May 9, 2020

Amid COVID-19, Pompeo to visit Israel and meet Netanyahu, Gantz
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is expected to visit Israel on Wednesday, the Department of State officially announced on Friday. Secretary Pompeo will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader, Benny Gantz. The brief visit will take place on the same day in which Netanyahu and Gantz’s new government would be sworn-in.

Officials say Iran attempted hack of Israel’s water system
Iran is being linked to an attempted cyberattack last month that authorities believe was aimed at disrupting water supplies in at least two locations in Israel as that country was seeking to contain a covid-19 outbreak, according to foreign intelligence officials familiar with the matter. The incident, which occurred on April 24 and 25, was quickly detected and thwarted before it could cause damage.

No ‘V’-shape return from devastating U.S. job loss, Fed policymakers say
As many parts of the world’s biggest economy begin to reopen after weeks of stay-at-home orders…Americans should not expect a quick return to growth, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Friday. “A couple months ago I was optimistic, I was hopeful, that maybe we would have a ‘V’-shaped recovery – shut things down, clamp down on the virus, and then have a quick recovery,” Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said…

Egypt’s el-Sisi expands powers, citing coronavirus pandemic
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has approved amendments to the country’s state of emergency that grant him and security agencies additional powers, which the government says are needed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The changes on Saturday were condemned by a prominent rights group, which said Cairo has used the public health crisis to “expand, not reform, Egypt’s abusive Emergency Law”.

New White House Press Sec Issues Dire Warning to Americans About the FBI
“If the top leadership of the FBI can target a three-star general who served this country for three decades, make no mistake, they can target you,” she said. “In the words of renowned political philosopher Baron de Montesquieu, ‘There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.’

Trump’s Leadership During COVID Strengthening His Standing with Evangelicals
President Donald Trump’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be strengthening his standing among Christians, which is not surprising given how he has placed faith front and center during the crisis and has been a strong voice for religious liberty. White evangelicals, in particular, have been among Trump’s strongest supporters.

America Has Become A Powder Keg That Is Ready To Explode At Any Time
People are angry about the lockdowns, people are angry because others are not “properly” observing the social distancing rules, people are angry about losing their jobs, people are angry about the shortages in the stores, and more than anything else people are angry at our politicians. Even before COVID-19 came along, I was repeatedly warning my readers that anger was rising to a very dangerous level in this country, and now this pandemic has made things far worse.

Chinese experts urging 1,000 new nuclear weapons to counter ‘warmonger US’
China’s state-run Global Times newspaper said experts are urging the nation to ramp up its nuclear development to counter the U.S. Experts specifically urged China to increase nuclear warhead supply to 1,000, development of the H-20 stealth bomber, and the JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile to complete “a technologically advanced nuclear triad … to deter potential impulsive military action by U.S. warmongers.”

Obama official admitted under oath she lied about Trump-Russia collusion
But when she was put under oath — as the newly released transcript of her House Intelligence Committee interview shows — she admitted there was no basis for her bombshell claims, … in her testimony to the House panel June 26, 2017, Farkas effectively admitted she lied.

Jesse Watters calls Flynn case ‘an Obama scandal,’ predicts more revelations to come: ‘It’s about to get ugly’
Jesse Watters said on “The Five” Friday that the prosecution of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was an “Obama scandal” that went “all the way to the top” of the 44th president’s administration. “It’s not about FBI misbehavior. It’s about Obama. This is an Obama scandal,” Watters said. “This goes all the way to the top.”

Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead
Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at US drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as the company races to deploy a treatment for the COVID-19 virus.

Acting US spy chief overhauls agency in defiance of congressional concerns
Defying congressional oversight concerns, US President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence on Friday unveiled organizational changes to his agency. Richard Grenell, who is expected to be replaced in coming months by Trump’s full-time nominee, said the changes were the result of a lengthy review and would make more efficient use of funds and enhance intelligence support for the Pentagon.

