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From the editors of Newsweek: This op-ed is being used by some as a tool to perpetuate racism and xenophobia. We apologize. The essay, by John Eastman, was intended to explore a minority legal argument about the definition of who is a “natural-born citizen” in the United States. But to many readers, the essay inevitably conveyed the ugly message that …

From the editorial board of the New York Daily News: Kamala Harris is a California-born American citizen. There is no question about this fact, just as there is no question that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. That didn’t stop Trump from becoming the nation’s leading racist birther. Andrew Jackson, a president Trump reveres despite his strong support for slavery …

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 …

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: A Hanover County man and avowed Ku Klux Klan leader boasted on social media shortly after he drove through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Henrico County in June, according to video shown during a trial on Monday. “They scattered like cockroaches,” said Harry H. Rogers, 36, in a Facebook live video he posted …

Politico reports: Facing possible electoral calamity, Republicans are now turning to a familiar playbook: stoking fear by trying to redefine the Black Lives Matter movement as a radical leftist mob looking to sabotage the white, suburban lifestyle. Republicans are using two lines of attack: the Trump administration, candidates in safe red seats and right-wing social media channels seek to label …

Politico reports: House GOP leaders raced to disavow a Republican congressional candidate who made racist Facebook videos and embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory. But less than two months later, the party has done little to block Marjorie Taylor Greene from winning a seat in the House. Now, Republicans could be days away from adding their most controversial member yet to …

The Washington Post reports: It was a selfie by Del. Mark Cole that first caught Sookyung Oh’s eye. Cole (R-Fredericksburg) tweeted an image showing off a bright red face mask he said he’d purchased from the congressional campaign of Del. Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) Oh, who is Virginia director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) Action Fund, …

“Just go read the two or three backup documents for Black Lives Matter. Black people get salaries for the rest of their lives. Nobody else. “It’s a very, very strange society they want to set up. And so far, they haven’t said a single word, even when the terrible violence is taking place by antifa or by Black Lives Matter, …

Law & Crime reports: The United States Navy SEALs announced Sunday that they are investigating the use of a “Colin Kaepernick” stand-in for a K-9 demonstration at the Navy SEAL Museum in St. Lucie County, Florida. Footage caught attention earlier that day from the Twitter account of filmmaker Billy Corben. He linked to the Instagram account “twogunterry.” The video is …

CNN reports: The Trump administration is dramatically increasing fees for dozens of immigration and work applications, including a more than 80 percent increase on naturalization applications and a first-time fee for asylum applicants. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency responsible for the country’s immigration and naturalization system, updated and finalized its fee structure after a nearly nine month review. …

The Pensacola News Journal reports: A Florida man accused of threatening an Escambia County Grocery Advantage employee with an ax because he was asked to wear a mask was arrested on Monday. Michael Brad Evans, 42, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Monday after employees and witnesses say the man caused a scene, yelled racial slurs and …

The Washington Post reports: Over the three days Rob Bliss held the sign in the sweltering July heat in Harrison, Arkansas, a town known as a haven for white supremacists and home to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, similar interactions happened again and again. Bliss captured his interactions in Harrison on a GoPro camera that he strapped to …

Trump’s pettiness is truly bottomless: President Donald Trump avoided a final opportunity to pay an in-person tribute to the late civil rights icon at Joint Base Andrews. Trump departed from the air base for Texas around 9:55 a.m. ET after speaking to reporters at the White House. A procession with Lewis and his family arrived to Andrews a few minutes …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one of his most overt appeals so far in the campaign to White, suburban voters, saying in a tweet that they will no longer be “bothered” by low income housing in their suburbs. The tweets come as polls show Trump’s reelection effort is faltering in the suburbs, fueled by his administration’s failed …

The Texas Tribune reports: Vance Ginn, the chief economist for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is facing fierce backlash for a recent racist tweet that said schools should open since most of the people dying from the coronavirus in Texas are elderly or Hispanic. Ginn later removed the tweet and apologized. “I believe strongly based on my deep faith that …

“Who originally funded Black Lives Matter? George Soros. Who was one of the biggest supporters of Black Lives Matter? George Soros. Tell me why he is above the law. Let us ask this question in another way: What if we found an ISIS cell in this country that was rioting, attacking police under the guise of, what, anti-Arab sentiment, that …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump, who in recent weeks has stirred racial tensions, says he has no plans to visit the late Congressman John Lewis as the civil rights icon lies in state at the US Capitol. “No I won’t be going,” the president said. “No.” The president delivered the news as he left the White House for a trip …

The Oklahoman reports: Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, predicted that a provision would be removed from the bill that requires the 10 military bases named after Confederate generals to be renamed. Inhofe said he spoke with President Donald Trump on Thursday about the provision, which the president and Inhofe oppose. “We’re going to see …

The Los Angeles Times reports: With President Trump facing sagging support in the suburbs, his administration on Thursday targeted an Obama-era affordable housing regulation, the latest in a series of appeals to white voters’ fears of crime and declining property values. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would scrap a regulation known as Affirmatively Furthering …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Wednesday responded to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s allegation that he’s the “first racist president” by again claiming he’s done more for the Black community than anybody except perhaps former President Abraham Lincoln. Trump was asked about Biden’s attack during a press briefing ostensibly intended to focus on the coronavirus pandemic. The president responded …