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Fast Forward WATCH: Sanders Says Israel Shouldn’t Take U.S. Aid If It Bans Omar And Tlaib
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested that Israel should not receive foreign aid from the United States if it stands by its decision to deny entry to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate was responding to Israel’s decision that day to bar entry to Omar and…
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Fast Forward Biden, Sanders and Warren Condemn Israel’s Ban on Tlaib and Omar
(JTA) — Democratic presidential front-runners Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have all joined the list of politicians and organizations that have criticized Israel’s decision on Thursday to bar Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. “I have always been a stalwart supporter of Israel — a vital partner that shares…
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The Schmooze Watch Bernie Sanders And Cardi B Debate Policy In A Nail Salon
This week, he ate a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. She traveled on a private jet (though she often flies Delta.) He used to volunteer on an Israeli kibbutz. She’s a former stripper, who joked on Monday that she got breast implants because she can’t swim, and they help her float. Both are…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Accuses Washington Post Of Being Biased Against Him
(JTA) — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused The Washington Post of tilting its coverage against him because of his criticism of Amazon and its owner, Jeff Bezos, who also owns the newspaper. During a stump speech in New Hampshire, the Vermont Jewish senator railed against the online megastore and Bezos, who bought the Post in…
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Fast Forward Sanders: I Support Legalizing Marijuana, But Smoking ‘Made Me Cough A Whole Lot’
In an interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast in Southern California on Tuesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders talked about the importance of legalizing marijuana — and also opened up a bit about his own history of drug use. After talking about the importance of expunging drug records for low-level offenders, Sanders said that he…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Dodges Question On Whether He Feels Safe As A Jew In America
Senator Bernie Sanders skirted around a question about whether he, as a Jewish presidential candidate, feels less safe in America today, saying it’s “not only Jews” who have been targeted. On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, host Jake Tapper called on Sanders to comment on the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton…
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Fast Forward ‘I Wrote The Damn Bill!’ Bernie Wants YOU To Elect A Cranky Old Jewish Man
Bernie Sanders and his staff are leaning into his cranky Jewish elder persona after Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Detroit, seizing on the senator’s pissed-off exclamation about the provenance of the Medicare for All bill to produce a new set of swag like stickers emblazoned with his words for the ages — “I wrote the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Sanders Says He’d ‘Absolutely’ Consider Cutting Aid To Israel
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would “absolutely” consider cutting U.S. aid to Israel to pressure the Israeli government to act different. “This is not easy stuff — to try to finally bring peace to the Middle East and to treat the Palestinian people with a kind of respect and dignity they…
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