A Naked-Eye Outburst from Comet SWAN
Fresh comets often behave this way–cracking, fracturing, and exposing veins of volatile material as they approach the sun for the first time. Comet SWAN is just such an object. It has a hyperbolic orbit, which suggests it has never been here before. Sunlight is touching its surface for the first time with unpredictable results.

The tools that prepare Israel for the future war
Israel’s next war is coming, and when it comes, Israel must land a knockout punch, using the latest technology and combining all its units, from the sea to land and air, in a coordinated assault that will defeat its enemies with maximum power but a minimum of harm to civilians.

How 250,000 Coronavirus Deaths Fit Right Into the Democrats’ Political Plan
It is far easier to criticize after the fact than to have the responsibility and be in the spotlight. This is even more true when the media bears an absurd bias, even animus, against the current administration. The media and many political leaders are involved in reverse engineering their position on COVID-19, declaring opposition to anything President Trump says without considering his position. The result is that there is no Democratic plan for how to handle the crisis, only a reaction that is anti-Trump in the extreme, whether they accurately defined his position or even f his position was grossly misrepresented.

Rabbis Accuse Netanyahu of a “Mass Microchip Plot”: Selling Out Israel to the Globalist Agenda
Benjamin Netanyahu set off quite a storm on Monday night following a press conference when he updated the nation regarding the latest loosening measures of the Health Ministry’s regulations. That’s because during his speech, he alluded to the idea of installing distance sensors onto children that like a car, beep when they get to close to people.

Iran’s Capital Hit By Major Earthquake; Widespread Panic Reported
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Iran shortly after midnight on Thursday night with its epicenter 34 miles east of the capital city Tehran. AFP reported that panicked residents rushed into the streets, abandoning buildings in fear they would collapse. Two people were killed and 55 injured in the earthquake. The earthquake was followed by eight more mild aftershocks. Many people remained outdoors in fear of another quake.

Newly Revealed Transcript: FBI Agent In Wiretapping Trump’s Campaign Said All Israelis “Should Be Executed”
A recently declassified transcript of conversations between an undercover FBI agent deployed against the disgraced former Trump campaign staffer George Papadopoulos recorded two weeks after the 2016 election revealed that grossly racist comments by the agent targeting, Russians (Russian Jews in particular), Chinese, and Koreans. But his most virulent hatred was reserved for Israelis, who he said were all “f***ing spies” who should be executed.

Benjamin Netanyahu Shockingly Suggests Microchipping Children Who Return To School After The COVID-19 Lockdown In Israel Is Lifted
I believe that Benjamin Netanyahu is a good man, and certainly God’s man to be leading Israel in these end times, but I want to draw your attention to a really wacky thing he said these week about lifting the COVID-19 lockdown in Israel. He said that all children returning to school should receive a microchip to serve as a coronavirus warning system. That’s crazy, but he said it, and there it is. Now let me tell you the really scary thing you need to know about that.

4.5K Inmates, Including Convicted Pedophiles, Freed from Illinois Prisons
Prisons in Illinois have released 450 inmates, including convicted child sex offenders, every week, according to state records.

Trump Administration Considers Policy To Abolish ‘Transgender’ Identity
The Trump administration is now considering defining gender unchangeable, the biological fact that is assigned at birth, removing transgender identity.

On Joe Rogan Podcast Elon Musk Says His Neuralink Startup Ready To Begin Testing Implantable Brain Chips In Humans In Under 12 Months
Elon Musk looks disarmingly nonthreatening in his AI-themed nerd shirt, sitting down on the Joe Rogan podcast to talk about, among other things, his disturbingly-named baby X Æ A-12, and yes that is his actual name. The ‘X’ stands for an unknown variable, and the ’12’ stands for a plane that Musk has created called the ‘Archangel 12’. How legit end times insane is everything I just told you? And the crazy part is all that has nothing to do with the actual story. The actual story is how Elon Musk is less than 12 months away from human testing of his Neuralink implantable brain chip device.

