Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff Warns Whitaker: ‘You Will Be Called To Answer’
Rep. Adam Schiff vowed on Sunday that he would hold acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker accountable, should he derail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, The Hill reported. Schiff added in the interview on NBC that there are “very strong” facts proving that Whitaker shouldn’t even be overseeing the probe. “This is someone who’s made repeated…
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Fast Forward Boys Celebrate Prom With A Sieg Heil In Wisconsin
The boys in a Wisconsin high school class appear to have posed in a Nazi salute in a junior prom photo, the Baraboo News Republic reported. The boys of the Baraboo High School Class of 2019, about 50 people, huddled together on the steps Sauk County Courthouse, where many held up their arms in a…
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Fast Forward Matthew Whitaker Boasted Of Israeli Krav Maga Security To Scare Scam Victims
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker would use intimidation tactics in his former job, letting angry investors know that the company has a security team trained in Krav Maga, Vanity Fair reported. Whitaker, who was appointed attorney general by President Trump this week after firing Jeff Sessions, worked in 2014 on the advisory board of World…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Races Into Temple To Rescue Torahs From Raging California Wildfire
Despite fires raging in the distance, a Southern California rabbi ran into his synagogue to rescue its Torahs. Temple Adat Elohim, a Reform synagogue in Thousand Oaks, sits in the path of two fires, Hill and Woolsey. Rabbi Barry Diamond and President Sandy Greenstein made it to the synagogue before mandatory evacuations to save the…
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Fast Forward Debra Messing Cheers Alyssa Milano’s Decision To Boycott Women’s March
Actress Debra Messing stands in solidarity with fellow actress and activist Alyssa Milano, who said she won’t speak at the next Women’s March if leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour continue to support Louis Farrakhan. Messing retweeted on Thursday an article from Advocate, which detailed Milano’s decision not to participate in the march. I stand…
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Fast Forward Seth Grossman: I Lost New Jersey Race Because I Was Busy Proving I’m Not Racist
A Republican Jewish candidate who said “diversity is a bunch of crap” lost his race for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District seat — and he blames the “distraction” of refuting claims that he’s racist, NJ.com reported. Seth Grossman, who lost the support of the GOP when it was revealed that he shared articles from white…
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Fast Forward Matthew Whitaker Once Said Judges Should Have A ‘Biblical View Of Justice’
Matthew Whitaker, who was appointed to acting attorney general on Wednesday by President Trump, said during a 2014 debate that judges should have a Christian worldview, the Washington Post reported. Whitaker, who was running for U.S. Senate at the time, also added that he would be concerned by a judge with a “secular worldview,” according…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Republican Who Said Jews Should Embrace Jesus Wins House Seat
A Republican congressional candidate who said in a sermon that Jews and Muslims should convert to Christianity to create peace in Israel won his race for North Carolina’s 9th House District. Mark Harris narrowly beat Democrat Dan McCready 49.4%-48.8% in the midterm election on Tuesday. Harris expressed the importance of conversion for Israel and shared…
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