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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Is Fighting With A Mansplaining Jewish Billionaire
Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren and billionaire investor Leon Cooperman continued their war of words on Thursday after CNBC reported that the hedge fund guru had written a five-page letter to her criticizing her economic policies. It started when Cooperman told Politico on October 23 that Warren was too anti-billionaire. “I believe in a…
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Fast Forward Biden: Putting Conditions On Aid To Israel Is ‘Absolutely Outrageous’
(JTA) — Presidential candidate Joe Biden says it would be a “gigantic mistake” to condition aid to Israel on stopping settlement expansion. The former vice president told a Wall Street Journal reporter it would be “absolutely outrageous” for the United States to take that approach — a position that puts him at odds with his…
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News At J Street Conference, Democratic Candidates Pressed On Cutting Israel Aid
This story has been updated with J Street’s statement. Democratic presidential candidates diverged on Monday over the question of whether to condition United States military aid on Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, which activists at the annual J Street conference here in Washington seem to be trying to make something of a wedge issue in…
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Fast Forward Dem Candidate Criticized Guest For Praising Jews ‘As If they Are Great People’
A former talk radio host-turned Democratic congressional candidate has faced criticism for his remarks about Judaism and Israel, including criticizing a guest for sounding “like you are praising the Israeli people and the Jewish civilization as if they are great people,” the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Rush Darwish, a Palestinian-American community leader and business owner who…
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Fast Forward Israel Aid Cuts ‘On The Table’ For 3 Of Top 4 Democratic Candidates
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday that she would be open to cutting military aid to Israel, making her the latest leading figure in the Democratic presidential primary to make such a statement. Sen. Elizabeth Warren: “It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution, and if Israel…
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Fast Forward Banned By Twitter, Others For Islamophobia, Laura Loomer’s Running For Office
Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer has raised more than $154,000 towards her congressional campaign in South Florida – more than $50,000 more than her opponent, incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, The Palm Beach Post reported Thursday. Loomer, who has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, Paypal, Venmo, GoFundMe, Uber and Lyft for Islamophobia or otherwise violating…
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Fast Forward Omar, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez Endorse Bernie Sanders
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (JTA) — Three of the four members of “The Squad,” the grouping of progressive Democratic freshmen who have stirred excitement and controversy among Democrats and derision among Republicans, are set to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. The Vermont senator, the first Jewish candidate to win presidential nominating contests when he ran in 2016,…
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Fast Forward Buttigieg Campaign Aide Praised Farrakhan, Attended His Anti-Semitic Sermon
A campaign aide for South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg repeatedly praised the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on social media, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. Deven Anderson, now a regional organizing director for Buttigieg in Columbia, South Carolina, tweeted in April 2010 about attending a Farrakhan sermon…
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