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News This Woman’s Snapshot With Hillary Clinton Went Viral — Then Came the Threats
The New York mother who posted a heartwarming photo of herself taken with Hillary Clinton the day after the presidential election has been getting threats because of the photo. Margot Gerster was hiking in Chappaqua on Wednesday when she apparently ran into Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton walking their dog on the same trail….
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News Pro-Palestinian Activists Push Cause as Protests Against Donald Trump Roil Nation
As thousands of protestors rally in the days after Donald Trump’s upset victory in last week’s election against Hillary Clinton, pro-Palestinian activists are joining their ranks — and hope to join their national struggle to the growing protest movement in America. “The fight is not easy back home and it’s not easy here now with…
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Opinion After This Election, Americans Have Lost Faith in Polling. Should Jews?
One casualty of the election: people’s faith in surveys. We relied on polls to help us understand the election and they seemingly failed us. Although pre-election polls came within 1-2% of predicting the national popular vote, state polls that were the basis for Electoral College predictions were far less accurate. Whether and how to use…
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News 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Gets Thank You Call From Donald Trump
Alex Jones, a radio host and conspiracy theorist, says he got a call from Donald Trump thanking him for his support during the election. Jones is the host of Infowars, a popular show among the right fringe of the conservative moment. Over the last year, Trump has aggressively courted this vote, appearing on Fox’s Sean…
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News Steve Bannon in the White House? Some Jews Fear Speaking Out Might Cost Precious Access
Steve Bannon’s appointment to a top position in the Trump White House is putting the Jewish community’s red lines to a test. Struggling to balance a need to speak out against bigotry and anti-Semitism, which many believe Bannon has endorsed, and the wish to maintain open doors to the future administration, some Jewish groups and…
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Life Stop Blaming Bourgeois Feminism For Trump
After months of hearing about how patriarchy and misogyny were driving Trump’s popularity, it sure was odd to learn that millions of women voted for him anyway. I was among the startled, even though I guess no one should have been surprised – of course women who usually vote Republican won’t suddenly say, hmm, this…
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News Liberals Invent Hate Crimes and 6 More Wacky Breitbart News Stories for Age of Trump
Donald Trump has named Breitbart’s chairman, Steve Bannon, as a chief strategist for his administration. During the election, Breitbart was the most outspoken pro-Trump news organization out there. The conservative new organzation is linked to the “alt-right,” and publishes anti-Semitic and Islamophobic articles. So how have they covered the first week of president-elect Trump? What…
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News Days After the Election, These 6 Jews Have Found Creative Ways to Resist the Result
American Jews voted against Donald Trump by more than a two-to-one margin. Now, less than a week after the election, some who opposed him are already figuring out clever ways to resist that go beyond street protests. 1. Amy Schumer: Donate to Planned Parenthood Trump has said that he will appoint justices to the Supreme…
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