When Christian nationalists take control of the county government.
' Joe Moss, the group’s other co-founder and, now, chair of the [county] commission, said, “There is a mighty force at our back, and everything that we do, we are doing for the glory of God.” '
#Michigan #OttawaCounty #theocracy #ChristianNationalism #fascism #USRepublicans
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/21/michigan-christian-nationalists-00083251
#USRepublicans #fascism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy #ottawacounty #michigan
Of bicycle riders, Jews, and trans folk.
' Part of the magic trick the right-wing does is get you to focus on specifics — restrooms, school showers, books — so you don’t notice your pocket being picked. It’s a totalitarian smokescreen that works for a while, then dissipates. Reality eventually intrudes.... '
H/T: @grantimatter
#hate #DeSantis #Putin #fascism #trans #antisemitism #USRepublicans
#USRepublicans #antisemitism #trans #fascism #putin #desantis #hate
' Imagine members strutting around the corridors of Congress in late 2001 with a Boeing 747 lapel pin, or wearing a spiky replica of the coronavirus when New York City’s morgues were overflowing in the spring of 2020. Explain to me how worshiping an AR-15 — when the blood stains are still being scrubbed off a dance studio in Monterey Park, Club Q in Colorado Springs, or a bus in Charlottesville — is any different, really? '
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/republicans-ar-15-lapel-pin-clyde-santos-20230205.html
Republicans came this close to a fistfight on the House floor. About what? They're all agreed on their top priorities: defunding the IRS so it can't catch rich tax cheats; Hunter Biden's laptop; Fauci's crime of trying to save American lives and the alleged weaponization of the FBI led by Trump appointee Wray. The circus is in town and finally has its head clown. #PolitClowns #USRepublicans #McCarthy #PolitCircus
#politcircus #politclowns #USRepublicans #mccarthy
There is no sign of moderation because the #USRepublicans have chosen the path to #Radicalization. Even a pivot from #DonaldTrump to #RonDeSantis as the new figurehead would only continue this path consistently.
There are still many commentators who want to see a moderate conservative in #DeSantis. That's not a fair assessment. Instead, he's Trump 2.0.
The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends) | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/gop-maga-fascist-nyyrc/
#USPol #GOP #RepublicanParty #NYYRC #WhiteChristianNationalism #January6th #MarjorieTaylorGreen #MTG #SteveBannon #MAGA #Authoritarianism #VictorOrbán
#victororban #authoritarianism #maga #stevebannon #mtg #MarjorieTaylorGreen #January6th #WhiteChristianNationalism #nyyrc #republicanparty #gop #uspol #desantis #rondesantis #donaldtrump #radicalization #USRepublicans
A Republican “Soul-Searching”? Highly Unlikely.
Don’t trust people who keep promising a GOP pivot that never comes
The 2022 midterm elections are finally over. They ended on Tuesday with another Democratic victory over a Trumpist candidate in another high-stakes, high-profile race in another purple state. Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker in the Georgia senate runoff – that’s good news for Democrats, good news for (small-d) democrats, good news for anyone who values having reasonably qualified people in political office.
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/a-republican-soul-searching-highly
#trumpism #gop #USRepublicans #republicanparty #uspol
Texas’ anti-trans bills reminiscent of treatment of Jews in pre-war Germany
Watching Republicans adopt violent transphobia as a central plank of their party is alarming, but it’s not without precedent.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/texas-new-spate-anti-trans-bills-us-worried-rcna58337
#USPol #RepublicanParty #USRepublicans #GOP #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #AntiLGBTQIA #Transphobia #Dehumanization #ClubQ #History #Germany #Nazis #NaziGermany #Hitler #Antisemitism
#antisemitism #hitler #nazigermany #nazis #germany #history #clubq #dehumanization #transphobia #antiLGBTQIA #WhiteChristianNationalism #maga #gop #USRepublicans #republicanparty #uspol
Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock | The Nation
And GOP opponent Herschel Walker is giving them a hand. But don’t ignore the way voter suppression made this harder.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/georgia-democrats-warnock/
#USPol #Georgia #RunoffElection #2022Miderms #RaphaelWarnock #HerschelWalker #GOP #USRepublicans #USDemocrats #RepublicanParty #VoterSupression
#votersupression #republicanparty #USDemocrats #USRepublicans #gop #herschelwalker #raphaelwarnock #2022miderms #runoffelection #georgia #uspol
Arizona will certify election results Monday. What happens next? | The Hill
Arizona state officials will meet on Monday to conduct the state’s vote canvass and officially declare winners from last month’s elections, a once low-profile step that this year is expected to spark lawsuits from multiple Republicans.
