Eliyohu Mintz

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Clinton promises ‘end to end’ criminal justice reform in pitch to black voters

October 2, 2016

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a humble church with a familiar name, Little Rock A.M.E. Zion, Hillary Clinton on Sunday made a passionate case for police reform and a direct appeal to the city’s black voters, whose support she needs to win this swing state. Less than two weeks after the death of Keith Lamont Scott, […]


Trump’s D.C. hotel vandalized

October 2, 2016

Donald Trump’s brand-new Washington hotel was vandalized Saturday with messages supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, according to D.C. police. The spray-painted slogans appeared on either side of the entrance to the Trump International Hotel, which opened its doors last month. Photos posted on social media indicated that the hotel attempted to cover up the […]


The Room Where George W. Bush Goes on Trial Every Night

October 2, 2016

NEW YORK—Over the next few weeks, in a tiny theater next to the Lincoln Tunnel on the remote west side of Manhattan—in other words, way way Off Broadway—George W. Bush is going on trial once a night for war crimes, with the audience playing the part of his jury. Performing on a stage far from […]


Mook: Race ‘competitive,’ country ‘polarized’

October 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager said Sunday that the presidential race is still competitive because the country is “very polarized.” NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” pressed Robby Mook on the fact that, despite all the negative hits Trump has taken, the former secretary of state has not pulled far ahead of Trump in the […]


Sanders: Clinton ‘absolutely correct’ in leaked comments on his supporters

October 2, 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said Hillary Clinton was “absolutely correct” in leaked comments about his supporters she made at a fundraiser earlier this year. “What she was saying there is absolutely correct. And that is, you’ve got millions of young people, many of whom took out loans in order to go to college, hoping […]


Trump boosters laud his tax ‘genius’

October 2, 2016

The reaction of Donald Trump’s camp to The New York Times’ revelations about his taxes? They appreciate the congrats. Despite Trump’s longstanding refusal to release his tax returns and his threat of legal action against the Times for publishing portions of his 1995 returns, which show a $916 million loss that would have allowed him […]


In a Time of Trump, Millennial Jews Awaken to Anti-Semitism

October 2, 2016

Like many Jewish families in America, the Reizes household has been deliberating in recent months what Donald Trump really thinks of them. As they celebrate the Jewish New Year this weekend in their suburban Cleveland home, the topic of discussion will once again be anti-Semitism, and whether it’s surging in the United States thanks to […]


NYT reporters defend legality of Trump tax report

October 2, 2016

Two of the New York Times reporters behind a story revealing Donald Trump might have been entitled to avoid paying federal income taxes for years said Sunday that their bombshell is on solid legal footing. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” reporters David Barstow and Susanne Craig said lawyers had backed up the paper’s […]


Sanders: Trump tax bombshell is evidence of inequality

October 2, 2016

A report that revealed Donald Trump might have been able to avoid paying federal income taxes for almost two decades underscores Democrats’ message about “massive income and wealth inequality” in the country, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday. “The rich are getting richer,” Sanders said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”  “Almost everybody else is […]


Giuliani, Tapper clash on Trump’s claim of Hillary Clinton infidelity

October 2, 2016

Donald Trump’s suggestion that Hillary Clinton has not been faithful to Bill Clinton is “indefensible,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Sunday. Tapper made the comment at the end of a heated back and forth with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani at the end of CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It was an unhinged […]