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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel says he’s concerned America is returning to ‘ugly’ past of attacks on Jews
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News Should Biden pick Rahm Emanuel? In Chicago, everybody has a opinion.
To start a vigorous political argument just say, “Rahm Emanuel.” Whether you’re in Chicago, where he was a mayor and congressman and investment banker, or in Washington, where he worked with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the diminutive middle son of the three Emanuel brothers is trending upwards — for this week at least…
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Fast Forward Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Won’t Run For Re-Election
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that he will no longer seek a third term in office, the Chicago Tribune reported. “I’ve decided not to seek re-election,” Emanuel said. “This has been the job of a lifetime, but it is not a job for a lifetime.” Emanuel originally announced plans to run; he already raised…
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Fast Forward Can Rahm Emanuel Win Another Term As Chicago Mayor?
Rahm Emanuel is facing one of the toughest battles in his nearly three-decade career in politics: his bid for a third term as mayor of Chicago, POLITICO reported. Emanuel has been pilloried for raising taxes and pursuing policies that some say have disadvantaged the city’s poorer residents. He still lives under a cloud of suspicion…
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Fast Forward Could Rahm Emanuel’s Magic Touch Propel Democrats To Take Back Congress?
Democrats are seeking Rahm Emanuel’s wisdom, as the party tries to reprise his success more than a decade ago in flipping Congress. “In 2006, there was a similar landscape, where Republican-controlled majorities in the House and Senate refused to do anything to hold George W. Bush accountable,” Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, told Politico….
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Fast Forward Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Too Focused On Trump
Rahm Emanuel, the tough-talking Obama aide and current Chicago mayor, does not think his fellow Democrats are appealing to the middle class. “We believe we’re for them, but they don’t — if they don’t hear we’re for them, then we got a problem. It’s not just for the string of policies. It’s also a set…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel: Speak Out Against Immigration Curbs
Invoking his Jewish grandfather’s battle with anti-Semitism, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel penned a Chicago Sun Times article decrying the rise of bigotry in Trump-era America and the limitations being imposed on immigration. “My grandfather came to a city of opportunity, not a country that breaks up families at the border,” Emanuel wrote of his maternal…
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