Juliana Kaplan
By Juliana Kaplan
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Fast Forward Activist Releases Wikileaks DMs, Including Anti-Semitic Messages
Freedom of information activist Emma Best has published over 11,000 private Twitter messages between WikiLeaks and its supporters, which includes anti-Semitic messages sent from the WikiLeaks account, Vice reports. The messages come from a group chat called “Wikileaks +10,” which indicates the number of supporters in the chat. In it, Wikileaks and the other accounts…
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Fast Forward Trump Slaps Anti-Semitic ‘Globalist’ Dog Whistle On Non-Jewish Koch Brothers
President Trump criticized GOP billionaire donors Koch brothers in a tweet this morning, calling them “globalist,” The Huffington Post reports. The term “globalist” has frequently been identified as a right-wing anti-Semitic dog whistle. The New York Times said that, for the “far right,” “globalism has long had distinct xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic overtones. It refers…
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Fast Forward Singer Pink Talks Emotional Visit To Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Singer-songwriter Pink opened up on her pal Reese Witherspoon’s show about her family’s emotional visit to the Berlin Holocaust memorial last year, The Jerusalem Post reports. On Witherspoon’s web series “Hello Sunshine,” Pink discussed her daughter’s reaction to viewing the memorial. “She was like, ‘Wait, so [grandma’s] Jewish… my mom’s Jewish, well then I’m Jewish,’”…
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Fast Forward Billy Joel Breaks Silence On Wearing Yellow Star At Concert
Billy Joel made headlines last August for wearing a yellow star to his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert, which came on the heels of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally. Joel didn’t make a public comment about the star at the time, but in a new interview with Vulture, he broke his silence regarding his…
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Fast Forward Does Trump Actually Respect Adam Schiff?
After former FBI Director James Comey’s hearing last March, President Trump reportedly declared begrudging respect for Democratic rival Adam Schiff, Axios reports. As the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Schiff has become one of the most prominent critics of Trump, even garnering himself the nickname “Liddle Adam Schiff” from Trump. Finally, Liddle’ Adam…
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Fast Forward Lieberman: Defeated Incumbent Should Run As Independent Against Ocasio-Cortez
Former Democratic senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal urging Rep. Joe Crowley of New York to run as an independent against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated him in a primary last month. Lieberman points to the fact that Crowley’s name will still be on the ballot for…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Favorite Author Won’t Discuss Parenting-Work Balance Until Men Do
Lauren Groff respectfully declines to talk about it
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Fast Forward Dan Markel’s Parents Release Statement On Anniversary Of His Murder
The parents of murdered law professor Dan Markel released a statement on the fourth anniversary of his death, saying they have not been allowed access to their grandchildren. “Four years ago, on July 18, 2014, Dan was brutally assassinated in his driveway in the prime of his life,” said the statement from Orin Snyder, attorney…
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