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Fast Forward Harvard to Host Steve Bannon, Former Breitbart Chief, Incoming Trump Adviser
Harvard will host Steve Bannon, an alumnus of its business school, at a conference this week for its Kennedy School of Government, according to a reportin the Harvard Crimson. Bannon, Donald Trump’s incoming chief White House strategist, might participate in a panel discussion or sit for an interview at the event, scheduled for Thursday and…
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News When Trump Says ‘Globalists,’ Some Fans Hear ‘The Jews’
Throughout Donald Trump’s campaign he fashioned himself as a brash outsider, up against what he said was an economic and political system rigged against the American people. The system worked for the benefit of itself and shadowy, unnamed forces in the banks, the media and the government. Trump and his supporters call those forces globalists….
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News Sanders Chides Democrats for Emphasizing Race, Gender Over Economy
Bernie Sanders has a message to the Democratic Party — if it wants to win elections in the future, stop fixating on the gender and race of candidates and instead focus on their economic platform. “It goes without saying that as we fight to end all forms of discrimination, as we fight to bring more…
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News Go Ahead and Call Steve Bannon Satan or Darth Vader — but Not a ‘White Nationalist’
In the two recent interviews Steve Bannon has given since becoming Donald Trump’s chief strategist, the former editor of Breitbart News railed against the “global elite” and insisted that he was not a “white nationalist,” despite media reports depicting him as such. “I’m not a white nationalist, I’m a nationalist. I’m an economic nationalist,” Bannon…
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Fast Forward Amid Controversy, Bannon Skips ZOA Gala
Steve Bannon, president-elect Donald Trump’s top adviser accused by Jewish groups of giving voice to anti-Semites and racists, did not show up at the Zionist Organization of America’s gala dinner Sunday night, despite prior announcement he would be among the guests. Bannon’s expected participation drew interest both from supporters of Trump, who viewed the event…
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News Why Does the Jewish Right-Wing Think Keith Ellison’s as Bad as Steve Bannon?
For some Jews who support Donald Trump and are feeling under attack by other community members after the appointment of Stephen Bannon to a top Trump White House position, a new line of defense has emerged: The Democrats are just as bad. This argument has focused in recent days on Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the…
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News Trump’s Muslim Ban Has an Advocate in Attorney General Pick Jeff Sessions
Donald Trump on has announced his pick for attorney general: Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, one of the most conservative U.S. lawmakers and an early supporter of the president-elect’s proposal on banning Muslims entering the country. In a November 18 statement, Trump called Sessions a “world-class legal mind” who is “admired by legal scholars and virtually…
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Life National Review Writer Considers Role of “White Privilege” in 2016 Election
In the National Review, Ericka Andersen makes an important, timely point about the expression “white privilege,” and to a privilege meme she’s seen on social media, calling out Trump supporters for theirs: “For a good many white people in the U.S.,” notes Andersen, “‘privilege’ is not a word they relate to.” Andersen acknowledges “the very…
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