Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper: Obama Got Away With Falsehoods Because Media Supported Him
Former president Barack Obama “got away with” making untrue statements because the media supported him more than it does President Trump, CNN anchor Jake Tapper said in an interview with Rolling Stone. Tapper was asked about his decision to publicly speak out when he thought Trump was saying a falsehood. Tapper replied that he had…
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Fast Forward CEO Schwarzman Stays On Trump Council Despite Charlottesville
The CEO of one of Wall Street’s biggest investment firms issued a public statement bemoaning the violence protests in Charlottesville, but has decided to stay on as chair of one of President Trump’s advisory councils even as other corporate titans step down due to the president’s statements and actions. Schwarzman released a statement on Monday…
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Fast Forward Canada ‘Breitbart North’ Co-Founder Quits Over Charlottesville
The co-founder of Rebel Media, the far-right Canadian news organization commonly referred to as “Breitbart North,” resigned on Monday, citing the firm’s cozy ties to white supremacists. Brian Lilley, a conservative radio host, said in a Facebook post that the departure had been “a long time coming. What may have started as a concern over…
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Fast Forward Sebastian Gorka’s Wife Helped Torpedo Funding For Anti-White Supremacist Group
A group working to deradicalize white supremacists had been set to receive funding from the Department of Homeland Security until Trump aide Katharine Gorka worked to eliminate its grant. Gorka, a homeland security official and the wife of controversial White House counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka, was a member of President Trump’s transition team before his…
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Fast Forward Charlottesville Marcher Denounced By Entire Family In Hometown Newspaper Op-Ed
The father of one of the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, Va. last week has written a letter to his hometown newspaper denouncing his son and saying he was no longer welcome home until he renounced his bigotry. Pearce Tefft of Fargo, N.D. wrote to the local newspaper The Forum after his son, Peter,…
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Fast Forward Report: Adelson Backs McMaster After Group He Funds Ran Campaign Against Him
Casino magnate and political megadonor Sheldon Adelson has come out in support of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster after right-wing groups — including the Zionist Organization of America, which Adelson funds — campaigned in recent days for McMaster to be fired. Spokesman Andy Abboud told the political news website Axios on Monday that Adelson “has…
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Fast Forward Driver Who Plowed Into Charlottesville Protester Is Nazi Supporter
The man accused of killing a woman by plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters outside a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday is a Nazi sympathizer dating back to high school, The Washington Post reported Sunday. James Alex Fields, Jr., age 20, who drove to the rally from Ohio, wrote a…
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Fast Forward National Security Adviser McMaster: Gorka Isn’t On National Security Council
National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Sebastian Gorka, the controversial White House counterterrorism adviser, is not on the National Security Council — raising further questions about what, exactly, Gorka does for President Trump. When asked by NBC’s Chuck Todd what Gorka’s National Security Council role entails,…
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