#Trump says, ‘I am the least racist person in this room’

#Trump says, ‘I am the least racist person in this room’

“#Trump says, ‘I am the least racist person in this room’” President Trump tore into Democratic challenger’s Joe Biden’s record on race during their debate on Thursday night — and declared, “I am the least racist person in this room.” The president slammed the 1994 crime bill that Biden championed, which “put tens of thousands…

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#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions

#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions

“#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions” Abby Vakay is a popular Hamptons yoga teacher who’s spent much of the coronavirus pandemic meditating — with yarn and thread. Lately she’s become obsessed with cashmere — unraveling and reconstructing sweaters like a modern-day Penelope, patching moth holes with brightly colored yarns in whimsical shapes….

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#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID

#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID

“#Carranza hints at Gifted & Talented program changes due to COVID” Remote learning could help to remake the city’s coveted Gifted and Talented programs, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said Thursday night. Speaking to members of a Queens parental advisory board, Carranza said the Department of Education is weighing how entry into accelerated programs will be…

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#Donald Trump may be the most pro-Jewish president ever

#Donald Trump may be the most pro-Jewish president ever

“#Donald Trump may be the most pro-Jewish president ever” This election, there is no subgroup for whom the stakes are higher than my Jewish co-religionists. That’s because, for starters, Donald Trump is quite possibly the most pro-Jewish president ever — or at least since George Washington famously assured the Jews of Newport, RI, that each…

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#You’re probably seeing too much 2016 in the 2020 race

#You’re probably seeing too much 2016 in the 2020 race

“#You’re probably seeing too much 2016 in the 2020 race” The 2016 election lives loudly in everybody right now. On the Trumpian right, “the polls were wrong before” isn’t merely an observation, it’s a catechism. And on the anti-Trumpian left, it’s a constant source of anxiety bordering on panic. It’s making a lot of folks…

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#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working

#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working

“#When it can’t take attendance, NYC’s public-school system has stopped working” One silver lining of sorts from this whole dreadful pandemic: It has exposed the fundamental dysfunction of the city’s public-schools system and the utter incompetence of Chancellor Richard Carranza. Any learning now happening is despite Carranza, his bureaucracy and the United Federation of Teachers….

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