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Fast Forward Trump’s Intimidation Tactics May Keep Cohen From Testifying To Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen is reconsidering his plan to testify publicly to the U.S. Congress next month because of intimidation by the president, an adviser to Cohen said on Thursday. Lanny Davis, an attorney who has been advising Cohen on his media strategy, said in an interview with MSNBC…
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Fast Forward ‘Baruch Hashem’: Lieberman Relieved He Didn’t Become FBI Director
Joe Lieberman said President Trump offered him the role of FBI director — but he’s relieved he didn’t take it, Jewish Insider reported. Lieberman, former senator from Connecticut, was one of four candidates interviewed by the president in May 2017, the week after James Comey was fired from the post, according to The New York…
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Fast Forward Cohen Paid To Rig Polls For Trump With Cash In A Walmart Bag And A Boxing Glove
Michael Cohen allegedly paid off a small technology company to try to manipulate online polls in President Trump’s favor — with a Walmart bag filled with cash and a boxing glove, The Wall Street Journal reported. John Gauger, owner of company, RedFinch Solutions LLC, told the Journal he was owed $50,000 and was surprised by…
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The Schmooze Trevor Noah Mocks Trump’s Response To Damning Federal Climate Report
Trevor Noah bashed President Trump on the “Daily Show” for his lukewarm response to the explosive climate report that was released by thirteen federal agencies last week. Trevor Noah (along with the rest of us with common sense) had assumed that the president would “finally come onboard” and attempt to rectify our dire climate condition,…
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News Rabbi Jeffrey Myers Opens Up About Welcoming Trump To A Wounded Pittsburgh
Shabbat was approaching, but Rabbi Jeffrey Myers didn’t have time to write his Saturday morning sermon. And this wasn’t just any Shabbat — it was the first Shabbat after the shooting that killed seven of his congregants, and four others. But on Friday afternoon, he officiated at a funeral. Then he was attending a shiva…
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The Schmooze Michael Cohen Reportedly Saves Elderly Man In Swanky Restaurant
Satan or savior? Some hailed Michael Cohenan American hero after he flipped on turbulent President Trump earlier this year, and some saw him as a nogoodnik turncoat. Either way, you have to salute his quick thinking in reportedly saving an elderly man in an NYC restaurant this week. Once again, the news is much, much…
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Fast Forward 5 Ways Jared and Ivanka Shaped Trump’s Response To Pittsburgh — For Better Or Worse
Critics of President Trump began to blame him for the massacre of 11 Jews at prayer last Shabbat as soon as the news broke, arguing that the killer had justified his actions with Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric. The president’s initial response — or lack of response — to the shooting included jokes about a bad hair…
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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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