Tag Archives: racism

South Dakota GOP Rep Banned From Chamber After Placing Bottle Of Aunt Jemima Syrup On Rep’s Desk

The Argus Leader reports: A state senator has been banned from the House of Representatives floor and lobby for the last week of the 2024 legislative session for placing a bottle of syrup on another lawmaker’s desk. Sen. Tom Pischke, R-Dell Rapids, was informed of the action Monday in a letter from Speaker of the House Hugh Bartels, R-Watertown. Pischke’s …

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Court: Tesla Must Face Class Action Racial Bias Lawsuit

Reuters reports: A California state judge tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant. California Superior Court Judge Noel Wise in Oakland said in a written order issued on Wednesday that the lawsuit presents questions common …

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MAGA Megachurch Pastor: MLK “Was Not A Christian”

Right Wing Watch reports: John MacArthur, an influential right-wing megachurch pastor and author, told an audience at his church last week that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was “not a Christian at all.” MacArthur described the pastor and civil rights icon as “a nonbeliever who misrepresented everything about Christ and the gospel.” MacArthur, considered one of the most influential evangelical …

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Gingrich Declares Michelle Obama “Racially Intense”

Media Matters has the transcript: NEWT GINGRICH (GUEST): There’s so much stuff wrong in California, the Newsom, if he ever gets genuinely looked at by the national media, will disintegrate, and Michelle’s not going to run. I mean, you know — SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I don’t see it either, but so many people seem to think that’s a possibility. I …

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Thomas Hires Clerk Accused Of Sending Racist Texts

The New York Times reports: Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk who was previously accused of sending racist text messages, resurfacing the controversy around her. Crystal Clanton will begin clerking for the justice in the upcoming term, according to the Antonin Scalia Law School, from which she graduated in 2022. In late 2017, a New Yorker story reported …

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Man Falsely Accused In KC Mass Shooting Lawyers Up

Kansas City’s NBC affiliate reports: Denton Loudermill is trying to clear his name after social media posts went viral that identified him as the shooter at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally. “My reaction was just like wow…they really don’t know who I am,” Loudermill said. “They got the wrong guy.” A spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department said officers …

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NYT: Republicans Now Freely Using Racist Tropes

The New York Times reports: House Republicans released their report on impeachment charges against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Cuban-born homeland security secretary who is the first Latino to lead his department. Using unusually loaded language for a committee report, the panel described its action as “deporting Secretary Mayorkas from his position.” In private, the language was uglier. During a closed-door …

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Gutfeld: Replace The Statue Of Liberty’s Torch With Pepper Spray Because Biden Made Her A “$10 Hooker”

“The U.N. just presented a plan giving $1.6 billion to 17 Latin American countries partially in the form of prepaid debit cards for migrants. Now, the U.N. gets 20% of its budget from us, so we’re actually paying the migrants to come here. And what do you know? Suddenly the U.S. had roughly 10 million new contestants that decided we’re …

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North Dakota GOP Rep Gets $1K Fine And Probation After Spewing Racist, Anti-Gay Slurs During DUI Arrest

The Associated Press reports: A North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police with vulgar, homophobic and anti-migrant comments during an arrest last month for drunken driving was sentenced to serve nearly a year of unsupervised probation and to pay $1,000. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, received the sentence on Jan. 8, when he pleaded guilty to drunken driving, court …

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OK Bill Labels Hispanic Gang Members As Terrorists

NBC News reports: An Oklahoma bill has stirred controversy in the state Legislature for seeking to label Hispanic people who are gang members as terrorists. No other racial or ethnic group is singled out in the legislation. The bill, written by Republican state Rep. Justin Humphrey, proposes that any person who “is of Hispanic descent living within the state of Oklahoma,” …

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Watters: Migrant Kids Are Turning Into “Little Banditos”

“House guests can only stay for so long before getting on your nerves. The migrants are now causing trouble in the communities that were forced to take them in. Migrants are turning their children into little bandits — banditos — sending them into stores to steal food and clothes. They’re also canvassing neighborhoods, going door-to-door to panhandle, using Biden phones …

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DeSantis Echoes Haley: The US Is Not A Racist Country

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Tuesday night that the United States “is not a racist country,” following rival Nikki Haley’s similar remarks earlier that day. DeSantis was asked during a New Hampshire CNN town hall about comments Haley made earlier Tuesday during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” where she said the U.S. has “never been a …

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Cultist “Satire” Site Depicts Vivek Ramaswamy As Taking Position “Running White House 7-Eleven Store”

From the cultist “satire” site The Babylon Bee: Following former President Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the Iowa Primary and immediate concession by GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump offered an olive branch by promising Vivek a cabinet position running the White House 7-Eleven convenience store. Vivek gratefully accepted the honorable position from the future president. “From the moment I entered …

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Nikki Haley: “We’ve Never Been A Racist Country”

The New Republic reports: GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley tried to claim that racism is no longer an issue on Tuesday, arguing that the United States isn’t a racist country and never has been. “We’re not a racist country, Brian,” Haley told Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade. “We never have been. I know, I faced racism when I was growing up. …

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Pirro: Diversity Is Just Rebranded Anti-White Hatred

“DEI is just a rebranded version of hating white people, hating people who are part of this country, part of the West. The truth is that, for this person, you know, if you are, as you said, white, able-bodied, heterosexual, all that, you’re privileged. “But the truth is people who are part of the DEI officers, I mean, they make …

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Walsh: The Democrats’ Base Is “Blacks On Welfare”

“This is destruction that doesn’t benefit any particular political party over another. It’s destruction that’s calibrated to destroy the entire foundation of this country. And if you don’t believe that, consider the fact that just a few months ago, illegal migrants in New York City started encroaching on the turf of the single most reliable voting block for the Democratic …

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North Dakota GOP Rep Faces Calls To Resign After Spewing Racist And Anti-Gay Slurs During DUI Arrest

ABC News reports:  Republican leaders have called on a North Dakota lawmaker to resign after he lashed out at police with homophobic and anti-migrant remarks during a traffic stop earlier this month in which he was arrested for drunken driving. Republican House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said Tuesday he called on Republican state Rep. Nico Rios, of Williston, to resign …

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Missouri School Board Drops Black History Course

The Associated Press reports: A conservative-led Missouri school board has voted to drop elective courses on Black history and literature, five months after the same board rescinded an anti-discrimination policy adopted in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. The Francis Howell School Board voted 5-2 Thursday night to stop offering Black History and Black Literature. In July, the …

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NYT: Inside Trump’s Vulgar And Racist Trolling Army

The New York Times reports: Bryan Heestand doesn’t work for Mr. Trump, but he belongs to a small circle of video meme-makers who have effectively served as a shadow online ad agency for his presidential campaign. Led by a little-known podcaster and life coach, this meme team has spent much of the year flooding social media with content that lionizes …

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Christie’s Niece Charged In Drunken 2022 Flight Fight

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Just over a year after former New Jersey governor and presidential candidate Chris Christie’s niece, Shannon Epstein, was kicked off a flight at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and accused of drunkenly biting, kicking and spitting on deputies who tried to arrest her, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney Office formally filed charges against her …

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