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Former Representative Steve Israel on House Democratic Leadership Elections

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With subpoena power in January, Dems put Trump on notice after Sessions firing

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Pelosi hopes to move from Trump foil to House speaker — again

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Democrats’ Purple District Path to a House Majority

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Hatred is a human impulse that Trump wields as a political tool

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Fmr. Rep Israel: ‘We’re in an era where violence seems to have license by the president’

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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Black Girl Midterm Magic

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A Midterm Wave? Maybe It’s a ‘Cyclone’

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Michael Avenatti, please go away

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Understanding Joe Manchin

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Republicans Need a Cold Compress With Less Than One Month to Go

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Trump Bets Kavanaugh ‘Hoax’ Can Turn Into Midterm Gains

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Steve Israel disarms gun control with humor in Glen Head

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GOP sacrifices women and House Republicans with Kavanaugh plan

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If Trump winds up firing Rosenstein, Republicans face midterm disaster

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Polarization offers false choices on support for Israel

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Donald Trump may stun America with shocking November surprise

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Steve Israel takes on midterm elections as professor

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Who Is a Senior Administration Official? It Depends

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Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn’t Going Anywhere

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Some House Campaigns Are Being Rocked By Corruption. But What Even Is Corruption In 2018?

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6 ways Democrats could lose their shot at winning the House majority

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What Ayanna Pressley’s Upset In Massachusetts Says About Democratic Voters

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Pelosi Focuses On Retaking The House, Dismisses Questions About Her Leadership

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Trump voters will never flip but that means great news for Democrats

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Why we must look to voters to ‘do something’ about mass shootings

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Steve Israel joins Stone Grissom on News 12 Long Island 1 of 2

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Joe Biden is best hope for Democratic Party in 2020

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Democrats Don’t Need a National Message

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Steve Israel appears on Andrea Mitchell Reports

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Democrats partying like 2006 as Republicans deal with scandals

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Why Congress doesn’t do anything about gun violence in America

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Manafort trial, 3D guns lawsuit, CPS Inspector General & much more

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Federal judge blocks release of designs for 3D-printed guns

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Is Trump colluding with Democrats?

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Steve Israel joins Andrea Mitchell Reports

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A Firearm on Every Hip

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Requiem for the Republican Party

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Can Nancy Pelosi still lead the Democrats in Election 2018? Answers from Steve Israel

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Former top Dem: Not every candidate should run on impeaching Trump

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How the right wing got it so wrong on the ‘Pakistani mystery man’

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Republicans shamefully let Trump leave nation weak against Russia

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The Age of the Downloadable Gun Begins

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So the Tea Party wants a tea party?

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Crowley loss warns of volatile voters

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Waiting for a Murrow Moment

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Why U.S.-South Korea war games must continue

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Don’t turn the page on this literary heist

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Clues to My Crime: Big Guns

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Congressman Israel joined David Axelrod in Chicago on his podcast “The Axe Files.”

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We can change the trend of fatal shootings by voting in November

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Daniel Weinberg interviews Congressman-turned novelist Steve Israel about his latest title, Big Guns.

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Former congressman Steve Israel is now tackling gun safety with his latest novel, a satire.

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Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties

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Donald Trump’s gamble on the Iran nuclear deal

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Democrats should stop agonizing over a national message for 2018

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Giuliani: Cohen would have made payments to other women “If It’s Necessary”

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WaPo: Gina Haspel sought to withdraw as CIA Nominee

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Big Guns on C-SPAN

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Big Guns: Fighting Firearms With Funny

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GOP Russia report reflects Republican midterm fears

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Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion on Morning Joe

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Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion on Morning Joe

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Hardball with Chris Matthews: Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

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Greet warmly but test rigorously when dealing with North Korea

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In parallel world, Hillary in White House, Donald in Trump Tower

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Morning Joe: Former Rep. Steve Israel critiques gun lobby in ‘Big Guns’

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Part 3: Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion with MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian

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Part 2: Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion with MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian

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A week to mourn the NRA’s death grip on our politics: Virginia Tech and Columbine anniversaries should make us recommit to change

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Steve Israel’s Satirical Novel on the Gun Lobby

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Part 1: Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion with MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian

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What to Read in April

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‘Behind the scenes’ of US gun law inaction

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Trump-Putin relationship sours as White House gets tough on Russia

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Rep. Israel Joins Panel Discussion on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House

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The ‘Teen Party’ can change Congress like the Tea Party

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After the March, Follow This Gun Reform Battle Plan

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Choose your spin of the Pennsylvania election

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Our leaders must end the hate before they burn America down

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Democrats need to focus on one thing: Winning seats in Congress

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Steve Israel to Democrats: Don’t Be Distracted by 2018 Midterms

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No private citizen should fund the building of our embassy in Israel

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US and Israel face a new future in Washington

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Why My Former Colleagues Don’t Act On Guns

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We cannot make America great again without bold endeavors

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In dueling memos, we are seeing President Trump in panic mode

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The happiest place on earth is now the center of American polarization

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The Breakdown in Trust That Could Shut Down the Government

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This is your brain on Trump

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Democrats need all the firepower they have to win back Washington

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Trump’s war on immigration caseworkers needs to end

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Brace yourself, Republicans — a rough ride’s coming

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Steve Israel: The GOP just bet their majority on a tax plan no one likes

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Congress is clueless about Long Island

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War on Christmas: Ho, Ho, Ho. War on women? Ho Hum.

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Trump is right on Jerusalem

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A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list.

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Why does Pres. Trump keep tweeting?

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Sex scandals may be old, but victims’ power is new

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New Yorkers, and all Americans, can’t let nightmare of 9/11 thrive

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Forget red vs. blue states, this is the real battle in America

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‘Big Guns,’ A Satirical Novel About The Gun Lobby By Former NY Congressman Steve Israel, Picked Up For Feature

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Democracy on Wry, Hold The Mayo

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Ex-congressman: The truth can’t get me fired anymore

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North Korean missile attack is a clear and present danger to us all

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Former Congressman Explains the Real Reason Gun Laws Won’t Change

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Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting

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Will the “Comeuppance Caucus” get help for Harvey?

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How Well Do We Know Kim Jong Un?

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Trump, the deflector-in-chief

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My grandparents would be shocked by Trump

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Trump as a Novel: An Implausible ‘Soap Opera Without the Sex and Fun’

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Steve Israel: Most people would NOT have taken that meeting

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SUMMER OF HELL begins today — DE BLASIO returns from Hamburg — DONALD TRUMP JR. met with Russian lawyer after primary

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Find the ‘least bad’ option with North Korea

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Congress and the Western Wall

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US and Israel relations beyond partisanship

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Morning Joe: Time for Congress to say ‘we are one family’

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An Attack on Congress and Baseball

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BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: former DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Global Institute at Long Island University

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Donald Trump, call Nancy Pelosi

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A political monster created by Republicans themselves

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House vote: Like the last two minutes of a basketball game

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My Night in Town Hall Hell

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What We Saw as Trump Took Office

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The Humiliations of Life After Congress

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How to Raise Hell for Members of Congress

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Steve Israel: Confessions of a Congressman

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Congressman’s novel based on DC’s truth is much stranger than fiction

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Steve Israel Assembling Writer’s Caucus

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LI pol packs a punchline

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Steve Israel’s ‘Global War on Morris’

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A Leading Congressman Reflects on His Life as a Novelist

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Rep. Steve Israel, finding the funny in Washington’s corridors of power

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Lawmaker’s Novel Sends Up the War on Terror

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Dear American Express, I Have Reached My Personal Debt Ceiling

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