Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue
Woman, who requested anonymity, says ‘a group of 100 men’ followed her, shouting threats and kicking her
“They were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting ‘death to Arabs’. I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene,” she said.
At one point, she and the police officer were nearly cornered against a building, the video shows. “I felt sheer terror,” the woman recalled. “I realized at that point that I couldn’t lead this mob of men to my home. I had nowhere to go. I didn’t know what to do. I was just terrified.”
After several blocks, the officer hustled the woman into a police vehicle, prompting one man to yell, “Get her!” The crowd erupted in cheers as she was driven away.
Elon Musk’s Doge conflicts of interest worth $2.37bn, Senate report says
Committee calls figure a ‘conservative estimate’ and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability
“While the $2.37 billion figure represents a credible, conservative estimate, it drastically understates the true benefit Mr Musk may gain from legal risk avoidance alone as a result of his position in government,” the report states.
UPDATED: Super Hornet Assigned to USS Harry S. Truman Lost at Sea
UPDATED: Super Hornet Assigned to USS Harry S. Truman Lost at Sea
The single-seat Super Hornet assigned to the “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, “was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” reads the statement.
“Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway.”
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5378684/doge-energy-department-nuclear-secrets-access
Two members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America’s nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.
Luke Farritor, a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a Miami-based venture capitalist, have had accounts on the computer systems for at least two weeks, according to the sources who also have access to the networks. Prior to their work at DOGE, neither Farritor nor Ramada appear to have had experience with either nuclear weapons or handling classified information.
Karoline Leavitt Boasts Trump Wouldn’t Hesitate to Arrest SCOTUS Justices
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wh-press-sec-suggests-doj-could-arrest-supreme-court-justices/
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested the Trump administration would consider arresting high-ranking judges—including Supreme Court justices—at a press briefing Monday.
“As you guys look at other judges, would you ever arrest somebody higher up on the judicial food chain, like a federal judge or even a Supreme Court justice?” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.
Leavitt said no judge is safe from the administration’s crackdown on the judiciary.
Trump: ‘I run the country and the world’
“The first time, I had two things to do — run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys,” Trump said in the interview published Monday. “And the second time, I run the country and the world.”
Johnson says it’s ‘game time’ as House committees draft first piece of Trump agenda
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/politics/house-gop-johnson-trump-agenda/index.html
The $150 billion in defense programs includes $25 billion for Trump’s “Golden Dome” for missile defense, $34 billion in ship building and more than $20 billion in munitions purchases. The House Armed Services Committee plans to begin voting on Tuesday on this aspect of the bill.
On border security, the House Homeland Security Committee proposes $46.5 billion for new border barriers, $5 billion for new Customs and Border Protection facilities and $4 billion for new Customs officials and border personnel.
The committee proposes several billion dollars more in new technology to tighten security measures at the border and also includes $1 billion for security and planning for the 2028 Olympics, as well as $625 million for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget
Reached for comment, a Capitol police spokesperson said Barber and two others were charged with “crowding, obstructing and incommoding,” explaining demonstrations in congressional buildings are “not allowed in any form, to include but not limited to sitting, kneeling, group praying, singing, chanting, etc.”
Some quickly argued that Barber’s arrest appeared incongruous with President Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate “anti-Christian bias” in federal agencies.
“Arresting Rev. Barber and others at the Capitol after announcing a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias in government is an absolute travesty,” Anthea Butler, a professor of religion at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a text message. “Seems like this administration only wants Christians who are supporters of Trump to have access to pray in the Capitol and express their faith.”
Scottie's Playtime 
I keep wondering why praying Republicans appear to be constipated. By their facial expressions, you know.
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Hi Aki. The church school and the church I went to encouraged happy worship. I did not share my history or past but I think my saviors in human skin told some. For the first time in my life adults / people treated me gently and greeted me happily who did not demand I take my clothing off or please them. I was so unsure what to do around them. And I was so unsure of what I could say or do. I stuck to listening and singing music, scared someone would either demand I leave or service them sexually. Remember the times when I was 7 or 8 the pastor at the church my adopting mother & hell spawn sisters were trying to use to enter heaven used to … well he molested me either before or after church. I was compliant and never complained because most Sundays I had been raped several times before having to shower to get dressed for church. At least he never wanted or tried to insert anything in to my sore butt hole that I have so far remembered. He even got my parents to have me bike to the church which was not too far away during the week to help him with things. He had very large hands. He loved to feel every part of my body … but in his defense, he did help me get dressed afterward. Again his use of me did not cause me pain, so I never thought of it as abuse, just something I had to do daily at home.
The thing that made me happy at church was the singing. I loved it. Even when I struggled to understand the words. Republicans never seem happy especially in church. Hugs
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