Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris’s Husband Grabs Rogue Protestor Who Swiped Her Microphone
When an animal rights activist hopped on stage and snatched Kamala Harris’s microphone during her speech at MoveOn’s Big Ideas Forum, the California senator’s husband swooped into action. Harris, a California senator and Democratic presidential candidate, was addressing a question about the gender pay gap when the man, dressed in black and sporting a man-bun,…
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Fast Forward Kushner, Descendant Of Refugees, Defends Trump Slashing Asylum-Seeking Entries
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said it “doesn’t make a difference” whether the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States has been significantly lowered by President Trump. Kushner, whose grandparents arrived in the country after fleeing the Holocaust, shared his views on immigration with “Axios on HBO” on Sunday. He said his…
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Fast Forward Nashville Rabbi Invites Muslim Neighbors To Break Ramadan Fast In Synagogue
A Nashville rabbi invited the Muslim community to his synagogue on Wednesday to break their daily Ramadan fast, The Tennessean reported. Rabbi Joshua Kullock offered to host an iftar, the group meal eaten after sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at West End Synagogue. Dozens of Muslims ended their fast alongside synagogue members,…
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Fast Forward ‘Proud Jewrican’ Geraldo Rivera: You Have To Come Through Me To Impeach Trump
Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera vowed that if anyone wants to impeach President Trump, “you’ll have to come through me.” Rivera went on a Twitter rant Wednesday following Robert Mueller’s press conference, in which the special counsel said: “If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said…
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Fast Forward Jewish Historian Who Predicted Trump’s 2016 Win Says To Expect The Same In 2020
An American University professor has correctly predicted the last nine presidential elections — and says President Trump will win the next in 2020. Allan Lichtman, a political historian, told CNN on Wednesday that the only chance for a different outcome is if Democrats were to impeach Trump. Following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report,…
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Fast Forward RBG, Clarence Thomas Use Footnotes To Throw Jabs Over Abortion
It’s no surprise that Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas don’t see eye to eye when it comes to abortion. But recent rulings took their dispute to a whole new level. The justices exchanged jeers after a compromise decision on Tuesday regarding lawsuits challenging Indiana abortion laws brought by Planned Parenthood. The…
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Fast Forward ‘Lost’ Brazilian Jews Discover Their Ancestry
The Jewish population in Brazil is growing, as descendants of forcibly converted Jews are discovering their roots with the help of new genealogy tools and a charismatic rabbi, Religion News Service reported. The ancestors of Bnei Anusim, or the “children of the coerced,” were forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition, the 15th…
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Fast Forward Jewish-Muslim Legal Team Makes Peaceful Waves In New York
The judge is an Orthodox Jew, his clerk is a Syrian Muslim refugee, and together they’ve tackled both legal cases and stereotypes. Judge Noach Dear and his court attorney Deema Azizi have been working together for two years, and they are still shocking the masses at the New York Supreme Court, the Brooklyn Paper reported….
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