Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Canadian Candidate Apologizes For Past Racist, Anti-Semitic ‘Trolling’
A candidate for mayor of a Canadian town who wrote racist posts on a white supremacist website in 2009 and 2010 said that his comments do not reflect his views today, calling them “disgusting” and “wrong,” CBC News reported. Ryan Brady, who is running for mayor of Thompson, Manitoba, used to post on the notorious…
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Fast Forward Milwaukee County GOP Tweet Mocks RBG And Sexual Assault Victims
The Milwaukee County Republican Party tweeted a meme based off a joke made last week by a Republican congressman about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being groped, RawStory reported. The party posted on Monday a photo of Ginsburg with the caption, “Abraham Lincoln grabbed my ass in 1862.” It has since been deleted. The…
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Fast Forward Rob Goldstone Says He Assumed Russian Intelligence Was Behind Trump Tower Meeting
The British music producer responsible for organizing the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer said he assumed Russian intelligence was behind it, NBC News reported. Rob Goldstone suggested it was the Trump campaign’s eagerness for dirt on Hillary Clinton that captured the attention of special counsel Robert Mueller….
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Fast Forward Ivanka’s Answer To Surviving Chaos In The White House? Ignore It.
Ivanka Trump prefers to stay out of the drama. Instead of feeding into the “daily chaos,” Trump said Monday that she ignores it, according to Newsweek. As she explained at the Concordia Summit in New York City: “It’s been a work in progress, but I’m getting better at ignoring the noise. I tend not to…
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Fast Forward Kushner Deployed To Schmooze With Rich Republicans And Snag Campaign Donations
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is attempting to woo wealthy members of Republican elite into donating to GOP midterm efforts and President Trump’s reelection campaign, Politico reported Monday. Kushner has attended several donor gatherings since August, and he plans to keep his calendar full, people close to him told Politico. Kushner has also been…
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Fast Forward Bus Driver Faces Jail Time A Year After Fatally Striking Israeli Citi Bike Rider
Trial continues Friday for the bus driver who fatally hit Israel’s former No. 1 tennis player last summer, Gothamist reported. Riding one of New York’s Citi Bikes, Dan Hanegby was struck June 12, 2017 by bus driver Dave Lewis in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. His death marked the first fatality in the program’s history. Initial police…
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Fast Forward Yale Law Dean Expresses Concern Over Professors Caught In Kavanaugh Crosshairs
The dean of Yale Law School penned a letter to the school Thursday, in which she expressed concern over reports that professors advised female students preparing for a clerkship interview with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on how to dress and act to fit a “certain look,” Talking Points Memo reported. Heather Gerken encouraged…
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Fast Forward California Congressman Endorses Anti-Semitic Activist For School Board Seat
A Republican member of Congress endorsed this week an alt-right activist known for spreading anti-Semitism, Mother Jones reported Thursday. California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who was recently condemned for attending a fundraiser with a Holocaust denier, posted a photo on Instagram of him shaking hands with Gracey Larrea-Van Der Mark, a candidate for a school board…
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