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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Running For Mayor Of South Carolina Town
A self-proclaimed “Holocaust revisionist” is running for mayor of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and says his views won’t impact his policies as mayor, The Island Packet reported Tuesday. Michael Santomauro has no previous experience in government, according to The Island Packet. He worked as the editorial director of U.S. operations for the Theses and Dissertations…
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Fast Forward Tech-Focused Son Of Holocaust Survivor Running For Colorado Attorney General
Phil Weiser, a former deputy attorney general and White House technology advisor, is running for Colorado attorney general. Weiser, who also launched the popular Silicon Flatirons technology policy conference in Boulder, is one of several candidates with ties to the tech industry found on this year’s midterm election ballot, Axios reported. All of the candidates…
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Community I Was A Trump Troll In 2016 — And I Owe Hillary Clinton An Apology
Dear Secretary Hillary Clinton, In the 2016 election, I voted for Donald Trump. I didn’t believe your warning about the Trump-Russia connection; I was wrong. @HillaryClinton I would like to apologize to you, wish I have listened to your warnings about Russia before I voted for Trump, you were right. — David Weissman (@davidmweissman) July…
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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Called To Congratulate Trump After The Election
If it’s true that the truth will out, then it will out very, very slowly. A new report from Buzzfeed News on Thursday found that Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a secret phone call to Donald Trump to congratulate him after he won the 2016 presidential election. Buzzfeed spoke to three people who…
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Fast Forward These 9 Candidates Have Ties To White Nationalists Or Nazis — And They’re All Republicans
Update, July 12: Edwin Duterte of California is no longer running. More white nationalists are running for state or federal office than in any other election in modern history, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Some of these candidates are proud, card-carrying Nazis, while others have had more subtle flirtations with the “alt-right.” There’s…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Elected Mayor Of Mexico City
(JTA) — A Jewish woman was elected mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Sunday defeated a field of six other candidates, four of them women. She won with a reported up to 55 percent of the vote. She holds a doctorate in energy engineering and physics from…
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Fast Forward Democrat Who Upset NY Incumbent Called Violence At Gaza Border A ‘Massacre’
(JTA) — A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who…
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News This Jewish Republican Might Just Flip His New Jersey District – To Blue
Seth Grossman is doing a great Donald Trump impression. But will it get him elected? Grossman, 69, is the Republican candidate for a seat in the U.S. House in a southern New Jersey district. In recent weeks he’s gained national attention for making Trumpian tactics the core of his campaign, decrying “diversity,” mocking Kwanzaa and…
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News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
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News Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews
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