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Fast Forward The Mooch’s Holocaust-Questioning Twitter Poll Cost Him A Gig
Anthony Scaramucci’s infamous Holocaust poll cost him a speaking gig, Page Six reported. The extremely short-lived director of communications for the White House apologized Wednesday after his media venture Scaramucci Post put a poll on Twitter asking users how many people died in the Holocaust. Scaramucci pledged to give $25,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center…
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Fast Forward Megyn Kelly: Where Was Twitter When Michael Cohen ‘Gutted’ Me?
TV host Megyn Kelly used her daily morning show to air an old grievance with Twitter. The former Fox News anchor discussed the social media platform’s decision to ban actress Rose McGowan after she used her Twitter account to call out those she believes provided cover for disgraced Hollywood producer’s Harvey Weinstein’s sexual attacks. “And…
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Opinion What Just Happened to Jemele Hill Happened to Me — Over Israel
Jemele Hill, an ESPN reporter, has been feuding with Donald Trump on Twitter for the better part of a month. It began early in September when Hill tweeted, Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists. — Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017 In response, the White House…
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The Schmooze The Jewish Celebrity Resistance Is Happening On Twitter
Jewish celebrities were out to slay this weekend. Not with fashion. Not with films. With angry, funny reactions to the week’s news stories. We cased Twitter for the bitterest, juiciest responses to the news cycle from the world’s beautiful and funny Jews and Jewesses. It was overwhelming. Jews on old-fashioned anti-semitism: Sarah Silverman kicking off…
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer Quit Her Job Over Hillary Tweets
Laura Loomer resigned from her job because her bosses asked her to stop tweeting about and making videos of Hillary Clinton, Canadaland reported. Loomer was a correspondent for Rebel Media, a Canadian conservative news site. “I didn’t want to stay in a situation that was aggravating me and pissing me off, so I resigned,” Loomer…
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The Schmooze A General Kelly Parody Account Insulted Barbra Streisand On Twitter And Now They’re Flirting
When General John Kelly says jump, you say “how high?” And when a General John Kelly parody account asks you to update your Twitter picture, you do it. Barbra Streisand did, and she’s better than any of us. The golden goddess and tireless democrat was harassed by a John Kelly parody Twitter account on Friday….
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The Schmooze Richard Dreyfuss And His Son Joke About Rehab, Legitimizing The Existence of The Internet
Among immediate family members, an innocuous question about movies can swiftly escalate into a public fight about money, religion, and stints in rehab. Such was the case with Richard Dreyfuss, legendary “Jaws” actor, and his son, actor and Mother Jones writer Ben Dreyfuss, earlier this week on Twitter. Behold the magnificence: Let’s unpack what’s happening…
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Fast Forward Trump Retweeted Video From Anti-Semitic Twitter User
President Trump retweeted a video on Sunday posted by a user with a history of making anti-Semitic statements. The video, posted by user @fuctupmind on Wednesday, shows Trump teeing off on a golf course before a ball hits Hillary Clinton, causing her to fall down. (It uses footage from a 2011 incident when Clinton fell…
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