A3 cont'd
* FRC plans to turn out conservative Christian voters. elect right-wing candidates in swing states
* FRC board chair, fmr. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann) pitched for contributions
* warned 2024 election “might be last chance” to save the U.S. 🤨
https://persagen.com >> search: "Jody Hice"
"family research council"
"frc action"
"family research council" AND "leonard leo"
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/people/jody-hice
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRCAction #ChristianRight #theocracy
Addendum 2
Billionaire megadonor couple funding election denial with extensive influence machine and dark money network
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/09/billionaire-megadonor-couple-funding-election-denial-with-extensive-influence-machine-dark-money-network-uihlein
* Dick, Liz Uihlein conservative megadonors
* est. vast network of dark money groups, conservative super PACs
* donated $250+ million to federal candidates, political groups since 2016
#Uihlein #neofascism #DarkMoney #neoconservatism #AmericanPrinciplesProject #DefundBillionaires #ChristianRight #superPACs #Trumpism #GOP #GOPmenace #AmericaFirstAction
Addendae 3
Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute
PragerU
Chris Rufo's message spread thru right-wing channels
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110945862769594954
* Cicero Institute, founded by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale
* Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on homelessness, Cicero Institute
* PragerU: 23' in video
https://persagen.com >> search: "chris rufo"
"manhattan institute"
"joe lonsdale" OF "cicero institute"
"cicero institute" and "homelessness" AND legislation
#PragerU #ChrisRufo #ManhattanInstitute
Addendum 4
Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/15/bogus-edutainment-may-be-coming-to-a-classroom-near-you
“Edutainment”? 🤨
* it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦♀️
* Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials
* Texas could be next
#PragerU #education #edutainment #neoconservatism #DeSantis #Florida #Oklahoma #Texas #disinformation
A1 cont'd 3/
Regarding "free speech," LGBT supportive persons/groups can of course leverage the same media / venues. However, LGBT groups almost universally (as far as I know) are by nature inclusive, even of non-LGBT allies.
Therein lies the fundamental difference, in my opinion. Providing forums to TERFs like Meghan Murphy and pseudo-intellectual populist trolls like Jordan Peterson enrich and empower them to the detriment of a significant, vulnerable proportion of our population.
...
A1 cont'd 4/
This post meandered a bit from my original objection viz-a-viz the CBC, but it hopefully provides additional context (at least from my point-of-view).
There are historic and topical concerns in the use of language; choice of words matters.
#CBC #MeghanMuphy #TERF #JordanPeterson #trolls #pseudointellectualism #transphobia #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories
A1 cont'd 2/
Providing a forum for "free speech" is the same timid response that taxpayer-supported organizations like the Vancouver Public Library give when providing a forum for Meghan Murphy (who profits from that speech).
Ditto notorious transphobe / far-right troll / pseudo-intellectual Jordan Peterson, who's been provided venues to speak at universities.
The "E" in TERF is "exclusionary:" Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Peterson likewise employs populist rhetoric to divide.
...
A1 cont'd 3/
Regarding "free speech," LGBT supportive persons/groups can of course leverage the same media / venues. However, LGBT groups almost universally (as far as I know) are by nature inclusive, even of non-LGBT allies.
Therein lies the fundamental difference, in my opinion. Providing forums to TERFs like Meghan Murphy and pseudo-intellectual populist trolls like Jordan Peterson enrich and empower them to the detriment of a significant, vulnerable proportion of our population.
...
A1 cont'd
"Transvestite" used to be a common word to describe cross-dressers; today the use of that word is discouraged as being derogatory.
Regarding the CBC: in previously providing a forum for TERF Meghan Murphy, CBC lowered the bar under the guise of free speech. That's not a history to be proud of; hence my added concern over their editorial practices.
...
A1 cont'd 2/
Providing a forum for "free speech" is the same timid response that taxpayer-supported organizations like the Vancouver Public Library give when providing a forum for Meghan Murphy (who profits from that speech).
