"I don't want everybody to vote. Our leverage in the elections goes up as the voting populace goes down" Paul Weyrich, founder, Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority
The far right is increasingly using this term against already marginalised groups, eg, transppl & homeless ppl
As on the 1930s' road to genocide, neo-Nazi oligarchs & their puppets are using yet another big lie to have us accept that these are "lives not worth living" & hence accept their murder
For Nazism, any life that dissents is a "life not worth living".
Remember, a small protest can become a critical mass for resistance. Think Thunberg.
It's wired in, it's blatant, and it's old news, but to me it remains pretty remarkable that the establishment press in the U.S. uses the term "conservative" to mean any action the extreme right wing favors.
The more extreme the act, the more "conservative" are the actors!
Thus, the Freedom Caucus in the House — the members of which are the most ready to let the U.S. default on its debt — are routinely described as the most conservative faction in the government.
New Zealand has designated seats in their parliament for indigenous Maoris. (Maoris can register to vote for either the regular seats or the indigenous seats.) I'd be open to something like this customized for the US.
What’s happening in Turkey today is not some exotic oddity. It’s a forewarning of exactly what can (and is) happening in the West.
Does this timeline seem familiar?
Neoliberals get elected. They fill their coffers while alienating a whole swath of society who they deem too far beneath them to matter.
A religious fundamentalist arises who speaks to those marginalised people, telling them they’ve been wronged (they have) and that he will make it right.
What actually happened in America is not a “neoliberal” getting elected, but a Black man.
A Black man in the White House was all it took to fan the spark of fascism that was always there in Movement Conservatism, first as the Tea Partiers and then through Trump’s birtherist origins.
Obama was a liberal, not a neoliberal. The word actually has a meaning: Reagan was a neoliberal (as was Thatcher).
These days, though, the term has been turned into a content-free slur by the same far left that undermined the left and allowed the far right to gain power.
And Trump was by no means a religious fundamentalist, although he certainly had the support of the Christofascists. That’s because they’re a type of fascist more than they are a type of Christian.
GOP nuked Roe and is going after women still. The ladies are not liking it (funny how being a target of persecution is not a fetish). I guess getting away with anything you want has limits.
I don’t think the GOP can get rid of the right to vote for women quick enough.
Republicans Fear Women Voters Will Destroy Trump's Election Chances
'Can I finish!': GOPer Kasich snaps at MSNBC's Velshi in chaotic argument over taxing the rich
Ohio here. Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) is an a-hole. I am glad MSNBC is getting a dose reality. They are quietly turning the channel into the 'before Trump, 2015' #GOP news channel. They are getting what they paid for. Certain blocks, like 4pm - 6pm are unwatchable. A case of GOP propaganda infestation disguised.
They voted for something that plenty told them was a stupid idea. They were warned by NO but they fell for the lies. Now it has turned out EXACTLY as the remain campaign said it would.
You have regret and want closer relationships with the #EU. How about 'No'! This is what you voted for. You won get over it. Deal with it!
President Biden has exceeded my expectations again. I don’t like the deal, but if we want a better one in two years, then throw out Republicans and retake the House in 2024. #USpol#politics
"Imagine I come home and find a crazy man in my house. He is holding a full gas can and a lit match. 'If you don’t sign over the deed to your house,' he screams, 'I will burn this place down.' I refuse, and we enter a standoff for days. Neighbors gather around my home. The police arrive. It is a major scene. The media show up. The newspaper and TV reporters see this as a big story and slap it on the front page and lead the evening news with it: 'Two local residents caught in fierce negotiations. If their talks don’t succeed, a house will go up in flames.'"
We should be using prime-time SCOTUS corruption hearings to take the focus OFF the default, allowing Biden to dictate,not negotiate.
Instead, the default crisis is distracting the media while the corrupt SCOTUS guts EPA.
June decisions will be even worse.
Senate hearings now! #USpol#SCOTUS#FedSoc#CorruptClarence
I love Mastodon, but I miss my POC activist, #Desi, and #AsianAmerican communities back on Instagram and Twitter.
Like back on IG and Twitter, folks I know are talking about #NoToSB147, opposing the proposed Texas law that would prohibit immigrants from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from owning property.
I’m just not seeing that on here, and it’s unfortunate.
Good news! The bill that would initially have banned Chinese immigrants from owning property in Texas is now officially 100% dead, and not moving ahead.
This might be the end of the Texas battle, but it needs to be beaten back in each of the states where such bills are under discussion.