It doesn’t sound completely awful in the abstract. But Josh Hawley is a Christofascist, which suggests that what he wants is for kids to have no access to information other than through Christian private schools and Christian homeschooling. #Christofascism 1/
5/ OMG. Josh Hawley is in cahoots with Alexey Komov, the Russian Christofascist homeschooling proponent who works for indicted Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. Because of course he is.
6/ Malofeev’s “Safe Internet League” is supposedly meant to “protect children” but really is a fascist Kremlin project to block objectionable content (eg, anti - Kremlin talking points). Komov & Torshin are on the board.
7/ Hawley’s bill is probably a copycat. (Full disclosure: I haven’t read it.)
8/ OMFG. When I’m right I’m right. Josh Hawley’s wife works for the Alliance Defending Freedom founded by Christofascist homeschooling proponent Michael Farris.
8/ "’Parental rights’ started on the Christian fringe [eg, with Michael Farris and the Home School Legal Defense Association]…” Now it’s the “Moms for Liberty” rallying cry. 1/12/22 salon.com/2022/01/12/par…
WTF? The right wing SCOTUS majority held that Trump is immune re: claims that he directed the DOJ to conduct knowingly sham investigations b4 admitting that, “TRUE THERE IS NO PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION…” (See pp. 37-38) Remember how they reversed Roe v Wade, emphasizing that the constitution includes no explicit reference to abortion? 1/ supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…
2/ From pp. 37-38
3/ What further blows my mind is that the right wing SCOTUS majority even manufactured a three prong test for this manufactured right to presidential immunity. Remember how right wingers complained incessantly about Roe v Wade’s three trimester approach for abortion rights?
Holy astroturf. The fundamentalist Christian takeover of the Carroll ISD school board in Southlake, TX included Hannah Smith —an alum of the Becket Fund (whose board includes Leonard Leo), protege of Leo ally Robert George, & former clerk of Leo pals Clarence Thomas & Alito. 1/
2/ The Daily Signal is the Heritage Foundation’s media arm. Heritage’s board includes Leonard Leo ally Robert George. dailysignal.com/2021/06/10/she…
Oh look. The Center for Baptist Leadership founded by Trump/Heritage alum William Wolfe follows SBC Pastor Jonathan Elwing who has been arrested for possessing images of himself molesting a 2 year old. Wolfe recently said that the SBC has no sex abuse crisis. FFS. 1/
😳 Florida SBC Pastor Jonathan Elwing Charged With Child Molestation. Elwing recently belonged to the Conservative Baptist Network co-founded by Florida-based Christian investor Rod Martin, a protege of the late Paul Pressler who allegedly molested underage boys. 1/ churchleaders.com/news/488534-14…
2/ “Rod Martin … is a co-founder … of the Conservative Baptist Network, two-term member of the executive committee of the Florida Baptist Convention State Board of Missions, and a former officer of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination.” rodmartin.org/about-rod/
3/ “Conservative Baptist Network Report Downplays SBC Sex Abuse Crisis, Raises Alarms About CRT, Feminism, LGBTQ+” churchleaders.com/news/442997-co…
Trump snapped and claimed that the 2020 election had been rigged against him, even though he & his Republican allies in Congress had blocked election-security bills before the election and Trump had out-performed the polls during the election. #TrumpIsAWhiner 1/
OK School Superintendent Ryan Walters is no lone wolf. He’s part of the Christian Right’s well oiled machine, as shown by his speaking gig at the Family Research Council’s (FRC) summit, where he referred to church-state separation as a myth. FRC targets schools nationwide. 1/
2/ Here’s the link. As you can see, Sonja Shaw spoke on the same Family Research panel as Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters. Shaw is the President of the Board of Education of The Chino Valley Unified School District in California. This is a national effort.
3/ The Family Research Council’s president, Tony Perkins, is the immediate past president of the Council for National Policy, the Christian Right’s umbrella organization.