Ditto notorious transphobe / far-right troll / pseudo-intellectual Jordan Peterson, who's been provided venues to speak at universities.
The "E" in TERF is "exclusionary:" Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Peterson likewise employs populist rhetoric to divide.
...
Addendum 1:
I'll expand on my post.
At the end of the day, "groom*" is a word in the English language. Times change, however.
In 2023 however - amidst a societal tsunami of polarizing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric / legislation / violence - and as a trans person I take exception to the CBC normalizing the use of that word.
...
#CBC #MeghanMuphy #TERF #JordanPeterson #trolls #pseudointellectualism #transphobia #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories
A1 cont'd
"Transvestite" used to be a common word to describe cross-dressers; today the use of that word is discouraged as being derogatory.
Regarding the CBC: in previously providing a forum for TERF Meghan Murphy, CBC lowered the bar under the guise of free speech. That's not a history to be proud of; hence my added concern over their editorial practices.
...
A1 cont'd 3/
* since expanded to involve the organized exportation of homophobia & transphobia around the world through a well-funded network of extremist Christian groups & organizations
* echoes found in current wave of anti-trans & “Don’t Say Gay” laws adopted in much of U.S. in response to similarly manufactured panic
* laws criminalize gender-affirming care, even worse: some states passed laws allowing trans youth to be taken f. their homes
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
A1 cont'd 2/
* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
A1 cont'd 3/
* since expanded to involve the organized exportation of homophobia & transphobia around the world through a well-funded network of extremist Christian groups & organizations
* echoes found in current wave of anti-trans & “Don’t Say Gay” laws adopted in much of U.S. in response to similarly manufactured panic
* laws criminalize gender-affirming care, even worse: some states passed laws allowing trans youth to be taken f. their homes
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
A1 cont'd
* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
A1 cont'd 2/
* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
Addendum
Video shows South Bend police targeting cop watchers w. Indiana law
https://therealnews.com/video-shows-south-bend-police-targeting-cop-watchers-with-new-indiana-law
* cop watching movement proliferated as video evidence of routine police abuse surfaces online
* Indiana cop watcher accosted by police wh. walking down public sidewalk filming w. cell phone
* encounter took strange twist when police tried to give him a ticket for exercising his 1st amendment rights
#Indiana #police #PoliceAccountability #1A #PoliceState #neofascism #DefundPolice #BLM #BTLM
Addendum
Video shows South Bend police targeting cop watchers w. Indiana law
https://therealnews.com/video-shows-south-bend-police-targeting-cop-watchers-with-new-indiana-law
* cop watching movement proliferated as video evidence of routine police abuse surfaces online
* Indiana cop watcher accosted by police wh. walking down public sidewalk filming w. cell phone
* encounter took strange twist when police tried to give him a ticket for exercising his 1st amendment rights
#Indiana #police #PoliceAccountability #1A #PoliceState #neofascism #DefundPolice #BLM #BTLM
A6 cont'd 3/
UAW Members Are Striking Against Corporate Power. Americans Overwhelmingly Back Them
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-members-strike-corporate-power-union-public-opinion-backing-autoworkers
* United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said “We fight for the good of the entire working class”
* Americans believe him. In massive numbers, they tell pollsters they back UAW over Big Three auto companies
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
A6 cont'd
United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-strike-shawn-fain-big-three-automakers/
* UAW launched historic strike, 2023-09-15
* workers at 3 plants across Big Three walking out
* UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring an "all-out strike is possible"
* 1st time UAW has struck all three major automakers simultaneously
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
Addendum 6
UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/15/uaw_strike_big_three_automakers
* 1st time in history, United Auto Workers launched simultaneous strike against Big Three U.S. automakers: Ford; General Motors; Stellantis (parent company of Chrysler)
* UAW President Shawn Fein (https://uaw.org/executive-board-2-2/uaw-president-shawn-fain/) announced targeted strikes at 3 facilities
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
A6 cont'd
United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-strike-shawn-fain-big-three-automakers/
* UAW launched historic strike, 2023-09-15
* workers at 3 plants across Big Three walking out
* UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring an "all-out strike is possible"
* 1st time UAW has struck all three major automakers simultaneously
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
@f3d54c4c@b6213d75
/3
As an example, in the past the CBC in the past provided a forum for notorious transphobe Meghan Murphy to argue her divisive rhetoric/ideology: https://persagen.com/docs/transphobia.html#meghan_murphy
#CBC #transphobia #homophobia #lgbt #CultureWars #rhetoric #ChristianRight #FarRight #populism #neoconservatism #WeaponizationOfLanguage
@f3d54c4c@b6213d75
As I said, "applicability." You are correct (above).
