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Fast Forward Egyptian Actor Tweeted ‘Let’s Kill Some Jews.’ Twitter Kept It Up For 11 Hours.
Updated 4:55. p.m. An Egyptian actor with more than 800,000 followers on Twitter posted a message calling for violence against Jews on Monday, but the social media company kept it up for nearly 12 hours before suspending his account. Hesham Mansour tweeted “Now lets kill some jews” [sic] at 4:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and…
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff’s Next Election Opponent: A History-Making Drag Queen
It’s still 16 months until the 2020 elections, but House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff already has an opponent, and it’s someone who has already made history: Maebe A. Girl, the first drag queen ever elected to public office. In April, Girl was voted onto the neighborhood council in the Silver Lake area of Los…
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Fast Forward Gillibrand Says She’ll ‘Engage Iran’ On Day One As President
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said at a debate in Miami on Thursday that the top foreign relationship she’d like to reset as president is with Iran. “You’re likely going to have to reset a relationship between America and another country or entity if you become president… What is the first…
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Fast Forward Bennet Compares Family Separation To His Mom’s Holocaust History At 2020 Debate
Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado compared President Trump’s family separation policy to his mother’s experience surviving the Holocaust during a Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday. “When I see those kids at the border, I see my mom, because I know she sees herself,” Bennet said. “Because she was separated from her parents for…
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Fast Forward Kagan: Supreme Court Gerrymander Ruling ‘Debased And Dishonored Our Democracy’
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Constitution does not ban partisan gerrymandering, where political parties draw election district lines to improve their odds of winning. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority in a 5-4 ruling split along party lines, said that partisan gerrymandering “present[s] political questions beyond the reach of the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Poway Rabbi Tells U.N. To Fight Hate With ‘Random Acts Of Goodness’
The rabbi of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, which was attacked by an anti-Semitic gunman in April, addressed the United Nations on Wednesday and told the assembly to fight anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred with “random acts of kindness,” the Jewish Journal reported. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who lost his finger in the shooting, was…
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Fast Forward Trump Peace Plan Author: ‘I Haven’t Found Anything To Criticize’ Israel About
President Trump’s international peace negotiator, a frequent critic of Palestinian leaders and actions, told CNN on Wednesday that he hadn’t publicly knocked Israel or Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because he didn’t see anything worth critiquing. “I haven’t found anything to criticize that goes over the line,” Jason Greenblatt told CNN. Speaking on the sidelines of…
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Fast Forward White Nationalist College Recruitment Efforts Up For Third Straight Year: ADL
White nationalist and white supremacist groups have increased their recruiting efforts on college campuses for the third straight year, the Anti-Defamation League reported Thursday. The ADL documented 313 incidents of white supremacist propaganda on campuses during the 2018-19 school year, up seven percent from 2017-18 — which itself saw a 77% rise over the year…
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