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Fast Forward John Podhoretz Says Hillary Clinton Can Already ‘Measure The Drapes’ — Thanks to Trump
It was a rocky night for Donald Trump at the third and final presidential debate. According to neoconservative John Podhoretz, it went so bad that even Trump seemed to realize he would never make it to the White House. As the event neared its close, the Republican nominee sarcastically wished Clinton “lotsa luck” in dealing…
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Life No One Has More Respect For Women Than Donald Trump — Except If They’re ‘Nasty’
“Nobody has more respect for women than I do” is, coming from Trump, the sort of lie that can’t be fact-checked. It’s like when the pizza place on the corner, the one with no customers, puts up a sign declaring it has the “best pizza” in New York. By the time Donald Trump got around…
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News Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Spar Over Who’s More Like Bernie (That’s Right, Sanders)
Bernie Sanders was probably the most popular politician in Wednesday night’s debate. So popular, in fact, that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump found themselves fighting to align themselves with the statements of the rumpled Jewish liberal from Vermont. It was Clinton who first sought to side with Sanders, whom she fiercely battled for months during…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Says ‘Sorry, Not Sorry’ to Angry Trump Fans
After hundreds of fans in Tampa bolted on her following anti-Trump jokes, Amy Schumer responded on Tuesday with a heartfelt ‘apology’ at Madison Square Garden. Reading an open letter to the New York crowd, Schumer managed a show of unequivocal contrition: “Dearest Tampa, I’m sorry you didn’t want me, a comedian who talks about what…
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Fast Forward Annoyed Sheldon Adelson Tells Donald Trump: Focus on Economy — Not Mudslinging
Donald Trump is at Sheldon Adelson’s home turf in Vegas, but relations between the Republican presidential candidate and the Jewish casino mogul are deteriorating. Adelson, a guest of honor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas debate, is currently Trump’s biggest donor. But that doesn’t mean he’s happy about it. According to a Fox…
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News He’s Back: Trump Nemesis Mark Cuban Returns with Clinton Invite to Third Debate
At the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton succeeded in getting rival Donald Trump to lose his cool. She hopes to repeat the feat at tonight’s third and final debate in Las Vegas — and her campaign thinks that inviting fellow billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban might do the trick. Cant wait to give…
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News Donald Trump Invites Malik Obama, the President’s Hamas-Supporting Half-Brother to Debate
Donald Trump invited President Obama’s half-brother to be a guest of honor at the final presidential debate — despite reports that Malik Obama is a supporter of the anti-Israel Hamas terror movement. The Republican candidate’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on a 2010 photo depicting Malik Obama wearing a Palestinian headscarf…
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Life With Trump’s Abuse In The News, Victims Speak Out
When I first saw the infamous Donald Trump Access Hollywood video a few weeks ago, in which he bragged to Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women, I instantly felt sick, enraged, and dizzyingly triggered. Little did I know that women all over the country – and perhaps the world – felt exactly as I did….
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
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Holy Ground This Jewish farmer is harvesting corn — and planting a synagogue — in the Illinois prairie
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News Scott Wiener, Jewish Democrat and critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, vies for Nancy Pelosi’s seat
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