Daniella Cheslow
By Daniella Cheslow
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Ever-Expanding White House Job Now Includes Criminal Justice Reform
Among his many titles, Jared Kushner has been charged with one more: talking out criminal justice reform with lawmakers. BuzzFeed reports that the president’s son-in-law is discussing legislation to reformm criminal justice with Sens. Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat Thursday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, joined the meeting…
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Fast Forward Angry Jewish Entrepreneur Vows To Publish Politicians’s Internet Activity
Max Temkin, the co-founder of Cards Against Humanity, has pledged to buy and publish the personal browsing histories of all U.S. lawmakers and their aides who voted Tuesday to get rid of privacy protections for Internet users. Cards Against Humanity is a dark, sometimes racy, sometimes scatalogical, often profane party game that’s a kind of…
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Fast Forward 2 New York Mohels Ordered To Stop Controversial Circumcision Rite
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has ordered two mohels to stop performing an “unsafe” circumcision rite after they were linked to herpes in babies. But The New York Post reports the city would not reveal the names of the mohels who carry out the rite of metzitzah b’peh, or sucking on the…
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Fast Forward J Street U: ‘Demonizing’ Israel’s Critics Only Strengthens BDS
The university arm of the dovish Jewish American group J Street called on Wednesday for the Jewish community to take “a new approach” and stop “demonizing” the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. J Street U said efforts made by the Israeli government and its supporters to counter BDS are “unhelpful and counterproductive.” These…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over ‘Unfair Competition’
A San Francisco clothing company is leading a class-action lawsuit against Ivanka Trump, claiming the First Daughter gets an unfair advantage and trying to stop her from “competing unfairly” in California. Modern Appealing Clothing claims that the Ivanka Trump Marks clothing brand is getting unconstitutional benefits because her father is president, she and her husband…
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News Why Would An Anti-Gay Church Picket Yeshiva University?
Why did protestors from Westboro Baptist Church choose to target Yeshiva University for a placard-waving protest? Shirley Phelps-Roper, the daughter of church founder Fred Phelps, put it simply: “That’s where the Jews are.” It was an ironic moment. The church earned notoriety as a hate group because it usually targets gays and lesbians, not Jews,…
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Fast Forward Is Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Mulling Run For President?
The election of a real estate tycoon to the nation’s highest office has inspired Democrats to look at scores of other businessmen including the outgoing CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz. The New York Times reports that Schultz, who is stepping down next month, is being courted by Democrats to run. David Gergen, an adviser to…
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Fast Forward Westboro Baptist Church Protests At Yeshiva University With ‘Jews Killed Jesus’ Signs
Half a dozen Westboro Baptist Church members protested outside Yeshiva University Monday, holding signs that proclaimed the Jews killed Jesus. The Westboro Baptist Church @WBCFliers visited Yeshiva University @YUNews this morning. pic.twitter.com/KfOC9AyO2h — Simone Somekh (@simonsays101) March 27, 2017 Westboro Baptist Church is based in Topeka, Kansas and is known for its virulent speech against…
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