Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Still No Apology For Woman Whose Co-Worker Said He’d Put Her In A Gas Chamber
The young woman who accused her co-worker of making anti-Semitic comments at the New York health food store where they worked put out a statement detailing the incident — in which the produce cooler was compared to a gas chamber — and revealing the management’s lack of response. Sarah Shabanowitz, an 18-year-old college student, put out…
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Fast Forward Liberal Group Calls On 2020 Democrats To Boycott AIPAC Conference
A liberal organization is asking Democratic presidential candidates not to attend this year’s AIPAC policy conference, Politico reported. MoveOn, a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee, said that AIPAC is too close to the Israeli government, run by Benjamin Netanyahu, and has a history of Islamophobia. “It’s no secret that that AIPAC…
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Fast Forward Circumcision Is A Major Issue For One 2020 Presidential Candidate
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang revealed he’s against circumcision, and if elected, he would include that view into public policy. In a tweet that fell under-the-radar, Yang said that he was against the practice of cutting a newborn’s foreskin, which is often done for religious purposes. He doubled down in an interview with The Daily…
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Fast Forward ‘Satirical’ Video Game Allows Players To Murder Minorities As Hitler, Trump
A petition is calling for the removal of a video game, where gamers play as figures such as Jesus Christ, Adolf Hitler and President Trump — and has them kill minorities. “Jesus Strikes Back: Judgement Day” was released online in January. A Change.org petition has received about 3,000 of the 5,000 signatures it’s asking for. The…
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Fast Forward What Does Ilhan Omar Think Of The Two-State Solution?
Representative Ilhan Omar recently explained in an op-ed that her support of the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes from her belief in an inclusive foreign policy. Let’s break down her thoughts. She said we need to emphasize the value of all human rights. Omar brought up the fight for human rights in various…
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News What Is Identity Evropa, The White Supremacist Group Enamored Of Tucker Carlson?
Left-wing research organization Media Matters recently released hundreds of thousands of messages from a chat forum for members of the white supremacist group Identity Evropa, which revealed immense admiration for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who is currently under fire for making racist and misogynist comments on the radio over the years. In the messages, members…
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Fast Forward Happy 50th Birthday To CNN’s Dapper Jake Tapper
Mazel tov to CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper, who turned 50 on Tuesday. The silver fox covers some of the world’s biggest stories. He’s charming, a bit snarky and unabashedly intense when it comes to gathering the truth. Let’s celebrate with some of his highlights from the last year, starting with the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Zionist Orthodox Head To D.C. In Support Of Ilhan Omar
Neturei Karta, an international organization of anti-Israel Orthodox Jews, organized a trip to Washington, D.C., to defend Representative Ilhan Omar against claims that her comments have been anti-Semitic. The group went Wednesday, the organization tweeted, and included rabbis and their congregants. It claims the freshman Minnesota congresswoman was “unjustly accused by AIPAC as anti-Semitic.” A…
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