ICYMI: Connecticut Democrat State Rep Raghib Allie-Brennan voted in 2019 to BAN stores from giving single-use bags.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 25, 2025
He was just arrested for shoplifting and blamed it on… the store not having bags.
You can’t make this up. pic.twitter.com/BZxBQQSjtj
White Smoke. We have a new mayor ❤️π΅πΈ pic.twitter.com/ga0UrE6ntm
— Rabbi Linda Goldstein (π΅πΈπI/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) June 25, 2025
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a scathing denunciation of the legal proceedings against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling the trial a "ridiculous Witch Hunt" and calling for its immediate cancellation or a pardon for the Prime Minister.
In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump expressed his "shocked" reaction to news that Netanyahu is scheduled to appear in court again, describing the Prime Minister as a "Great War Time Prime Minister!" and a "WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel."
Trump's post highlighted his and Netanyahu’s shared struggle against Iran, a "very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel." He asserted, "Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting... Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land."
The President credited Netanyahu with achieving an "elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World," a feat he claimed "nobody thought was possible."
"We were fighting, literally, for the Survival of Israel, and there is nobody in Israel’s History that fought harder or more competently than Bibi Netanyahu," he wrote.
Trump noted his dismay at learning of the Prime Minister's court summons on Monday for a "long running… politically motivated case." Trump specifically mentioned the charges as "concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges," characterizing the entire ordeal as a "Horror Show" that has persisted "since May of 2020 - Unheard of! This is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial."
Trump concluded his post by writing, "Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel." He then directly demanded, "Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State."
Underscoring his close relationship with the Prime Minister, Trump wrote, "Perhaps there is no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME, than Bibi Netanyahu." He then asserted a strong commitment to intervene, declaring, "It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF 'JUSTICE' CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!"
From President Trump
by Scott Kahn
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump helped Israel to a degree rarely seen before in Israel’s 77 year history. Ignoring important voices in the Republican Party and the MAGA movement, Trump took decisive action by sending seven stealth B-2 bombers armed with 14 GBU-57 bunker busters, as well as Tomahawk missiles fired from submarines, to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Fordo, and further damage nuclear sites in Natanz and Isfahan. According to preliminary estimations, the attacks were successful, and have caused extremely serious damage to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Israel had been prepared to continue its war without U.S. intervention, but the decisive action by the United States - the only country to possess non-nuclear bombs of this magnitude and the planes to carry them - unquestionably made the war shorter and easier, and helped Israel avoid the problems associated with other, riskier methods of destroying the Fordo site.
Having given Prime Minister Netanyahu this gift, Trump then announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran; whether Bibi wanted it or not, he clearly had little choice but to accept.
Erin Burnett five days ago: Iran is years away from a nuclear weapon. Trump is risking starting a world war for no reason.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) June 24, 2025
Erin Burnett today: Iran's nuclear program has only been set back a few months. This is a big deal.
This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/qHSRB31LyL
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Kalman Bar published a halachic letter on Monday, in which he explains why, despite the war, getting married during the three weeks is forbidden.
Last week, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef called on couples from the Sephardi and even Ashkenazi sectors to get married during the three weeks rather than postpone their weddings. He explained that “there is no greater time of need than this,” and emphasized that even those who are generally machmir should be lenient this year, emphasizing, “ΧΧΧΧΧΧ¨ ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ¦Χ Χ©ΧΧ¨Χ ΧΧΧ€Χ‘ΧΧ.”
Although as of Tuesday morning, the war is officially over, the dilemma for couples who postponed their weddings due to the war still exists due to the difficulty in finding available chasunah halls after Tisha B’Av.
In a lengthy response to questions by engaged couples who asked whether they can marry during the three weeks, HaRav Bar paskened that there is no heter to get married during these days, despite the circumstances.
The Rav explained the reasons for the minhag not to marry during the three weeks, saying that mourning and joy are contradictory.
In addition, the Rav noted that “it is not a good siman” to marry during these days, and ΧΧΧΧ¨Χ Χ‘ΧΧ ΧͺΧ ΧΧΧΧ‘ΧΧ¨Χ (danger is stricter than prohibition), and therefore we have not found any posek who permitted this, and certainly not with a fancy seudah. HaRav Bar emphasized that the poskim did not allow marriage even on the night of the 17th of Tammuz [before the fast begins], even at a sha’as hadchak (time of need).
DIN: He "couldn't find a posek?" How about Harav Yitzchak Yosef?
DIN: Apparently most Chassidim and even Yeshivishe rabbanim do in fact allow marriage on the night of 17th of Tammuz ...
HaRav Bar noted that the Sephardim who are noheig to hold chasunos until Rosh Chodesh Av are of course, permitted to wed during those days and ended with “ΧΧ ΧΧΧͺΧΧΧ Χ’Χ ΧΧ¨ΧΧ©ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧ¨ΧΧΧ ΧΧ©ΧΧΧͺΧ.”
‼️‼️ polls will show 30 percent of NYC jews voted for Mamdani who is pro Palestine. Adl led Bnai Jeshurun, COJO Flatbush and others hosted him warmly.
— Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) June 25, 2025
Author Norman Podhoretz wrote in Why Are Jews Liberal that “To most American Jews, then, liberalism is not, as has often been… https://t.co/iqZqPMQsiG
Cuomo, who was trying to make a comeback from a harassment scandal, conceded the contest less than two hours after the polls closed, saying he had called Mamdani to congratulate him.
“Tonight is his night. He deserved it. He won,” Cuomo told supporters.
The race’s ultimate outcome will be decided by a ranked choice tabulation after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote. Mamdani, 33, a democratic socialist member of the state Assembly, held a significant lead with about 90% of ballots counted. Mamdani was also ranked second on more ballots than Cuomo, narrowing Cuomo’s path to catch up.
As news broke of Cuomo’s concession, Mamdani supporters erupted into the chorus from “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.”
Mamdani would be the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams skipped the primary. He’s running as an independent in the general election. Cuomo also has the option of running in the general election.
“We are going to take a look and make some decisions,” Cuomo said.
