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July '22:

"But at least since January 6th, some MAGA sectors have been dropping much of the pretense of religious freedom, while they appear to openly prepare their audiences for vigilante violence and religious war."

#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
religiondispatches.org/when-religious…
Aug 2022:

"Nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism, militant Christian fundamentalism, intimidation tactics, and threatening behavior currently being employed in the community.”

-Library director in Idaho
krem.com/article/news/l…
Encyclopedia Britannica: Fascism - Identification w/ Christianity: britannica.com/topic/fascism/…

"Most fascist movements portrayed themselves as defenders of Christianity and the traditional Christian family against atheists and amoral humanists."

March 2, 2022:

How American Evangelicals Helped Make Putin’s Russia and How Russia Became the Darling of the American Right
#ChristianNationalism religiondispatches.org/a-twisted-love…
Aug '22:

“Administrators at a Nebraska [public] school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues"

This is right-wing authoritarianism, not "culture war".
apnews.com/article/gender…
Sept 2022:

“Sheets has... a huge following...

Sheets decreed that “there is coming a great partnership of the church and government,” and asked his followers to “war with me for our great nation.”

#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
#ChristianFascism
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Sept. 2022:

"Sheets counseled followers to “divide and conquer,” calling on God to “raise up kingdom warriors who are willing to do whatever it takes to bring forth Your kingdom rule in the Earth.”

#21stCenturyFascism
#AmericanFascism
#ChristianFascism
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Sept. 2020:

"Trump-loving right-wing pastor Rick Joyner appeared on “The Jim Bakker Show” Friday, where he once again urged Christians to form militias in preparation for a coming civil war... 'We need to get ready. I’m talking to law enforcement...'"
rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-joyn…
Sept '22:

"Postings offering $5,000 to kill members of group that advocates for freedom from religious coercion in the [US] military... extra $1,000 if victim is Jewish..."

Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Jewish leader face murder-for-hire threats jta.org/2022/09/05/uni…
"As the SoulFest crowd chanted lyrics like “Revolution from within/ Let the kingdom reign begin,’’ “Dominion’’ seemed... like a battle cry for a more militant method of salvation."

At Christian music festival, a message of hope and healing has a flip side
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynam…

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Jul 27, 2022
N. and S. America, Europe, Russia, Africa...

July 2022:

Why #ChristianNationalism is a global problem
abc.net.au/religion/chris…
"Since its inception, the Lord’s Resistance Army has kidnapped more than 100,000 children. The objective of the group, as articulated by Kony, is an explicitly Christian nationalist one: for Uganda to be a country governed by the Ten Commandments."

abc.net.au/religion/chris…
July 26, 2022:

Orbán has made anti-migration rhetoric a key part of his platform since 2015, but his speech on Saturday – in which he spoke out against “race mixing” – was extreme even by his standards.

Adviser to Orbán resigns over ‘pure Nazi speech' theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…
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Jul 2, 2022
Feb. 2019:

"Shockingly, they completely ignore two of the most significant economic events: the market crashes of 1929 and 2008."

Plutocrats are controlling too much of our edu and media.

Koch Network Pushes Deceitful Textbook on Cash-Strapped Schools truthout.org/articles/koch-…
Nov 2021:

"School officials specifically instructed [teachers] to avoid books by authors of color and women...for fear we may violate [HB 1775]...can possibly face formal admonishment or lose their Oklahoma teaching licenses if...found to be in violation"
aclu.org/news/free-spee…
Dec 30, 2019:

"Tens of millions of Americans live hermetically sealed inside the vast media and educational edifice controlled by Christian fascists."

#ChristianNationalism

Onward, Christian Fascists
truthdig.com/articles/onwar…
Read 10 tweets
Nov 8, 2021
U.S. TV news and politics shows: 🙈🙉🙊

"To address the threats to social stability, the U.N. chief recommended a series of measures “to provide universal health coverage, education, housing, decent work and income protection for everyone, everywhere.”

apnews.com/article/techno…
US TV news and politics shows: 🙈🙉🙊

“We find year after year that life satisfaction is reported to be happiest in the social democracies... People feel secure in those countries... gov is seen to be credible and honest and trust in each other is high.”
apnews.com/article/2021-w…
Dec 17 2021:

"Societies that are more unequal are more violent. As collective institutions like trade unions are weakened, ordinary people become increasingly atomized. As social cohesiveness is pulled apart by inequality, tensions rise."
-@benphillips76 ipsnews.net/2021/12/global…
Read 10 tweets
Apr 22, 2020
Because it wasn't really an "attack". It was an *assist* by the right-wing of 1 country to the right-wing of another country — part of a global right-wing alliance that Putin's party and the GOP are just 2 members of.

They've all been helping each other for decades and decades.
The fact that most Americans don't realize this is because U.S. establishment media is controlled by people who benefit from right-wing policies.

So it benefits them to keep us hating other countries without giving us enough info that would make us evaluate our own systems.
The U.S, under Bill Clinton, helped Yeltsin win a second term to prevent the resurgence of Soviet communism. It's what eventually led to Putin being in power.

Aug. 18, 2018:

How to interfere in a foreign election.
bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/0…
Read 9 tweets
Jan 23, 2020
@duchessofearl1 @JYSexton In an INTERNATIONAL STUDY, the GOP *platform* was found to be FUNDAMENTALLY neo-fascist.

Republican Party has evolved into an American version of Europe's neo-fascists.
👉🏼 dailykos.com/stories/2019/6…
@duchessofearl1 @JYSexton Studies have demonstrated that the ONE characteristic that linked 2016 Trump voters across all *other* characteristics is that THEY ARE AUTHORITARIANS. 😖

Trump is a SYMPTOM of #AmericanFascism.

More Info ⤵️
theconversation.com/trumps-america…

and ⤵️
acpress.amherst.edu/books/riseoftr…
@duchessofearl1 @JYSexton Trump/GOP is controlled AND funded by Christofascists, white nationalists, and American and foreign oligarchs.

Watch this & read Anne Nelson's book, "Shadow Network".
c-span.org/video/?464899-…

More Info
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christofa…

Council for National Policy extranewsfeed.com/americas-talib…
Read 5 tweets
Jan 22, 2020
Good morning! 🌄🌇🌅

The *illegitimate* Trump admin — which exists because an oligarch cheated to get elected — is an *illegitimate* neo-fascist regime building fascism.

Today's GOP is a neo-fascist party.

The USA is an OLIGARCHY.

Oligarchy and fascism are UNACCEPTABLE.
Monday, @NPR *reporters* repeatedly called the fascist, terroristic rally in Virginia, "peaceful", and Wednesday morning, NPR *reporters* called perfectly legal behavior by refugees, "Illegal".

Do you understand what's happening?
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