Posts Tagged ‘booker’

Booker: Ginsburg Seat ‘Should Not Be Filled’ Until After Inauguration, If Not, We’ll Have ‘Challenges’ of ‘Legitimacy of our Institutions’

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) stated that the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “should not be filled until after the next presidential inauguration.” And that if the fight over the seat “goes the wrong way, we […]

Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins International Booker Prize

Dutch poet and writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest person ever to win the International Booker Prize. Rijneveld’s novel, The Discomfort of Evening, is about a devout Christian family that lives in a Dutch rural community. At 29, Rijneveld is the youngest recipient of the award, with the 55,000 euro prize split between […]

Pressure builds on Booker, Gillibrand to get to Yes on Israel Anti-Boycott Act (for sake of 2020)

Senators Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand have reportedly told fundraisers that they are running for president in 2020. Pro-Israel money is critical to any run for president. And now both senators are facing pressure for failing to back the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which would criminalize some forms of support for boycott of Israel. Gillibrand has pushed […]

What Could the Impacts of Tesco’s Takeover of Booker Be?

Tesco’s recent takeover of Booker, Britain’s largest wholesaler, has certainly ruffled some feather amongst certain groups, and the controversy is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. As the effects of this significant move become clearer, it is likely that all eyes will be on Britain’s largest grocer. Here are some […]

No Escaping the ‘Cohen’: Nick Cohen is becoming a Jew (again)

British journalist, Chomsky detractor, Iraq war supporter, and fanatical opponent of fanatical Islamism (the “fascism (and possibly Leninism) of our age”) Nick Cohen has re-outed himself as a Jew (sort of).  In an Opinion column in March 19’s Guardian, Cohen recounts how, growing up with a mother who wasn’t Jewish and a father who abandoned […]

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