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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Most Retweeted Tweet Ever Praised Trump’s Wall
A new report from the research firm Twiplomacy found that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most retweeted tweet ever lauded President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the Mexican border. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,” Netanyahu wrote, evoking…
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The Schmooze Backlash After Scarlett Johansson Cast As Trans Character
Scarlett Johansson has faced massive criticism this week for taking on a role as an apparently transgender man. Johansson will play Dante “Tex” Gill, an iconic massage-parlor kingpin who dominated Pittsburgh’s illicit pleasure centers in the 70’s and 80’s in the upcoming movie “Rub and Tug.” Johansson is a cisgender woman. Gill presented and identified…
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The Schmooze JK Rowling Blasts Trump With A Torah Quote Over Family Separation
In the early hours of the fourth of July, “Harry Potter” scribe JK Rowling took to Twitter to denounce the Trump administration’s family separation policies and resulting decisions to force toddlers as young as three years old to represent themselves in court. It’s so awful we could laugh. Or drink. But Rowling, who 4,224 pages…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz Insists He’s ‘Not Whining’ Over Being Shunned By Liberal Pals
Alan Dershowitz took to Twitter on Tuesday to insist he wasn’t “whining” about being shunned by old friends in Martha’s Vineyard, who don’t agree with his pro-Trump ideology. (1/2) I’m reveling not whining. I’m proud of taking an unpopular, principled position that gets me shunned by partisan zealots. It’s not about me. I couldn’t care…
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Fast Forward Rep. Steve King ‘Not Sorry’ For Retweeting British Neo-Nazi
Republican Iowa congressman Steve King has refused to apologize for retweeting a British neo-Nazi earlier this month. King, who represents Iowa’s 4th district, told CNN on Tuesday that he didn’t realize he had retweeted a message by Mark Collett, a former chairman of the youth wing of the far-right British National Party and an associate…
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The Schmooze Mira Sorvino Owns Sexist Holocaust Mansplainer On Twitter
Mira Sorvino has taken enough crap. The Oscar-winning actress and Harvard graduate has said she was attacked by Harvey Weinstein. She has put her reputation on the line, becoming a prominent face of the #MeToo movement. Her career was likely negatively impacted by her interactions with Weinstein. She has dealt with a lot of pain…
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Fast Forward Julia Louis-Dreyfus Blasts Melania Trump Over Family Separation
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus had some scathing remarks for First Lady Melania Trump on Twitter, referencing President Trump’s family separation policy. After a visit with the king and queen of Spain, Melania tweeted a photo of her, Trump, and the monarchs, captioning it, “A great visit with the King & Queen of Spain at the @WhiteHouse…
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The Schmooze Jim Carrey Skewers Stephen Miller In Most Savage Cartoon Yet
It’s said that the upside of political bedlam is the amount of material comedians have to work with. Some of them aren’t laughing. In a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter last week, Amy Poehler’s responses focused on whale deaths and devastation in Puerto Rico. Prompted to reflect on her “most memorable heckler,” she wrote, “Who…
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