From a Swimsuit Model to the Trump Megaphone: The Genesis of ‘Jexodus’ – The New York Times

Image“We left Egypt, and now we’re leaving the Democratic Party,” Elizabeth Pipko said.CreditCreditAlfredo Chiarappa for The New York Times WASHINGTON — At 23, Elizabeth Pipko has branded herself on social media as a onetime figure skater, a part-time poet and a former Trump campaign aide, an Instagramista whose feed spotlights her Mar-a-Lago wedding and racy…

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The Christchurch Shooter Is a Troll, Like the Original Nazis – The Atlantic

The coward who gunned down 49 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand left behind a white-nationalist screed rationalizing his mass murder as a necessary act to preserve the white race. The manifesto is striking for its trolling—its combination of fanaticism, insincerity, and attempts at irony. The killer was particularly obsessed with the idea of “white genocide,” a…

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Did Trump say goodbye to Cohn with an anti-Semitic dog whistle? Twitter says yes – U.S. News – Haaretz.com

Trump’s budget chief also issued both a flattering and immediately controversial press release praising Trump’s departing economic chief /hdc_responsive/article/byline.vm end of /hdc_responsive/article/byline.vm hdc_responsive/mainElement.vm In this file photo taken on September 28, 2017 National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn waits to speak about tax reform during a briefing at the White House in Washington, DCAFP PHOTO…

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PewDiePie Show Canceled by Google’s YouTube – WSJ

YouTube canceled its top star’s show on Tuesday over his anti-Semitic jokes, complicating its efforts to court television advertisers while also retaining its edgy video stars. YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, distanced itself from its most popular creator—27-year-old Felix Kjellberg, who goes by PewDiePie—after The Wall Street Journal reported he made anti-Semitic jokes or showed Nazi imagery in…

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