Julian Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development--Former Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro may not be on the ticket in 2020, but he's looking forward to getting rid of Donald Trump, whose strategy he says is designed to deepen the culture war in America. During our recent conversation for Salon Talks, Castro explained why he's strongly supporting Joe Biden, while at the same time pressing the former vice president on immigration and police reforms.Castro told me that Trump, even more than in 2016, is "appealing to that sense of...…Julian Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development--Former Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro may not be on the ticket in 2020, but he's looking forward to getting rid of Donald Trump, whose strategy he says is designed to deepen the culture war in America. During our recent conversation for Salon Talks, Castro explained why he's strongly supporting Joe Biden, while at the same time pressing the former vice president on immigration and police reforms.Castro told me that Trump, even more than in 2016, is "appealing to that sense of...WW…

Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign is desperate to stop people from reminding America that Trump called warnings about the threat of the coronavirus a “hoax.” I found that out firsthand after an appearance Sunday morning on Ali Velshi’s MSNBC show, where I mentioned Trump’s history of belittling the threat of the coronavirus. One of the examples I cited was Trump’s at his Feb. 28 rally where he declared that the Democrats’ criticism of his handling of COVID-19 was their “.”  Later Sunday, to my surprise, the “Trump War Room,” a Twitter account that is managed by the Trump campaign and...…Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign is desperate to stop people from reminding America that Trump called warnings about the threat of the coronavirus a “hoax.” I found that out firsthand after an appearance Sunday morning on Ali Velshi’s MSNBC show, where I mentioned Trump’s history of belittling the threat of the coronavirus. One of the examples I cited was Trump’s at his Feb. 28 rally where he declared that the Democrats’ criticism of his handling of COVID-19 was their “.”  Later Sunday, to my surprise, the “Trump War Room,” a Twitter account that is managed by the Trump campaign and...WW…

Anatomy of a hate crime. On Saturday, April 19, retweeted far-right “journalist” Paul Sperry, whom the Anti-Defamation league has “an anti-Muslim blogger” for his years of spewing . The Sperry that caught Trump’s eye read: “Let’s see if authorities enforce the social-distancing orders for mosques during Ramadan (April 23-May 23) like they did churches during Easter.” Later that day Trump continued to stoke the flames of bigotry at his daily press conference, defending his retweet by suggesting that Muslim-Americans would have more rights than Christians when it came to places of...…Anatomy of a hate crime. On Saturday, April 19, retweeted far-right “journalist” Paul Sperry, whom the Anti-Defamation league has “an anti-Muslim blogger” for his years of spewing . The Sperry that caught Trump’s eye read: “Let’s see if authorities enforce the social-distancing orders for mosques during Ramadan (April 23-May 23) like they did churches during Easter.” Later that day Trump continued to stoke the flames of bigotry at his daily press conference, defending his retweet by suggesting that Muslim-Americans would have more rights than Christians when it came to places of...WW…