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Minneapolis City Council Member Who Voted to Defund Police Asks “Where are the Police?”

(TJV NEWS) Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reported that the city council met with Minneapolis’ head of police on Tuesday: “Just months after leading an effort that would have defunded the police department, City Council members at Tuesday’s work session pushed Chief Medaria Arradondo to tell them how the department is responding to the violence.” Newly […]

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With HIAS Changing Longtime Focus, Supporters Question Some of its Priorities

Will its new mission and its fundraising dollars, especially during a time of global uncertainty and rising anti-Semitism, detrimentally affect the Jewish people? By: Deborah Fineblum & Sean Savage The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, better known as HIAS, was for the better part of a century responsible for helping settle generations of Jewish refugees in […]

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2 Aides for Ilhan Omar Challenger Lacy Johnson Shot, 1 Killed

Zachary Stiebe (EPOCH TIMES) Two campaign aides for Lacy Johnson, a Republican seeking to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), were shot in Minneapolis in broad daylight this week, including a 17-year-old boy. The teenager was rushed to the hospital, where he died a short time later from his wounds, a Minneapolis police spokesman said. Officials […]

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How Bloomberg’s $100 Million Florida Bet May Shape Campaign

(AP) When billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign in March, he pledged to spend “whatever it takes” to help Democrats defeat President Donald Trump. Less than two months before the election, he’s finally coming through. Facing questions about whether he would fulfill his promise, Bloomberg over the weekend moved to direct $100 million to […]

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Only staunch liberals feel they can express themselves freely, U.S. survey finds

By Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute A recent survey of 2,000 Americans by Cato Institute/YouGov found that 62 percent of Americans say “the political climate these days prevents them from saying things they believe because others might find them offensive.” This is up from 2017, when 58 percent agreed with this statement. “Majorities of Democrats (52%), […]

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Ukraine, Belarus Trade Accusations Over Breslov Hasidm Stuck At Border

Ukraine and Belarus traded angry accusations Wednesday over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions. Ukraine’s presidential office urged Belarusian authorities to stop issuing misleading signals to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims that they could eventually cross the border. “We are asking […]

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Biden Campaign Surrogate, Netflix Star Jerry Harris Charged With Producing Child Pornography

Jared Evan Last month, TIME magazine highlighted how the Biden presidential campaign recruited Hollywood figures to help spur voter turnout for the former VP’s White House bid. Biden’s digital team knows the former VP’s online following doesn’t begin to compete with Trump’s. So its strategy has revolved partly around leveraging the popularity of others. Biden’s […]

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Rank-and-File Democrats Revolting Against Nancy Pelosi over Coronavirus Aid

SEAN MORAN (BREITTBART) Rank-and-file Democrats have increasingly become frustrated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) brinksmanship-style negotiations with congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump. Politico reported that Pelosi has continued to pursue her hardline approach in negotiations with Republicans, demanding a coronavirus bill around $2.2 trillion The report arises as many coronavirus programs created by […]

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NYC’s Times Square Billboards Display Send-Off to Israel Program Participants

By: JNS Staff An advertisement in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 11 displayed a send-off message to thousands of Masa Israel Journey (“Masa”) Fellows who are starting their long-term, immersive experiences in Israel. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of young adults from around the world have arrived in or are preparing to travel […]

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