Buzzfeed has joined HP, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft in severing financial ties to this summer’s Republican National Convention over Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric. From Politico: In an email to staff on Monday, BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti explained that in April, the RNC and BuzzFeed signed an agreement to...
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English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: As Trump, Fans Attack ‘La Raza,’ Civil Rights Group Members Cringe Reuters: Trump stands ground on Hispanic judge amid furor By Doina Chiachu Associated Press: Democratic Congressman Calls Trump a Racist New York Times: Democrats Jump On Allies of Donald...
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Donald Trump is tripling down — or quadrupling down? It’s so hard to keep track anymore — on his racist attacks against Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel. From Bloomberg Politics: An embattled Donald Trump urgently rallied his most visible supporters to defend his attacks on a federal judge’s Mexican ancestry...
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GOP strategist and CNN commentator Ana Navarro ripped into Donald Trump during two TV appearances last week, showing the courage severely lacking from Republican leaders who are still supporting him even after his racist attacks on a federal judge. “It is highly offensive as a Hispanic. What he is doing is...
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It was good to see MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough finally go off on Donald Trump for his racism, but the truth is that Trump’s campaign has been offensive from the start — and Scarborough has been among those guilty of enabling it. For Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski, apparently the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Associated Press: Concerns in GOP over Trump’s verbal attacks on federal judge By Mark Sherman Reuters: Trump Defends Attacks on Mexican-American U.S. Federal Judge New York Times: Judge Under Fire From Donald Trump Was a Steely Drug Prosecutor By Alan Rappeport...
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Fox News host Megyn Kelly ripped Donald Trump for his outrageous attacks on US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Trump has claimed Judge Curiel is unfit to hear Cohen v. Trump, the civil fraud lawsuit against “Trump University,” simply because he is Latino. Judge Curiel, a well-respected jurist who received...
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The Center for New Community has released two important resources in countering the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements. The first resource, “Anti-Immigrant And Anti-Muslim Threats In The United States,” is an assessment of organized nativist activity from around the nation, including groups with disturbing ties to white supremacists attempting to...
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Immigrant and refugee advocates won a victory earlier this week after a Texas judge blocked a detention center from being licensed as a “child care” facility. From Esther Lee of ThinkProgress: Judge Karin Crump’s temporary injunction will prevent the 2,400-bed facility in Dilley, Texas from receiving a child care...
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English (en español al final de la página): Think Progress: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Driven Out A Capable Hispanic Republican Leader By Esther Lee Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge in Trump University Case By Brent Kendall Washington Post: Trump says judge’s Mexican heritage presents...
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