Earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh came as close as he ever has to the truth—that is, a half-truth. A week before the Republican debates, Limbaugh cautioned conservatives from media diversions. Summarized by one fervent writer at the anti-immigrant Center for … Continued
On his nationally syndicated radio show Monday, Glenn Beck compared the youth camp on the island Utoeya, the scene of last Friday’s massacre, to Hitler Youth camps in Nazi Germany.
Over 30 years ago, in 1979, white nationalist John Tanton founded the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). This began Tanton’s assault on immigrants and cemented him as the creator of the modern day anti-immigrant movement in the United States. … Continued
Yesterday was a day of discoveries. I discovered that my hair was an inch longer than the last time I checked, I discovered that one of my best friends decided to ditch her first name and go with her middle … Continued
This month’s Tanton Memo of the Month focuses on John Tanton’s eugenics project, Society for the Advancement of Genetics Education (SAGE). In the mid 1990s, John Tanton, the founder of a host of anti-immigrant organizations, including NumbersUSA and the Center … Continued
Buried in the first half of the 20th century are the shocking practices of our state and federal governments. One such practice was the forced sterilization of over 60,000 people. These horribly cruel acts were advocated by a group of … Continued
What more is to be said about Lou Dobbs? Bigot. Well-paid bigot. Anti-immigrant shill for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and its kind. Birther bloviator. Cash cow for CNN. The list is endless. What is seldom said is … Continued
Over the last six years what has become apparent is that the anti-immigrant movements’ new motto has become “all’s fair in the name of bigotry and intolerance!” There isn’t a moral line they’re not willing to cross, which is evidenced … Continued
The civil rights organization Center for New Community announced in the most recent edition of its e-bulletin “FAIR Exposed” that the Tanton Network has launched a front group called Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR). PFIR is the latest cell to … Continued
By Dan Weiss Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix, AZ will chain together hundreds of detained immigrants today and force them to march out of a detention facility and into a “Tent City”. Arpaio’s Maricopa County office released a media advisory … Continued