Our Lioness Fears No One!

 

Our lionesses fear no one 🔥🩷 pic.twitter.com/ojipmIirLm

— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) April 12, 2025

🚨CAUGHT IN THE ACT🚨

 

🚨CAUGHT IN THE ACT🚨

Hamas terrorists were spotted planting explosive devices near IDF forces in northern Gaza. Big mistake. They were instantly eliminated from the air.

You want to rig bombs to kill Jews? Then you die before you even finish the job. That’s how it works now. pic.twitter.com/yQDSO9tJi0

— Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JewsFightBack) April 13, 2025

Look what’s left of the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion after Cody Balmer Set it On Fire

 

Praying for @JoshShapiroPA and his entire family. What sick evil exists in this world. And to do this on Passover is truly demonic. https://t.co/vgBVnsFOnD

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) April 14, 2025

This is the Filthy Prof Teresa Sharpe of Columbia Univ

 

🚨 Professor Teresa Sharpe, Sociology Dept. at Columbia University.

Signed a faculty statement stating that the Oct 7 Hamas attacks were "a military response by people who have endured crushing occupation."

This is the filth that passes for a professor at an Ivy League school. pic.twitter.com/rnMamMaL7N

— NizNellie3 (@NizNellie3) April 12, 2025

Arielle Konig the Battered nuclear engineer appears in court after husband allegedly tried to push her to her death off cliff in Hawaii

The nuclear engineer whose anesthesiologist husband allegedly tried to kill her on a hike in Hawaii made her first public appearance in court on Friday while still bearing injuries reportedly sustained during the attack.

Renowned nuclear engineer Arielle Konig, 36, sported a clear stitch just below her right eye while she sat front and center at the first hearing for her 46-year-old husband Dr. Gerhardt Konig. She appeared to ask the court to extend her restraining order against Gerhardt.

The court granted Arielle’s request and Gerhardt will have to stay away from her and his two children until the order either expires or is extended again.

At the hearing, Arielle wore a black-and-white floral headscarf. The alleged attack left her critically injured and she required surgical treatment, but it is unclear if the headpiece was worn to conceal new scars.

Prosecutors said Arielle was attacked by her husband with a rock and multiple syringes containing an unknown substance before he attempted to shove her off a cliff. Police said the attack began after Arielle refused to take a photo at the edge of a scenic cliffside lookout.

Gerhardt then fled, and nearby hikers called 911 around 10:30 a.m. that morning. While Arielle’s injuries were treated at a nearby hospital, a six-hour manhunt for Gerhardt ensued. He was eventually captured following a foot pursuit and charged with attempted murder.

Arielle’s tumultuous six-year marriage was laid out in detail to the court on Friday. Gerhardt had apparently accused her of having an affair, while Arielle asserted that he sexually assaulted her.

The couple originally moved to their $1.5 million home in Maui in 2022 for Gerhardt’s “dream job.” They have two young children in their family, including at least one from Gerhardt’s prior marriage.

Gerhardt’s medical license is still active, but he was suspended by Maui Health while they launch an investigation.

The criminal case will continue into May with a trial expected in June.

 

Trump says no exemption for iPhones and other Chinese-made electronics

 

President Trump settled the debate over the tariffs on iPhones and other Chinese-made devices — saying that there is no “exemption” and that new duties are coming.

“NOBODY is getting ‘off the hook,'” Trump said on Truth Social Sunday. “There was no Tariff ‘exception’ announced on Friday. These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’”

“We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations.”

Late in the day on Friday, Trump’s team filed a rule that exempted a myriad of electronic devices from the president’s steep “reciprocal” tariff on Chinese imports to the US.

The ruling appeared to grant a reprieve for Apple and other consumer electronics makers, who were facing tariffs of up to 145% under Trump’s sweeping new rules.

More than 80% of Apple products are assembled in China, according to data from Evercore ISI. Apple CEO Tim Cook has courted close relations with Trump amid the tariff push.

Even before Trump upped the ante on China, experts were suggesting that top iPhone models could increase in price to $2,300 under the tariff regime.

Prior to Trump’s clarification Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick publicly explained that electronics being imported from China will soon face their own unique tariff.

“So what he’s doing is he’s saying they’re exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, but they’re included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two. So these are coming soon,” Lutnick told ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday.

“All those products are going to come under semiconductors, and they’re going to have a special focus type of tariff to make sure that those products get restored.”

Last Wednesday, as Trump’s suite of customized “reciprocal” tariff rates were set to go into effect, the president abruptly reversed course and announced a 90-day pause while his team negotiates new deals with various countries. Trump remarked that people were “getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid” as markets cratered amid tariff fears.

Trump kept the 10% baseline tariff on virtually all imports in effect and announced a 125% tariff against goods and services coming in from China. White House officials clarified that China will still face a 20% tariff announced earlier this year due to fentanyl concerns, which brings the total rate on most Chinese imports to 145%.

Will Trump let Iran stall its way into going nuclear?

 

All the cut-a-nuke-deal-with-Iran enthusiasts are marveling that Tehran’s negotiator deigned to meet face-to-face with President Donald Trump’s envoy on Saturday, and agreed to meet again a week later.

Huh: Sure looks the Iranians still mean to drag the talks out until they’ve already gone nuclear; Trump needs to ensure Steve Witkoff doesn’t get sucked into the illusion of progress.

Tehran has already enriched enough uranium to weapons-grade to build multiple nuclear weapons; it only needs to play for time.

Yet the regime is more vulnerable than it’s been in decades, its Hamas and Hezbollah proxies eviscerated after going to war against Israel while US strikes are now defanging its Houthi paws — even as it has lost its Syrian puppet with the ouster of the Assad clan.

