If you needed more proof that the country is painfully divided over politics, picture this. A former divorce mediator, trained in the art of keeping husbands and wives from throttling each other, is trying to create a calm, safe space for people to talk about politics. Living Room Conversations is the brainchild of Joan Blades […]
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump seized on the worst shooting in U.S. history to call for a more muscular response to Islamic terrorism and later noted he’d been congratulated “for being right.” Hillary Clinton called it an “act of terror” and called for more curbs on guns. The two responses illustrated the starkly different approaches the
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USAIs it a terrorist attack; a hate crime; a mass shooting; the deranged actions of a mentally ill man; a gun control issue; Islamic extremism; all of the above? The Sunday morning massacre of 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left Americans spinning in a half-dozen different directions looking for a
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama delivered the following statement Sunday afternoon on the tragic shooting that took place overnight in Orlando, Florida. “Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder — a horrific massacre — of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families, who are grasping for answers with broken hearts. We stand with
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USAIranian leaders have expressed outrage over a report alleging extensive contacts between the founder of the Islamic Republic and Washington ahead of the 1979 Islamic revolution. A BBC report, based on recently declassified documents, has indicated that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sent repeated calming messages to then-president Jimmy Carter ahead of his takeover of the country.
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Middle East, USAA group of conservative rabbis recently voted to implement a resolution that creates “safe spaces” in synagogues for transgender congregants. The Rabbanical Assembly, an international association of Conservative Rabbis, passed the “Resolution Affirming the Right of Transgender and Gender Non Conforming” in late May. The resolution seeks to establish “the full welcome, acceptance, and inclusion
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Jewish Religion, USABy Chris Jennewein When historians write the the history of the 2016 presidential campaign, they may conclude that Donald Trump‘s unorthodox campaign finally crashed and burned in San Diego. It’s a long way to November 8, and almost anything can happen, but two events in San Diego have left an indelible mark on his campaign: On May 27,
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USAThe Greek government will soon officially recognize the state of Palestine, the country’s ruling Syriza party told Palestinian lawmakers on Saturday, the Palestinian Legislative Council said in a statement. According to Palestinian news agency Ma’an, the Greek pledge came during a meeting between a Syriza delegation and Palestinian MPs in Ramallah, although no specific time
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The title of this column is another way of expressing the view that there is no solution anywhere on the horizon for the Israel-Palestinian conflict. We’ve recently been through the media routine that is standard after a significant incident of terror. In this case, four individuals were killed at an
A synagogue in the town of Verdun near France”s eastern border was vandalized over the weekend, the European Jewish Press reports. Worshippers discovered swastikas and white supremacist slogans scrawled on the house of prayer, including the phrase “white power”. Similar graffiti was also found on the house of a local rabbi. This is the second
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InternationalErik Roper, a 40-year-old labor attorney from Sacramento, is one of those Facebook friends who’s unmistakably and unabashedly a Bernie Bro. Throughout the primary season, he could be reliably expected to scour the web for “Hillary is awful!”- and “Bernie can win!”-themed articles, and post them with abandon. Then came April, and May, and the
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USAPalestinian terror group Hamas condemned on Saturday the demolition of the home of a Palestinian teen convicted of murdering an Israeli mother of six in the West Bank settlement of Otniel in January. The terror group also condemned the wave of arrests of Hamas members and others in the West Bank, following the deadly terror
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Middle EastDonald Trump has sought to mend ties after a troubled week in which he’s been called a racist by senior Republicans over his criticism of a Mexican-American judge. Speaking at the annual conference of the conservative Faith & Freedom Coalition, Trump didn’t mention the row he sparked when he said that US District Judge Gonzalo
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USAThe sun was setting over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., as Bernie Sanders wrapped up a rambling stem-winder before hundreds of die-hard supporters on June 9. The crowd was young and ethnically diverse, with a few gray heads sprinkled in, much like the coalition of voters that fueled his unlikely rise from Senate gadfly
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