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Opinion ‘Never Again’ Means Taking Cue From Protesters and Confronting Donald Trump
On social media and over drinks, American liberals are discussing — sometimes jokingly and sometimes not — how to move to Canada if Donald Trump makes it into the White House. Between the violence against minorities at Trump rallies, the Nazi-like salutes and the candidate’s choice to tweet a quotation from Benito Mussolini, the idea…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Blames ‘Communist’ Bernie Sanders for Chicago Clashes
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday blamed supporters of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for protests that shut down his Chicago rally, calling the U.S. senator from Vermont “our communist friend.” Trump’s Republican rivals, meanwhile, hurled scorn at the New York billionaire, saying he helped create the increasingly tense atmosphere that is now sweeping the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Swept Arab-American Vote by 2-1 Margin in Michigan
Arab Americans in the Dearborn, Michigan area voted two to one for Bernie Sanders, according to a Dearborn-based Arab-American newspaper. “Arab Americans voted 2 to 1 for Sanders in almost every east Dearborn precinct,” The Arab American News reported on the day after Sanders won the primary in Michigan in a surprise victory over Hillary…
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The Schmooze Watch a Bernie Sanders Impersonator Crash This John Kasich Rally
Governor John Kasich just got his most important endorsement and let us tell you, it is YUUUGE. It’s not from any millionaires or billionaires. It’s from one, very adorable Bernie Sanders impersonator who, after heckling the GOP candidate, went up to the center of the hall and thanked Kasich for “bringing some class to the…
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Fast Forward Does Michigan Stunner Mean Bernie Sanders Has Real Shot at Democratic Nod?
(JTA) — Can Bernie Sanders actually win it? With his surprising victory in the Michigan primary by 2 percentage points on Tuesday — after trailing Hillary Clinton by double digits in the polls — the possibility has inched a little closer to reality. To be sure, Sanders still trails Clinton by a healthy margin in the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Tells Arab-Americans He Wants ‘Level Playing Field’ on Israel Policy
Bernie Sanders, speaking in an Arab-American stronghold, said he would aim for a “level playing field” in U.S. Middle East policy. Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont bidding for the Democratic presidential nomination, said at a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday that brokering Israeli-Arab peace is daunting. “For decades now there has been hatred…
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Opinion How Bernie Sanders Pulled Off the Biggest Political Upset in 32 Years — and What It Means
America may yet elect its first Jewish president next fall. That’s the bottom line from Tuesday’s primaries, thanks to the Democratic voters in Michigan. True, Bernie Sanders remains a distinct long shot for his party’s presidential nod. But while a Sanders nomination is still unlikely, that’s a yuuuge step up from near-impossible, which is where…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Stuns Hillary Clinton With Win in Michigan
Bernie Sanders won Michigan’s Democratic primary, an upset that gave new life to his candidacy and edged him closer to a chance at being the first Jewish major party nominee. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, trailed the Independent senator from Vermont by 2 percentage points in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday, 48 percent to…
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