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Republican Racist Attacks On Kamala Harris Are Already Backfiring
House Republican leadership warned its members that they have to stop making racist remarks about presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
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The Deliberate Attempt to Humiliate Fani Willis with Racist Stereotypes
The hearing into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been conducted in a way that is very familiar to women in power and even more so to women of color: It has been focused on humiliating her by delving into her romantic life to portray her in a manner consistent with a racist stereotype of Black women as a Jezebel, with a focus that has nothing to do with the Trump RICO case.
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Stephen Colbert Crushes Nikki Haley’s Claim That America Wasn’t Founded As A Racist Country With 1 Joke
Nikki Haley claimed that America wasn’t founded as a racist country, and Steven Colbert responded with a brutal and historically accurate joke.
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Biden Does What Trump And Republicans Won’t By Denouncing White Supremacy After Jacksonville Shooting
President Biden responded to the racially motivated Jacksonville shooting by denouncing white supremacy in the United States.
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Karine Jean-Pierre Powerfully Explains The Difference Between Democrats And Racist MAGA Republicans
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the difference between Democrats and MAGA Republicans is that Democrats hold racists accountable and MAGA Republicans celebrate them.
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Opinion: Republicans’ Endorsement of “White Rage†Undermines Americans’ Economic Well-Being
Understanding the role white rage has played historically in undermining the economic well-being of people of color as well as white Americans is crucial to overcoming racism to create an economy that serves the needs of all.
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WATCH: Fox News Guest Claims Slavery Wasn’t a Racist Thing
Now that Joe Biden is president and things are going reasonably well, Fox News has decided to stop talking about political issues. Instead, the network is very focused on Critical Race Theory, an advanced class typically taught at law schools. But instead of explaining what CRT is, the personalities on Fox stoke racial tension. A…
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Fox News Guest Says the Disenfranchised, Minorities and the Poor Aren’t Worth Paying $15 an Hour [Video]
Over the last few decades, wage growth has stagnated in the country. Democrats have been pushing to change that. Joe Biden said during an April congressional speech, “There should be a national minimum wage of $15 an hour. Nobody working 40 hours a week should be living below the poverty line.” Conservatives and there media…
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WATCH: OAN Guest Denies That There Was Actually a Massacre in Tulsa 100 Years Ago
For decades, students in schools were not taught about the 1921 massacre on Black Wall St. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was actually an HBO show, Watchmen, that revealed the truth behind the incident to many Americans. And now that the history of the event is known, the Biden administration is making sure more Americans learn…
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WATCH: Tim Scott Argues That Systemic Racism Doesn’t Exist by Saying He’s Been Pulled Over for Being Black 18 Times
A big talking point for the current incarnation of the GOP is that racism doesn’t exist. During his recent address to America, Joe Biden talked about systemic racism and how the country might combat the issue. To Tim Scott, who gave the rebuttal to Biden’s speech, it isn’t all that big a deal. The South…
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Newt Gingrich: The Real Racists are People Who Make Your Kids Feel Bad About Being White
Joe Biden has notched plenty of accomplishments during his first few months in office. And while he’s reached out to Republicans about his policy goals, he’s been happy to move on without them if they weren’t willing to compromise. And Fox News is set on ignoring all of the things that Biden has done. Instead,…
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WATCH: Fox’s Greg Gutfeld Says It’s a Good Thing Chauvin Was Found Guilty Even if He Wasn’t
When George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin last summer, there was essentially no one willing to defend him. Even the talking heads on Fox News recognized how clear the evidence was against the officer. But once the murder trial began, Fox anchors became more willing to come out and paint Chauvin as a victim….
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Meghan McCain Apologized for Aiding Trump’s Racist Rhetoric After Brutal Takedown by John Oliver
Donald Trump did a terrible job of containing the coronavirus once it hit American shores. Rather than taking on any criticism, Trump instead tried to paint COVID as “The China Virus.” And Trump’s words have been blamed in part for the rash of violence against Asians in the country. When he began blaming the Chinese…
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Grace Meng Sounds Battle Cry for New Ideal of American Justice and Democracy
Meng’s insistence that “We will not let you take our voice†encapsulates the impetus behind the multiple but absolutely connected struggles for democracy and against repression.
