Bonnie Cole
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Passion for social, political and entrepreneurial causes. Amateur boxer, Music aficionado, DJ, Photographer, Filmmaker Wannabe, outdoor enthusiast, Reality TV Snob.
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This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column came out of the PG obituary I wrote for a Pittsburgh-area resident who was wounded during the Kent State shootings.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Donald Trump is following Richard Nixon’s script
WASHINGTON — President Richard Nixon insisted that anti-government demonstrators were communists paid to protest by sinister outside forces....
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December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column came out of the PG obituary I wrote for a Pittsburgh-area resident who was wounded during the Kent State shootings.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro Decries Feds’ Dollars-Data Threat
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DeLauro Decries Feds' Dollars-Data Threat - New Haven Independent
As New Haven's U.S. Rep. put it: “This administration is so cruel and cold-hearted that all they see are pawns in their political game.”
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December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro Decries Feds’ Dollars-Data Threat
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This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Labor and industry disagree, Congress doesn’t act
WASHINGTON — After a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine in February 2023, members of Congress quickly proposed legislation...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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Rep. DeLauro: After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/13/d...
DeLauro After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over - New Haven Independent
"I think the Senate should have voted no," New Haven's Congresswoman said, "but I'm not a senator."
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November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Rep. DeLauro: After Shutdown: Health Care Fight Isn't Over www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/13/d...
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Despite Jewish candidate, Annapolis mayoral race has local focus, not Israel www.jns.org/despite-jewi...
Despite Jewish candidate, Annapolis mayoral race has local focus, not Israel
GOP candidate Bobby O’Shea told JNS that he’s not taking unsolicited advice to attack his Jewish opponent on Israel, because “I am not going to stoop to that level.”
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November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Despite Jewish candidate, Annapolis mayoral race has local focus, not Israel www.jns.org/despite-jewi...
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‘No future in my office’ for Heritage Foundation, Rep. Randy Fine says at Republican Jewish Coalition confab. www.jns.org/no-future-in...
‘No future in my office’ for Heritage Foundation, Randy Fine says at RJC
“I will be calling on all of my colleagues on the Republican side to do the same,” the Jewish congressman said.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
‘No future in my office’ for Heritage Foundation, Rep. Randy Fine says at Republican Jewish Coalition confab. www.jns.org/no-future-in...
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Spent the weekend at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, where antisemitism on the right was a major topic.
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‘Clearly have antisemitism element of our party,’ McCormick says at RJC
“It’s a very small minority, but we have to confront it,” the Republican senator told JNS. “It’s never in my opinion appropriate to give platform, to give license, to people who are explicitly pro-Hit...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spent the weekend at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, where antisemitism on the right was a major topic.
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John Cleary of Pine, who survived the Kent State shootings, dies at 74 www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...
John Cleary of Pine, who survived the Kent State shootings, dies at 74
Feb. 28, 1951 — Oct. 25, 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
John Cleary of Pine, who survived the Kent State shootings, dies at 74 www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...
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My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jonathan D. Salant: 'We never thought we would live to see murder in a synagogue on a Shabbat morning'
WASHINGTON — In her new book, “Antisemitism, An American Tradition,” American University professor and historian Pamela Nadell says...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column on how C-SPAN addressed its funding issues, which is good news for the Western Pennsylvania lawmaker who is on the cable channel more days than anyone else in the U.S. House.
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Jonathan D. Salant: New funding means you'll still see a lot of Rep. Thompson on C-SPAN
WASHINGTON — The cable channel that televises every minute that the U.S. House and Senate are in session has shored up its finances, and that means...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column on how C-SPAN addressed its funding issues, which is good news for the Western Pennsylvania lawmaker who is on the cable channel more days than anyone else in the U.S. House.
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‘Never would have imagined,’ freed hostage says of NJ street named in his honor www.jns.org/never-would-...
‘Never would have imagined,’ freed hostage says of NJ street named in his honor
“Every time I see this road, I will remember not just the struggle but the love and unity that brought me back home,” Edan Alexander said.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
‘Never would have imagined,’ freed hostage says of NJ street named in his honor www.jns.org/never-would-...
