Tag Archives: racism

WH Vows Veto Of Defense Bill Over Confederate Names

The Hill reports: The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense policy legislation in part because it includes a provision that would direct the Pentagon to rename military bases currently named after Confederate leaders. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a statement hours before a House vote on the massive $740.5 billion defense policy bill …

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Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur In Radio Show [AUDIO]

The New York Times reports: During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative who was spared a prison sentence this month by his friend President Trump, used a racial slur while speaking with the host, who is Black. Mr. Stone was speaking on the “The Mo’Kelly Show,” a program based at a Los Angeles radio station …

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Trump “Saddened” About Death Of Rep. John Lewis

USA Today reports: The short and understated sentiment made no mention of the animosity that developed between the two men early that developed when Lewis questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s 2016 election victory and the president attacked Lewis’ district. Trump, however, was far less loquacious in his tweet than many of his senior aides. Trump signed a proclamation ordering flags …

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Pompeo: NYT’s Report On Slavery Is “Marxist Slander”

The Washington Examiner reports: The New York Times’s 1619 Project is an attack on “the American way of life” that aligns with the Chinese Communist Party, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “They want you to believe Marxist ideology that America is only the oppressors and the oppressed,” Pompeo said Thursday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. “The …

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Niece: I’ve Heard Trump Use The N-Word [VIDEO]

The Week reports: Mary Trump’s book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, was released on Tuesday. She told The Washington Post that growing up in her family, she witnessed “knee-jerk anti-Semitism” and “knee-jerk racism.” Rachel Maddow asked Mary Trump about this, and whether she ever heard her uncle “express either anti-Semitic slurs …

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GOP Bill Will Defund States That Don’t “Protect Statues”

Fox News reports: House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced legislation on Thursday meant to shield statues targeted by protesters, by preventing state and local governments that do not protect monuments from receiving federal grants. McCarthy, R-Calif., rolled out the bill, titled the “Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020,” with Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sam Graves, R-Mo., as monuments and …

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Giuliani: Marxist Black Lives Matter Will Take Away Your Property And Demand You Pay Them “Lifetime Salaries”

“This is not spontaneous. This is planned. This is planned by Black Lives Matter, it’s funded by Soros to the tune of $30 to $40 million. And the plan is to change your government. To take it away from you. To take away from you a government based on free enterprise. “To take away from you your Second Amendment right …

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Trump Defends Confederate Flag: “Freedom Of Speech”

Mediaite reports: CBS News’ Catherine Herridge spoke with the president Tuesday and pointed out that in 2015, when asked if he thinks the Confederate flag flying above the South Carolina state house needs to go, said, “I think it probably does, and I think they should put it in the museum.” “Do you still believe that?” Herridge asked. “All I …

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Trump Goes Full-On “White Lives Matter” [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, President Trump said the killing of George Floyd was “terrible” but appeared to bristle when asked why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country.” “So are White people. So are White people. What a terrible question to ask. So are White people,” …

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Cultist Defaces BLM Mural At Trump Tower [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: Police in New York City are investigating after a masked person dumped red paint on a Black Lives Matter street mural painted in front of Trump Tower. Twitter user Oscar Vela posted a video of a person who walked up to the “V” in “Black Lives Matter,” took a can of paint out of a paper bag …

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NH Radio Station Shitcans Host After Racist Tirade

TMZ reports: Dianna Ploss just got fired from her radio gig in New Hampshire. WSMN 1590 issued the following statement, “Dianna Ploss is no longer associated or affiliated in any way with WSMN or Bartis-Russell Broadcasting, LLC.” They added, “We at WSMN value freedom of speech, freedom of expression and assembly. We will not tolerate discrimination, racism or hatred. We …

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Scott Lively’s Press Secretary Goes On Racist Tirade Against “Illegal” Workers For Speaking Spanish [VIDEO]

TMZ reports: A radio host in New Hampshire went on a vile, racist tirade against a group of workers doing their job, because they dared to speak Spanish. Diana Ploss saw the workers who were doing landscaping in downtown Nashua, and she just went nuts, screaming, “It’s America. Speak English!” An African-American man who happened to witness her tirade comes …

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Fox Condemns “Racist, Homophobic, And Misogynistic” Posts Made By Tucker Carlson’s Now-Ex Head Writer

The Hollywood Reporter reports: The internal memo sent out by FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and FOX News Media president and executive editor Jay Wallace and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter reads: “Yesterday we learned that now former employee Blake Neff, a writer on Tucker Carlson Tonight, made horrendous and deeply offensive racist, sexist and homophobic comments under a …

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Tucker Carlson’s Top Writer At Fox News Resigns After Being Exposed For Racist Postings In An Online Forum

CNN Business reports: The top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist, and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week. Just this week, the writer, Blake Neff, responded to a thread started by another user in 2018 …

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Hate Crime Charge For Cultists Who Defaced BLM Mural

ABC News reports: A white California couple has been charged with a hate crime after they were seen on video defacing a Black Lives Matter mural, according to a statement from the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office. Two people, identified by the district attorney as Nicole Anderson, 42, and David Nelson, 53, were seen on July 4 painting over the …

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GOP Senator Who Co-Owns WNBA Team Opposes League’s “Divisive” Plan To Honor Black Lives Matter

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler objected to the WNBA’s plans to honor the Black Lives Matter movement, warning Tuesday that subscribing to a “particular political agenda undermines the potential of the sport and sends a message of exclusion.” Loeffler, a Republican who co-owns Atlanta’s WNBA franchise, urged Commissioner Cathy Engelbert in a letter to scrap plans for …

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Trump Campaign May Display Statues At Future Rallies

ABC News reports: A potential new addition to President Trump’s future rallies: statues. The idea has been discussed by White House and Trump campaign aides, but no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the planning told ABC News. It’s also not clear who exactly the statues would resemble, but sources say one idea was for “America’s Founding Fathers.” …

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Victim Wants No Part In “Central Park Karen” Case

The New York Times reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s decision to charge a white woman with filing a false police report against a Black man in Central Park does not have the support of one key person: the victim himself. The man, Christian Cooper, has not cooperated with the prosecution’s investigation. “On the one hand, she’s already paid a steep …

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Trump Cultist Tech CEO Is Sorry For His Racist Tirade

The Washington Post reports: For a few moments after the camera began recording, the white man smirked silently in his seat at an upscale California restaurant. Then, he gave the family at the next table the middle finger and unleashed an anti-Asian tirade. “Trump’s going to f— you,” he said, adding that the family “need to leave” and calling one …

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Trump On Confederate Flag: “It’s Freedom Of Speech”

The Hill reports: “My stance is very simple: It’s freedom of speech,” Trump said in an interview with a Nexstar television reporter at the White House when asked his personal stance on the flag in society. “You do what you do. It’s freedom of speech,” the president continued. “NASCAR can do whatever they want, and they’ve chosen to go a …

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