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Opinion No, It’s Not ‘More Practical’ To Choose Hillary Over Bernie
The Democratic near-deadlock in the Iowa caucus was certainly a surprise — and in many ways a loss — for Hillary Clinton, who assumed a coronation once before, back in 2008. Now that she’s barely squeezed out a victory, the primaries ahead will require an extra push from her. That extra push is likely to…
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News Bernie Sanders Stint at ‘Stalinist’ Kibbutz Draws Red-Baiting From Right
It didn’t take long after news broke that Bernie Sanders had volunteered decades ago on a hard-left kibbutz in Israel for right-wing critics to start lobbing ever-scarier adjectives at him. The Democratic presidential candidate’s stint at Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’Amakim in northern Israel proves to conservatives that he isn’t just a “socialist” but a hard-core Marxist…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders and Larry David Are Finally Meeting — on ‘SNL’
This is pretty, pretty, pretty exciting! Our two favorite Jewish grumps are finally getting together this Saturday, live from New York! Bernie Sanders’s Tad Devine, a senior adviser to Sanders, confirmed that Bernie will be expanding his acting resume, and appearing on “Saturday Night Live.” Which means this weekend, he will finally meet his SNL…
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Life Swipe Right for Bernie Sanders? Not So Fast, Tinder Warns.
Robyn Gedrich, front, was booted from Tinder for campaigning on the site for Bernie Sanders, which the dating site says is a violation of its rules. Stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tinder is getting some women banned from the online dating app after sending campaign messages to prospective matches. Two women —…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders on Iran at Debate
(JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders snapped at one another over the Jewish senator’s Iran policy in their final debate before the New Hampshire primary contest, with the former secretary of state twice suggesting it would endanger Israel. The NBC moderators of the debate in Durham, New Hampshire, on Thursday night pressed Sanders, an…
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Israel News Inside the Kibbutz Where Bernie Sanders Lived and Learned Socialism
The mystery of Bernie Sanders’ missing months on a socialist commune in Israel has now been solved. The Democratic Party’s socialist presidential candidate, it turns out, volunteered at Kibbutz Sha’ar HaAmakim, near Haifa in northern Israel, in 1963. Now, the small agrarian commune could have a big influence on American politics as one spot where…
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Opinion Why Bernie Sanders Needs a Come-to-Jesus Moment
In casting the first official ballots of the 2016 presidential race, Iowa’s caucus voters delivered more questions than they did answers. Chief among them: Who really won the Democratic contest — Hillary Clinton, leading by a fraction of a percentage point, or Bernie Sanders, fighting her to a virtual tie? One historic milestone can be…
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Fast Forward Cha-Ching! Bernie Sanders Raises $3M in 24 Hours After Iowa Caucuses
After virtually tying with Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Iowa Democratic caucus, Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $3 million in a 24-hour period, a record for the insurgent presidential candidate. Sanders, I-Vt., who has abjured raising money from major givers, scored the amount from small donations online in the 24 hours after Monday’s vote, The Associated…
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