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Fast Forward Covfefe? Al Franken Says Trump’s Cryptic Tweet Is Yiddish For ‘Bedtime’
President Trump’s early morning tweet about “covfefe” got many in the media guessing about what the indecipherable typo referred to. But it was no mystery to Al Franken – who humorously interpreted the nonsense word as Yiddish. “A covfefe is a Yiddish term for ‘I got to go to bed now,’” the comedian-turned-Minnesota senator joshed…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Twitter Profile Features Western Wall Prayer
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump changed his Twitter profile’s background picture to feature a photo of his prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Trump or one of the people he trusts with his personal Twitter account posted the photo on Monday after Trump had prayed at the wall. The previous picture showed Trump seated in…
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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik Joins Outpouring Of Grief Over Ariana Grande Concert Bombing
Jewish celebrities have joined the outpouring of grief over the deadly terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Twitter has responded to the event with thoughts, prayers, and calls for unity. Sending prayers to the people of Manchester. So incredibly heartbroken for all the families who lost loved ones.❤️ — Lea Michele…
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Fast Forward Citing ‘Hate Speech,’ Sweden Briefly Blocks Israeli Ambassador On Twitter
(JTA) — A Swedish government agency on information apologized for blocking briefly from its account on Twitter thousands of users, including that of Israel’s ambassador in Stockholm, that it flagged as engaging in hate speech. The Swedish Institute published the apology Tuesday on the Swedish-language edition of its website, in which it also stated that…
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Sends Twitter Stock Aflutter With Investment
Mark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, helped power Twitter to large gains in stock price Tuesday, after an announcement that he would be purchasing a hefty number of shares in the social media company. When the stock market closed Tuesday, the price of Twitter stock had gone up 4% to $18.24,…
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Fast Forward Maggie Haberman Hits Back In Twitter Spat With ‘Trump Adviser’ Sean Hannity
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman hit back at Fox News star Sean Hannity after he accused her of concocting “fake news” in a piece about 20 unusual advisers to President Trump. Hannity accused Haberman of failing to ask him about reports that Trump turns to him for advice. @nytimes You colluded with HRC in…
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Fast Forward This Year’s Most Heartwarming Seder Story Comes Via Twitter
Samantha Gross, an American intern at the London Evening Standard newspaper, told her heartwarming story on Twitter where she first found her Seder. 1. Today, something incredible happened. And I will tell this story via Twitter, which is fitting for how this incredible thing came to be. — Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) April 10, 2017…
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper Points Out Hypocrisy Behind Ivanka’s Sympathy For Syrians
Jake Tapper, the fire-spitting CNN reporter and anchor, directed his ire over the weekend at Ivanka Trump, asking the first daughter to square her father’s decision to launch an airstrike on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s air force while refusing to welcome refugees. @IvankaTrump How do you feel about his proposed ban on Syrian refugees from…
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