Molly Boigon is an investigative reporter at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @MollyBoigon.
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By Molly Boigon
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News QAnon made it to Congress — twice. What does that mean for the Republican Party?
The antisemitic QAnon theory alleges that a satanic cabal of elite Democrats and Hollywood celebrities is running a child sex-trafficking ring and harvesting children’s blood to stay young — and two women who have publicly supported it won seats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert…
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Fast Forward The latest on Jewish races: Elissa Slotkin wins in Michigan
In North Carolina, a Jewish leader and political neophyte won a seat in Congress. In New York, a sitting congressman who’d barely won in 2018 lost this round. Other races are still too close to call, but as the day goes on, more questions are getting answered. Here’s an update on the big Jewish races…
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Fast Forward ‘Do not panic:’ Jewish groups call for complete count as Trump falsely claims victory
President Donald Trump baselessly told voters he had won the election during an early morning press conference at the White House Wednesday, even as former Vice President Joe Biden held onto an electoral college edge and millions of ballots in battleground states had yet to be counted. The president stood in front of supporters at…
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News DHS secretary: No foreign election interference yet in voting machines, ballot-counting
The acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that officials have not seen foreign actors successfully interfering in voting or ballot counting, despite efforts to do so. “We face a multitude of foreign interference threats against our election infrastructure,” from adversaries like China, Iran and Russia, said DHS Secretary Chad Wolf…
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News Groups threaten post-election violence
NOV. 2, 2020 • 1 DAY UNTIL THE ELECTION Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The Forward. …
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News Iran is using fake Facebook pages to weaken U.S. support for Israel
Facebook removed more than 20 accounts on Facebook and Instagram in October that were secretly controlled by the Iranian government and were aimed at dividing Americans and Israelis around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to weaken support for Israel, according to Facebook and a think tank that studies extremism. The accounts and pages fall under the category…
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Fast Forward Cuomo: ‘Red zone’ schools in Orthodox areas to reopen
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released a plan to reopen schools in areas with high rates of coronavirus, many of which are concentrated in Orthodox areas like Borough Park and Kiryas Joel. The plan requires mass testing before schools reopen, and subsequent weekly testing with rapid-result test kits provided by the state. “We look…
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Fast Forward These Twitter users are #YidenforBiden
Most Americans assume that Orthodox Jews vote Republican. But Twitter user @raynelunger posted on the platform last night asking Orthodox Jews to share “why your Jewish values align with your vote” for former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris. Hearing from lots of orthodox Jews who feel unsafe sharing that they support Biden….
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