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  Anti-White, Anti-Male Discrimination in U.S. Was Insane

  Oct 2, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  Vice President JD Vance, during an interview with Jack Posobiec aboard Air Force Two on Thursday, offers this response to young men who are disappointed by the accomplishments of the Trump administration:

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  Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on Ethnicity?

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  The Civil Rights of Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981) was interpreted in the late 1960s as prohibiting discrimination even in private contracts based on race. In 1991, Congress expressly included that interpretation in the statute. Because in the late 1800s, "race" was understood to include what today might refer to "ethnicity" (e.g., German, Arab, Jewish), the Court concluded that § 1981 extends to

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  California mayor accused of drunken behavior, racial slur, harassment in chief of staff's claim

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken has been accused of repeatedly appearing intoxicated during city-related events, making racially derogatory remarks and asking intrusive questions about sexuality, according to a newly released 25-page government claim. Berenice Ballinas, who has worked in Aitken's office since December 2022 as her chief of staff, alleges harassment, discrimination and retaliation bas

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  Sotomayor denies mom's bid to get son into elite NYC school amid racial discrimination fight

  Oct 1, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied a Brooklyn mother's emergency bid to enroll her Asian American son at an elite New York City high school, alleging that a city program geared toward admitting students from economically challenged neighborhood into the school discriminates against Asian students. The lawsuit centers on allegations by Yi Fang Chen, whose son was denied admission to Stuyvesant High Sch

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  Family of Renee Good files suits over her killing by immigration officer during Minnesota protests

  Oct 1, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  One lawsuit filed against the U.S. government alleges wrongful death, and the other lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights.

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  Supreme Court back in session first Monday of October: will hear climate and discrimination cases

  Oct 1, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear significant cases on climate change, consumer protection and discrimination in its upcoming term. The first day of arguments at the high court is Oct. 5.

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  Miami Beach Can't Dodge First Amendment Lawsuit After Police Questioned Woman Over Anti-Israel Facebook Post

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  A Miami Beach woman's First Amendment lawsuit against the city, its mayor, and police chief can partially proceed after a federal judge ruled on Monday that she had adequately alleged that Miami Beach has a policy and practice of targeting criticism of Israel. Raquel Pacheco, represented by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), filed a civil rights lawsuit in March against Miami B

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  Obama-appointed judge clears way for White employee to challenge Seattle's DEI policies

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  A unanimous federal appeals court ruled Monday that a jury should decide whether Seattle's DEI initiatives created a racially hostile work environment for a White employee, while emphasizing that federal anti-discrimination law protects workers regardless of race. The three-judge panel did not rule on whether Seattle's DEI programs violated the Constitution or federal anti-discrimination law. Inst

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  HR 227 Clergy Act

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Passed Senate

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  HR 4307 Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Passed Senate

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  HR 2400 Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Passed Senate

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  S 5374 A bill to facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Introduced

  To facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.

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  S 1514 Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Passed Senate

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  HR 6380 Chiricahua National Park Act

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Passed Senate

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  S 3371 National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement Act

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Introduced

  To designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``National Museum of the Blind People's Movement''.

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  Federal judge dismisses Trump admin's lawsuit attempting to obtain sensitive Georgia voter data

  Sep 30, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  Calvert said although the Justice Department was using Title III of the Civil Rights Act to demand the information, the CRA did not supersede state law or apply to all records, just public information.

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  Children's authors sue LA over library's cancellation of Read Palestine Week event

  Sep 29, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Two children's book authors sued Los Angeles after its public library canceled a virtual conversation featuring Palestinian stories after one library staffer accused the authors of having "strong terrorist ties" and holding "virulently antisemitic views." The Guardian reported Tuesday that authors Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad sued the city and accused it of discrimination,...

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  'Long Live Yahya Al-Sinwar': Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop Slapped With Discrimination Suit for Rampant Antisemitism, Crushing Dissent Over Israel Boycott

  Sep 29, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  The Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn was slapped with a lawsuit on Tuesday that alleged an antisemitic intimidation campaign by its leadership to silence Jews who objected to its boycott of Israeli food, according to a copy of the lawsuit first obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon . The members-only food cooperative—an institution in left-wing Park Slope— voted in late May to boycott

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  Whatever Happened to Trump's Housing Affordability Executive Order?

  Sep 29, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free . This week's newsletter includes stories on: The far left winning state elections in Berlin, Germany, on the promise of municipalizing 225,000 private apartment buildings. A zoning and religious freedom case out of Idaho, in which a college founded by controversial "Christian nationalist" pastor Doug Wilson is claiming discrimination at t

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  How Fear Forged A New Racial Order Centered On White Guilt

  Sep 29, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  This is republished with permission from the author. The original, “ The White Guilt Cage ,” can be read on the Man of Steele Substack. *** Note from the author: This is the first in a series of essays on white guilt that I will be publishing alongside the release of White Guilt , the documentary I made with my father, Shelby Steele. The film traces how white guilt was born out of the civil rights