Mexican President Visits U.S. Border But Avoids Discussing Migration Despite Calls to Change Policies
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum traveled to the border with the United States during the weekend but avoided discussing immigration despite facing calls from advocacy groups to address the issue, which is dominating the political conversation in its northern neighbor as the presidential elections continue getting closer. Local outlets reported that...
‘America is for Americans and Americans only’: How Trump 2.0 evokes the Nazis
Stephen Miller, former President Donald Trump’s senior aide, delivered a rousing speech at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, the warm up act to Trump himself. The worst you could say about it is Miller scapegoated one group — immigrants — for all of America’s ills. The best you could say is: We’ve been warned. If...
John Oliver Enlists Will Ferrell to Mock Trump’s Fave ‘Patriot’
Although John Oliver taped Last Week Tonight before Sunday’s racism-fueled Madison Square Garden rally railing against immigrants, he still managed to flag one of Donald Trump’s favorite patriots. The late-night host singled out Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The U.S.A.” in his Sunday night monologue as an inappropriate anthem which Oliver and millions of other new U.S. citizens have been subjected to in their naturalization ceremonies for years. “They deserve (a song) genuinely unique to this country,” Oliver said. “A song that celebrates the nation you Americans are about to join and the process that they’ve been through, also while not soft-pedaling some hard truths about it. And the good news is, I think we actually have the perfect song, and it’s performed by an actual American treasure.”
Trump-supporting comedian opens MSG rally by calling Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage"
Donald Trump rallies in the closing weeks of the campaign have been marked by overt racism and anti-immigrant sentiments and that didn't stop with the former president's hometown visit to Madison Square Garden. The rally in the home of the New York Knicks kicked off with a speech by podcaster...