Friday July 18 News Updates Lakewood

Friday, July 18, 2025 / כ״ב תמוז תשפ״ה ערב שבת פרשת פינחס מברכים חודש מנחם אב

Candle lighting 8:04 PM

Shkiah/sunset 8:22 PM

weather today: 84° Sun and clouds mixed

Shabbos day 82° Overcast. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible.

Rosh chodesh Av is next Shabbos 

- Accident on the NYS Thruway on wat to Catskills briefly shut down  the roadway.

Trump: We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS “article” in the useless “rag” that is, The Wall Street Journal. This historic legal action is being brought against the so-called authors of this defamation, the now fully disgraced WSJ, as well as its corporate owners and affiliates, with Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thomson (whatever his role is!) at the top of the list. We have proudly held to account ABC and George Slopadopoulos, CBS and 60 Minutes, The Fake Pulitzer Prizes, and many others who deal in, and push, disgusting LIES, and even FRAUD, to the American People. This lawsuit is filed not only on behalf of your favorite President, ME, but also in order to continue standing up for ALL Americans who will no longer tolerate the abusive wrongdoings of the Fake News Media. I hope Rupert and his “friends” are looking forward to the many hours of depositions and testimonies they will have to provide in this case. Thank you for your attention to this matter. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

- The Obama admin “manufactured intelligence to create the Russia collusion hoax in 2016, per new documents declassified by  director of intelligence Tulsi Gabbard

A newly de-classified presidential briefing from Dec. 8, 2016 proved Obama knew it was a hoax, but pressed forward with it anyway. The brief read: “We assess that Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure.”The Obama admin then leaked FALSE, politicized “intelligence” reports to the media in order to create the Russia hoax, which would drag on for YEARS.

- In between school and camp learning programs today for thousands of boys across Lakewood and surrounding towns as camp starts next Wednesday

- ICE: detainees to be held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Jackson

Federal officials have chosen Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst as one of the new sites to temporarily house immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. It wasn’t immediately clear when detainees will be moved to the base or how many will be lodged there.

-With the deadline for the New Jersey gubernatorial candidates to choose their lieutenant-governor now just 10 days away, NJ,com reports on two new names being considered: Morris County sheriff James Gannon on the Republican side and 2017 gubernatorial candidate Jim Johnson on the Democratic side. Y

- Lakewood teen warns others not to make the same fatal mistake HERE 

- U.S. Attorney Alina Habba told her staff that she will depart the office next week after failing to secure enough votes for the state's seventeen U.S. District Court Judges to remain beyond her initial 120-day term.(njglobe)

- Many New Jersey residents are dealing with a tiny pest invading homes and yards. Springtails are small insects that thrive in damp places and have become more noticeable this year. These bugs prefer moist areas like basements, bathrooms, crawl spaces, and garden beds with mulch. They feed on decaying leaves, soil, and wood. Although they are hard to see at first, their numbers can quickly grow and become overwhelming. Springtails can jump far enough to be mistaken for fleas, which adds to the confusion. While they do not bite or carry diseases, they can damage plants by feeding on the soil.

- A man struck by lightning while golfing at a tournament in Sussex County on July 8, his died from his injuries, according to information from his family and local authorities

- Trump: If there was a “smoking gun” on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the “files” for four years, and had Garland and Comey in charge, use it? BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING!!!

- In a swift response to public criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Housing and Construction Minister Chaim Katz on Thursday dismissed his chief of staff, Moti Babchik, a senior figure in Agudas Yisroel and close associate of MK Yitzchak Goldknopf.

- Deadly explosion reported just now at the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department training facility in eastern LA. 3 are reportedly dead, 

-Trump: “Too Late,” and the Fed, are choking out the housing market with their high rate, making it difficult for people, especially the young, to buy a house. He is truly one of my worst appointments. Sleepy Joe saw how bad he was and reappointed him anyway - And the Fed Board has done nothing to stop this “numbskull” from hurting so many people. In many ways the Board is equally to blame! The USA is Rockin’, there is VERY LOW INFLATION, and we deserve to be at 1%, saving One Trillion Dollars a year on Interest Costs. I can’t tell you how dumb Too Late is - So bad for our Country!

- Violence between Druze and Bedouin has renewed in the southern Syrian province despite Thursday’s announced ceasefire; Israel sending humanitarian aid over the border