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How Fascists Are Taking Advantage Of Climate Change – Second Thought

We all understand that climate change is real, it’s here, and that the consequences of our inaction will be disastrous for our species and countless other forms of life around the world. But what happens when those in positions of power see climate change as a means to an end? A way to make trulyContinue reading “How Fascists Are Taking Advantage Of Climate Change – Second Thought”

Tucker Carlson Tries To Claim Kamala Harris Isn’t ‘From America’ – Farron Ballanced

Fox News host Tucker Carlson went on a bizarre tirade this week where he claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t really from America because she went to high school in Canada. This is a dog whistle to his audience, by trying to paint a non-white individual as someone who isn’t actually “one of them.”Continue reading “Tucker Carlson Tries To Claim Kamala Harris Isn’t ‘From America’ – Farron Ballanced”

Matt Gaetz Openly Embraces Racist Right-Wing Theory – MSNBC

“Matt Gaetz appears to be trying to brush away his looming legal troubles by ostentatiously performing the racism that has become so core to the modern Republican base,” says Chris Hayes. 

Let’s talk about the census results causing concern for Tucker Carlson – Beau of the Fifth Column

Census data reveals the real reason why the GOP is ramping up its war on democracy

Trump’s war on democracy is all about white supremacy Donald Trump, who never met a fact or figure he didn’t want to distort, desperately wanted to prevent the Census Bureau from getting an accurate count of the people living in America. So his administration pursued “policies that suppress the count among hard-to-count communities — including immigrants,Continue reading “Census data reveals the real reason why the GOP is ramping up its war on democracy”

Why Are Republicans Falsely Blaming Migrants For Covid? | The Choice – MSNBC

Elected GOP leaders are claiming that the Biden admin is “importing Covid” with migrants on a “wide open southern border.” It’s a false conspiracy theory with a fraught history. But why is hateful nativism going mainstream again? Journalist and author Jean Guerrero and Texas State Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez discuss where all this rhetoric mayContinue reading “Why Are Republicans Falsely Blaming Migrants For Covid? | The Choice – MSNBC”

The Rise of France’s Far Right Youth – VICE

How did Generation Identity go from being the most high-profile and influential far-right groups in Europe, to being de-platformed and banned in their country of origin? Repackaging classic far-right ideas for millennials, Generation Identity consciously eschewed the stereotypical far-right aesthetics and language – binning the bomber jackets and talking about culture instead of race, inContinue reading “The Rise of France’s Far Right Youth – VICE”

Finnish far right hopes to use local elections as national springboard

Finns Party is on course for huge gains in local elections. The far-right Finns Party is on course to more than double its share of the vote at local elections in Finland on Sunday in a show of strength that could spell trouble for Brussels. Over recent weeks, Finns Party leader Jussi Halla-aho has revvedContinue reading “Finnish far right hopes to use local elections as national springboard”

‘We’re being marginalized!’ Fox News hosts explode at Black people ‘trying to take down the white culture’

The hosts of Fox & Friends on Wednesday claimed that white people are being “marginalized” by an effort to provide racial justice education in schools. Hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade expressed angst while discussing the possibility that schools are teaching “critical race theory,” a term that they did not define. “They’re not acknowledging anyContinue reading “‘We’re being marginalized!’ Fox News hosts explode at Black people ‘trying to take down the white culture’”

Tucker Carlson Quietly – Yet Loudly – Calls Segregation “The Best Thing This Country Ever Did” – The Rational National

In his latest mind-numbing rant, Fox News host Tucker Carlson compares vaccine requirements to segregation.