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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Cozies Up To Jared Kushner As Bannon’s Clout Shrinks
In a White House split between moderates and populists, Stephen Miller has been identified with the latter wing, often seen as a protege of chief strategist Steve Bannon. Palace gossip now puts the former head of Breitbart News in a vulnerable position, and the other Steve appears to have gotten the message – according to…
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Opinion Sean Spicer Is Dangerous — Whether He’s Malevolent Or Incompentent
Jews emerged from the Passover holiday to learn that Sean Spicer, the malaprop-spouting, reporter-bashing White House press secretary, had managed to outdo himself with a barrage of Holocaust ignorance (to put it charitably). Should we care? Yes. Though Spicer has apologized, and some of his apologists have insisted it was simply a “gaffe,” in fact…
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Fast Forward House Democrats: Revoke Kushner’s Security Clearance Over Russia Investigation
(JTA) — Five House Democrats called for Jared Kushner’s security clearance to be revoked over his alleged ties to Russia. In a letter co-signed by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) to FBI Director James Comey and Charles Phalen, director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, the Democrats expressed concerns over the alleged failure of the President’s son-in-law…
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Fast Forward House Democrats Ask FBI To Suspend Jared Kushner’s Security Clearance
A group of House Democrats released a letter on Thursday calling on FBI Director James Comey to suspend Jared Kushner’s security clearance after a New York Times report revealed that the presidential advisor’s clearance application failed to disclose dozens of meetings over the last several years with Russian officials. “Lack of candor, particularly regarding contacts…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner And Clan Spend Passover At Canadian Ski Resort
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are spending Passover at a Canadian ski resort, Jewish Insider reported Thursday. The news website obtained an image of Trump in a snowsuit at a buffet at the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, British Columbia. The hotel is hosting a Passover program featuring Kosher-for-passover foods and religious programming. Speakers include…
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Fast Forward Trump Refuses To Back Steve Bannon In Feud With Jared Kushner
President Donald Trump was reluctant to voice public support for Steve Bannon, one his top aides, amid reports of a massive rift between him and fellow adviser Jared Kushner that also saw Bannon lose his position on the national security council. “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my…
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Fast Forward ADL Says Jared Kushner A Growing Target Of Online Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic invective against Jared Kushner has shot up recently, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL report documents a series of anti-Semitic tweets from white supremacists directed at Kushner, an Orthodox Jew and President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law. The tweets, sent by leading anti-Semites like David Duke and Richard…
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Food Trumps Skip White House Seder — Ivanka Posts Passover Message
Having posted Sunday that President Donald Trump would be hosting a Seder at the White House Monday evening for the first night of Passover, I was somehow not surprised to read that he was, in fact, a no-show. First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are Jewish, were not in attendance either….
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