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Fast Forward Holocaust Museum Poster Listing Fascism’s Warning Signs Goes Viral
A United States Holocaust Memorial Museum poster detailing the “early warning signs of fascism” has gone viral on Twitter, garnering hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets. Among some of the “warning signs” are “powerful and continuing nationalism,” “disdain for human rights,” “identification of enemies as a unifying cause,” “rampant sexism,” “disdain for intellectuals and…
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Fast Forward Jason Kander’s Cheeky Tweet: Fill SCOTUS Seat in 2020
Jason Kander, the former Missouri Senate candidate, wants his would-have-been colleagues in Washington, D.C. to stop any Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Donald Trump. With just 1,373 days until Americans vote in the 2020 election, responsible thing to do is wait until then to consider any #SCOTUS nominee. — Jason Kander (@JasonKander) January…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Ripped for Flaunting Glamorous Lifestyle Amid Immigration Chaos
Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner dressed up for a fancy evening out on Saturday, and shared the news on Twitter, as demonstrators rushed airports to protest President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” The contrast between Ivanka Trump’s glamour shot and the plight of refugees around the world did not sit well with many users of…
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Breaking News Angry Jewish Soldier Tweets Solidarity with Muslims
Angry Staff Officer, a popular twitter account of about 11,000 followers, tweeted on Wednesday that as a Jew, he stands with Muslims against discrimination — and found himself surrounded by supporters. He wrote his statement the same day that President Donald Trump’s draft executive order that would place a ban on immigrants from Muslim-majority countries…
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Fast Forward It’s Richard Spencer vs Max Blumenthal on Twitter
Richard Spencer and Max Blumenthal are feuding on Twitter, after the anti-Zionist writer criticized a radio host for inviting the white supremacist luminary onto his program. The exchange started with Blumenthal slamming television and radio personality David Pakman for giving a platform to Spencer. He went on to complain that while Pakman would not host…
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Fast Forward Does Trump Get Itchy Twitter Fingers When Jared’s Observing Shabbat?
Does Jared Kushner’s Shabbat observance lead father-in-law Donald Trump to go off the rails? It’s an open question after this weekend, when the new leader picked a fight with the media as his top adviser and crisis manager unplugged for the day. “He wasn’t rolling calls on Saturday when this happened,” an unnamed source told…
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Fast Forward These Jewish Celebs Clapped Back at Trump Today
Trump’s inauguration brought in a tweetstorm from Jewish critics cringing at the next four years. Here’s a selection: Joshua Malina had better things to do than listen to the speech: Listening to the finale of Bernstein’s Candide rather than the Inauguration.— (((Joshua Malina))) (@JoshMalina) January 20, 2017 Mayim Bialik was not too happy during the…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Tweets at the Wrong Ivanka — and She Claps Back
President-elect Donald Trump just surpassed 20 million Twitter followers and is “not unproud” of his social media prowess, as he said during the presidential debates. But he is not immune to missteps — beyond the retweeting of anti-Semitic tropes — and tagged the wrong Ivanka in a post that was meant to go to his…
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Fast Forward Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses
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Opinion This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now?
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Opinion A daring attack on Hezbollah may reveal Israel’s strengths — and its most terrifying weakness
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