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The Schmooze Woman’s March Co-Founder On Bernie Backlash: ‘Maxine Waters Is Our Headliner’
When the official Woman’s March Twitter account shared a USA Today article Thursday morning titled “Bernie Sanders to deliver opening-night speech at Women’s Convention,” there was a swift and immediate backlash. Many women were dismayed that a man would be the face of the follow-up conference to January’s Woman’s March. A petition was quickly drawn…
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The Schmooze Petition To Replace Bernie Sanders As Opening Speaker At Women’s Convention Gains Traction
Well, that didn’t take long! A petition to replace Bernie Sanders as opening speaker for the Women’s Convention in Detroit this October is already gaining traction on change.org. The Women’s Convention, organized by the founders of January’s Women’s March, announced Thursday morning that Sanders had been selected to open up the conference — and the…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders To Deliver Opening Speech At Women’s Convention — And People Are Pissed
In news that has divided Women Marchers across the country, Bernie Sanders has been announced as the opening speaker for the Women’s Convention, a three-day conference organized by the Women’s March founders and scheduled to take place this October in Detroit. Tamika Mallory, a Women’s March cofounder, told the Detroit Free Press in an interview…
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Fast Forward Actually, It Would Be Big News If Bernie Sanders And Larry David Weren’t Cousins
In the season premiere of the PBS’ show “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Larry David and Senator Bernie Sanders are told of their respective ancestries. David gained acclaim in 2015 for doing a “spot-on” impression of the senator, a performance made easier by the widely remarked-upon fact that David shares Sanders’…
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The Schmooze How Bernie Sanders And Larry David Found Out They’re Cousins — Really
Let it be known — “Finding Your Roots” is the purest show on television. There is something so innocent about watching Henry Louis Gates Jr. calmly doling out the ancestral secrets of famous people with a measured glee as said famous person reacts like a child who has been told he is going to Disney…
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Fast Forward Sanders Meets West Bank Activist Being Prosecuted By Israel — And Palestinians
Bernie Sanders took some time on Thursday to meet with Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist visiting Washington after being arrested and prosecuted by Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials. According to Amro, he and the Vermont senator discussed the Israel-Palestine conflict, including “discussing the current situation on the ground and what can be done to change…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Cries When He Learns About Relative Who Died Defying Nazis
(JTA) — In the upcoming season premiere of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” Bernie Sanders gets emotional when he discovers a relative died while standing up to the Nazis during World War II. In a clip released to JTA, the Jewish lawmaker is visibly moved as the show’s host, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates,…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Should Just Keep His Mouth Shut On The High Holidays
Last week, Bernie Sanders gave a much-touted foreign policy speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, the same location where Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” address in 1946. The contents of the speech were intriguing. So was its timing. Sanders delivered it on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. This has become a…
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