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On Friday, one thousand American families hit by Hurricane Maria will be made effectively homeless by the Trump Administration.
Currently, more than 1,000 families are still displaced and being housed in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...
by Dartagnan
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 05:19 PM PDT
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Iowa Rep. Steve King (IA-04), a Nazi who wraps himself in the American flag to hide his red swastika armband, is once again loudly and proudly quoting white supremacists on Twitter.
King on Wednesday retweeted a known racist, Lana Lokteff, and...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 04:55 PM PDT
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After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host a podcast which has become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed out of...
by Chauncey DeVega
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 12:31 PM PDT
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Some of you reading the title alone will know what this blog post is about. I have been thinking about this a lot and after reading an opinion piece on the Huffington Post I felt the need to express why "The Talk" is so vital to African American...
by KalariGC
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 11:18 AM PDT
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The drone footage of Trump and Sessions’ “migrant tent city” for children is stark enough. The Department of Homeland Security’s inability to provide anything resembling transparency as to where and who is detained in these places is frightening. The...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 08:43 AM PDT
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The responses to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest of racial injustice in our country have been charged. The protest has effectively highlighted the racial divisions and ideologies of white supremacy in our country far beyond...
by Walter Einenkel
90 comments
on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 08:46 AM PDT
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Even prior to his poorly attended inauguration, Trump inflicted a fair amount of harm to any sense of decency or respectability the nation once enjoyed ; inciting hatred is the only thing Trump ...
by Rmuse
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on Wed Sep 12, 2018 at 07:00 AM PDT
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The mayor of Kenner, Louisiana, has unleashed a political hellstorm after releasing an ill-advised memorandum declaring that, in the face of Nike’s Colin Kaepernick “Just Do It” advertising campaign, he was calling for a citywide ban on the global...
by Jessica Sutherland
178 comments
on Tue Sep 11, 2018 at 04:13 PM PDT
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What do you do when you are an organization known for supporting mass murder of children and a white supremacist politician, and maybe having involved yourself with possibly treasonous money laundering? You attack children’s television! The National...
by Walter Einenkel
100 comments
on Tue Sep 11, 2018 at 10:24 AM PDT
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Cartoonists who draw racist images often defend their rights to "free speech," artistic license, and satire. Those of us who have been the targets of their poison pen and ink over centuries have no sympathy for the perpetuation of racist stereotypes...
by Denise Oliver Velez
581 comments
on Tue Sep 11, 2018 at 08:15 AM PDT
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After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host a podcast which has become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed out of...
by Chauncey DeVega
9 comments
on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 10:51 AM PDT
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Rep. Ron DeSantis’ claims that he’s no racist just got a little more difficult for him to defend. Immediately after becoming Florida’s Republican gubernatorial nominee, DeSantis called his black opponent, Andrew Gillum, “articulate” and urged voters...
by Laura Clawson
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on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 07:13 AM PDT
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One thing too easily overlooked when seeing the undertones, or even blatant overtones in many cases, of white supremacy being so powerfully imbedded into far right philosophy around the globe, is simply that white supremacy has caused the lives of...
by Player
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on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 06:47 AM PDT
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I thought I was done with football, at least essays on football. I do enjoy watching a football game. I want to watch a football game, not Redzone highlights or fantasy league nonsense. I want to see the line play, I want to watch as the momentum of...
by Grey Panther
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on Sun Sep 09, 2018 at 08:04 PM PDT
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On this date in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published profiles of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, the woman whose original campaign for office in 2014 was built around running ads where she shot up copies of the...
by republicinsanity
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on Sun Sep 09, 2018 at 04:23 AM PDT
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It was chance encounter with an old childhood friend. My family and I were at the Zuma beach north of LA, near where I grew up. I don't live there anymore, but I had taken my family out there ...
by smarcano
16 comments
on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The enthusiasm with which Fox News has been embracing the racist themes of white nationalism has been observable for years. It was a constant feature on Bill O'Reilly's program, as it is on Laura Ingraham's. However, their adoption of this abhorrent...
by News Corpse
28 comments
on Sat Sep 08, 2018 at 01:43 PM PDT
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After spending a short tenure as one of the front page writers here I moved over to Salon where, for the most part, I write exclusively. I also host a podcast which has become a type of informal Trump University—except that folks are not scammed out of...
by Chauncey DeVega
9 comments
on Sat Sep 08, 2018 at 01:42 PM PDT
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Nike is a multi-billion dollar brand that dominates the global sportswear market. Naturally, they hire the best marketing executives in the business. They knew exactly what they were doing when they decided to promote the hell out of Colin Kaepernick....
by SemDem
247 comments
on Sat Sep 08, 2018 at 11:34 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Besame, Doctor RJ, Magnifico ...
by annetteboardman
7 comments
on Fri Sep 07, 2018 at 08:48 PM PDT
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