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Ted Lieu Celebrates Rise in Asian American Voters, Rebukes Trump’s “China Virus” Rhetoric
Representative Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) pointed to a new study published in The American Journal of Public Health that found former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric led to a rise of anti-Asian sentiment online to suggest that Asian voters cost him the presidency. “Asian Americans are the fastest increasing group in America, with eligible voters more than doubling…
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Representative Grace Meng Says Trump’s Behavior Led to Increase in Anti-Asian Violence
Former President Donald Trump was often criticized over the last year for his use of the phrase “China virus” to refer to the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19. Trump would often employ the phrase in official communications via his Twitter account. It was also picked up by right-wing news outlets like Fox News,…
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Tucker Carlson: Immigrants Are Turning the US Into an Ugly, Unhappy Country
Things were not so good for Fox News close to the last election. After 20 years of ratings dominance, Fox began to fall behind MSNBC and CNN. Even worse, Conservative challengers like OAN and Newsmax were coming out of the woodwork. In response, the network decided to double down on conspiracy theories and racism. No…
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The Sheriff Who Said Atlanta Shooter “Had a Bad Day” Has Blamed China For COVID in Facebook Posts
On Wednesday, an Atlanta Sheriff held a press conference about the rash of shootings that left 8 dead yesterday. Rather than show empathy for the victims, Jay Baker seemed to be making excuses for the shooter. The Cherokee Country cop told reporters, “They got that impression, he did understand the gravity and was fed up…
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WATCH: NJ Dem Bob Menendez Eviscerates Ron Johnson During Tuesday Floor Speech
Donald Trump may now be out of office, but Ron Johnson is making sure the stain of Trumpism remains in the Senate chambers. The Wisconsin senator has spent the last few weeks lying about the insurrection, spreading false vaccination info and generally being a massive racist. Johnson’s behavior has not gone unnoticed by his colleagues….
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WATCH: Greg Kelly Says Insurrection Coverage is Racist Against White People
When things don’t go Donald Trump’s way, it is always someone else’s fault. The 45th president spent the entirety of his term painting himself as a victim. And that sense of victimhood has trickled down to Conservative media and Trump supporters. This week, House Impeachment Managers have laid out a devastating case against the Trump…
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Opinion: GOP Impeachment Strategy is a Policy of Appeasement, Inviting Nazism and Racism into Mainstream Politics
Senate Republicans are now gearing up to acquit Trump in an impeachment trial on the specious rationale that putting a former officeholder on trial is unconstitutional, even though legal scholars, including some from the conservative Federalist Society, have broadly affirmed the constitutionality of such a proceeding. While this argument is their most recent political tactic,…
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Opinion: Let’s Not Lose Sight Of The Revolution That Is By Focusing On The Coup That Wasn’t
Too many in America, caught in throes of misinformation and conspiracy theories, are busy slaying mythical dragons rather than engaging in the truly wise, loving, and heroic activities of the real revolution for democracy.
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A Jewish Graveyard in Grand Rapids, Michigan Was Defaced With Trump Spray Paint
Donald Trump has always said that he is a great friend to people of Jewish faith. How could he be anti-Semitic, Trump argues, his son-in-law Jared Kushner is Jewish and his daughter Ivanka converted when she married him. But the president has also been slow to condemn his supporters who have anti-Semitic beliefs. After white…
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61 Percent of Americans Say Trump’s Handling of Protests is Worsening Matters
According to the latest Monmouth poll, 61 percent of Americans say the way President Donald Trump is handling nationwide protests is actually worsening things, not making them better. “Most Americans (61%) say that Trump’s handling of the protests has made the situation worse and just 24% say he has made it better. These results are…
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Poll: Majority of Americans Believe the Way Trump is Responding to Civil Unrest is Making Things Worse
According to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released today, the majority of Americans believe the way President Donald Trump is responding to civil unrest is making things worse. 55 percent of Americans say they believe Trump is worsening matters as the nation grapples with a slew of protests against racism and police brutality. 29 percent said they…
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Kushner Dismisses NBA Protests, Touts Trump’s “Historic Criminal Justice Reform”
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner dismissed NBA players who’ve opted not to play games as part of a protest against police brutality against Black Americans, saying they are “fortunate†to have enough wealth to “take a night off from work.” “I think the NBA players are very fortunate that they have…
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Pence’s Chief of Staff Criticizes NBA Boycott as “Absurd” and “Silly”
Marc Short, the Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence, criticized NBA players who’ve opted not to play games as part of a protest against police brutality against Black Americans, calling the boycotts “absurd” and “silly.” “I don’t know that you’re going to see the administration weigh in on that one way or the…
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Democratic Rep. Karen Bass: Trump Is a Racist Who’s “Giving License to Racists”
Karen Bass has accused Donald Trump of emboldening racists and of running a racist reelection campaign. The Democratic congresswoman said there’s clear evidence for the President’s own prejudices. Bass is considered a major contender for former Vice President Joe Biden’s VP nod. She spoke to CNN’s David Axelrod on Thursday about Trump and was asked…
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Ted Cruz Accuses Oprah Winfrey Of Racism
Ted Cruz has lashed out at Oprah Winfrey after she openly discussed the issue of white privilege in a new interview. The Republican senator accused Winfrey of racism. Cruz sent a tweet sharing an article from conservative outlet The Blaze slamming Winfrey for highlighting white privilege during an interview on her new Apple TV+ show The Oprah Conversation….