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro reacts to Trump's latest effort to impound congressionally enacted funding.
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DeLauro: This Is Theft, Not A “Pocket Rescission”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s efforts to impound $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid drew condemnation Friday from U.S. Rep. Rosa…
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August 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro reacts to Trump's latest effort to impound congressionally enacted funding.
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My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette follows up on my earlier story on civil rights. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Jonathan D. Salant: Black leaders push back against Trump's civil rights policies
WASHINGTON —
As they see their hard-won civil rights being rolled back by President Donald Trump, Black leaders and organizations say they are preparing...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My latest column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette follows up on my earlier story on civil rights. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
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George Soros has been a Republican bogeyman for years, and independent experts say the attacks mainstream the stereotype of the all-powerful Jew pulling the world’s strings.
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Who is George Soros, and why is he an issue in Western Pa.?
Republican attacks on Jewish investor George Soros are getting more scrutiny as antisemitism rises in the U.S.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
George Soros has been a Republican bogeyman for years, and independent experts say the attacks mainstream the stereotype of the all-powerful Jew pulling the world’s strings.
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When I was inducted into the SPJDC Journalism Hall of Fame, Cory Booker mentioned how I grew up watching civil rights protesters on TV or reading about them on page 1. I talked to Booker, Sen. Warnock, Reps. Nikema Williams and Al Green, and others.
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Jonathan D. Salant: Trump is forcing Americans to re-fight the civil rights battles of the 1960s
WASHINGTON — Turn on the evening news six decades ago, and quite often the top story was the latest effort by Black Americans to abolish Jim Crow....
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August 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When I was inducted into the SPJDC Journalism Hall of Fame, Cory Booker mentioned how I grew up watching civil rights protesters on TV or reading about them on page 1. I talked to Booker, Sen. Warnock, Reps. Nikema Williams and Al Green, and others.
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A U.S. invasion of Canada was once on the drawing board. This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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Jonathan D. Salant: A U.S. invasion of Canada was once on the drawing board
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn’t the first time the U.S. has cast covetous eye on...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A U.S. invasion of Canada was once on the drawing board. This week's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column.
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Push and pull of American Jewish voters and Israel tells part of political story www.jns.org/push-and-pul...
Push and pull of American Jewish voters and Israel tells part of political story
“We would characterize the presidential vote preferences of Jewish voters in the last few elections as largely consistent,” Hannah Hartig, a senior researcher at the Pew center, told JNS.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Push and pull of American Jewish voters and Israel tells part of political story www.jns.org/push-and-pul...
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Trump picks Jewish economist for Fed role www.jns.org/trump-picks-...
Trump picks Jewish economist for Fed role
Stephen Miran’s “expertise in the world of economics is unparalleled,” the U.S. president stated.
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August 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump picks Jewish economist for Fed role www.jns.org/trump-picks-...
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FEMA hasn’t told Jewish groups which will get $94 million in security grants, lawmakers say www.jns.org/fema-hasnt-t...
FEMA hasn’t told Jewish groups which will get $94 million in security grants, lawmakers say
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, told JNS that the Trump administration’s decision “is unprecedented and completely unacceptable.”
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August 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
FEMA hasn’t told Jewish groups which will get $94 million in security grants, lawmakers say www.jns.org/fema-hasnt-t...
Catching up.
Catching up on posting some of my stories.
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Murphy Rakes In The Early Money
Washington -- When he ran for re-election last fall, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy raised more than $15 million. He’s already raised more than two-thirds of that…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Catching up.
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Remember that CBS also canceled the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour after complaints about their politics. apnews.com/article/6e2d...
The Smothers Brothers mark their CBS firing 50 years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Getting fired from work isn't usually a cause to celebrate. But the Smothers Brothers aren't your run-of-the-mill comedians.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Remember that CBS also canceled the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour after complaints about their politics. apnews.com/article/6e2d...