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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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Fast Forward WATCH: Donald Trump Backer Accuses Press of Selling Out ‘for a Few Shekels’
Anti-Semitism has surfaced at Donald Trump rallies on too many occasions to think it’s a coincidence. The Republican candidate’s backers have shouted “Jew S. A.,” called the press the Nazi slur lügenpresse (lying press) and hoisted signs that appear to mock the Star of David. Jew-hatred popped up at another event for the Republican nominee…
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News Peter Beinart, Corey Lewandowski Scrap on CNN over Black Vote
Peter Beinart clashed with ex-Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over the Republican nominee’s level of support among black voters the evening of Nov. 1. Speaking on a panel moderated by Don Lemon, Lewandowski argued that Trump had a secret reserve of African American backers, cherrypicking a survey with a small sample size to beef…
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News Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Denounces ‘National Trumpism’
With his calls to make “America First,” demand for a ‘Muslim ban,’ and attacks on Mexican immigrants, Donald Trump has inspired an endless number of Nazi comparisons in the run-up to the election. Add Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd bassist, to the list of those who think the Republican nominee’s speeches could be translated from…
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News White Supremacists Plan Election Day Push To ‘Secure’ Vote for Donald Trump
The ‘alt-right’ has been a sad and constant presence in this year’s presidential election. Don’t expect that to change when voters go to the polls next Tuesday — according to a Wednesday report in Politico, white supremacists are planning to come out in droves to observe the balloting and make sure that the election is…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu and Henry Kissinger Kvell over Hillary
The National Jewish Democratic Council has its new pro-Clinton video out. Its called “Hillary Validators” and includes an interesting gallery of political figures praising Clinton, in hope to win over Jewish voters. Alongside Israeli opposition leaders Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barak, the late Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres makes an appearance, and so…
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