"The Christian nationalist movement has long used abortion as an issue to unify different strands of their movement. They know that if you can get people to vote on a single issue, you can control their vote. ...
If you dig deeper, it is really about the money and power, and not just sex."
~ Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshipers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
#WhiteChristianNationalism #abortion #IVF #women #power #control
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#ElonMusk Ramps Up Anti-Biden Posts
The #billionaire has increasingly been using his #SocialMedia platform to criticize #POTUS #Biden.
“He is just a tragic front for a far left political machine,” #Musk wrote. It was the 29th time this year that he had posted about the president….
#power #influence #TaxCutsForTheWealthy #CorporateTaxCuts #gaslighting #propaganda #BigLie #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/elon-musk-x-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Republicans in #Arizona to Add #Immigration Measure to #Ballot in Nov
The measure would make unlawfully entering AZ from #Mexico a #state #crime. The #legislators’ proposal would give #local #police officers the #power to #arrest & #jail *migrants* & would allow state judges to #deport people.
#law #Federal #ClimateMigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/arizona-immigration-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=0D989B78-77C1-4139-B60D-D9801D2C8264&sgrp=c-cb
#Senate #Republicans block Democrats' #SCOTUS #ethics bill
The legislation would establish a #CodeOfConduct for the justices, as well as #recusal rules & new requirements for disclosing gifts & travel. #Republicans blocked it from advancing.
#law #influence #power #ClarenceThomas #Alito
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gop-blocks-democrats-supreme-court-ethics-bill-rcna156738
'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice
The Peach State is unique—it's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship
#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/
#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives.
He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4
#Thailand's #ConstitutionalCourt ordered the dissolution of the #AntiEstablishment opposition party #MoveForward, ruling its campaign to amend a #law that protects the #monarchy from #criticism risked undermining the #democratic system.
The ruling is the latest setback for Thailand's major #political parties that are embroiled in a 20yr battle for #power against influential #conservatives, #OldMoney families & the #military.
#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-politics-edge-court-decides-fate-anti-establishment-party-2024-08-06/
Usha #Vance told friends #Trump appalled her. Now she’s working to elect him.
The potential second lady found Trump’s actions on #Jan6 “deeply disturbing,” a friend said. But #ambition & devotion to her husband ultimately drove her to a place in the campaign.
#Republicans #liars #power #cynicism #VoteBlue #Harris #Harris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/27/usha-vance-trump-jan6/
#The19th wanted to ‘normalize’ #women in #power. In 2024, it’s dreaming bigger.
The nonprofit newsroom, entering its fifth year, is making new hires & planning to grow an endowment.
The birth of the 19th came in the wake of #HillaryClinton’s 2016 electoral loss — & a growing frustration that traditional #news #media wasn’t equipped to cover women in #political life.
#Equity #Women #LGBTQ+ #gender #journalism #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/19th-news-site-ramshaw-lasharah-bunting/
