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Culture Why a Gaza doctor’s striking video about starving babies has gone viral
The doctor in the video is gaunt, visibly malnourished himself, yet he only mentions the hunger of the babies in his care
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Fast Forward Antisemitic memes fail to disqualify Elon Musk’s ‘MechaHitler’ bot from Department of Defense contract
Good enough for government work — and $200 million of taxpayer money
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Fast Forward ‘Kill all Jews,’ Elmo’s X account says during antisemitic, conspiracy theory-laden spree
The tweets, which were removed, focused on the files allegedly maintained by Jeffrey Epstein
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Fast Forward Calling itself ‘MechaHitler,’ Elon Musk’s AI tool spreads antisemitic conspiracies
The posts come after changes by Musk, who has previously made similar claims that Jews promote hatred toward white people
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Culture In the Trump-Musk feud, both sides are united by antisemitism
The supporters of both powerful men went on attack, using the same strategy: accusations of Jewish control
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Fast Forward DSA condemns D.C. museum killings and distances itself from subgroup that posted ‘Free Elias Rodriguez’
Praise for the double killing outside a Jewish museum highlighted tensions over Israel
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Culture No matter whose side you’re on — Israeli or Palestinian — these sites are gonna dox you
Canary Mission and Reverse Canary Mission list out their enemies' sins for an online mob
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Sports ‘Regrettable’ pro-Israel tweets land Florida hockey exec in penalty box
An opposing team fan asked Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu to defend Israel's war tactics. He took the bait.
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Fast Forward Trump says he and Mamdani ‘didn’t discuss’ NYC mayor-elect’s vow to arrest Netanyahu during congenial meeting
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