However, in North American culture/media the term "grooming/groomer" has been co-opted/weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community.
Particularly in attacks on queer/trans persons by the right-wing / far-right / Christian Right neoconservatives/populists.
...
@f3d54c4c@b6213d75
As I said, "applicability." You are correct (above).
However, in North American culture/media the term "grooming/groomer" has been co-opted/weaponized against the LGBTQ+ community.
Particularly in attacks on queer/trans persons by the right-wing / far-right / Christian Right neoconservatives/populists.
...
Addendum 4
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Oust Top Elections Official
* Senate GOP escalating fight over who can det. leader of group supervising 2024 elections
* Meagan Wolfe, 2019, unanimously confirmed by WI Senate
* suing to keep post
* yrs of criticism propelled by Trump 2020 election attacks
Meagan Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meagan_Wolfe
* U.S. election official; nonpartisan administrator of WI Elections Commission
#Wisconsin #MeaganWolfe #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #ElectoralFraud
Addendum 5
Planned Parenthood Will Resume Abortion Services in Wisconsin
1849 anti-abortion statute unenforceable, state judge said
https://truthout.org/articles/planned-parenthood-says-it-will-resume-abortion-services-in-wisconsin
* 2022-06: PPWI halted abortion services after SCOTUS overturned federal abortion protections (Roe v. Wade)
* PPWI was uncertain whether1849 state law; blocked by Roe ( 1973)
* judge Diane Schlipper ruled that lawsuit challenging 1849 WI law could proceed
#Wisconsin #abortion #Roe_v_Wade #PlannedParenthood #PPWI #Roe #Schlipper
Addendum 4
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Oust Top Elections Official
* Senate GOP escalating fight over who can det. leader of group supervising 2024 elections
* Meagan Wolfe, 2019, unanimously confirmed by WI Senate
* suing to keep post
* yrs of criticism propelled by Trump 2020 election attacks
Meagan Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meagan_Wolfe
* U.S. election official; nonpartisan administrator of WI Elections Commission
#Wisconsin #MeaganWolfe #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #ElectoralFraud
Addendum 4
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Oust Top Elections Official
* Senate GOP escalating fight over who can det. leader of group supervising 2024 elections
* Meagan Wolfe, 2019, unanimously confirmed by WI Senate
* suing to keep post
* yrs of criticism propelled by Trump 2020 election attacks
Meagan Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meagan_Wolfe
* U.S. election official; nonpartisan administrator of WI Elections Commission
#Wisconsin #MeaganWolfe #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #ElectoralFraud
A5 cont'd
No Accident Poverty Just Jumped
Spiked after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire
https://inequality.org/research/poverty-spike
* 60% incr. 2021-2022 b/c politicians allowed proven income support programs to expire
* frising prices, low wages, high rents, broken healthcare system
* w/o safety net/level playing field, financial security often out of reach for families
Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Statistics: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2023/income-poverty.html
#GOP #GOPmenace #poverty #ChildPoverty #HumanRights #inflation
A10 cont'd
* Insite does not supply any drugs
* medical staff present to provide addiction treatment, mental health assistance, & first aid in event overdose/wound
* Insite recorded 175,464 visits in 2017
Comment: Insite saves lives, and engages an under-priviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A6 cont'd, above) w. public health services.
