Fox News contributor Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump (Eric Trump’s wife), urged Americans living on the Mexico-U.S. border to “arm up and get guns and be ready” to use potentially lethal force amid a recent surge in border crossings by refugees from Central America. Salon reports, Lara Trump calls on Texans and Arizonans to “get … Read more
To distract Americans from the violent MAGA/QAnon insurrection and failed coup d’etat to overthrow American democracy on January 6, Republican politicians and their propagandists in the conservative media entertainment complex began harping on the one issue that motivates the white nationalists base of the GQP: there was a “border crisis” of brown people invading America … Read more
Adam Serwer explained back in 2018 that when it comes to the Trump administration, The Cruelty Is the Point: Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty. It is that … Read more
Donald Trump brings his “covid super-spreader circus” to Arizona today, billed as a Latinos for Trump Roundtable in Phoenix. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Deferred Action for Arrivals (DACA) program in June was only a temporary reprieve. It was also a “roadmap” for how Trump could legally undo the program and deport the Dreamers. … Read more
The Arizona Republican Party, like clockwork, every two years drags out its anti-immigrant hysteria to fire up its nativist and racist base to turn out the Republican vote. Drug seizures and arrests made by the Border Strike Force were key talking points in Gov. Doug Ducey’s re-election campaign. The Governor’s Office did not provide supporting documents … Read more