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Opinion Bernie Sanders Is Right: Money Always Corrupts. Will The Liberal Establishment Listen?
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders raised eyebrows in mid-April when he launched a significant salvo against the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal D.C. think tank. Sanders was incensed by a video produced by the think tank’s weblog, ThinkProgress, that highlighted the senator’s growing wealth following the success of his 2016 book. He responded…
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The Schmooze We Ranked Democratic Candidates By How Much They Give To Charity
To paraphrase John Lennon — tax season is over, if you want it. Tax season is over, Hallelujah. And as a benefit of the heady collision of tax time and a pre-presidential election year, major 2020 candidates have continued to release their tax returns, under growing pressure from critics and constituents. Over the past days…
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Fast Forward Beto O’Rourke Congratulates Netanyahu On Win After Calling Him A ‘Racist’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Beto O’Rourke congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as Israel’s prime minister a week after calling the Israeli leader a “racist.” “Let me begin by, this is is my first public opportunity to do this, to publicly congratulate Prime Minister Netanyahu on his victory,” O’Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate, said in video posted…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Activists Interrupt Cory Booker Campaign Rally
(JTA) — Pro-Palestinian activists interrupted the “hometown kickoff” for the presidential campaign of Sen. Cory Booker. Booker, D-N.J., held the event in Newark, New Jersey, where he served as mayor from 2006-2013. It was the launch of what he is calling his The rally on Saturday kicked off a two-week national tour for Booker, titled…
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Opinion Israeli Elections May Show How Right Wing Young Israelis Are
We will know soon enough whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shocking declaration in favor of extending Israeli sovereignty into the West Bank will motivate enough voters in Tuesday’s election to propel him to an unprecedented fifth term in office. But we already know this: He’s got one segment of the population in his electoral pocket…
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Opinion I’m Palestinian. Neither Candidate In The Israeli Election Gives Me Hope.
Despite wall to wall news coverage, Israel’s election this Tuesday isn’t much of a choice at all. The election comes down to whether Israelis will renew the term of the corrupt, divisive and fear-mongering Benjamin Netanyahu — who shamelessly boasts that under his leadership, the country is no state for its non-Jewish citizens — or…
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Opinion Wake Up, American Jews: You’ve Enabled Israel’s Racism For Years.
Much like Donald Trump’s election, the merger between the right-wing settler Jewish Home party and the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit — encouraged and facilitated by Prime Minister Netanyahu — marks less a break with the status quo than its unmasking. There was once a time when even Likud members felt obligated to object to the Kahanists’…
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Opinion A Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Strike A Blow Against Anti-Semitism
Senator Bernie Sanders, a frontrunner in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential domination, stands as an central figure on the American left. Despite being elected as an Independent, his influence on the Democratic Party since his 2016 presidential run has been transformative. Even Democratic “centrists” in the 2020 field — such as Kamala Harris…
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