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Fast Forward DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke recommits to fighting religious discrimination
Kristen Clarke, whose nomination to lead the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has drawn controvsersy because of her prior actions around race and antisemitism, assured members of Congress on Wednesday that she would protect religious rights and fight against religious discrimination and antisemitism if she is confirmed. “I will give great attention…
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News Jewish groups push back against attacks on Biden’s deputy AG pick on eve of confirmation hearing
In a rare public statement on a political appointment, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs called out misleading allegations of antisemitism leveled against Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. In a letter sent to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week, the…
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Fast Forward Rep. Jamaal Bowman meets with Israeli Consul General after criticism of Israel’s vaccination drive
Congressman Jamaal Bowman from New York engaged in a “thoughtful conversation” with Israel Nitzan, acting Israeli consul general in New York, on Wednesday. Bowman, who defeated longtime congressman Eliot Engel in the 16th District last year, criticized Israel earlier this year for not offering to distribute coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians living in the West Bank…
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene has a new spin on the Jewish space lasers remark
'I didn’t even know and didn’t find out until recently that the Rothschilds were Jewish'
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene says she didn’t invent Jewish space lasers
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed in a TV interview on Tuesday that she didn’t come up with the term “Jewish space lasers” that triggered backlash from the Jewish community. She blamed the whole hoopla on an activist, leftist journalist. In a recently uncovered Facebook post published by Media Matters, Greene alleged that space lasers were…
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Fast Forward Biden State Department appointee on Iran talks: ‘2021 is not 2015’
Wendy Sherman, President Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy Secretary of State, told members of the Senate on Wednesday that the administration is “clear-eyed” about its goals in an attempt to re-join the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. “I would note that 2021 is not 2015, when the deal was agreed; nor 2016, when it was…
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News Nicole Malliotakis wants you to remember she voted against her party
During her run for Congress last year, Nicole Malliotakis repeatedly accused her opponent, first-term Rep. Max Rose, of voting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic caucus “95 percent of the time.” Now, a little over a month into her term, Malliotakis, a Republican from Staten Island, wants everyone to know that she cast…
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News ‘We should have gotten 100 votes’: Jamie Raskin reflects on impeachment trial
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Thursday that he “felt a tremendous sense of history and responsibility” in leading the second impeachment case against former President Donald Trump, and still feels “we should have gotten 100 votes” to convict. But Raskin expressed no regrets about how the trial unfolded, and shifted focus to the group…
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