Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean called President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist and Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon a “Nazi” during an interview Sunday. Speaking with journalist Evan Solomon of Canada’s CTV, Mr. Dean described Mr. Trump as “a complicated guy.” “He appoints a reasonable person, who’s much more conservative than I […]
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USAIt’s quite a claim: In a congratulatory phone call from Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, President-elect Donald Trump allegedly asked for help getting permission for a Trump Tower in downtown Buenos Aires. The claim was made Sunday by prominent Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata, and was soon picked up by major daily newspaper La Nacion. “Macri called
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International, USARALEIGH, N.C. — The election of Donald Trump and the people he is choosing as advisers and cabinet members have brought renewed attention to one fan club that the president-elect has tried to distance himself from: The Ku Klux Klan. Within 48 hours of the Trump win, the Loyal White Knights of Pelham posted plans
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USAAt gathering of National Policy Institute, white supremacists give Nazi salute, ‘heil’ Trump’s election as a ‘victory of will’ By Alexander Fulbright Richard Spencer, a white supremacist who runs a Washington think tank, the National Policy Institute. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA) At an event of the alt-right National Policy Institute on Saturday night, attendees
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USARobert Mercer seemed uncomfortable. It was 2014, and the billionaire had just stepped behind the podium to accept a lifetime achievement award at the annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguists. Dressed in a suit and tie, he warned his audience that speaking to them for the required hour or so was “more than
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USAHawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard could be joining Donald Trump’s administration only months after she endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Gabbard was scheduled to meet Monday with Trump and his transition team in New York City to discuss a possible top job at the Defense Department, State Department and the United
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USAMore than 400 demonstrators clashed with police on a bridge north of a protest encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota on Sunday night. Protesters said they were trying to access what they described as sacred tribal lands, which are under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The protesters
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USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “. . . you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are the sole authorized custodians of Truth and that whoever differs from them is ipso facto wrong” he may well have
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By Jerry Klinger OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — At precisely 12:00, April 22, 1889, the roar of cannon began one of the most incredible races in American history. The tension of an estimated 50,000 people, up and down the starting line, burst like an overinflated ballon. Riders reared in their saddles, dug in their spurs and
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USASenior Hamas official believes Trump is secretly Jewish (JNS.org) A senior official from the Palestinian terror group Hamas believes President-elect Donald Trump is secretly Jewish due to Trump’s love for money. “Trump loves the Jews, and not only because he likes the Jewish religion. I do not rule out the possibility that he is
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new study finds that the nicer, or more agreeable, a woman is at work, the lower her salary is likely to be. The new research, published in The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, examines status inconsistencies between men and women through the lens of traditional male and
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIt’s a difficult question for the public – and one fraught with mixed feelings of anger, sadness, schadenfreude, empathy, glee and everything in between. Should Hillary Clinton retire from public life? Consider that she announced her intent to seek the presidency in a two-minute video released on April 12, 2015 – advising the public “everyday
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — While Americans and others are in high anxiety about Donald Trump, Israelis and some others are in a similar fever over a small settlement with the name of Amona, as well as a number of other scandals. After a month of vacation from politics for the sake of traditional holidays, our
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer NEW YORK — When Michal and I noticed that our arrival in the US would be on the morning after the presidential election, we knew that half the country would be very upset, no matter who won. But we are surprised at the revulsion of many of our friends, who are personally affronted that
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