By Laurie Baron The Art of the Steal: How to Win While You Lose by Donald J. Trump Freedom of the press means the freedom to sue if you don’t like how it covers you. “One of the things I’m going to do if I win… I’m going to open up our libel laws so […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Rep. Duncan D. Hunter defended Donald Trump’s controversial remark earlier Tuesday that “Second Amendment people” might take action to stop a President Hillary Clinton from naming judges to the Supreme Court — which some took as an assassination threat. “If she gets to pick her
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Ken Stone, USANo matter who wins in November, the First Son-in-Law of the United States (FSILOTUS) will be a Jew. The only question is will he be Orthodox or Conservative? Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, 35, is principal owner of the real estate holding and development company Kushner Properties, and the newspaper publishing company the New York
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USALost in the debate over Donald Trump’s comments about how to stop Hillary Clinton from abolishing the Second Amendment is the not-unimportant fact that Clinton has not actually suggested anything of the sort. “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” Trump said Tuesday at a North Carolina campaign rally Tuesday. “By the way,
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USADonald Trump’s loopy, menacing crack about “Second Amendment people” taking action against Hillary Clinton was weird, illogical and wildly inappropriate—but unlikely to meet the legal definition of a threat against a presidential candidate. Under federal law, it is a crime to threaten major party presidential candidates or their families. (Sorry, Libertarian Party nominees Gary Johnson
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By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — I’ve been following Lori Palatnik for years, on Aish.com and through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). I was curious about this fireball “out-reacher,” so when I saw they were holding another Israel trip in May, I made an appointment to interview her to find out where she came
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International, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Is the world richest, and one of its most populous countries falling apart? The run of Presidents from Jimmy Carter (some might say Richard Nixon) through whoever wins in November might suggest something like that. However, an earlier run from Harding (some would say from Wilson’s second term or from Taft)
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I could not have dreamed it while attending the urban, turbulent Woodward High School in Cincinnati during the 1960s—a microcosm of the racially-charged, painfully transitional America. Finding myself enthralled with the civil rights movement and realizing that black people are America’s Hebrews, I would read and watch (on television)
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USAWhile speaking to a North Carolina crowd about gun rights on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to obliquely suggest that firearms could be used either to affect the presidential election, or future judicial nominees. “If she (Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” he said.
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USAMessages involving the then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a top Clinton Foundation official and donor are among the dozens of new email exchanges from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state released on Tuesday by a watchdog group. One message from Stephen Roach, then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, to Mrs. Clinton provides his upcoming
RIO DE JANEIRO – Michael Phelps continues to define greatness in ways other swimmers or other athletes can only dream of. His own greatness. He came back to these Olympics because he couldn’t get defeat out of his mind. That rare defeat. A defeat that so consumed him he couldn’t live with it. He came
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International, Sports & Competitions, USADonald Trump warned voters at a North Carolina rally Tuesday that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would appoint Supreme Court justices who would revoke gun rights, and then he pondered whether “Second Amendment people” could do something about it. “Hillary essentially wants to abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick
The father of Islamist gay-nightclub shooter Omar Mateen is supporting Hillary Clinton for president and attended a rally for the candidate Monday, standing near the stage as she addressed the crowd. Seddique Mateen, a native of Afghanistan, appeared in several TV shots behind Mrs. Clinton as she spoke in Kissimmee, Florida. “Hillary Clinton is good
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USAA satirical GoFundMe page to help Donald Trump earn his own Purple Heart raised nearly $55,000 in one week for Syrian refugees. Cameron Kerr, a Purple Heart recipient, started the page Tuesday after a retired lieutenant colonel gave Mr. Trump his Purple Heart before a rally in Ashburn, Virginia, the Washington Examiner reported. “I always
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