Heart-Breaking ...Watch Rachel Goldberg Widow of Murdered Major Rabbi Avi Goldberg Play Violin

 

Rachel Goldberg, widow of the late Major Rabbi Avi Goldberg, plays the violin in the ICU for the wives of those injured in the Lebanon incident where Avi gave his life.

Israeli Newscasters make a L'chyim on the Air as the Trump Results Came in

 

Both Hochul and AG Letitia James Get Totally Unhinged! ‘We are prepared to fight back’ in ‘dumb and bizarre’ press Conference

 

So much for the honeymoon.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James treated President-elect Donald Trump as the enemy in a divisive post-election press conference Wednesday.

A defiant Hochul announced she formed an “Empire State Freedom Initiative” to prepare to fight “policy and regulatory threats” from the incoming Trump administration.

The Democratic governor said she’s prepared to work with Trump, but spent much of her time talking about readying for political and legal war.

“You try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way,” Hochul told reporters at her Manhattan office.

She spoke of potential spats with Trump over abortion, labor, LGBTQ rights, environmental policy and immigration. 

Kamala Harris tells supporters it’s ‘going to be OK’ after blowout election loss, casts herself as Democratic leader in defiant concession speech

 

Vice President Kamala Harris finally conceded her blowout election loss to former President Donald Trump Wednesday — consoling supporters and saying she would “never give up the fight” despite accepting the outcome.

“To the young people who are watching, it is OK to feel sad and disappointed, but please know it’s going to be OK,” Harris, 60, said in late afternoon remarks on the campus of Howard University, her alma mater — hours after calling Trump, 78, to offer congratulations.

“On the campaign, I would often say, ‘When we fight, we win.’ But here’s the thing: Sometimes the fight takes a while. That doesn’t mean we won’t win.”

“The important thing is, don’t ever give up,” the veep went on.

“Don’t ever stop trying to make the world a better place. You have power and don’t you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before.”

Donald Trump’s Transition Starts Now. Here’s How It Will Work

 

Donald Trump ‘s impending return to the White House means he’ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden. His team is also pledging that the second won’t look much like the first one Trump established after his 2016 victory.

The president-elect now has a 75-day transition period to build out his team before Inauguration Day arrives on Jan. 20. One top item on the to-do list: filling around 4,000 government positions with political appointees, people who are specifically tapped for their jobs by Trump’s team.

That includes everyone from the secretary of state and other heads of Cabinet departments to those selected to serve part time on boards and commissions. Around 1,200 of those presidential appointments require Senate confirmation, which should be easier with the Senate now shifting to Republican control.

Here’s what to expect:

What will the transition look like?

Scott Jennings Explains to CNN that this election was Revenge Against the Media

 

Scott Jennings emphasized the significance of the election results, noting that the Trump has won the national popular vote, which is a major achievement. Jennings highlighted that this victory represents something much deeper than just a political win; it signifies the voice of the regular working-class American being heard.

In his interpretation, this is the “revenge” of the everyday American who has long felt ignored, crushed, insulted, and condescended to by the political elite. Jennings made it clear that these Americans are not to be dismissed or labeled with derogatory terms like “garbage” or “Nazis.” Instead, their voices reflect a growing frustration with the system that many feel has worked against them.

DOJ and Special Counsel Jack Smith End Cases Against Donald Trump

 

In an unexpected move, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Special Counsel Jack Smith have decided to end their cases against President-elect Donald Trump. According to ABC News, the DOJ cited its longstanding policy that sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a guideline that has now led to the cessation of legal proceedings against the former president.

While many had anticipated that the DOJ and Smith would continue their work up until Trump’s official departure from office, the decision to close these cases before he even takes office has raised eyebrows.

“What’s interesting here is that the DOJ is moving to end these cases even before Trump assumes office, citing the longstanding DOJ policy that sitting presidents can’t be prosecuted,” a senior official said. “There was some thought that maybe Special Counsel Jack Smith would sprint through the finish line, working up until the last day, forcing Trump to fire him or waiting for a new Attorney General to be appointed, but that does not appear to be the thinking inside the department.”

Legal analysts had speculated that Smith’s team might push to conclude investigations before Trump’s term ended, potentially leaving his successor to decide the next steps. However, the department has now determined that these cases cannot proceed.

The decision has raised questions about the future of Trump’s legal challenges, as several other investigations into his actions during his presidency remain ongoing.

While Trump has repeatedly maintained his innocence, the abrupt closure of the DOJ’s cases marks a major shift in the legal landscape surrounding the former president.

Bill Barr: Prosecutors should 'do the right thing' and dismiss Trump cases: 'Respect the people's decision'

 Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in President-elect Trump's first administration, is calling on prosecutors at the state and federal levels to dismiss the pending legal cases against Trump before he takes office once again.

Barr told Fox News Digital that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office on Tuesday, and that it is in the country's best interest for prosecutors to listen to them.

"The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump, and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years," Barr said. "They did that with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country and I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now."

Barr asserted that the legal theories in some of the cases already had been "greatly weakened by a series of court decisions," and that the matters "have now been extensively aired and rejected by the American people."

Once Trump takes office in January, Barr pointed out, prosecutors will be unable to continue the cases during his term. A Trump-appointed attorney general could end the federal cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith, one in Washington, D.C., for alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, and another in Florida based on allegations dealing with retaining classified documents after his first term.

 The Florida case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on technical grounds involving Smith's appointment, and the Washington case was undermined by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that presidents have immunity from prosecution for certain official actions.

Joe Biden's 'lonely and lost' final days in office: Netflix binges, quiet tears and shunned by Kamala Harris' campaign

 

You'd think that having a sitting president on your side would be seen as a rather sizeable upper hand in the last hours of your own campaign for the White House.

Not so for Kamala Harris.

On Sunday, as the Democratic nominee made her final push for election, Harris rounded up a star-studded crew of political big names and deployed them to the tightest swing states:

Barack Obama attended a rally in Wisconsin. Bill Clinton was on the trail in North Carolina. Even the current First Lady, Jill Biden, was out for Harris, greeting voters in Pennsylvania.

But Joe Biden was nowhere to be seen.

He was hidden away in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware – a comfortably Blue state – enjoying a long lunch at his golf club with an old friend.

Days before, Biden had embarrassed Harris with yet another gaffe – appearing to refer to Donald Trump's supporters as 'garbage'. Publicly, the White House insisted he hadn't in fact said what everyone had heard.

But, behind closed doors, the message from the Harris campaign to Joe was clear: Stay away.

‘Cowardly’: Kamala Harris fails to concede to her supporters after losing the US election