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Life Male Brain Only Fully Mature At 60
Every so often, those articles emerge declaring preposterously adult-sounding ages as the true cutoff for adulthood. The human brain is only really mature at 25, or maybe it’s 30 or 40. It has recently emerged, thanks to the never-ending gift that is the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle, that the true age for male adulthood…
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News Florida Jews Could Tip Balance in the Ultimate Swing State — and Few Are Switching Sides
Zeev Libskin and Murray Roter, both in their 80s, made their way through the packed South Florida Expo Center until finally getting as close as possible to the stage. Shortly after, Donald Trump took that stage, energizing the two Jewish retirees and thousands more with a 40-minute speech that featured a healthy dose of media…
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Israel News Donald Trump Might Be Nicer to Israel — but Israelis Still Prefer Hillary Clinton
Israelis might be in the mood for some American tough love. A new poll indicates they want Hillary Clinton for the presidency, but think Donald Trump will push the Jewish State less on getting back to the negotiating table with Palestinians. According to the poll, released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute for its “Peace…
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Life Jared And Ivanka: From Sukkot Sweethearts To Trump 2016 Cheerleaders
In the innocent days of 2011, a striking young couple observed Sukkot with their new baby in tow. The man pushed a stroller down the street, one hand also holding a lulav, the other being sweetly held by that of his glamorous yet modestly dressed wife. The scene made the Daily Mail Online because of…
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News Jared Kushner Puts Out Feelers for ‘Trump TV’
Will Donald Trump start his own infotainment television network if he loses November’s presidential election? The Financial Times reported that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner reached out to investment banker Aryeh Bourkoff for a brief conversation about a Trump network, with both declining to comment further on the matter. Trump himself has previously denied that he…
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Life Donald Trump’s Groping Is All About Power — Not Sex
The hypothetical of the moment goes as follows: what if Hillary Clinton were the candidate grabbing opposite-sex colleagues without their consent? What if men, rather than women, were being objectified and drooled over during the presidential election? The same question has been posed (at least) twice in the past few days. Most recently, there was…
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News Ivanka Trump Returns To Campaign Trail After Dad’s #TrumpTape Debacle
Ivanka Trump took an unexplained break from the campaign trail that coincided with the release of a bombshell video in which her famous father bragged about assaulting women — and several women came forward to claim that Donald Trump groped them. But now Donald Trump’s daughter and chief ambassador to women has returned to the…
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News Fuming Behind the Scenes, the Republican Jewish Coalition Effectively Dumps Trump
Uneasy from the start with Donald Trump as their party’s presidential candidate, Republican Jewish activists are fuming and fretting in the wake of revelations about Trump’s lewd character and alleged sexual harassment. The Republican Jewish Coalition, which endorsed Trump immediately after he secured the party’s nomination, has not withdrawn its official support. But behind closed…
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