City That Honored Stormy Daniels Promotes ‘Mother’s Day Online Drag Show’
The City of West Hollywood, California, which emerged as an early epicenter of the novel outbreak in Los Angeles County, has welcomed the public to take part in a Mother’s Day online drag show to reportedly “honor all mothers across the city and around the world.”

The coming epidemic of shortages
As of April 25, 2020, more than 30 million Americans were receiving unemployment payments. Around 10 million more who had been self-employed were suddenly unable to earn an income yet found they could not file claims because of antiquated state systems. The federal CARE Act was passed by Congress to support all those now unable to work because of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the self-employed. Tens of billions of dollars were transferred to state governments for unemployment programs.

A Portal Between The Simulated Digital World Of Your Devices And Your Actual Everyday Reality Is Close To Completion In COVID-19 ‘New Normal’ World
Think about your smart phones, tablets, pads, laptops…whatever you call it, the whole world is connected on digital devices that run apps for every function imaginable. Ever look up the word ‘devices’ in your King James Bible? It appears 16 times, and every time without fail it is connected to evil, wickedness, with the majority of those 16 references speaking directly about Antichrist in the time of Jacob’s trouble. Coincidence? Perhaps, perhaps not.

Coronavirus: Seven million Afghan children risk hunger
More than seven million children in Afghanistan are at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report warns.

Report Finds Netflix Pushes Explicit Content To Minors
In new research, nonprofit grassroots advocacy group Parents Television Council (PTC) revealed that top streaming service Netflix has for years been marketing explicit content to minors.

End the LOCKDOWNS; launch the TAKEDOWNS
We are in the fight for our lives. “We” as in the human race. There is no real plan to reopen the economy because the people in charge don’t plan for most human beings to survive much longer. The coronavirus “vaccine” will be a kill switch, a genocide weapon against humanity that’s designed to depopulate the planet. That’s why they don’t need years of testing. It’s not designed to prevent or cure anything; it’s designed to kill.

Beware Of Plans To “Build Back Better”
Central planners the world over believe they can better shape the world around them according to their wishes.  This fatal conceit compels them to intervene in destructive ways…

May 8, 2020

Strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes Indonesia
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck in the Banda Sea, off Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 117 km (73 miles), EMSC said. The U.S. Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude of 6.8. The earthquake is not capable of generating a tsunami affecting the Indian Ocean region, the Indonesia Tsunami Service Provider said.

Japan Wants A Defense Plan For UFO Encounters
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono has announced his country should have a plan for possible UFO encounters. His statement came at a news conference on April 28 after the U.S. Defense Department declassified and released videos shot by Navy pilots pointing to the possibility that UFOs exist. Kono has previously explained he does not believe in the existence of UFOs, but he wants his country to be prepared if there is a need to encounter an unknown extraterrestrial force.

Israeli archaeologists make amazing discovery at world’s oldest place of worship
“The initial discovery of the site was a big surprise and we are now showing that its construction was even more complex than we thought,” … Haklay, using an algorithm, found that the midpoints of each concentric circle created a nearly perfect equilateral triangle – off by only 25 centimeters. Each side of the invisible triangle measures 19.25 meters.

Covid-19 and the New World Normal
sense that is where we are on the prophetic schedule of things. The health, economic, and globalist effects of Covid-19 have moved us into a new (and perhaps final) era of the birth-pain period Jesus talked about in Matthew 24. In that chapter, Jesus responds to his disciples’ questions about the timing of Jerusalem (and the temple) being destroyed, the end of the Church age, and the return of Jesus.

