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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Turns Back Challenge in Florda Vote — Alan Grayson Clobbered
Debbie Wasserman Schultz overcame the controversy over her role as chair of the Democratic Party to turn aside a rare primary challenge in her South Florida congressional district. Wasserman Schultz won her first challenged primary race in decades with 57% of the votes, beating well-funded Sanders-backed contender Tim Canova who received 42% of the votes…
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Fast Forward Pro-Trump Ads Aim at Orthodox Voters — But Will They Matter?
A group of Jewish supporters of Donald Trump is planning to run ads in Jewish papers this weekend, trying to convince Orthodox voters to back the Republican candidate. The group, which goes by the name Jewish Democrats for Trump has reported an ad buy in Jewish publications in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn, including Williamsburg and…
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News Is the ‘Alt-Right’ Reaching Out to Jews — and Why?
The term “alt-right” is everywhere right now. Donald Trump has been tied to it. Hillary Clinton made a speech about it. On August 25, when Clinton gave her speech, the phrase “altrightmeans” trended on Twitter all day, precisely because most people didn’t know how to complete that sentence. Turns out, the “alt-right” is a loose…
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News Hillary Clinton Sweeping Jewish Vote by 3-1 Landslide in Florida Poll — Trump Leads With Orthodox
Florida is once again the ultimate swing state prize in the battle for the White House — and a new poll of Jewish voters in the Sunshine State suggests Hillary Clinton has little to worry about come November. According to a new poll conducted by Democratic pollster Jim Gerstein and published Friday, 66% of Florida…
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News For Libertarian Gary Johnson, Supporting Israel Means Cutting Aid — and Ending Pressure
Gary Johnson wants Jewish bakers to make wedding cakes for Nazi clients. Well, forcing Jews to bake cakes for Nazis probably isn’t a top priority for the Libertarian Party presidential candidate, but in a debate televised in April the former governor of New Mexico was pushed to a corner, facing a scenario that put to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Republicans Hope Iran ‘Ransom’ Flap Could Sway Senate Races
The year-old Iranian nuclear deal has spawned a new controversy over a payment to the country after it released five Americans from prison. Now the deal, and the payment, might play a role in the battle over control over the United States Senate. At least, Jewish Republicans hope that recent revelations about the $400 million…
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Opinion Donald Trump’s 7 Meanest Dog Whistles, Ranked From Worst to Not Quite So Bad
“Dog whistle politics” has been a major part of this year’s election cycle. Like blowing a super high-pitched horn that only bigots can hear, Trump has used hashtags, internet memes, speeches and off-the-cuff rambling to curry favor with a wide range of fringe (and terrifyingly not-so-fringe) groups. He knows that not only do his antics…
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News Jill Stein Trumpets Jewish Pride — but Falls Flat With Actual Jewish Voters
Jill Stein may forever hold the title of first Jewish woman presidential candidate, but Jewish voters refuse to embrace her as a historic figure. Nationally, between 3% and 5% of voters say they will cast their ballot for Stein, 66. That’s not a figure that would draw any attention under ordinary circumstances. But in an…
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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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