Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward WATCH: Ivanka Tries To Schmooze World Leaders. Awkward!
White House adviser Ivanka Trump was captured bumbling through a conversation with world leaders at the 2019 G20 summit in Japan, Business Insider reported. The French government released a video of the awkward meeting, which featured President Trump’s daughter looking out of place alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, French…
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Fast Forward Will Andrew Yang Bring Up Circumcision In The Democratic Primary Debate?
Andrew Yang, a presidential candidate who has come out against circumcision and gotten the attention of the “alt-right,” will participate in the Democratic primary debate on Thursday. Yang will be up against nine other candidates in the second night of the first 2020 debate, including former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Kamala Harris and Senator…
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Fast Forward The ‘Facebook Of Knitting’ Bans Pro-Trump Support
A popular online knitting community has banned all support for President Trump and his administration from its social network, The Washington Post reported. Ravelry, which boasts 8 million members, announced the decision Sunday. “We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy,” the site said. “Support…
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Fast Forward Ancient Humans Ate Tiny Bagels On Special Occasions, Scientists Say
Tiny bagels may have been on the menu in the Bronze Age. Pieces of 3,000-year-old charred bread were recently discovered in an archaeological site in Austria, and they resembled the remains of a small broken bagel, The New York Times reported. At the site, which sits near the Slovakian border and thrived around 1500 to…
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Fast Forward NXIVM Leader Found Guilty Of Sex Trafficking, Faces Life In Prison
Keith Raniere, the founder of the sex-slavery cult NXIVM, was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering on Wednesday, BuzzFeed News reported. For two decades, Raniere led NXIVM, a purported self-help company that prosecutors said was just a cult that controlled members, branded them and forced them into having sex with him. After a six-week…
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Fast Forward Billionaire Jennifer Pritzker Stops Supporting Trump After Coming Out As Trans
Billionaire Jennifer Pritzker never saw eye-to-eye with her family when it came to politics. The ultra-wealthy Pritzker clan are almost all socially liberal Democrats, but Pritzker was a staunch Republican donor and supporter of President Trump — until she came out as a transgender woman. A Vanity Fair feature delved into Pritzker’s history, following her shift…
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Fast Forward Jewish Gay Conversion Group Blocked From Operating Under New Name
A New Jersey-based gay conversion therapy organization was ordered to shut down after its founders went around a previous ruling and started operating under a new name, NJ.com reported. Arthur Goldberg and Elaine Berk, founders of Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality (JONAH), were forbidden from running their gay-to-straight program in 2015 after a lawsuit…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Waitresses Flash Bras To Scare Off Ultra-Orthodox Protesters
The wait staff at a Jerusalem cafe lifted their shirts to scare away a group of ultra-Orthodox men after dealing with weeks of protests, The Washington Post reported. Bastet, a vegan and LGBT-friendly cafe, is open on Saturdays during the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest. Each week, a group of ultra-Orthodox men walk by,…
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