Scientists Clone SARS-CoV-2 Genome with Quick Yeast-Based Method
Researchers have generated a full-length clone of the novel coronavirus genome using artificial chromosomes in brewers’ yeast, according to a paper published in Nature on Monday (May 4). While other laboratories are constructing, or have constructed, clones of SARS-CoV-2 by alternative methods, a major benefit of the yeast system is its speed and stability, researchers say. “The exciting thing about the yeast is that . . . it’s fast,”

‘Dirty’ Christians In Pakistan Forced To Clean Filthy Sewers Bare Handed
Christians in Pakistan are being forced to to clean sewers, a job their Muslim caste-system superiors avoid and relegate to Christians who are commonly referred to as “dirty,” the New York Times reported. Lower-caste Hindus, but specifically Christians, are expected to take the dangerous and unsanitary sewer cleaning jobs in Pakistan and are heavily discriminated against by Muslims,

Rush Limbaugh on collapse of Russia hoax: ‘There is no innocent Democrat’
The intelligence community has cleared the way for the release of the transcripts of the congressional testimony of 53 people in the investigation of the now debunked Democrat allegation of Trump-Russia collusion. And talk radio host Rush Limbaugh says they will show “there is no innocent Democrat.”

Biden Vows to Bring Terror Group PLO to Washington if Elected
Joe Biden said on Tuesday that if elected president, he would reopen the Palestine Liberation Organization Diplomatic Mission in Washington, D.C., and restore U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority.

Biden “Honored” to Receive Endorsement from Soros-Backed Anti-Israel Lobby Group
Democratic 2020 hopeful Joe Biden embraced the endorsement of the leftist anti-Israel lobby group J Street on Friday. And although J Street claims to be pro-Israel, an expose in Haaretz revealed that the lobby group was secretly backed by George Soros.

Tropical system in Gulf of Mexico likely to bring heavy but beneficial rain to South Florida
Officially, Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, but the atmosphere could have different plans this weekend. Parts of Florida may see more than half a foot of rain with the premature tropical system, presenting the potential for isolated flooding.

Near-complete North Korean missile facility proves Pyongyang continues ICBM development
A Washington think tank report that North Korea is “nearing completion” of a ballistic missile facility capable of accommodating Pyongyang’s entire ballistic missile arsenal highlights the modernization and expansion of the country’s ICBM program despite global efforts to stop it, experts said Wednesday.

DOJ drops case against Gen. Michael Flynn
The U.S. Department of Justice is dropping its case against former national security advisor and retired Army general Michael Flynn, according to new court documents on Thursday. The DOJ filed new documents on Thursday to drop the case, “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.” The DOJ further contended that Flynn’s Jan. 24, 2017 interview was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis” and was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn.”

Benjamin Netanyahu gets mandate from Rivlin to form 5th government
Prescient Reuven Rivlin officially granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week mandate on Thursday night to form his fifth straight government, which would keep him in power until November 13, 2021. “I hope Israel will soon have a government that will deal successfully with the complex challenges that stand before us,” Rivlin said, noting the dual crises of the political stalemate and the impact of the coronavirus.

Citizens’ movements stored in off-the-books police database – report
The movements of all vehicles in Israel are tracked by police and are stored in an unregulated database named Eagle Eye…A source…said the information “may be kept for years on end.”…Eagle Eye tracks Israelis’ movements using an automatic license plate recognition system (ALRS)…the tracking system – mounted both on static cameras and police vehicles – is not regulated by state provisions, making the extent of its usage unlimited.

The FDA used expanded power to fight the coronavirus. Will future credibility suffer?
When the Food and Drug Administration allowed unproven coronavirus antibody tests to go to market in March, without validating their accuracy first, Regina Barrell worried about the consequences to the credibility of the agency where she had spent her career. Consumer safety experts like Barrell…watched as over a dozen different tests reached the public only to produce flawed, unreliable results.

Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor’s order freed
A Texas salon owner who defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency orders and was jailed for keeping her business open walked out free Thursday to cheering supporters after the governor weakened his enforcement of coronavirus safeguards and a court ordered her released. Shelley Luther, owner of a Salon A La Mode in Dallas, wore a mask while leaving jail less than 48 hours after a judge sentenced her to a week behind bars…

West Bank settlers: Trump plan calls for Palestinian statehood
Settler’s leaders came out Thursday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Middle East, arguing that it includes the establishment of a Palestinian state. The heads of the Yesha Council (an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank) warn Washington is not being forthcoming about its intentions.

