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Robert Philpot

Robert Philpot

Robert Philpot is the Contributing Editor for Progress Online. He also writes regularly on politics and history for Jewish Chronicle.

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Can a Jewish moderate beat a Qanon superfan in one of America's most important elections?

Analysts still suggest that the Trump acolyte is heavily favoured to win, but the little-known Frisch appears to be closing the gap

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DALLAS, TEXAS - AUGUST 06: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 12: Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march down East Market Street toward Emancipation Park during the United the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Is the Republican party enabling America's antisemitic far-right?

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1865: Lionel Nathan Rothschild (1808 - 1879), banker and activist in the civil and political emancipation of Jews in Britain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Once banned from politics, Jews went on to help forge the Britain we know today

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White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) watches as US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalems Old City on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Jared Kushner is trying, in vain, to rewrite history

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How American isolationism gave rise to antisemitism

During WW2, the American desire to stay out of conflict birthed far-right ideas

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September 21, 2022 18:05

Senator Burton Wheeler (left) of Montana and Colonel Charles Lindbergh (1902 - 1974) saluting the US flag at a rally to keep the US out of WW II, 23rd May 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Jewish academic that could hold the key to keeping the Democrats in power

A pair of political scientists that helped Clinton get elected could come in useful again

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September 7, 2022 12:38

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 01: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a primetime speech at Independence National Historical Park September 1, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Biden spoke on â€œthe continued battle for the Soul of the Nation.â€ (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Did Pat Buchanan, the father of the MAGA movement, have a problem with Jews?

The American right has often flirted with unsavoury views towards Israel and Jews

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August 31, 2022 10:02

Did Pat Buchanan, the father of the MAGA movement, have a problem with Jews?

The clash that could remove New York's last Jewish Congressman

Tomorrow's primary might change the face of New York politics

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August 22, 2022 13:18

The clash that could remove New York's last Jewish Congressman

Meet Rep Ritchie Torres, the woke Democrat who is an outspoken supporter of Israel

Two years ago he won 90 per cent of the vote in his Bronx district

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August 12, 2022 09:31

Meet Rep Ritchie Torres, the woke Democrat who is an outspoken supporter of Israel

Roy Cohn was both a victim of homophobia and complicit in it

How paranoia and persecution ruined the lives of countless gay men and women In Washington DC

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August 1, 2022 15:14

Roy Cohn was both a victim of homophobia and complicit in it

Thirsty Democrats eye Pritzker’s liberal oasis

Could the governor of Illinois be the man to take over from Biden?

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July 21, 2022 09:57

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 12: Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker attends the Idas Legacy Fundraiser Luncheon on April 12, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The luncheon helps support the Ida B. Wells Legacy Committee which works to develop progressive female African-American political candidates. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Stephen Breyer's civility has never been more needed in the US

The now retired Supreme Court Justice was no caricature liberal

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July 11, 2022 12:14

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer participates in a panel on "Lessons from the Past for the Future of Human Rights: A Conversation" at the Gewirz Student Center on the campus of the Georgetown University Law Center April 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. Organized by the law center, the New York Review of Books and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law the forum focused on the future of human rights. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Elie Wiesel understood the power of silence

The Nobel Prize winner died six years ago this week

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June 30, 2022 09:21

Elie Wiesel understood the power of silence

Tucker Carslon, the Great Replacement theory and Viktor Orban - and why you should be worried

The Fox News presenter uses his prominence to push worrying ideas

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June 20, 2022 15:35

ESZTERGOM, HUNGARY - AUGUST 07: Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary. The multiday political event was organized by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), a privately managed foundation that recently received more than $1.7 billion in government money and assets. The leader of its main board, Balazs Orban, who is also a state secretary in the prime minister's office, said MCC's priority is promoting "patriotism" among the next generation of Hungary's leaders. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Saint Bernie: the Democrats’ moral compass?

The evidence suggests otherwise

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June 8, 2022 18:59

CLEAR LAKE, IA - AUGUST 14: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding August 14, 2015 in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Wing Ding is held at the historic Surf Ballroom, where Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens played their final concert, and featured Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Martin OÃ•Malley and Lincoln Chaffee. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What next for AOC?

There is even talk that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may run for president

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May 31, 2022 09:49

What next for AOC?

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