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Fast Forward UK Election Coverage: AOC Seemingly Endorses Corbyn, Labour
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared a campaign video made by Britain’s Labour Party on Thursday, the day of the British election. “The hoarding of wealth by the few is coming at the cost of peoples’ lives,” she wrote. “The only way we change is with a massive surge of new voters at the polls. UK, Vote!”…
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News Beto Won’t Stop Making Nazi Analogies. Why Aren’t Jews Mad Like They Were With AOC?
Beto O’Rourke seems to think he’s running for president in 1930s Europe. O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman trying to turn around dwindling poll numbers and back-of-the-pack fundraising reports, this week repeatedly compared President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to those employed by Adolf Hitler, a trope he has used off and on since at least April….
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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 AOC Tries To Shame Trump For Anti-Semitism Toward ‘Shifty Schiff’
(JTA) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of anti-Semitism for his attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff of California. “Understand that Trump is engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted antisemitism towards Chairman Schiff,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted with a retweet of an article in The Intercept suggesting that Trump’s attacks against Schiff come from the…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez: Criticizing Netanyahu Isn’t Anti-Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman Democrat congresswoman from New York, said her criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not be seen as shots at the Jewish state. “The Netanyahu administration has been pursuing a lot of extraordinarily concerning policies,” Ocasio Cortez told Israel’s Channel 12 News in a recent press…
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Fast Forward AOC: I Was ‘Very Excited’ To Plan Israel Trip Until Omar, Tlaib Were Banned
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “actively very excited” to pursue a trip to Israel and the West Bank before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred entry to two of her fellow congresswomen earlier this month, she told Haaretz on Thursday at a Bronx town hall meeting. “I think it’s a critically important experience to be able to…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Says She Won’t Go To Israel Until Omar, Tlaib Are Allowed Too
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced Thursday that she would not travel to Israel in protest of the country’s decision to bar fellow Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entry. “Netanyahu’s discriminatory decision to ban members of Congress from Israel harms int’l diplomacy,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Visiting Israel & Palestine are key experiences towards a path to…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Cover Seattle Synagogues With Racist Flyers
(JTA) — Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues. The fliers were posted over the weekend by a masked man and featured an illustration of Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts biting…
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