Casualties reported after 5.1 earthquake hits Iran
Two people have died and 22 others were injured as they fled their homes in a panic following a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit northern Iran early on Friday (20:18 GMT on Thursday), according to state media. Among the dead were a 21-year-old woman in Tehran who suffered heart failure, and a 60-year-old man in the city of Damavand, east of the capital, killed by a head injury, officials said.

Egypt’s El-Sisi ratifies emergency law amendments sparking rights concerns
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt’s emergency law which an international rights groups says expands “repressive powers” as the country’s battles the coronavirus. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017 when twin church bombings claimed by a Daesh group affiliate killed dozens of people.

5 killed, dozens wounds in Tripoli shelling: Libyan official
Artillery shelling by Libya’s eastern-based forces killed more than five civilians and wounded dozens in the capital, Tripoli, an official with the country’s UN-supported government said Thursday. It was the latest attack on Tripoli by the eastern forces’ commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched a push last year to capture the city.

Israel demands major changes in UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
Israel’s U.N. ambassador said…his government is demanding major changes in the way the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon operates on the ground and has support from the United States. Ambassador Danny Danon told a video press briefing that Israel will insist that peacekeepers have access to all sites, that they have freedom of movement and that any time they are being blocked the U.N. Security Council must be immediately informed.

Water restrictions announced in Auckland amid worsening drought in North Island, New Zealand
The severe drought in North Island, New Zealand– the worst in 50 years in some areas– has prompted the Auckland Council’s Emergency Committee to introduce mandatory water restrictions, which will be effective across the region beginning May 16, 2020.

Violent storm hits Western Australia, leaving tens of thousands without power
A severe storm packing strong winds up to 128 km/h (80 mph) lashed Western Australia on May 5, 2020, toppling trees and power grids which left some 55 000 homes without electricity. As of May 6, about 25 500 homes are still impacted by the season’s first storm, according to Western Power.

Federal Judge Says Massachusetts Gun Stores Can Reopen Saturday
A federal judge ordered Massachusetts to allow gun stores to reopen on May 9, in a decision that could pave the way for a future Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of shutdowns.

HUGE UPDATE: Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx Used Imperial College Model — NOW CONFIRMED AS A COMPLETE FRAUD — To Persuade President Trump to Lock Down Entire US Economy!
Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx used the Imperial College Model to persuade President Trump to lock down the ENTIRE US ECONOMY. The fraudulent model predicted 2.2 million American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.

Twitter Will Now Warn You If You Are About to Post Wrongthink
Are you about to post a tweet containing “harmful” language? Don’t worry — Twitter is experimenting with a feature that will warn you ahead of time, so you don’t accidentally infect any users with your wrongthink.

County: Health chief ‘misspoke’ saying he would forcibly remove the infected from homesWhen the health director for California’s Ventura County declared at a news conference that he had mobilized teams who were prepared to remove people infected with the coronavirus from their homes, some residents took him at his word.

Democrats Introduce House Bill H.R.6666 To Award Grants To Eligible Entities To Conduct COVID-19 Testing And Contact Tracing Surveillance
The deeper we go into this dystopian world of COVID-19, the murkier things get. But ironically, from a biblical perspective, they are stunningly clear, at least to me anyway. That COVID-19 is being used to bring in the New World Order is now a proven point, only the most pathological of gainsayers can dispute it at this point. And connecting COVID-19 to the Mark of the Beast system? Why it’s an easier slam-dunk than anything ever attempted by Michael Jordan or Lebron James. So is anyone really surprised at H.R. 6666 to allocate funding for contact tracing digital surveillance and home inspections by government agents? Nope.

