Gabby Giffords is still an optimist. The former Arizona congresswoman had a cloak room named after her this week for her bravery in fighting gun violence—the same week a school in her neighboring state California faced a mass shooting that killed five people and injured several more. One week after a mass shooting in a […]
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USAby CHQ Staff F2A President Janet Porter hosted a press conference for embattled Alabama conservative Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore Thursday, followed by a press conference Friday featuring Women for Moore hosted by Alabama Tea Party leader Becky Gerritson (see video below). According to reporting by our friends at CharismaNews.com F2A presented Moore with a
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USAA Florida man in a police chase attempted to get off the hook this week by employing an unusual name drop: President Donald Trump. Aric Frydberg, a 33-year-old from Hollywood, Florida, called 911 to ask for help while he was being pursued on the highway Tuesday morning. Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies had spotted and
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The Jews of Key West: Smugglers, Cigar Makers, and Revolutionaries (1823-1969) by Arlo Haskell; Sand Paper Press; 2017; 170 pages plus notes, bibliography and index; $24.00. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Arlo Haskell’s book on the Jews of Key West is unlike most other local histories in that it is fueled by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, USAMore than 2,800 bible-related artifacts will be presented to the public starting on Friday, as the Museum of the Bible swings open its doors in Washington, D.C. But the fanfare over the capital’s newest museum hasn’t overshadowed the scandal involving the project. Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts supply store owned by the Evangelical Christian
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAA prominent New York university has drawn criticism for its upcoming panel discussion on anti-Semitism in the US, after it was announced that a prominent pro-Sharia law, anti-Zionist activist would be leading a panel featuring far-left, anti-Israel figures. The New School, a private research university in Manhattan, has organized a special event this month focusing
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Middle East, USARoy Moore Lawyer Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore’s lawyer went on MSNBC to defend his client, but his bizarre defense of Moore left the hosts with more questions than answers. During an interview Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Live With Velshi & Ruhle,” Moore’s lawyer, Trenton Garmon, was questioned by Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle about his
A political appointee from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resigned in an abrupt manner Thursday after previously made derogatory remarks by him about black people and Muslims on conservative talk radio resurfaced. Rev. Jamie Johnson who was appointed as the head of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Department of Homeland Security in April
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USAIf you’re one of the lucky Americans who owns a private jet, don’t fret. Republicans have your back—in the form of tax breaks. The new Senate tax bill will give those who own or lease private planes breaks on the amount they pay to companies for maintenance, storage, fueling and even when they want to
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USACHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. revealed in a statement Friday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 76-year-old civil rights leader said he had found it difficult to perform routine tasks and after a battery of tests was diagnosed by his physicians with Parkinson’s, a disease that ailed his father. “My
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From Times of San Diego DEL MAR, California — Del Mar native and Obama-era State Department official Sara Jacobs announced Thursday that she is running as a Democrat to unseat Republican Rep. Darrell Issa in the 2018 election. Jacobs, a granddaughter of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, is the fourth Democrat to announce a candidacy for Congress in California’s 49th District,
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San Diego County, USAAMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, is now accepting applicants for three programs for recent graduates, college students, and high school students: the 2018 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, the 2018–19 Yiddish Book Center Fellowship Program, and the 2018 Great Jewish Books Summer Program. The Yiddish Book Center Graduate Fellowship
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAn exchange between a congresswoman and Attorney General Jeff Sesssions, which has gone viral in the 24 hours since a key Judiciary Committee hearing, shows that the Justice Department head is committed to targeting black activists while ignoring the danger posed by white supremacists, advocates said. At the hearing on Tuesday, Representative Karen Bass asked
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USAAuthorities confirmed Wednesday that mass murderer Charles Manson is back in a Bakersfield, Calif., hospital, though the severity of his condition is unclear. Kern County Sheriff’s Lt. Bill Smallwood confirmed that Manson is at a local hospital but could not say more. Vicky Waters, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, declined
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