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News Liberals Invent Hate Crimes and 6 More Wacky Breitbart News Stories for Age of Trump
Donald Trump has named Breitbart’s chairman, Steve Bannon, as a chief strategist for his administration. During the election, Breitbart was the most outspoken pro-Trump news organization out there. The conservative new organzation is linked to the “alt-right,” and publishes anti-Semitic and Islamophobic articles. So how have they covered the first week of president-elect Trump? What…
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News Days After the Election, These 6 Jews Have Found Creative Ways to Resist the Result
American Jews voted against Donald Trump by more than a two-to-one margin. Now, less than a week after the election, some who opposed him are already figuring out clever ways to resist that go beyond street protests. 1. Amy Schumer: Donate to Planned Parenthood Trump has said that he will appoint justices to the Supreme…
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Breaking News George Soros Meets With Liberals To Plot Battle Against Donald Trump
After Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss in last week’s presidential election, liberals have been left wondering how to move forward in a political climate that suddenly has become far more hostile. Chief among them might be the billionaire George Soros, who according to Politico is now gathering at a Washington, D.C. conference with Democratic Party fundraisers…
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Community How a Snowstorm Shiva Forged David Friedman’s Friendship with Donald Trump
The night before the election, David Friedman spoke at a standing-room only event and opened it by telling a story that the media would never cover: the moment that cemented his friendship with then real estate magnate Donald J. Trump. It was during a snowstorm, and David’s father has just died. Neighbors told David that…
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Community 3 Ways Our Progressive Traditions Will Help Us in the Age of Donald Trump
Last Tuesday’s election result was a historic setback for all those who envision the United States as a welcoming and nurturing home to everyone. This unprecedented outcome flies in the face of the rights and privileges which are the foundation of our democracy and the progressive Jewish values which have served as a lodestar to…
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Life Trump Voters Are Adults. Stop the Patronizing Treatment of Their Catastrophic Choice.
Hadley Freeman, a writer everyone should read (and a Jewish woman!), made a really key point about the election in a recent Guardian column: “To call out [Trump] voters for falling for such damagingly racist and sexist messages is viewed by politicians as a vote-killer and dangerously snobby by the media, as though working-class people…
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Breaking News How Are Rabbis Consoling Congregants Following Trump’s Triumph?
How are rabbis communicating with their congregants about an election whose result has left many of them terrified? Based on his campaign statements and conduct, many see Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House not as a disappointment or even a bitter defeat, but as a mortal threat: to constitutional protections; to a society based…
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News Emboldened by Trump Win, White Nationalists Seek Office
In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential win, some of the white nationalists who rallied around the Trump campaign are seeking elected office. “I think this will be inevitable, and I think that Trump will have encouraged this,” Jared Taylor, head of the white nationalist website American Renaissance, told Talking Points Memo, “our people will…
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