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Fast Forward Jon Ossoff Pops The Question To Long-Time Girlfriend As Runoff Nears
A “mazel tov” is due to Democratic rising star Jon Ossoff. While busy campaigning for his runoff in the special elections for Georgia’s 6th congressional district, Ossoff found time to propose to his long-time girlfriend Alisha Kramer, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Kramer, a medical student at Emory University, and Ossoff have been dating for…
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Opinion How Marine Le Pen Lost French Election, But Still Won
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in France’s presidential race, called Sunday’s election a “choice of civilization.” Almost two-thirds of voters heeded those words and cast their ballot for the only civilized option: her 39-year-old rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron. The result comes as a relief to liberals on both sides of the Atlantic, who badly…
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Fast Forward Is Disney CEO Bob Iger Ready To Throw His Hat In The Presidential Ring?
Democrats may have to add another name to the list of potential 2020 presidential candidates. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is being urged by fellow Hollywood executives to enter the race, Axios reported Friday. Iger, who is Jewish, told friends last month that he is willing to consider a bid for the Democratic nomination….
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Opinion The Global Climate Forecast: Apocalyptic
This past weekend we stared down the Apocalypse. It’s not yet clear which side came out ahead, but we’re still breathing, which is pretty good. In France, the first round of the two-part presidential election ended with first place going to the only plausible candidate in the 11-person field. The first-place winner, banker Emmanuel Macron,…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Refused To Say ‘I’m With Her’ In Hillary Campaign Ad
After the blistering Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton in the general election. But the Vermont senator apparently refused to repeat her signature catchphrase (“I’m With Her”) in ad that he cut for her effort. “It’s so phony!” Sanders was reported to have said, reacting to a script sent over by the Clinton camp….
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Breaking News French Jews Prepare For Elections, Hope Against Far-Right’s Marine Le Pen
PARIS (JTA) — Like many Jews in France, Ludwig Fineltain is hoping against hope that Marine Le Pen will not be elected president of the country five weeks from now. At the moment, the head of the far-right National Front party is leading in the polls with 26 percent of the vote. But Fineltain, a 78-year-old…
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Breaking News Jews Cited As ‘Model Minority’ In French Election, According To Rabbi
PARIS (JTA) — The Jewish community of France has emerged during the nation’s presidential campaign as a model for integration of other faith groups, a senior rabbi noted following the first candidates debate. Rabbi Moche Lewin, a spokesman for the chief rabbi of France, Haim Korsia, made the observation in an interview Tuesday with JTA…
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Fast Forward Milo Yiannopoulos Takes Another Hit, Loses Election For U.K. School Job
After resigning from Breitbart News, losing a book deal and being disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference in the wake of comments defending pedophilia, Milo Yiannopoulos has been having a tough few weeks. He got more bad news Tuesday, when he came in a distant fourth in a race for the rector’s position at…
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