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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness a Non-Issue in Iowa — or So Voters Claim
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (JTA) — On a frigid night in what has been an unusually cold winter here, Bernie Sanders packed more than 1,200 people into the resplendent Orpheum Theatre, a nearly 90-year-old venue in this western Iowa outpost across the Missouri River from Nebraska. After taking the stage late Tuesday night, the independent Vermont…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders Does His Own Laundry, Chops Wood — and May Actually Be Larry David
A new takes us into the “modest” colonial home of the Vermont Senator with the adorable Brooklyn accent. Looks like what we see with Sanders is actually what we get. He does his own laundry, goes grocery shopping, can’t take a compliment, his family describes him as frugal and he’s impatient when taking pictures. So,…
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The Schmooze That Time Killer Mike Smoked Weed — and Got Behind Bernie Sanders
Have you watched the Bernie Sanders-Killer Mike love story unfold over the last few months and wondered how on earth an Atlanta rapper became so engrossed and active in Sander’s presidential campaign? Well, the magic formula may be joint + tweets = Feeling the Bern. Talking with reporters ahead of Sunday night’s Democratic debate, Killer…
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Opinion Can Bernie Sanders Win Over Black Voters — and Crack Hillary Clinton’s Firewall?
There was a striking symbolism in the setting of Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate. They couldn’t have picked a better place than Charleston, South Carolina. Coming in the midst of a Bernie Sanders surge that’s unsettling the once-inevitable Hillary Clinton campaign, the event had a good many party loyalists hoping to gain some clarity about…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Calls For Normalizing Ties With Iran in Contentious Debate
Bernie Sanders, the Jewish senator vying for the Democratic presidential nod, called for normalizing relations with Iran. “I think what we’ve got to do is move as aggressively as we can to normalize relations with Iran,” Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., said Sunday evening during a debate with his rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Martin O’Malley in…
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Fast Forward Stakes Rise for Dem Debate As Bernie Sanders Closes Gap With Hillary Clinton
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Tightening polls and rising tensions between White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could fuel a fiery Democratic debate on Sunday, their last face-to-face encounter until Iowa kicks off the presidential nominating race in two weeks. The leading Democratic contenders stepped up their attacks on each other during the past week,…
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Fast Forward The Nation Endorses Bernie Sanders — Makes No Mention of Israel
The Nation endorsed Bernie Sanders for president — its third endorsement in 150 years. The storied left-wing magazine on Thursday cited the Vermont Independent senator’s record in opposing “inequality, both economic and political.” It had offered previous endorsements of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Barack Obama in 2008. “America’s middle class has melted…
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Fast Forward As Bernie Sanders Surges in Polls, Are Jews Feeling ‘the Bern’?
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Talk of a Bernie Sanders presidency has suddenly become a lot more serious. Recent polling shows the independent Vermont senator and Democratic presidential hopeful dramatically improving his prospects in the first two primary states against front-runner Hillary Clinton. Two polls out this week — by the Des Moines Register and Quinnipiac University…
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