Joe Biden Says That As President He Will Reopen Talks With Palestine Liberation Organization Terror Group And Give Them Funding And SupportIf you are a bible believing Christian who supports the Jews and Israel, what President Trump has done over there is a prophetical dream come true. Donald Trump has done more for Israel in 3 and a half years than any other president since Truman signed the proclamation recognizing the recreation of the Jewish state back on May 14, 1948. Joe Biden went on record this week saying he would happily undo large portions of that.

CALIFORNIA’S MEDICAL GESTAPO IS EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS!
Here is the story of how the Ventura Health Department and accompanying police are coming to your door to “snatch” anyone that they “suspect” has a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

1/3 of Americans may refuse coronavirus vaccine, according to pollMore than one-third of Americans may not get a coronavirus vaccine if one becomes available, according to a new poll.

End the LOCKDOWNS; launch the TAKEDOWNSWe are in the fight for our lives. “We” as in the human race. There is no real plan to reopen the economy because the people in charge don’t plan for most human beings to survive much longer.

Lockdowns Are No Longer About COVID-19: The Goal Is Regime Change and the Introduction of a Reign of Terror for All DeplorablesWe have all been awaiting the full implementation of Nazi-Gestapo tactics on the American people in order to keep America locked down and thereby, completing the task of destroying the American economy, beyond repair, after the release of the CHICOM bioweapon.

May 7, 2020

The Great Quarantine Revival You Are Not Hearing About
You won’t hear about it in the mainstream media, but a significant tremor of spiritual revival has been happening across our country during this time, so much so that it is now being referred to as “The Great Quarantine Revival”.
Often we do not see how desperate we are until our health is taken away or we experience the loss of a job and realize we are up against something so big that we need outside intervention.

“Biblical” Wave Of Bankruptcies Is About To Flood The US
This spike is the result of the confluence of a coronavirus outbreak, plunging oil prices, and mounting recessionary conditions, which created severe and extensive credit shocks across many sectors, regions and markets, the effects of which are unprecedented.

Socking it to the Greatest Generation
Thanks, grandpa, and grandma, you served your purpose, but now it is time for you to stay in isolation while the rest of us don’t. This is starting to get creepy, all this talk in the US about isolating people 70 and older. They made horror movies about scenarios like this. But I heard it on the radio just this morning, and not the first time, that once the Virus scare is over, and once the pros start playing ball again, the “elderly” should be excluded from attending the games.

Trump vetoes Iran war powers resolution
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a resolution aimed at constraining his ability to take military action against Iran, The Hill reports. “This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands,” added Trump.

South Korean spy agency says Kim Jong Un never had heart surgery
This week, South Korean intelligence officers rejected rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s three-week absence from public view was caused by heart surgery. On Wednesday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told members of South Korea’s parliamentary intelligence committee that the claims Kim had undergone heart surgery were “groundless,”

Rep. Crenshaw slams ‘small-minded leaders drunk with power’ for arresting business owner
Former U.S. Navy SEAL and Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw slammed local governments for excessive punishments after Texas salon owner Shelley Luther was arrested and sentenced to jail for breaking coronavirus lockdown orders. Crenshaw responded … “These punishments are NOT just. They are not reasonable,” Crenshaw tweeted. “Small-minded ‘leaders’ across the country have become drunk with power. This must end.”

Cartoon Launches Propaganda War between Saudis and Palestinians
Rawff Bin-a-Sa’in, a well-known Saudi writer, is thought to be behind the Twitter war writing: “Palestinian, you are not an Arab. You have no land and there is no such thing as the “Palestinian issue.” The land belongs to Israel.

Rare Springtime Phenomenon: Blankets of Hail Covers Desert Near Dead Sea
The heavens over Israel were active on Tuesday night, pouring down rain over most of Israel. But the sky over Arad in the Judean Desert adjacent to the Dead Sea was particularly turbulent with an unprecedented 828 lightning strikes recorded and hail covering the desert sands. One prominent rabbi sees a direct connection between the Biblical plague of hail mixed with lightning, the coronavirus pandemic, and the final redemption.

