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May 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Crashes Out When Asked About South Africa Starlink Deal
South Africa is bending its own rules for Trump adviser Elon Musk.
May 16, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Is Quickly Rolling Back Republican Gains With Key Demographic
Donald Trump is facing massive disapproval from Latino voters—especially the ones who voted for him in 2024.
May 15, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Can’t Stop Talking About White Genocide
Grok seems to have been programmed to defend claims of white genocide in South Africa. Now it’s all it can talk about.
May 14, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
One of Trump’s Afrikaner “Refugees” Is Quite the Antisemite
Trump said he would tolerate no antisemitism for people entering the U.S. But Charles Kleinhaus has a history of complaining about Jews online.
May 14, 2025
Marin Scotten
MAGA Has Total Meltdown Over House Republican Post in Spanish
The far right is freaking out over an X post in Spanish from House Republicans.
May 12, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Makes It Easier to Deport Afghans as White “Refugees” Arrive
This is beyond cruel.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Official Says Quiet Part Out Loud on White Afrikaner “Refugees”
Donald Trump has blocked thousands of refugees from entering the U.S.—but is welcoming white South Africans.
May 12, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Episcopal Church Draws Red Line on Trump’s White Afrikaner “Refugees”
The Episcopal Church is refusing to work with the government, citing its commitment to racial justice.
May 9, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Decides to Punish Rural America With Slower Internet
Trump has killed Biden’s Digital Equity Act, calling it “racist” and “unconstitutional.”
May 9, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Makes Carveout in Refugee Ban—for White South Africans
The first Afrikaner “refugees” will soon land in the United States. And Trump is planning a welcome delegation for their arrival.
May 6, 2025
Parker Molloy
How Calling a Child the
N
-Word Made One Woman $700,000
The Shiloh Hendrix GiveSendGo campaign exposes the right’s patronage system for public displays of racism.
May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Reportedly Told January 6 Militant and Hate Leader “I Love You”
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his mother met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
April 11, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republican Has Unbelievably Racist Theory for Measles Outbreak
Representative Ryan Mackenzie’s theory for why measles cases are spiking is the worst one yet.
April 7, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Anti-DEI Purge Hits Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman is now DEI, apparently.
April 1, 2025
Edith Olmsted
ICE Logic for Deporting “Gang Members” Is Based on Total Lie
Donald Trump has insisted that certain tattoos signify gang membership.
March 28, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Only 34 Democrats Sign Letter on ICE Making Students Disappear
Immigration officials are snatching international students off the street—and most Democrats don’t seem to care.
March 11, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Only 14 Democrats Sign Mahmoud Khalil Letter as Everyone Else Cowers
Why aren’t more Democrats speaking up about this horrific arrest?
March 11, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain What Crime Mahmoud Khalil Committed
The House speaker got all the basic facts wrong when asked about the arrest of the pro-Palestine activist.
March 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Lauren Boebert Makes the Worst Attack on Al Green Yet
The Republican representative managed to be racist and ableist when attacking Al Green for protesting Donald Trump’s speech.
March 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Supporter Detained by ICE Questions His Vote
ICE briefly detained a U.S. citizen who voted for Donald Trump.
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