Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Swastikas Drawn In Brooklyn Days After Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre
A Brooklyn street was found vandalized with swastikas on Wednesday morning. Sandy Maltzman, senior producer at CNBC, tweeted a photo of a home on her block in Brooklyn Heights, which was defaced with five sloppily drawn swastikas. “Today was the day I woke up to swastikas on my beautiful block in Brooklyn Heights,” she wrote….
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Fast Forward NRA Returns To Anti-Soros Dog Whistles Just Days After Pittsburgh
Days after 11 were killed in a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue, identified as a hate crime, the National Rifle Association returned to its dog-whistling tactics that many consider to be anti-Semitic. The NRA’s official Twitter account wrote, posted an NBC article speculating that Jewish megadonor George Soros will spend more money on the…
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Fast Forward Is Jewish Conspiracy Peddler Jacob Wohl Trying To Frame Mueller On Sex Charges?
Pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl may have something to do with the sexual harassment scheme regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller, NBC reported. Mueller, who is leading the investigation into whether Russia interfered with the Trump campaign, alerted the FBI last week to look into suspicious accusations that he was guilty of sexual misconduct and harassment,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Candidate Smeared As Money-Grubber By Republicans
A campaign ad featuring a Jewish Senate candidate greedily clutching money has many calling out its overt anti-Semitic tone. In the ad is Rep. Matthew Lesser, a Connecticut Democrat who gave up his seat in Connecticut’s House to run for State Senate. The mailer was sent out by Republican Ed Charamut, a member of the…
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Fast Forward Mr. Rogers Sits Sadly With Pittsburgh Synagogue Logo In Steelers Colors
Mister Rogers was a neighbor of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill, where a mass shooting took the lives of 11 at prayer in a local synagogue. With one drawing, an artist effectively summed up how he would — and many do — feel in the wake of the tragedy. Artist Sasha Phillips drew a photo of Fred…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh’s Penguin Pete Meets A Jewish Star In Logo For Shooting Fundraiser
The Pittsburgh Penguins will wear “stronger than hate” patches on their jerseys during their Tuesday night game, in honor of the 11 people killed over the weekend in a mass shooting at a synagogue in their city, the National Hockey League reported. The patch will feature the hockey team’s modified logo, which pairs mascot Penguin…
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Fast Forward First 3 People To Help Treat Synagogue Shooter Were Jewish
The man accused of killing 11 people at prayer in a Pittsburgh synagogue was cared for by Jewish medical staff, AP reported. Robert Bowers was shouting, “Kill the Jews!” during the massacre, said Jeffery Cohen, president of Allegheny General Hospital, which treated the suspect. Cohen told WTAE-TV on Monday that the first people to tend…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Who Cheated Death In Pittsburgh Shooting Is Pro-Trump
Holocaust survivor Judah Samet said he doesn’t believe President Trump’s harsh rhetoric bears the blame of the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, where 11 people were killed at prayer, the Washington Post reported. Samet narrowly avoided the shooting — he was four minutes late to morning services at the Tree of Life Congregation on…
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