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Islamophobia
Islamophobic Radio Host Tom Trento Engages in Dangerous Fear-Mongering
Tom Trento, founder and director of The United West, is urging his listeners to be on the look out for two young men who appear to be Arab who, he says, were involved in the Boston Marathon bombing. In the announcement for his April 18 broadcast, Trento doesn’t even attempt to hide his bigotry. Referring to […]
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Nativism Watch
Trento to Speak as “Expert” on Muslim Students & Extremism at ACT! Meeting
Tom Trento, founder and president of The United West, will be the featured speaker at the Corona, Calif., ACT! for America chapter meeting on April 13 at 6:00 p.m. Trento co-authored “Shariah: The Threat to America” with John Guandolo and Frank Gaffney. The group says “Trento knows first hand how Muslim Student Associations on campuses […]
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Culture
Tom Trento, ‘Wetbacks,’ & Increasing Collusions between Nativists & Islamophobes
During a recent installment of the Internet tv/radio program TrentoVision, host Tom Trento used the term “wet backs” to describe (ostensibly Hispanic) immigrants. Trento employed the racial epithet to describe immigrants that “cut-in-line” and “game the system,” equating the United States’ immigration system to the checkout aisle at a grocery store. Trento is the Founder […]
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Advisor
Frank Wuco
Senior White House advisor for the Department of Homeland Security and proponent of anti-Muslim conspiracy theories
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Nativism Watch
There Goes the Neighborhood: December 2, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood is a weekly series from Imagine 2050 staff highlighting upcoming nativist events. This week, nativist speakers are set to appear in Florida, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. On Sunday, December 4, anti-Muslim activist Tom Trento will speak in Coral Springs, Florida. Trento will give a presentation titled, “The Threat of Terrorism: A Workshop for […]
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Nativism Watch
Gaffney’s Tiger Team launches plan to save U.S. from Shariah
Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy and a handful of other anti-Muslim conspiracy theorists have come together to author a new “strategy” guide to combat the alleged Shariah takeover of America. Calling themselves the “The Tiger Team” (is it just us, or does this sound like a bad sequel to “The Dirty Dozen”?), […]
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Islamophobia
Dutch xenophobe Geert Wilders an interesting choice to speak up for Israel
If Tom Trento is truly concerned about standing with Israel, he should reconsider his allies. On Aug. 11, Trento, founder and president of the United West, featured Dutch politician Geert Wilders on his web show to discuss the importance of standing with Israel against Hamas. In reality, both men used the conflict to push the […]
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Islamophobia
Nativists endorse Gaffney’s anti-Muslim infiltration conspiracy theories
A primary talking point of the Islamophobia movement continues to be that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the Obama Administration. And no one seems to be more of an avid believer of this than anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney. In his latest endeavor to expose this stealth infiltration, Gaffney has wrangled up a who’s who […]
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Nativism Watch
Florida march for ‘persecuted Christians’ sponsored by Islamophobes, to feature Austrian anti-Muslim activist
An event titled “Prayer March for Persecuted Christians” is scheduled to take place on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. Although the event’s intent seems unobjectionable, its sponsor’s ties to anti-Muslim organizations and causes suggests an ulterior motive. The march is being co-sponsored by the Rev. Bruce Lieske and Alan Kornman of the Florida-based United West, a […]
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Islamophobia
Pamela Geller takes outreach efforts to Hispanic church
The anti-Muslim agitator said she is “very concerned about the Hispanic community” Last week, Pamela Geller appeared in California where she attempted to recruit the Latino community to join her anti-Muslim cause. Geller, one of the leading figureheads in the organized anti-Muslim movement, was invited to address a mostly Hispanic congregation at a San Diego-based […]
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Immigration
Michael Cutler of CAPS to Speak at Tea Party Event
Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) Senior Writing Fellow and former INS agent, Michael Cutler, is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the next SW Metro Tea Party meeting on November 4 in Minnesota, according to the group’s calendar. The Minnesota based Tea Party chapter is led by State Rep. Cindy Pugh (R- Chanhassen). Pugh is known for her distasteful comments comparing Muslim women and […]
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Islamophobia
New Group to Take on “Anti-American” Policies of the Left
A new far-Right political activist group aimed at the Left was introduced last week at an event sponsored by several South Florida Republican clubs where Islamophobes Pamela Geller, Tom Trento, and Wild Bill for America were the featured speakers.Wild Bill gave a presentation on the formation of a nationwide operation known as Tea Teams. The […]
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Culture
Islamophobes & Nativists Use 9/11 to Push Bigoted Agenda
As the nation solemnly remembered the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, prominent nativists used the twelfth anniversary of those horrific events as a platform to further their bigoted agenda and provoke hatred towards minority communities. Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, founders of the Islamophobic American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), held a press conference near […]
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Nativism Watch
Diana West, Noted Islamophobe, to be Honored by Center for Security Policy
The Center for Security Policy (CSP) announced yesterday that it will honor Diana West with the Mightier Pen Award at a luncheon on November 20 in New York City. West will receive the award, at least in part, due to her latest book, American Betrayal, which details an alleged communist infiltration of the government during World War II […]
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Nativism Watch
Michael Cutler to Speak at ACT! for America Conference, Further Closing the Gap Between Islamophobia and Anti-Immigrant Movements
The vehemently anti-Islam/-Muslim ACT! for America has announced that Michael Cutler will speak at its annual National Conference and Legislative Briefing on June 21 in Washington, D.C. Cutler has long-standing ties to the anti-immigrant movement having formerly been a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and currently is a Senior Writing Fellow for […]
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Culture
Anti-Sharia Bill and Yerushalmi Find Defeat in Florida
David Yerushalmi has emerged as the Kris Kobach of the Islamophobia movement, promoting anti-Sharia laws in state legislatures under the banner of “American Laws for American Courts.” His prominence as a legal activist and architect of discriminatory policy is a reality that social justice advocates will need to be proactive in countering. Florida should be […]
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Nativism Watch
Tennessee Islamophobic Groups Join to Host Guandolo & Screen Anti-Islam Film
The Tennessee Freedom Coalition and the Middle Tennessee chapter of ACT! for America will host a joint event featuring former FBI agent John Guandolo. The event will include a viewing of the film Jihad in America — The Grand Deception, produced by Steven Emerson‘s Investigative Project on Terrorism. Guandolo will lead a Q&A period afterward. The event will take place May 14 at […]
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Culture
CPAC 2013: NumbersUSA to Appear on Panel with Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney
Next time NumbersUSA’s Rosemary Jenks, the anti-immigrant group’s Director of Government Relations, comes a-calling to offices on The Hill, asking staffers to indulge the group’s research on immigration policy, the elected representatives and those staffers who find her at their doors might want to remember exactly what and who Jenks herself represents. Yesterday, Breitbart News, […]
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Islamophobia
Former FBI Agent Sets Islamophobic Sights on CIA Nominee
By Kalia Abiade A former FBI agent known to propagate his fear that radical Muslims are infiltrating the highest levels of government may have outdone himself when he claimed that John Brennan, President Obama’s pick to head the CIA, is secretly Muslim. During a Feb. 8 appearance on Tom Trento’s radio show, John Guandolo surmised […]