The Christian Nationalist Schism: Fascist Religion at the End of Empire The fight between MAGA and the pope is a preview of something much larger and more dangerous

MAGA has always been a cult, but the fight with the Pope represents something much larger taking place.

Christian Nationalism is settling into place as a post-Trump religious movement that supports neo-fascist brutality at the end of American Empire.

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Corporate centrists are absolutely obsessed with the idea that defeating fascism is dependent on extremists “coming to their senses” when in reality the people moving away from Trump are becoming more extreme and will radicalize their followers if material conditions aren’t addressed.

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

It's astonishing how wedded people are to the idea that refusing to name what's happening is how we overcome it.

Oh, look at that. Now "Rape Academy" has entered the lexicon.

‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’? As the president’s second term has wrought new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still ‘deflate the strongman’s image’

"Comedy 'deflates the strongman’s image as invincible'.... And an authoritarian regime...depends on that image: it leaves the other pillars of society – big companies, law firms, universities – too scared to oppose it." @anatosaurus.bsky.social in @theguardian.com

The Brave of US speak the truth. Bravo to this principled lawmaker who understands that "leader" means someone willing to go first.

The #BraveOfUS speak out against injustice with loud voices and in clear terms. Concentration camps are places where civilians are held without due process and that is precisely what's happening here and now. #CloseTheCamps

Rotunda of the US Capitol where people are standing, many in military camouflage, holding signs that read "End the War on Iran" among other messages.

The #BraveOfUS stand up and confront power and that's exactly what @vetsaboutface.bsky.social is doing with 150 veterans and active duty military in the Capitol rotunda right now to demand Congress end this criminal war on Iran.

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column.
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Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
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We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system and was already known to be at its weakest for 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis. Scientists spotted warning signs of a tipping point in 2021 and know that the Amoc has collapsed in the Earth’s past. Continue reading...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley claimed to be a patriot, while his British Union of Fascists was secretly funded by the Italian government. We are just beginning to grasp how much of the far right in the UK today has been funded by Viktor Orbán and Russian oil money.
Their "patriotism" is always a con.

The effect of Trump’s blend of extreme neoliberalism and pseudo-Christian conservatism is to get the state out of the boardroom and into the bedroom.

🌐 NEW | Analysis: Global fossil power generation fell in March after Hormuz closure due to solar & wind growth

⚠️ Fall in gas-fired generation offset by large increases in solar & wind power, not coal

w/CREA's @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

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When you aggregate the comments of various Reform UK candidates, you find they:
Hate the NHS
Hate immigrants
Hate Black people
Hate Brown people
Hate Muslims
Hate Jews
Hate women
Hate students
Hate LGTBQ people
Hate the unemployed
Hate disabled people
Hate everyone ...
But claim to love the country.

James Bembridge on X: Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

10,000 Moms Go Live: Shut Down Dilley On April 16, join 10,000 moms going live to shut down Dilley—if you’ve been seeing what’s happening and asking what you can do, this is it. Sign up and get the toolkit. Right now, mothers and childr...

Hey moms! Turn your pain & fury into action with 10,000 fellow moms to speak out on whatever platform you've got about Dilley. Heroic efforts have gotten individual kids and caretakers out but we must do more to Close the Camps and Bring Them Home.

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Cannot say enough how in 2024 disaffected & conflicted voters kept telling us in focus groups: "in 2020 you told us to turn out to 'protect our freedoms.' we did & then all this [dobbs, anti-voter laws, econ hardship] happened anyway. now you're telling us the same thing?"

Nurses make and keep us well not just one on one but also by serving as moral conscience to us all.

It seems to me that murdering, raping, looting, stealing and everything else Trump has done against Jesus's teachings is also blasphemy. But if the pic he posted is what finally does it for you, welcome.

Congress’ Ultrarich Think They Can Sell an Affordability Agenda Rep. Darrell Issa, one of Congress’ wealthiest members, said he was “offended” by the suggestion that millionaires are overrepresented in Congress.

Rich people truly believe they're rich cause they're made out of awesome when in fact they're made out of winning the womb lottery and/or talking the wealth working people create.
If you thought Lauren Bezos lacked self-awareness, just wait till you meet Darrell Issa:

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Concentration camps. If objective is to close camps, voters must view them as vile & without any merit. Many voters believe "detention facilities" are necessary for law/safety. Plus they fit legal definition of concentration camps (which is NOT same as extermination camps.)

Winning any debate starts by setting the terms and one key way to do that is to pick for what you'll be attacked.

Welcome, Gov. Hochul, to sudden popularity boost.

BRAVO!!! Rep. Pressley's bill has been discharged and the final vote is tomorrow. Rare moment to pass something positive!
#KeepThemHome

Vanceseems to think that you can separate politics and morality and the church should stay out of the first one, even when it involves the mass slaughter of children. There is a thing in Matthew 6:3 about your right hand not knowing what your left hand is doing, but it's about charity, not murder.

The way people state a casual guess/ hunch/ paranoid suspicion/ accusation as a fact, and the way that has become normalized and widespread, is how a lot of people participate in truth decay. Here, there, and everywhere. Across the political spectrum.