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News 5 Things To Expect When Bernie Sanders Speaks at the Democratic Convention
The Democrats were prepared to kick off their convention in Philadelphia Monday with a confident show of party unity, highlighted by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ prime-time speech. However, following a weekend of devastating leaks of party emails and with massive protests gathering outside the convention arena, projecting unity may be all but impossible. Speaking under the…
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Opinion I Won’t Cry Over Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Fall From Power
I don’t know Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was just forced to resign as the head of the Democratic National Committee, but I always secretly identified with her. We are both ambitious New York-born Jewish women of modest height and outsized energy, with three children — and very curly hair. But I’d like to believe, especially…
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News Simone Zimmerman Breaks Silence on Bernie Sanders, the Democrats — and Israel
For five days in April, Simone Zimmerman was the most controversial figure in Jewish politics. The 25-year-old activist served very briefly as Bernie Sanders’ Jewish outreach coordinator, before being fired after an old Facebook post in which she used profanity against Israeli prime minister Netanyahu surfaced — and quickly ended her political stint. Since then,…
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News Did Barack Obama Wait Too Long To Oust Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC Chief?
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced to resign the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee over an email smear scandal — throwing the party into disarray just 24 hours before it convenes in Philadelphia today for its national convention. The Jewish Florida congresswoman, a onetime rising star in Democratic politics, was pushed out following a Wikileaks…
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Breaking News Wikileaks Shows DNC Was Ready To Play the Jew Card on Sanders
Wikileaks released close to 20,000 emails on Friday. Those related to the Democratic National Committee included some about publicizing Bernie Sanders’s faith to help Hillary Clinton. The DNC is supposed to be an independent body within the Democratic Party but these emails threaten the fragile unity between Clinton and Sanders on the eve of the…
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Breaking News Did Democratic Rivals Plan ‘Atheist’ Smear on Bernie Sanders
— A top Democratic National Committee official reportedly suggested in May that “someone” should draw attention to Bernie Sanders’ atheist beliefs. In an email leaked Friday by Wikileaks Brad Marshall, the DNC’s chief financial officer suggested that the party should “get someone to ask” about “his” religious beliefs, The Intercept reported. “It might [make] no…
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Opinion No, Bernie Sanders Did Not Sell Out by Endorsing Hillary Clinton — Just the Opposite
Did Bernie Sanders sell out by endorsing Hillary Clinton? Some of his more ardent followers seem to think so. They’ve accused him of compromising his values, of going back on what he claimed to believe in, and of throwing his lot in with the enemy. But an ancient rabbinic distinction between different types of arguments…
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News Green Party’s Jill Stein Slams Bernie Sanders for Endorsing Hillary Clinton
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday in a series of brutal tweets. “If you don’t want to vote for a war monger or racist billionaire, there are more options,” Stein tweeted right before Sanders announced his endorsement of Clinton in New Hampshire. “The…
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