Tuesday July 22 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 78° A mix of clouds and sun. 

-DNI Tulsi Gabbard says that she is releasing more Trump-Russia 2016 Files tomorrow that directly "refure" former President Barack Obama's statement today.

-Trump: We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made. Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it. Perhaps most importantly, Japan will open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Products, and other things. Japan will pay Reciprocal Tariffs to the United States of 15

- A fire at an apartment complex on Hickory Court in Lakewood left 13 residents homeless Tuesday. About 50 firefighters and 30 support personnel responded and contained the blaze in two hours, limiting major damage to two units, officials said.

- Desiree Grace has been removed as First Assistant U.S. Attorney after New Jersey judges selected her to replace Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney. "This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges, especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers,” said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi who praised Habba for her work

- A waterspout was spotted off Island Beach State Park at 10:38 a.m. today.

- Statement from the Office of President Obama:

"Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

 "Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio."

- Federal judges from New Jersey vote not to retain Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney and pick her first assistant, Desiree Grace, as her successor.

-Trump is is going full scorched-earth on Barack Obama and his cabal.“After what they did to me, whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people.”Trump says he caught Obama, Hillary, and all of them, and it’s time.

Trump posts: “This makes Watergate look like small potatoes.” Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution. They are caught, irrefutable evidence. They should ALL go to jail, or it will never stop. Nobody will believe the evidence, which is overwhelming! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

- President Trump announced that he settled his lawsuit against 60 Minutes and CBS

-Trump calls on Fed Chair Powell to slash interest rates to 1%. "We should be at 1%... Instead we're paying 4%. That's over $1 TRILLION in interest we have to pay."

-Jack Ciattarelli has picked Morris County Sheriff James Gannon as the GOP nominee for Lt. Governor of New Jersey.(David Wildstein) 

- The Badatz eidah hachareidis and peleg yerushalmi announce they would begin protests and hafganos across the country tomorrow following the arrest of three protesters at the construction site in Yehud who were handed over to the military police for failing to report to the draft offices in consultation with . Rav Ezriel Auerbach shlita and Rav Yona Zlashinsky who call upon the bnei Torah to go out and protest.

- Giyus: Up to 30 Yeshiva Bochurim from mainstream Litvishe yeshivos are currently in the process of enlisting to the IDF according to reports they are going through programs like 'Kodkod' or 'Yoav', and others through the Charedi tracks in warfare and intelligence. These are young men from yeshivahs like Wolfson, Torah B'Tiferatha, Chevron, Kamenitz, and even Poniewitz and Tifarach.

- 6 bochurim from Wolfson yeshiva have decided to enlist to the IDF , the Rosh Yeshiva told them: "The army doesn't want you and isn't waiting for you with open arms." the proof of this is that religious soldiers are sent more to the front lines and therefore fall in higher numbers, and he cited the case of the fall of 'Netzach Yehuda' soldiers as evidence for his words.

- Zoning Board Meeting Summary:

At last night’s zoning board meeting, after a lengthy and thorough application process, the board approved a proposal to build on four residential lots at the corner of Vine Street and Spruce Street. While board members acknowledged that traffic in Lakewood is already a serious concern, they stated this project is a lesser issue compared to other potential uses, such as a daycare center.

Several residents voiced strong objections, noting the plan requires 23 variances and highlighting the area's traffic dangers citing 60 car accidents at the intersection over the past five years and the presence of 200 buses passing daily. Despite these concerns, the board proceeded with approving the application.

A separate application for a Hatzolah building on E County Line rd was postponed after a neighbor, represented by legal counsel, objected on the grounds that the review had not been properly posted on the township’s website. In response, the board chairman dismissed the objection, stating that opponents would continue to find excuses to delay the project. but applicant agreed to postpone it

 An application for a development on Lanes Mill Road originally proposed 74 units but was reduced to 72. The board approved the project with a condition: the applicant must build a shul on the first floor after receiving Certificates of Occupancy (COs) for 10 homes. The shul must be fully completed by the time 65 COs are issued. The board did not require a mikvah, citing the presence of an existing one approximately a mile away.

- A fourth state monitor appointed to Lakewood school district A former bus driver in Lakewood from 1970's has been appointed by the New Jersey Department of Education as the latest state monitor tasked with overseeing Lakewood’s public school system, to tackle the spiraling transportation crisis.

APP reports Lakewood Busing fees topped $53 million, more than half for private schools Lakewood Schools transportation costs during the 2024-2025 school year that just ended were $53.4 million, up from $48.8 million a year earlier. More than half of that, $33 million, went for private school students. Approximately 50,000 private school students and 4,500 public school students are registered in Lakewood.

- Lakewood planning board meeting today at 6 watch live tream Here 6 pm

- Missionaries continue to drop off objectionable material and paraphernalia around Lakewood neighborhoods.

- “Sanctuary cities are now our priority. We’re gonna flood the zone." Trump border czar

Tom Homan

 Speaker Johnson says he has no concern at all about bringing Former President Barack Obama in for a congressional deposition or subpoena over the newly declassified documents bombshell. "If it's uncomfortable for him, he shouldn't have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened.