Tag: Trump’s Racism

Judge Quotes George Orwell in Ruling Against Trump’s Racism

Buck Banks

“As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto ‘Ignorance is Strength,’ this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not.”

— U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, “evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel 1984, ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia,” CNN reports.

Latino and Hispanic Voters, Please Note

Buck Banks

“These people do it naturally — naturally. I said, what happens if they get it to a farmer the other day? What happens if they get a bad back? He said, ‘They don’t get a bad back, sir, because if they get a bad back, they die.’ I said, that’s interesting, isn’t it? In many ways, they’re very, very special people.”

— President Donald Trump told CNBC that migrants are “naturally” able to do farm work in a way American citizens can’t.

Anti-Psychopath PAC has a Great New Ad Based on Trump’s NABJ Performance

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Less than 1% of the Trump Admin’s Coronavirus Farm Aid Went to Black Farmers

Buck Banks

0.1%

“We saw 99 percent of the money going to White farmers and 1 percent going to socially disadvantaged farmers and if you break that down to how much went to Black farmers, it’s 0.1 percent.” — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Washington Post that a tiny fraction of the Trump administration’s coronavirus relief for American farmers — just 0.1 percent of the overall package — went to Black farmers.