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Trump Administration Proposes a Drastic Cut in Housing Grants

More on Trump plan to eliminate Continuum of Care (Coc) funding for homeless. In Trenton, NJ, where I work, there are CoC vouchers that work almost like Section 8 vouchers. The City of Trenton partners with Catholic Charities and another nonprofit.

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Trump says Hamas has ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan or ‘pay in hell’ Qatari PM says plan still needs 'clarification and discussion' as Turkish spy chief arrives in Doha to hold talks with terror group, which is facing heavy pressure to take deal

Cautious optimism on Tony Blair/Trump proposal. Opposition parties will back Netanyahu if Ben Gvir and Smotrich leave coalition. But if coalition dissolves, there will be a Knesset election earlier than 1-year. Netanyahu got everything he asked for even though it could be the end of his government.

Opposition slams ‘whining’ Netanyahu’s UN speech as all ‘tired gimmicks,’ no substance While Israel's opposition leaders slam PM for lacking a clear plan on Gaza and hostages, coalition allies praise his defense of Israel and rejection of a Palestinian state

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At weekly protests, hostages’ families demand Netanyahu ‘atone’ ahead of High Holidays Relatives accuse PM of endangering captives with Gaza City offensive, call for immediate deal; demonstrators in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem urge Trump to intervene

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Netanyahu admits Israel is economically isolated, will need to become self-reliant Premier blames new threats of arms embargoes and sanctions on Muslim immigration to Europe, online propaganda by Qatar and China; says Israel must produce all the weapons it needs

like the opposition's comments

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Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show “It’s had a profound impact on our culture, especially on people who’ve felt different and marginalized.”…

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Gal Gadot visits Hostages Square amid nationwide strike urging release 'Wonder Woman' star, an outspoken advocate for the captives, meets with their relatives, including former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz

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‘We want them back’: Israelis strike and protest in call for hostage deal, end of war Over 30 demonstrators arrested at multiple protests, water cannon deployed near Jerusalem as roads blocked nationwide; Herzog: 'People of Israel want our brothers and sisters back home'

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Dallas ended downtown homelessness. White House wants to change the rules. The new push focuses on temporary, emergency shelters rather than lasting supports and would cut people off services after two years.

Trump plans to cut Continuum of Care (CoC) funding for homeless in 2026 proposed budget. In Trenton we have clients who have CoC vouchers.
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After outcry, Toronto film fest says it wants to reinstate pulled October 7 documentary * * *

Ridiculous

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What is Netanyahu planning with Gaza’s ‘full occupation,’ and why is the IDF chief so worried? Israel already controls 75% of the Gaza Strip. The hostages are in the other 25%. So, too, are almost all of Gaza's two million citizens

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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

Heartbreaking -- Children who died in Gaza

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Ultra-Orthodox party quits Israeli coalition, weakening Netanyahu The Shas party said it would resign over the government’s failure to enshrine into law the long-standing military exemption for the ultra-Orthodox community.

Ashkenazi and Sephardic Orthodox parties abandon Netanyahu.

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Netanyahu gifts Trump mezuzah case in shape of B-2 bomber Israeli artist Yaron Bob, who forges artwork out of shrapnel, says he was responsible for creating unique gift

More on the incredibly inappropriate B-2 bomber mezuzah that Netanyahu gave Trump including a picture and video:

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Shoshke Engelmayer רסיסי חיים. מתנה לנשיא טראמפ. ✨ אתמול נתן ראש ממשלה לנשיא טראמפ מתנה: מזוזה בצורת מטוס קרב, עשויה מרסיס טיל איראני. סמל דתי מעוצב ככלי מלחמה, מתנה שמנסה לסמל כוח, עוצמה, אולי ניצחון מוחלט, למי שמאמין....

So Netanyahu also gave Trump a mezuzah shaped as a fighter jet made from debris from an Iranian missile.

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"Wow,” Trump says. “Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful.”

Netanyahu gives Trump letter he sent to Nobel committee recommending him for Peace Prize * * *

Too funny. Netanyahu nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
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Man charged with setting fire to Melbourne synagogue as police probe terror motive Angelo Loras, 34, of Sydney, who describes himself as Iranian, suspected of starting blaze at entrance to East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation building while 20 people were inside

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Israel destroyed count-down clock for its destruction too.

Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. But unlike Gaza 2023, Israel had been watching

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Israel and U.S. Smashed Iran Nuclear Site That Grew After Trump Quit 2015 Accord

All Trump and Netanyahu did was to undo the damage from withdrawing from Obama's 2015 JCPOA.

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Israel-Iran live news: Donald Trump likens US strikes on Iran to atomic bombing of Hiroshima US president says ‘I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima… but that was essentially the same thing that ended that war’ as he speaks at Nato

He is out of control.

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Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says

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Live Updates: Trump Says Cease-Fire Is Imminent; No Word From Iran or Israel

Trump says there is a ceasefire agreement, but Iran and Israel deny it.
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A couple days back, Iran sent a message to Trump threatening to activate "sleeper-cell terror inside the United States if it was attacked", NBC reports.

Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie | Mohamad Bazzi The Iraq war was built on a lie. Now history is repeating itself

Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie | Mohamad Bazzi

What Satellite Images Reveal About the US Bombing of Iran's Nuclear Sites The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.

NEW: The US concentrated its attack on Fordow, an enrichment plant built hundreds of feet underground. Aerial photos give important clues about what damage the “bunker-buster” bombs may have caused.

StandWithUs 🚨 BREAKING: Devastating missile attacks by the Iranian regime on central and northern Israel have murdered 25 people and injured over 2,700 others. Significant damage and destruction across several...

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86 wounded by Iranian missile attacks on Israel after US strikes 3 Iran nuclear sites Broad devastation at impact sites in Tel Aviv and nearby Ness Ziona; failed interceptor crashes in Haifa; IDF destroys primed Iranian launchers, foiling larger attack

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Satellite imagery has shown the aftermath of US bombing strikes on the Fordow underground nuclear complex in Iran.

Fordow is one of three uranium enrichment facilities targeted by the US in overnight strikes.