An important article here. [Gifted, no paywall. NYTimes]: The Untold Story of the Network That Took Down Roe v. Wade
A conservative Christian coalition’s plan to end the federal right to abortion began just days after Trump’s 2016 election. By Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer
> Make no mistake: This is an authoritarian escalation.
> Blaming outside agitators or interests always was a propaganda ploy and remains so now.
> It is no accident that this indefensible police crackdown comes in service of an indefensible war. The very extremity of protest repression speaks to desperation on the part of institutions of the American establishment.
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the #injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” “Those who profess to favor #freedom and yet deprecate #agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.” - Frederick Douglass #Genocide#Gaza#Palestine#quotes
> “There was absolutely no sign of any violence, of any antisemitism at all,” says Bartov, who warns antisemitism is being used to silence speech about Israel.
Denying a Jewish ethnostate in the region of Palestine's divine right to exist is part of the IHRA definition of antisemitism accepted by nearly all countries, so this is antisemitic, just like the French Resistance and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising were anti-German.
🇺🇸Honoring the Men and Women Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice for Our Nation’s Freedom
🕊️This week, I had the privilege of volunteering at Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden, where I placed flags on veterans’ graves in preparation for Memorial Day.
The flags we placed are a small yet significant gesture of gratitude for their courage and dedication. 🎖️
Let us never forget their legacy and continue to honor them throughout the year. 🙏🏽