Hate Groups

The Guardian reports: Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation president and the architect of Project 2025, the conservative thinktank’s road map for a second Trump presidency, has close ties and receives regular spiritual guidance from an Opus Dei-led center in Washington DC, a hub of activity for the radical and secretive Catholic group. Roberts acknowledged in a speech last September that …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Wild Willies offends conservative parents in its newest commercial, “Ready to Become a Panty Dropper.” The company sells men’s beard grooming products, but its current advertising takes an unnecessary and inappropriate approach. At first, this men’s grooming commercial shows a wife saying, “My husband’s a panty dropper.” When she and her husband …

The Meidas Touch reports: Heritage Foundation President and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts has a new book coming out, and Donald Trump’s running-mate JD Vance wrote a very enthusiastic foreword and review promoting his work, and even urged people to buy the book on his Twitter page before he was chosen as Trump’s running mate. Donald Trump and his campaign …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel filed its Opening Brief of an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ermold v. Davis requesting to overturn the jury verdict on behalf of former Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis. In the case, Liberty Counsel argues for religious freedom with the goal to overturn the 2015 …

Newsweek reports: Republicans will challenge Democrats’ right to switch Joe Biden for Kamala Harris, House speaker, Mike Johnson, confirmed on Sunday. The Heritage Foundation conservative think tank has said it has reserved millions of dollars to a nationwide challenge. The executive director of The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, Mike Howell, told Newsweek that the difficulty of replacing a candidate varies …

“Last Saturday, the world witnessed on live television an assassination attempt against a former U.S. president. It was 6:11 p.m. when the first shot was fired and a bullet grazed the ear of Donald Trump. “Thankfully, God spared the nation from the catastrophe of an assassinated presidential candidate and spared Trump’s life. “Already, the image of the former president standing …

From Glenn Beck’s personal website: Glenn Beck’s newest book and first novel for young adults, Chasing Embers, is an epic story of two teenagers faced with a life-altering decision: do you comply with a tyrannical regime, or do you choose freedom and liberty? Chasing Embers teaches crucial lessons for teens and young adults in our present time. What do you …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Cue the lawsuits. The moment California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed his name to a ban (AB 1955) on school parental notification policies, he painted a big, red target on its back (a metaphorical, legal target, not a literal one). The very next day, Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed a lawsuit on behalf …

Posted to the Liberty Counsel’s website: On July 14, 2024, an attempt was made on President Trump’s life. While we do not yet know much about the shooter, we do know the SPLC has regularly castigated President Trump as a white nationalist, a liar, a conspiracy theorist who poses a threat to democracy, and a violent authoritarian. The SPLC’s media …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: The company leaders of Hot Shot Insecticides need to know that parents disapprove of its currently airing bug spray commercial, as it includes a profane statement for its Ant, Roach & Spider Killer – Multiple Scents. “Whoa!” is blurted out at the beginning of the commercial, while roaches start to crawl across …

The Guardian reports: Tax filings obtained by the Guardian show how the rightwing dark money impresario Leonard Leo helped fuel the Bud Light boycott in response to ads featuring the transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, an effort that generated threats against Mulvaney, violence against consumers and layoffs by Anheuser-Busch. Uncovered by the watchdog group Accountable.US, the filings for 2022 show the …

Via press release from GLAAD: One of the first to depict the potential effects of Project 2025, “The Pledge” is set in public school classroom in September 2025 and features a federal government representative overseeing a teacher who is leading her young students while they recite a revised Pledge of Allegiance, reflective of the values espoused in the more than …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: After a rough year of scandal, electoral defeats, and effective counter-organizing, the anti-LGBTQ, book-banning Moms for Liberty put on a show of force at the Republican National Convention. A Moms for Liberty town hall Tuesday afternoon drew two governors, three members of Congress, and three state attorneys general. The event started with a …

Posted to the Liberty Counsel’s website: Saturday, we witnessed a miracle. The Hand of God turned President Donald Trump’s head at the precise moment necessary to prevent a devastating disaster. We rejoice for our Creator’s protective hand over President Trump and our country. And we are more committed than ever to stop the demonic forces that drove this assassination attempt, …

Click2Houston reports: The University of Houston Police Department has released surveillance footage that appears to show the moment when a controversial sculpture at the University of Houston was “beheaded” by a currently unidentified person around a week ago. The footage shows a figure approaching the sculpture and climbing the top of it. While they are momentarily obscured by a tree …

Michigan Live reports: A group of Catholic therapists is arguing in a federal lawsuit that Michigan’s recent ban on conversion therapy for minors limits their ability to counsel children who have questions about gender identity. Emily Jones, a Lansing-based Catholic counselor, and Catholic Charities filed the lawsuit. It claims the law banning conversion therapy – a widely discredited practice of …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: One of the most lamentable developments in recent politics has been the Left’s decision to insult the importance of “thoughts and prayers.” Believers utter the well-meaning phrase as a sign of heartfelt charity for those who suffer any kind of tragedy. Yet some of the most prominent figures on the Left, who never …

The Christian Post reports: A group of Democratic members of Congress are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the national Christian conservative advocacy organization Family Research Council’s official status as an “association of churches.” Reps. Jared Huffman of California and Suzan DelBene of Washington sent the letter, with 11 other lawmakers joining. The correspondence is addressed to U.S. …

Reuters reports: Two conservative federal judges in Texas have blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing new anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students, preventing the rule from taking effect in the Republican-led state and a school district represented by a Christian legal rights group. Thursday’s rulings by U.S. District Judges Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo and Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth followed …

The Washington Post reports: Barbra Streisand kidnapped by Hamas. Antifa-BLM protesters taking over a migrant detention facility. The FBI arresting Donald Trump two days after winning the election. These were among the far-fetched scenarios imagined by a simulation of threats to the 2024 election showcased on Thursday by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. The presentation, delivered at the foundation’s Washington headquarters, …