And the state has just 10 electoral votes. Finding white men with a racist grudge in the Midwest isn’t exactly a heavy lift. I lived in the region for decades. Go into any bar that serves Jägermeister, mutter something barely intelligible about food stamps or free Obama phones, and they’ll flock to you like raccoons…
Category: Racism
8-year-old climbed over replica of Trump's 'impenetrable' wall; an adult did it in 40 seconds
It’s like entire new galaxies full of stupid are being discovered every day. So Trump has touted his wall as being “virtually impenetrable.” Which to me sounds like you’d need a special X-Men superpower to get through it. Ah, but no. It’s literally child’s play. After Trump bragged that his wall was “virtually impenetrable,” Rick Weber, co-founder…
Tucker Carlson can't think of a company that's sown more hate that Twitter; hmm, that's a puzzler
Self-awareness is not a strong suit with the folks at Fox News. To wit: x Tucker Carlson just now: “It's hard to think of a company that's hurt this country more than Twitter. Maybe there are some. I can't think of one. If you look at the hate & the division & the cruelty that's…
Penn State alum sends racist letter to football player with dreadlocks
So a football program once famous for legendary coach Joe Paterno and now, well, infamous for legendary coach Joe Paterno really doesn’t need more bad publicity. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s about to get some. A Penn State alumnus recently sent this not-at-all-racist-to-him-apparently letter to one of the Nittany Lions’ football players: x One of my…
The Most Segregated City
To many, Omaha Nebraska is where you could buy insurance from the company that sponsored the Wild Kingdom TV show. Henry Fonda and Johny Carson were from Omaha. The liberal billionaire, “Oracle” Warren Buffet, lives in Omaha. Yet for 50 years, Omaha also became the most segregated city in the US, or anywhere. The civic racists drew…
Milo Yiannopoulos is having a sad over his plunging popularity, savings account
Happy Monday! Here’s a bracing dose of schadenfreude to perk you up as you start your workweek. Right-wing troll asshole fuckface shit-for-brains intestinal fluke gutter weasel provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is whinging like a champ over his sinking fortunes. And it’s beautiful to behold. Vice News: The former Breitbart tech writer shared the complaints on Telegram, a…
Twitter users clown on new painting by Trump super-fan Jon McNaughton
Weirdo artist Jon McNaughton, who loooooooves him some Donald Trump, has a new magnum opus. It’s called “The Masterpiece.” (Does that mean he’s done painting? No? Oh, God forbid he ever lay down his magical brush. It’s like Gandalf’s staff or something.) You’ll remember McNaughton as the dude who painted this Louvre-worthy thing, among many other … things:…
Trump isn't racist. Bill O'Reilly says so.
He’s researched it! RESEARCHED IT! x While researching my upcoming book “The United States of Trump,†we could not find one example of the President discussing skin color in a pejorative way or promoting Caucasian dominance. — Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) August 13, 2019 By the way, I’ve always kind of thought of Bill O’Reilly as…
Julián Castro buys ad on Fox & Friends to speak directly to Trump about his racism
Since it’s still cost-prohibitive to print ads on every Chicken McNugget box or porn star’s bum in the nation, Julián Castro did the next best thing. He took out an ad on today’s episode of Fox & Friends, which everyone knows is Donald Trump’s go-to infotainment show. Here’s the ad and the transcript: x A message…
Vaughn Hillyard Turns Over Rock and Finds Racist Who Doesn't Think He Is a Racist.
Vaughn Hillyard on MSNBC is doing his job at the Iowa State Fair and asking some people who they are supporting for president next year, and lo and behold, Hillyard turns over a rock and finds a racist fossil who doesn’t think he is a racist: x x YouTube Video The temerity of Democrats to…
Michigan police officer is suspended after black man finds KKK application on his wall
Karma is really fun sometimes, huh? A police officer in Muskegon, Michigan, was placed on administrative leave after a black man who was interested in buying his house saw a framed KKK application on his wall and Confederate flags in his house and garage. The officer, Charles Anderson, is on leave indefinitely, pending an investigation….
White supremacist arrested for plotting to attack synagogue or LGBTQ bar
This is only going to get worse until Patient Zero Donald J. Trump is sent into exile — permanently. BuzzFeed News: A Las Vegas man who once claimed he was protecting his neighborhood while patrolling on foot with an assault rifle has been arrested and charged with plotting to carry out an attack on a…
Being An Acknowledged White Supremacist Is An Electoral Winning Strategy? History Says “No.”
