A “fifth column” is a group of “domestic actors who work to undermine the national interest, in cooperation with external rivals of the state.” This can be “overt or clandestine.”
There is a massive Russian fifth column in America which has until now, with some notable exceptions, tried to stay relatively clandestine.
But Tucker Carlson, by traveling to Moscow and giving Vladimir Putin a massive platform to lie to the American people directly, has signaled to the American fifth column that it is now time to shift gears to overt.
Since we now know Alito was flying his flag upside down at the time, let’s review one of the plans the coup plotters had involving him.
This interview by criminal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
Crimal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #scotus#Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Speaker Pelosi reconvening Congress.
At the Alito's beach house, the "Appeal to Heaven" flag: "now a symbol of support for insurrectionist Donald Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms."
Provocative Flag Flown at Another #Alito Home. The justice’s house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on #Jan6 associated with #christofascist. #traitor#insurrectionist flew the “Appeal to Heaven” flag outside the Alitos’ #NewJersey vacation home last summer.
The phrase “appeal to heaven” comes from the 17th-century philosopher John Locke, who wrote of a responsibility to rebel, even use violence, to overthrow rule. “It’s a paraphrase for trial by arms,” Anthony Grafton, a historian at Princeton University.
So, Alito's Appeal to Heaven flag: a symbol of support for insurrectionist Donald Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government according to the #christofascist terms.
Alito must recuse himself from cases related to #Jan6#J6 crimes and conspiracy.
In coming weeks, the #scotus will rule on that case, which could scuttle the charges against Trump, as well as on whether he is immune from prosecution for his crimes.
They are using the premise of a #spiritualWar to pave the road for the #UnitedStates to become the #Christofascist#theocracy they so jubilantly pray for—and intimidating students protesting the violence in #Gaza and trying to claim campuses for their own brand of #Christianity is their latest battleground.
Republicans hate Girls and Women - they have already bent the laws to be able to murder us and disappear us. They are now making it legal to humiliate and torture us. There is no love - and there is nothing redeemable - in a man who would be ok with this assault, subjugation, and physical abuse of Girls and Women. Girls and Women aren't vessels to club and claim caveman style. We aren't vessels to impregnate and imprison. We are autonomous beings with fundamental human rights to self determine. And: whether raped or not--> Abortion is healthcare! Ps.Men speak up for us.
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Evangelical MAGA lawyer Michael Farris—who helped lead the effort to overturn #Roe—says that he and his colleagues plan to amend our US Constitution to ban abortion care in all 50 states (from conception until natural death) once they amass enough political power. He promises to take away healthcare from all Women and Girls.
Fake religious MAGA lawyer Michael Farris—who helped lead the effort to overturn #Roe—says that he and his colleagues plan to amend our US Constitution to ban abortion care in all 50 states.
Nothing this man says bears any resemblance to the truth. It's just one absurd lie after another. The idea that #Democrats supported his efforts to criminalize #abortion is patently ridiculous. The only people who supported that bullshit are #Christofascist scoundrels on the far-right. Literally everyone else was vehemently opposed to the move.
The #Christofascist scumbag who destroyed the #Satanist statue in the state capitol is claiming that #Iowa is discriminating against him for his #Christian beliefs because the judge in his case refused to dismiss the #hatecrime charge against him. Yes, Iowa is discriminating against a Christian because of his Christian beliefs. If you believe that, I've got a golden calf I'd like to sell you.
#Thomas (and his #christofascist wife, Ginny) could be indicted tomorrow just on what the public knows about his #corruption & her election interference.
How to know when you've crossed over to full, freakin' paranoia?? When you read an article like this & immediately envision #Christofascist legislation to grow "abandoned" frozen embryos via artificial wombs so they can become neglected, traumatized kids--oops, I mean properly-educated RW voters. Voila... the next anti-abortion tool. 🤦♀️
The heart of #Christians are on full display following the #eclipse. Some delusional #Christofascist woman who was convinced that the eclipse would usher in the "#rapture" left huge tips for multiple servers prior to the event because she figured she'd be with #Jesus, and wouldn't need the cash. When she discovered that she was still on Earth after the eclipse, she was struck with #Biblical butt-hurt, and went back and demanded her tips back!
