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At His New Jersey Golf Club, Trump Finds Supportive Audience

By: Jonathan LeMire They hustled down the stairs, the rain dabbing their polo shirts and golf attire, as they dashed inside the clubhouse, drinks in their hands and masks missing from their faces. It was an unexpected perk of their country club membership: being the audience for President Donald Trump’s hurriedly announced news conference Friday […]

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80th Anniversary of Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Death

As a politician, his policy prescription was tell the truth, indirectly pointing out how hard that is when courage is required to do so. By: David Isaac On August 4, 1940, Vladimir “Ze’ev” Jabotinsky died at Camp Betar in Hunter, New York of a massive heart attack. A picture of the contents in his pocket […]

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Petition To Remove Farrakhan From Twitter Gains Signatures

By: JNS Nearly 2,000 people have so far signed a petition launched on Aug. 2 to have the account of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan removed from Twitter. The appeal on Change.org includes an open letter addressed to Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey by the petition’s creator, New York City resident Sabina K. […]

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‘Dark Money’ Campaign Contributions Headed for Record High

By: Masood Farivar Nonprofit organizations and other outside groups that don’t disclose their donors are spending record amounts of money on the 2020 U.S. presidential and congressional races, signaling their growing influence in national politics. These so-called “dark money” groups so far have funneled at least $177 million to independent political action committees, known as […]

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Biden Risks Alienating Key Constituencies with Running Mate Choice

By: Haris Alic Former Vice President Joe Biden will soon make national headlines by unveiling his running mate, but many of the candidates in contention are likely to pose major political risks for the presumptive nominee’s White House ambitions. Biden, who has promised to make history by picking a woman as his vice presidential nominee, […]

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Brooklyn College Education Prof. Claims Math Is ‘White Supremacist Patriarchy’

TOM CICCOTTA(Breitbart) Brooklyn College Professor of Math Education Laurie Rubel argued this week on Twitter that the mathematical equation 2+2=4 “reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.” Rubel’s tweet was retweeted and promoted by several academics at universities and colleges around the nation. According to a report by Campus Reform, Brooklyn College Professor Laurie Rubel, who teaches […]

Coronavirus

Dr. Fauci: Chances of Developing a Highly Effective Coronavirus Vaccine ‘Not Great’

By Tauren Dyson(NEWSMAX) Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said it’s highly unlikely a coronavirus vaccine with 98 percent effectiveness will be developed. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a vaccine that is 50 percent or 60 percent effective would be acceptable, although 75 percent would be preferred. “The chances […]

Coronavirus

Australia Despite Low Infection & Deaths: Melbourne Goes Under Draconian Lock-Down:Police Drag people out of Cars for Questioning

Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne began the first day of a six-week total lockdown on Thursday with the closure of most shops and businesses raising new fears of food shortages, as authorities battle a second wave of coronavirus infections, Reuters reported. Australia has some of the lowest amount of cases in the world, with a population […]

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