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Rev. Al Sharpton Slams Trump for Suggesting He’ll “Protect You From the Blacks”
Reverend Al Sharpton expressed his disgust following Donald Trump’s remarks about the suburbs and low income housing. He believes Trump has gone beyond dog whistling. The President tweeted on Wednesday that he had changed an Obama era rule about low income housing that he claimed was harming house prices and causing crime in suburban neighborhoods….
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Trump Faces Backlash for Commemorating Civil Rights Icon Amid Racial Tensions
President Donald Trump tweeted a message commemorating Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a prominent figure in Mississippi politics. The message courted controversy immediately: The president has in recent weeks tweeted support for flying Confederate flags has continued to disparage the Black Lives Matter movement, and has faced…
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New Poll: 56% of Americans Think the Country Is Racist
A clear majority of American voters now believe U.S. society is racist. This represents a significant trend as protests against the treatment of African Americans continue. AÂ Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds that 56% of Americans think the country is racist, while a staggering 71% believe race relations are bad at the moment. Brenda Lee…
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The President’s Niece Says the Trump Family Often Used the N-Word and Anti-Semitic Expressions
Mary Trump has claimed that members of her family commonly used racist slurs when she was growing up. She says this is partly to blame for Donald Trump’s own racism. The President’s niece, who has written a book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, gave an interview to The…
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Opinion: Lindsey Graham Exemplifies Racist Incoherence Complaining About Monument Removal
Many Americans have been compelled by the recent mass protests to seek a fuller understanding of United States history and particularly the African American experience in that history, up to and including ongoing racism, discrimination, and violence against people of color. Black bookstores in particular are being flooded with orders for literary works that portray…
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U.N. to Debate Systemic Racism and Police Brutality in U.S. Following Call from Entire African Continent
The United Nations’ Human Rights Council will debate systemic racism and police brutality in the United States following a call from all 54 African nations. “Structural racism and police violence are issues, which are commonly raised by states and civil society at meetings of the council, as are unlawful killings by police and racial bias…
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Opinion: Alicia Garza and William Barber Explain Why Black Lives Matter is the Ultimate Antidote to Trumpism
Recent polling indicates that an overwhelming number of Americans, close to 75%, support the protests, inspired by George Floyd’s murder, against racism and police brutality.  This approval, polls reveal, stretches across party lines and racial lines. The polls, of course, don’t reveal in any precise way the psychological dynamics at work in the American mentality…
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Ohio Senator Asks if “Colored People” Who “Don’t Wash Their Hands As Well” Are Responsible for Coronavirus Spread
During a hearing on whether to declare racism a public health crisis, Ohio Senator Steve Huffman (R), who also happens to be an emergency room physician, asked if “the colored population†is more disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus because they “don’t wash their hands as well.” “My point is I understand African Americans have…
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Tucker Carlson Rails Against Sesame Street for Anti-Racism Message
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is facing a wave of criticism after using the classic PBS show Sesame Street as an example of “decades of relentless propaganda.” “All of it designed to make us feel that we have no right to stand up for ourselves, to stand up for our country,†he said. “We are too…
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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis: Trump “Threatens the Democracy I Spilled My Blood to Protect”
John Lewis has called on the American people to band together and elect former Vice President Joe Biden. The Civil Rights icon made an impassioned plea on Sunday. Lewis, a Democratic congressman, urged a vote for Biden in an email to Biden supporters over the weekend. He framed November’s election as a last chance to…
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Senior Democrat Jim Clyburn: Trump Is “An Unadulterated Racist” Trying to “Ignite a Race War”
