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Rutgers Grad Stars As Donald Trump In New Movie 'The Apprentice' Rutgers Grad Stars As Donald Trump In New Movie 'The Apprentice'
Rutgers Grad Stars As Donald Trump In New Movie 'The Apprentice' Sebastian Stan is playing the role of a lifetime. The Rutgers University graduate who lived in Rockland County growing up, plays former President Donald Trump in the controversial new film, "The Apprentice" (click here for the trailer from Briarcliff Entertainment). The movie focuses on Trump's relationship with his lawyer, Roy Cohn, and how it helped him become a real estate tycoon in the 1980s and how using Cohn's bare-knuckle tactics helped shape his future political career. The movie has generated controversy for scenes where Trump rapes his first wife, Ivana, becomes addicted to diet …

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by Sam Barron
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Rutgers Student Fighting To Register Young Voters: 'Your Voice Does Matter' Rutgers Student Fighting To Register Young Voters: 'Your Voice Does Matter'
Rutgers Student Fighting To Register Young Voters: 'Your Voice Does Matter' A Rutgers University student from Hasbrouck Heights is on a mission to get young adults registered to vote in time for the 2024 Presidential election. Alejandra Afanador, 19, spent the summer as an "RU Voting Ambassador," according to Rutgers Today. The sophomore political science major will keep volunteering through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The honors college student on a pre-law track said she wants to motivate 18-to-29-year-olds to vote and become politically active. "I've simply come to realize that there is such disillusionment in the government and this is across the pol…

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by Chris Spiker
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Trump Expected To Attend Private Fundraiser In Wealthy Jersey Shore Borough Trump Expected To Attend Private Fundraiser In Wealthy Jersey Shore Borough
Trump Expected To Attend Private Fundraiser In Wealthy Jersey Shore Borough Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to the Jersey Shore for the first time since holding a rally in Wildwood and surviving an assassination attempt in western Pennsylvania. Trump is planning to appear at a campaign fundraiser in Deal on Sunday, July 28, according to a YouTube video promoting the event. It marks his return to the Garden State coast after tens of thousands of his supporters flocked to a beachfront rally in Wildwood on Saturday, May 11. The invitation said the fundraiser would be hosted by the Chera family, Midtown Equities founder Joe Cayre, and Las …

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by Chris Spiker
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Biden Withdraws From 2024 Presidential Race, Endorses VP Kamala Harris To Be New Nominee Biden Withdraws From 2024 Presidential Race, Endorses VP Kamala Harris To Be New Nominee
Biden Withdraws From 2024 Presidential Race, Endorses VP Kamala Harris To Be New Nominee President Joe Biden has just announced he is pulling out of the 2024 race against Republican nominee Donald Trump. In a letter to "My Fellow Americans" released just before 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21, Biden said: “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president. “And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.” The news comes amid concerns over the 81-year-old Biden's health, which were loudly …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial
Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial A New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump of all charges in his alleged hush money trial, finding that he falsified business records to buy an adult film star’s silence and influence the 2016 presidential election. The historic verdict, the first adjudication and conviction of a former US president, was reached shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, after around 10 hours of deliberation. Seven men and five women on the jury unanimously found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree that were filed by Manhattan District Attorne…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Feds Raid Giuliani's Manhattan Apartment Feds Raid Giuliani's Manhattan Apartment
Feds Raid Giuliani's Manhattan Apartment Federal agents on Wednesday raided the Manhattan apartment of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as part of an investigation into his activities in Ukraine, according to multiple reports. Guiliani, who was ex-President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, didn’t immediately comment, nor did the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Manhattan. No charges had been filed against the 76-year-old former federal prosecutor as of Wednesday afternoon. Agents earlier in the day seized electronic devices during a warranted search as part of a months-long investigation, acco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FBI: Tipster Dimes Out Tambourine-Shaking Former NYPD Spokeswoman In Capitol Riot FBI: Tipster Dimes Out Tambourine-Shaking Former NYPD Spokeswoman In Capitol Riot
FBI: Tipster Dimes Out Tambourine-Shaking Former Nypd Spokeswoman In Capitol Riot A tambourine-shaking, arms-raising, former NYPD spokeswoman became the latest person charged criminally in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, thanks to yet another anonymous tipster, according to the FBI. Sara Carpenter, 51, who left the force in 2004, surrendered to the FBI in Queens early Tuesday, federal authorities said. “Any involvement in the Jan. 6 [riot] is serious conduct,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Hafetz told a judge in Brooklyn during a video-conferenced detention hearing that afternoon. According to an anonymous tipster, Carpenter told a relative that she’d been tear-gass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Giuliani Hospitalized With COVID-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up' Giuliani Hospitalized With COVID-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up'
Giuliani Hospitalized With Covid-19: 'Feeling Good, Recovering Quickly, Keeping Up' Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he was "recovering quickly and keeping up with everything" after being hospitalized for COVID-19. The 76-year-old personal attorney for President Donald Trump -- who's been leading the campaign to overturn presidential elections results in court -- reportedly was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital on Sunday after testing positive for the virus. "Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes," Giuliani tweeted Sunday night. "I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping u…

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by Jerry DeMarco