#Canada #Vancouver #DTES #Insite #VCH #addition #PublicHealth
Addendum 10
See also A1 cont'd 2/, 3/ above
Relentless targeted/attacked by the Conservative Party of Canada, other conservatives, and billionaire Chip Wilson / Pacific Prosperity Network's propaganda/attack populist media "Vancouver Is Dying", Insite saves lives, and engages an underpriviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A above) with public health services.
Vancouver’s first supervised injection site marks 20 year milestone
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-first-supervised-injection-site-marks-20-year-milestone-1.6561761
A10 cont'd
* Insite does not supply any drugs
* medical staff present to provide addiction treatment, mental health assistance, & first aid in event overdose/wound
* Insite recorded 175,464 visits in 2017
Comment: Insite saves lives, and engages an under-priviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A6 cont'd, above) w. public health services.
#Canada #Vancouver #DTES #Insite #VCH #addition #PublicHealth
Regardless of the applicability, I'm taking issue with the clickbait headline and use of culture war-charged divisive rhetoric e.g. "grooming". 🤬
Shape the f. up, CBC - adhere to a higher editorial / journalistic standard. 🤨
@b6213d75 🇨🇦
Man who sexually groomed 12-year-old B.C. girl sentenced to 32 years in U.K. prison
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-grooming-sex-abuse-uk-sentence-1.6967002
#CBC #NationalMedia #NewsMedia #ethics #EditorialStandards #CultureWars #transphobia #homophobia #neoconservatism #Canada
Addendum 1:
I'll expand on my post.
At the end of the day, "groom*" is a word in the English language. Times change, however.
In 2023 however - amidst a societal tsunami of polarizing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric / legislation / violence - and as a trans person I take exception to the CBC normalizing the use of that word.
...
#CBC #MeghanMuphy #TERF #JordanPeterson #trolls #pseudointellectualism #transphobia #FreeSpeech #CultureWars #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories
A3 cont'd
Wisconsin’s Gerrymandering Is Sparking a Constitutional Crisis
Badger State Republicans’ desire to hold onto power is running afoul of democracy
https://newrepublic.com/article/175553/wisconsins-gerrymandering-sparking-constitutional-crisis
* Wisconsin the poster child for what happens when political party [GOP] wins 1 election, draws maps to entrench itself in power, does everything it can to keep itself in office forever
#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #RobinVos #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud
Addendum 4
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Oust Top Elections Official
* Senate GOP escalating fight over who can det. leader of group supervising 2024 elections
* Meagan Wolfe, 2019, unanimously confirmed by WI Senate
* suing to keep post
* yrs of criticism propelled by Trump 2020 election attacks
Meagan Wolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meagan_Wolfe
* U.S. election official; nonpartisan administrator of WI Elections Commission
#Wisconsin #MeaganWolfe #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #ElectoralFraud
Ron DeSantis Promises Extrajudicial Killings at Border
Florida governor's horrifying new plan for what he would do if elected president
https://newrepublic.com/post/175570/ron-desantis-extrajudicial-killings-border
* laid out the policy during a Wednesday night interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity
* DeSantis used phrase “stone cold dead” before when discussing the border
* DeSantis superPAC "Never Back Down" made the phrase the focus of a campaign ad
