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Food Mar-A-Lago Kitchen Slapped With 13 Health Code Violations
The kitchen at President Donald Trump’s “Winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, was slapped with 13 health-code violations, according to an article in Wednesday’s Miami Herald. The exclusive Palm Beach country club, whose members — many of whom are Jewish — pay an initiation fee of $200,000, was given a citation on January 26, 2017 by the…
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper Says More Willing To Burn Bridges In Trump Era
Jake Tapper has never been afraid of a tough interview. But the CNN politics anchor says that since the election he’s gone one step further, developing the spine to ask hard questions even if it means a guest won’t come back on his program. “One of the things that I have found myself more willing…
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Fast Forward Politico Called Anti-Semitic For Accusing Chabad In Trump’s Russia Scandal
A tangled web of relationships ties Donald Trump and his associates to Vladimir Putin’s Russia — and Chabad appears to be right in the middle of them. The Hasidic movement forged an unlikely alliance with the Russian strongman two decades ago just as Trump and others close to him were pursuing a series of lucrative…
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Fast Forward Trump Will Hold Last-Minute White House Seder
The White House plans to host a Passover Seder after all, according to Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff. Sources told Jewish Insider that the Trump Administration will indeed mark the holiday with a Seder Monday night, which is the first night of Passover. Barack Obama began the tradition of hosting a Passover Seder at the White…
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News The ‘Alt-Right’ Is Blaming The Jews For Trump’s Syria Airstrike
President Trump’s Thursday airstrike against Syria may strip him of the support and adoration of his “alt-right” and white nationalist fans — some of whom are describe the move as part of a “Jewish coup” of Trump’s White House. “I am ready to condemn Donald Trump,” white nationalist Richard Spencer who popularized the term “alt-right,”…
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Fast Forward Will The ‘Alt-Right’ Break Up With Trump Over Syria?
President Trump’s airstrike against Syria may cause him to lose his “alt-right” support. “I am ready to condemn Donald Trump,” white nationalist Richard Spencer said in a YouTube video to his followers, but stopped just short of doing so. “I certainly condemn these actions just taken in Syria.” The video, posted Friday morning, was titled…
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Community Rabbis Urge President Trump To “Act Decisively” In Syria
Dear President Trump, We write to you with angst just days before the Passover holiday when the Jews escaped the oppressive tyranny of Pharaoh in Egypt. The Assad regime in Syria appears to have conducted a nerve gas attack against Syrian civilians yesterday. At least 58 civilians have been killed in the attack, marking the…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Ever-Expanding White House Job Now Includes Criminal Justice Reform
Among his many titles, Jared Kushner has been charged with one more: talking out criminal justice reform with lawmakers. BuzzFeed reports that the president’s son-in-law is discussing legislation to reformm criminal justice with Sens. Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat Thursday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, joined the meeting…
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