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Immigration PACs Off to Slow Start for 2010

By | 03.25.10 | 9:30 am

There’s no official count available on the current number of active immigration PACs, but according to TWI research, there are at least eight immigration PACs — two of which are pro-immigration — raising and spending in the 2010 cycle.

Together, these eight PACs raised only $1.46 million through Dec. 31, More…

Marcus Epstein is Free at Last

By | 07.10.09 | 9:00 am

The saga of the Pat Buchanan and Tom Tancredo employee who pleaded guilty to a hate crime is over, for now.

At about 10 am on July 8th, in the District of Columbia Superior Court, Judge Anderson dismissed the case against Marcus Epstein, who had pled guilty to a

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Bay Buchanan Speaks Out Against the ‘Lynching’ of Marcus Epstein

By | 06.05.09 | 4:40 pm

Bay Buchanan, whom I interviewed this week about troubled anti-immigration activist Marcus Epstein, has published a fuller account of his problems and a broadside against the — wait for it — “lynching” that ensued.

The stories about Marcus were for the most part inaccurate and incomplete. 

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Tancredo, Buchanan Bruised by Racist ‘Karate Chop’

By | 06.02.09 | 12:01 am

On July 7, 2007, Marcus Epstein had too much to drink and stumbled onto Georgetown’s scenic, shop-lined M Street, walking in no particular direction. At 7:15 p.m., he bumped into a black woman, called her a “nigger,” and struck her in the head with an open hand. An off-duty Secret More…

University of Virginia: Marcus Epstein Isn’t Coming Here

By | 06.01.09 | 5:44 pm

Jason Wu Trujillo, UVA Law’s Senior Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, has emailed TWI about Marcus Epstein’s law school plans.

Mr. Epstein is not currently enrolled at the University of Virginia School of Law, and I do not expect him to be an enrolled student in the future.

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Bay Buchanan Responds to Tancredo Speechwriter Hate Crime Scandal

By | 06.01.09 | 2:07 pm

I just talked to Bay Buchanan, the co-chairman of Team America PAC and president of the American Cause, who is sticking by executive director (of both groups) Marcus Epstein after this weekend’s revelations about his 2007 arrest for karate-chopping a black woman while yelling a racial epithet.

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Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman

By | 06.01.09 | 10:49 am

For years, conservative writer and activist Marcus Epstein has worked with the mainstream of the immigration restrictionist movement. He wrote speeches for former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) during his presidential bid, and he’s still working as the executive director of Tancredo’s Team America PAC, alongside Bay Buchanan. Epstein has More…