“Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were absolutely incredulous — watch Mika throw her hands up to her face in frustration! — at the suggestion that some of Donald Trump’s supporters are racists and bigots. “Oh my God. Did you just say that? No, you just said that!” Scarborough...
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In addition to moral toll on America, center-right American Action Forum study find mass deportation would inflict massive economic costs; No room for equivocation: GOP elected officials and candidates must follow lead of Sen. Ben Sasse and others and reject Trump We have never believed that Donald Trump would try...
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You almost have to applaud this. Almost. It takes some real cajones to nominate as your party’s standard-bearer someone who insulted Mexicans and then release a Cinco de Mayo statement today “celebrating” Mexicans. We’d been wondering all week if the RNC would dare release a Cinco de Mayo proclamation as...
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Frank Sharry: “Donald Trump is not a clown to be dismissed, he’s a threat to be defeated” We have long recognized the dangers of Donald Trump and his blend of nativism, demagoguery and authoritarianism. Since his campaign launch, Trump has tried to mainstream a vision of America that is...
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May 3, 2016
Washington Post Editorial Calls for Republicans to Avoid “Moral Poorhouse;” Latino Voter Down Ballot Trends in FL and NV Spell Danger for GOP Leading political observers and Republican pollsters are highlighting how the Republican Party is on the wrong side of several important developments coming to a head in...
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It’s almost that time of the year again — some annual Cinco de Mayo “Hispandering” from Reince Priebus and the Republican National Committee. But, there’s one huge difference this year — the presumptive GOP nominee is a blatant racist. In fact, this year, that day will fall at around...
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Recent nationwide polling of Latino voters, conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by America’s Voice, showed just how toxic Donald Trump is with Latino voters – a whopping 87% of Latino voters have either a “very” or “somewhat” unfavorable opinion of Trump. Trump’s favorability rating is not likely to improve...
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Lundy Khoy faced deportation due to the 1996 immigration laws. Read more about her from the Immigrant Justice Network. There are two types of anniversaries: joyous ones commemorating forward progress, and devastating ones reminding us how much time has passed since an evil act. 2016 is a devastating anniversary...
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New Pieces from Jamelle Bouie and Gabe Ortíz Underscore Dangers of Normalizing Trump Candidacy As the chances of a Trump nomination seem increasingly likely, many in the GOP establishment have admittedly “warmed” to the idea of Trump as the party’s standard bearer. Jamelle Bouie at Slate offers a stark reminder to the American...
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Greenhouse: Conservative Justices Should “Understand Immigration Law for What it Is, Not What They Would Prefer it To Be” Longtime New York Times Supreme Court reporter and legal analyst Linda Greenhouse has written a must-read new analysis of the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the U.S. v Texas case. In a piece that...
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