Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Forward 50 2018 Craig Newmark
Defender Of Trustworthy News Craig Newmark assured reporters that he did not make a donation to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism out of guilt. Newmark, founder of Craigslist — the online service which has claimed a major part of the billion-dollar classified ad business from newspapers — gave the school $20 million in June…
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Forward 50 2018 Howard Schultz
Life Beyond Coffee Before he stepped down as Starbucks’ executive chairman, Howard Schultz announced that the coffee chain would open its restrooms to all visitors, regardless of whether they are paying customers. The policy change was Schultz’s way of acknowledging the controversy that hit in the company in May, when two black men were arrested…
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Fast Forward Schwarzenegger: Trump Is ‘Meshugge’ For Wanting To Leave Climate Accord
Arnold Schwarzenegger called President Trump “meshugene leader” — “crazy” in Yiddish — for his decision to withdraw from an international agreement to tame global warming, AP reported. Schwarzenegger, an actor and former California governor, told delegates on Monday at the United Nations climate talks in Poland that regardless of what Trump said, the Unites States…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Hasidic Man Punched In Brooklyn, Perpetrator Yells ‘Blah!’
A Hasidic man was punched in the head from behind on Saturday in Brooklyn, NBC New York reported. Video shows a Hispanic man racing up to a small group of people standing on the sidewalk in the Williamsburg neighborhood. He punched the 32-year-old victim and reportedly yelled “Blah!” before running away. The victim was wearing…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz Still Avising Sex ‘Cult’ Leader – And Once Got A Massage At His Mansion
Alan Dershowitz still provides legal advice to Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, Axios reported. “He has called me a couple of times about legal issues, because I’m still technically his lawyer,” Dershowitz told Axios on Saturday. “But I haven’t had any social, or any other kind of…
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Forward 50 2018 Debra Katz
Fierce Defender In The Face Of #MeToo As Christine Blasey Ford bravely testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, sharing her allegation of sexual assault against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, there was another strong woman by her side: Debra Katz. Representing Ford was a natural fit for Katz, 60, a civil rights lawyer…
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Fast Forward U.S. Agency Sorry For Calling Soros ‘Non-Practicing Jew Of Flexible Morals’
The head of a U.S. government agency apologized to financier George Soros and his foundation after airing a program that upheld conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes, the Washington Post reported. John Lansing, chief executive and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an agency that shares news abroad, sent letters to Soros and Open…
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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg Directly Involved In George Soros Smear Campaign
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg was directly involved in the company’s actions against liberal megadonor George Soros, asking the social media company’s communications staff to research his financial activities, the New York Times reported. Sandberg asked for the information in an email to a senior executive in January, days after Soros called Facebook and…
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