Donald Trump’s Politics of Hate Began With a “Cynical and Evil” GOP Memo
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina.Gerry Broome/AP Donald Trump’s outburst of nativistic racism—viscerally and putridly displayed by his “go back” tweet-attack on four congresswoman who are people of color and the subsequent and shocking (even for Trump) “send her back” rally in North Carolina on Wednesday night—has been a clarifying…
Don’t Overreact to FaceApp. There Are Bigger Tech Risks Out There.
Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images FaceApp went viral earlier this week as people rushed to use one of the program’s photo filters to glimpse what they might look like in old age. Then FaceApp when viral again as people shared posts and warnings that the popular app could be a Russian…
Why Are Right-Wing Conspiracies so Obsessed With Pedophilia?
Zohar LazarThe children were being sodomized in secret underground tunnels. Their captors drank blood in front of them and staged satanic ritual sacrifices. Sometimes the kids were filmed for pornographic purposes. In total, some several hundred children were subjected to this treatment. And it all happened in the middle of a safe neighborhood where crimes were…
The House Just Voted to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15
Rick Majewski/Zuma The US House voted 231-139 on Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15, bringing Democrats one step closer to their goal of more than doubling the current rate of $7.25 an hour, which has not changed since 2009. Thursday’s vote fell largely along party lines, with three Republicans supporting it and…
Lindsey Graham: Trump Isn’t Racist Because He Wouldn’t Attack Somalis Who Supported Him
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA One of President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters in the Senate has a novel explanation for why his racist attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were not in fact racist: If she were a Trump supporter, the president wouldn’t want to send her back to Somalia. Trump first lashed out at Omar and…
Trump Attempts to Disavow “Send Her Back” Chant He Visibly Enjoyed During Rally
Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to distance himself from the “send her back” chants that erupted at a campaign rally the previous night during his tirade about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a naturalized US citizen who as a child fled Somalia’s civil war. Trump now claims he “was not happy” with the…