US Has Provided Israel With 10,000 Bombs, Missiles Since Start of Gaza Conflict – Reports
The United States has sent Israel more than 10,000 bombs and missiles since the start of Israel’s military operation in Gaza last October, Reuters reported, citing two US officials.
The report said the weapons shipments included at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air-to-ground missiles, 1,000 bunker-buster bombs, and 2,600 air-dropped small-diameter bombs.
The United States has not made any significant changes that would limit the level of US military support provided to Israel, the report added.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Sputnik’s request for comment on this matter.
On Wednesday, a US official told reporters that the United States has sent Israel $6.5 billion worth of weapons.
The Biden administration at present only has one shipment on temporary hold of the 2,000-pound bombs Israel has been asking for. The United States is currently reviewing this request amid concerns that Israel would use it in densely populated areas in Rafah.
However, the United States is expected to release a hold soon on 500-pound bombs that have also been placed on hold, according to reports. Israel will reportedly need them in case it gets into a deeper conflict with Hezbollah on its northern border with Lebanon.
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$500 Bail for Haitian Accused of Raping Disabled Teen in Boston
A Haitian migrant accused of raping a disabled 15-year-old girl has been freed on bail for $500, despite immigration officials requesting he remain in custody.
Cory Alvarez, 26, was arrested for the crime, which occurred at a Boston migrant shelter, in March.
He was released on Tuesday following a hearing to assess the danger he poses to the public.
The Plymouth County District Attorney’s officed argued at that meeting that Alvarez should be held on a $10,000 bail, but the judge decided to set the figure at just $500.
Alvarez has now been released with an ankle monitor, but since Boston is a “sanctuary city,” ICE officials are unable to track him there and local officials do not have to cooperate with the agency. Alvarez has been ordered to remain at home, surrender his passport and have twice-monthly check-ins with the probation office.
Former ICE field office director John Fabbricatore told The New York Postthat Alvarez’s release is symptomatic of “a concerning trend of inadequate and failed vetting procedures.”
“This rushed process undermines the thorough checks typically conducted before granting parole or visas. The current administration’s haphazard approach raises significant safety concerns for US citizens,” Fabbricatore said.
“In particular, this recent case involving an accusation of rape by a Haitian national admitted under the Biden parole program highlights the ongoing issue. Additionally, sanctuary city policies continue to provide protection to foreign-born criminals rather than safeguarding law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.”
Alvarez entered the US at JFK airport in 2023 as part of President Biden’s parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV). He had no known criminal history when he entered the country.
Alvarez’s arrest in March led to Rep. Jim Jordan leading an inquiry into the CHNV program.
New Study: Racism Making Black Women Fat
High profile incidents of racism are helping to make black women fat, according to a new study in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
The new study looks at eating behaviours of black women in Baltimore in the aftermath of the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody. Gray’s death in 2015 resulted in protests across the city, and six officers charged in connection with his death were either found guilty or had the charges against them dropped.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins collected data from 254 women living at various distances from the epicenter of the incident, the neighborhood where Gray lived, before and after the high-profile incident. The researchers wanted to examine whether “vicarious racism”—mere proximity to acts of racism—could cause members of minorities, in this case black women, to eat more.
The answer, apparently, was a resounding “yes.”
As it turns out, women who lived closer Gray’s neighborhood after the incident reported higher levels of “emotional eating” and smoking, and also perceived there to be an increase in levels of daytime crime, suggesting they were dealing with stressors including increased anxiety.
The researchers point out that “vicarious racial discrimination” is not limited to police violence, but can be experienced on social media, at school, in the workplace, and even in stories told by family, friends and strangers.
Black women have the highest levels of obesity compared to any other group in the US. Eighty percent of black women are overweight or obese.
Target Finally Gets Serious About Out-of-Control Thefts, Lowers Intervention Threshold to Just $50
A new Bloomberg report reveals that retailer Target is finally cracking down on thieves by lowering the staff intervention threshold from $100 to $50. Target management has complained on earnings calls about ‘shrink’ in recent quarters and surging thefts that have squeezed margins.
