record high inflation or interest rates or the doubling of housing costs or the constant international embarrassments, he always finds someone else to throw under the bus. Are you that person?”
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Pierre Poilievre rips Trudeau after a Nazi was honored in the House of Commons:
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&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1706378414385434956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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After Canada’s Parliament Cheers Nazi Veteran, ‘Upset’ Trudeau Warns Against ‘Russian Propaganda’

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Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley told a group in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Hampshire</a> that while she is &#8220;unapologetically pro-life,&#8221; the “fellas” have been “demonizing” the issue of abortion for “too long&#8221; and &#8220;it is time that we start treating it like the sensitive topic that it is.&#8221;
“I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me to be but because my husband is adopted and I had trouble having both of my children,” Haley said at Rotary Club luncheon Thursday at the Portsmouth Country Club. “So I am surrounded by blessings. Having said that, this issue is personal for every woman and every man. So I don&#8217;t judge anyone for being pro-choice any more than I want you to judge me for being pro-life.”
Haley said federal legislation that would ban abortion was highly unlikely, saying, “So the question that you&#8217;re seeing debated right now is, ‘Is there a place for a federal law?’ And I think that there is. But to have a federal law, they need to tell you the truth and I don&#8217;t think anyone has told the American people the truth.”
She explained that to pass such a law would require a supermajority of 60 U.S. senators, adding, “We haven&#8217;t had 60 Republican senators in over a 100 years. We might have 45 pro-life senators. So no Republican president can ban abortion any more than a Democrat president can ban these state laws,&#8221; she said.
“So why don’t we just find consensus?” she asked. “Can&#8217;t we agree that we don&#8217;t want late-term abortions? Can&#8217;t we agree that we should encourage adoptions and better quality adoptions? Can&#8217;t we agree that doctors and nurses who don&#8217;t believe in abortion shouldn&#8217;t have to perform them?”
“Can’t we agree that contraception should be accessible?” she continued. “And can&#8217;t we agree that no state law should say that any woman who&#8217;s had an abortion can go to jail or get the death penalty? Let&#8217;s just start there.”
“We have to humanize this issue,” she declared. “I am not going to be part of demonizing this issue, it&#8217;s too personal to everyone. And the fellas have done that for too long. No offense.”
“But it is time that we start treating it like the sensitive topic that it is,” she continued. “I had a roommate who was raped in college. I wouldn&#8217;t wish anything — I wouldn&#8217;t wish that on anyone to see what she went through wondering if she was pregnant. Everybody&#8217;s got a story. And every person&#8217;s story needs to be respected.”
“So that’s the way I will handle it, is we’re going to make it about how do we save as many babies as we can and support as many moms as we can. And that&#8217;s the conversation I choose to have when it comes to pro-life and abortion,” she concluded.
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Republican candidate Nikki Haley in Lancaster County, SC

Haley: The ‘Fellas’ Have Been ‘Demonizing’ Abortion Issue For ‘Too Long’

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