President Trump on Wednesday excoriated so-called “Never-Trump Republicans” as “human scum” as he seeks to solidify Republican support of him amid an ongoing impeachment inquiry.
“The Never Trumper Republicans, though on respirators with not many left, are in certain ways worse and more dangerous for our Country than the Do Nothing Democrats,” Trump tweeted. “Watch out for them, they are human scum!”
It’s unclear what led to the president to target Republicans who are critical of him, though Trump may have been lashing out at career government officials who are part of his administration and have cooperated in recent days with the impeachment inquiry.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States will lift sanctions on Turkey, saying that the Turkish government has informed the White House that it will abide by what he characterized as a “permanent” cease-fire along the border with Syria.
The Trump administration had announced the sanctions on Oct. 14 after the Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. That offensive followed Trump’s announcement that he would pull U.S. troops from Syria – a decision that brought stiff, bipartisan criticism.

A 50-year-old Palestinian man who recently converted to Judaism was arbitrarily arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces two weeks ago and is still in custody, according to a Ynet report. The man claims to have been tortured by P.A. forces.
The man, a Chevron resident, was arrested on erev Yom Kippur while on a visit to a West Bank area under P.A. control to meet one of his nine children, who along with their mother are Muslims. He was dragged into a waiting vehicle by four men and then taken to a Chevron police station, where he was arrested, according to the report.

Russia and Turkey agreed Tuesday to cooperate in removing Syrian Kurdish fighters from a wide swath of territory just south of Turkey’s border, in a deal that cemented Russian President Vladimir Putin’s preeminent role in Syria as U.S. troops depart and America’s influence wanes.
The agreement, reached after an hours-long meeting between Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, will leave Turkey and Russia in control of territory formerly held by Kurdish forces once allied with the United States.

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Gmar vechasima tova
To our dear friends,
We hope you had a wonderful Yom Tov and wish you success in the upcoming year. Today is a special day as it is the Yahrtzeit of the holy Ribnitzer Rebbe zt”l. His kever has become one of the most visited holy sites in the world with thousands davening at his kever today.

Hillary Clinton accuses presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former candidate Jill Stein of being ‘Russian assets.’
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Donald Trump has for weeks been privately testing the idea of replacing his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, who’s swiftly fallen out of favor with some of the president’s allies after high-profile stumbles handling the House impeachment inquiry.
About a month ago, Trump said to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in front of a roomful of staff: You have such great ideas, why don’t you be my chief? He has made similar remarks about Chris Liddell, a deputy chief of staff at the White House, according to people familiar with the matter. He’s also asked advisers whether his counselor Kellyanne Conway would be a good chief of staff, other people said.

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