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Opinion Jared and Ivanka, Separate Business From Politics Before You Become Walking Anti-Semitic Tropes
Dear Ivanka and Jared, Please excuse the informality of my greeting. Your celebrity has become so ubiquitous that first names are all that’s needed. You are, right now, the most powerful Jews in America, and I trust you recognize the significance of your position seriously enough to listen to my plea. Because I’m worried. The…
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News Did Family Money Buy Jared Kushner His Spot at Harvard?
Jared Kushner has often been characterized as the head of President-elect Donald Trump’s braintrust. But if old allegations are true, the newspaper owner and real estate magnate didn’t get into Harvard on his smarts. “There was no way anybody in the administrative office of the school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard,”…
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Breaking News Rob Reiner Accuses Jared Kushner of Betraying His Heritage
(JTA) — American filmmaker Rob Reiner accused President-elect Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law of turning his back on his religion. “I don’t understand Jared Kushner at all. What is he doing? He’s turning his back on his religion and his heritage just so he can make money? I don’t get it. I just can’t wrap my…
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Breaking News EXPLAINED: Is Jared Kushner Family Feud With Chris Christie Torpedoing Trump Transition?
Donald Trump’s presidential effort has been notorious for its infighting, and that doesn’t seem likely to change as he prepares to take the Oval Office next January. As different advisers to the president-elect compete to influence his decisions on appointments, one aide described the process to Politico as an “absolute knife fight.” At the center…
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Breaking News Jared Kushner May Skirt Nepotism Rules by Advising Donald Trump for Free
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, a son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump and a key campaign adviser, is considering counseling Trump without a salary to work around federal anti-nepotism laws, according to reports. The Associated Press and other media reported Monday that Kushner, 35, is exploring the legality of staying on as an unpaid adviser when Trump…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Jared Kushner
Not Just a New York Observer Anymore It was a shocking stunt: Two days after the release of a video of Donald Trump boasting about getting away with sexual assault, Trump’s campaign brought four women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual abuse to the third presidential debate. Trump officials wanted the women seated in…
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Breaking News Jared Kushner’s New York Observer Kills Print Edition
— The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper owned by President-elect Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner, will cease publishing a print edition. The November 9 edition of the New York Observer was its last print edition, the newspaper’s parent company, Observer Media, announced in a statement. Observer 2.0 https://t.co/OfoWrb40DP — OBSERVER (@observer) November 11,…
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Breaking News Will Jared Kushner Be Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff?
Palace intrigue has set in at the Donald Trump camp, as the Republican president-elect’s campaign aides and surrogates scramble for position in the next administration. Among the chatter is the rumor that son-in-law Jared Kushner could be the new White House chief of staff. According to Politico, while Trump met with Barack Obama in the…
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