#BestBuy is caving to threats by #christofascist#Republican investors, and will stop contributing to #LGBTQ non-profit organizations — including blocking their employee resource groups from making donations to those groups.
This #fascistic pig is pledging to rip up the #Constitution, and impose some sort of religious test for #immigrants. This is such a brazen violation of the plain text of the Constitution that I don't think it's more than absurd pandering to his #Christofascist base, but the threat should compel everyone to stand in defense of the nation, and #VoteBlue like our future depends on it.
The wife of Judge James Ho, a Trump appointee whose ruling helped pave the way for banning mifepristone, took 6 payments from the #christofascist group who brought the suit to court.
What in the wide world of #Christofascist fuckery is this??? #FoxNews is having their hosts recite #Christian prayers as part of their programming. They're supposedly sponsored #prayers, paid for by some Christian app. This is just too much. I may have to pack my shit and head up into the mountains to live out my days cut off from the world, and blissfully ignorant of whatever the Christ-folk are doing.
“There’s not one Democrat that can tell you they stand up for God,” said #TommyTuberville
Ummm... That's because we live in a #secularRepublic, not a #Christofascist#theocracy, you nitwit. It's not the job of our elected leaders to "stand up for God". They're supposed to be standing up for their constituents.
Get TF out of the #Senate, and go be a priest if you want to prioritize religious mumbo jumbo over the best interests of the nation.
Commander #MikeJohnson's big plan for America under Republican control is... #DefundThePolice. Seriously. See, when they accuse the Democrats of doing it (they weren't), it's a terrible sign of our nation's downfall. But when the #Christofascist Campbell Soup Kid proposes it, it's like Jesus himself came down from wherever Jesus lives and blessed our godly country. There's only so much of this bullshit I can take.
#Christofascist#Mississippi#Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith — who, during her 2018 senate campaign, stated she would "be in the front row" of a public hanging — has blocked a bill introduced by Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth that would have protected access to #IVF.
(Aside: Cindy Hyde-Smith, the #christofascist#Mississippi#Republican, is previously known for thumping the wrong Bible verse while trying to explain why Jesus says elections must never be held on a Sunday. Vote these ignorant, backwards cretins out!)
Donald Trump and His Personal Attorney Rudy Giuliani Worked With #Russian Intelligence Agents to Try to #Steal the 2020 U.S. #Presidential#Election.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) charged parliament member Oleksandr Dubinsky with treason, working with Russian FSB/KGB agents of russia, indicting him alongside Andriy Derkach and former prosecutor Kostyantyn Kulyk, who have both fled the country. The three were part of a Kremlin-backed effort to feed Giuliani russian disinformation in an attempt to harm President Joe Biden.
Our democracy is at war against far-right goons who want to establish a white-supremacist, #Christofascist dictatorship in America.
You understand—that an orchestrated plot against higher education is one front in the ongoing insurrection these traitors are waging, and that that insurrection dwarfs everything else in significance.
The #insurrectionists have put themselves permanently outside civil discourse in the United States, as they want nothing but the destruction of this country. They are not waiting to be preached to and converted; they are dangerous cultists who support the terrorism of #January6th#Jan6th.
The men orchestrating this #fascist assault on our values—Mike Flynn, Stone, Patel to Kirk, Rufo to Trump, Posobiec to Jones—aren’t stupid. Many of them have comms capabilities significantly beyond those of 90% of Americans—or intelligence backgrounds. They’re fighting an information war against us in a dastardly way they’ve long planned.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson had no idea Representative Ken Buck is quitting, as the GOP is in complete shambles....