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The Schmooze Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Schumer, and More Read Immigrant Mom’s Child Separation Story
Maggie Gyllenhaal, sister of Jake Gyllenhaal and fellow actor, has orchestrated a video with 30 celebrities to vocalize the heart-wrenching story of a Honduran woman who has been separated from her 18-month-old son as a result of the Trump administration’s separation policy. This is a video I made. An affidavit from a woman who’s 18…
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The Schmooze Sacha Baron Cohen Promises Us A Scathing New Trump Parody
Thirteen years after Sacha Baron Cohen fooled Donald Trump while in character as Ali G — the English comedian posted a mysterious video this week on July 4th, where the POTUS refers to his adversary as a “third-rate character,” saying: “Go to school, and learn about being funny, because you don’t know sh**.” Trump’s remarks…
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Life The Jews Who Ignore Immigrants While Employing Them
The room sparkles, a montage of brilliantly colored wigs, gleaming cufflinks, the Sabbath china set. The men recite the prayers with such gusto! Bravo, what a Yeshivishe accent, every ‘oy’ pronounced loud and clear, your rebbe would be proud! We serve tuna tartare and foie gras and brisket, open a bottle of Glenmorangie. Someone shares…
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Praises Restaurant Owner For Booting Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Texas billionaire Mark Cuban praised the restaurant owners who kicked press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders out of a restaurant for taking a moral stand, TMZ reported Monday. In a tweet Saturday, Sanders wrote that she was told to leave the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, because she works for President Trump. TMZ stopped Cuban on…
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Fast Forward Trump Nicknames Jewish Democratic Senate Candidate In Nevada ‘Wacky Jacky’
(JTA) — President Donald Trump took a swipe at the Jewish Democratic lawmaker challenging Nevada’s sitting Republican senator. Trump nicknamed Nevada Rep. Jacky Rosen “Wacky Jacky” on Saturday in a speech to the Nevada state GOP convention. Rosen, a freshman congresswoman who served as president of her suburban Las Vegas Reform synagogue, is challenging Republican…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Communicated During Campaign With Russian Promising Trump-Putin Meeting
Ivanka Trump put President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen in contact with a Russian weightlifter to facilitate a Trump-Putin business meeting during the campaign, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday. These interactions have been reviewed by both congressional investigators and Robert Mueller’s team, BuzzFeed said. In November 2015, Ivanka allegedly connected Cohen with weightlifter Dmitry Klokov, a former…
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The Schmooze Trump Forgot The Words To Irving Berlin’s ‘God Bless America’
I can recite most words of Birkat Hamazon, a Hebrew blessing can take up to eight minutes to complete, but I can’t sing a single verse of “God Bless America.” Neither can President Donald Trump, apparently, who was caught on tape fumbling the lyrics at his “Celebrate America” event on Tuesday. I feel fine about…
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The Schmooze Why Kim Kardashian Is Having Dinner With Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump
On the down low, reality television star Kim Kardashian West has been currying favor with Jared Kushner for months. And not just about how to stay calm and svelte on camera. Kardashian has been angling for a pardon from President Trump for a woman, Alice Johnson, serving a life sentence for a first-time drug offense….
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Fast Forward The World War II origins of the White House East Wing, now demolished
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