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Fast Forward Is Trump Yelling At Everyone — Even Jared?
As the ship of state founders under new revelations that President Trump turned over classified information to Russia, all those on deck are getting wet – including son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom Trump is said to be angry with. According to The New York Times, Trump described Kushner as “incompetent” during an angry rant that a…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz: Russia Leaks ‘The Most Serious Charge’ Against Sitting President
Alan Dershowitz sounded a somber note on accusations that President Trump gave Russia highly classified intelligence in a meeting last week, declaring it “the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president.” “Let’s not underestimate it,” the retired Harvard Law professor said in a Monday night appearance on CNN, adding that Trump “revealed more…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz: What If Israel Is the Ally That Trump Betrayed To Russia?
Lawyer and Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz speculated that Israel was the source of intelligence that President Trump revealed to the Russians. “Let’s take the following hypothetical: What if it was Israel who provided this intelligence?” he said on an interview on MSNBC. He warned that if Israeli intelligence was shared with Russia, then Russia could…
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Culture Irving Berlin Is 129 Today — This Is His Most American Song
I’ve always been dubious of the idea of “American Culture.” America, being, since its inception, a land of immigrants constantly in demographic and ethnic flux. And this is a good thing, indeed, the idea of a country founded upon legal and philosophical principles, as opposed to ethnic or linguistic concerns, is the fundamental promise of…
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News Can Rod Rosenstein Survive The Growing Firestorm Over Comey Firing?
When he accepted the role of deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein had no way of knowing he would end up right smack in the middle of the biggest crisis to rock Donald Trump’s presidency so far. The Jewish lawyer from Maryland rode a low-key reputation as a fair-minded federal prosecutor to overwhelming congressional confirmation —…
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Opinion Trump’s Lying About Comey And Russia — Ask Anyone In The Shtetl
A Jewish folk tale recounts a dim-witted bandit who stole something from a stall in a busy market in the shtetl, before disappearing into the crowd. Then some genius came along and shouted “Oyfn ganef brent dos hitl” – “the cap on the thief’s head is burning” – upon which our dopey crook gave himself…
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Fast Forward GOP Lawmaker Calls Trump ‘Small Potatoes’ — Compared To Nazis
A conservative lawmaker compared President Trump to the Nazis, calling the embattled leader “small potatoes” compared to the Third Reich. Rep. Tom Garrett a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told the crowd in southwest Virginia that he felt confident the American people would dump Trump if he turned into a truly authoritarian leader….
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Fast Forward Dr. Ruth Drops A Timely Twitter Truth Bomb
“The big advantage of whispering sweet nothings in your love’s ear over texting,” renowned feisty sex and relationship expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer tweeted on May 8, “is that no Russian can hack your communications.” The big advantage of whispering sweet nothings in your love’s ear over texting is that no Russian can hack your communications….
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