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News Is Jewish Vote Pushing Hillary Clinton’s Early Vote Numbers Up in Florida?
Vice President Joe Biden delivered a clear message to Florida voters on Wednesday. “If you all do your job, we all get to go to bed early Tuesday night,” he told an audience at a pro-Clinton rally in Florida. And Jewish voters in the Sunshine State seem to be heeding Biden’s advice and utilizing the…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Lena Dunham Performs Hillary Clinton Rap, Dons ‘Sensual Pantsuit’
Lena Dunham is putting on a pantsuit this week to score attention for her candidate. SENSUAL PANTSUIT ANTHEM (Official Rapped Music Video) from Funny Or Die “Hey, hey guys it’s MC Pantsuit. My hobby is rap music but my passion is defending the nation’s baddest grandma, Hillary Rodham Clinton,” Dunham sings, in the clip produced…
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News Russ Feingold Battles To Hold Lead in Hot Comeback Senate Race
Democrat Russ Feingold is battling to maintain his lead in a suddenly hot Wisconsin Senate race, as Republican groups drop massive last-minute television ad campaigns across the state. Feingold, who is Jewish, is still favored to win the Senate seat off incumbent Ron Johnson, the Republican who toppled him in 2010. But while the forecasting…
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Fast Forward Jason Kander Races to the Finish in Close Missouri Senate Contest
Democrats and Republicans are locked in a tight contest for control of the Senate, one that might be decided in Missouri. That’s where Jewish Democrat Jason Kander is within shouting distance of unseating Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. Kander, a former Afghanistan combat vet, is running as a fresh-faced moderate with a new approach to leadership….
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News David Duke Channels the Nicer Nazis with ‘Not Opposed to All Jews’ Screed at Debate
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke spewed anti-Semitic conspiracy theories at a Louisiana Senate debate in New Orleans Wednesday, telling an empty auditorium that Jews control banks and the media, and suggesting that Hillary Clinton is in thrall to Jewish interests. “There is a problem in America with a very strong, powerful, tribal group…
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Life Links for Later, Pre-Election Panic Edition
Hello, Sisterhood readers! First off, there’s this thing happening next week, relevant to Americans, indirectly relevant to all. On Tuesday, November 8th. It’s Election Day in the U.S., and yeah, it would be an excellent idea for you to vote. Vote! Don’t just assume Hillary Clinton will win. She might not! There are all those…
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Fast Forward In Last-Minute Endorsements, Donald Trump Receives Blessings from 3 Jewish Papers
Donald Trump has only received endorsements from six newspapers, as many conservative publications have declined to back him or announced their support for his rival Hillary Clinton. But with less than a week to the presidential election, the Republican nominee received the blessings of three Jewish newspapers — the Jewish Voice, the Jewish Press and…
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News Jewish Congressional Candidate Battles Right-Wing Incumbent to Tossup
A fan of the Tea Party, Scott Garrett has managed to hang on for more than a decade in New Jersey’s 5th Congressional district, quite the achievement given his far-right stances on social issues. That might change in a few days, though, as the incumbent faces the fight of his life from Josh Gottheimer, a…
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