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The Schmooze Uh Oh. We Have A Gal Gadot Controversy On Our Hands.
According to Robert Frost, nothing gold can stay. According to Bruce Lee, mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. According to the staff of the Forward, when the news of a Gal Gadot controversy was announced at a morning editorial meeting, indistinguishable shouting of several different opinions. Gal Gadot, alias…
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Fast Forward Does Chuck Schumer Know What ‘Netflix And Chill’ Really Means?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweeted Tuesday evening about the dangers that ending Net Neutrality poses to the enshrined millennial pastime of “Netflix and chill,” prompting mocking tweets from all sides of the political spectrum. In several tweets, Schumer tried to explain how Net Neutrality, which enshrines similar data speeds across all web streaming…
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Fast Forward Civil Rights Think Tank To Sue Google Over Holocaust Denial Content
A civil rights think tank has threatened to sue Google, Twitter and Yahoo for hosting content that denies the Holocaust, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Brooke Goldstein, director of the Lawfare Project, said she sent cease-and-desist letters to Google and Yahoo urging them to take down any links to content that spreads misinformation or encourages skepticism…
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Fast Forward Paul Nehlen Has Become A Twitter Martyr For The Far Right
Paul Nehlen became a full-fledged social media martyr for the far right Wednesday after Twitter permanently banned him from the service for a racist tweet about Meghan Markel, Prince Harry’s fiance, Right Wing Watch reported. Nehlen has gained notoriety for his racist and anti-Semitic social media posts during his candidacy to unseat House Speaker Paul…
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Fast Forward Paul Nehlen Blames ADL For Twitter Ban
After being banned from Twitter, “alt-right” congressional candidate Paul Nehlen said Monday that his removal from the social media service was illegal election interference done at the behest of the Anti-Defamation League and possibly the British government. Nehlen has repeatedly associated himself with white supremacists and was previously suspended from Twitter for a week for…
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Fast Forward Twitter Suspends ‘Alt-Right’ Candidate Paul Nehlen After Meghan Markle Tweets
Twitter suspended the account of congressional candidate Paul Nehlen, the “alt-right” congressional candidate who has associated himself with white supremacists. The reason for the suspension is currently unclear, and Nehlen has not yet spoken out about it on Facebook, his other primary means of communication. But Wisconsin news site Channel 3000 speculated that it may…
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Fast Forward Germany Was This Jewish Writer’s Safe Haven From Twitter Trolls
Virginia Heffernan, a writer who once converted to Judaism and has raised Jewish children, was encountering rampant harassment and abuse from neo-Nazis on Twitter. So she went to Germany — sort of. In an article for Wired, Heffernan told of how she changed her “location” on Twitter to Germany in the hopes that Germany’s strict…
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Fast Forward Paul Nehlen Cozies Up To David Duke In Podcast Appearance
Paul Nehlen made an appearance on the podcast show of David Duke, former Klu Klux Klan Grand Wizard and prominent white supremacist and anti-Semite. Nehlen is challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s upcoming Republican primaries. In the interview, Duke asked Nehlen about Jews in the media and about white nationalism. “I think it’s right…
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