“Hands off Social Security and Medicare.” “No kings in America.” “Supreme Court says to bring him back.” It’s clear that Americans are getting fed up with 100 days of chaos and lawlessness Nearly 100 days into Donald Trump’s second administration, public backlash over his chaotic and unpopular policies and...
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Tonight, Donald Trump will address the nation at a joint session of Congress, although it appears a significant number of Democrats won’t sit in the House chamber to hear his rant. And it will be a racist, xenophobic rant. How do we know? Well, it’s Trump. But also, we...
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The U.S. House was in recess last week, which means that House Republicans were in their districts to get a glimpse of how their constituents feel about the GOP’s extreme agenda, which has included the purging of dedicated civil servants and more recently a proposal to gut Social Security,...
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Billionaire Elon Musk’s descent into the far-right rabbit hole has been no secret, funneling tens of millions of dollars into overtly racist political advertising, using his massive platform at his social media site to unapologetically promote deadly conspiracy theories and, more recently, thrilling white nationalists by repeatedly raising his...
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For regular readers, the events of this week likely did not come as a surprise. Trump and, more importantly, the gang of nativist ideologues he empowered around him, have begun executing their radical reimaging of America viewed through the prism of the white nationalist great replacement theory. Just as...
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Nov 1, 2024
Election Preview Part 2 – Elon Musk / Stephen Miller, Anti-Trans Ads, and Public Polling Reporting from the Wall Street Journal from early October revealed that the immigrant billionaire Elon Musk and the leading hatemonger Stephen Miller had been working closely together much earlier than was previously known. Their...
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Oct 11, 2024
Republican-aligned campaigns are on track to spend well over a billion dollars on nativist attack ads It is a little over three weeks til November 5, and Republicans’ closing message is nothing if not consistent– ‘your well-being, your future, and that of the nation’s rests on a purge of the...
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For Republicans, immigrants are to blame for all our troubles and the reason why voters should abandon American democracy All corners of the right, from their political candidates and officials to their media and influencers, to their nonprofits and political organizations, are desperately trying to convince the American people...
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Musk gave $50 million for the ugliest ads in ‘22 and is normalizing the dehumanizing rhetoric core to the GOP’s ‘24 election messaging Nearing the close of the midterm election two years ago, baseball fans were forced to endure the ugly, nativism of white nationalist Stephen Miller’s brand of...
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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...
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