Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Everyone Has Missed The Big News From That Steve King Interview
There was a quote in The New York Times’ recent story on Representative Steve King that grabbed headlines, about his wonderment over when terms like “white supremacist” and “white nationalist” became negative, offensive. But that angle had been covered before — he has been vocal about his white nationalist viewpoints since 2006 — so that…
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Fast Forward Steve King To Be Censured Over ‘White Supremacist’ Commentary
House Democrats are looking to formally punish Representative Steve King for his repeatedly racist commentary, including when he questioned why terms like “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” became offensive, Politico reported. Representative Bobby Rush announced on Monday plans to file a motion to censure King for his years-long “pattern of racist and xenophobic statements.” Representative…
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Fast Forward Tamika Mallory Flips Script To Feminism Instead Of Condemning Farrakhan
Women’s March co-founder Tamika Mallory would not answer whether she denounced Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s past remarks about Jewish people while she was a guest on The View Monday morning. Mallory has been under fire for her continued support of Farrakhan, who has a long history of anti-Semitic comments. Support for the Women’s…
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Fast Forward Trump Plugs Pat Buchanan – Who He Once Called ‘Hitler Lover’
President Trump tweeted an excerpt from a news column written by Pat Buchanan — whom Trump accused 20 years ago of being a “Hitler Lover” and “anti-Semite.” Trump shared the column, which makes a case for funding the border wall, on Sunday night. In the tweeted piece, Buchanan, a former senior adviser to Presidents Richard…
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Fast Forward New Florida Judge Takes The Bench With Jewish Prayer For Wisdom
After Robert Luck was named to the Florida Supreme Court on Monday, he closed his speech, in which he posited he was the first Jewish member in 20 years, with a blessing from the Amidah, a prayer recited throughout services while standing. “You grace humans with wisdom and teach humanity perception,” Luck said, according to…
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Fast Forward Joe Lieberman Takes Another Dig At ‘Silly’ AOC
Former Senator Joe Lieberman is going strong with his criticism of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Post reported. Lieberman returned to Fox News on Sunday, reiterating on “Sunday Morning Futures” why he doesn’t see the freshman congresswoman as the future of the Democratic Party. “She just takes us back to the big-spending, big-taxing Democratic…
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Fast Forward Teachers Respond To Nazi Salute Prom Photo By Donating To Auschwitz Museum
Teachers at a Wisconsin high school are selling T-shirts to raise money for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in response to a viral photo of their students posing for a prom photo with a Nazi salute, the Baraboo News Republic reported. Members of the teachers’ union at Baraboo High School decided to make a donation…
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Fast Forward Kushner Pushes Restraint On Declaring Emergency To Build Border Wall
Jared Kushner is lobbying for President Trump to refrain from quickly declaring a national emergency to get funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the government shutdown, The Wall Street Journal reported. Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, reportedly said in a recent Oval Office meeting that declaring an emergency, which Trump has…
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