It’s Time to Reopen America Safely, Trump Says; Offers ‘Love’ and Advice for Folks Over 60
President Trump says it’s time for the focus of the country to shift. His administration is now working to find a way to get the economy back up and running—while also protecting people. “We’re going to practice social distancing, we’re going to be washing hands, we’re going to be doing a lot of the things that we’ve learned to do over the last period of time. And we have to get our country back,” Trump said.

UPDATED: Dr. Fauci Likely Broke US Regulations and US Law When He Funded Wuhan Lab to Continue Coronavirus Projects That Were Banned in US in 2014
Now we can report that the leader of the US task force overseeing the country’s response to the China coronavirus, Dr. Tony Fauci, was the one who funded the Wuhan bat virus work and kept it going. If these research projects were banned in the US was it legal and appropriate for Dr. Fauci and NIAID to use taxpayer dollars to continue to fund the research in Wuhan, China? Was Dr. Fauci ever going to explain his conflict of interest?

FBI Director Wray taking heat from GOP critics in aftermath of Flynn reveal
FBI Director Christopher Wray is facing mounting criticism from Republicans in Washington in the wake of new information coming out of former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn’s criminal case that called into question the bureau’s intentions in their investigation, which took place under previous FBI leadership. …handwritten notes from former FBI official Bill Priestap that showed there was debate over whether the goal of their interview of Flynn should be to catch him in a lie. Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Mike Johnson, R-La., questioned why this information was first getting out now and had not been divulged by Wray earlier.

‘Applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is Israel’s decision’
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman says Washington is preparing to acknowledge an Israeli move to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and in the Jordan Valley as of July 1.

Leading TV network goes off air under Philippine gov’t order
The leading broadcast network in the Philippines went off the air under government order Tuesday, sparking shock over the loss of a major news provider during the coronavirus pandemic and accusations of targeting a presidential critic. The National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN Corp. to stop operating after its 25-year congressional franchise ended Monday.

Knesset passes bills for formation of new government
The Knesset plenum passed into law all the bills required for the formation of a new government on Thursday morning by a hefty majority, clearing a major hurdle that will allow Israel to have a fully functioning government for the first time since December 2018. The bills were supported by the MKs in Netanyahu’s Right-Center bloc, except for the MKs of Yamina, who absented themselves, because it is still unknown whether it will enter the coalition.

Israel’s coronavirus is on the decline: Lockdown, mother nature or math?
Government action had nothing to do with the country’s success in the battle against the novel coronavirus, according to MK Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid-Telem). Clearly, this virus behaves in a way that is related to weather, genetics and especially the age of each country’s inhabitants,” he said Wednesday at the Knesset.

How Facebook’s oversight board could rewrite the rules of the entire internet
Facebook’s audacious experiment in corporate governance inched closer to reality Wednesday with the announcement of the first 20 members of its oversight board. But while much attention has been paid to how the board stands to rewrite Facebook’s own rules, an equally important question is how it stands to rewrite the rules for every other tech platform, too.

Hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Florida Panhandle
Wildfires raging in the Florida Panhandle have forced nearly 500 people to evacuate from their homes, authorities said. One wildfire that broke out Monday afternoon in Santa Rosa County has been named the Five Mile Swamp fire as high winds and low humidity caused the blaze to expand 10 times in size, the Florida Forest Service said in a statement.

Law Firms Gear Up for Expected Jump in Bankruptcies Triggered by Coronavirus
The nation’s bankruptcy industry is bracing for a wave of business collapses triggered by the coronavirus pandemic as its ranks have been thinned by a decade of economic growth. The slowed pace of corporate chapter 11 bankruptcy filings—which crested in 2009 with 13,700 cases and has fallen to about half that amount in recent years—has led restructuring firms to shed bankruptcy lawyers and advisers.

