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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Remembers Twitter War With Donald Trump, Aka ‘F**kface Von Clownstick’
Last night, at the 10th annual Stand Up for Heroes in Madison Square Garden, a whole slew of comedy legends came out to honor vets, including Jerry Seinfeld, Louie CK, and much-missed ex-Daily Show Host Jon Stewart. With one week to go in this crazy hurricane of an election, the candidates were obviously a topic…
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News WATCH: Patti Smith Croons to Brooklyn Jews, Says She Could Be President
Health has been an issue in this presidential election, with Donald Trump accusing Hillary Clinton of lacking the physical stamina to lead the nation. Punk rocker Patti Smith has a message to her Jewish fans — don’t believe the Donald’s hype. “I have a chronic cough. If I have a coughing spell… don’t think I got…
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Fast Forward Trump Rejects “Repulsive” KKK Newspaper Endorsement
Even for an endorsement-deprived candidate like Donald Trump, this one was a bit too much. Hours after receiving the news that the Ku Klux Klan newspaper, The Crusader, endorsed his presidential run, Trump turned it down. “Mr. Trump and the campaign denounces hate in any form,” a campaign spokesman said in a statement sent to…
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Fast Forward Dov Hikind Dumps Donald Trump — Will He Swing Brooklyn Orthodox Votes?
After the release of an infamous video tape in which Donald Trump bragged about committing sexual assault, Republican politicians abandoned him in droves. Now follows a Democrat — Dov Hikind, the Brooklyn state assemblyman who represents the Hasidic community and has frequently crossed party lines to back Republicans in national elections. “I cannot vote for…
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Fast Forward 35% of Donald Trump Twitter Supporters Also Follow White Supremacists
A new study could establish the existence of a correlation between Donald Trump supporters and white supremacists. At least on social media. The study, conducted by Demographics Pro, a social media research company, looked at a random sample of 10,000 Trump supporters on Twitter. They were identified as backer of Trump based on hashtags used…
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Opinion Why Donald Trump Is To Blame for ‘Unprecedented’ Train Wreck of an Election
You could say a lot of things about this year’s presidential election campaign, but there’s one word that keeps popping up over and over: unprecedented. And that’s just the right word. This is unprecedented. We’ve never seen anything like it. Never before have the two major candidates been so widely disliked by voters. Never, at…
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Opinion Hillary Clinton and the Jewish Imperative to Protect Reproductive Rights
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Throughout the presidential campaign, we’ve had many reminders of where the two candidates stand on the issues of women’s health and reproductive rights. The contrast could not be clearer. Hillary Clinton has been a champion for women’s rights throughout her…
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Opinion Whoever is Elected, Roe v. Wade is Unlikely to Change. Here’s Why.
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Despite the fact that Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land for 43 years, access to abortion is still one of the major issues impacting many Americans’ vote during Presidential election years. On the Left, voters refuse…
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