Ex-NOLA Mayor Scolds Nikki Haley: ‘I Know You Understand’ Confederate Flag Honored Mission ‘to Destroy the United States’ to ‘Preserve Slavery’
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley engaged in “false, pandering BS” when she claimed the Confederate flag only became a symbol of hate in South Carolina after the 2015 Charleston church massacre, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a Saturday afternoon Twitter salvo. More
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Nikki Haley Now Says the Confederate Flag Wasn’t a Symbol of Hate Until 2015. She Knows That’s Not True.
Former Trump United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley appeared sought to rewrite the history of the Civil War—and of her own time as governor of South Carolina—when she claimed in a Dec. 6 appearance on the Glenn Beck Show that “people saw (the Confederate flag) as a symbol of “service and sacrifice” until a neo-Confederate gunman murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston in 2015. More
Putin’s Bidding: Sen. Kennedy Repeats Russian Disinformation on Ukraine, Despite Warnings From Intel Officials
Sen. Johnny Kennedy ignored warnings from American intelligence officials as he repeated the false claims first spread by the Russian government. More
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Tate Reeves Says He’d ‘Run Mississippi like Donald Trump Runs America.’ What Does That Mean?
At an event with Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee for Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves, made a vow to supporters last month: “We’re gonna run this state like Donald J. Trump is running America.” More
Mike Pence’s Gospel of Oppression
Men like Mike Pence center their Christianity on disdain for empowered women, LGBT people, people of color who speak up against injustice, and other marginalized people. Artwork by Ashton Pittman. More
Don’t feel sorry for Alex Jones. Save it for the Sandy Hook dad who moved 7 times to escape his followers.
After his son, Noah, was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, Lenny Pozner had to move hundreds of miles away to escape harassment and threats from InfoWars readers and Alex Jones listeners who believe he was a paid “crisis actor” and that his son never existed. More
Trump’s Invite to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is an Insult to Our State’s Heroes
Opinion: A President endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan has no business at the opening of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum. More
