A county commission meeting in Sevier County, Tenn., took an ugly turn on Monday when County Commissioner Warren Hurst lost it on video and let loose a racist and bigoted rant. It began when the main resolution for the evening — a measure to make the county a so-called Second…
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Two NJ Teens Arrested for Using Slurs, Urinating On A Group of Black Middle School Girls at Lawrence High School Football Game
Two New Jersey 17-year-old boys have been arrested after reportedly calling a group of Black middle school girls the N-word and urinating on them at a Lawrence High School football game Oct. 18. Police say the bias incident — the way hate crimes are referred to in New Jersey law…
Elizabeth Warren Refuses Fox News Town Hall to Avoid Promoting Network, Ratings
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren rejected Fox News’ invitation to a town hall on the network because of the station’s “hate-for-profit” model. One of Warren’s aides told CNN that Warren is not planning on appearing on Fox News at all. Warren tweeted on Tuesday morning: Here’s one place we…
Major Advertisers Flee FOX-Carlson-Pirro Bigotry
Advertisers are fleeing Fox News Channel shows featuring Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro, after both hosts made racist and bigoted statements about a range of people, races and religions. SHEEX, a bedding company, is one of several advertisers who are completely boycotting Carlson’s primetime show, according to The Washington Post. SHEEX…
Muslim Youth Groups Clean Up National Parks Amid Government Shutdown
A group of teen boys and young Muslim men in multiple cities are cleaning up the nation’s parks and memorials because Trump’s government shutdown over his border wall has debilitated the National Park Service. “It’s just what we do,” 23-year-old Sarmad Bhatti told The Washington Post, while emptying trash cans…
Michelle Obama Talks 2020 Presidential Election
We’ve never had a POTUS and FLOTUS like the Obama’s before, and we’ve never had a Trump before. Two very different presidencies, one wrought with bigotry, racism and rampant white supremacy, and scandal, the other full of hope, unity and service. Former FLOTUS Michelle Obama says we need to pay…
Texas Man Goes on Tirade Against Couple Protesting Confederate Monument: Video
A man was caught on camera in a profanity-filled rant against a couple protesting in front of a Confederate monument in Orange, Texas. The Confederate Memorial of the Wind is a nearly completed memorial, where the Sons of Confederate Veterans group are planning to add 32 flags to represent Texas…
Pittsburgh Told Trump Not to Visit, He Went Anyway
Trump visited the synagogue on Tuesday and left. On Wednesday he tweeted, “The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!” Nearly 70,000 people as…
#WorkingWhileSpanish Hits Fast Food Chain
Intolerance for people who have different backgrounds appears to not be exclusive to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. One general manager called on his clientele to help him weed out Spanish speaking conversations among his employees. A notice was put up at a Baltimore Dunkin Donuts stating, “If you hear any of…
Bigoted NYC Uber Driver Throws Kissing Women out of Car: Says It's 'Illegal'
Bigoted NYC Uber driver Ahmad El Boutari said his two female passengers kissing was “disrespectful” and “illegal,” and after kicking them out of his car, he grabbed one of them by the arm to stop her from filming the incident. Emma Pichl, 24, and her girlfriend of two years, Alex…