Anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups have joined forces with Georgia鈥檚 largest association of Baptist churches to sway Gov. Brian Kemp in support of a far-right policy agenda that rolls back the rights of transgender children, according to emails obtained through a public records request.
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is engaged in an ongoing crusade to force private businesses to adhere to conservative Christian theology, in part by spreading the false narrative that private sector banks have been dropping conservative religious clients since the Obama administration. The conspiratorial claim, which ADF calls 鈥渄ebanking,鈥� has arisen out of an ongoing effort from ADF to ban or disrupt private sector investments in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and environmental sustainability.
Thirteen federal judges sent a letter on May 6 to Columbia University president Minouche Shafik boycotting law clerks from the school and calling on the university to identify student protesters who participate in 鈥渃ampus disruptions鈥� so 鈥渇uture employers can avoid hiring them.鈥�
On March 27, a California judge issued a 聽that former Trump Campaign attorney John Eastman be disbarred.
Two ultra-conservative non-profit policy groups that frequently attempt to influence Georgia officials appear to be bolstered by the help of two people not registered as lobbyists, according to public records and social media posts reviewed by Hatewatch.
America is in the grip of a gun violence epidemic. On average, American young people know at least one person who has been injured or killed by a gun, according to a 2024 report聽from 蜜桃传媒, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL). Data from the 聽shows 鈥渇irearm injuries were the leading cause of death among children and teens鈥� in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021. Research also shows gun violence in the United States disproportionately .
In a Feb. 23 blog post, David Fowler, former Tennessee state senator and current president of Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT), took aim at the lobbying efforts of anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom听(础顿贵).
