Jan 10, 2017Thank you Jared for using something sacred and special to the descendants of Joe and Rae Kushner to validate the sloppy manner in which you've handled this campaign. Please don't invoke our grandparents in vain just so you can sleep better at night. It is self-serving and disgusting.
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Things said by or about Jared Kushner, the new senior White House adviser.
Jan 10, 2017His GPA did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it. We thought for sure, there was no way this was going to happen.
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Jan 10, 2017It was a lot of construction and a lot of evictions, but the communities now look great, and the outcome has been phenomenal.
↩︎ Multifamily Executive
Jan 10, 2017[Peter] Kaplan told friends that Kushner’s favorite book was The Count of Monte Cristo, the story of a wronged man who escapes prison, becomes rich, and uses his wealth to stealthily visit vengeance upon his unsuspecting enemies.
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Jan 10, 2017Every Observer writer wants to be a novelist, but we need to be deliberate about when we are short and when we are long.
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