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By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward NYC Council Will Investigate Report That Kushner Filed False Housing Permits
The New York City Council will investigate a recent report that Jared Kushner’s family real estate business filed dozens of false construction permits, New York 1 reported Monday. The permits, uncovered by the Associated Press, falsely stated that there were no rent-controlled units in their buildings in order to expedite construction approval. Housing advocates accused…
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Fast Forward You Can Now Spend Passover At A Trump Resort In Scotland
A Trump hotel in Scotland is being made kosher as part of a Passover tourist package, Bichadrei Charedim reported. Going to resorts for Passover is a common tradition of many wealthy Orthodox Jews. The Trump Turnberry package, organized by London caterer Arieh Wagner, offers deluxe rooms, helicopter rides, gourmet kosher food, and golf on the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: D.C. Councilman Says Rothschild Family Controls The Weather
A lawmaker in Washington, D.C. reacted to a local snowstorm on Friday by posting a video sharing a conspiracy theory that a Jewish family controls the weather. Trayon White, Sr., a 33-year-old Democrat who began serving on the D.C. Council last year, posted a short video on his Facebook page narrating from his car as…
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Fast Forward Kushner Companies Filed Dozens Of False NYC Housing Permits
The Kushner Companies filed at least 80 false applications for construction permits on its buildings in New York City from 2013 to 2016, the Associated Press reported Sunday. The permit applications falsely stated that there were no rent-controlled tenants in their buildings, despite other tax forms from the company admitting otherwise. The false paperwork was…
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Fast Forward Louis Farrakhan’s New Album Features Stevie Wonder, Common, Snoop Dogg
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan just dropped a seven-CD album series — and some of your favorite artists may be on it. Farrakhan, who has been accused of anti-Semitism for decades, released his “Let’s Change the World” musical box set late last month after years of planning and recording. Farrakhan himself plays on the…
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Are Trying To Make ‘Black Panther’ About Them
White nationalists are using the story of the hit movie “Black Panther” to boost their claim that nation-states should only have one ethnicity, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Commenters on websites like Twitter, YouTube and 4chan have been claiming that the fictional kingdom of Wakanda, which isolates itself from the world using superior technology, is…
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Fast Forward Mnuchin Spent $1 Million In Taxpayer Money On Military Flights
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spent nearly $1 million in taxpayer money on military flights between the spring and fall of 2017, according to government documents obtained by a watchdog group. The trip taken by Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton — ostensibly to inspect Fort Knox, but rumored to be so that they could have…
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Fast Forward Record Number Of Americans Sympathize More With Israelis Than Palestinians
A record number of Americans sympathize more with Israelis than with Palestinians, a recent Gallup poll has found. Sixty-four percent of respondents said that they had more sympathy with Israelis, tying the previous highs recorded in 1991 and 2013 — though the American population has grown since that time. A survey last year found the…
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