There has always been an anti-intellectual movement in our country. The last time it was this extreme the Soviets beat us to space because we were busy trying to teach our kids morality. Of course, there's nothing wrong with this BUT when the purpose and goal

#ProudBlue of politicians to deny science and challenge history will only strengthen China and Russia during a time where the cutting edge of technology is a matter of life and death.

🧵 St. Olga of Kiev 🧵
The story of St. Olga of Kiev embodies the epitome of a revenge narrative. In brief, her husband was slain by a neighboring tribe, prompting her desire for retaliation.



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The rival faction, underestimating her capabilities as a vulnerable woman ruling in her deceased husband's place while her son was too young, attempted to seize control of her own territory. In a display of honor, she invited them to her town.

🧵 Least Populism State Doctrine 🧵

I've shared my idea with lawmakers in California and I shared it once here but I want to share it again. My tweet was about how we can get better representation in Congress.

Here's how my plan works.

#DemVoice1 Right now, a district's population for a congressional district is about 800k. The one person, one vote is not a realistic goal but having better representation should be. My plan would not mean amending the constitution.

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I want to introduce everyone to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), and I need everyone to pay attention because THIS is the movement that has political backing as well as many sources of $.

ADF was founded in 1994 by Alan Sears and James Dobson. Let's start with who Sears is. Sears, was the E.D. of the U.S. Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (Meese Commission) This commission, established under AG French and Ronald Reagan in 1985. The mission of this commission was to ban all pornography as obscene and it's connection to organized crime.

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I read The Federalist a lot and of course, like with the Constitution there have been many interpretations and I want to share with you mine. I'm talking about Federalist 49 and 50 which discusses the amendment process to the Constitution. In these two essays, arguments are being made against engaging us too often in the amendment process. In 49, Pluribus argues a convention should be held whenever one of the branches crosses or oversteps their constitutional mandates; whereas 50 argues against set or scheduled

WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM PART II

I want to FF a few years and move into the 80s with this thread because this is where the movement really got its legs again.

The evangelicals and fundamentalist were frustrated with SCOTUS rulings as well as Carter not supporting the pro-life cause. Their efforts to keep public schools segregated failed and when the IRS began investigating the tax status of these church/schools is when they became more active in politics. Up until this time Falwell believed that politics should not be in the pulpit.

THREAD ON WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

Make no mistake the white Christian nationalist movement is strong; both in their numbers and their $$. There are some disputes about when this movement first began. There are some who trace it back to the 70s but we can go as far back as 1942 when the first D.C lobbyist group the National Evangelical Association was formed. Their goal was to lobby the federal government for Christian-based moral legislation. These proposals included protecting evangelical broadcasting rights, restrictions on liquor and to limit

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The more I think about the leaked opinion I am becoming more convinced that a law clerk who once worked with Thomas was the culprit. Why do I claim this? There are a few.

First, Thomas is the senior most justice on SCOTUS. The reporting suggests that Roberts was not in the majority which would leave Thomas to assign the opinion, instead Alito was chosen. Why would the most senior SCOTUS justice pass up the opinion of not only for it's historical significance, but would be THE opinion of his career? I can give you an idea.