Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward White Nationalist Steve King Mad At His Dratted Phone, And What’s Google Anyway
When Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, white nationalist Rep. Steve King thought it a good time to ask about an issue his granddaughter had with her iPhone — an iconic product with which Google, and Pichai, is not affiliated. Business Insider reported that while Pichai was being…
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Fast Forward Marc Lamont Hill Of ‘River To The Sea’ Won’t Be Punished By Temple University
Temple University will not discipline Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator who was recently fired from CNN for sharing a Palestinian nationalist phrase, the Washington Post reported. Hill is a professor of media studies at Temple. At a meeting Tuesday, board of trustees of the Philadelphia university condemned his remarks but concluded his speech was…
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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Has ‘No Plans’ To Travel To Israel — Or Anywhere Else — Right Now
Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not join other new members of congress on an AIPAC-affiliated trip to Israel later this year, and does not have plans to go on any other trips to the region. “She wants to make sure that she’s getting a full picture of what daily life is like in the region,” Corbin…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Leaders Accused Of Blaming Jews For Slave Trade
During the very first meeting of the organization that would become the Women’s March, two of its leaders, Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory, claimed that Jews were leaders in the exploitation of black and brown people, Tablet reported Monday. Someone who Tablet described as a “close secondhand source” said the duo claimed, falsely, that Jews…
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Fast Forward ‘Chuck And Nancy’ Battle Trump Over Government Shutdown
There was yelling. There was finger-pointing. There were threats to shut down the government. Just another Tuesday in the White House. In an extraordinary meeting between President Trump, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and likely incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi devolved into sparring over payments for border security. “Chuck and Nancy,” as they’ve come to…
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Fast Forward Airbnb Won’t Operate In Israeli Settlements, So ‘OlehStay’ Steps In
For those disappointed in Airbnb’s decision to remove listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, there is now another option: OlehStay. OlehStay, an Israel-based home-renting site, threw a dig at Airbnb in its tagline. “We’re Here to Stay. We Welcome Any Listing, Anywhere in Israel,” the home page reads. The company’s website was created…
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Fast Forward Kushner Touts Israel Peace Plan While Dodging Khashoggi Questions On Fox
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner sidestepped questions about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a rare interview given in the Trump family’s safe space: Sean Hannity’s show on Fox. “I think our intelligence agencies are making their assessments and we’re hoping justice is brought to where that should be,” said Kusher,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Columbia Student Shouts ‘I Love White People’ In Video
A white Columbia University student went on a racist rant Sunday morning, shouting, “White people are the best thing that happened to the world” at a group of primarily black underclassmen, the Columbia Spectator reported. “We are so amazing! I love myself, and I love my people! F—- yeah white people!” sophomore Julian von Abele…
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