#fascists
How it's Going:
"Rep. Madison Cawthorn faces a House Ethics investigation" (May 23, 2022)
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, which will determine whether the freshman lawmaker violated rules by promoting a cryptocurrency while having a personal financial interest invested and engaged "in an improper relationship" with a member of his staff.
The move comes less than a week after Cawthorn was defeated in the North Carolina Republican primary following weeks of scandals that resulted in backlash from Capitol Hill Republicans. ...
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/23/1100827985/madison-cawthorn-house-ethics-investigation-crypto
How it started:
"Who is Madison Cawthorn?" (June 24, 2020)
... Cawthorn campaigned as "pro-Trump, pro-life and pro-Second Amendment" and emphasized his family's deep roots in the state, which he said goes back to the Revolutionary War.
"I'm a millennial. I represent an emerging generation of Americans who are tomorrow's leaders, most of whom think that Republicans don't care about the disenfranchised, the hurting and those less fortunate. But nothing could be farther from the truth," Cawthorn said in a campaign video. ...
Digging through NPR's archives for the first substantive coverage of Cawthorn.
#USPol #MadisonCawthorn #NorthCarolina #Politics #Trumpists #Fascists #CocaineFueledOrgies
In the Murdoch family succession battle, Fox News and democracy hang in the balance
A 91-year-old billionaire sits atop a global media empire, while his adult children vie to control the family company in the next generation.
It sounds like the plot of the HBO series Succession, but New York Times journalist Jim Rutenberg says the real-life drama involving Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch and his children, Lachlan, James, Elisabeth and Prudence, rivals anything a screenwriter could dream up.
"I ... have always suspected that the Succession writers have some mole in the family, because it's just too many things they seem to know," Rutenberg says. "It's just got all the drama you want in television, but democracy hinges on its future." ...
This piece is based on a Fresh Air interview of the documentary The Murdochs, playing on CNN+, itself based on an earlier New York Times investigative piece, "Planet Fox" (2019).
Audio: https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2022/04/20220421_fa_01.mp3 (42 minutes).
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/21/1093753927/the-murdochs-documentary-family-succession-fox-news
#Murdochs #RupertMurdoch #LachlanMurdoch #Disinformation #Misinformation #Fascism #Fascists #FoxNews #NewCorp #WallStreetJournal #Media #FreshAir #TerryGross
This is very disturbing.
I want to help #Ukraine, but I’d never want to support #extreme_right / #Nazis / #fascists.
I also know that EVERY country has them.
Quoting #Billy_Bragg from his FB post https://www.facebook.com/billybraggofficial/posts/511976200290710:
Yesterday evening I posted a clip of the Ukranian band Beton performing their rewrite of 'London Calling'. According to reports, the song 'Kyiv Calling' was approved by the Clash, with funds raised going to the Free Ukraine Resistance Movement.
After a few hours of discussing the lyrics of the song and whether Joe Strummer would approve of the rewrite, a number of people drew my attention to a series of photographs on the band's Facebook page showing members of the band wearing t-shirts based on the Ramones circular logo.
The word 'Ramones' at the top of the logo had been replaced with the word 'Banderas' and although all of the names within the circle were not visible, the one that was clearly read 'Stepan'. The photos dated from a year ago.
This is deeply troubling. Stepan Bandera was a far-right Ukranian politician who collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation of Ukraine and whose followers were complicit in the Holocaust. That he did these things in the name of Ukranian independence from the Soviet Union has led some present day far right nationalists to adopt his image in their decade long struggle with Russia.
The knock on effect of this has been to allow Putin to smear all those who want a democratic Ukraine free from Russian influence as neo-nazis. The lionisation of Bandera explains his attempt to legitimize the invasion as a campaign of 'denazification', despite the fact that when, during the 2019 Ukrainian elections, all of the major far right Ukrainian parties formed a unified party for the national election, they gained just 2.15% of the vote and failed to secure a single seat in the national parliament. Compare that with the 2009 EU parliament election, where the BNP won 6% of the vote.
I left a message on the band's Facebook page asking them to explain why they were wearing t-shirts that appeared to support Bandera, but after 24 hours, I've had no response, so I've deleted my post.
We can argue about the meaning of 'London Calling' and what Joe Strummer would or wouldn't have said about the lyrical changes, but we can be damn sure that he would not have allowed his song to be utilised by a band that expressed their support for fascists.
Another video: Ukrainian forces beating indian students. Just because India abstained on UN vote against Russia
This is absolutely one of the most disgusting videos I have seen in a long time.
The poor kid is being beating by a group of strong adults for something he probably wasn't even aware of.
This is why I am not supporting the Ukrainians in this conflict, Putin is a lunatic and has to be stopped, but Europe is making a HUGE mistake supporting Ukraine like they are doing and it is going to cost us dearly.
