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News The Bizarro Plot To Smear Robert Mueller Has Some Crazy Jewish Angles
A pro-Trump Jewish hedge fund prodigy and a Seth Rich conspiracy theorist tried to frame special counsel Robert Mueller — yes, that Robert Mueller — for supposed sexual harassment. They hatched a plot that wound up unraveling badly after it was uncovered by a Twitter-famous set of twins and was pitched to star journalist Ronan…
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The Schmooze Pharrell is Not ‘Happy’ — May Sue Trump For Playing Tune At Rally After Pittsburgh Bloodbath
Pharrell Williams is not “Happy” with President Trump right now. The President incongruously played the Williams’ song “Happy” at a rally that occurred shortly after the tragic and deadly shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday. Though this is not the first time the producer’s music has been used at Trump events, this was apparently…
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Fast Forward Trump Attacks ‘Disgraceful’ Pittsburgh Protests In Angry Tweet About Synagogue Bloodbath
A defiant President Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that the sprawling demonstrations against his visit to Pittsburgh in the wake of Saturday’s synagogue massacre were “small” — and denounced coverage of the visit as “disgraceful.” Showing no signs of toning down his partisan and divisive rhetoric, Trump focused attention on himself in his first statement about…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz Says Birthright Citizenship Can’t Be Ended ‘For Better Or For Worse’
President Trump vowed to end the blanket right to citizenship for children born on American soil in an interview with Axios Tuesday morning. But legal eagle Alan Dershowitz, known for his frequent defenses of Trump, says that the 14th Amendment authorizes birthright citizenship and it can’t just be changed by executive order. “[Birthright citizenship] doesn’t…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Jews Plan Protests Of Trump Visit
Progressive Jewish groups in Pittsburgh are planning two separate protest actions during President Trump’s controversial visit to the mourning city. Local activists with the progressive Jewish organization IfNotNow are organizing a public mourning ceremony and rally at intersection in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood at 3 p.m. Tuesday, while activists with the local chapter of the…
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The Schmooze Ina Garten Says She’d Like To Serve Trump ‘A Subpoena’
Here’s one thing that you can’t get fresh-baked or store-bought: a subpoena. In a Thursday night interview with Frank Bruni at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, that is what Ina Garten, grand dame of home cooking, said that is what she would like to “serve” President Trump, given the chance. As The Hill reports, Garten then…
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Opinion For Centuries, Jewish Tradition Has Recognized Trans People
The idea that there are two and only two sexes is relatively new. This week, in a memo leaked to the New York Times, the Trump administration stated its goal to institute a federal definition of sex as “unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with.” Furthermore, “any dispute about one’s…
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The Schmooze Stephen Miller’s 3rd Grade Teacher Suspended After Revealing He Ate Glue, Was A ‘Loner’
Many of President Trump’s White House appointees have had their names plastered across headlines throughout his presidency. Some for tawdry personal affairs, others for misbehavior in the workforce. Their appearances have been scrutinized and their actions inspected. But with Stephen Miller, things tend to get really personal — his family started the job, and now…
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