"The attack on an African-born Muslim is the logical continuation of a political movement that began with the racist lie that President Barack Obama was, in fact, an African-born Muslim. He and his ilk never stopped doing birtherism; it festered and festered until it controlled a state and legal apparatus that could render their fantasies into reality. And then it festered some more."

#Trump #Republicans #ethnocentrism #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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"Beyond the corruption and the bad cologne, Trumpism has always been a story about who counts as American. The attacks on Mamdani—and the threat to strip him of his citizenship as punishment for his short-lived post-college career as Mr. Cardamom—reflect the rot at the heart of the modern GOP and the exclusionary definition of national identity that made Trump’s rise possible."

~ Tim Murphy

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motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

It never stopped being birtherism

Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.

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US #DOJ to probe hiring practices at #UniversityOfCalifornia

The #Trump *#Justice* Dept will investigate hiring practices at the #University of #California system to examine whether its efforts to boost #faculty #diversity run afoul of *anti-discrimination* laws, the DOJ said in a statement on Thurs.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #RevengePolitics #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #bigotry
reuters.com/legal/litigation/u…