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The New York Times reports: A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve of its billion-dollar defamation trial showed its most popular host sharing his private, inflammatory views about violence and race. The discovery of the message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to …

The Independent reports: Democratic members on the House Oversight Committee asked their Republican colleagues to sign a two-sentence statement that plainly rejects white supremacy, white nationalism, and a far-right conspiracy theory that suggests politicians are intentionally seeking to displace white Americans by loosening immigration. All 26 Republicans on the GOP-led committee have signaled that they will not sign the statement, …

NBC News reports: A middle school teacher in Texas has been fired after a video posted on social media showed him telling students his race is “superior.” “Deep down in my heart, I’m ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one,” the teacher was recorded telling students of various races last week inside a classroom at Bohls …

Vice News reports: Two-thirds of Republicans surveyed agreed with a core belief of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory that holds that Democrats are importing immigrants to replace “more conservative white voters,” according to a newly released survey. Of Republicans surveyed, 68 percent said they believed that the recent shift in U.S. demographics is “not a natural change but has been …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott returned to network television Sunday with an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” where he illustrated the difficulty Republicans have with Donald Trump‘s election narrative. Asked about the penchant for “relitigating” the 2020 presidential election by host Margaret Brennan, Scott acknowledged that it’s a live issue for many Republicans. Brennan asked Scott directly …

“Remember, regular Americans, they elected Trump. They love their Second Amendment still, and they’re far too religious, and at their core, they come from a kind of evil and racist background. “Thus, the more folks from other countries who can come here, the better. Even if we can’t really vet them, even if they become wards of the state, even …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson doubled down on Friday after being called out for pushing “replacement theory” earlier this week. On Fox & Friends, Carlson said the Biden administration is “bringing felons, violent criminals into our country on purpose” because they want “to change the demographics of the country.” Carlson continued on Friday night, insisting he’s “pointing out the …

Salon reports: Tucker Carlson’s trip to Hungary culminated Friday with an unhinged segment advocating for America to adopt stringent immigration laws similar to that of Viktor Orbán’s “illiberal democracy,” slamming recent arrivals to the United States as “chaos and filth and crime growing all around us.” The Biden administration did this on purpose, and they’re still doing it. And that …

Roll Call reports: Capitol Police spent $90,075 of taxpayer dollars in 2018 and 2019 to train its specialized Containment Emergency Response Team with Northern Red Inc., a company that publicly displays symbols often associated with the white supremacist movement. Northern Red’s website and Facebook page prominently display the Devil’s Guard Patch, which stems from a 1971 novel titled “Devil’s Guard,” …

CNN reports: The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson. Given his long record of race-baiting, we believe it is time for Carlson to go,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says. In the ADL’s ensuing letter on Friday, first obtained by CNN Business, Greenblatt accused Carlson of an “open-ended endorsement of white supremacist ideology.” Appearing with his …

“It’s very important, especially for us as Republicans, to make clear that we aren’t the party of white supremacy. You certainly saw anti-Semitism, you saw the symbols of Holocaust denial, for example, at the Capitol that day. You saw a Confederate flag being carried through the Rotunda. “And I think we as Republicans in particular have a duty and an …

Reuters reports: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are becoming a “transnational threat” and have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to boost their support. Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council, Guterres said the danger of hate-driven groups was growing daily. “White supremacy and neo-Nazi movements are more than domestic terror threats. They are …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Unlike most of the speakers at the Trump rally at Ace Speedway on Saturday, Jesse Hursey wore a suit. His black leather shoes shone. His hair was carefully brushed back. The satiny red tie he wore over a light blue shirt flapped in the breeze. Hursey faced the racetrack stands. A crowd gathered around. …

The Washington Post reports: In unguarded moments with senior aides, President Trump has maintained that Black Americans have mainly themselves to blame in their struggle for equality, hindered more by lack of initiative than societal impediments, according to current and former U.S. officials. After phone calls with Jewish lawmakers, Trump has muttered that Jews “are only in it for themselves” …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday extended his administration’s ban on training involving race- and sex-based discrimination to include federal contractors, doubling down on an issue to appeal to his base, and white voters in particular. The order applies to executive departments and agencies, the U.S. military, federal contractors and federal grant recipients. The president announced the order via …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump is known to long for the 1950s—when women were expected to be subservient and quiet and presidents could just deport people en masse. Now, he’s plucked a campaign message straight from his favorite era by telling “suburban housewives” he’ll protect them from an entirely imaginary “invasion” of poor people led by Sen. Cory …

“We wanted to have an exchange with Tammy Duckworth tonight. So we called her office and we invited her on the show. Her flack informed us that before even considering our request, we must first issue a public apology for criticizing Tammy Duckworth. “In other words, I will not debate you until first you admit you’re completely wrong. Keep in …

The Associated Press reports: The White House is floating a theory that travel from Mexico may be contributing to a new wave of coronavirus infections, rather than states’ efforts to reopen their economies. The notion was discussed at some length during a meeting of the administration’s coronavirus task force in the White House Situation Room Thursday that focused, in part, …

CBS News reports: President Trump is addressing reporters in the Rose Garden Friday afternoon, after he criticized China over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and lashed out at Twitter for labeling his tweets. The press conference also comes after a devastating night in Minneapolis, where a police precinct was set ablaze during protests over of the death of George …

From the House Hispanic Caucus: Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, introduced a resolution condemning the presence of white nationalist Stephen Miller in the White House and called for his immediate resignation from office. The resolution outlines how Miller has consistently followed and advocated for racist and white supremacist ideology in our nation. As Senior …