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News This Jew-Hater Has A Twitter Army. Will It Help Him Win A Real-Life Election?
After President Trump’s upset win in the 2016 election, the “alt-right” boasted that their enthusiastic online embrace propelled the reality TV star-turned-politician into office. And yet, since Trump’s election they haven’t enjoyed any significant political success, and were especially disappointed by the defeat of Roy Moore in Alabama. Now, as the country looks toward the…
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Fast Forward In Sitcom Reboot, Roseanne Barr’s Family Will Be Pro-Trump
Roseanne Barr — comedian, onetime political hopeful, and overall outsize character — is rebooting her hit 1990s sitcom this spring, and said that the family at the center of the show will be supporters of Donald Trump. “In The Roseanne Show, I’ve always tried to have it be a true reflection of the society we…
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Fast Forward How Israeli Media Translated Trump’s Complaints About “Shithole Countries”
Donald Trump’s remarks about immigration yesterday sparked outrage at home and abroad. At a bipartisan meeting of lawmakers to discuss immigration policy, when speaking on the topic of immigrants from Africa and Haiti, Trump asked, “Why do we want all these people from shithole countries coming here?” News media around the world then found themselves…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Evangelical Guru Says President Has Big ‘Faith Agenda’ Plans For 2018
Paula White, the megachurch pastor and spiritual adviser to President Trump, said the president’s evangelical council is planning to unveil a string of new “faith initiatives” in 2018. “We thought we did some things last year, boy, wait until this year,” White told the Christian Broadcasting Network. White told hosts David Brody and Jenna Browder…
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Fast Forward Bannon’s Last Friend Standing? ZOA President Mort Klein.
Steve Bannon is losing friends fast, but one old buddy is standing by the embattled former Trump advisor: Zionist Organization of America president Mort Klein. Klein, who hosted Bannon at his organization’s fundraising gala last year, has been a constant defender of the controversial nationalist. Now, as Bannon’s old allies fall away in the wake…
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Fast Forward Spiritual Advisor Paula White Hails Trump’s Victory In ‘War On Christmas’
Paula White, a celebrity televangelist and spiritual advisor to President Trump, praised the administration for putting “Christ back in Christmas” and “prayer back into the White House” this year. “Trump just hasn’t put Christ back in Christmas, but he’s also put prayer back into the White House,” White said in a Monday interview on Fox…
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Fast Forward Trump Took A Poll Before Commuting Sholom Rubashkin’s Prison Sentence
President Donald Trump took a poll at a recent meeting before commuting the prison sentence of kosher meat executive Sholom Rubashkin, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. In a recent meeting, Trump polled attendees about whether he should make this move https://t.co/piaKdmuWL6 — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 21, 2017 Rubashkin went free last…
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Fast Forward Scaramucci Calls Steve Bannon A ‘Messianic Loser’ At A Hanukkah Party
Anthony Scaramucci couldn’t help slamming Steve Bannon in an appearance at a large Hanukkah party in New York on Sunday evening, Page Six reported. The former White House communications director called Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, a “loser” and a “messianic figure.” At a party hosted by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, an outspoken supporter of…
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