The highest ranking African American in Congress has branded the President a racist. Jim Clyburn accused Donald Trump of wanting to start a race war with his response to recent protests. Clyburn is the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, he offered fierce condemnation of the President. “In all my public life,…
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Rand Paul Delays Anti-Lynching Bill, Saying He Fears It Could Be Used in Cases of “Minor Bruises”
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has delayed anti-lynching legislation, saying “there has to be some give and take” on the measure’s language. “We want the bill to be stronger. We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and should be universally condemned. I don’t think it’s a good idea to conflate…
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Pope Francis: Catholics Cannot Tolerate Racism and Also “Claim to Defend the Sacredness of Every Human Life”
Pope Francis commented on the protests that have erupted since George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, saying that Catholics cannot tolerate racism and also “claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.” “My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion…
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Opinion: Biden Must Take Up Van Jones’ Challenge, Guidance for Overcoming White Liberalism
CNN political commentator Van Jones recently issued a stark challenge to, and indeed indictment of, supposedly well-meaning White America, speaking in the wake of the police murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and in the midst of mass uprisings and protests responding to the never-ending violence against African Americans. He states most directly that…
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Opinion: Obama’s Endorsement Challenges Biden, Re-Imagines Presidency for the Future
Last Tuesday, former President Barack Obama gave his much-anticipated endorsement of his former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy. The endorsement was expected, of course, despite the wait Obama imposed, which seemed likely attributable to his preference to time his speech in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ own endorsement of Biden, creating a crescendo effect….
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Justice Ginsburg Hammers Republicans and Supreme Court Majority for Denying Democracy and Reality
A friend of mine who runs his own small law firm texted me the other day after the financial relief package aimed at helping small businesses stalled in the Senate. Worried over his dwindling ability to keep and compensate his employees, he blamed the Democrats and declared he’s voting for Trump. The Democrats showed themselves,…
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Donald Trump Jr. Posts Racist “Kung Flu Kid” Meme Starring His Father
The United States now has the highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world at 86,000. As the White House grapples with heavy criticism regarding its delayed response, Donald Trump Jr. took to Instagram to share a racist meme about the crisis. “Hahahahaha “The Kung-Flu Kid,” he wrote about a clip of his father…
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Senator John Cornyn Defends The Use Of The Term “Chinese Virus” As Pandemic Continues
Although President Donald Trump has come under fire for using what critics say amounts to a racist dog whistle in referring to the coronavirus as “the Chinese virus,” he has a defender in Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), who when asked by a reporter whether the use of the term is acceptable, responded, “That’s where it…
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White House Official Calls Coronavirus “Kung Flu” In Conversation with Asian-American Reporter
A White House official reportedly used the racist term “Kung flu” while speaking to CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang, who was born in China and grew up in West Virginia. The official has not been identified. “Makes me wonder what they’re calling it behind my back,” Jiang wrote on Twitter. This morning a White House…
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Trump’s Attack on “Failing Government Schools†Reveals Religiously-Repressive, Racist, and Homophobic Attack on Public Education
In his State of the Union Address, Trump took a swipe at what he called “failing government schools.†Most of us use the term “public school†or talk about “public education,†as we refer to institutions set up by, for, and of the people. Trump, of course, is talking about public schools, but his choice…
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Opinion: Trump’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Reveal his Genocidal Mind
The national security threats the behavior of President Donald Trump and his administration have posed to the United States have justifiably been the focus and concern of those members of congress leading the impeachment inquiry. After all, the Mueller report compellingly concluded that the Russian Government “interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and…
