Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I wonder if Israelis know which prime minister first called for judicial reform.
I bet you think it was Netanyahu. But if that is your guess, you would be wrong.
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The first prime minister to suggest the need for judicial reform was very specific, criticizing how judges for the High Court were chosen as “anti-democratic,” and he emphasized the need to democratize the court system and end the ethnic biases that seem to affect it.
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That prime minister was Yitzchak Rabin."
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “There is a barely known and acknowledged fact about the American Revolution that could be instructive to learn in this 250th year since the Declaration of Independence.”
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In 1776, there were three ethnic groups in the USA that 100% supported independence from England and that dreamed of a new country of freedom and equality that was the theme of the Declaration of Independence.
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All other groups, English, Scots, Irish, German, French, were divided, with the wealthy upper class returning to England or moving to Canadian colonies.
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Those of us who were in Jerusalem on June 5, 1967, have a lot of vivid memories of fear, concern, exhilaration. All within a few days.
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Our little group of volunteers who came to face what Jews all over the world at that time considered the most serious threat to Jewish survival since the 1940’s, young people, ages 18–22, from the US, England, France, Italy,
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trying to help provide services replacing soldiers called up, and in the early morning June 5 heard Jordanian tanks smash through the old Mandelbaum Gate which separated Israeli Jerusalem from Jordanian-occupied areas, and
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A Sarasora Florida woman named Desiree Doreen Segari, age 41, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after being convicted of making threats on TikTok.
She posted TikTok videos in August 2025 calling for “MAGA supporters to be sh0t on sight.”
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She also used hand gestures mimicking firing a gun and encouraged others to share the content.
She was convicted of interstate communication of a threat to injure by a federal jury in January 2026.
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She was sentenced on May 11, 2026, to 14 months in federal prison followed by supervised release.
Sarasota Woman Desiree Doreen Segari Found Guilty of Making Threats on TikTok Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Jerusalem Day — The Second Hanukah? Or Almost.
Anyone will tell you, Arabs will tell you, the Roman Catholic Church will tell you, the core issue is Jerusalem.
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2000 years ago, the Romans defeated the Jews and renamed the city, and just like the Taliban or American leftists, they went about trying to erase all evidence of the people they defeated.
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They destroyed the Temple, erected a barracks and stable at one end of the Platform (now Al-Aqsa Mosque), and decided they had made their permanent mark, replacing the Jews, and
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I find it interesting that Black activists in the USA are complaining that Republicans favoring an end to gerrymandering are racists and trying to prevent Black people from being represented.
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Because Republicans have a lot of Black candidates running for office in both majority-Black areas and majority-White areas, and doing well. Florida Congressman Byron Donalds won his seat in the district that is the most White in Florida, and
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he is running for governor and will be elected Florida governor.
When a Black woman with amazing qualifications ran for governor in Virginia, the Democrats attacked her, slandered her, and instead elected a White woman who has since proven to be a liar.
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As Trump Administration officials promote a prayer gathering on the National Mall on Sunday May 17, 2026 for America's 250th, they call for attendance at 'Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and
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Thanksgiving,' organized by the non-partisan Freedom 250 group. The free event runs from morning worship to evening prayer, celebrating 250 years of 'G-d's providence' and rededicating the country as 'One Nation Under G-d,' with
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President Trump also promoting it as part of semiquincentennial festivities. Although there are critics complaining about this voluntary event, it reminded me of George Washington's National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. Our history of coming together in this way,
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