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The Schmooze Hillary Clinton is ‘The Most Interesting Woman in the World.’ Just Ask James Franco.
James Franco wants you to vote for Hillary Clinton, and he’s come up with a novel way to sell her candidacy — producing a commercial that presents her as “the most interesting woman in the world.” In the ad — a spoof on Dos Equis beer’s “Most Interesting Man in the World” spots — Franco narrates…
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Opinion Donald Trump’s Plan for Immigrants Should Scare The Hell Out of Jews
This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump opened his presidential campaign by calling the United States “a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.” He famously proclaimed that Mexico is not sending “their best” across the border, that Mexican immigrants are drug dealers, criminals and rapists….
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Fast Forward Ku Klux Klan Newspaper Joins Sheldon Adelson in Endorsing Donald Trump
Only six newspapers across America have endorsed Donald Trump, according to a Politico count. The largest among them is the Sheldon Adelson-owned Las Vegas Review Journal. Now, Trump can add another newspaper endorsement to the list, though this is one he will likely not celebrate. The Ku Klux Klan’s official publication, The Crusader, which is…
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Israel News Pussy Panties Take Shot at Trump From Tel Aviv Lingerie Shop
A discount lingerie shop in Tel Aviv’s gritty bus station has made an unexpected political statement about the American elections with a sale on pussy panties — women’s underwear printed with a photograph of cat’s face and neck in the crotch area. I first spotted the panties last week and they seemed to me the…
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News Sheldon Adelson Is Back in the Mega-Donor Game with $25M Anti-Clinton Donation
Sheldon Adelson just dropped a money bomb on the presidential race, Fox News reported Monday night. Adelson committed $25 million to a Super PAC that is running anti-Hillary Clinton ads in swing states. And Fox says he’s looking to spend up to $25 million more before Election Day. The reported donations came days after Donald…
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Fast Forward Democrats Get Meaner on (Anthony) Weiner After Email Revelations
Democrats had long observed a code of omertà around Anthony Weiner, hoping to spare his estranged wife and top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin from the glare of the press. But now that his sexting habit threatens to derail Clinton’s presidential ambitions, party leaders aren’t holding back their anger toward the disgraced former congressman. “Well,…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Chelsea Handler Tells Ivanka To ‘Dump Trump’
For all the criticism leveled at Donald Trump, many pundits have praised his kids. But comedian Chelsea Handler isn’t having it. She has a message for the Republican nominee’s daughter Ivanka Trump: get on the right side of history and the wrong side of your family. “If she were to come forward now, after everything…
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Fast Forward Holocaust-Denying Academic Organized List of Trump Endorsers
In an effort to counter claims that his list of supporter is short on intellectuals, Donald Trump, scholars supporting his run for presidency are collecting signatures on a statement endorsing the Republican candidate. According to a Daily Caller report from Friday, more than 50 scholars have joined the statement, saying that, “supporters of the Trump…
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