Garson, 49, said he felt the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews”. He added that recent events – namely an Islamic terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester and what he described as widespread anti-Semitism following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 – had led him to believe that British Jews should be given the option of sanctuary in the US. ...
Sunday, January 18, 2026
The Trump Administration is Reportedly Considering Granting Asylum to Jewish People from the UK
The Guardian:
45 Hours On Hold: Torrington Man’s Insurance Nightmare Shows How Broken System Is
Torrington resident Roger Huckfeldt found himself in robocall hell trying to find someone who could help him get his 85-year-old mother a new health insurance provider after United Healthcare announced it was leaving Wyoming.
His story illustrates how far downhill customer service has trended, as well as the kind of difficulties Wyomingites are facing as they navigate a new health care landscape.
UnitedHealth is one of multiple carriers that left Wyoming’s Advantage health insurance marketplace amid rising health care costs, changes to federal policies, and the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) tax credits.
“UnitedHealth was an advantage plan provider in Wyoming and, back in October, they sent a letter to Mom saying you’ll have to find something else come the first of the year,” Huckfeldt said. “So, we immediately started the process of trying to find health insurance for mom.”
‘I’m Not Going To Do This'
Huckfeldt started with a state advocacy group that helped him figure out where and how to start shopping for a new plan.
“We looked through the government’s websites which, in my opinion, were difficult for me to navigate,” he said. “My 85-year-old mother would never have been able to get that done. "She’d have thrown up her hands and said, ‘I’m not going to do this. I’m not going to have insurance, to heck with it.’”
Investigation Still ‘Active’ 8 Months After Idaho Twins Died Following Vaccinations
The Defender Staff
Eight months after 18-month-old twins died in their Idaho home, days after receiving the flu vaccine and other routine shots, Payette police told NBC Idaho news affiliate KTVB the case remains open. However, officials did not release any new information.
The parents told CHD.TV in May that police immediately treated them as suspects.
Last week, Payette Police Chief Gary Marshall told KTVB that the deaths of Dallas and Tyson Shaw remain “an active investigation” and that “there is no new information that can be released.”
Officials denied public records requests submitted to the Payette Police Department and the Ada County Coroner’s Office, citing the ongoing investigation.
Authorities have not released a cause or manner of death, and no toxicology or autopsy findings have been made public. It remains unclear whether investigators continue to view asphyxiation as a leading theory or whether alternative explanations are being considered.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Trump Says He Kept Venezuela’s Regime Intact to Avoid an “Iraq-Style” Collapse
President Donald Trump said Friday that he deliberately avoided dismantling Venezuela’s post-Maduro governing structure in order to prevent chaos similar to what followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House on Jan. 16, Trump explained that his administration chose to work with Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez rather than immediately install opposition figure María Corina Machado, citing the dangers of creating a sudden power vacuum.
Trump pointed to Iraq as a cautionary tale.
“If you ever remember a place called Iraq, where everybody was fired—the police, the generals, everybody—they ended up being ISIS,” Trump said. “Instead of just getting down to business, they ended up being ISIS.”
Judge Restricts ICE Actions Against Protesters in Minnesota
A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday ruled that federal immigration agents can’t detain or use nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools on peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents.
The decision, handed down by U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez, stems from a lawsuit brought last month by six local activists.
These individuals, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota, said that Homeland Security (DHS) personnel were infringing on their First Amendment rights when they observed federal agents performing their duties.
After the ruling, Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, issued a statement saying her agency was taking “appropriate and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers and the public from dangerous rioters.”
Friday, January 16, 2026
French Bishops Issue Public Statement Fearing a Right to Euthanasia and/or Prison
French Catholic bishops have issued a public statement urging lawmakers to reject a proposed law that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in France. The warning comes days before the French Senate is scheduled to debate the “end of life” bill between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26.
The bill, which was already passed by the National Assembly in May 2025, would establish a new “right to die” for gravely ill adults, but France’s bishops argue it would threaten the most fragile and undermine the respect due to every human life.
The pro-euthanasia legislation was adopted by France’s lower house on May 27, 2025, with 305 votes in favor and 199 against.
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Gays Against Groomers Takes Washington D.C.
But in recent years, a radical push to allow males into female categories has eroded these hard-won protections. In Little v. Hecox, Idaho’s law prohibits biological males from participating in girls’ sports at public schools and colleges, emphasizing sex-based categories to prevent unfair advantages. Similarly, West Virginia v. B.P.J. upholds a ban on male athletes joining female teams, arguing that physical differences rooted in biology (strength, speed, bone density) give males an edge that no amount of hormone suppression can fully erase. Studies from sports scientists show that even after testosterone reduction, male athletes retain significant advantages, leading to displaced female competitors, shattered records, and increased injury risks for girls.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
South Carolina Bill Would Ban All Abortions, Call Killing a Baby Murder
The Prenatal Equal Protection Act, filed in the House of Representatives, would extend existing homicide and wrongful death statutes to cover the killing of an unborn child at any stage of development, imposing criminal penalties on all involved parties, including the pregnant woman.
The bill includes no exceptions and is set for a hearing Wednesday in the House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee.
Republican state Sen. Lee Bright, who introduced the measure, emphasized the need to safeguard the lives of the unborn during a press conference at the State House.
“These children deserve equal protection,” Bright said. “I will be filing a bill of equal protection today. I know we’ve got hearts and minds to change.”
Monday, January 5, 2026
Canada Killing Prisoners
In 2025 alone, 12 federal inmates requested assisted suicide, which Canada calls Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), according to an Order Paper response from the Correctional Service of Canada.
Since 2018, at least 15 inmates have died by assisted suicide while in federal custody, according to data reported by the Daily Mail. Over this period, 67 prisoners applied for assisted suicide after it was legalized nationwide in 2016.
Canada abolished the death penalty for civilian crimes in 1976 and removed it from military law in 1998. Life imprisonment replaced capital punishment for murder and other serious offenses. Even so, the state now permits prisoners to request physician-assisted death while serving their sentences.
The Correctional Service of Canada has reported an increase in assisted suicide requests following the expansion of eligibility rules under the country’s liberal government.
Compassion and Choices Suffers Damaging Court Loss in New Jersey
For some it may be unthinkable at any time of the year, let alone during the holiday season, that there is a cadre of relentless professional assisted suicide advocacy organizations seeking more efficient ways for people with disabilities to kill themselves during this national moment when Medicare, SNAP, and “streamlined” federal departments (i.e. HUD ) poised to present increased difficulties to for our country’s most vulnerable population to live as 2026 looms.
Against this harrowing backdrop, some great news: Our co-plaintiff’s sister organization, the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF), provided the following encouraging update:
“A federal appeals court has delivered a damaging blow to the Compassion and Choices lawsuit seeking to eliminate New Jersey’s requirement that only residents have ability to request lethal drugs under its assisted suicide law. The denial of this request upholds the decision by a district court judge earlier this year to maintain New Jersey’s residency requirement.
Sunday, January 4, 2026
Trump Announces Victory in Venezuela
“All Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerless,” as U.S. forces “successfully captured Maduro in the dead of night,” he announced.
Trump said both Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been captured and would face legal charges in the Southern District of New York.
He called the operation “one of the most stunning, effective, and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history.”
“It was an assault against a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas,” Venezuela’s capital. He said no operation like it has been “seen since World War II.”
“Not a single American service member was killed and not a single piece of American equipment was lost,” Trump added.
He said U.S. forces were ready to stage a second and larger attack, but that seems unnecessary at this point.
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