On Monday, a federal judge ruled more than $14 million should be awarded to a woman who was barraged with anti-Semitic and threatening messages online after a neo-Nazi blogger instructed his followers to target her and her family with a “troll storm.” A Judge Ruled A Neo-Nazi Blogger Should Pay $14 Million To A Woman Targeted … Read more
ABOVE: Some of the “very fine people on both sides” in Charlottesville (August 2017), white nationalists inspired by the election of president Donald J. Trump. It does not matter if I believe Trump supporters are racists. Because Donald Trump believes that his supporters are racists. And that they are OK with a racist president, and … Read more
Above Photo: Vice President Mike Pence, along with Republican Senators John Cornyn (TX), Lindsey Graham (SC), Marsha Blackburn (TN), and (partially hidden in back) Mike Lee (UT) at the migrant detention center in McAllen, TX. Most reporters have been using the pool report from the Washington Post, so let’s use this as a starting point … Read more
One of Arizona’s most anti-immigrant nativist legislators and prolific Trump troll, Rep. John Kavanagh, recently posted this comment on this blog: The only people being deported under this operation are those who have court ordered deportations. They either had their day in court and lost or absconded and never showed up in court, as they … Read more
The last time was a head-fake to create a media distraction for the emergency border funding appropriation bill. This time may actually be the real deal, but also to create a media distraction from Robert Mueller’s testimony next week. Better to focus media attention on a scandal that actually inures to the benefit of Trump … Read more