- On March 1st, 2017, Daniela Vargas, an immigration activist and Dreamer whose DACA status had expired but who had recently refiled, was detained by ICE agents after speaking at a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi. Her brother and father were detained in February.
- On March 1st, 2017, news broke that noted racist and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, lied under oath in his confirmation hearing about whether or not he met with Russian officials during his time with the DT campaign. He did. Twice.
- On March 1st, 2017, the New Yorker reported that Jared Kushner, son-in-law and to DT, also met with Russian Ambassador Kislyak at Trump Tower in December. The White House apparently let this one out, I guess because they were hoping to get ahead of the Sessions story, or else because they just don't care anymore.
- On March 2nd, 2017, Session rescused himself from any investigation into DT's campaign's ties to Russia. He has not resigned, though several lawmakers have called for his resignation.
- Source, "The definitive guide to Trump's Russia ties": http://www.politico.com/trump-russia-ties-scandal-guide
- Source, Congressional lawmakers calling for Sessions to resign: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/here-s-list-lawmakers-calling-sessions-recusal-resignation-n728236
- Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/jeff-sessions-russia-recuse/518457/
- Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/02/transcript-of-jeff-sessionss-recusal-press-conference-annotated/?utm_term=.ee8a4db27bbf
- Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/breaking-down-why-jeff-sessions-recused-himself-from-russian-investigation/
- Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/politics/democrats-sessions-russia-resignation-call/
- On March 2nd, 2017, Muslims from around the country gathered for Muslim Day at the nation's Capitol. It was a mostly peaceful affair, aside from one ignorant jackass wearing a t-shirt that read "Allah is Satan" and "Muhammad is in hell."
- TRIGGER WARNING: HATE CRIME, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED MURDER On March 2nd, 2017, the FBI said that they are reviewing the November hanging death of a Black Muslim teen in Seattle. The medical examiner had previously ruled Ben Keita's death a suicide, but changed the classification to "undetermined" based on additional facts, one of which was that Keita's body was found in an area that was previously searched with a K-9 unit, hanging from a tree that was very high, up to 50 feet. Keita's parents said that their 18-year-old son had no history of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, or attempts, and was a very good student close to graduating high school while involved in a study program at a local community college.
- On March 2nd, 2017, the BBC reported that several Muslim veterans have pledged to guard synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and Jewish Community Centers in need in light of the bomb threats and headstone desecrations that have occurred since DT's inauguration. A lot has been made about interfaith support between Jews and Muslims in light of recent hate crimes, but it is important to remember that, for most of history, Jews and Muslims lived peacefully side by side in the Middle East. Muslims consider Jews and Christians "People of the Book," and thus believe they share the same God.
- On March 2nd, 2017, the Imam at a Brooklyn mosque received a letter threatening to kill him signed "Muslim Slayer."
- Source: http://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/breaking-brooklyn-imam-received-letter-signed-muslim-slayer
I'm sorry I can't really go on tonight. It's been really disheartening keeping up this list the last week or so for personal reasons, and reading about hate crimes just really did me in for the night. I'm going to do my best to get up tomorrow morning and get some more information up that I have saved, but for now, I need to call it a day.