Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer Wears Yellow Star And Handcuffs Herself To Twitter HQ In Protest
Laura Loomer reportedly donned a yellow star and handcuffed herself to a Twitter office building in New York to protest what she calls its discrimination against conservative figures. “Twitter is upholding sharia when they ban me for tweeting facts about sharia law,” Loomer shouted on a livestream of her protest, referring to Islamic law. The…
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Fast Forward CNN Fires Commentator For Calling For Palestine ‘From River To Sea’
CNN fired political commentator Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, the day after he said at the United Nations that there needs to be “a free Palestine from the river to the sea,” which was interpreted as meaning the need for the end of Israel, Mediaite reported. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with…
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Fast Forward Don’t Call Chuck Schumer ‘Zayde’: He Wants To Be ‘Grandpa’ To New Grandson
Following the birth of his fist grandchild, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer told Jewish Insider that he sees himself as more of a “grandpa” than a “zayde,” which is Yiddish for “grandfather.” “In the Old Country, they would have called me ‘zayde,’ but here I want to be called ‘grandpa,’” the Democratic Senate minority leader…
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Fast Forward Trump Retweets Picture Of Rod Rosenstein Behind Bars
President Trump said in an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein belongs behind bars because, “He should have never picked a special counsel.” Until recently, Rosenstein directly oversaw the work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Earlier…
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Fast Forward Trump Allies Knew Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory Was False — But Still Spread It
Two allies of President Trump knew that a conspiracy theory about murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was not true — yet they perpetuated it anyway, Slate reported. Both Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political advisor, and Jerome Corsi, like Trump a major proponent of the conspiracy theory that former president Barack Obama was…
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Admits He Lied About Russia Tower Deal To Protect Trump
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, pleaded guilty Thursday morning to making false statements to Congress about his attempts at a Trump Tower deal in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign, the New York Times reported. He wasn’t scheduled to appear in the Manhattan courtroom, where he confessed to the new criminal charge. It was…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Spray Painted On Jewish Columbia Professor’s Office
A Columbia University professor’s office was vandalized with two swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur, CNN reported. Elizabeth Midlarsky, who is Jewish, has published articles on the Holocaust. The NYPD launched an investigation into what appears to be a hate crime. “I opened the outer door and almost passed out,” she told CNN, about the moment…
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Fast Forward How Jeffrey Epstein Got A Sweetheart Deal In Sex Abuse Case
With unlimited funds, a top-tier legal team and a circle of powerful friends, a Palm Beach multimillionaire financier was able to get off nearly scot free after being accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, the Miami Herald reported. The Herald’s first story in a three-part series on hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein revealed…
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