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Scrolling through Twitter like usual, I found something that has to be one of the most charitable causes of which I know.
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By now, you have definitely heard Donald Trump call our leaders “stupid” or “incompetent,” and I don’t know why the news has said nothing. They play clips and comment on it, but never do they comment on the fact that he has called our leaders stupid.
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Since day one, I have been a staunch supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is with great sadness that I recently learned [somewhat late], of issues placed in their platform that has led me to the conclusion that, in good conscience, I can no longer fully endorse them.
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On the first of September, a man named Marco Gutierrez was interviewed by journalist, Joy Reid who was a substitute for Chris Hayes on his program, All In with Chris Hayes (Weeknights at 20:00 EST).
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Image: Donald Trump Jr.
On September nineteenth, 2016, at 4:41 in the afternoon, a man named Donald Trump Jr. decided to post a xenophobic Tweet about skittles.
This blog post was originally published by Coffee Shop Rabbi:
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Normally I just go about my business teaching Basic Judaism but today I’d like to write specifically to readers who follow this blog and who may be considering voting for Donald Trump in November. Some of you are related to me by blood or marriage; some of you are old friends. Some of you may be my students.
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The Civil Rights Movement, for many African-Americans, is not finished. For many minorities, there is a continuing, ongoing struggle for opportunity and equal rights. The most monumental period in the Civil Rights Movement was between 1954 and 1968. This was the time of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the men and women who knew something must be done. That things had to change. These people knew that their struggles were not just.
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The new One World Trade Center, formerly the Freedom Tower was the subject of controversial debate before construction. Some wanted the grounds of the destroyed Twin Towers to remain in its state of destruction as a memorial; others wanted to build another tower, to show that we are strong. Both sides came to a compromise. The final agreement was to keep a little of both sites. They would maintain ground zero as a memorial to the lives lost, while two new World Trade Centers would be built around it.
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In modern times, the term, ‘third world country’ is becoming less, and less acceptable. This is coming from the progression of racial and economic awareness. To understand this debate, it is necessary to know the history of the topic.
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