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Opinion: For Trump, States’ Rights are OK for Racism and Sexism, but not Saving the Planet
Last Thursday the Trump administration announced its intention to revoke California’s right to set its own auto emissions standards. The state’s special authority to set its own standards, stricter than federal regulations, dates back to the 1960s when California was battling particularly severe air pollution. Since then, however, California has been influential in encouraging other…
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Opinion: Beware of Anti-Trump Republican Apostates Claiming Conservatism Isn’t Racist
Defending conservativism against charges it is an inherently racist ideology has become de rigeur among not just that sector of Republicans that has for some time sought to distinguish and distance themselves from Trump but also among more recent apostates jumping the sinking Trumpist GOP Titanic. As Trump’s overt racism threatens to expose, or indeed…
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Opinion: We Can Be Better Than Sending Sick People to Certain Death
We can do better than sending sick people to certain death, forcing them to literally beg Emperor Trump for their lives. We can do better than taking issued student visas away because the student’s friends may have said something we don’t like. I realize there are so many other catastrophic things, like the hurricane that…
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Understanding Trump’s Support for Israel as Part of his Racist, Anti-Semitic Agenda
President Trump, we should know by now, is the master of distraction, making it hard for the news cycle to keep up with his endless string of controversy-inspiring tweets and incendiary behaviors. As the media gets caught up in dissecting the language and meaning of one text, he is on to something else. It is…
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Opinion: Inciting Hatred Ought to Be an Impeachable Offense
[Where indicated, this article includes opinion by Tobias J. Grant, legal analyst at PoliticusUSA] If a president incites one group of Americans to hate another group of Americans, it ought to be an impeachable offense. No matter what your views on the size of government may be, surely we can agree that a President must…
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It’s NOT the Economy, Stupid; it’s a Stupid White Supremacy Undermining the Economy
When Donald Trump tweets something patently racist, as when he tweeted the squad of four should go back where they came from or when he derided Baltimore as “rat and rodent infested mess,†media pundits can spend days debating whether or not Trump is racist. The idea seems to be that if Trump can be…
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Beyond Disowning Trump, GOP Apostates Must Be Accountable for History of Exploiting Political Offices at People’s Expense
Joe Scarborough, former Republican but still self-proclaimed conservative host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, has hoisted himself into media and political limelights of late with his popularizing of the moniker “Moscow Mitch†for senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, who has refused to bring to the senate floor for a vote a bill to fund measures to…
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Opinion: Nothing About Our Race Problem is Left To the Imagination
Trump leaves nothing to the imagination, including our race problem . Back in 2016, I suggested that Trump is capable of ethnic cleansing to make America “great again†and people laughed. No one is laughing now and my only regret is being right. Nothing about our race problem is left to the imagination. As I…
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code Re-Defines Poverty, Racism, and Climate Change as Disasters
Trump’s controversial tweet about sending the squad of four— Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar—back to where they came from has certainly captured the media’s attention the past week, recycling seemingly endless and pointless debate about whether or not Trump is a racist Don’t we have bigger issues of racism to…
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Rampant Misogyny and Racism Challenge the Working of Our Representational Democracy
In the first round of Democratic primary debates, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke up strongly not just in favor of women’s democratic rights but in favor of the necessity of having women representing themselves both on the political stage and in the proverbial political back room in advocating for their own interests. The second part of…
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Opinion: Patriotism Means Rejecting Trump’s Sh*t hole Vision for America
The most patriotic thing an American can do is reject Donald Trump’s sh*t hole “vision†for America. It’s not because Donald Trump proposed it. It’s because his “vision†consistently brought war and political instability every time it was tried by ordinary countries in history who were trying to achieve the exceptionalism that America already has….
