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Jewish Democrat donors in Metro Detroit are planning fundraisers for presumptive Republican nominee Mike Rogers as a “hedge” should far-left Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed win Michigan’s August 4 Democrat primary, according to a report published Monday. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that several prominent Metro Detroit Jews who have long raised money for Democrats are preparing fundraisers for the former congressman, while others plan to help him outright if El-Sayed takes the nomination, one person close to Rep. Haley Stevens’ (D-MI) campaign said. Dennis Bernard, national chair of government relations for the nonpartisan Jewish Federations of North America and a…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s legal team has apparently informed him that he lacks jurisdiction to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested should the Jewish leader choose to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and the former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant in 2024, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including “starvation as a method of warfare, and … murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts” in relation to the nation’s military operations against Gaza, the U.K.’s Guardian reported. The Israeli Defense Forces attacked…

“Universal Basic Capital” is a much-needed solution to the continued advancement of artificial intelligence technology’s consistent advancement. Universal basic income (UBI) was a popular topic years ago, especially as AI gained a foothold in the economy, beginning to replace human workers; however, the newer UBC concept is now gaining traction. According to a report by The Atlantic, the idea has been endorsed by figures as ideologically diverse as Bernie Sanders, Gavin Newsom, Steve Bannon, Sam Altman, and even Donald Trump. In both cases, UBI and UBC are policies that would give every single human a baseline salary, whether they contribute to society…

President Donald Trump attended on Wednesday the dignified transfer of the four servicemembers killed in the Middle East from Friday into the weekend. The president and other distinguished visitors observed the dignified transfer of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25; Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28; Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30; and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Feehan and Gonzales were killed in action following Iran’s ballistic missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on Friday. Rampersad, who was announced as missing after the attack, is believed to have been killed…

Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott has been elevated to what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) calls its “coveted” Red to Blue program, while her Iowa Senate record includes opposition to citizenship verification and SNAP eligibility measures, along with votes on education and transgender-related policies. The DCCC announced that Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister and state senator challenging Republican Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa’s Third Congressional District, had been selected for the first round of the committee’s “coveted” and “highly competitive” Red to Blue program, which the DCCC says provides support to “top-tier candidates.” “Sarah Trone Garriott has spent her life…

President Trump dropped an epic new phrase during a rally in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday, telling supporters, “With Communism, everything turns to sh*t.”  “America is back. It’s stronger than ever before, and I’m telling you, it’s only going one way. It’s going up. As long as we keep our current thinking, our current system, it’s going up. If you go the other way, nothing ever succeeds,” Trump said before dropping one of his best lines. “With Communism, everything turns to sh*t,” he said. Trump then joked, “My wife hates it when I do that. She said you were doing so…

Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb reportedly asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to approve a $10 billion “bilateral exchange stabilization support facility” when they met in Washington on Tuesday, seemingly banking on goodwill from the Trump administration after Pakistan mediated talks between the United States and Iran. Reuters on Tuesday cited “two sources briefed on the matter” to describe the written request Aurangzeb presented to Bessent, and later quoted a U.S. official who “confirmed” the report. However, Bessent did not mention the funding request during his remarks after meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, and the Treasury Department did not mention…

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed dual attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea early Thursday morning as the U.S. military conducted a 12th straight night of strikes against Iran infrastructure – military and civil. AP reports fighting for control of vital shipping lanes in the Gulf region shows no sign of lessening and if anything is now broadening with Houthi involvement opening up a new chokepoint across the Red Sea. Energy prices are rising globally as a result as supply lines tighten for a host of other materials and oil prices hit a six-week high. AP notes U.S. Central…

Getting a $95 billion budget blueprint through the House took weeks of arm twisting. Getting it through the Senate may very well be impossible. With Speaker Mike Johnson muscling through the first step of a two-part plan for passing billions of funding for the Iran war and farm aid — and for implementing provisions of a GOP election proposal — the intraparty battle is officially now in Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s court, where the South Dakota Republican has been frank about the rocky road the effort faces and careful not to guarantee he’ll be successful. GOP senators are likely…

A historic church in Buffalo, New York, caught fire again this week, and it was determined to be the result of arson. St. Ann’s Catholic Church was built in 1886. It permanently closed down in August 2024 and was sold to an Islamic community for $250,000. There is now a push to turn the historic Catholic church into a mosque. St. Anne’s Church, Buffalo, NY. Permanently closed. Sold to the Islamic community for $250,000 who are converting the historic church into a mosque. pic.twitter.com/D21oTu18ax — Father V (@father_rmv) August 11, 2024 On Tuesday, a second fire tore through the church…