Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Cohen Paid To Rig Polls For Trump With Cash In A Walmart Bag And A Boxing Glove
Michael Cohen allegedly paid off a small technology company to try to manipulate online polls in President Trump’s favor — with a Walmart bag filled with cash and a boxing glove, The Wall Street Journal reported. John Gauger, owner of company, RedFinch Solutions LLC, told the Journal he was owed $50,000 and was surprised by…
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Fast Forward Amid Steve King White Supremacy Scandal, Congressmen Meet With Holocaust Skeptic
Internet troll Chuck Johnson, who has said he doesn’t believe in Auschwitz and its gas chambers, met with two Republican lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday — to talk about genetics, the The Daily Beast reported. Representatives Andy Harris and Phil Roe were spotted walking with Johnson, HuffPost reporter Matt Fuller first noted Wednesday on Twitter….
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Fast Forward Florida Commissioner: Rashida Tlaib Might ‘Blow Up’ Capitol Hill
A Jewish commissioner from South Florida accused Representative Rashida Tlaib of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill,” the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Hallandale Beach Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Taub signed an online petition seeking to remove Tlaib, an American of Palestinian descent, from office five days after the Michigan congresswoman said she wanted…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Who Visited North Korea Says Don’t Follow Him
A jet-setting Orthodox rabbi who spent five days in North Korea described hiding his religion as a terrifying experience, Insider reported. Meir Alfasi is a rabbi, photographer and former photojournalist from Israel who has traveled to 80 countries wearing the traditional Lubavich black hat and bekishe, a long black coat. “I travel with the uniform…
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Fast Forward Hungry Furloughed Families Get Hot Meals And Groceries From Queens Jewish Group
As the government shutdown reaches its fourth week, the Flushing Jewish Community Council in Queens, New York, has started feeding federal employees and their families, donating boxes of food items and hot dinners, Queens News and Community (QNS) reported. The council is distributing food at a local synagogue, Temple Beth Sholom. Paul Engel, executive director…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Claims She Didn’t Hide Her Support For BDS During Campaign
Representative Ilhan Omar claimed in an interview on Sunday that she didn’t hide her support for BDS during her election campaign — even though she went from saying it was “not helpful in getting that two-state solution” during a debate to announcing her personal support for it after the election. MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin asked Omar…
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Fast Forward Chris Christie Accuses Jared Of Getting Trump To Fire Him
Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner in his forthcoming tell-all book of carrying out a political “hit job” on him as revenge for Christie’s prosecuting his father in 2005, The Guardian reported. In “Let Me Finish,” due out on January 29, Christie blames the presidential son-in-law for having him ousted from Trump’s transition team after the…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Closer To Winning Online Gambling Battle
The Justice Department offered a legal opinion that could further restrict online gambling — a move casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has been seeking, The Washington Post reported. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel suggested that it could reverse an Obama-era rule that the Wire Act applied only to sports gambling. The opinion will probably…
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