#USPol #Arizona #2022Miderms #MaricopaCounty #KatieHobbs #KariLake #ElectionDenialism #Lawsuits #MAGA #GOP #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty
#republicanparty #USRepublicans #gop #maga #lawsuits #ElectionDenialism #KariLake #katiehobbs #maricopacounty #2022miderms #arizona #uspol
Is This Democracy: 5. What Does “Democracy” Even Mean, And Why Conservatives Don’t Want to Be Conservatives Anymore (Oh, and the meeting of white supremacists at Mar-a-Lago)
Trump hosted a leading Holocaust denier and white power activist for dinner: What to take away from this latest reminder of who Trump is and what the Republican base wants, and why we must not be lulled into a false sense of security by the ridiculousness of it all – And we dive deep into the question of how to best capture and describe the defining political conflict: Why we are experiencing a counter-mobilization, rather than a backlash; by reactionaries, rather than conservatives; against egalitarian multiracial, pluralistic democracy, rather than simply democracy.
#USPol #IsThisDemocracy #DonaldTrump #Ye #KanyeWest #NickFuentes #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteNationalism #AntiSemitism #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty #GOP #MAGA
#maga #gop #republicanparty #USRepublicans #antisemitism #whitenationalism #whitesupremacy #nickfuentes #kanyewest #ye #donaldtrump #IsThisDemocracy #uspol
Far-Right Extremists Assemble - by Thomas Zimmer
Some thoughts on Trump, Fuentes, and the Republican Party’s white nationalist core
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/far-right-extremists-assemble
#USPol #DonaldTrump #Ye #KanyeWest #NickFuentes #WhiteNationalism #Antisemitism #FarRight #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty #GOP
#gop #republicanparty #USRepublicans #farright #antisemitism #whitenationalism #nickfuentes #kanyewest #ye #donaldtrump #uspol
Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism | The Nation
MAGA and cowardly Republicans are whitewashing Hitler fans.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kanye-west-musk-trump-nazism/
#USPol #Ye #KanyeWest #NickFuentes #DonaldTrump #AlexJones #Infowars #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty #GOP #WhiteNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Antisemitism #Nazism #Hitler
#hitler #nazism #antisemitism #WhiteChristianNationalism #whitenationalism #gop #republicanparty #USRepublicans #infowars #alexjones #donaldtrump #nickfuentes #kanyewest #ye #uspol
The Right's antisemitism, out in the open
Ye, Fuentes and Trump are only the tip of the iceberg. The Right's antisemitism runs way deeper. Hold them accountable.
https://annikabrockschmidt.substack.com/p/the-rights-antisemitism-out-in-the
#USPol #Ye #KanyeWest #NickFuentes #DonaldTrump #RonDeSantis #AlexJones #Infowars #Antisemitism #NeoNazism #WhiteNationalism #FarRight #RightWing #Extremism #Nazis #Hitler #Charlottesville #UniteTheRight #GOP #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty
#republicanparty #USRepublicans #gop #unitetheright #charlottesville #hitler #nazis #extremism #rightwing #farright #whitenationalism #neonazism #antisemitism #infowars #alexjones #rondesantis #donaldtrump #nickfuentes #kanyewest #ye #uspol
Jan. 6 panel staff angry at Cheney for focusing too much of report on Trump - The Washington Post
Fifteen former and current staffers expressed concerns that important findings unrelated to Trump will not become available to the American public.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/liz-cheney-jan-6-committee/
#USPol #January6th #Jan6Committee #Report #LizCheney #DonaldTrump #ChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty #GOP
#gop #republicanparty #USRepublicans #whitesupremacy #ChristianNationalism #donaldtrump #lizcheney #report #Jan6Committee #January6th #uspol
Trump’s Dinner Fiasco Was a Win for Fascists Playing the Long Game – Mother Jones
His guest, white supremacist Nick Fuentes, is trying to bend conservatism to his will.
The 24-year-old white nationalist Nick Fuentes dined with Donald Trump and Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) at Mar-A-Lago last week. For the last six years, Fuentes has built up a following on Twitter, Twitch, and other social media platforms while touting his support for antisemitism, fascism, and the creation of a white ethnostate. In that time, he has become one of the clearest successors of the white power, alt-right movement.
#USPol #NickFuentes #KanyeWest #DonaldTrump #WhiteNationalism #WhitePower #WhiteSupremacy #AltRight #NeoNazism #FarRight #RightWing #Extremism #USRepublicans #RepublicanParty #GOP
#gop #republicanparty #USRepublicans #extremism #rightwing #farright #neonazism #altright #whitesupremacy #whitepower #whitenationalism #donaldtrump #kanyewest #nickfuentes #uspol