#DeSantis #neofascism #transphobia #GOP #GOPmenace #migrants #immigrants #MassMigration #HumanRights
Addendum 14
DeSantis Spreads Vaccine Skepticism With Guidance That Contradicts CDC
CDC recommended at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccines for most Americans 6 mo/older
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/politics/desantis-covid-vaccine-booster.html
* DeSantis admin. advised Florida residents under age of 65 skip updated boosters 🤨
* “I will not stand by & let the FDA & CDC. use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster shots” 🤨 🤦♀️ 🤨
#DeSantis #antivaxx #disinformation #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CDC #PublicHealth #Florida #GOP #GOPmenace #EBM
Ron DeSantis Promises Extrajudicial Killings at Border
Florida governor's horrifying new plan for what he would do if elected president
https://newrepublic.com/post/175570/ron-desantis-extrajudicial-killings-border
* laid out the policy during a Wednesday night interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity
* DeSantis used phrase “stone cold dead” before when discussing the border
* DeSantis superPAC "Never Back Down" made the phrase the focus of a campaign ad
#DeSantis #neofascism #transphobia #GOP #GOPmenace #migrants #immigrants #MassMigration #HumanRights
Addendum 1
How attackers hijacked phone of Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko
1st Russian journalist to infected with Pegasus spyware
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/09/13/the-million-dollar-reporter
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37496589
* 1st confirmed case of Pegasus attack against Russian journalist
* Access Now, Citizen Lab, Meduza report which states might have spent millions of dollars to hijack Timchenko’s phone
#IndependentNews #IndendentJournalism #NewsMedia #Meduza #GalinaTimchenko #NSO #spyware #NSOGroup #Pegasus #CitizenLab
Addendum 1
How attackers hijacked phone of Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko
1st Russian journalist to infected with Pegasus spyware
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/09/13/the-million-dollar-reporter
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37496589
* 1st confirmed case of Pegasus attack against Russian journalist
* Access Now, Citizen Lab, Meduza report which states might have spent millions of dollars to hijack Timchenko’s phone
#IndependentNews #IndendentJournalism #NewsMedia #Meduza #GalinaTimchenko #NSO #spyware #NSOGroup #Pegasus #CitizenLab
Addendum 3
WI GOP “Nonpartisan” Redistricting Bill Still Lets Them Draw Maps
https://truthout.org/articles/wi-gop-offers-nonpartisan-redistricting-bill-that-still-lets-them-draw-maps
* Republicans can’t impeach justice Janet Protasiewicz, who would likely rule against current maps
* purportedly nonpartisan redistricting process
* sounds good; doesn’t actually change continued GOP gerrymandering
* since 2011 GOP won WI state legislature largely due to their gerrymandered districts
#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #RobinVos #GOP #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud
A3 cont'd
Wisconsin’s Gerrymandering Is Sparking a Constitutional Crisis
Badger State Republicans’ desire to hold onto power is running afoul of democracy
https://newrepublic.com/article/175553/wisconsins-gerrymandering-sparking-constitutional-crisis
* Wisconsin the poster child for what happens when political party [GOP] wins 1 election, draws maps to entrench itself in power, does everything it can to keep itself in office forever
#Wisconsin #Protasiewicz #RobinVos #GOP #GOPmenace #neofascism #democracy #gerrymandering #ElectoralFraud
Comment: populist troll wars: Poilievre seeks whole enchilada (all things) ... don't be fooled.
