Weather: Very cold with a high of 27°. The real feel will be in the single digits and low teens. Sunshine with a few afternoon clouds. Winds at 15 to 25 mph.
Tonight: Very cold, with a low of 7°.
Cold Weather Advisory: From 6 PM this evening to noon Wednesday. The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures.
Inauguration Day: Coincides with MLK Day. Offices are closed. No USPS mail, and banks are closed. Grocery and big-box stores are open.
- Marco Rubio confirmed as secretary of state 99-0 in senate.
-Trump to declare illegal immigration a national emergency
- Biden-era legal entry app ends abruptly
- President Trump, lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers and organizations "involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank" imposed by the Biden administration, according to a White House statement.
-Trump signed 200 Executive orders
- Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding 78 Biden-era executive actions
-Trump just revoked security clearance for the 51 intel agents who lied about Hunter Biden's laptop
- President Trump withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), fulfilling a key conservative wishlist item years after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- President Trump has officially signed a pardon for 1,500 J6 prisoners.
- Vivek Ramaswamy, has opted out of leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk, the White House announced. He will run for Governor of Ohio.
- President Trump on Biden's last-minute pardons: "I think it was unfortunate that he did that. We won't discuss it now. There's plenty of time to discuss it."
- YU head Tabbi Ari Berman at inagural benediction: Blessed is the one who trusts in God. בָּרוּךְ הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח בַּה׳ “For while we trust in God—God’s trust is in us.”
- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy: Canceled plans to travel to Washington, D.C., for the Trump inauguration to deal with the winter storm that hit New Jersey.
- Philanthropist from the Safta family in Brazil: Who was in Lakewood last week and donated approximately $50 million to local mosdos, was brought to see the buildings at Cedarbridge Park and New Hampshire. He said, "I'm not here to see buildings!"
- Joe Biden: On Monday, issued last-minute pardons in the final moments of his presidency for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of Congress who served on the January 6 committee, including Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
- Lakewood Planning Board Meeting: Scheduled for tomorrow, 1/21, has been canceled.
- Trump: To take more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office to clean up the "failed, corrupt political establishment."
- Frogs: Behind the scenes of Gelbstein's famous Frog Cupcakes, here.
- President Trump: "The Panama Canal is now operated by China, and we didn't give it to China — we're taking it back."
- U.S. Senator John Fetterman: Spotted attending today’s Trump Inauguration wearing a sweatshirt and shorts, despite the temperature being below 27° in Washington, D.C.
- Trump: Will sign an executive order to revoke the automatic right to American citizenship for anyone born to an illegal immigrant.
- President Trump: Plans to issue an order on his first day in office today that will define a person’s gender strictly as "male or female." The directive will mandate that government agencies adhere to this “immutable” classification when issuing forms and identification documents.
What a embarrassment that a philanthropist who is not your typical Ben Torah needs to remind us that buildings are just monuments of pride. He came to see what we really should stand for......
ReplyDeleteFYI When a rich guy says such comments it's meant to poke fun - Im the rich guy over here I own billions don't bother showing me a couple of your million dollar buildings - just show me your Torah institutions.
DeleteAs usual all these guys made their dough on somebody's backs.
DeleteThose Jews destroyed what Brazil with souch potential was predicted to become & should have become
what nonsense, there are numerous opportunities to serve hashem and do retzonoi in the office, and when a yid runs his office that way its a mikdash meat without question
DeleteHe made a tremendous kiddush Hashem. Hopefully it will serve as a lesson to us who live in Lakewood to stay focused and take pride in only that which is truly praiseworthy in Hashem's eyes!
ReplyDeleteAgain the Kabal dropped the ball on us doing a terrible job at cleaning up where was the township to clean up all night? Oh right making more houses and tax abatements for the chevra!
ReplyDeleteVery disappointed that a YU guy was the rep. This is not real daas Torah it's 1 level above conservative plus their dogma of zionism
ReplyDeleteTrolling repeat mantra.Try another track
DeleteIf Reb Malkiel gave the invocation, you would have been very disappointed that Reb Malkiel went to such a gathering.
DeleteYou can't be disappointed about everything.
It's the best we got, take your win and move on. Typical lakewood mentality of complaining.
DeleteWhichever charedi you bring, others will complain
DeleteRav berman has plenty of daas Torah, just not your dad Torah.
And he's nothing like conservative.
And plenty of Tziyonim among charedim, except that people like you are in denial.
Anyway,
His short speech was perfectly acceptable, even to you.
Do you think Reb Moshe Shimon belongs on the dais at the inauguration of the clown in chief? Who else belongs there? Self-respecting Yidden keep far away from shtussim like that.
DeleteWho would you have preferred? Your dad?
DeleteOh and you are Daas Torah.
DeleteFirst, President Trump would have chose RAK the CEO, not RAMK. So you would have objected there too.
DeleteAs for the Brazilian family, their uncle earned that money fair and square, till the French Police had him assassinated, which they still don't want to explain.
Anon 8:01, AK hasn't been CEO for a long time.
DeleteFrench police did not kill his uncle. we all know what happened to him but everyone else was tactful enough not to bring it up until you came along.
AB, if you hate Lakewood so much, why do you choose to live here?
Anon 4:06
DeleteHe's still referred to as CEO.
Besides, I was differentiating him from his grandfather.
A RY, if he retires, is still referred to as RY.
There was a comment here alluding to unearned income.
Also, the French Police threatened his bodyguards (former Tzahal) from going in to protect him. To this day, they refuse to explain.
Answering for Ab,
DeleteBecause everywhere else [that had something going] Was snuffed out by this place
"snuffed out by this place"? Do you mean that everyone else chose to abandon their own communities and overwhelm us here, while simultaneously complaining that Lakewood isn't good enough for them?
Deletehashem only allows the new daas torah mantra . Daas torah didnt exist years ago, it is a new daas. Last I checked Berman is a shomer shabbos frum yid. Glad he cares about yidin in eretz yisroel
ReplyDeleteHe is alot of things.Even ostensibly orthodox.But don't abuse the term Frum
DeleteHalf of those people the mags & tabloids term frum nowadays aren't. They may be nice people.Even orthodox.That however wouldn't grant them the term Frum.That's how it used to be.Even a short couple decades ago
So I guess Trump needs to only have Dass Torah speakers
ReplyDeleteD Chamorim. heinu hach
Delete?