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News Meet The 15-Year-Old Whose Political Newsletter Is Making Waves
The first time I reached out to Gabe Fleisher, the writer of the daily “Wake Up To Politics” newsletter, he asked if I would mind waiting until the weekend to talk. His final exams, he said, would have to take precedence on school nights. Fleisher is 15 years old, and after a recent profile in…
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Fast Forward Austin’s Jewish Mayor Blasts Texas Governor For Targeting Liberal Cities
According to Republican governor of Texas Greg Abbott, “the smell of freedom… does not exist in Austin, Texas.” Abbott has been leading a crackdown on Texas’ sanctuary cities — which includes Austin — and spurring on the Texas legislature’s plans to curtail local authority on taxation and union regulation. But Austin’s Democratic mayor, Steve Adler,…
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Books In The Age Of Trump, Hannah Arendt’s 66-Year-Old Philosophy Tome Is Selling Bigly
In 1951, the Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt published “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” her 600-page twin study of Nazism and Stalinism. The book received rave reviews; Norman Podhoretz, the Jewish New York intellectual, compared it to an epic poem. Then, 66 years later, in December of last year, Arendt’s book began selling at 16 times its…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Fires Back At ‘Pathetic’ Probe Into His Wife
Bernie Sanders shot back at the FBI’s investigation of his wife Tuesday evening on CNN. “My wife is about the most honest person I know,” Sanders told Erin Burnett. Sanders did not confirm or deny if his wife was under FBI investigation. “I think it’s fairly pathetic that when people are involved in public life,…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Claims She ‘Tries To Stay Out Of Politics’
Ivanka Trump has an office in the West Wing, but the first daughter said that she tries to keep her nose out of politics, which she says is her father’s specialty. “I try to stay out of politics. His political instincts are phenomenal. He did something that no one could have imagined he’d be able…
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Opinion Code Of Ethics Sparks Debate On Politics In Israeli Classrooms
A new code of ethics commissioned by Israeli education minister Naftali Bennett, considered a rival of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would bar Israeli universities from discussing politics in the classroom. Meant to protect students from political coercion, the code offers disciplinary action against lecturers or professors who express political views while teaching. The only exception…
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Fast Forward Meet The Jew-Turned-Evangelical Who Boosted Bob Mueller Firing Rumor
President Trump just welcomed another unlikely darling of the Christian right with a history of jilted business partners and employees. The newest member of the president’s personal legal team used to be a Jew. His name is Jay Sekulow and you should know who he is. A Messianic Jew Sekulow, 61, converted in college after…
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Fast Forward Jon Ossoff Slams Opponent On Planned Parenthood Drama In Georgia Congress Debate
Jon Ossoff slammed his Republican opponent for a controversy involving breast cancer screenings and Planned Parenthood in their first debate in the high-stakes Georgia special election for Congress. The Jewish Democrat slammed Karen Handel for her actions as an official of the Susan G. Komen Foundation when she sought to cut ties with the women’s…
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Opinion Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help
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