Conspiratorial lies about immigrants to justify voter suppression and intimidation while building the foundation to violently contest the election results are core to the GOP’s ‘24 campaign. After losing the election in 2020, Donald Trump and his allies cultivated the Big Lie that the election had been stolen as... Continue »
Republican campaigns have already spent $352 million on negative immigration TV and CTV ads so far this year, according to data compiled from AdImpact. These nativist ads make up 47% of all the TV/CTV ad spend from Republican campaigns this year. That’s $100 million more than the total spend... Continue »
The upcoming Musk-Trump interview is illustrative of the deadly and anti-democratic conspiracies circulating from both of them to millions online.   Earlier this week the GOP presidential nominee announced he will be doing a “MAJOR INTERVIEW” next Monday. No, the presidential candidate will not be sitting for a substantive discussion... Continue »
The key things to know about Trump’s VP pick Donald Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance is a signal that there will not be a change in tone after the shooting incident on July 13, 2024. The junior Senator from Ohio had one of the most combative reactions. He falsely,... Continue »
The  Republican presidential nominee closed out May as a convicted felon. On May 30, the Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies by a New York jury. While the former President ranted and raved about many topics in the press gaggles throughout the trial, bashing immigrants was a recurring... Continue »
Trump’s central campaign pledge, mass deportation, is a serious plan, a cop to his authoritarian designs, and something we cannot afford to ignore.   Mass deportation is top of mind for Trump as he continues to build on his dystopian campaign pledge, this week promising to grant total immunity for... Continue »
The Republican Presidential nominee who is currently tied in the polls is again associating himself with Nazism. That is not over-the-top hyperbole but is a statement of fact that is hard to reconcile. As the AP wire story tells us, there is an unmistakable pattern of Donald Trump associating... Continue »
Several members of the 118th Congress have used their platforms and power to amplify a white nationalist conspiracy about a so-called migrant “invasion.” This dehumanizing rhetoric claims that migrants and asylum seekers at the border constitute a literal military-style invasion of the United States. Often this rhetoric cites a... Continue »
The purpose of this document is to examine what Donald Trump and his allies have promised to do on immigration if he wins a second term. As we’ve noted since 2015, one of the primary tenets of Donald Trump’s previous campaigns and his presidency was cruelty to immigrants. It’s... Continue »
Last week, there was a tragic murder in Athens, Georgia. A young woman, Laken Riley, was killed and the suspect charged with murder, Jose Antonio Ibarr, is a recently arrived migrant from Venezuela. This was a horrific crime.  Unfortunately, Republicans and right-wing media are exploiting this horrific murder in... Continue »