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Opinion Will The Flynn-Kushner-Israel Sideshow Hurt American Jews?
Because he’s playing three-dimensional chess, it’s easy to forget what special prosecutor Robert Mueller is really after. He’s investigating the suspicion that the Donald Trump for President campaign actively colluded with Russia in its effort to undermine the election. Everything else is secondary to that investigation. Anyone incidentally run over by that train is just…
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Opinion Jared Kushner Was Wrong To Undermine America — Even To Help Israel
I am not certain which is more troubling: reading reports that Jared Kushner — before he became the most powerful Jew in the White House, when he was just the president-elect’s powerful son-in-law — secretly worked to persuade Russia to defy the Obama administration and stop a United Nations resolution condemning Israel for its settlement…
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Fast Forward Trump Mentioned God 9 Times In His Thanksgiving Speech
On Thursday, President Trump delivered his Thanksgiving message from Mar-a-Lago, where the first family spent their holiday. Trump, according to the Daily Caller’s count made no less than 9 mentions of God in his speech. He also mentioned “prayer” twice. “It’s an honor to speak with you all and to give God thanks for the…
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Israel News EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Prince Denies Israeli Claims Of Warming Ties
Hopes that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states will shelve demands for Palestinian statehood and forge open ties with Israel are just a figment of the imagination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior member of the Saudi royal family mockingly told the Forward in an exclusive interview on October 21. “In many occasions,…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Host Accuses George Soros Of Causing Financial Crisis To Help Obama
Did Jewish billionaire George Soros intentionally crash the U.S. markets in 2008 in order to help Barack Obama win the presidential election? One right wing talk radio host seems to think so. Sandy Rios told her listeners on American Family Radio Wednesday that Soros may have his “fingerprints” on the financial meltdown. “He manipulates, and…
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Opinion How Obama Was Our Most Jewish President — And Trump Our Least
As a young White House speechwriter – and a veteran of eight years of Hebrew school – I once tried to help Barack Obama pronounce the hard “CH” sound in “chag sameach.” At the risk of understatement, it didn’t go well. I tried to use “happy holidays” after that. But there was another, far more…
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Culture Was Obama The ‘Most Jewish’ President Ever?
(JTA) — He was just 24, but speechwriter David Litt had already become President Obama’s go-to guy for anything considered “kishke-related.” In Litt’s parlance, that meant he wrote the president’s speeches that aimed to connect with Jewish Americans on a gut level — things like holiday and anniversary commemorations, but not, say, Israel or foreign…
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The Schmooze Wikileaks Accuses Seth Rogen Of Collaborating With Obama To ‘Force Regime Change In North Korea’
Jews really do control everything. According to an Alternet article bizarrely tweeted by Wikileaks on Wednesday night, various Jews, President Obama, and the CIA hatched a secret, ultimately failed plot to replace the current leadership of North Korea. Leaked emails reveal how Sony, Obama, Seth Rogen and the CIA Secretly Planned to Force Regime Change…
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