Gavin Newsom says he never has and ‘never will’ take money from AIPAC
The likely presidential candidate is one of the most high-profile Democrats to swear off the pro-Israel lobbying group.
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Rikers Island, New York City’s jail complex, is in a humanitarian crisis. Mired by dysfunction, unsanitary conditions and two deaths in the past month, the situation is dire. Both the current and previous mayor vowed to close the complex, given decades of violence and mismanagement. Despite this, instead of looking for real solutions to the…
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Fast Forward Gov. Gavin Newsom announces new council, big spending on Holocaust education during L.A. visit
Governor Gavin Newsom used a visit to Los Angeles’s Museum of Tolerance to announce millions in funding to Holocaust museums and education initiatives across the state, and to launch the Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education, and highlight key budget investments that ensure mass genocides, like the Holocaust, are not forgotten. “We find ourselves…
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Fast Forward Democrat Jared Polis Will Be Colorado’s First Jewish And Openly Gay Governor
Democratic Rep. Jared Polis will be the first Jewish and gay governor of Colorado. Polis, a former tech mogul, will succeed John Hickenlooper. With 60% of the vote counted, Polis was leading 51.2%-45.4%. The five-term congressman was the first openly gay person elected to Congress, according to the Forward. His campaign focused on renewable energy,…
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News Hate-Spewing Jewish GOP Donor Tweets RBG ‘Can’t Die Soon Enough’
You might think Steven Alembik would delete some of the more incendiary tweets in his feed after the Florida Republican donor caused a firestorm by using the ‘N-word’ about former President Barack Obama, enveloping the campaign of GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis in yet another racial controversy. You don’t know Steven Alembik. The in-your-face fan…
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Fast Forward Andrew Gillum Attacked With ‘George Soros’ Dog Whistle In Florida
First, Andrew Gillum’s Republicans foe warned against “monkeying around” by voting for him — and now the trailblazing African-American Florida gubernatorial candidate is getting the “George Soros” dog whistle treatment. Soros, the Jewish billionaire financier and philanthropist who has long been a bogeyman to everyone from Fox News to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to Israeli…
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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker Campaigns For ‘Formidable Woman’ Cynthia Nixon
Sarah Jessica Parker, the de facto face of New York City for most of the early 2000s, has begun to campaign for New York State gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon. Parker endorsed Nixon, her co-star in HBO’s “Sex and the City,” in late March, just days after Nixon announced her campaign to challenge Andrew Cuomo for…
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