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Culture J.K. Rowling’s Jewish Wizard, Bernie Sanders’s Manifesto, And 8 Other Things To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
It can be hard to remember to take time for yourself, in this week between the madness of the election and that of Thanksgiving. Still, take some time this week for the arts. With good reads, a few good movies, and events in New York, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, there are plenty of options…
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News WATCH: Bernie Says the Revolution Is Now
Bernie Sanders has a message for liberals despairing after the victory of President-elect Donald Trump: It’s as good a time as ever to stick up for the “political revolution” the Vermont senator advocated in the Democratic primary. Promoting his new book, “Our Revolution,” on the Late Show Monday night, Sanders got challenged on the tract’s…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Bernie Sanders
Leader of the Bernie Bros Influenced The Election During the first half of 2016, America was Feeling the Bern. Bernie Sanders, 75, rose to become a surprisingly formidable opponent to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, speaking truth to power in his Brooklyn Jewish accent all across America. Again and again, primaries and polls came…
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News Will Bernie Sanders Try Again in 2020? His Backers Say He Could’ve Beaten Donald Trump
Bernie 2020? Why not. The Jewish Vermont senator, the progressive champion who lost the presidential primary race to Hillary Clinton, is one the first senior Democrats to bounce back after November 8 and plot a way forward for the embattled party. Sanders is pushing to clean house at the Democratic Party to correct what he…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Says Ready To Work with Donald Trump — on Some Things
— Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he is ready to work with President-elect Donald Trump on issues that help working families. But the independent senator from Vermont said he will oppose other policies championed by Trump. Trump “tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Has ‘Nothing Polite to Say’ After Donald Trump Win
Bernie Sanders set aside his grievances with Hillary Clinton during the general election, crisscrossing the nation on behalf of his ex-primary rival. He’s keeping his silence, though, in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the November election. “We have nothing polite to say,” Sanders adviser told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny on Wednesday, refusing to…
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The Schmooze 7 Funny Jewish Moments That Will Make Your Election Anxiety Go Away
At this point, there’s nothing really funny about this election cycle. But there are a few topical gems that we thought were worth sharing—guaranteed for a smile or two (or at the very least some much needed entertainment while waiting in the voting line). That time this Trump surrogate mixed up “Molotov cocktails” with “mazel…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders to Coke, Pepsi: I’m No Soda Shill
Coke and Pepsi are feeling the Bern this week, and not in a good way. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders demanded in a cease and desist letter that the behemoth corporations stop using him in their ads against soda taxes in San Francisco and Oakland. “Advertising from the American Beverage Association that implies that I oppose…
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