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White House Deletes Video Using Sabrina Carpenter Song She Slammed As 'Evil' “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.

Gotta stand up to bullies.
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

It helps to have 1.7 million amplifying likes.

Hail Sabrina Carpenter.
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Trump launches fresh attacks from familiar playbook with tirade on Somali immigrants President Trump made racist comments about Somali immigrants and Somalia multiple times this week. It's a common tactic used by the president to get attention from those who share his nativist views.

Hey @nytimes.com — this is how it’s done.

It’s not hard.
It’s not just “nativism.”
It’s “racist”.
@npr.org
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The Emperor has no clothes.

Hail @mluckovich.bsky.social

Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country

“Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday, calling them ‘garbage’ he does not want in the US in an outburst that captured the raw nativism that has animated his approach to immigration.”

Why use the word “nativism” instead of “racism”?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

Say no to Trump’s mid-decade redistricting | Opinion The Florida policy director for the Southern Poverty Law Center writes that a proposed mid-decade redistricting in Florida is an anti-democratic attempt to ensure one-party rule in Washington.

"Floridians cannot allow the legislature to rig our elections for the president. Now is the time to speak up, regardless of your political affiliation...
Democracy is not a game. Our maps should not be either."
@jonwebber.bsky.social
#ElectionsMatter
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/29/s...

105 Representatives Demand DOJ Fully Enforce Hate Crime Laws Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Rask...

What’s it going to take to ensure that the Trump administrauon has an effective, inclusive response to #hatecrime & #whitesupremacy — within & outside government?

All of us.

Hail @equality.house.gov, Chair @repmarktakano.bsky.social, & Director Jordan Dashow

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Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas and nooses as hate symbols after backlash | CNN Politics The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed...

At a time when Sec Hegseth is spending taxpayer money to revert Army Base names back to Confederate leaders who waged a civil war to protect their right to enslave other human beings, the Coast Guard bans Confederate flags — but not swastikas — before a quick reversal.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...

Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America

Heartbreaking story about the impact of bigotry & anti-trans legislation on the family of two Christian ministers who had to move their family from their home in the South in order to secure gender-affirming care for their daughter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...

Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet, Piggy’

“Quiet, piggy.”

#CharacterCounts

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...

Hail the talented staff at @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social, so well led by Mary McCord.

#LoveWins

Onward!

Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?

“A movement, especially one that verges on an outright cult of personality, is defined by its leader…when the leader is lawless & depraved, then efforts to contain his influence while preserving his power are doomed to fail.”
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...

Hail @adamzyglis.bsky.social

#votingmatters

If you don’t vote, you don’t count.

Vote your voice!

Election Protection Hotline:
If you encounter a problem when you go to vote, call 866 - OUR - VOTE

#TheSouthsGotNow #ElectionDay #Election2025

Opinion | Nick Fuentes Was Charlie Kirk’s Bitter Enemy. Now He’s Becoming His Successor.

Hail @michellegoldberg.bsky.social

“Within certain MAGA circles, to criticize someone for being too racist or reactionary is a betrayal, signaling an acceptance of the very liberal morality that the movement’s vanguard seeks to destroy.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

"reject the politics of fear & division and to commit instead to policies that advance racial justice, strengthen democracy & make every community safer.
The data is clear.
The path forward is clear.
What remains essential is the political will to follow it."

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Opinion | The New Right’s New Antisemites Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation flounders in the Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes fever swamps.

"The danger here goes beyond the podcast cabal and a misguided think-tank leader...If conservatives—& Republicans—don’t call out this poison in their own ranks before it corrupts more young minds, the right & America are entering dangerous territory."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Every month is #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth — but especially October.

Check out our @splcenter.org
website for updated counteraction resources, prevention strategies, and tips on how to fight hate and build community.

Onward!
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

"2,900 pages of chats, shared among a dozen millennial & Gen Z Republicans ... where racist, antisemitic & violent rhetoric circulate freely — & where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that causes painful razor bumps and scarring to be kicked out of the service -- an is...

"Of course, this is racially motivated….”

“the services have made deliberate efforts to reduce recruiting efforts linked to minority groups amid Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's purge of diversity initiatives”
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
@stevenbeynon.bsky.social
@militarydotcom.bsky.social

“Experts say Heritage's push not only distorts the data but also diverts attention from the extremist movements actually driving violence: nihilistic violent extremist networks, accelerationist neo-fascist movements, and lone actors motivated by any number of far-right culture war grievances.”

Important @dell.bsky.social @wired.com piece on purposeful, harmful lies.

“There are no legitimate studies that suggest that a majority of school shootings since 2015 involve trangender people. Trans people are far more likely to be victimized by gun violence than to perpetrate it.”
@splcenter.org

Inspiring panel of state Attorneys General from WA MN NY
NJ IL and DC fighting back against regressive federal efforts to restrict rights and erase Black history
#CBCF #ALC54

Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

But, really, how bad was slavery?

Too divisive to discuss or contemplate?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/c...

Proposals Attack the District of Columbia’s Right to Self-govern H.R. 5140, H.R. 4922 and H.R. 5143 would override the will of D.C. residents and re-entrench policies proven ineffective and discriminatory.

We @splcenter.org urge a NO vote on a set of regressive bills coming before the House of Representatives that would undermine WDC autonomy & drag DC's criminal legal system backwards to the failed "lock em up" "tough on crime" days.
#HandsOffDC
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Trump Drowns Out Emotional Epstein Victims Rally With Noisy Flyover The rare ceremonial flight was to honor a Polish air force pilot.

Coincidental timing?
If not, this is special harassment, next level cruelty.

“Once the planes were out of earshot, she was able to continue, telling reporters how Epstein had an “eight by 10″ picture frame of Trump on his desk, and that ‘they were very close.’”
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-drowns...

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

This is an abject failure of leadership.

“Do not obey in advance," is a core message from Timothy Snyder's book On Tyranny

If the Mayor believes this preemptive obedience will buy the president’s favor, she has not been paying attention.

Shameful.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Before Minnesota Shooting, a Program Aimed at Preventing Attacks Lost Federal Funding

In April, Trump DoJ cancelled 350 violence prevention grants, including 56 targeting #hatecrime.

“Given this horrific event, along with targeted violence toward religious organizations & threats at schools, we implore you to immediately reinstate this vital grant.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

“We cannot allow Trump to once again fan the flames of racism & bigotry as a distraction from his own failings & his insatiable grab for power.

Trump’s attack on Gov. Cook is groundless…another racist, hateful assault on a Black woman & the essential values of diversity, equity and inclusion.”

“President Trump’s proposed 2026 FY budget zeroed out funding for the 3 largest hate crime prevention & training grant programs but included $3 million for these grants. In April, however, AG Pam Bondi summarily terminated New Orleans’ Emmett Till grant program.”
#Hopewatch
@splcenter.org

We Have a Dream: The March on Washington An overview of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that includes activities to help children and families make connections to history.

Just in time for the 62nd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, my talented Learning for Justice colleagues have created activities to help young children and families make connections to American history.
@splcenter.org

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