Homeland Security’s Biometrics Database Is on Its Way to the Amazon Cloud
The Homeland Security Department is in the midst of migrating its central biometric database—used to store, manage and disseminate biometric data on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals—to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud, the first step in a major overhaul of the decades-old legacy system…In 2015, the Office of Biometric Identity Management began work on the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology, or HART, system…

Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda hit by deadly flooding
Flooding as a result of recent heavy rains has killed more than 250 people across East Africa. Kenya has been the hardest hit with the government recording 194 deaths. In Rwanda more than 45 people have died and floods have killed 16 in Somalia. In Uganda high water levels have trapped an estimated 200 patients inside a hospital.

Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, ‘fighting in Libya’
Hundreds of mercenaries from Russia’s shadowy Wagner Group are operating in Libya, a leaked UN report says. They have been supporting renegade general Khalifa Haftar’s battle against the Tripoli-based government, it says. Since 2014, Libya has been split between areas controlled by the sides. Wagner is believed to have been involved in conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere.

Intense Arctic outbreak expected over much of Ontario, Canada and parts of eastern U.S. — record cold, rare May snow expected
Intense Arctic air outbreak is expected over much of Ontario, Canada, and the eastern parts of the United States– possibly bringing record cold temperatures in some areas late this week into the next. The cold outbreak may also allow for some rare May snow in parts of the Northeast and frost as far south as the interior Carolinas. TWC meteorologist Michael Palmer said the incoming Arctic cold outbreak will be one of the ‘coldest modified polar air masses on record so late in the season.’

California County To Remove COVID-19 Patients From Homes Based On ‘Living Situation’ — Will Place In ‘Other Kinds Of Housing’
“They can try. They will have a fight on their hands.”

McChrystal helps Dems use info warfare tool, partially Pentagon-funded, to target pro-Trump accounts, help Biden
A Democrat-aligned political action committee being advised by retired U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal plans to utilize an information warfare tool that initially took funding from the Pentagon’s secretive research division DARPA to benefit the campaign of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

NTEB RADIO BIBLE STUDY: For The People Who Are Left Behind After The Pretribulation Rapture Of The Church, Here’s What Happens Next
We live in absolutely outstanding times if you are a Bible believer who is looking each and every day for that blessed hope to take place, perhaps the most exciting times of any dispensation. We know the Lord is coming to get us as He has promised, and to remove us from the time of Jacob’s trouble that is to come up the whole earth. But what about those who are not saved, who couldn’t care less about what God and the Bible have to say? They will receive ‘strong delusion’ as they enter into a time this world has never seen, nor will ever see again.

County: Health chief ‘misspoke’ saying he would forcibly remove the infected from homes
When the health director for California’s Ventura County declared at a news conference that he had mobilized teams who were prepared to remove people infected with the coronavirus from their homes, some residents took him at his word.

5 times the CDC got it wrong on coronavirusThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that it hasn’t always been ahead of the coronavirus, especially when its initial stab at mass production of the COVID-19 test kits encountered “a problem.”

Hand sanitizer on every table: Tel Aviv pitches plan for restaurants to reopen
The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality on Wednesday put forward a plan to allow restaurants to reopen by next weekend with a proposal including single-use menus, hand sanitizer bottles at every table and extensive cleaning regimens.

Georgia kicks off chilling door-to-door COVID-19 blood collections
Let the government-pressed coronavirus-tied blood collections of citizens begin. And begin they have. They have in Georgia at least, where the state’s Department of Public Health recently announced, in cooperation with both Fulton County and Dekalb counties’ Boards of Health, that “to learn more about the spread of COVID-19,” an “investigation” has commenced — and it’s an “investigation” that’s leading government officials to make random stops at randomly selected residences and ask random citizens for, get this, their blood.

China Readies Unveiling Of Stealth Nuclear Bomber Capable Of Reaching LA
In response to rising tensions, China decided to leak via “military sources” that it will unveil the Xian H-20 supersonic stealth bomber later this year, effectively doubling its country’s striking range. The bomber is expected to make its first public appearance in November at the Zhuhai Airshow, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).