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Fast Forward Jewish Journalist Trolled For Column On Whiteness, Told She’s Not White
Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for New York Times Magazine, penned a column Wednesday noting that white people are finally beginning to see their whiteness, acknowledging implicit privilege and subconscious racism. She was subsequently trolled on Twitter, called non-white by readers because she is Jewish. “The anti-semitic garbage in my timeline is … voluminous. I…
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Fast Forward Roseanne Barr Says Her Racist Tweet Was Actually Critical Of Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Rosanne Barr said her tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was not racist, but was critical of anti-Semitism and the Iran deal. “Rod Serling wrote Planet of The Apes. It was about anti-semitism. That is what my tweet referred to-the anti semitism of the Iran deal. Low IQ ppl can think whatever…
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Fast Forward Fake North Korean Tweet Calls Netanyahu a ‘Criminal’ and ‘Liar’
(JTA) — A fake tweet calling Israel’s prime minister a “stinking Zionist” nearly led to an international incident with North Korea in the hours before the historic summit between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and President Donald Trump. The fake tweet appeared Monday on an account bearing the name of North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri…
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Fast Forward No One In China Has Ever Heard The ‘Chinese Proverb’ Ivanka Tweeted
Ivanka Trump left the Chinese baffled on Monday when she tweeted what she labeled a “Chinese proverb”— one that the Chinese weren’t too familiar with, The Washington Post reported. The tweet in question was posted just ahead of President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. “Those who say it can…
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Fast Forward Louis Farrakhan No Longer Verified On Twitter After ‘Satanic Jew’ Tweet
Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, is no longer verified on Twitter. Farrakhan has been condemned for decades over for making homophobic and anti-Semitic statements. He posted on Wednesday a video clip titled “Thoroughly and completely unmasking the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan.” Thoroughly and completely unmasking the Satanic Jew…
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Fast Forward Roseanne Barr Retweets Post Accusing Valerie Jarrett Of Wanting To Kill Jews
(JTA) — Rosanne Barr retweeted a statement that alleged former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett had evil intent towards Jews and Israelis. The retweet came several minutes after Barr tweeted on Tuesday that “I’m making restitution for the pain I have caused.” You didn’t cause any pain. Those people always hated you. Valerie Jarrett wants Israelis…
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Fast Forward Roseanne Sobbed About Racist Tweet In Shmuley Boteach Interview
(JTA) — Roseanne Barr reportedly cried and apologized for her racist tweet in a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Barr “was sobbing and very apologetic about the whole thing,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited an unnamed source. Boteach did not air the interview. The call in to the podcast came two days after…
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Fast Forward Israeli Embassy Tweets Sassy ‘Mean Girls’ GIF To Iranian Leader
Iranian supreme leader zyatollah Ali Khamenei made it clear Sunday that Israel can’t sit with him. The ruler wrote a tweet calling Israel a “malignant cancerous tumor in the West Asian region that has to be removed and eradicated.” Feeling personally victimized, the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. clapped back on Monday, replying with a…
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