#Politics #Racism #Ukraine #Poland #Fascists #UkraineWar #Inhumanity #India #UN
https://www.reddit.com/r/N_N_N/comments/t2pt6f/ukrainian_forces_beating_indian_students_just
r/N_N_N - Ukrainian forces beating indian students. Just because India abstained on UN vote against Russia
All You Fascists Bound to Lose
Woody Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ
#music #video #woody-guthrie #guthrie #all-you-fascists-bound-to-lose #protest #protest-song #folk #fascists #fascism #antifa
do the #plusporans ever leave the hive? yes, but only rarely.
https://fediverse.observer/pluspora.com
- not accepting new users
- mostly commenting within their own hive
- "everyone that upsets the hive mind is a nazi troll"
why bother being a part of the #fediverse?
#pluspora #AntiFediverse #AntifFreedom #AntiFreeSpeech #Fascists #HiveMind #Corporatists #Commies
https://www.rebelnews.com/watch_police_threaten_journalist_at_home_warning_him_not_to_cover_protest
In it's rush to make people wear masks the western governments have allowed theirs to slip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xXC7imk0A
There is a robust discussion inside the #Left about #antisemitism in its own ranks. This is not just related to #Zionism, #Israel, and #Palestine, but also involves questions about #conspiracy theories, notions of secret #elites, and #critiques of financial #capital—as well as how to deal with openly #antisemitic actors. This unique panel will bring together four scholars and activists on the Left, who have a range of different views to discuss this. What does antisemitism on the Left actually consist of? Where do different parts of the Left stand in relation to this issue? How is it addressed or ignored? And what are constructive ways the Left can better deal with antisemitism?
Moderated by Spencer Sunshine, this panel features Sina Arnold, Shane Burley, Keith Kahn-Harris, and Joshua Leifer.
About the Participants
Sina Arnold is a post-doctoral lecturer and researcher at the Center for Research on Antisemitism at Technische Universität Berlin. A social anthropologist by training, her current work focuses on contemporary antisemitism in Europe, memory politics and racism, left movements in Germany and the United States, as well as on (post-) national identities. She is the author of Das unsichtbare Vorurteil. Antisemitismusdiskurse in der US-amerikanischen Linken (2016) and From #Occupation to #Occupy: An Empirical Study of Antisemitism Discourses in the Contemporary US Left (forthcoming from Indiana University Press). Arnold also has twenty years of experience working in social movements against antisemitism and #racism.
Shane Burley is a writer and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017) and Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse (AK Press, 2021). His work has been featured in places such as NBC News, The Daily Beast, Truthout, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, Haaretz, and The Baffler. He recently edited a special issue of the Journal for Social Justice on “Antisemitism in the 21st Century.”
Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and writer, based in London. He is the author of six books, including, most recently Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity (Repeater, 2019) and Denial: The Unspeakable Truth (Notting Hill Editions, 2018). Kahn-Harris is a Senior Lecturer at Leo Baeck College, Project Director of the European Jewish Archive at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, and holds visiting fellowships at the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck College, and the Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society and Politics at Durham University.
Joshua Leifer is an assistant editor at Jewish Currents. Previously, he was an associate editor at Dissent, and before that, at +972 Magazine. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, Jacobin, n+1, Haaretz, and elsewhere.
Moderator Spencer Sunshine is a researcher, writer, and activist regarding the #FarRight as well as antisemitic currents on the Left. He has been part of several actions to help drive out Holocaust Deniers and other antisemites from left-wing circles. Sunshine is the author of the guide 40 Ways to Fight #Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists (PopMob, 2020), and is currently working on a book about the origins of James Mason’s book Siege and its influence on today’s advocates of neo-Nazi terrorism.
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Warning that #police grasp of #far-right threat is decade out of date | #UK news | The Guardian
The scourge is everywhere.
U.S. conservative radio provocateur and Trump ally Rush Limbaugh dies
Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted, and was honored by, former President Donald Trump, has died at age 70 after suffering from lung cancer, his wife said on Wednesday.
I received my wish.
He lived to see Biden elected, the Senate flipped Demmocratic ,Biden inaugurated,and everything he advocated stripped bare to reveal the fascist core within, and Trump dumped in thepolitical cesspit fromwhich he emerged.
He escaped Earthly punishment. He will be condemned by history.
#obituary #RushLimbaugh #fascists #fascism #propaganda #disinformation #BurnInHell
Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul who made big bets on Trump and Netanyahu, dies at 87
(Reuters) - Combative self-made billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who assembled the world’s largest casino empire and used his fortune to nurture conservative politicians and policies in the United States and Israel, has died at age 87.
