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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Endorses Scott Stringer
Lena Dunham, native New Yorker, has spoken. The writer, director and producer of the HBO series “Girls”, took to Twitter on Thursday to announce who she supports in the hot race for the city’s third most important municipal office — New York City Comptroller. I’m a native New Yorker & I like my leaders with…
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Breaking News Julius Berman, Embattled Chair of Claims Conference Board, Reelected
Julius Berman, the embattled board chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, was reelected to another term by trustees at an annual board meeting today. Berman’s stewardship of the organization had come into question following a Forward report that he failed to take appropriate action on a 2001 letter warning of fraud…
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Breaking News Jersey Special Senate Vote Gets Court Green Light
New Jersey’s special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank Lautenberg will go ahead this year as scheduled, after the state Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a legal challenge. Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, ordered a special primary election on Aug. 13 and a special general…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Urges Continued Force on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for no relaxation of international pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear efforts after the election of a new president widely hailed as a moderate. Netanyahu said it was Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and not the newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, who set a nuclear…
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Breaking News New Jersey Court Hears Challenge to Frank Lautenberg Senate Seat Vote
New Jersey’s State Supreme Court said it would hear a challenge to Governor Chris Christie’s plan to hold a special election in October to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg. The state’s highest court said a group of Democrats have until Monday to file a motion seeking…
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Breaking News Iran Moderate Set To Win Election
Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani took a solid lead over conservative rivals on Saturday in preliminary vote counting in Iran’s presidential election in what could be the makings of a surprise victory over favoured hardliners. The outcome is unlikely to transform relations between Iran and the outside world, the Islamic Republic’s disputed policy on developing nuclear…
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Opinion As Iran Prepares Another Sham Vote, Action Is More Important Than Ever
As Iran approaches another fraudulent presidential election on June 14, it is important to remember the 2009 protests in Iran over the results of the rigged election. The heart-wrenching picture of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman who was shot dead by regime thugs, was not an isolated event. Neda’s tragic death should serve as a…
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News Frank Lautenberg Remembered by Scores of Dignitaries at New York Funeral
U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, whose death has sparked a battle over his seat in the Senate, was remembered at his funeral on Wednesday as a tenacious fighter who battled tirelessly for the causes he championed. Vice President Joe Biden eulogized Lautenberg, a fellow Democrat who died on Monday at age 89, as having “both physical…
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