Trump is trying to turn chickenshit into chicken salad with his embrace of the white supremacist label. According to Trump and his allies political logic, Democrats will suffer politically: Rather than balk at the label, however, the Trump campaign is taking it in stride. According to Axios, Team Trump sees the Democratic charge of white supremacy…
Lawyer for MAGA-man who cracked boy's skull during anthem says he was acting on Trump's orders
Our pr*sident is a menace. Full stop. Yesterday it was reported that a man slammed a 13-year-old boy to the ground so forcefully at a fairgrounds in Montana that he cracked the kid’s skull. The boy’s offense? He refused to take his hat off during the national anthem. Now we’re getting some insight into the real…
Thank God The Major Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Not Listening To The Cowards.
A bit of hope after such an god awful weekend of carnage — the major Democratic presidential candidates are calling out Trump’s racism and blaming him for those deaths. This is a major step for the Democratic Party because the ones who are running for president are not listening to the cowards in the party who…
El Paso residents write letter to Trump telling him to stay away
The Fake President Fake Condolence Tour is scheduled to make a stop in El Paso tomorrow, but the city’s residents aren’t having it. They’ve been signing onto an online letter to Trump telling him, in no uncertain terms, to stay the fuck out. Written by the Border Network For Human Rights, the letter pins the blame for…
Watch CBS News try to normalize Trump after white nationalist terror attack
Speaking from the White House on Monday, Donald Trump prayed for the wrong Ohio city in the wake of a weekend gun rampage. Reading prepared comments (that somebody else obviously wrote for him) from a teleprompter, Trump ended his uninspiring address by saying, “May God bless the memory of those who died in Toledo. May God…
Trump smirked and joked at rally three months ago after supporter suggested shooting immigrants
So this video hasn’t aged well, huh? During a Florida hate rally in May, Trump yukked it up with his supporters after one of them suggested shooting immigrants who try to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. He also emphasized the word “invasion” approximately 17,000 times, presaging the El Paso killer’s pre-massacre rhetoric. TRUMP: This is an invasion….
How can we fight white nationalist terror when press won't even call Trump racist?
Campaign Action In order for America to forcefully fight the unfolding terror wave hitting this country, it's time for the press to talk about radicalized, homegrown right-wing sleeper cells in the U.S. It's also past time for the media to accurately label Trump as a racist, and to shine a spotlight on the obvious role his…
Surprise ..Surprise.. Republicans not welcome at the Party of Trump headquarters in Florida county.
When I say I live in the most red part of Florida, I mean it and now I have proof. Republicans were kicked out of the Trump/Pence headquarters in Citrus County Florida. When Florida went Trump….Citrus county was the 1st to show up on the map of red. Citrus County backers of President Donald Trump’s…
The Party of Reagan: Back to the Future
One of the most overused talking points of the Republican Party is calling themselves the “party of Lincoln.” Because too much of America has no sense of historical nuance, explaining that Lincoln would be a Democrat today is useless and I have ceased trying years ago. The switch of the Republican party to a strategy…
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 132)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1505. Made repeated racially charged attacks against representative Elijah Cummings 1506. Lied to the media…
Why the D.C. press isn't equipped to handle Trump's racist re-election crusade
Doubling and tripling down on his bigoted commentary and racist tweets, Donald Trump is all but boasting that his re-election run will be fueled by hate speech and hardcore white grievance. Unlike anything ever seen before in American politics (remember, segregationist George Wallace didn't have a Twitter feed), Trump's re-election strategy is to basically spark…
Newly unearthed tape reveals shockingly racist conversation between Reagan and Nixon
Like we’ve been saying: The Republican Party has always been racist — they just used to keep a tighter lid on it. The Atlantic: The day after the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, then–California Governor Ronald Reagan phoned President Richard Nixon at the White House and vented his frustration at…
Trump Wants ‘Us’ to Save Him from ‘Them’
< p style=”text-align:justify”>Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear, that there is a white America that he believes will save his version of ‘Us’ and his presidency. I have read story after story about the infighting that is tearing at the diversity seams of the Democratic party when the real story is the shredding of…
#TrumpIsARat is trending on Twitter. Enjoy!
