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Opinion Donald Trump Wants To Make America Hate Again — and at RNC, He’s Succeeding
It’s been a heck of a ride these past few weeks: Orlando, Dallas, Nice, Baton Rouge. We’re scared and we’re angry, and we don’t know what lies ahead. It’s no wonder the Republicans in Cleveland devoted their opening night to the theme “Make America Safe Again.” That’s been their brand for years. This should be…
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Opinion Cue Saul Alinsky, the Jewish Bogeyman the GOP Loves To Hate — Again and Again
(JTA) — Two days into the coronation of Donald J. Trump, the arrival of Saul Alinsky, in all his dead Jewish radical glory, was not a surprise. Lucifer, on the other hand, was an unexpected guest, brought into the proceedings by Ben Carson, the rival Trump defeated. Alinsky is the community organizer and author whose…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Arrives at GOP Convention — Still No Sign of His Fat Checkbook
Sheldon Adelson, perhaps the single most important Jewish donor to the Republican Party, showed up in Cleveland Tuesday for the party’s national convention. The megadonor arrived to take part in a foreign policy discussion hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition. Adelson is expected to contribute up to $100 million to the Donald Trump campaign. But…
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Opinion Donald Trump’s Silence on Anti-Semitic RNC Livestream Chat Speaks Louder Than Words
Unless you’re in the fortunate position of living under a rock, you’ve heard by now about the seemingly endless parade of offensive acts that defined the first days of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. From Congressman Steve King’s blatant white supremacy to Melania Trump’s blatant rip-off of a 2008 Michelle Obama speech to the…
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Opinion Why Jews Need To Band Together With ‘Subgroups’ That Steve King Attacked
What do you do when your political party gets described as mostly “old white people” on national television? If you’re Rep. Steve King of Iowa, you go full-on, double-barrel white supremacist. Speaking on a MSNBC news panel discussion on Monday, King took issue with the suggestion that soon there won’t be enough white people to…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Comments Shut Down Chat on Republican Convention Live Stream
A barrage of anti-Semitic comments shut down the Chat alongside the live YouTube feed from the Republican National Convention on Monday afternoon, Raw Story reported. As former Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle made scathing comments about the Democrats lack of support for Israel, anti-Semitic trolls wrote “MAKE AMERICA JEWISH AGAIN,” “press h for hitler,” “F——————- THE…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Slams Donald Trump From Inside GOP Convention
Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz strongly denounced Donald Trump Monday in a live interview mere feet from the GOP convention stage as “the most divisive, bigoted, unprepared, unqualified major-party candidate that has ever run.” Wasserman Schultz, who is in charge of her party’s convention next week, added that while it will showcase…
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News Little-Known Rabbi Delivers GOP Convention Invocation in Place of Haskel Lookstein
The Republican National Convention turned to a little-known Ohio police rabbi to deliver an invocation after Rabbi Haskel Lookstein pulled out over the weekend amid protests. Rabbi Ari Wolf took to the stage at the Quicken Loans arena to give an invocation that combined Jewish prayers and phrases in Hebrew. Wolf used the term “avinu…
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