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What has historically prevented theocratic, culture war conservatism from turning into full blown authoritarianism was the American conservative tradition's lingering, libertarian qualms about the use of state power. Remove those libertarian qualms, and it's not good.

It’s not about drag, it’s not about bathrooms, it’s not about school sports, it’s not about library books, it’s not about children. I’m terrified what’s going to happen if cis people continue to refuse to understand this. #trans #transphobia

Rightwing extremists advocating for the dissolution of the country is neither new nor surprising.

The fact that such extremists have risen to the center of conservative politics and continue to be elevated within the Republican Party, however, is indicative of an acute threat.

Did you know that Jimmy Carter saved Canada’s capitol by lowering himself into a nuclear reactor that was melting down? Or that Reagan committed treason to defeat him in 1980? Some reflections on the greatest president of my lifetime:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/jimmy-carter-reflects-the-best-of?r=nl8r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Now all the hate is louder than ever.

The fascists are

Anti-poor
Antisemitists
Anti working class
Anti gay
Anti trans
Anti Asian
Anti First Nations
Anti immigrant
Anti all people of color
Anti disabled
Anti women.
Anti modern men

When you add It together that’s 90% of us. All fighting separate battles.

When I say all oppression is related this is what I mean.

Start somewhere. Share Black history posts. Participate in #BlackHistory exercises.
Let’s get free together,

If there really are aliens, Republicans will want to ban teaching critical space theory. I’m sorry.

If Fate is a real thing, I hope mine is to fix America by buying an AM radio station and staying up all night infecting crazy old people’s brains with fun and helpful conspiracies like how recycling is how to fight terrorism and that you win the lotto by leaving trans kids alone

Give her what she really wants this Valentine’s Day - Reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, the souls of her enemies, and pockets in every dress.

If you don't thing the right-wing dominates our politics, think about how little you hear about wage theft -- the largest single form of theft in America -- and how much you hear about two trans kids in Texas who'd like to play a sport.

Just a heads up: The Woke Mind Virus booster shot doesn’t work.

I got it over a week ago and am STILL not homophobic, anti-Semetic, or spreading unfounded, silly conspiracy theories!

In Germany everyone who planned the coup was rounded up in one day last week, thrown in jail.

In U.S., almost 2 years later, we're still finding texts from members of Congress urging Trump to invoke "marshall law." And Trump, leader of the coup, is running for president again.

Weepy bullshit Christian and Missouri Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler says the real victims in the US are Christians, and not gays.

But her gay nephew Andrew Hartzler knows better. “It's more like you want the power to force your religious beliefs onto everyone else, and because you don't have that power, you feel like you're being silenced.”

Senate-bid-loser Hartzler will be out of a job in January, so expect her to launch a sectarian snake-oil grift on Twatter soon!

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/vicky-hartzler-cry-marriage-equality-gay-nephew-andrew

Underreported story (more about it tomorrow). The WTO said Trump national security tariffs were illegitimate; the Biden administration (!) told the WTO to stuff it 1/ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/09/wto-ruling-trump-tariffs-violate-rules-00073282