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Breaking News Can Jewish Democrat Jon Ossoff Stun GOP And Trump In Georgia Special Election?
After the crushing electoral losses that swept Donald Trump into the White House and sealed Republican control of the Congress, the Democrats’ road to recovery winds through the leafy, well-heeled suburbs of north Atlanta. Here, Democrats are threatening a stunning special election upset that could signal how well the party can turn Trump’s low approval…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Sign Letter Against Johnson Amendment Repeal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of Jewish organizations joined a letter from religious groups to Congress urging the preservation of a law banning tax-exempt status to faith groups that endorse candidates and parties – one that President Donald Trump says he hopes to rescind. “Houses of worship are spaces for members of religious communities to…
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News How Adam Schiff Turned Into Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare
He is a soft-spoken moderate who has emerged as the unlikely face of resistance to President Trump — and he could become a bona fide threat to The Donald’s presidency as the probe into Russia’s interference in the election explodes. California’s Adam Schiff is meticulous and detail-oriented. He’s not the type of firebrand partisan attack dog…
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Fast Forward Can A Nice Jewish Boy Like Jon Ossoff Snatch A Red Seat In Georgia?
Democrats could chalk up a much-needed win after a bruising electoral loss this past November, as voters head to the polls in a few weeks to elect a new representative in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District. Jon Ossoff, a former Capitol Hill aide and documentary producer, has a real chance of winning the usually red district…
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Fast Forward New Law Calls For 5 Year Prison Sentence For Anti-Semitic Bomb Threats
(JTA) — A bipartisan bill would increase the federal penalty for bomb threats and other threats of violence against religious institutions and ensure such acts can be prosecuted as a hate crime. The bipartisan Combating Anti-Semitism Act of 2017, introduced Monday by Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., comes after a rash of 150 bomb…
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Breaking News NY Federation Calls Republican Health Care Bill ‘Potentially Disastrous’
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York’s Jewish federation sent a letter to Congress members in the state opposing the Republican health care bill because of its potential negative impact on poor people. The letter sent Wednesday by Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, opposes provisions in the bill that would shift…
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Fast Forward Schiff Accuses Intel Committee Chair Of Playing Politics
The ranking Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff of California, went to war Wednesday against the committee’s Republican chairman and doubted his ability to head a federal investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. Devin Nunes, also of California, sparked the row when he presented the White House with information that…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lawmakers To Follow Party Line In Major Healthcare Vote
The House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on the American Health Care Act, also known as “Trumpcare,” “Ryancare,” or the “repeal and replace” bill, and Jewish members of Congress are breaking strictly by party line in what could be a tight vote. All 20 Jewish Democrats in the House are expected to deliver…
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick to helm EPA, says he received bomb threat with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message’
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