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“One of the confusing things about life is how many nice people help destroy societies. This is not meant at all facetiously. It is meant literally. “We think that people who do bad things, either think they’re doing bad and so they’re truly evil or they will be obviously bad in interpersonal relations, but it doesn’t work that way. “Nice …

NBC News reports: Nick Langworthy, the chairman of the New York GOP, bested Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino in a western New York primary brawl that doubled as a proxy battle between some of the state’s most influential Republicans, NBC News projects. Paldino’s bid brought renewed attention to his long-scrutinized rhetoric. Soon after he entered the race, he sparked backlash over …

CNN reports: The Republican Party’s nominee for Maryland attorney general hosted a series of five radio shows in 2006 devoted to arguing in support of 9/11 conspiracy theories questioning if the terror attack was the work of an “elite bureaucrat” who had demolition charges in every building in New York City. Michael Peroutka, a candidate best known for his ties …

CNN reports: New York Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino told a radio host in late 2016 that Black Americans were kept “dumb and hungry” so they could be conditioned to only vote for the Democratic Party, saying, “You can’t teach them differently.” In a statement to CNN, Paladino said CNN had taken his words out of context. “It is not …

The Buffalo News reports: A post on congressional candidate Carl P. Paladino’s Facebook page repeated conspiracy theories about the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, linking them to the kind of “false flag” ideas that claim government involvement in similar tragedies. Paladino, who has been accused of racism for a history of inflammatory statements, denied any knowledge of the …

“We’re looking at many millions of unlawful foreign nationals seeking to enter this country without any legal permission whatsoever to completely change our country. “And I think that if the American civilization falls because we had no border, history will record with the greatest astonishment that we barely even spoke of it. We barely even spoke of it. “Millions of …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEPHEN MILLER: This is where it’s going and this is just the beginning. The left’s goal is power and they’ve figured out that the way they can accumulate power, power over your healthcare decisions, power over your finances, power over life and death is to use race as their cudgel. To use race as their …

CNN reports: Progressive Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts is introducing a resolution, cosigned by other progressives, that would strip Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of her committee assignments for her anti-Muslim and racist comments toward Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Whether the resolution will get a vote is largely up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. One Democrat close …

“Good morning. Today is election day in Virginia. Check in if you already voted Republican. Also, if you have family and friends who haven’t voted, please send them a reminder via text or call. Let’s go Old Virginia! Make General Lee proud.” – Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, taking a break from her national tour of QAnon conferences and far-right …

Media Matters has the transcript: Let’s get to the bottom line here, why is Jon Gruden not offered forgiveness? Because if Jon Gruden was worth saving, here’s what they would do. They’d give him a two-week suspension to go to some sort of racial reconciliation camp — which, by the way, that’s going to be the new playbook. As soon …

The Daily Dot reports: Actor Mel Gibson can be seen on video saluting former President Donald Trump at a UFC fight over the weekend. Trump attended the event in Las Vegas on Saturday night, where he reportedly received applause and boos. The fight was between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Video from the event shows Gibson, who made antisemitic remarks …

Yahoo News reports: Former two-term Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who liked to compare himself to former President Donald Trump, formally announced Monday that he’s launching a campaign for a third term. His policies were often overshadowed by public gaffes by the man who described himself as “Trump before there was Trump. ” He made headlines by telling the Portland chapter …

Washington DC’s ABC News affiliate reports: At least two people were arrested on Tuesday afternoon, during a Loudoun County School Board meeting, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. One person was accused of trespassing and issued a summons. The other was “charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.” More than 200 people were scheduled to share their opinions on …

The Detroit Free Press reports: A Ferris State University professor has been fired after posting racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments on Twitter. Physical sciences professor Thomas Brennan announced the firing on Twitter Saturday His posts included the N-word regarding Neil deGrasse Tyson, a homophobic slur, COVID-19 denial, and comments about a “Jewish mafia” and COVID-19 being a “(J)ewish revolution,” according …

Florida Politics reports: Rep. Lois Frankel swatted off a challenge from internet provocateur Laura Loomer. The West Palm Beach Democrat easily defeated her challenger in a race that drew national attention mostly thanks to the Republican candidate’s history of hateful commentary. Voters followed Twitter, Facebook and Uber in denying Loomer a platform for her rhetoric. With all early and vote-by-mail …

The Times of Israel reports: Laura Loomer, a Jewish Republican congressional candidate in Florida with a history of bigoted statements, got a friendly visit on the campaign trail from Lara Trump, the US president’s daughter-in-law. In 2017, before she was banned from Twitter, she tweeted, “Good. Here’s to 2,000 more,” in response to news that more than 2,000 migrants had …

The Hill reports: Georgia congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is a supporter of the Qanon conspiracy theory and has expressed racist and anti-Muslim views, said Tuesday she plans to be in attendance when President Trump accepts the Republican nomination at the White House. “I’m honored and thrilled to be invited to attend President Trump’s acceptance speech Thursday evening at …

The Daily Beast reports: Tucker Carlson on Monday inserted himself in the latest right-wing online controversy after the National Republican Congressional Committee’s official Twitter account called a far-right pundit a “Karen,” causing the Fox News host to complain that the term was an “ethnic slur.” The NRCC’s tweet sparked an immediate backlash among conservatives, including Carlson. The Fox host, who …

The New York Times reports: After a day in which he berated “weak” governors and lectured them to “dominate” the demonstrators, the president emerged from the White House, followed by a phalanx of aides and Secret Service agents as he made his way to the church, where he posed stern-faced, holding up a Bible that his daughter pulled out of …

Media Matters reports: Fox News host Laura Ingraham retweeted a link Thursday night from white nationalist site VDare for an article blaming immigrant communities for the spread of coronavirus at meatpacking plants. VDare is a white nationalist group that pushes the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which alleges that white people are being systematically “replaced” by people of color through mass …