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Posts Tagged Hate Groups

VIDEO: MSNBC rejects ad targeting Family Research Council

By | 03.09.12 | 5:05 am

MSNBC this week rejected an ad critical of Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research Council and a frequent guest on the network, according to the group that produced the ad.

GOP immigration meeting featured radical right groups with white supremacist ties

By | 11.30.10 | 6:42 am

Republican legislators Monday hosted an informational meeting to discuss immigration in Colorado, but the Colorado Independent has learned two of the presenters invited to speak were from organizations founded by white supremacist John Tanton. One of those organizations, The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has been named a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

Obama, assassination and the white supremacist threat

By | 12.02.08 | 12:49 pm

It’s the taboo subject you’re not supposed to talk about — Barack Obama’s safety in light of the rise of white supremacists in America. Threats to his safety were raised in Denver, Colo., during the Democratic National Convention where three men were arrested after allegedly plotting to assassinate Obama during his nomination speech.

Minutemen March Into Colorado

By | 09.06.06 | 7:14 pm

What started as a group of vigilantes roaming along the U.S. Southern border -