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Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

JL;DR SUMMARY Senator Ron Wyden, a Jewish Democrat from Oregon, emphasizes the need for Democrats to harness 'chutzpah,' defined as moral courage, to counteract the policies of the Trump administration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationProgressive PoliticsActivismJewish ValuesTikkun OlamImmigration ReformChutzpahBipartisanshipDemocratic StrategyRon Wyden

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Oregon, United States
"Sen. Ron Wyden talks with reporters, Sep. 30, 1996, during his first year as senator from Oregon."
Washington, United States
"Oregons senior senator, whos served a total of 44 years in Congress, Wyden, 75, is the second-most senior Democrat in the Senate after Washingtons Patty Murray."
Palo Alto, California, United States
"His mother, after divorcing his father in 1959 when Wyden was 10 and his brother Jeff was 8, left Chicago for Palo Alto, California."
Berlin, Germany
"When other family members were killed by the Nazis, Wydens grandfather managed to get his family to New York. I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for the courage of my mother, in terms of stepping up to antisemitism, said Wyden."
Germany
"Born Peter Weidenreich, and mother, Edith Rosenow, fled** the Nazis with their parents in the 1930s."
Canada
"Chutzpah is inherently good, and people who dont subscribe to that are essentially warping it, said Wyden, drawing on an interpretation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, a Canadian contributor to Chabad.org."
New York, United States
"Wyden and Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of New Yorks Strand bookstore, were married in 2005."

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