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Fast Forward Elon Musk Parties In Jerusalem, Gets Serious At Masada, All On Instagram
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has taken to Instagram to document his Israel trip. His fans are loving it. Within two hours of uploading a photo of his night out at a Jerusalem bar, Musk racked up almost 250,000 likes. “Learning how to pour flaming absinthe over a tower of glasses in Gatsby,…
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Fast Forward D.C. Councilman Apologizes For Claiming Jews Control Weather
D.C. Councilman Trayon White has issued an apology for his earlier claim that a Jewish family controls the weather. White made the accusation in a now-deleted video he posted following a snowstorm on Friday. “It’s climate manipulation,” he said. “D.C. keep talking about ‘We are a resilient city,’ and that’s a model based off the…
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Fast Forward Statue Of Abolitionist Defaced With Swastika In Kansas
A statue of a famous Kansas abolitionist was vandalized with racial slurs and a swastika. The swastika had been drawn on the forehead of the statue of John Brown in Kansas City. The word “Satan” was written on its beard. A racial slur was also written on the memorial, according to The Hill. As of…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Illinois Gov. Candidate Daniel Biss Juggles Fire In Campaign Ad
Politicians in a crowded primary field will try unusual things to get attention from voters. Daniel Biss, seeking the Democratic nomination for the Illinois governor’s race, went in an unusual direction: juggling fire. Many things set me apart from my opponents—and it’s not just the juggling. Make your voice heard at the polls: https://t.co/7YsdqnBRth pic.twitter.com/6TmPHH0oOv…
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Fast Forward South African Students Create Palestinian Anne Frank For Israel Apartheid Week
Doctored images depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank dressed in a Palestinian keffiyeh circulated around a South African university on Wednesday. The picture was designed as part of the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at Witwatersrand University’s annual “Israel Apartheid Week.” “This is a flyer that draws attention to the fact that the same racism, hardship and oppression…
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Fast Forward At High-Profile D.C. Day School, Students Had To Fight To Join Walkout
Students at Jewish schools across the country participated in Wednesday’s national school walkout against gun violence — but for students at the nation’s largest Jewish school, the effort to join started weeks before, when they realized they had to persuade the administration that it was the right thing to do. Students at the Charles E….
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Fast Forward Gun Violence Protest at U.S. Capitol Inspired By Holocaust Memorial
Thousands of shoes were placed on the lawn of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning as part of a protest against school shootings. The display of worn shoes, which were intended to draw Congress’ attention to children who have died from gun violence, was inspired in part by memorials to the Holocaust,…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Is Still Making Millions From The Trump Organization
Ivanka Trump made $1.5 million from her role at the Trump Organization last year, McClatchy reported Tuesday, raising concerns about conflicts of interests with her role as a White House advisor. International projects involving the company include a Chinese government contract to build a road at a Trump development in Dubai and a plan by…
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