Last night, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (R) said that he “very strongly” supports a path to citizenship for aspiring Americans, while his rival, incumbent Senator Rob Portman, expressed support for just legalizing their status. Some are reporting that this means the candidates largely agree on immigration. But for...
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The women’s protest that shut down Trump Tower in Manhattan earlier this month is back and more powerful than ever. Last Friday, some sixty women and their allies shut down Trump Tower following Donald Trump’s own admission to sexually assaulting women. Today, women again gathered, and not just in Manhattan, but also at other...
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A six-year-old girl was among the recipients of a fundraising letter from former KKK leader and Louisiana Senate candidate David Duke urging voters to back him and Donald Trump, according to the Huffington Post: “’Thank God Trump has emerged and embraced my issues such as stopping immigration, fair trade...
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The disturbing and tragic news that a seven-year-old US citizen child was beat up on a schoolbus for being Muslim is just the latest episode of harassment and attacks his family has endured, according to a new report from the Huffington Post. First-grader Abdul was beat up by five...
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You may have seen this clip making the rounds on Twitter during the last couple days — if you haven’t yet, you can’t miss it. RT @adamcald11: “In the good ol’ days…” If this doesn’t send chills down your spine I don’t know what will… pic.twitter.com/lyj85nbedz — Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli)...
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Despite Donald Trump’s slump in the polls, the virulent rippling effects of his hateful opinions have continued to incite a wave of verbal and physical violence across the nation. Over the course of Trump’s campaign, America’s Voice has tracked these occurrences through the “Trump Hate Map,” a cartogram that...
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Rubio Chooses Marco Trumpo Platform Over Florida Yesterday, Senator Marco Rubio renewed his endorsement of the Republican nominee despite released video of Donald Trump’s lewd comments on women during a 2005 interview. Elbert Garcia, State Director of Florida’s Voice, issued the following statement in response to Sen. Rubio’s continued support of...
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Since the launch of his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric has become an inspiration for unapologetic racists. We launched the “Trump Hate Map” as a result of this disturbing trend of physical and verbal violence, with one of the first entries that of the brutal assault of a...
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Oct 11, 2016
Burr Vows Continued Support of Trump Despite Sexual Assault Revelations Senator Richard Burr reaffirmed his endorsement of Donald Trump yesterday despite the utterly grotesque video that surfaced last Friday of the Republican nominee bragging about how he sexually assaulted women. While initially stating that he needed a few days to see if Trump...
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As his poll numbers fall, Trump is increasingly focused on laying out a possible exit strategy that has dangerous ramifications for people of color. By calling for his supporters to act as “observers” in “certain” polling locations to claiming that the government is allowing undocumented immigrants into the United States to...
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