Hundreds of advocates from around the nation — including members of Mijente, United We Dream, Iraq Veterans Against The War, Code Pink, and others — formed a “wall” around outside the Republican National Convention in protest of the bigoted policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump. “If Trump is set on building...
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In a historic first — and a direct rebuke to the bigoted candidacy of Donald Trump — the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has endorsed his opponent Hillary Clinton for President. It is the group’s first-ever endorsement for a Presidential nominee. The group decided to not remain neutral this...
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Yesterday, the Republican National Convention featured on its “tweet-ticker” a tweet from an anti-immigrant hate website popular with “prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites.” “Weekly Standard web producer Alice Lloyd tweeted a photo of a tweet ticker inside the RNC convention hall in Cleveland, Ohio, showing a tweet...
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English (en español al final de la página): Politico: McCain battles Trump’s shadow in Arizona By Theodoric Meyer NBC: GOP Convention Opens With Hardline Stance on Immigration, Security By Suzanne Gamboa and Stephen Nuno New York Times: What, Congressman Steve King Asks, Have Nonwhites Done for Civilization? By Daniel...
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Donald Trump’s wall might get cheers at his Thunderdome-knockoff rallies, but it’s overwhelmingly unpopular among the majority of Americans. Nowhere is that more clear than among the people who actually live along the US/Mexico border itself. Recent Pew polling found that the American public opposes Trump’s proposed wall by...
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We were being totally serious when we decided to dub the Republican National Convention the “Republican Nativist Convention” — and Steve King just confirmed it really is that. During an MSNBC panel on live television yesterday, the calves connoisseur basically questioned the contributions of non-white people to civilization, saying that white people...
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Jorge Ramos was hoping that the letter he received from Donald Trump was finally a response to his long-standing request for an interview with the Republican Presidential nominee. It didn’t exactly turn out that way. The journalist revealed the contents of the letter during his broadcasts from the GOP...
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English (en español al final de la página): Texas Tribune: White House Seeks Another Chance in Immigration Case By Julián Aguilar Law.com: Justice Dept. Urges the Supreme Court to Rehear Immigration Case By Marcia Coyle New York Times: Republican Platform Defends ‘Traditional’ Marriage, a Border Wall and Coal By...
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Latino Republicans who have railed on Donald Trump and his racist comments for months are shamelessly back-peddling and endorsing him for President. One high-profile Latina Republican even scrubbed her Twitter feed of anti-Trump tweets after getting hired by the RNC as Director of Hispanic Communications. Recently, she even went...
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English (en español al final de la página): Politifact: Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration By Miriam Valverde New York Times: Mike Pence on the Issues: Immigration, Foreign Policy, Guns, the Economy By Katie Shepherd New York Times: Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Republicans as Different as...
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