Racism

“The energy last night was palpable in the room, the spirit. It was happiness and joy. And it was such a diverse group of people in that stadium packed to the house. There wasn’t an empty seat. You had black Americans, Latino Americans, Jewish Americans, men, women of all ages coming in support of President Trump and unafraid to show …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Sunday began on a bizarre note. A man with a prop crucifix was one of the opening acts, calling Vice President Kamala Harris the “antichrist” and “the devil.” David Rem, a speaker at the event, began his speech by talking about how Donald Trump‘s father paid …

The Huffington Post reports: Geraldo Rivera pulled no punches with his criticism of comments that were made at former president and current GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on Sunday. Podcaster Tony Hinchcliffe kicked off the event with a series of outrageous alleged jokes, at one point saying: “There’s a lot going on. …

Variety reports: Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin were among the notable industry figures who boosted Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday after a speaker at Donald Trump‘s political rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” The starkly racist comment stirred outrage among prominent Puerto Ricans and many others in …

Florida Politics reports: A bad joke couldn’t have come at a worse time in a Senate race most public polls have said is competitive, as a comedian who goes by “Kill Tony” didn’t do the Trump campaign any favors. Sen. Rick Scott was compelled to respond to a joke told by an undercard speaker at Donald Trump’s rally in New …

The Jewish Forward reports: Stephen Miller, former President Donald Trump’s senior aide, delivered a rousing speech at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, the warm up act to Trump himself. The worst you could say about it is Miller scapegoated one group — immigrants — for all of America’s ills. The best you could say is: We’ve been warned. Miller, who …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump’s closing rally at Madison Square Garden on the second to last Sunday before the election was a release of rage at a political and legal system that impeached, indicted and convicted him, a vivid and at times racist display of the dark energy animating the MAGA movement. A comic kicked off the …

Politico reports: Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) infuriated many of his House colleagues with his since-deleted racist X post about Haitian migrants, prompting a top Black Democrat to introduce a measure to formally reprimand him that will likely see a floor vote. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) is expected to force action on the censure resolution when the …

“It’s all true. I can put up another controversial post tomorrow if you want me to. I mean, we do have freedom of speech. I’ll say what I want.  It’s not a big deal to me. It’s like something stuck to the bottom of my boot. Just scrape it off and move on with my life.” – GOP Rep. Clay …

“Clay Higgins is a dear friend of mine and a colleague from Louisiana, and a very frank and outspoken person. He’s also a very principled man. “I didn’t even see it but he tweeted something today about Haitians. He was approached on the floor by colleagues who said that was offensive. “He said he went to the back and he …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Acadiana U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins on Wednesday called Haiti the “nastiest country” in the Western Hemisphere, adding that immigrants to Springfield, Ohio, who are largely employed and legally allowed to be in the United States, need to get “their a** out of our country before January 20th.” That’s the day the president elected on Nov. …

The Oklahoman reports: The Tishomingo Public Schools superintendent issued an apology Thursday and canceled Friday’s homecoming activities and football game after a photo of six high school students displaying a racial slur went viral on social media. The image depicts six Tishomingo High School boys wearing Scrabble tiles spelling out a racial slur, an action that the school district’s superintendent, …

Kyle Clark reports for Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: A Republican activist who publicly mused about shooting Latinos this week is claiming credit for racist signs that appeared overnight in Denver on Thursday. Sabo, as he is known, describes himself as a street artist. His company lists a PO Box in Aurora. Sabo told 9NEWS that he has been contacted by …

“I think she’s one of the weakest candidates I’ve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean, intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom. I think she was a DEI hire and I think that that’s what we’re seeing, and I just don’t think that …

ABC News reports: The three University of Alabama System campuses on Tuesday shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices— and opened new offices — to comply with a new Republican-backed law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses in the state. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, along with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of …

The Washington Examiner reports: Missouri gubernatorial candidate Bill Eigel released a campaign ad featuring a Spanish translator telling illegal immigrants that they will be deported if he is elected. In the ad, a Spanish translator flanks his left, paraphrasing what he says. “No more illegals,” the translator says in Spanish. “No more money. The party’s over.” If elected, Eigel vowed …

The Tennessean reports: On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.” Burchett called Cheatle a “DEI horror story,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to expand opportunities for women and people of color in workplaces. He told …

First, a report from the New York Times: A little over two months ago, Elon Musk found himself at Montsorrel, the palatial Palm Beach compound of Nelson Peltz, the famed activist investor. Mr. Musk knew the sprawling grounds well, having stayed in the guesthouse. The topic of conversation was a bit different than usual, though: Mr. Peltz had brought together …

Media Matters has the transcript: ROB SCHMITT (HOST): Do these donors really think that Kamala Harris is going to do better in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania than Joe Biden would? I mean, that’s — because it can’t be anybody else, right? SEBASTIAN GORKA (GUEST): Rob, you’re being logical. Stop it. All right. She’s a DEI hire, right? She’s a woman. …

Mediaite reports: The World Boxing Council— one of boxing’s four major sanctioning bodies — has expelled Ryan Garcia for his bizarre, slur-filled rant on social media. Garcia, who was recently suspended for testing positive for PED use in his match against Devin Haney, spoke in a Twitter Spaces Thursday when he went on an unhinged rant about Black people, Israel, …