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Playing upon American Hatred of Working Class, Trump Can’t Represent Workers’ Interests
In a tweet last March, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to the elitist assaults on her that attempt to diminish and discredit her intellect and governing abilities based on her working-class roots and identity: “I find it revealing when people mock where I come from, & say they’re going to ‘send me back to waitressing,’ as…
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Opinion: Trump Immigration Policy Is a Reality Horror Show
In Donald Trump’s world, immigrants provide two essential services:  as free or nearly free labor and as a political piñata. Of the long list of people and groups of people Trump hates, immigrants have had the most exposure to Trump’s authoritarian aspirations. By his own admission, Trump’s immigration “policy†is about deterring asylum-seekers in particular because…
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Anti-Worker Venom also Fueled the Government Shutdown
Though the U.S. government has opened for business again, it is worthwhile to understand the anti-worker venom that perhaps motivated and certainly prolonged Trump’s Republican-backed government shutdown, which has the notoriety of being longest shutdown of the federal government in American history. Justifiably, the lion’s share of the media coverage and political debate around the…
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Majority of Americans Think Trump Encourages White Supremacists
Presidents are supposed to unify our country and bring Americans together for a common purpose. But the majority of people believe we currently have a president who fosters division and promotes white supremacy , according to a new poll. The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) poll published Monday found that 54 percent of respondents think…
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How the GOP Is Using Racism, Bigotry and Fear to Try To Win the Midterms
It is very clear that all Republicans, but especially President Donald Trump, are growing increasingly desperate as the midterm elections grow near. While they had initially planned to base their November campaigns on the great economy and the wonderful benefits of their tax plan, they have discovered that those ideas aren’t working. Most American voters…
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GOP Strategist Steve Schmidt Bluntly Calls Trump And Roseanne Racists
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt called out both Trump and Roseanne Barr for intentionally and seriously using racism to divide the country and bring back the worst cultural toxins in American history.
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Opinion: John Kelly Keeps Proving He Is Unfit to Be the White House Chief of Staff
Remember when some pundits were singing the praises of John Kelly? They praised his work at the Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part.
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White House Melts Down After The New York Times Exposes Trump For Emboldening Racists
The administration can whine all they want, but this president has poured gasoline on America’s racial divisions.
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Trump Accidentally Compliments Column Calling Out His Racist Attacks Against African-Americans
Trump accidentally complimented a Washington Post column that discussed the pattern of racism behind his attacks on African-American sports figures.
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Democratic Lawmaker Destroys Trump’s Petty Feud With LaVar Ball: It’s ‘Absolutely’ About Race
This particular feud between Trump and LaVar Ball is clearly a stunt by both men to get attention and stroke their own egos. But with Trump, it’s just the latest in his long history of attacking minorities.
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Opinion: Either Americans Unite Against Trump or Divided We Will All Fall
Trump has cleverly enlisted the help of closeted bigots who gleefully embrace his Jim Crow idealism and ushered them into the light. Racism is now front and center in our country, and the maestro of this mayhem is the President of the United States of America. However, if our fate as a country is left in the hands of Mr. Trump, these states will no longer be united and divided we will all fall.
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Opinion: A Clear Racist Undertone Runs Through Trump’s Response To Terrorism in Las Vegas
The anatomy of reporting on mass shootings depends on the perpetrator’s race. If the shooter was a white male, like Stephen Paddock, we are urged to wait for the facts. We don’t assume that mass shooting was a terrorist act when the shooter is white.
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Trump Goes On Racist Rant, Says Peacefully Protesting Black NFL Players Scare People
President Donald Trump said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends that (note: mostly white) owners of National Football League teams are afraid of their (note: mostly black) players.
Claiming that he is friends with many NFL owners, Trump said, “They say, ‘we are in a situation where we have to do something.’ I think they’re afraid of their players, you want to know the truth. And I think it’s disgraceful.”
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Trump May Have Broken the Law When Calling for Boycotts if the NFL Doesn’t Fire Peaceful Protesters
When Donald Trump tweeted for a boycott of the NFL if team owners didn’t fire players for protesting racism, Trump may have broken a law that is punishable by a fine, jail time or both – and Trump may have further disqualified himself from serving in public office.
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The Transparent Phoniness Behind Trump-Fueled White Rage Over NFL Players Kneeling
Let me say it as clearly as I can: The anger being expressed by many (white) people over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem is transparently phony.
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Democrat Urges All NFL Athletes To Kneel During Anthem To Protest ‘White Supremacist’ Trump
In a stinging tweet, former Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards she hopes “every NFL player” will take the opportunity to stand up to “the white supremacist who squats in our White House.”Â
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Hillary Clinton Refuses To Say Donald Trump Isn’t A Full-Blown White Supremacist
The former Secretary of State did not definitively call Trump a white supremacist, but it’s rather stunning that she refused to say he isn’t.Â
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Trump’s Presidency Is The Worst of Our Collective History and His Life Story
Anyone who was paying attention knew that Donald Trump is a racist, misogynistic narcissist.
