Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Jon Ossoff Leading By 7% In Georgia Special Election: Poll
Democrat Jon Ossoff is seven points ahead of Republican Karen Handel a month before their runoff election to fill a traditionally-Republican House seat in Georgia, a new poll revealed Wednesday. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA for Atlanta TV station WXIA, shows a 51-44% advantage for Ossoff, a Jewish documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide who…
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Fast Forward Is Trump’s Real Sweet Goal ‘Lasting Peach’ In Middle East?
A White House press release meant to accompany President Trump’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority claimed that the foreign tour will help “promote the possibility of lasting peach.” Press statement @WhiteHouse says 1 goals of @POTUS Israel trip is “promote the possibility of lasting peach” pic.twitter.com/HE1l2lThg8 — Matthew Levitt (@Levitt_Matt) May 22, 2017…
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Fast Forward Senate Democrats Reeeeeally Don’t Want Joe Lieberman As FBI Director
President Trump likely believed that naming former Sen. Joe Lieberman as a frontrunner to be the new FBI director would help win over Lieberman’s former Democratic colleagues in the Senate. But according to Politico, he appears to be severely mistaken. “Some Senate Democrats hold a grudge against Lieberman for his rightward turn and opposition to…
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Fast Forward Rosenstein Contradicts Trump On Comey Firing Memo
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly told senators that he knew President Trump was going to fire FBI Director James Comey before writing a memo outlining Comey’s alleged failings. That revelation undercuts the timeline promoted by the White House in recent days. Sen. Claire McCaskill told reporters after the briefing that Rosenstein had “acknowledged that…
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Fast Forward House Oversight Chair Jason Chaffetz Will Resign Next Month: Reports
Rep. Jason Chaffetz will announce Thursday that he will resign from Congress next month, Politico reported. The Utah Republican, who converted from Judaism to Mormonism while a student at Brigham Young University, is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the House’s main investigative body. On Tuesday, Chaffetz sent a letter to…
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Fast Forward Sheriff David Clarke Praised West Bank Wall On Israel Trip
The controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who says he has been offered a key position with the Department of Homeland Security, praised the West Bank separation barrier while on a 2015 junket to Israel. Clarke has been to Israel at least twice: in 2011 as part of a delegation of police chiefs and sheriffs…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Groups ‘Disappointed’ After Trump Delays Jerusalem Embassy Move
Pro-Israel groups expressed their dismay after news emergedon Wednesday that President Trump will not use his upcoming trip to Israel to announce that he is moving the U.S. embassy in that country to Jerusalem. Trump had promised during the presidential campaign that he would move the embassy, a fact noted by the executive director of…
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Fast Forward White House: Trump Won’t Move Embassy To Jerusalem For Now
President Trump will not immediately move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a senior White House official told Bloomberg News on Wednesday. Trump promised during the campaign that he would move the embassy to Jerusalem, which he called “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” But given the reportedly positive meetings that Trump has…
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