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Fast Forward Pelosi To Trump: Speak To Your ‘Slumlord’ Son-In-Law About Baltimore’s Rats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested President Trump take his questions about supposed infestation in her hometown of Baltimore to his “slumlord” son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Pelosi was asked Thursday about the president’s recent comments, in which he called Baltimore, represented in part by House Oversight Committee chair Elijah Cummings, a “rodent infested mess” where “no human”…
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Fast Forward Trump Commutes Sentence Of Orthodox Drug Dealer Whose Wife Has Stage 4 Cancer
(JTA) — President Trump commuted the sentence of an Israeli-born haredi Orthodox man in jail on first-time drug charges. The commutation of the 20-year prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani was announced by the White House on Monday. Nahmani was convicted in 2015 of distributing synthetic marijuana, known as Spice and K2, obtained from China. He received…
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Fast Forward Cummings’ District, Which Trump Called ‘Disgusting,’ Has Huge Jewish Population
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in Baltimore have come to the defense of Rep. Elijah Cummings, the African-American Democrat who has come under withering attack from President Trump. After spending a week berating the group of four Democratic freshman known as “The Squad” — all women of color — Trump used Twitter over the weekend to…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Owns Several Mice-Infested Apartment Buildings In Baltimore
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment buildings in Baltimore that have received hundreds of code violations, The Washington Post reported. Kushner’s Baltimore enterprises were brought up again this weekend, after his father-in-law President Trump called the city, represented in part by House Oversight Committee chair Elijah Cummings, a “rodent…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Uses 15-Story Posters Of Trump, Putin For Election Ad
The Likud party’s new election campaign involves giant posters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posing with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Jerusalem Post reported. Three sides of Likud’s 15-story headquarters in Tel Aviv feature a photo of Netanyahu with each world leader. A Likud spokeswoman told the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff Asks Trump To Commute His 150-Year Sentence
(JTA) — Bernie Madoff has asked President Trump to commute his sentence. Madoff, 81, filled a request with the Justice Department between one and three months ago, The Hill reported. The Justice Department’s website lists the request as “pending,” and says it is updated to July 1. The request is for clemency, not a pardon….
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Opinion Netanyahu And Trump Are Xenophobic Tyrants. We Must Resist Them – Together.
For American Jews, the recent resurgence of American nativism recalls the worst moments of the last century. American nativism brought us the Immigration Act of 1924, a racist law that closed America’s borders to Jews and other “undesirables,” and that ultimately barred our forebears from escaping the Nazis and finding refuge in America. Jews then…
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The Schmooze Here Are The Resurfaced Tweets Where Trump Used Jewish Dog Whistles On Jon Stewart
It’s no secret that President Donald Trump once criticized comedian Jon Stewart using language that seemed to invoke Stewart’s Judaism. He did it on Twitter, in 2013. That tweet resurfaced this week, when shared derisively by the account for “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” then later by celebrities including the singer Pink. Let’s revisit…
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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