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Fast Forward Senate Braces For Al Franken Speech As Calls For Resignation Crescendo
Amid growing calls for his resignation, Senator Al Franken announced this morning that he will be giving a speech on the Senate floor before noon. Franken’s office announced the speech in a bare bones tweet that belied the dramatic drop in support from congressional Democrats in the wake of a seventh accusation of sexual misconduct…
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Fast Forward How Weinstein Used Threats And Hollywood Alliances To Silence His Victims
An exhaustive new report in the New York Times details how Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood executive, used friends, business partners and members of the media as shields to keep his lifestyle of serial sexual assault and misconduct a secret. At his professional apex, Weinstein’s power over the Hollywood landscape was so vast that even…
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Fast Forward Franken Faces More Accusations – Latest Is 3 Years Before Senate
Al Franken has been accused of sexual misconduct for a seventh time — this time in an incident that allegedly took place in 2006, Politico reported. An anonymous woman — a former Democratic congressional aide — accused Franken of trying to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006. The alleged…
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Fast Forward NYPD’s Investigation Of Harvey Weinstein Spreads Its Wings
The NYPD’s probe into an accusations of rape and sexual assault against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein has put officers in Paris and Los Angeles, the New York Post reported. Officers were in Paris investigating actress Paz de la Huerta’s accusation that Weinstein raped her twice in her New York City apartment in 2010. They…
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Fast Forward John Oliver Catches Dustin Hoffman Off Guard, Grills Him On Groping Allegations
The TV host John Oliver grilled Dustin Hoffman over the allegation of groping brought against the actor at what many expected to be a straight-forward movie screening Q&A, the Washington Post reported. Oliver brought up the allegation at a panel discussion during an anniversary screening of the film “Wag the Dog” at the 92nd Street…
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The Schmooze Anthony Rapp Reveals Grotesque Hate Mail He Received After Spacey Allegation
“Star Trek” actor Anthony Rapp says he has gotten much more support than criticism since he accused famed actor Kevin Spacey of childhood sexual assault in an explosive Buzzfeed report in October. But the allegations, which resulted in a tweeted apology from Spacey as well as his firing from the show “House of Cards,” attracted…
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The Schmooze ‘Welcome To Hell’: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Ushers Men Into 2018
Next time you hear a man complaining that in light of the recent spate of sexual assault allegations he is feeling afraid of how he should behave, whom he can trust, or in doubt about our justice system, just quiet him with a few bars of “Welcome to Hell.” The creepy all-girl pop anthem that…
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Fast Forward Interfaith Organization Issues Guidelines For Religious Leaders To Prevent ‘Sexual Offenses’
(JTA) — An interfaith initiative based in Jerusalem has created international ethics guidelines for religious leaders to insure proper conduct with their congregants. The “Ten Guidelines” were announced last week in Jerusalem by the International Conference of the Israeli organization Tahel, Israel’s Crisis Center for Religious Women and Children. The new initiative calls upon religious…
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