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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg: Fake News Didn’t Sway Elections
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is pushing back against claims that fake news disseminated on the company’s pages helped Donald Trump win the election. “We don’t think it swayed the election,” Sandberg told NBC’s Today Show, “but we take that responsibility really seriously.” Fake news, or made-up stories, conspiracies and accusations, came to attention following the…
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Community I’m a Jew Who Voted for Trump. To Keep My Support, Here’s What He Must Do Next.
I lost, at least temporarily, some friends and social media outlets thanks to the recent election — but I may have gained a far broader appreciation of the greatness and opportunities for America’s future. Enough time has passed for the various realities of the election to settle in. I didn’t start watching returns until 10:30…
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Community Sorry, Jews — Voting With Your Feet Is Not An Option in the Age of Trump.
Some on the left have long fantasized about moving to Canada if Trump won. However, as John Oliver quipped, the only reason to move to Canada is a) you were born there, ** b)** you’re a goose, and c) it’s springtime. Foot voting is not a solution for democracy. Foot voting is an inherently selfish…
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News Bernie Sanders and Sarah Silverman Agree: Donald Trump-Induced Misery Loves Company
Former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders joined comedian Sarah Silverman on stage to look back on the election, help his supporters find a new path forward and give his take on Donald Trump. Sanders was promoting his new book, “Our Revolution,” that came out earlier this month. After a short speech, he sat down to chat…
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News Can Election Recount Redeem Jill Stein? Democrats Are Skeptical.
Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, has a fondness for conspiracy theories about subjects ranging from unemployment data to vaccines. Likewise, she thinks the 2016 elections were rigged, and that at least three states need recounts. But this time, her crusade is gaining traction, with millions of dollars pouring in and with national attention…
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News WATCH: Austrian Holocaust Survivor Pleads for Vote Against Far-Right Presidential Candidate
An octogenarian Holocaust survivor made an emotional video plea urging fellow citizens to vote against Norbert Hofer, a far-right candidate in Austria’s presidential election who stands a good chance of winning power this December. “When they made the Jews clean the streets, the people of Vienna stood there, men and women, and said ‘Look at…
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Community Just How Many Different Americas Are There?
If you’ve been reading the headlines since the U.S. election it seems like a civil war is brewing. In California and the Northwest they are preparing the “Calexit.” Around the Thanksgiving table people are being disinvited, or moods are cooled. In their “coastal citadels,” as one article called them, people are hunkering down, wondering how…
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Community What Jacob and Esau Can Teach Us About Loving Our Trump Supporting Friends
I’m acquainted with at least three people who voted for Donald Trump. I’m thinking of these three because of the way I came to know them – as fellow volunteers at a homeless shelter. I met the first many years ago, when we were serving food to homeless children at a Manhattan synagogue. The kids…
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