This may be the first time in American history when intonation has become a political issue. Of course, 2017 has been a year so chock full of disturbing firsts that it might be hard to pay attention to an extra syllable uttered by a losing candidate’s wife, but in this case, a little bit of…
Jake Tapper left a Roy Moore spokesman speechless after a tense exchange about the role of the bible in swearing in a public official, the Washington Post reported. Tapper, host of CNN’s “State Of The Union” program, interviewed Ted Crockett as polls in Alabama were about to close Tuesday evening. Tapper noted Moore had said…
Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s election for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, scoring an upset victory in a deeply conservative state against a Republican candidate who was backed by President Donald Trump, U.S. media said. Jones, 63, a former federal prosecutor, prevailed over Roy Moore, whose campaign was dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct toward…
Last month, First Daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump sided with the women who levied accusations of sexual misconduct against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, saying there is a “special place in hell for people who prey on children.” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former top strategist and Moore’s biggest backer, responded Monday, a day…
On the eve of Alabama’s long-awaited special election, Roy Moore’s wife decided to clear the air about her husband’s alleged anti-Semitic statements. The Republican candidate has made derogatory statements about billionaire philanthropist George Soros that many called anti-Semitic. “Fake news would tell you that we don’t care for Jews,” said Kayla Moore, adding that she…
“We’ve stopped the government’s attacks on our Judeo-Christian values,” President Trump said at a campaign rally and makeshift Roy Moore endorsement speech in Pensacola on December 8. “We don’t worship government, we worship God,” the President continued. Trump has used the exact same phrasing in previous speeches. “We don’t worship government, we worship God,” he…
In April of 2016, I wrote about my disillusionment with the country’s fascination and exuberance for Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. As an ex-Orthodox Jew, I believed the secular world and American ideals I yearned for as a child would never drown to the subterranean levels we witnessed during the 2016 campaign. But after…
Many would say Alabama is black and white. Trying to convince those people otherwise feels futile. As a Yankee who lives here now, it’s easy to reduce Alabama to a fever dream and hide in an enclave of Jews, most transplanted here because Birmingham’s a college town that needs academics. I’m a bit of a…
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