Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Trump Goes To The Potty In Nasty New Nickname For Rep. Adam Schiff
President Trump has a history of bestowing nicknames onto his critics. The latest victim is Rep. Adam Schiff, who has been outspoken about investigating the president and holding acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker accountable, should he meddle in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. Trump referred to the latter in a tweet Sunday, writing that Schiff’s…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour Says Ilhan Omar Backlash Shows ‘Allegiance To Israel’
Palestinian-American civil rights activist Linda Sarsour claimed in a Facebook post Thursday that the controversy surrounding Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar’s announcement that she supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is coming from “folks who masquerade as progressives but always choose their allegiance to Israel over their commitment to democracy and free speech.” Sarsour, one of…
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Fast Forward Human Poop Could Be A Green Energy Source, Israeli Researchers Say
Raw human excrement potentially can be converted into a safe, reusable fuel and nutrient-rich fertilizer, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found. Scientists at BGU’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research discovered that they can use a chemical process of hydrothermal carbonization to heat solid human waste in a “pressure cooker,” transforming it into hydrochar,…
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Fast Forward White Nationalist Rep. Steve King Defended By New York Rabbi
Rep. Steve King tweeted Thursday night that a New York rabbi paid him a visit to discuss the allegations of bigotry that came up against him during his most recent congressional campaign. A photo shows Rabbi Moshe Vizel of the United Talmudical Seminary shaking hands with King, who was recently reelected to represent Iowa’s 4th…
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Fast Forward B&H Photo Sued For Giving $2K Baby Bonus Only To Jewish Workers
The Hasidic owners of a well-known photo equipment company offered their Jewish workers a $2,000 “baby bonus” for having children, but their Mexican workers weren’t given the same incentive, the New York Post reported. B&H Photo Video was sued for its discriminatory practice, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court Suit. The company is owned by…
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Fast Forward Measles Outbreak Grows In Orthodox Communities As Leaders Urge Vaccination
As a measles outbreak spreads throughout Orthodox Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey, some of the most influential institutions in the Jewish world are urging community members to vaccinate their children if they have not already done so. The majority-Jewish town of Lakewood, New Jersey has 11 confirmed cases, Yeshiva World News reported…
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Fast Forward Jewish Students Beg High School To Solve Anti-Semitism Problem
Students at a Connecticut high school said they have been harassed because they are Jewish, News 12 Connecticut reported. At a school board meeting Monday night, dozens of Jewish students from Amity Regional High School stood up to express their concern over reports of anti-Semitism. They took to the lectern to share their experiences, using…
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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg Uses Right-Wing ‘Soros’ Dog Whistles To Smear Facebook Critics
When it came out last spring that the privacy of millions of Facebook users was compromised, the company’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg needed a plan to shift the anger — so she threw George Soros’s name into the mix. The New York Times reported Wednesday that while Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg was apologizing for…
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