The American casino mogul, raised in a poor Jewish immigrant family in Boston as the son of a cab driver, established lavish hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, and headed the world’s largest casino company, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Adelson’s wealth made him a formidable figure in American and Israel politics and in the news media. He was a vigorous supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, former U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as a prolific donor to U.S. Republican politicians and foe of Democrats, including former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Adelson and his Israeli-born physician wife Miriam gave more than $218 million to Republican and conservative causes in the 2020 U.S. election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending, more than anyone else.
They were prolific backers of Trump’s 2016 presidential bid and remained supportive throughout his turbulent presidency. The casino magnate was in regular contact with Trump after he took office and saw some of his cherished goals relating to Israel come to fruition including the moving of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in a break with decades of American policy. Adelson attended the embassy dedication ceremony in May 2018. ...
NPR Obit: "Sheldon Adelson, Conservative Donor And Casino Titan, Dies At 87"
Adelson made his fortune — a net worth of around $35 billion according to an estimate by Forbes — in the casino hotel industry. He spent much of it backing conservative politicians in the U.S. and Israel, shaping the political debate of both countries.
He was in the first wave of superwealthy Americans to take advantage of the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United ruling, which opened the doors to eight- and nine-figure political donations so long as the money goes to independent superPACs and not candidates or party committees.
...
The fortune Adelson made in the casino business was spent generously on donations to Jewish causes, medical research and the Republican Party. He and his wife, Miriam, gave around $500 million over the past eight years to Republican and conservative campaigns.
The couple's prolific political giving led to what was sometimes called the "Adelson primary," in which GOP presidential hopefuls would flock to Las Vegas to court Adelson and the Republican Jewish Coalition.
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[A]fter early reservations, the Adelsons backed Trump's 2016 election effort; they gave $5 million to his inaugural committee and then donated about $500,000 to the legal defense fund for his White House aides. During the 2018 midterms, the Adelsons donated more than $100 million to Republicans. ...
That's one seditionist puppetmaster off the prosecution list, though the estate should be seized and associates pursed.
Thoughts and prayers. Answered.
#obituary #SheldonAdelson #seditionist #fascists #trumpism #trumpist #LasVegas #Jan6Coup
And sometimes their eyes open, if but briefly
One of the alt-right hangers-on on Diaspora, @Robbie, ... sees an inconsistancy and begins to wonder, if but for a moment:
Mike #Pence is probably the most honorable man in politics. He simply did not agree with the President #Trump that “the VP can single-handedly reject the Electoral College votes.” Pence followed the #Constitution and Trump betrayed him. I’m really surprised and disappointed to see so many people attacking Mike Pence, who has served with uncompromising devotion to #God and the Constitution of the United States.
https://joindiaspora.com/posts/9b27191034a30139253e7085c2fdcc0b
https://diasp.org/posts/17542961
Archived:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://diasp.org/posts/17542961
https://archive.today/qFfRG
https://archive.is/qFfRG
https://archive.fo/qFfRG
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Robbie follows up with:
Really. It’s like they treated Christ in Jerusalem: Hosanna one day and Crucify him! the next day. I hate to see otherwise sane, thinking people act like that.
Naturally the rest of that small group immediately attempt to steer him to the New Orthodoxy, most especially ringleader @Theaitetos (テアイテトス)
Robbie, trust your gut, your memory, and the evidence of your own eyes here. And ask yourself what it is your "friends" here are telling you, and why. And trust that they'll crucify you just as they did Christ and Pence should they realise they've lost you to their lie.
What you are experiencing right now is Revelation. Enlightenment. And it is painful:
Make no mistake about it -- enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or becoming happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretense. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.
I'm unable to comment on the post. Others might care to, and I suggest they do, sharing this link.
How do we encourage moments of lucidity? Because we'll likely see more of them.
#BreakingTheSpell #deprogramming #revelation #enlightenment #trumpism #trumpists #fascism #fascists
The Paradox of Tolerance
By philosopher Karl Popper
Comic transcribed below
Should a tolerant society tolerate intolerance?
Man carrying torch with swastika tattoo on forehead: "You want more tolerance? Respect my ideas!
The answer is NO.
It's a paradox, but unlimited tolerance can lead to the extinction of tolerance.
When we extend tolerance to those who are openly intolerant... ...the tolerant ones end up being destroyed. and tolerance with them.
Old man in pre-WWII German uniform with Hitler and Nazi imagery beside: "Let's give them a chance!"
Any movement that preaches intolerance and persecution must be outside the law.
As paradoxical as it may seem, defending tolerance... ...requires to not tolerate the intolerant.
Source: The Open Society and its Enemies, Karl R. Popper
#FreeSpeech #Intolerance #Fascists #Nazis #Diaspora #Trump #Terrorism #Terrorists
Just in case you weren't clear which of Dear Fürher's statements on #Charlottesville were genuine and which were prepared by his dead-men-walking handlers to be delivered through gritted teeth, this AP photo should clear it up.