After The Baltimore Sun declared that “it’s better to have a few rats than to be one,” #TrumpIsARat started trending on Twitter. Enjoy: #TrumpIsARat trends on Twitter after Baltimore Sun publishes scathing editorial of Trump https://t.co/wEfad07A50 pic.twitter.com/38DKUQNBeZ — The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2019 Obama = still loved and respected all over the world Trump = greeted…
Trump's racism is about to have an impact
For four long, embarrassing, tortured years, Donald Trump has gotten away with being a virulent racist. He’s gotten away with it mainly because the party he purports to represent has consistently ignored, laughed off, refused to comment on, or attempted to explain away his inexcusable behavior. But those days may rapidly be coming to a…
Obama shares impassioned anti-Trump op-ed on Twitter
President Obama rarely comments on the puerile antics of Donald J. Trump. Let’s hope that changes when election season gets into full swing and he hits the campaign trail on behalf of our nominee. But for the most part, he’s faithfully observed tradition and held his tongue, despite the dopey depravities of our doddering dunce-in-chief….
How The New York Times' obsession with white voters helps amplify Trump's racism
Forever committed to shining a constant, glowing spotlight on members of Donald Trump's political base with a series of endless updates that closely examine their unwavering support, The New York Times has carved out a completely new political beat during the past two years. The Times' white voter obsession (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here)…
Eugene Robinson puts it bluntly
His column for Tuesday’s Washington Post is titled succinctly and pointedly on the Post web page as We can’t pretend this is a normal election (although the text of the url that takes you there is even more direct: “the 2020 election is a fight for the soul of our nation”). The opening paragraph clearly…
Charles M. Blow says “Denying Racism Supports It”
< p class=”is-empty-p”> When did we arrive at the point where applying the words racist and racism were more radioactive than actually doing and saying racist things and demonstrating oneself to be a racist? That is the first paragraph in this powerful column in today’s New York Times, which has as its subtitle these words:…
Watch Mike Pence's spine dissolve in real time as he tries to defend Trump's racism
I love my wife, but I’d never be this milquetoast-y in my defense of her. And she really is the least racist person you’ll ever meet. Hoo-boy! This video is something else. Have you ever watched clear, unflavored Jell-O being microwaved? Well, now’s your chance: x Profiles in Courage from Mike Pence on racist chants at the…
Remember That Time McCain Shamelessly Fomented Racism Until It Literally Confronted Him On Stage?
Apparently people don’t. Nor do they remember that his actual response was half hearted, strangely worded, and McCain and his campaign immediately backtracked to excuse McCain’s supporters for their flagrant bigotry. So let’s back up a bit to give some context. The news cycle in recent days has been dominated by stories over the fallout from Trump’s…
Trump retweets racist who promoted 'final solution' for Muslims
And the hits keep coming. This morning, in a bid to prove he really isn’t racist at all, Donald Trump retweeted a virulent racist. Because it’s 2019, and shit like this happens all the time. x As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor was I particularly happy with their chant. Just…
Behold! The dumbest tweet in the history of tweets!
Diamond & Silk are … I really don’t know what. Whatever you call people on the internet who attract a lot of attention for saying stupid things. Give me a break. I’m high. I had to smoke weed before writing this so I could hope to get through it. But they’re something or other. And they just…
Some Chicken S*** Democrats Want To Ignore Trump's Racism.
Amanda Turkel of Huffington Post is reporting that some chicken shit Democrats in congress want to ignore Trump’s racism. One anonymous House Democrat told CNN host Jake Tapper that what Trump did was “politically brilliant” and that he “won this one.” Another advised that Democrats should simply move on: “The president’s words and actions speak…
Ilhan Omar greeted at home state airport with rousing chant
No, not that chant. This one: x *This* is America.#WelcomeHomeIlhan was chanted as Congresswoman @Ilhan arrived home to the Twin Cities this evening. pic.twitter.com/S088GQddwJ — 💙 Koko ✊✊ðŸÂ½âœŠðŸÂ¾ðŸ’™ (@Kokomothegreat) July 19, 2019 That feels pretty good, doesn’t it? I needed that. And I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one. #WelcomeHomeIlhan Is Trump still singeing your…
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 130)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1483. Told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and Illhan Omar to “go back to wherever they came…
For Republicans, Communist and Socialist Are Substitutes for the N Word.
Ask anyone who was a member of the civil rights movement back in the days, and they will tell you how many of the white racists always insisted that the civil rights members were either out and out communists or duped by the communists. And this kept up well into the 1980’s (Senator Jesse Helms…
Let's end the media charade that Trump's a master communicator
Has any recent president snatched political defeat from the jaws of victory quite the way Donald Trump has done over the last few days? Watching the Democratic Party become ensnared in a nasty civil war being fought among House leaders and insurgent freshman congresswoman, Trump inexplicably entered the fray over the weekend by posting blatantly…