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Do you appreciate #empathy? Could you imagine a #cult that is glorifying the lack of empathy and #compassion? Could you imagine a cult casting empathy as a 'parasitic plague'? This cult exists - in an incredible unholy alliance.
Julie Carrie Wong investigated it and wrote a scary, important, and reveiling #longread about the preachers behind: theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int
via @joolia.bsky.social

The Guardian · Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathyBy Julia Carrie Wong

Deborah Frances-White notes that US politics is now dominated by a Christian right emboldened by its success in overturning Roe v. Wade. But she warns:

"This isn’t exclusively a US problem – women’s rights are increasingly at risk in the UK and Europe, too. ...

Between 2008 and 2017, about $50m of funding flowed into Europe from 12 of the most influential Christian rightwing foundations in the US, according to research by OpenDemocracy in 2019."

#ChristianRight #women

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may followBy Deborah Frances-White

#LawrenceBritt #CharacteristicsOfFascism Numbers 1 and 11...

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

by Max Matza, 3/27/2025

"US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City.

"The order directs the vice-president to 'eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology' from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.

"It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which 'have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history'.

"The move is part of Trump's effort to shape American culture, in addition to politics."

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/cdjy1jmv
#ChristoFascism #ChristianRight #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Fascists #TurdReich

An overhead view of buildings in Washington DC. There is snow on the ground
www.bbc.comTrump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museumsThe order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centres.
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@CheapPontoon
Two Boats and Helicopter Story (Parable of the Drowning Man)

By Jared Dees

A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe.

“Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast.”

“No,” says the preacher. “I have faith in the Lord. He will save me.”

Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat.

“Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee’s gonna break any minute.”

Once again, the preacher is unmoved. “I shall remain. The Lord will see me through.”

After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone.

“Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance.”

Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him.

And, predictably, he drowns.

A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, “Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn’t you deliver me from that flood?”

God shakes his head. “What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter.”

jareddees.com/twoboats-helicop
#FEMA #ChristianRight #NoCommonSense

Jared Dees · Two Boats and Helicopter Story (Parable of the Drowning Man) | Jared DeesThe man asked, "Why didn't you deliver me from that flood?" God shakes his head. "What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter."

Seems #GOP and #ChristianRight only care about women when they want to discriminate against #TransPeople! HYPOCRITES!

GOOD! Bill to ban #trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams fails to advance in Senate

By STEPHEN GROVES
Updated 7:27 PM EST, March 3, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday night in a divided Senate as Democrats stood united against an issue that Republicans leveraged in last year’s elections.

"A test vote on the bill failed to gain the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber as senators stuck to party lines in a 51-45 vote tally.

"The bill sought to determine #TitleIX protections 'based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.' The vote came as Republicans have homed in repeatedly on the social cause, casting it as an issue of ensuring athletic fairness for women and girls.

"President Donald #Trump signed an executive order last month giving federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the administration’s view, which interprets 'sex' as the gender someone was assigned at birth.

"Still, Republicans in Congress have set their sights on enshrining that policy into law by amending the 1972 Title IX law, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance."

Read more:
apnews.com/article/transgender
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #GenderSpectrum #GBLTQRights #GenderFascists #USPol

The Capitol, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
AP News · Bill to ban trans athletes from girls' and women's sports teams fails in SenateBy Stephen Groves

When the real #WitchHunts begin, remember... Anyone the #ChristianRight doesn't like is considered a witch! Just like in the 1600s! Piss off the proctor? You're a witch! Have more land than Goodie Smith? You're a witch! Are you a man with a husband? You're a witch!

Concerns Over Targeting of Pagan Community in #Pickens, #SouthCarolina

By Manny Moreno | February 25, 2025

Excerpt: "On February 18, a YouTube video titled 'Witches Be Crazy with Pastor Barry Vaughn' was released by Kevin Harden of Gaining Ground Ministries. The video opens with Harden quoting Deuteronomy 18:9-12, which warns against practices like divination, sorcery, and necromancy.

"Pastor Barry Vaughn and Harden discuss a recent witchcraft festival in Pickens and their efforts to evangelize at the event. Vaughn confirms his presence and states that he and others initially protested outside the venue, later entering the facility before being told to leave.

"Following the backlash, Stillwater Christian Fellowship escalated its response through sermons, podcasts, and videos. Members called on pastors to 'chase the wolves out', a phrase that critics argue refers to witches, #LGBTQIA+ individuals, and #AbortionRights supporters.

"Vaughn later clarified in a video that he does not promote violence but supports the enforcement of what he calls 'God’s law.'" [What about eating shellfish? Or mixing threads together? HYPOCRITES!]

wildhunt.org/2025/02/concerns-
#witches #witchcraft #witch #Pagans #FarRight #BurningTimes #ChristianRight #ChristoFascists #ResistFascism

The Wild Hunt · Concerns Over Targeting of Pagan Community in Pickens, SCBy Manny Moreno

How #RonDeSantis Is Emulating #VladimirPutin

By Robin Maril
March 28, 2022

Excerpt: "Indeed, there is little daylight between Putin’s anti-#LGBTQ policies and erasing messaging and that of the American right. Hardline #ChristianRight and conservative groups like #AllianceDefendingFreedom and the #HeritageFoundation offer a chillingly similar message arguing that LGBTQ-inclusive school policies and nondiscrimination laws are dangerous, radical “gender ideology.” These groups engage in well-funded, strategic campaigns against recognition of transgender people and broader LGBTQ equality, relying on a range of unfounded scare tactics. Just last month, the Heritage Foundation published a report decrying the Biden administration’s National Strategy for Gender Equity and Equality as a plan to make “gender ideology a central theme in the American experiment.” The report concludes that trans-inclusive healthcare and nondiscrimination policies are a “frontal assault on the freedom to act in accordance with” the need to “defend marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and defend the immutability of biological sex.” This messaging isn’t new, but it has reached a renewed fever pitch in the last few years in American politics."
slate.com/news-and-politics/20
#USPol #WorldPol

Slate · How Ron DeSantis Is Emulating Vladimir PutinBy Robin Maril
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Donald Trump defies court order by adding transphobic text to restored webpages
lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/donald

* several U.S. gov't webpages that mention gender now contain transphobic text calling trans people a threat to women/children
* recently restored webpages f.
Dept. Health & Human Services (HHS)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

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Fight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard [Russell Vought; Wheaton College]
newyorker.com/news/the-lede/a-
nonpaywalled: archive.fo/4E2dw

* Wheaton College: controversy around graduate Russell Vought
* Trump1/Trump2 official
* dissent among conservative Christians

The New Yorker · A Fist-Fight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of HarvardBy Emma Green
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@BAMFaerie
One of our trans-led, advocacy-activist groups here in Canada.
It's on our radar. In solidarity, V. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🙏

Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees
momentumcanada.net/pathways

#MomentumCanada #TransLivesMatter #TransRights
#USpol #USlaw #Trump #GOP #Project2025 #fascism
#CanPol #CanLaw #Poilievre #populism #protofascism
#ChristianRight #whiteNationalism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#ChristoFascism #transgenocide
#WomensRights