Erica Snow
By Erica Snow
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Fast Forward The Last White House Comms Director To Resign This Quickly Was A Nazi Youth
After 10 days, Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director — but he’s not the only one who graced the West Wing for less than two weeks. John Koehler served as Ronald Reagan’s communications director from March 1 to March 13, 1987. He also belonged as a child to Jungvolk, a Nazi youth…
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Fast Forward Netherlands Builds Museum Out Of Former Nazi Tunnels
Dutch tourists can now roam former Nazi bunkers and tunnels for less than $10 per person. The new attraction in The Hague is made out of a restored Nazi fortification system, the Atlantikwall, which was made to prevent an invasion from the Allies. The bunkers were refurbished and opened to tourists in an effort to…
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Fast Forward Traveling Holocaust Exhibit Aims To Make History Accessible
The first traveling Auschwitz exhibit will bring artifacts to people around North America and Europe in an attempt to make Holocaust education more accessible, according to The New York Times reported Wednesday. The exhibit has been in the works for seven years. It may charge a small entrance fee but will be free for students,…
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Fast Forward ‘Flatbush Girl’ Pushes Back Over #FrumWomenHaveFaces Campaign
“Flatbush Girl” Instagram personality Adina Miles has faced both praise and pushback after poking fun at a Brooklyn newspaper’s modesty laws. The Flatbush Jewish Journal initially refused to run Miles’s full-page ad, which featured a photo of her in a group with Councilman Chaim Deutsch, because it featured her unblurred face. So Miles altered the…
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Fast Forward Noah’s Ark Theme Park Loses $18M Tax Deal Over $10 Land Sale
A Noah’s Ark theme park may have just hit rough waters. Kentucky tourism officials have suspended a tax rebate deal worth $18 million after Ark Experience handed over the land the theme park sits on to an affiliated not-for-profit entity. The officials said the sale of the $48 million property for just $10 violated the…
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News Meet The Man Who Wants To Trademark The Swastika — So Bigots Can’t Use It
An unlikely activist is hatching a plan to deprive white supremacists of their beloved Nazi flags — thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision. Until last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would approve most applications, but not those deemed to be disparaging. Now, the highest court in the land has struck down that…
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Fast Forward Pig’s Head In Swastika Bag Left At Australia Muslim School
Police are investigating after a bag marked with a swastika containing a pig’s head was found outside an Islamic school in Australia this week, according to the Brisbane Times. Security footage shows two youths dropping the bag out of the window of a blue car outside The Islamic College of Brisbane at about 11:23 p.m….
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Fast Forward Mossad Wants In On Newest Technology, Launches Fund For High-tech Startups
Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, is launching an investment fund to support high-tech startups and capitalize on emerging technology, Haaretz reported reported earlier this month. The fund, called Libertad, will invest in firms in exchange for the rights to use the products and technology it develops. The agency plans to start investing later this month,…
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