..an astonishing 30 percent of Republicans believe that “true American patriots may have to resort to violence” to save the country.
Far Right GOP /3
.. the culmination of three decades of dynamic interaction among white supremacists, far-right organizations and populists within the Republican Party..
The Far Right GOP /4
.. With a sluggish economy, unemployment hovering above 7 % &significant job losses in the manufacturing sector, Buchanan was able to portray cultural liberalism, immigration and Bush’s embrace of free trade as an attack on “Middle America” from all sides.
Far Right GOP /5
.. [Buchanan] campaign co-chair Larry Pratt had appeared with members of the Aryan Nation at a white-supremacist Christian Identity meeting, and another co-chair had attended a banquet honoring people convicted of shooting abortion providers.
Far Right GOP /6
…While the symbols of [David]Duke’s past white supremacy could not be openly embraced, they nevertheless spoke to many White voters..
Far Right GOP /7
Tea partyers..took up the racial sentiments embedded in the xenophobia developing since the Buchanan campaigns, the Islamophobia sparked in the wake of 9/11 and the racism and the anti-Blackness summoned forth in reaction to the election of Barack Obama.
Far Right GOP /8
But far-right extremism did not work its way to the heart of the Republican Party until the nomination and 2016 election of Trump.
Far Right GOP /9
Richard Spencer later said: “There is no question that Charlottesville wouldn’t have occurred without Trump. It really was because of his campaign and this new potential for a nationalist candidate who was resonating with the public in a very intense way.”
Far Right GOP /10
.. organized into groups like Oath Keepers, Three Percenters,Proud Boys..but many more had no affiliation,simply seeing themselves as defenders of their communities..in this context that..Kyle Rittenhouse received accolades from..nat’l Republican officials
Far Right GOP /11
.. to overcome settled arrangements of power. That moment has arrived as the Republican Party, from national leadership to voters, has come to embrace violent authoritarianism.
.. licensing his brand to the luxurious Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama aligned Trump’s financial interests with those of crooks looking to launder ill-gotten gains.
Trump Money Laundering /2
..key player in laundering of drug money at Trump Ocean Club was notorious fraudster David Murcia Guzmán,subsequently sentenced to 9 years for laundering millions of dollars' worth of illicit funds,including narcotics proceeds,thru companies &real estate
Trump Money Laundering /3
Another was Alexandre Ventura Nogueira,who brokered nearly 1/3 of 666 pre-construction unit sales at the Trump Ocean Club &claims to have sold 350-400 units.His sales brokerage was critical to the project’s lift-off &Trump’s earning tens of $millions.
Teenage boys fantasize about shooting lethal rifles. AR-15 gunmakers actually lure teenage boys with the idea they can be killers if they buy the product.
Bushmaster tells teen boys that buying its lethal AR-15 they buy their ticket to virile manhood.
“What is dominion? Well, dominion is Lordship. He wants His people to reign and rule with Him. . . but He's waiting for us to. . . extend His dominion..
Prophetic on Dominionism. /3
“..And the Lord says, "I'm going to let you redeem society. There'll be a reformation..We are not going to stand for those coercive utopians in the Supreme Court and in Washington ruling over us any more..
Ending abortion is foremost among the young generation’s assignments, The Ramp teaches. While preaching at The Ramp in 2006, Engle compared ending Roe v. Wade to “overthrowing segregation in Alabama in 1963.”
“I want you to pray for your generation that it would be said that a great generation came forth from the South &overthrew the altars of Ba’al,overthrew the altars of sexual immorality,overthrew the altars of abortion &brought forth the greatest awakening..”
The Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are Inferior Judges /1
The Federalist Society..has reared a generation of phony originalists..who subscribe to a philosophy that is hostile to the advancement of social &economic progress in the country.
Justice Samuel Alito Is Here With a Timely Reminder That He Sucks
“..Alito made it clear that he sees safeguarding people’s health during the pandemic and expanding people’s rights as an attack on freedom and religious liberty.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has a math problem…WSJ’s..review of dockets discovered that 131 U.S. judges participated in at least 685 cases where they were..disqualified under the law [from] 2010-2018.