In 2015, West Virginia passed legislation requiring some applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to submit to drug testing. The state estimated that over the first year, the program would identify 390 people as drug users at a cost of $50,000. The program has now been in place for three months and just […]
Residents in Hawaii were left panic-stricken on Saturday morning when they received emergency text messages warning them, incorrectly, of an incoming ballistic missile. “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII,” the text message read in block capitals. “SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” The message was also broadcast on TV, in terrifying fashion. Hawaii […]
The newly-appointed U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra, has finally admitted that he was wrong to say that there were “no-go” zones in the country where Muslim youths were burning politicians and cars. Hoekstra, a former Republican congressman from Michigan, told a conservative group in 2015 that the “Islamic movement” had plunged Europe into […]
After Walmart’s flashy announcement of bonuses of up to $1,000 for some of its workers, the real story played out quietly. On Wednesday, as news of the bonus announcement was lauded by Trump and Fox News, Walmart abruptly closed down 63 Sam’s Clubs stores. More than 9,000 people lost their jobs. Some only learned about the […]
The Daily Stormer, one of the world’s largest neo-Nazi websites, praised Donald Trump for referring to Haiti, El Salvador and several African countries as “shitholes,” saying it showed that the President aligned with them on race and immigration. “[Trump’s comments are] encouraging and refreshing,” wrote Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi editor of the Daily Stormer. “It […]
Trump’s description of large swaths of the globe, including the entire continent of Africa, as “shithole nations” whose citizens should be excluded from the United States has triggered international condemnation. The latest response comes in the form of an extraordinary statement issue by the African Union, a group of 55 African countries. The African Union called […]
Alisha Laventure, the daughter of Haitian immigrants and a TV news anchor in Dallas, delivered a powerful rebuttal to President Trump’s infamous comments in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday. In the meeting, Trump reportedly questioned why the United States would provide protections for people in Haiti and African nations, calling them “shithole countries.” According […]
One of the Trump Organization’s top lawyers reportedly paid an adult film star $130,000 to stop her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, who was running for president at the time of the reported payment. Stephanie Clifford, also known by her stage name, Stormy Daniels, received the payment one month before […]
One of the Trump Organization’s top lawyers reportedly paid an adult film star $130,000 to stop her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, who was running for president at the time of the reported payment. Stephanie Clifford, also known by her stage name, Stormy Daniels, received the payment one month before […]
For members of tight-knit Haitian American communities across the United States, President Donald Trump’s description of their ancestral homeland as a “shithole” was neither surprising nor out of character for the man many are convinced is a racist. “It’s sad and it’s shameful,” said a forlorn Gepsie Metellus, executive director of the Sant La Haitian […]
