Alyssa Fisher
By Alyssa Fisher
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Fast Forward Ivanka Maintains Public Silence On Family Separation — Warns Trump Policy Looks Bad
The Trump administration’s immigrant family separation policy has led to strong condemnations from across the political spectrum — even including a statement of concern from First Lady Melania Trump. But so far, First Daughter Ivanka Trump has been silent, even though she reportedly warned her father that the policy is a political disaster. Trump tells…
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Fast Forward Hidden Children Of Holocaust Open Up About ‘Unconscionable’ Family Separation
The Anti-Defamation League has issued a statement on behalf of a group of hidden children of the Holocaust, who felt compelled to respond to the Trump Administration’s policy of separating children from their parents. In a video, Rachelle Goldstein, co-director of the Hidden Child Foundation, a New York-based organization which represents Jewish Holocaust survivors hidden…
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Fast Forward Revealed: The White House’s Secret Letter About Israel’s Not-So-Secret Nukes
A secret letter concerning America’s understanding of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal has spanned several presidential administrations, the New Yorker reported Monday. Only a select group of senior American officials, in three previous administrations, knew of the letters, the New Yorker revealed. Israeli leaders interpret the letters as a pledge not to press the Jewish state…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Welcomed Shabbat On Inauguration Day In Lincoln Bedroom
Inauguration weekend was a momentous time for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — but there was still Shabbat to consider. On Friday night, January 20 — hours after President Trump was inaugurated — Ivanka arranged to have candlesticks waiting for her in the Lincoln Bedroom, according to “Born Trump: Inside America’s First Family,” a book…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Plots Even Harsher Immigration Crackdown
Stephen Miller and a team of far right-wing officials believe the separation of immigrant families at the border is a winning political issue and will open the door to even tougher crackdowns on immigrants. Despite the heartbreaking reports of young children held in stark conditions, Miller hopes to use the crisis to gather enough data…
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Fast Forward Massachusetts High School Apologizes For Nazi Quote Printed In Yearbook
The principal of a Massachusetts high school wrote a letter apologizing for the publication of a quote generally attributed to Nazi leaders in the school’s yearbook. Hundreds of copies of the yearbook had been printed and distributed to students at Andover High School in Massachusetts before the school became aware that a senior captioned his…
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Fast Forward Did Israeli Ambassador Dictate The AIPAC Speech Jared Kushner Wrote For Trump?
It appears Jared Kushner may have lifted a speech he was credited for writing for President Trump from a foreign source. According to a new book, “Born Trump” by Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer essentially dictated Trump’s speech for Kushner, who then loaded it into the teleprompter ahead of the 2016…
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Fast Forward Jewish Journalist Trolled For Column On Whiteness, Told She’s Not White
Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for New York Times Magazine, penned a column Wednesday noting that white people are finally beginning to see their whiteness, acknowledging implicit privilege and subconscious racism. She was subsequently trolled on Twitter, called non-white by readers because she is Jewish. “The anti-semitic garbage in my timeline is … voluminous. I…
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