Drew Gerber
By Drew Gerber
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News The Republican Convention May Be Short On GOP Politicians, Big on Neo-Nazis
Many GOP officials plan on giving Cleveland and the Republican National Convention a wide berth in July, but one group has confirmed they will be in attendance en masse: neo-Nazis. Matt Parrott, a spokesman for the white-nationalist Traditionalist Workers Party, told McClatchy on Monday that the group plans on sending about 30 members to the…
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News Donald Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Accuses Hillary Clinton of Murder on Twitter
Donald Trump’s lawyer and confidant Michael Cohen accused Hillary Clinton Tuesday in a tweet of murdering an ambassador and selling uranium to the Russians. In his tweet, Cohen attached a photo of the presumptive Democratic nominee with text reading: “I presided over $6 billion lost at the State Department, sold uranium to the Russians through…
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News Supreme Court Immigration Ruling Leaves Millions in Limbo, Some Jewish Groups Say
Uncertainty will continue to hound millions of immigrant families after the Supreme Court failed Thursday to reach a decision on the legality of President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration, pro-immigrant Jewish groups say. Texas, along with 25 other states, challenged Obama’s 2014 immigration policy deferring deportation for certain undocumented immigrants, saying it violated the…
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News Jew Vs. Jew, Brit Vs. Brit, No One Agrees on Brexit
As Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union crept closer over the past few weeks, it became more and more clearly a question upon which the country — as well as its Jewish community — was sharply divided. “I’m honestly can’t stop crying,” Rebecca Filer, a Jewish student at the University of Bristol,…
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Breaking News Florida Democrats Slam Marco Rubio for Flip-Flop Decision To Seek Senate Re-Election
Jewish Democrats slammed former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio for reversing course Wednesday and announcing that he will run for another term in Washington. Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who announced in March that she would not be running for the Senate seat, slammed Rubio’s decision to run for re-election in…
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News Auschwitz Game Highlights Serious Holes in Google’s Review Process
Controversy raged this week over news that the Google Play store had allowed a free mobile game that promised players could “live like a real Jew” at Auschwitz. For the second time in a month, Google’s review process was brought into serious question. But now, the game’s creators have come forward to say that was…
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Breaking News Jewish Democrats Join Congress Sit-In To Protest Gridlock on Gun Reform
More than half of the Jewish members of the House participated in a sit-in protest Wednesday with dozens of Democratic representatives in response to the Senate’s failure to pass new measures reforming the nation’s gun laws. Using the slogan #NoBillNoBreak, the sit-in by dozens of House Democrats aims to force a vote on new gun…
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News Reclusive Jewish Mogul Stephen Feinberg Hosts Donald Trump Fundraiser
Reclusive investment firm CEO Stephen A. Feinberg may be ready to dip his toe into the media frenzy surrounding Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The New York Times reports Feinberg will be one of several high-profile financiers hosting a New York City fundraiser for the presumptive Republican nominee on Tuesday. Feinberg, the media-shy founder of…
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