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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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Opinion Why Giving Sermons With Supper Is So Dangerous
On May 3 — National Prayer Day — President Trump issued an executive order strengthening the role of religion in the affairs of state. The order establishes a Faith and Opportunity Office within the White House. The executive branch will increase its focus on alleged religious discrimination in national life, and President Trump will appoint…
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Fast Forward Anti-Trump Activist Laura Moser Pummeled In Texas Primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Laura Moser, the Jewish author who launched an activist movement against the Trump presidency, was soundly defeated in her challenge to the Democratic establishment in a Texas primary. Attorney Lizzie Fletcher bested Moser 68 to 32 percent in the race Tuesday in Texas’s 7th congressional district, comprising parts of Houston and its…
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Fast Forward Top Trump Donor Broidy Used White House ‘Backchannel’ To Pitch Foreign Business
Top Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy and his business partner George Nader tried to use their access to the president to win lucrative contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Associated Press reported Monday. Broidy and Nadar pitched themselves to Arab crown princes “as a backchannel to the White House” who could push…
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Fast Forward Did Mnuchin Ease Trump Off Trade War With China?
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Sunday that the U.S. and China can step back from imposing punishing tariffs on each other’s exports, The Guardian reported. President Trump delegated Mnuchin to be the point man on the China negotiations. “We’re putting the trade war on hold, right now, we have agreed to put the tariffs…
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