Pierre Poilievre Rails Against ‘Authoritarian Wokeism’ in Response to Policy f. Doug Ford’s Gov.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce hit w. friendly fire in Poilievre’s latest right-wing culture war crusade
https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-rails-against-authoritarian-wokeism-in-response-to-policy-from-doug-fords-government
#Canada #Ontario #education #transphobia #DougFord #PierrePoilievre #duplicity #ConservativeParty #neoconservatism #populism #CultureWars #FarRight #ChristianRight
Addendum 5 cont'd 2/
[2023-09-13] Big Three Autoworkers Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to Wire
United Auto Workers’ contract w. the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight
If no agreement is reached, UAW ready to strike to recoup concessions made over past 2 decades, end tiers, & boost wages
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/big-three-auto-industry-strike-deadline-uaw-wages-tiers
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires
Addendum 6
UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/15/uaw_strike_big_three_automakers
* 1st time in history, United Auto Workers launched simultaneous strike against Big Three U.S. automakers: Ford; General Motors; Stellantis (parent company of Chrysler)
* UAW President Shawn Fein (https://uaw.org/executive-board-2-2/uaw-president-shawn-fain/) announced targeted strikes at 3 facilities
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
Addendum 9 cont'd
Elon Musk’s Private Interests Should Not Dictate Public Policy
https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/elon-musks-private-interests-should-not-dictate-public-policy/
* in deciding to deploy Starlink satellite technology Musk became essential part of Ukrainian gov. wartime communication infrastructure
* damage this concentration of power has wrought is irrefutable
* Musk lacks credentials, expertise, popular support to act on behalf of those directly implicated in the war
* continues to do so simply by virtue of his wealth
#Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine
A9 cont'd 2/
No One Man Should Have All That Power
As “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk continues his campaign of censorship at Twitter, we’re getting an exhibition in the outsized power of billionaires to shape our politics
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/twitter-elon-musk-free-speech-media-ukraine-starlink/
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#Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine
Addendum 4 cont'd 2/
* 9-member commission tasked w. investigating complaints about alleged breaches of trust by FL state public officers, employees
* appointment gives Descovich even more power to target same groups Moms for Liberty attacks
* Legal expert Alejandra Caraballo warned that Descovich will now “be able to investigate LGBTQ state employees & allies & systematically remove them f. state government”
#Florida #DeSantis #GOP #MomsForLiberty #TinaDescovich #ExtremistGroup #neofascism
Addendum 7
Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent
Officials in Georgia are covering up the police killing of a protester & waging a chilling assault on the right to protest
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/cori-bush-rashida-tlaib-cop-city
* started out as local fight over $90 million, 85-acre militarized police base near Atlanta,known as Cop City
* turned into 1 of most extreme cases of gov. overreach, oppression, & violence
#Atlanta #RICO #StopCopCity #RightToProtest #neofascism #DefundPolice #Tortuguita #MurderByCop #assassination
A1 cont'd
* events in U.S. & Canada around queer/trans rights reminiscent of early stages of terrifying campaigns seen elsewhere
* ostensible concern about corruption of children paves path to ultimate/explicit goal of outright eradication
* escalation of decades-long effort spearheaded by American evangelicals to incite legislative crackdown against LGBTQ people
* began w. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson in U.S.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110516256380019977
...
#lgbt #genocide #transphobia #homophobia
Addendum 10
See also A1 cont'd 2/, 3/ above
Relentless targeted/attacked by the Conservative Party of Canada, other conservatives, and billionaire Chip Wilson / Pacific Prosperity Network's propaganda/attack populist media "Vancouver Is Dying", Insite saves lives, and engages an underpriviledged population (largely abandoned by gov. - see A above) with public health services.
Vancouver’s first supervised injection site marks 20 year milestone
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-first-supervised-injection-site-marks-20-year-milestone-1.6561761
Addendae 3
Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute
PragerU
Chris Rufo's message spread thru right-wing channels
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110945862769594954
* Cicero Institute, founded by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale
* Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on homelessness, Cicero Institute
* PragerU: 23' in video
https://persagen.com >> search: "chris rufo"
"manhattan institute"
"joe lonsdale" OF "cicero institute"
"cicero institute" and "homelessness" AND legislation
#PragerU #ChrisRufo #ManhattanInstitute
Addendum 2
Quebec billionaire accused of paying minors for sex to sell Future Electronics for $5B
Robert Miller stepped down as chairman, CEO in 2023-02
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/robert-miller-future-electronic-sale-1.6966761
* Miller faces class-action lawsuit alleging he paid underage girls for sex
* selling Future Electronics Inc. for $5 billion to Taiwanese semiconductor distributor WT Microelectronics
* Future Electronics wholly owned by Miller
#Canada #RobertMiller #DefundBillionaires #SexualAbuse #SexualPredation #FutureElectronics
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