Jesse Bernstein
By Jesse Bernstein
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Pushing To Cut Legal Immigration In Half
Senior presidential aide Stephen Miller is reportedly working on crafting a bill that would slash legal immigration in half by 2027, according to Politico. In concert with Senator Tom Cotton and Senator David Perdue, the bill would halve the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter the country each year. About 1 million legal immigrants…
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Fast Forward Japanese Public TV Apologizes For Guest’s Hitler T-Shirt
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK apologized after a guest wore a shirt that featured a cartoon of Adolf Hitler. The network was flooded with viewer complaints about the shirt worn by Japanese entrepreneur Takafumi Horie. The shirt, worn on NHK’s “Afternoon Live” daily talk show, also had a “No war” message and a peace symbol on…
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Fast Forward Gary Cohn Emerges As Top Candidate To Head The Fed
White House economic policy czar Gary Cohn is considered to be the top candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen at the end of her term next year, according to Politico. Cohn, the National Economic Council director, has previously denied any interest in the job. There’s already an expected backlash from progressives who would…
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Fast Forward Republican Lee Zeldin Sees ‘Condiment’ on Don Jr.’s Russia ‘Nothing Burger’
GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin suggested he was concerned about Donald Trump Jr.’s emails regarding getting damaging information about Hillary Clinton from Russia, saying there was perhaps “some condiment on this nothing burger.” I voted for @POTUS last Nov. & want him & USA to succeed, but that meeting, given that email chain just released, is…
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Fast Forward Did Jared Kushner Turn On Qatar After Skyscraper Bailout Stalled?
As recently as this spring, the Kushner family was seeking a badly-needed investment from a Qatari businessman to refinance their tower at 666 Fifth Avenue. After negotiations seemed to break down, Kushner led the behind-the-scenes fight to harden the U.S. position on Qatar, according to The Intercept. 666 Fifth Avenue, often hailed as the defining…
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Fast Forward Tenth-Grader Lands Interview With Defense Secretary James Mattis
A high school journalist scored an exclusive interview with Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis after spotting the Pentagon chief’s phone number in a Washington Post photo. Teddy Fischer, a sophomore at Mercer Island High School, saw Mattis’s personal phone number exposed and decided to give him a try (the Post later removed the photo)….
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Fast Forward Did Travel Agents Fix Prices For Trips To Polish Holocaust Memorial Sites?
Fourteen Israeli travel agents are suspected of colluding to fix prices on youth trips to Holocaust memorial sites in Poland, and may face prosecution. According to the Times of Israel, the charges seem to be that “the four companies agreed not to compete against one another and made false presentations to clients to create the…
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Fast Forward Mom Posts Fake Photo Of Dimple-Pierced Baby To Make Circumcision Point
Endina Vance shared a photo on Facebook of her infant daughter with a newly pierced dimple with a stud. “I’m the parent, she is MY CHILD, I will do whatever I want!! I make all of her decisions until she’s 18, I made her, I own her!,” the caption read. Soon, the post had racked…
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