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Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big
Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big It has not been a good week for the Gomez family. Valentina Gomez, who had been running in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State, finished in sixth place on Tuesday, Aug. 6, receiving just 7.4% of  the vote, after a campaign filled with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.  Her brother, Jonathan Gomez-Noriega was fired from his job as an aide to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after donating $1,250 to Valentina's campaign. He apparently shared a recording of his phone call with the mayor with his sister, who promptly posted it on social media. Gomez-Noriega also resigned fr…

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by Sam Barron
Schools
Frisch Principal Reveals More On Controversial 'Letters To Trump' Campaign Frisch Principal Reveals More On Controversial 'Letters To Trump' Campaign
Frisch Principal Reveals More On Controversial 'Letters To Trump' Campaign PARAMUS, N.J. — The rabbi and principal of a Paramus Jewish school that made headlines Wednesday morning for a controversial letter campaign is saying that the information in the story was leaked from a Facebook group and is "full of lies." On Wednesday morning, Haaretz.com published a story saying that Frisch School officials urged students to send letters of praise to U.S. President Donald Trump regarding his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv. "That is simply not true," Rabbi Eli Ciner told Daily Voice. &qu…

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by Cecilia Levine