Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 88F.

- Update: Bingo sold out of the Doona stroller

- LPD Traffic Alert: Joe Parker Rd will be closed from Lanes Mill Rd to Long Beach Ave for planned Ocean County construction. Plan alternate route if possible.

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- בן אדם מה לך נרדם.  Sefardim will begin saying selichos Sunday morning 

- Moadim L'Simcha Sukkos order deadline August 17

- Traffic light coming to Cedarview and  county line rd. In addition the speed limit on county line rd  in Lakewood will be lowered.

- Sunday there will be a series of shiurim commemorating Tav Meir Simcha of Dvinsk on his Yartzeit at the Central Court shul in Lakewood 

- Bingo appliance furniture kids bikes sale going on now. Donna stroller for $300.

- BP24 Report: According to close sources, many grocery stores in Boro Park will temporarily stop accepting SCN following a collaborative meeting where the legality of the program was discussed. Although the stores have been operating legally, many have chosen to pause accepting SCN for the time being as they review the situation

- Ben Shapiro on a Marco Rubio run for President in 2028: “You run against JD and lose, you're done. You run against JD, you win, it's a rough election cycle, and the country is in the mood for something new, and you lose. You don't run, JD may pick you as his VP candidate, JD loses, you're next. JD does not pick you, and JD loses; you're also next

- In a letter to eight U.S. airlines, New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is requesting information on whether they’re using consumers’ personal data, also known as “surveillance pricing,” to set ticket prices. Pallone’s move comes just weeks after New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed a pair of bills banning grocery stores from applying surveillance pricing on groceries and prohibiting landlords from using rent-setting algorithms.

- NJ's budget cuts $266 million from state Medicaid funding. Federal Medicaid funding to NJ increased $1 billion. Democrats spent the summer blaming Washington for Medicaid cuts. Their own Commissioner confirmed the truth. Their own Treasurer confirmed the truth."They cut Medicaid to pay for their own pork, then turned around and blamed Washington for it."(NJ Assembly)

- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Cuba: All options are on the table regarding Cuba, including military action. They are certainly not a worthy adversary for us.

- The Trump administration has proposed sweeping changes to Head Start that would make many of the preschool programs’ supports for families optional and bring big changes to New Jersey’s 191 preschool centers. Advocates say the changes could greatly diminish services for the roughly 12,400 New Jersey children, from birth through age 5, enrolled in Head Start programs. The Trump administration’s proposed reforms include sweeping new rules about how Head Start money can be spent — including reducing the funding that can be used for the administration of programs from 15% to 5%.

- Former acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba is among the "early front-runners" for the White House Press Secretary job following Karoline Leavitt’s departure at the end of the month, "sources within and close to the administration

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