Israel on Tuesday called sanctions imposed by several countries over violence by settlers in the West Bank “disgraceful” and accused foreign governments of attempting to dictate political outcomes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a statement posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the government said it “firmly rejects the disgraceful measures adopted by foreign governments against […]
A Trump megadonor got demolished on live television Monday night after demanding the country trust his voter fraud claims — then refusing to cite a single source to back them up.Hal Lambert, a Republican megadonor and regular on CNN's "NewsNight," clashed with CNN commentator Charles Blow and anchor Abby Phillip over President Donald Trump's long-debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen.Lambert insisted there were "problems" in Georgia and Arizona. As he fumbled for specifics, Blow had heard enough."Oh my god!" Blow exclaimed."What were they, Hal? It's been six years," Phillip pressed.Lambert never answered. He pivoted to fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and H-1B visas instead. Blow wasn't buying it."The more that you lie, the more we're going to push back on the fact that you are lying," Blow fired back. "You don't have a single source in your whole body."Blow then wielded the conservative Heritage Foundation's own Election Fraud Database against Lambert. A Brookings Institution analysis of Heritage's data found that in Pennsylvania, the group had to reach back 30 years — spanning 32 elections and more than 100 million ballots — to scrape together just 39 fraud cases. None changed the outcome."In 30 years, they've tracked 32 elections, 100 million votes. They have found 39 total cases of voter fraud," Blow said. "So you think the Heritage Foundation is absurd?"Lambert's response: "That's absurd! That's absurd! That's absurd!"The Brennan Center for Justice has found the Heritage cases represent a "molecular fraction" of total votes cast nationwide. Just 10 cases of in-person voter impersonation appear across the entire database.Phillip finally called it."To be honest, Hal, you're not saying anything of substance," she said.Lambert's exit line: "We'll see what the viewers think."
President Donald Trump faced another round of jeers after insisting that he was not booed during a performance of the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals.The 79-year-old became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game Monday night at the Madison Square Garden, where his hometown crowd booed him lustily before the New York Knicks lost their first game in the postseason, but Trump afterward insisted he heard only cheers when his face was shown on the screen inside the arena."I thought it was very good," Trump told reporters. "It was certainly amazing. I think mostly cheers. It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic."Social media users pounced on his claim as delusional."Sure, Donald, sure," posted widely followed X user Laura Reiser."Few things here," speculated HuffPost's Brandi Buchman. "He either: 1) knows he was booed and is saying this to infuriate people because their rage is his oxygen 2) has dementia 3) is a sociopathic narcissist with dementia 4) a mix of all of the above since he is psychologically and physically incapable of honesty.""Alternative universe," noted the widely followed Patriot Takes account."He should be in a maximum security prison and throw the key into a volcano but he's funny as f--- for this," opined writer Kylie Cheung."He's literally doing this," pointed out political analyst Drew Savicki, adding a "Simpsons" gif where the Mr. Burns character is assured a crowd is not booing but chanting his name as "Boo-urns.""Loud and very enthusiastic booing," agreed popular X user Annalea. "He doesn’t live in reality.""Which US president has ever talked like this openly in such a narcissistic, self-centered, self-serving way, like a common 12 year-old? Honestly," wondered Asia strategist Tom Logan."This man is a pathological liar," stated writer John Ledesma."Me me me me me me me. When is this going to end?" wondered retired solicitor Clive Wismayer.
President Donald Trump was spotted dozing during Monday night's NBA Finals game after disrupting the arrival of thousands of fans and even commuters outside the event.The 79-year-old president's attendance necessitated enhanced security throughout New York City, and ticket holders waited in line for hours to get inside Madison Square Garden and watch parties were canceled outside the arena, but Trump was spotted nodding off as the New York Knicks saw their 13-game postseason win streak snapped by the San Antonio Spurs."There's a huge subplot to this game is that the Knicks went into it with a 13-game winning streak," said "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire. "Sort of remarkable, and people are like, what could possibly disrupt them for their rhythm? Well we have an answer – oh, President Trump." "Did he ruin everything?" asked co-host Mika Brzezinski."He showed up last night, creating a huge security perimeter," Lemire replied. "Fans had to stand in line for hours. There was a lot of grumbling when they showed him on the jumbotron during the National Anthem. Mind you, was probably intentional to try to put down the boos. Well, it didn't work. It was thunderous boos from those inside, from both the pool reporter in the building, and you could hear it on the TV broadcast as well. They were very, very, very loud.""I enjoy that our show notes here that were prepared, it says, you know, 'Trump was there on the same night the Knicks' 13-game winning streak was snapped, parentheses," Lemire added. "There is no evidence of correlation between the two circumstances. I don't know. I think there are a lot of Knicks fans that would beg to differ.""Did he fall asleep?" Brzezinski interjected.Lemire agreed there was video footage of Trump dozing, which was shared by the right-leaning New York Post on social media."He did not shut down New York and disrupt this game to fall asleep at it," Brzezinski marveled. "The New York Post Twitter account has footage of Trump pretty clearly falling asleep at some point in the second half," Lemire said. "No, it can't be," Brzezinski deadpanned. "Not with all that 'Sleepy Joe' stuff. I mean, you can't.""Well, he managed to find a way," Lemire replied. "He was there, he was booed and now, Game 4 is so gigantic." - YouTube youtu.be
