President Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart, President Jair Bolsonaro, were full of praise for each other during the latter’s first visit to the White House on Tuesday.
“He has done a very outstanding job,” Trump said during an Oval Office press conference, before praising Bolsonaro for running “one of the incredible campaigns.”
“Somebody said it a little bit reminded people of our campaign, which I’m honored by,” he added.
Bolsonaro echoed those sentime...
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Bolsonaro dismisses links to murder suspects in Fox News interview
Brazil’s far right President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday night brushed off suggestions that he might have ties to the men charged with murdering Marielle Franco, a prominent city councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, who was gunned down last March.
Franco, 38, was a rising political star who frequently called out police brutality and advocated for women and LGBTQ groups in Brazil — groups which Bolsonaro has denigrated repeatedly. The night Franco was murdered she was returning h...
Gov. Hogan says Maryland lawmakers are ‘pro-criminal’ because they don’t want guns in school
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan won re-election in the usually blue state of Maryland last year by running as a moderate who backed gun violence prevention efforts to stop school shootings. But Monday, he lashed out at his Democratic-controlled state legislature, calling them “pro-criminal” because they did not support his efforts to put more guns in schools and increase mandatory minimum sentences for armed violent repeat offenders.
Though research has shown little benefit ...
Republican senator promotes censorship conspiracy, urges conservatives to ‘stand up to Big Tech’
Missouri Republican Josh Hawley presented himself as a “constitutional conservative” committed to “fighting for the people’s liberties” in his 2018 campaign for U.S. Senate. But on Monday, he endorsed Donald Trump Jr.’s call for action to force private tech companies to protect and privilege conservative hate speech on their platforms.
“@DonaldTrumpJr. nails it. Time for conservatives to stand up to #BigTech,” he wrote.
Steve King denounces hatred two days after posting Facebook meme threatening Democrats
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) tweeted Monday about the importance of denouncing hatred “in all its forms,” two days after posting a meme threatening Democrats with “8 trillion bullets.”
“Nigerian militants kill 120 Christians in horrific, sickening and utterly repulsive acts of mass murder and terrorism,” King tweeted. “Terrorism knows no boundaries. Our hearts and prayers go out to all in #Nigeria.”
“We stand against hatr...
Kellyanne Conway: If people read New Zealand shooter’s manifesto, they won’t blame Trump
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday morning that everyone should read the manifesto published by the suspect who targeted two New Zealand mosques last week, killing dozens. “People should read it in its entirety,” she said on Fox & Friends.
Conway seemed to be making an attempt to defend President Donald Trump, whom the shooter described in his manifesto “as a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.” The shooter, Conway insi...
A Pittsburgh Jewish group is raising money for New Zealand’s Muslim community
New Zealand’s Muslim community is receiving support from an American Jewish group that knows far too well the pain they are currently experiencing.
Last October, a crowdfunding campaign called “Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue” raised over $200,000 to help the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Now, just over four months later, a Jewish group in Pittsburgh has launched its own campaign in supp...
The youngest known victim of the New Zealand mosque shooting was just 3 years old
The youngest known victim of the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was just 3 years old.
Mucaad Ibrahim was at the Al Noor mosque for Friday prayers with his older brother, Abdi, and his father. They were listening to the imam’s sermon when a gunman entered and opened fire on the congregants inside. Mucaad is among the 50 people killed in the massacre, police confirmed Sunday.
Mucaad was born in New Zealand to a Somali family who fled the civil ...
Australian prime minister sides with ‘egg boy’ who was punched in the face by far-right senator
The Australian prime minister is coming to the defense of the so-called “egg boy,” who egged a far-right senator after he blamed last week’s attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Muslim immigration to the country.
Fraser Anning, a senator from Queensland, Australia punched the 17-year-old William Connolly, after the teen cracked an egg on his head during a news conference on Saturday. He lunged at Connolly again, before some of his supporters pinne...
Mick Mulvaney says prominent House Democrats are just as responsible as Trump for New Zealand attack
Defending President Donald Trump against charges of white supremacy is a thankless and never-ending job, and it is apparently grating on the nerves of acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Mulvaney bristled at having to answer for his boss in the wake of Trump being mentioned in the manifesto linked to the gunman who killed 50 people last week at two mosques in New Zealand.
“The president is not a white supremacist,” Mulvaney said, res...