Meanwhile, renewed sanctions threaten to spark outright rebellion even as “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei nears death with an uncertain succession.

And Tehran’s direct exchanges of strikes with Israel have eviscerated its air defenses.

Trump rightly would rather Tehran verifiably dropped its nuke-quest than act militarily to end the nuke threat, but the regime needs to move a lot faster to offering detailed hard commitments to a full squad of US experts, and not get away with empty symbolic concessions.

The Obama crew handed Tehran a full decade with the 2015 deal; all Iran’s negotiators need do now is stall a month or three and they can go nuclear on Trump’s watch.

Don’t let Witkoff get snowed.

Victims of upstate NY plane crash ID’d as family members heading for Pesach Celebration

 

Dr. Michael Groff, Karenna Groff, Dr. Joy Saini, and James Santoro (left to right) were identified as victims of the small plane crash in upstate New York on April 12, 2025.

A family of doctors and high-achieving student athletes were among six people killed when a small plane crashed in a muddy field in upstate New York over the weekend.

The Groff family – neuroscientist father Michael Groff, urologist mother Joy Saini, their MIT-grad daughter Karenna and her boyfriend James Sontoro – were all killed Saturday when the private Mitsubishi MU-2B they were travelling in smashed into the ground in Copake, not far from the Massachusetts border, Sontoro’s father confirmed.

Son Jared Groff, along with his partner Alexia Couyutas Duarte, also died, according to the Times Union. 

A third child of the Massachusetts doctor couple, daughter Anika, was not on the plane. 

The Groffs were headed to the Catskills aboard Michael’s private jet for a birthday and Passover celebration when the tragedy struck.

“They were a wonderful family,” John Sontoro said. “The world lost a lot of very good people who were going to do a lot of good for the world if they had the opportunity. We’re all personally devastated.”

His son was also an MIT graduate and worked in finance, while Karenna was studying medicine at New York University after being named the NCAA woman of the year in 2022 for her soccer and academic achievements at MIT.

“Really, this recognition is a testament to my MIT women’s soccer family and all of the guidance, support, and friendship they have provided for me over the years,” she said in an interview after earning the prestigious sports award.

Dr. Groff was an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and also served as the executive director of neuroscience at Rochester Regional Health, the Times Union reported. He was also an experienced pilot. 

“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved family members,” a statement from the surviving family read. “We will remember them as the six brilliant, dynamic, and loving people that they were.”

The family departed from a White Plains airport Saturday morning and was due to land at the Columbia County Airport around noon.

But the plane’s pilot alerted air traffic controllers that they’d missed their approach and were requesting directions for a second attempt – when the tower indicated a “low altitude alert” and then lost all contact with the plane.

Within moments, the small plane crashed in the field, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Albert Nixon said at a press conference Sunday.

The federal agency is continuing to investigate the accident.

Slonomer Rebbe Bringing his Followers Back to the Stone Age ...calls to divest from email

 DIN: It is unclear whether the next step would be to prohibit emails altogether. Today, you cannot possibly function without emails. 

The Slonim Hasidic community announced on the eve of Passover the cessation of its weekly email service that had operated for about a decade.

The move was made under the direct instruction of the Rebbe and as part of a broader struggle against the dangers of technology.

The last email sent to hundreds of followers on the eve of the holiday contained the following message: "At the request of several individuals, from the Shabbat before the weekly Torah portion 'Vayigash' of 5774, and weekly ever since, we have provided updates every Shabbat about good news, community announcements, the 'Chayenu' organization, and charity funds; we did not hold back from emphasizing the importance of donations to the Land of Israel."

"We have received guidance from our esteemed Rebbe, and we did not refrain from executing his holy words immediately. From now on, this weekly announcement will no longer be sent," the last message stated. "As we received reward for doing it, we will be rewarded for stopping, and we will lack for nothing."

This is an unusual step even within the Haredi framework, as the email service is seen as a 'clean' communication channel that does not require internet browsing.

In many Haredi communities, dozens of public computer points provide access to email only, and it serves as a central communication tool for transmitting community information, happy events, and announcements..

Trump & Israel have Iran leaders shaking in their boots

 

Nearly 20 years ago, Henry Kissinger established the rules for decoding the push and pull of Iran’s foreign policy. Iran, Kissinger famously said, had to decide whether it is “a country or a cause.”

His challenge revolved around the question of whether the ayatollah and his government were pragmatic in dealing with other nations, or militarily fanatical in a quest to spread their Islamic revolution. 

The ensuing years of regional terrorism, threats of war against America, Israel and Arab nations and oppression at home provide mountains of evidence that Iran is not interested in normal statecraft. 

Indeed, the history is so one-sided that the current despot, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, doesn’t even pretend to be concerned about anything other than Islamic supremacy. 

Yet much of the world, including recent American presidents and the usual suspects in Europe and the United Nations, have found it convenient to assert that the answer to Kissinger’s challenge remains elusive.

Fortunately, America now has a president who is calling B.S. on claims that Iran is anything but a terror state. 

Most important, Donald Trump is prepared to end the charade once and for all. 

His public position is that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.

That’s dramatic in itself, but his private bottom line is even more so. 

Revealed here for the first time, Trump’s position is that Iran’s leaders either destroy their nuclear facilities, or the US, likely with Israel’s help, will do it for them by taking military action. 

That’s his offer, and no other options are on the table, the president tells confidants. Certainly there will be no more agreements requiring international inspections that rely on Iranian honesty and compliance.

Nor will there be any tolerance for Iran’s enriching uranium at levels that have no use other than nuclear bombs.