RUTHFULLY YOURS

https://issuesinsights.com/2021/05/04/when-can-we-expect-that-apology-from-biden-republicans/

In the run-up to the 2020 elections, we were bombarded with stories about Republicans who were not only opposed to Donald Trump’s reelection but were actively campaigning on behalf of Joe Biden.

These Republicans didn’t just express disdain for Trump, they sang Biden’s praises, calling him a uniter, a reasonable centrist, an honest man, someone who’d reach across the aisle “to get things done.” Now, after Biden’s first 100 days in office, we can see how well those promises have held up.

Our judgment in three words: Not. At. All.

Biden is governing as the most leftist president in history. He has shunned Republicans at every turn. He’s attacked the U.S. as racist. He’s been caught in flagrant lies. And so on.

So let’s see what exactly those “Republicans for Biden” were promising that a vote or Biden would produce. And let’s compare those with what the news tells us is happening now.

“I’m sure there are Republicans and independents who couldn’t imagine crossing over to support a Democrat. They fear Joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind. I don’t believe that because I know the measure of the man. It’s reasonable, faithful, respectful.” — John Kasich

https://www.city-journal.org/civil-rights-orgs-make-false-claims-about-police

After Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, many organizations and celebrities issued press releases that went beyond celebrating justice, offering blanket condemnations of the police as universally racist and oppressive. For instance, Seventh Generation, the Unilever-owned laundry detergent maker, tweeted that to stop the “killing of Black and Brown people at the hands of the police . . . we must divest from systems of harm.” The NBA’s LeBron James tweeted what appeared to be a threat (since deleted) toward the Columbus, Ohio police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she assaulted another person with a knife.

While I have come to expect this kind of anti-police rhetoric from the corporate world and celebrities, I was dismayed to see leading civil rights organizations also lending their voices to false claims about police.

As a police officer of almost 18 years, I understand the importance of conscientious and impartial policing. And as a third-generation Jewish American whose grandparents were forced to flee the rise of the Nazi Party, I have personally benefited from the hard work of civil rights organizations that champion vulnerable groups against discrimination and abuse.

When my grandfather, a Czechoslovakian, came to America after serving in the British army in World War II, there were still several anti-Jewish policies in place. Several prominent universities capped the enrollment of Jews well into the late twentieth century, and Yale didn’t have a Jewish full professor until 1946. Country clubs restricted Jews, blacks, and women from membership until the 1990s. Jews in America also faced many acts of violence. It was the civil rights organizations that stood up for us.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cuomo-says-unvaccinated-people-could-wind-up-killing-your-grandmother/

New York governor Andrew Cuomo implied at a briefing Monday that unvaccinated individuals could threaten the lives of their elderly family members by forgoing the inoculation.

“Maybe you go home and kiss your grandmother and wind-up killing your grandmother,” Cuomo said referring to those who have abstained from vaccination. 

At the conference, the governor addressed the hesitancy among young people and general skeptics regarding receiving the shots. He specified that the outstanding vaccination target groups in the state are the “youthful” and the “doubtful.”

“There is an attitude of ‘they’ll be fine, why should they take the vaccine’,” Cuomo said. “Maybe you will get a long haul syndrome, that we’re not really sure what it is yet, but a lingering consequence of COVID.”

Cuomo’s comments about unvaccinated citizens endangering the elderly come as he continues to face a series of scandals, including allegations of a large scale cover-up of the coronavirus death toll in New York nursing homes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9534355/Bronx-judge-ignores-state-bail-re

A New York judge has released a man suspected of vandalizing synagogues across the Bronx – just hours after another judge defied the state’s bail reform laws and ordered him locked up.

Jordan Burnette faces 42 charges he ‘terrorized Riverdale’s Jewish community’
New York’s bail reform dictates that if nobody was hurt in the attacks the suspect should qualify to be released
But Bronx Judge Louis Nock classified some of the charges as ‘hate crimes’
It saw Judge Nock impose $30,000 bail on the 29-year-old suspect 
Four synagogues in the Riverdale district of the Bronx were targeted by the rock-hurling suspect who destroyed windows and doors at the houses of worship
The suspect also caused significant damage to the Chabad of Riverdale and Riverdale Jewish Center before returned the next night to inflict more damage
The targeting of Jewish religious centers comes at a time when anti-Semitic hate crimes are at their highest levels in 40 years.

Jordan Burnette, 29, faces 42 charges over a string of attacks on Jewish places of worship. 

He appeared in court Sunday, and was expected to be freed because New York State’s bail reform laws say a suspect with his charges cannot be held on bail.

But Bronx Judge Louis Nock classified some of the charges as ‘hate crimes’ and ordered him held on a $20,000 bail.

However, the judge’s defiance didn’t last long.

Just hours later Burnette was called back to court where another justice – Judge Tara Collins – granted him supervised release, the New York Post reports.

It was not immediately clear why Burnette was called to see another judge, or why he was granted supervised release after Judge Nock’s original decision.