People familiar with the new policy say employees will soon be able to intervene and halt criminals from leaving the store with as little as $50 in stolen goods. The previous threshold was $100. They say the new policy will be enforced this summer.
Target operates nearly 2,000 stores in the US and has warned investors countless times about damaging shrink—inventory loss due to theft, damage, and other factors—which has squeezed profit margins.
In March, Target Executive Vice President Michael Fiddelke said the company lost $500 million more in shrink in 2023 than in 2022.
The company expects shrink to a peak in 2024 as it works with policymakers and various cities to address out-of-control thefts.
Progressive lawmakers in states that ignored law and order only emboldened criminals to pillage retail stores as criminal and social justice reforms backfired. California decriminalizing thefts under $950 has been one of the biggest policy failures.
The National Retail Federation has previously stated that shrink accounted for $112.1 billion in losses in 2022, up from $93.9 billion in 2021. Failed progressive policies have sparked unprecedented levels of theft.
In response, retailers have shut down stores in crime-ridden areas and locked up entire aisles of high-value items. A lawless society, due to failed progressive policies, cannot economically thrive. It’s time for Americans to demand law and order.
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“Biden Is Far Beyond Cogent”: Watch MSNBC Host Say Biden Is “The Best Ever” Just Months Ago
Hilarious footage of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough lauding Biden for his cognitive abilities has resurfaced on Twitter.
In the one-minute clip from a mere 12 weeks ago, when Biden’s declining capabilities were already painfully in evidence, Scarborough says that he had undersold Biden’s capabilities and that he is, in fact, “far beyond cogent.”
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“I’ve said it for years now: he’s cogent. But I undersold him, when I said he’s cogent. He’s far beyond cogent. In fact, I think he’s better than he’s ever been—intellectually, analytically. Because he’s been around for 50 years,” Scarborough said.
“And I don’t know if people know this, but Biden used to be a hothead. Sometimes that Irishman would get in front of the reasoning, sometimes he would say things he didn’t want to say.”
Scarborough then takes a moment to reset himself, before continuing.
“F you if you can’t handle the truth. This version of Biden—intellectually, analytically—is the best Biden ever.”
Supreme Court Rejects Bannon Bid to Avoid Monday Prison Deadline
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has until Monday to report to prison after the Supreme Court rejected his 11th hour bid to remain free while he pursues an appeal of his conviction for two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
US District Judge Carl Nichols had previously put Bannon’s sentence on hold as he pursued his appeal, saying that Bannon had presented a “substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal” of the conviction.
That, however, was rejected by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in May – leaving him only the Supreme Court to help him avoid time behind bars.
Bannon has argued that he was acting on the advice of counsel when he refused to comply with the subpoenas.
He must report to prison on July 1.
As the Epoch Times notes further, Bannon through his lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene. In the application, lawyers said it would be unfair for Mr. Bannon to start serving his sentence before the full appeals court and justices consider overturning the recent appeal rejection.
“If Mr. Bannon is denied release, he will be forced to serve his prison sentence before this court has a chance to consider a petition for a writ of certiorari, given the court’s upcoming summer recess,” the lawyers wrote.
Department of Justice attorneys, on the other hand, urged the Supreme Court to reject the application. They said Mr. Bannon “cannot make the demanding showing necessary to override the normal requirement that a convicted defendant begin serving his sentence.”
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, told the court in a brief that the panel that subpoenaed Mr. Bannon produced flawed subpoenas because it failed to comply with House regulations, as it did not have a ranking member appointed by the Republican minority.
“Notwithstanding the applicant’s indictment and sentencing, the select committee’s enforcement of the subpoena and the prosecution of Mr. Bannon for failing to participate in a deposition was factually and procedurally invalid,” Mr. Loudermilk wrote. “As such, this court should conclude that the entire prosecutorial process against the applicant was tainted and must be dismissed as a matter of law.”
Peter Navarro, another former adviser to President Trump, is already serving a sentence after being convicted of contempt of Congress after also declining to cooperate with subpoenas from the same committee.
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