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Fast Forward Jake Tapper Pays Tribute On Twitter To Gold-Star Families
Jake Tapper, the CNN anchor known for his tough questions for politicians, is paying tribute on Wednesday to gold-star families, tweeting out photos of deceased American soldiers with their spouses and children. Tapper, who hosts cable’s “The Lead,” is honoring Gold Star Spouses’ Day, which focuses on the needs and concerns of those whose husbands…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Tweets About Fair Wages For Women on Equal Pay Day
Ivanka Trump on Tuesday showed her support for Equal Pay Day, tweeting out a message about closing the pay gap between men and women – a key part of her agenda in her father’s White House. #EqualPayDay is a reminder that women deserve equal pay for equal work. We must work to close the gender…
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Pokes Trump On Twitter Over ‘Exploding’ Student Loan Crisis
Mark Cuban is at it again, put his finger in the eye of President Trump, by taunting him about Americans’ student debt on Twitter. .@realDonaldTrump when will you address the exploding cost of college and the problem of student debt ? — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 29, 2017 Cuban’s Tweet comes as educators and administrators…
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Fast Forward STUDY: Anti-Semitic Content Posted On Social Media Every 83 Seconds
On average, anti-Semitic posts are uploaded to social media every 83 seconds, according to a new study by the World Jewish Congress — and the majority of anti-Semitic content is found on Twitter. “We knew that anti-Semitism online was on the rise, but the numbers revealed in this report give us concrete data as to…
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Fast Forward Morning Joe Scarborough Rips Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen’s ‘Dumb Thug’ Routine
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s pit-bull attorney, took a shot Wednesday morning at Joe Scarborough, telling the cable news anchor to shut his “big mouth” after Scarborough speculated about the leaking of an old Trump tax return. Scarborough, who hosts MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” responded in a major way, advising the pugilistic Cohen to “save your dumb…
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Fast Forward Brits Grill Google For Allowing David Duke Videos
Google’s decision to keep anti-Semitic David Duke videos on YouTube is irking lawmakers across the pond. Britain’s Commons Home Affairs committee summoned Tuesday executives from Google, Twitter and Facebook for a hearing in which the social media giants were slammed for their failure to block hate speech and anti-Semitic content from their platforms. Chairwoman Yvette…
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Breaking News Twitter Accounts Hacked With Nazi-Themed Messages Amid Turkey Feud
A large number of Twitter accounts were hijacked and replaced with anti-Nazi messages in Turkish in a bizarre spinoff from a diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany. The attacks, using the hashtags #Nazialmanya (NaziGermany) or #Nazihollanda (NaziHolland), took over accounts of high-profile CEOs, publishers, government agencies, politicians and also some ordinary Twitter users….
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Fast Forward Swastikas Splashed Across Twitter By Hackers
Pro-Turkish government hackers broke into prominent Twitter accounts Wednesday and used them to fire off swastikas in a campaign to smear Germany and Holland. Amnesty International, BBC North America and Justin Bieber’s Japan account were among the slew of hacked users. The British magazine the New Statesman explained that the hacking relates to Turkey’s recent…
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