The demographic shifts in the polling also suggest that Trump is alienating a variety of groups, instead of simply alienating the same ones in greater numbers. Both men and women now equally disapprove of Trump’s response at 66% and 67%, respectively, with men registering a double-digit increase in disapproval since last month. Trump’s approvals on…
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Domestic terrorism database of the Trump years shows how the radical right has gone on a rampage
The numbers show the stark increase during Trump’s presidency: The 87 people killed by far-right terrorists over the first three Trump years—145 if we include the 58 killed in the October 2017 shooting rampage in Las Vegas—far outstrip the 17 killed by Islamists or the four killed by left-wing extremists. That’s, conservatively, 87 deaths in…
‘We don’t see color,’ Trump supporters say as they tell their kids to fear Black Lives Matter
Racial colorblindness was big with the Trump supporters—as it remains with too many liberals. But here’s a great example of how flawed that ideology is, coming from a man who said of protesters that “I don’t think they even understand what they want.” Why doesn’t he think protesters know what they want? “Because black lives…
Trump and Pence are fine with their evangelical base dying, so long as the photo ops continue
Politico cites what is now the most infamous superspreader event: an Oregon church responsible for 258 new COVID-19 cases after Memorial Day weekend services. We have been seeing—and experts have been warning—that some behaviors are more dangerous than others during the pandemic. Prolonged indoor contact is dangerous. Heavy breathing, as comes with exercise, is dangerous. Singing, as…
Five times white privilege failed to save these racists in aftermath of George Floyd’s death
1. William Beasley, a white San Francisco man, was fired from his job at the technology services company APEX Systems June 25 when viral video showed him blocking a Latino resident from entering his own apartment building, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “We have concluded our internal review of the incident with one of our internal employees,” Beasley’s former…