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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Called To Congratulate Trump After The Election
If it’s true that the truth will out, then it will out very, very slowly. A new report from Buzzfeed News on Thursday found that Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a secret phone call to Donald Trump to congratulate him after he won the 2016 presidential election. Buzzfeed spoke to three people who…
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Breaking News These 9 Candidates Have Ties To White Nationalists Or Nazis — And They’re All Republicans
Update, July 12: Edwin Duterte of California is no longer running. More white nationalists are running for state or federal office than in any other election in modern history, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Some of these candidates are proud, card-carrying Nazis, while others have had more subtle flirtations with the “alt-right.” There’s…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Elected Mayor Of Mexico City
(JTA) — A Jewish woman was elected mayor of Mexico City, the largest city in North America. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on Sunday defeated a field of six other candidates, four of them women. She won with a reported up to 55 percent of the vote. She holds a doctorate in energy engineering and physics from…
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Fast Forward Democrat Who Upset NY Incumbent Called Violence At Gaza Border A ‘Massacre’
(JTA) — A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who…
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News This Jewish Republican Might Just Flip His New Jersey District – To Blue
Seth Grossman is doing a great Donald Trump impression. But will it get him elected? Grossman, 69, is the Republican candidate for a seat in the U.S. House in a southern New Jersey district. In recent weeks he’s gained national attention for making Trumpian tactics the core of his campaign, decrying “diversity,” mocking Kwanzaa and…
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Fast Forward Sanders Announces Reelection Bid: The President Is A ‘Pathological Liar’
(JTA) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who ran for president in 2016, announced that he is running for reelection to the Senate. The Sanders campaign made the announcement on Monday. It also appeared on Sanders official Twitter page. I have some important news to share, and I wanted you to hear it from me:…
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Fast Forward 5 Things To Know About North Carolina Democratic Primary Winner Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning handily won the Democratic primary in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district on Tuesday, earning more than 70% of the vote. She will face off in November against first-term incumbent Rep. Ted Budd to represent Greensboro in Congress. Here’s what you need to know about her: 1. Manning was the first woman to chair…
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News Jewish Voters Could Swing Key Congress Races — And Help Democrats Take Back Congress
If the Democratic Party is hoping for a “blue wave” that will help it recapture the House of Representatives, it will need to flip at least 23 districts, likely including one in Palm Beach County, Florida. Florida’s 18th congressional district is filled with bubbies in age-restricted communities, strip malls and synagogues, including the Reform Temple…
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