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News Sure, Donald Trump’s More Famous Than the Baal Shem Tov. But Bigger Than Jesus?
The semi-serious data-driven magazine Improbable Research has released a study empirically assessing (with tongue firmly in cheek) just how famous Donald Trump is. The verdict? He’s bigger than Jesus. In “Measuring Fame Quantitatively V: Who’s the Most Famous of Them All (Part 2),” Dr. Eric Schulman, an astrophysicist and science humorist, used Google searches and…
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Life Why Glamour Is the Perfect Outlet for Obama’s Feminist Manifesto
Obama’s recent personal essay on his feminism was smart and relatable. But as well-written as it was, I don’t want to talk about it. The piece speaks for itself. I want to talk about the medium. While any publication in the world would’ve been delighted to feature an exclusive piece written by the sitting President…
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Community What It Was Like to Watch Hillary Clinton Shatter the Glass Ceiling
“Watch out for the shattered glass!” an usher cheerfully warned as we streamed into the Wells Fargo Center yesterday. It was hokey, but I smiled, feeling a shiver of delight and awe despite the 90-plus degree heat. I came to the Democratic National Convention because I couldn’t resist the opportunity to be a witness to…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Embraces Hillary Clinton in Emotional Convention Pitch
PHILADELPHIA — President Barack Obama praised America’s diversity and solidarity, and defended his record, while telling Americans to vote for Hillary Clinton. Obama was the final speaker on a Democratic National Convention night Wednesday filled with big names. Before him, Vice President Joe Biden, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine and former New York City…
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News Will Barack Obama Join ‘Jewiest’ Country Club in Washington?
“What am I going to do in D.C. for two years…I can’t golf every day can I?” It’s a question President Barack Obama playfully ponders in a skit video for the 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner. But as his final term as president comes to an end, Washington golfers have already begun to speculate about…
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Fast Forward President Obama Vows to Veto Iran Trade Restrictions
President Barack Obama pledged to veto three pieces of legislation because they contain language that would scuttle implementation of the Iran nuclear deal. A White House news release on Tuesday said the bills passed this month by congressional Republicans, with little resistance from Democrats, contradict the easing of sanctions that the U.S. promised Iran in…
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Fast Forward Spanish Leftists Under Fire for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Depiction of Barack Obama
— Spanish Jews condemned a left-wing party’s use of alleged anti-Semitic imagery to protest against President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the country. The Madrid branch of Izquerda Unida, or United Left, on Thursday tweeted the controversial image, which shows a depiction of a thick-lipped Obama standing behind a wall amid explosions while hugging an…
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Fast Forward Despite Obama’s Veto Threat, House Passes Funding Boost for Israel’s Defense
The House of Representatives easily passed a $576 billion defense appropriations bill — including an allocation of $635 million for Israel’s missile defense programs, which the president said he would veto. Thursday’s vote on the bill in the Republican-controlled house passed 282-138, to Defense News. The massive $576 billion defense appropriations bill for the upcoming…
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