This is a great article that touches on Stone’s role in stop the steal, but the most important sentence is this:
“The radicalization of the Republican Party has altered the world of conservative media, which is, in turn, accelerating that radicalization.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
“The radicalization of the Republican Party has altered the world of conservative media, which is, in turn, accelerating that radicalization.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
We aren’t talking enough about the political insurgency into the Republican Party, and who is funding it.
From the article:
As Fuentes said on the “InfoWars” panel, “This is the best thing that can happen, because it’s destroying the legitimacy of the system.”
From the article:
As Fuentes said on the “InfoWars” panel, “This is the best thing that can happen, because it’s destroying the legitimacy of the system.”
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are not anomalies.
They are the latest in a line of GOP candidates that have been recruited, groomed for the position, and financed to become elected.
The trajectory of the party is clear.
Who is funding and launching these candidates?
They are the latest in a line of GOP candidates that have been recruited, groomed for the position, and financed to become elected.
The trajectory of the party is clear.
Who is funding and launching these candidates?
We know that, particularly since the the Citizens United decision, there has been a constellation of anonymous shell companies that have funneled tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars into our politics.
The Tea Party was astroturfed to generate an insurgency into the GOP.
The Tea Party was astroturfed to generate an insurgency into the GOP.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1268779497488216064
Did some of those same interests provide financing for the astroturf efforts behind the StopTheSteal plot to overturn our elections?
There is certainly evidence that indicates that is the case.
There is certainly evidence that indicates that is the case.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1324817230425542656
And what if some of those same interests also funded the campaigns of the Senators who attempted to subvert the certification of the electoral college vote?
Should we be concerned about that?
Should we be concerned about that?
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1346584042062319616
In fact, many of those same shell companies are also being used to turn our courts into an alternative legislative branch.
They fund lawsuits to bring specific issues to SCOTUS, and then fund lawyers to file dozens of amici that will press and influence the court.
They fund lawsuits to bring specific issues to SCOTUS, and then fund lawyers to file dozens of amici that will press and influence the court.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1316089774575288320
The result of this is an alarming rate of narrowly-decided cases that split along party lines.
And the decisions favor those Republican donors.
Not most of the time - all of the time.
Out of 80 split decisions, they win 80 cases.
And the decisions favor those Republican donors.
Not most of the time - all of the time.
Out of 80 split decisions, they win 80 cases.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1315352225720410112
And so, when a seat opens on the United States Supreme Court, it is big business.
This is an opportunity to guarantee a generations worth of those same split decisions.
This is an opportunity to guarantee a generations worth of those same split decisions.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1315751572077375488
So what does this have to do with the radicalization of the Republican Party?
In the 2021 Defense Bill, we struck a major blow to these networks of anonymous shell companies - we demanded transparency.
This was a big win - it was really surprising that the GOP passed this bill.
In the 2021 Defense Bill, we struck a major blow to these networks of anonymous shell companies - we demanded transparency.
This was a big win - it was really surprising that the GOP passed this bill.
https://twitter.com/loopemma/status/1334657427724177408
Perhaps it was too good to be true?
On Jan 10, as we were all occupied with the fallout from the insurrection, SCOTUS quietly took up a case that will attempt to create new *rights* for dark money groups.
One party in the case is a dark money group in the Koch network.
On Jan 10, as we were all occupied with the fallout from the insurrection, SCOTUS quietly took up a case that will attempt to create new *rights* for dark money groups.
One party in the case is a dark money group in the Koch network.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1350681786859196416
We have urgent security concerns at the moment, with the inauguration approaching, but we must remain vigilant.
If our courts are allowed to be used to grant *rights* to these networks, then 2022 candidates will be more radical than today’s.
It’s all about radicalizing the GOP.
If our courts are allowed to be used to grant *rights* to these networks, then 2022 candidates will be more radical than today’s.
It’s all about radicalizing the GOP.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1337960420166914055
🚨 Details:
Two days after the insurrection, SCOTUS quietly took up a case by Charles Koch’s AFPF.
Suing former CA AG Xavier Becerra, AFPF claims that requiring anonymous shell companies to routinely disclose their donors is a violation of their rights.
nationalreview.com/corner/the-sol…
Two days after the insurrection, SCOTUS quietly took up a case by Charles Koch’s AFPF.
Suing former CA AG Xavier Becerra, AFPF claims that requiring anonymous shell companies to routinely disclose their donors is a violation of their rights.
nationalreview.com/corner/the-sol…
This explains why Republicans did not put up a fight against legislation in the NDAA that requires these shell companies to disclose their donors.
Because they were already planning to have SCOTUS rule that it is unconstitutional.
Citizens United has also filed an amicus:
Because they were already planning to have SCOTUS rule that it is unconstitutional.
Citizens United has also filed an amicus:
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