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California Passes Bill Urging Congress To Censure Trump For ‘Racist’ Charlottesville Response
“The leader of the free world can’t continue to use language that legitimizes the actions of extremists groups that promote hate.”
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Only Black GOP Senator Brought To White House To ‘Educate’ Ignorant Trump About Racism
The meeting could have given Trump an opportunity to learn something about race relations in America, but he only made things worse.Â
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George Clooney Would Like Anybody to be the Next President “Right Away Please”
Asked whether he would like to be the next U.S. President, Clooney joked, “That sounds like fun!” and Damon cut in: “Can I just say I would like anybody to be the next President of the United States, right away please.”
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Charlottesville and Harvey Reveal the Best of Humanity
Disasters have a way of erasing all markers of division and bringing people together revealing the best of our shared humanity.
Arizona’s Top Newspaper Says Arpaio Pardon Is Proof That Trump Supports Institutional Racism
“The pardon was a sign of pure contempt for every American who believes in justice, human dignity and the rule of law.”
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John McCain Lays Into Lawless Trump’s Pardon Of Bigot Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio
“The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.”
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‘Nazis Are Not Welcome Here’: 20,000 Gather In Boston To March Against White Supremacy
Thousands of Americans are in Boston to stand up to Trump and his white supremacist supporters to say in one voice: This is not what America stands for.
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GOP Senator Lights Up Trump For Emboldening Violent White Supremacists And Dividing America
“What will happen next? I doubt that Donald Trump will be able to calm and comfort the nation in that moment.”
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Trump To Skip Kennedy Center Honors Because Nobody Wants To Be Seen With Him
Even if Trump did decide to attend the ceremony, it’s unclear how many of the honorees would have shown up.
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Ex-CIA Head Says Trump’s Response To Charlottesville Has Done ‘Lasting Harm To American Society’
“If allowed to continue along this senseless path, Mr. Trump will do lasting harm to American society and to our standing in the world.”
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GOP Congressman Calls Out Trump For ‘Failing’ To Strongly Condemn White Supremacists
“The president needs to be crystal clear that hatred has no place in our society, but he is currently failing at it.”
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Will Change Come After Condemnation of Racist Terror Attack in Charlottesville
While we must continue to condemn the white supremacists working in the White House and those this leadership has aroused from the margins of society with renewed legitimacy and fervor, it will be transforming the subtle and structural racism that people of color must face every day of their life that will be the true testament of our condemnation cry.
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Clinton And Biden Give The Forceful Response America Needs As Violence Erupts In Charlottesville
“If this is not who we are as Americans, let’s prove it,” Hillary Clinton said.
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Trump Walks Away From Reporters After Being Asked To Denounce White Supremacists
The willingness of this president to ignore what is specifically fueling the outbreak of deadly violence and hatred in Virginia will only give oxygen to those causing it.
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Erick Erickson Says Gays Make People Uncomfortable and Should Expect to be Assaulted
If intolerant white males have the right to respond violently solely on account of your appearance, you don’t really have any rights at all.
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Virginia Republican Compares Politicians Removing Confederate Monuments to ISIS
Stewart says “Nothing is worse than a Yankee telling a Southerner that his monuments don’t matter,” but he’s wrong. Defending them is worse
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Busted Again: Texas Republican Electoral Maps Ruled Racist
Republicans in Texas keep trying to find new ways to rig the electoral system, but the courts are on to them.
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Trump’s Former Virginia Chair Goes Full-On Racist Confederate in Bid for Governor
“Inspired by Trump, his former Virginia chair runs the ‘most openly Confederate-friendly campaign in recent memory'”
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Maxine Waters Delivers Epic Smackdown Of Fox News After Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Attack
“Don’t allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people to intimidate you or scare you. Be who you are, do what you do.”
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Steve King Tells CNN of White Nationalist Tweet, ‘I Meant Exactly What I Said’
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) appeared on CNN this morning and answered questions about his white supremacist tweet from yesterday. Asked by Chris Cuomo what he meant, King answered that he means exactly what he said.
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Rejection of Steve King’s Endorsement of White Nationalism Slow in Coming from GOP
America is supposed to be a refuge for people who think a certain way about freedom, not a homeland for people who look a certain way.