I just asked my neighbor why he removed the Trump sign from his lawn, where it had been since 2016. He replied, “I couldn’t ignore his racism any longer. My son [10 years old] asked why I still support him, and I had no answer. If you lose your kid’s respect, you’ve got nothing.” — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) July 27, … Read More
“Send Her Back” Is The New “Lock Her Up”
It is clear from the Trump rally in Greenville, NC, that Trump is hoping to make Rep. Ilhan Omar the face of the Democrats in 2020, and run against her. The strategy itself is grounded in racism and xenophobism. During President Trump’s Wednesday night rally in Greenville, North Carolina, he took aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), one of the … Read More
House Passes Resolution Condemning Trump’s Racist Tweets On (Mostly) Partisan Lines
That was Trump’s reaction to the House resolution condemning Trump for his racist tweets: Amazing. Rep @ericswalwell verbatim cites 45’s racist remarks—& while refusing to condemn the remarks as racist, GOP demands they be “taken down” b/c they’re “unparliamentary” So they’re not racist when 45 says them but “unparliamentary” when repeated?🤔pic.twitter.com/fRzmDyxEoy — Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 17, 2019 Trump … Read More
An Exhausting Weekend Culminates With Racist President
I was out of town this weekend, experiencing a New York blackout (among other things) but politics seemed to seep in. Acosta resigned because of his role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. Well, that was bound to happen. Trump caves on the citizenship question (while, of course, claiming victory). This was amusing. In his Rose Garden speech, Trump said … Read More
Smoking Gun: Hard Drive Of Deceased GOP Consultant Shows Census Question Had Partisan Motive
The move by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the census can be traced back directly to the work of a Republican redistricting expert who studied how to create maps that “would be advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites,” according to new evidence revealed in court documents filed Thursday. How the evidence even fell into the challengers’ … Read More
Trump Doubles Down On Charlottesville “Both Sides” Comment
Trump tries to defend his Charlottesville response by praising Robert E. Lee. He claims the 'very fine people' remark was about people who "felt very strongly about the monument to Robert E. Lee. A great general, whether you like it or not."Via Politico pic.twitter.com/01W4IwGx8y — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2019 Joe Biden’s presidential launch has again cast a spotlight … Read More
More Unearthed Tucker Carlson Recordings
Racist stuff now: He didn’t apologize over the set of misogynistic comments unearthed yesterday, and I suspect he won’t apologize for these comments either. No backlash from advertisers either (although to be fair, 33 of them have left Tucker in recent months. But NOT Procter & Gamble.)
I’m Sick Of The Covington Catholic Teen Incident, But This One Thing I Believe
Adam Serwer: The incident became a national story in part because of the way the images seemed to confirm first one sweeping narrative, and then another, opposite one: the first, that the heart of Trumpism is prejudice; the second, that anti-prejudice, abetted by the liberal media, has become a malevolent force comparable to racial oppression. But only one of these … Read More
New Congress; Same President
The new Congress is being sworn in today. There is a partial government shutdown. An American was arrested in Russia for spying (he probably wasn’t — it’s retaliation). And the Dow is down today, uh, let’s see — 550 points. So what is on Trump’s mind? Re-election. Let’s be clear about this: if you think this is funny, you’re a … Read More
The Squirrel Hill Massacre And The Abhorrent White House Response
WaPo: Conspiracy theories are flourishing in America, from the Oval Office to the fever swamps of the Internet. They include the viral notion that the liberal 88-year-old billionaire George Soros, a Hungarian American Holocaust survivor, is funding the migrant caravan slowly making its way from Central America in the direction of the United States. It’s not true, but it has … Read More
Trump Is A Welsher Too
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test today that “strongly support” her claims of Native American ancestry, hitting back at President Donald Trump for mocking her and showing her seriousness about a 2020 presidential run. The DNA test, conducted by Stanford University professor Carlos Bustamante, showed Warren’s likely Native American ancestry dates back six to 10 generations. … Read More
Serena Williams And The Sexist Double Standard
On Saturday, Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, lost to Naomi Osaka in the finals of the U.S. Open. Osaka was the better player and deserved to win. But the contest was marred by bad reffing. Well, that’s one way to look at it. Williams’s eruption came in the second set of Saturday’s U.S. Open final — … Read More
He’s Unhinged
Nobody is even trying to calm him down. Many many tweets about the Mueller probe (Agent Strzok), one misogynist/racist tweet calling Omarosa a “dog”, and ONE having to do with world affairs (a terrorist attack in London). One of these days, he will spell “counsel” right consistently (he got it correct with the Lou Dobbs tweet, but not the Judicial … Read More
“Unite The Right 2” Weekend
A lot of ink and video was spilled this weekend covering the Unite The Right 2 event in DC and Charlottesville, one year after all the Nazis went to Charlottesville to have their tiki torch march. This year was pretty pathetic, as about 18 alt-right Nazis showed up in Washington, heavily protected by police against the literally thousands who went … Read More