Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Trump Lauds Montana Congressman For Body-Slamming Jewish Journalist
President Trump applauded a congressman at a rally Thursday for assaulting a reporter last year, the Washington Post reported. Trump was speaking to a crowd in Montana, where Rep. Greg Gianforte body-slammed Jewish journalist Ben Jacobs in May 2017, just days before a special election race. The president mentioned Gianforte and cracked a joke: “By…
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Fast Forward LA Councilman Says He Will Step Down — The Day After His $800-Ticket Fundraiser
It appears Mitchell Englander threw himself an early goodbye party. The day after the Los Angeles City councilman threw what must have been a lavish fundraiser — tickets went for $800 a pop — he announced his plans to step down, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The event, held Wednesday night at San Antonio…
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Fast Forward JDate To Pay Back Romantic Hopefuls For Automatic Renewals
The parent company of dating sites JDate and Christian Mingle will repay customers whose subscriptions were automatically renewed or who were denied refunds, the Los Angeles Times reported. Spark Networks USA agreed to pay $500,000 in penalties and up to $985,000 in restitution. It will also edit its website to become more transparent, according to…
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Fast Forward Facebook Campaigns Are Inciting Genocide In Myanmar
Facebook has become a means for ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, The New York Times reported. Myanmar military personnel has been using the social network over the past five years to prey on the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority group, according to former military officials, researchers and civilian officials in Myanmar. Facebook took down the official accounts…
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Fast Forward Jared And Ivanka: The New Faces Of Transcendental Meditation?
No one can accuse Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner of having too little on their plate. Perhaps the Jewish power couple can juggle so much is partially due to their dedication to transcendental meditation. The Daily Beast recently published a feature story on the benefits of the technique, which purports to help practitioners control anxiety,…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Went Years Without Paying Taxes: Report
Despite his abundant wealth, President Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has avoided paying federal income taxes for several years, the New York Times reported Saturday. The Times reviewed a 40-page document that detailed his business dealings from 2009 to 2016, created for a company that was considering lending him money. It…
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Fast Forward Jared and Ivanka Spotted At Chuck E. Cheese Celebrating Son’s Birthday
The First Family — they’re just like us. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were spotted at Chuck E. Cheese in Takoma Park, Maryland, this weekend celebrating their son Joseph’s fifth birthday, Politico reported. Along with children from his class, the other guests included some notable White House staff. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her…
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Fast Forward Man Charged With Hate Crime After Orthodox Jew Beaten In Brooklyn
A man was been charged on Sunday with a hate crime in connection to the beating of an Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn, NBC New York reported. Police said they found Farrukh Afzal of Staten Island beating 62-year-old Lipa Schwartz in the Boro Park neighborhood. Afzal was arrested and charged with assault as a hate…
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