When Donald Trump came down his golden escalator in 2015 to announce his bid for the presidency, it wasn’t long until the nation’s racist and conspiratorial fringe followed, creeping out of the shadows to form the largest and most visceral display of radical right-wing extremism the nation had seen in decades.
Speed can be a reporter’s best friend in a breaking news situation.
The National Hockey League deals with racial taunts from fans; a KKK robe is sold at auction during Black History Month; anti-KKK fliers are turning up in Indiana, and more.
Trump’s conflations hurt ability to face threats; Shooter linked to bigoted comments; What’s change since Charlottesville; and more.
On January 19, 2018, Delegate Marcia “Cia” Price (D-Newport News), Virginia House of Delegates, and the State’s Office of Attorney General proposed House Bill 1601 (HB 1601) which defines “domestic terrorism” and recommends the establishment of a “domestic terrorist group list.”
On Monday, February 12, Kaitlin Bennett, president of the Kent State University chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a self-proclaimed “student movement for free markets and limited government,” posted a scathing resignation letter online titled “I’m Turning Point USA’s Top Activist in the Country, & I Quit this Shitty Organization.”
Carlson warns gun reforms will cause civil war; Senate GOP pushes far right judge; Oregon State white nationalist rep recalled; and more.
The deceptively named anti-LGBT hate group Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) sent its latest weekly “Friday Fax” newsletter and fund drive email out on February 14 and referenced a fellow hate group’s long-gone “Bigotry Map” as “proof” of … well, something.
Media focused on far left as the radical right grew; Hate groups' growth slows, but crime rises; ICE officials steals immigrants' identities; and more.
In the orange light of their blazing torches, a small crowd made its way through the streets of Paris. Carrying the coats of arms of various French monarchs, the group of white French youth chanted: “Paris is our nation,” “Paris for the People, Paris for the Identitarians.”
On Thursday, February 15, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security will host a hearing titled, “The Effect of Sanctuary City Policies on the Ability to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.”
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