"Eighty percent of conservative outrage is just someone finding out how stuff works for the first time," said someone, and I can not agree more.
#Truth #Conservatives #RightWing #maga #Republicans #Change #Progress
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Here's a quick one for the "every fascist accusation is actually a confession" files. You know how fascists are always describing a secret plot by "wealthy elites" to push Marxist ideology, demonize Christian conservatives, and reshape society according to the whims of stinking rich, ideologically-motivated power brokers? Yeah, that's bullshit and there is no "Big Marxism" trying to "trans your kids."
What isn't bullshit however is that there ARE a number of fantastically wealthy RIGHT wing power brokers, spending literally billions of dollars to push America to the right, prevent structural change, and protect the capitalist "right" to extract profit even if it burns the planet to ash - and they're not at all shy about pushing the country towards fascism to get there either.
https://www.propublica.org/article/barre-seid-heartland-institute-hillsdale-college-gmu
This lengthy ProPublica expose from 2022 takes a look at one such power broker, Barre Seid, and his $1.6 billion dollar quest to fund right wing political objectives like climate science denial, ending abortion rights, "libertarian" and pro-corporate economic polices, restricting voting rights, stopping public healthcare, empowering winger think tanks to control public policy, funding noted elite winger apparatchik factory Hillsdale College, naming a library after dead fascist SCOTUS judge Antonin Scalia, and so forth. Amusingly enough, he does NOT support a trade war with China like so many other influential reactionaries in US politics do; probably because it's harmful to his and his companies' bottom lines.
You can read more about the guy in this article, but what's important to understand here is that there *IS* a plot to transform America at the whims of rich people, but they aren't "the left," they're dogsh*t winger billionaires like Barre Seid; and he is not alone. Furthermore, despite being in his 90's, his charitable donations to "Big Capitalism" and "Big Make America a Fascist Theocracy" will ensure he's still ruining your life and shaping your society in ways harmful to everyone but rich winger maggots, long after he shuffles off his mortal coil.
The #IowaSupremeCourt ruled on Fri that the state’s 6-wk #AbortionBan, when most women don’t even know they are pregnant, could be enforced, a decision that sharply limits #access to #abortion & fulfills a longstanding aim of the state’s #Republican leaders.
#Iowa #law #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #MaleSupremacy #ChristianEvangelism #NewApostolicReformation #RightWing #extremism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/iowa-supreme-court-abortion-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#DEI prgms toppled amid a surge of #conservative #lawsuits
A yr after #SCOTUS struck down race-based college admissions, #RightWing *public interest* grps have filed a barrage of federal lawsuits intended to dismantle long-standing #corporate & #government prgms that consider race in awarding #jobs & other #opportunities, & their #litigation already is eroding the use of #AffirmativeAction in an array of #American institutions.
#law #racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/27/conservative-lawsuits-topple-affirmative-action-dei/
#LyndaCarter’s Sister Is Running in a Key #Arizona Race. #WonderWoman Is Sounding the Alarm
#PamelaCarter, a #RightWing #abortion foe, claims to have her family’s “full support” for her candidacy. Not exactly.
AZ’s 4th #legislative dist, located in the suburban heart of #MaricopaCounty, might be the ultimate bellwether in the ultimate bellwether state.
#Election2024 #USpol #AZpol #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare #healthcare #fertility #IVF #law
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/lynda-carter-wonder-woman-pamela-carter-arizona-state-house-race/
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Behind #Christian Nationalism’s Influence on the 2024 #Election
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The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American #politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
#News #USPolitics #History #ChristianNationalism #Rightwing #Abortion #Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Jan6
Who’s Mailing the #Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.
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ProPublica has traced these mass-mailed newspapers to a “pink slime” news network known for #misinformation and its ties to right-wing super PACs funded by the #billionaire founder of shipping supply giant #Uline.
#News #Rightwing #Media #Journalism #Uihlein #Election #Propaganda
Senior #State Department official sought internal communications with #journalists, #European officials, & Trump #critics
#Trump appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, & #RightWing buzzwords for a “#TwitterFiles” style document dump about alleged conservative censorship.
#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #privacy #InfoSec #democracy #RevengePolitics
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/
#Disinformation Campaign of #Fake Images & #ConspiracyTheories On #SocialMedia Stoke #RightWing #Rage Around #LAProtests
Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.
The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.
#MediaLiteracy #moderation #TrumpLies #propaganda #Resist
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare