#neoconservatism

Pierre Poilievre Under Fire After Video Surfaces of Homophobic, Transphobic Speech
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre accuses Justin Trudeau of 'imposing radical gender ideology' on children
https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-under-fire-after-video-surfaces-of-homophobic-and-transphobic-speech

SOGI: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI
Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative MP Costas Menegakis

#LGBTQ #Canada #ChristianRight #ConservativeParty #CultureWars #education #FarRight #neoconservatism #PierrePoilievre #politics #populism #SOGI #transphobia #weasel

Messy story but related / relevant

[2023-11-02] A mom and son are charged in Idaho after a teen is taken to Oregon for an abortion
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1210198143/idaho-abortion-kidnapping-charges-oregon-underage-girlfriend-parental-rights

#Oregon #abortion #AbortionRights #GOP #ChristianRight #neofascism #Gilead #HandmaidsTale #theocracy #DominionTheocracy #WomensRights #neoconservatism #dystopia

U.S. conservatives are using Canadian research to justify anti-trans laws
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/james-cantor-gender-affirming-care-bans-1.6979356

Toronto psychologist James Cantor (CAMH - transphobic mental health research institute) has testified in 25 cases in the U.S. related to trans issues since 2021.

#TransHealthcare #WPATH #pseudoscience #CentreForAddictionAndMentalHealth #CAMH #transphobia #JamesCantor #KennethZucker #disinformation #ChristianRight #extremism #ProudBoys #GOP #neoconservatism #populism

A1 cont'd 2/

Charter schools
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110608529417350253

Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111059395563671682

The Christian nationalist charter school next door
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111059388512360443

Florida Will Allow Far Right PragerU Materials in Public Schools
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110778061083490301

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #theocracy #CharterSchools #CatholicChurch #neoconservatism #PragerU #DeSantis #Florida

A1 cont'd

The Right’s Campus Culture War Machine
How conservatives built a formidable network for ginning up scandal in higher education
https://newrepublic.com/article/173403/rights-campus-culture-war-machine
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110622748471740096

For more on this see slide 38+ here (navigate with L/R arrow keys; content fades in):
https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html#/37

and https://persagen.com >> search:
education AND hillsdale AND (michigan OR desantis)

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #theocracy #DominionTheology #CultureWars #neoconservatism

Addendum 1
Previous related threads

Prophet, Theocrat, Lobbyist Abby Abildness: Christian far right road map
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110849238234924647

Project Blitz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blitz
* coalition 40+ Christian right groups
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110849341940916113

Model Acts (model bills/legislation)
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110849343526260291

Christian Nationalists Launch Major Push to Take Adv. of Far-Right Supreme Court
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110619110407628643

#ChristianRight #theocracy #DominionTheology #dominionism #neoconservatism #ALEC #ModelActs

Addendum 8

B.C. Parent Advisory Councils voice support for SOGI in face of protests
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-parent-advisory-councils-voice-support-for-sogi-in-face-of-protests-1.6570246

* District Parent Advisory Councils around British Columbia signed public statement supporting inclusion of sexual orientation & gender identity in education
* protestors advocate for elimination of SOGI curriculum, pronouns, gender ideology & mixed bathrooms in schools

#Canada #BritishColumbia #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #ChristianRight #CultureWars #SOGI #populism #neoconservatism

Addendum 6

Vancouver's mayor condemns planned anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-mayor-condemns-planned-anti-lgbtq2s-protests-1.6569775

* Vancouver mayor Ken Sim added his voice to chorus of officials condemning anti-LGBTQ2S+ protests planned in B.C. & across Canada 2023-09-20
* group called 1MillionMarch4Children
* Ken Sim described protests as rooted in ignorance & bigotry

#Canada #Vancouver #education #SOGI #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #theocracy #DominionTheology #neoconservatism #CultureWars

Addendum 4

Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Million Man Marches’ Across Canada. Who's Behind Them, What Are They Really About?
Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’
https://pressprogress.ca/anti-lgbtq-million-man-marches-are-being-held-across-canada-who-is-behind-them-and-what-are-they-really-about

* organizers rallying supporters behind vague slogans & careful talking points about“protecting children” & “parental rights”

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #FarRight #ChristianRight #neoconservatism #populism #CultureWars

Addendum 3

[video] How to handle family talks about gender identity
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2265107523766

Gender identity is a topic that is coming up in the news often – and maybe at dinner tables as well.

Here’s what experts and one parent of a trans child say you should know about handling such a sensitive subject.

#Canada #1MillionMarch4Children #transphobia #TransYouth #TLM #TransLivesMatter #GenderIdentity #SelfIdentity #FarRight #ChristianRight #SOGI #neoconservatism

[subthread] Canada, transphobia: 1MillionMarch4Children

[see also main thread] Canada, education, transphobia
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110569134012529765

#Canada #education #SOGI #lgbt #transgender #TLM #TransLivesMatter #transphobia #homophobia #1MillionMarch4Children #CultureWars #ChristianRight #neoconservatism #politics #HumanRights #theocracy #Action4Canada #PlymouthBrethren #ConservativeParty #FreedomConvoy

Addendum 3

Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111071562366536046

“Edutainment”? 🤨

* it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦‍♀️
* Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials
* Texas could be next

#Texas #Florida #Oklahoma #PragerU #education #edutainment #neoconservatism #DeSantis #Florida #Oklahoma #Texas #disinformation

Addendum 2

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: special legislative session on school choice coming 2023-10
Gov. promised political consequences if lawmakers cannot pass legislation allowing for publicly subsidized school vouchers before March primaries
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/19/greg-abbott-school-choice-special-session-october

https://persagen.com >> ("charter schools" OR "school vouchers") AND texas
"hillsdale college" AND "public education" AND destroy

#PublicEducation #CharterSchools #SchoolVouchers #GregAbbott #GOP #neoconservatism #ChristianRight

Addendum 19
See also addendum 9

Saskatchewan judge to hear school pronoun policy injunction application
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-judge-injunction-school-pronouns-1.6971524

* lawyers for UR Pride, org. representing LGBTQ people in Regina, to argue in favor of injunction
* lawyers f. Egale Canada & McCarthy Tetrault LLP say policy violates 2 sections of Charter incl. equality rights & right to security of person

#Canada #Saskatchewan #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #populism #FarRight #CultureWars #neoconservatism #URPride #EgaleCanada

Addendum 5

2 lawyers involved in judge surveillance case fined, barred f. Manitoba courts
Represented churches fighting COVID-19 pandemic orders barring in-person gatherings
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/judge-lawyers-joyal-surveil-1.6942524

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110929097118656697

* Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms lawyers Jay Cameron, president John Carpay

https://persagen.com >> "Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms"

#Canada #Manitoba #politics #neoconservatism #FarRight #JCCF #JusticeCentreForConstitutionalFreedoms #JohnCarpay

Addendum 4

Investigative Series: Merchants in the Temple
Anti-LGBTQ Religious Sect Wields Money & Power in Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/investigative-series-merchants-in-the-temple-how-an-anti-lgbtq-religious-sect-wields-money-power-in-canada

* 2023-07-04+ PressProgress 3-part investigation into Canada’s secretive anti-LGBTQ religious sect: Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
* deep dive into Brethren’s financial, political interests shaping Canadian elections, public policy

#Canada #Manitoba #politics #neoconservatism #FarRight #ChristianRight #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #PlymouthBrethren

Addendum 3

Plymouth Brethren: Religious Sect Members Obtained $12 Million Through Manitoba Government Contracts
Run Companies Out of Co-owned Building
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110730714063186877

Racial slur prompts Manitoba youth soccer players to take a knee in solidarity
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110730687913990715

Recent posts re: Manitoba, racism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110730711210209574

#Canada #Manitoba #politics #ConservativeParty #neoconservatism #FarRight #CultureWars #ChristianRight #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #racism #PlymouthBrethren

Addendum 2

Out-of-province group Canada Growth Council accused of election interference by Manitoba NDP registers as 3rd party
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-growth-council-election-interference-1.6878376

* non-profit political action committee formed 2019
* campaigns against federal Liberal candidates
* can spend $100K dur. provincial pre-election period
* $25K in election period

#Canada #Manitoba #politics #ConservativeParty #CanadaGrowthCouncil #neoconservatism #DarkMoney #FarRight #CultureWars #ChristianRight #transphobia #TransLivesMatter

[thread] Manitoba, politics

Big Money & Manitoba Election: Dark money set ssights on Manitoba

* Canada Growth Council: https://www.canadagrowthcouncil.org
* registered 3rd party advertiser tied to Alberta & Saskatchewan conservatives, oil lobbyists, & obscure religious sect known as Plymouth Brethren: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren

#Canada #Manitoba #Saskatchewan #politics #ConservativeParty #FossilFuels #CanadaGrowthCouncil #neoconservatism #DarkMoney #FarRight #CultureWars #ChristianRight #PlymouthBrethren

Addendum 20

Canada: Transgender rights deeply divide voters - most believe only 2 genders
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/transgender-rights-in-canada-deeply-divide-voters-as-study-suggests-most-still-believe-in-only-two-genders-1.6567231

Canada & Culture Wars: On gender, >1/2 say person is M/F, but 1/3 say that’s too limiting
https://angusreid.org/canada-culture-wars-gender-and-trans-issues

* Most accepting of child who wished change gender identity hesitant on hormone therapy

https://persagen.com >> Action4Canada
canada AND transphob*

#Canada #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #TLM #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FarRight #ChristianRight #Action4Canada

A4 cont'd

* most notably nominating 3 conservative SCOTUS justices who helped overturn Roe v Wade 2022-06
* Trump also warned Republican extremism on abortion was losing them elections
* criticized Republican politicians for extreme anti-abortion rhetoric
* if they don’t speak about it correctly, they’re not going to win
* explaining it "properly" is extremely important
...

#Trump #SCOTUS #FRC #FamilyResearchCouncil #PrayVoteStand #theocracy #GOP #Abortion #ChristianRight #neoconservatism

Addendum 4
See also A1 re: Trump

Trump Schools Evangelicals on How to Talk About Abortion
Extreme rhetoric—and policies—are costing Republicans elections, he warns
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/trump-vote-pray-stand-evangelicals-abortion-elections

* At Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand conference in DC (https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111047767369153930) Trump ticked off long list of his pro-life accomplishments
...

#Trump #SCOTUS #Roe #FRC #FamilyResearchCouncil #PrayVoteStand #theocracy #GOP #GOPAC #neofascism #WedgeTactics #rhetoric #ChristianRight #neoconservatism

Addendum 2

Billionaire megadonor couple funding election denial with extensive influence machine and dark money network
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/09/billionaire-megadonor-couple-funding-election-denial-with-extensive-influence-machine-dark-money-network-uihlein

* Dick, Liz Uihlein conservative megadonors
* est. vast network of dark money groups, conservative super PACs
* donated $250+ million to federal candidates, political groups since 2016

#Uihlein #neofascism #DarkMoney #neoconservatism #AmericanPrinciplesProject #DefundBillionaires #ChristianRight #superPACs #Trumpism #GOP #GOPmenace #AmericaFirstAction

Addendum 1

See also:

Billionaires, existential risk from
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111002623984509563

Right-Wing Billionaires Funneling Money to Stop Ohio Abortion Ballot
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110816458886633573

* $4 million f. billionaire right-wing megadonor Dick Uihlein
https://persagen.com >> search: uihlein

[2022-11-28] Inside Billionaire-Backed ‘Hub for Election Denial’
Dick Uihlein backing election deniers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-billionaire-backed-dick-uihlein-hub-for-election-denial-restoration-action

#Uihlein #neoconservatism #AmericanPrinciplesProject #DefundBillionaires #ChristianRight

[thread] 13
Neoconservative, Christian Right billionaires Richard, Elizabeth Uihlein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Elizabeth_Uihlein
* ultraconservative donors

https://persagen.com >> search: uihlein
uihlein AND "critical race theory"
uihlein AND "christian right"
"American Principles Project" AND uihlein
"America First Action"
"American Principles Project"

#Uihlein #neoconservatism #CRT #ChristianRight #homophobia #transphobia #AmericanPrinciplesProject #LibsofTikTok #ChayaRaichik #AmericaFirstAction #Trumpism

Addendum 4

Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/15/bogus-edutainment-may-be-coming-to-a-classroom-near-you

“Edutainment”? 🤨

* it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦‍♀️
* Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials
* Texas could be next

#PragerU #education #edutainment #neoconservatism #DeSantis #Florida #Oklahoma #Texas #disinformation

Addendum 1

Are we witnessing the beginning of LGBTQ genocide?
Look to Russia, Uganda to see where U.S. & Canada could be heading
https://ricochet.media/en/3988/are-we-witnessing-the-beginning-of-an-lgbtq-genocide

* recognizable pattern of genocide
...

#GOP #GOPAC #GOPmenace #transphobia #homophobia #lgbt #TLM #BTLM #TranslivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #neoconservatism #CultureWars #populism #ChristianRight #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #HumanRights #HeritageFoundation #Project2025

[thread] Politics, LGBTQ+, repression

Transphobia: https://persagen.com/docs/transphobia.html
Discrediting the Transphobic "Bathroom Predator" Myth: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html

Weaponization of language:
Anti-transgender Rhetoric; Use of Language: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#anti-transgender_rhetoric-use_of_language
GOPAC memo of 1990: https://persagen.com/docs/transgender_bathroom_meme.html#gopac_memo_of_1990

#GOP #GOPAC #GOPmenace #transphobia #homophobia #lgbt #TLM #BTLM #TranslivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #neoconservatism #CultureWars #populism #ChristianRight #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #HumanRights

Addendum 19

Comment: populist troll wars. Poilievre seeks whole enchilada (all things). Don't be fooled

Pierre Poilievre Rails Against Authoritarian Wokeism in Response to Policy f. Doug Ford Gov.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce hit w. friendly fire
Poilievre’s latest right-wing culture war crusade
https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-rails-against-authoritarian-wokeism-in-response-to-policy-from-doug-fords-government

#Canada #Ontario #education #transphobia #DougFord #PierrePoilievre #duplicity #ConservativeParty #neoconservatism #populism #CultureWars #FarRight #ChristianRight

Regardless of the applicability, I'm taking issue with the clickbait headline and use of culture war-charged divisive rhetoric e.g. "grooming". 🤬
Shape up, CBC - try to adhere to a higher editorial / journalistic standard. 🤨

@CBC 🇨🇦

Man who sexually groomed 12-year-old B.C. girl sentenced to 32 years in U.K. prison
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-grooming-sex-abuse-uk-sentence-1.6967002

#CBC #NationalMedia #NewsMedia #ethics #EditorialStandards #CultureWars #transphobia #homophobia #neoconservatism #Canada

Addendum 2

Naomi Klein on New Book “Doppelganger” & How Conspiracy Culture Benefits Ruling Elite
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/14/naomi_klein_doppelganger

* Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: https://naomiklein.org/doppelganger
* explores "mirror world:" growing right-wing alternate universe of misinformation & conspiracies
* while identifying real problems opp. exploits them to advance hateful & divisive agenda

#NaomiWolf #NaomiKlein #Doppelganger #neoconservatism #CultureWars #ConspiracyTheorists #populism #feminism #disinformation #elitism

Addendum 4 cont'd 2/

* given latest plan by Mark Lee Dickson - pastor at Sovereign Love Church in East Texas, aimed at halting so-called abortion trafficking - if this dystopic vision of intrastate abortion border guards might someday become a reality

https://persagen.com >> search: "Mark Lee Dickson"

#Texas #abortion #GOP #ChristianRight #neofascism #Gilead #HandmaidsTale #MarkLeeDickson #SovereignLoveChurch #theocracy #DominionTheocracy #WomensRights #neoconservatism #dystopia

[thread] Citizens For Sanity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Sanity
* PAC; ran ads in lead-up to 2022 U.S. elections supporting conservatives

https://persagen.com >> search: "Citizens For Sanity"
"stephen miller"
"Citizens For Sanity" AND "stephen miller"

Dark money group Citizens For Sanity runs Ohio attack ads against Sherrod Brown
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/13/dark-money-group-running-attack-ads-in-ohio-with-almost-no-public-disclosures

Stephen Miller
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110868530615144811
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110946168248147332

#CitizensForSanity #StephenMiller #DarkMoney #GOP #neoconservatism #SherrodBrown

Addendum 3

Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education—and for the charter-school movement itself
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/charter-schools-religion-public-secular/675293

* online school would participate in “evangelizing mission of the [Catholic] Church,”

#Oklahoma #CharterSchools #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation #Catholicism #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #theocracy #whiteSupremacism #neoconservatism #HistoricalRevisionism

[thread] Ezra Levant, Rebel News

Ezra Levant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Levant
* Canadian conservative media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, former lawyer
* founder/former publisher of conservative magazine, The Western Standard
* co-founder, owner, CEO of far-right media website Rebel News

https://persagen.com >> search: "Ezra Levant" OR "Rebel News"

#EzraLevant #RebelNews #trolls #disinformation #FarRight #WesternObserver #SunMedia #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FakeNews

Addendum 1

From Feminist to Right-Wing Conspiracist
What Naomi Wolf’s odyssey can teach us about seeing patterns where they don’t exist
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/naomi-wolf-klein-doppelganger-book/675120

* Naomi Wolf’s descent into conspiracism, and collateral damage it inflicted on Canadian climate activist & anti-capitalist Naomi Klein

#NaomiWolf #NaomiKlein #neoconservatism #CultureWars #ConspiracyTheorists #populism #feminism #capitalism #ClimateChange #socialism #DefundCorporations

Addendum 3

What Ginni Thomas & Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife & a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed
Two activists prepared to seize the moment
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

#GinniThomas #LibertyCentral #TeaParty #HeritageFoundation #neoconservatism #lobbyists #LeonardLeo #neofascism #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #CitizensUnited #CampaignFinance #DarkMoney #GOP

[thread] Atlas Network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network
* provides training, networking, grants for libertarian, free-market, conservative groups around world

https://persagen.com >> search: "atlas network"
"atlas network" AND neoliberal*
"atlas network" AND neoconservat*
"atlas network" AND "climate change"
"atlas network" AND "climate change denial"
"atlas network" AND protest
"atlas network" AND koch

#AtlasNetwork #neofascism #neoconservatism #neoliberalism #ClimateChangeDenial

Addendum 8
See also Addendum 6 cont'd

Poilievre Could Dial Back Canada’s Climate Gains
https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/09/12/poilievre-could-dial-back-canadas-climate-gains-globe-editorial-warns

* Globe & Mail editorial: Canadians need to be wary of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s anti-climate action stance

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives don’t have a viable climate plan
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-pierre-poilievres-conservatives-still-dont-have-a-viable-climate-plan

#Canada #Poilievre #ConservativeParty #duplicity #populism #environment #neoconservatism #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #neoliberalism

Addendum 6 cont'd 2/

Closer look at what Pierre Poilievre is peddling
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-mulcair-take-a-closer-look-at-what-pierre-poilievre-is-peddling-1.6556315

* touting simplistic solutions for years
* image makeover: lose the glasses, drop the tie, slow the cadence, reduce the Brylcreem
* v. little experience/expertise dealing w. big problems
* hasn’t changed; just found good communications advisors

#Canada #Poilievre #populism #duplicity #ConservativeParty #FarRight #neoconservatism #ChristianRight #antivaxx #ConscientiousObjection

Addendum 1

Comment: still better than this snake:

Pierre Poilievre | Canada, far right, populism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110970121516907014
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110617439214978784

Canada has devolved into a 2-party duopoly:

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111033163216949637

#Canada #politics #JustinTrudeau #PierrePoilieve #LiberalParty #Liberals #ConservativeParty #Conservatives #NDP #GreenParty #BlocQuebecois #populism #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FarRight #neoliberalism #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #socialism #DefundBillionaires

Jim Jordan, Wisconsin Republicans
Conservatism destroying pillars of democracy
https://newrepublic.com/article/175458/jim-jordan-wisconsin-republicans-conservatism-destruction

* 2 direct attacks on democracy
* Jordan’s interference w. Trump prosecution
* Wisconsin GOP threat to impeach recently elected state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz
* blatant efforts to crush law, exert anti-democratic power over duly elected officeholders

https://persagen.com >> search: "Jim Jordan"

#JimJordan #Wisconsin #GOP #neoconservatism #democracy #Trump #neofascism

Addendum 2

Justice Samuel Alito Pontificates on Righteousness of WSJ Interview
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/alito-pontificates-further-on-the-righteousness-of-his-wsj-interview

* Alito lectured critics of his decision to grant 2 interviews to a right-wing commentator, advocate, & attorney w. a case before SCOTUS
* Alito went on for pages in the statement

#Alito #bloviation #SCOTUS #PaulSinger #JudicialMisconduct #FarRight #neofascism #neoconservatism

Addendum 1

Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/07/texas-higher-education-faculty-dei-tenure/

* legislators passing laws banning diversity initiatives & targeting tenure at state universities
* 1/4 of 1,900 Texas professors surveyed by faculty associations said they plan to look for positions out of state

AAUP letter: https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1696f5e8b1c656cf9c09ccd320a5085e/texas-faculty-survey-press-release-sept-2023.pdf

#Texas #education #CultureWars #GregAbbott #lgbt #GOP #BLM #HistoricalRevisionism #neoconservatism #neofascism #transphobia #populism #ChristianRight #AAUP

[thread] Texas, education

Background

[political climate] Righting the Rule of Law
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110809454901862844

Texas Book Ban Bills Dangerous Precedent for Young People in Education
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110546379302902877

Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closes Libraries, Angers Parents
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110886229374135356

Could bankrupt us: Bookseller suing over TX school book ban
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110782766039812786

#Texas #education #CultureWars #GregAbbott #lgbt #GOP #BLM #HistoricalRevisionism #neoconservatism #neofascism

[thread] poverty industrial complex | demonization, criminalization of homelessness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_industrial_complex
* outsourcing of social services to private corporations

See also:
Prison industrial complex
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110589789454470156

Chip Wilson|Pacific Prosperity Network
Joe Lonsdale|Cicero Institute
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

#PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #corporations #poverty #homelessness #incarceration #propaganda #populism #GOP #neoconservatism #ChipWilson #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute

Addendum 2

Big Real Estate Executives Among Top Donors to Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Conservative Party’s donor list includes names of real estate investors and developers that are buying up affordable housing across Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/big-real-estate-executives-among-top-donors-to-pierre-poilievres-conservatives

#Canada #PierrePoilievre #ConservativeParty #populism #CultureWars #neoconservatism #neoliberalism #FarRight #duplicity #capitalism #profiteering #AffordableHousing #inflation #HumanRights

Naomi Klein’s Journey Into Unnerving World of Naomi Wolf
After years of being mistaken for one another, Klein examines why Wolf went down conspiracy rabbit hole - and why so many people follow her
https://newrepublic.com/article/175254/naomi-klein-naomi-wolf-doppelganger-journey-unnerving-world

* good: Naomi Klein, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein
* bad: Naomi Wolf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf

https://persagen.com >> search:
"Naomi Wolf"
"naomi klein"

#NaomiWolf #NaomiKlein #MomsForLiberty #M4L #antivaxx #neoconservatism #CultureWars #ConspiracyTheorists #populism #feminism

Addendum 1 cont'd

Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal w. Harlan Crow & Discloses Private Jet Flights
New filing comes after ProPublica’s reporting on Supreme Court justice’s beneficial relationship w. billionaire GOP megadonor
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-disclosure-filing-harlan-crow-real-estate-travel-scotus

#SCOTUS #JudicialMisconduct #ClarenceThomas #SamAlito #HarlanCrow #PaulSinger #corruption #neoconservatism #ethics #neoliberalism #capitalism #neofascism #DefundBillionaires

[thread] Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell is in the news recently:

U.S. Senate's McConnell freezes for 2nd time in public
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-senate-s-mcconnell-freezes-up-for-second-time-in-public-appearance-1.6541364

Commentary

Republican party member Mitch McConnell weaponized the filibuster and in collusion with Leonard Leo stacked the U.S. Supreme Court with an ultraconservative supermajority.

#McConnell #neoconservatism #filibuster #SCOTUS #neofascism #neoliberalism #LeonardLeo #FarRight #democracy #GOP #GOPmenace #CitizensUnited #DarkMoney #CampaignFinance

Addendum 3

Texas Judge Rules State's “Death Star” Law Is Unconstitutional
Critics of law laud judge’s ruling as “win for democracy”
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-judge-rules-that-state-death-star-law-is-unconstitutional

* law aims to limit ordinances or regulations that can be enacted by municipalities across TX
* Houston sued TX over the law; later joined by El Paso, San Antonio

#Texas #GregAbbott #neofascism #StatePreemption #DeathStarBill #TexasHB2127 #TexasLegislature #WorkersRights #GOP #capitalism #neoliberalism #neoconservatism

Addendum 1

Thomas & Alito file 2022 financial disclosures
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/08/thomas-and-alito-file-2022-financial-disclosures
https://amylhowe.com/2023/08/31/thomas-and-alito-file-2022-financial-disclosures

Justices Thomas, Alito file 2022 financial disclosure forms w. new trips, gifts
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196993118/justices-thomas-alito-financial-disclosures

Thomas Reports Billionaire-Funded Jet Trips He Said Didn’t Need to Be Disclosed
https://truthout.org/articles/thomas-reports-billionaire-funded-jet-trips-he-said-didnt-need-to-be-disclosed

#SCOTUS #JudicialMisconduct #ClarenceThomas #SamAlito #HarlanCrow #PaulSinger #corruption #neoconservatism #ethics #neoliberalism #capitalism #neofascism #DefundBillionaires

[thread] Pierre Poilievre | Canada, far right, populism

Poilievre's Conservative Party embracing language of conspiracy theories
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110883996651857603

Pierre Poilievre drops eyeglasses in image revamp
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873981917814322

Pierre Poilievre aims to rebuild 'broken' Canada; ads soften his image
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110880606627229097

Conservative Party of Canada
https://persagen.com/docs/conservative_party_of_canada.html

#Canada #PierrePoilievre #populism #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #CultureWars #ConservativeParty #neoconservatism

Addendum 4

Sask. trans students outed to peers by tech company error 🤨
Edsby apologizes for error that affected students in 8 school divisions 👎️
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/students-outed-edsby-error-tech-1.6947983

Edsby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsby
* educational technology company HQ Toronto
* developer, publisher of web-based K-12 learning management system

#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #surveillance #privacy #transphobia #capitalism #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan #Edsby

Addendae 2 cont'd 2/

Saskatchewan school boards request pause on 'sudden' pronoun policy change
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-school-boards-request-pause-on-sudden-pronoun-policy-change-1.6534814

* Sask.'s education minister Dustin Duncan announced policy changes req. students <16 to seek parental consent to change preferred names, pronouns at school
* Sask. Advocate for Children & Youth announced immediate review
* said potential impact "deeply troubling"

#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #transphobia #SOGI #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan

Addendum 31

Trump Returns to the Service Formerly Known as Twitter
Absent for more than 2 years, former President Donald J. Trump posted his mug shot on the site, now called X
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/technology/donald-trump-twitter-x-return.html

* Donald J. Trump: Fulton County Jail (Georgia) prisoner number P01135809

#Trump #GOP #CultureWars #disinformation #Twitter #XCorp #ElonMusk #FarRight #neoconservatism #Trumpism #neofascism #P01135809 #hubris

Addendum 4
Chris Rufo/Manhattan Institute
Joe Lonsdale /Cicero Institute
Heritage Foundation
Demonization, criminalization, monetization of homelessness

Why the Right Is Winning Its War on Unhoused People
Attitude toward homeless angrier, crueler, more overtly violent
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/unhoused-right-rhetoric-homelessness

#DefundBillionaires #propaganda #FarRight #neoconservatism #homelessness #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute #PovertyIndustrialComplex #EricAdams #ChrisRufo #ManhattanInstitute #HeritageFoundation #CultureWars

Addendae 2

Making sense of Florida’s nonsensical history curriculum
‘Slavery wasn’t so bad; white men the real victims’
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/08/22/making-sense-of-floridas-nonsensical-history-curriculum/

* messages f. the right-wing war on history
* rooted in politics of fear

#Florida #PragerU #neoconservatism #PoliticsOfFear #DeSantis #CultureWars #BLM #BlackHistory #BlackTransLivesMatter #CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #CriticalTheory #HistoricalRevisionism #racism #WarOnWoke #FarRight #ChristianRight #DefundBillionaires #GOP #FloridaEducation #whitewash

Addendae 2

Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change of students
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/saskatchewan-says-parental-consent-needed-for-name-pronoun-change-of-students-1.6530242

* Saskatchewan education minister Dustin Duncan says teachers must start seeking parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns
* harmful to LGBTQ students
* mirrors recent populist, neoconservative actions in N.B.

Dustin Duncan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Duncan

#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #transphobia #SOGI #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan

Addendae 4

Federal judges uphold abortion pill restrictions, pending Supreme Court approval
https://19thnews.org/2023/08/appeals-court-upholds-mifepristone-abortion-pill-restrictions-supreme-court

* federal judges rule access to abortion pill mifepristone should be heavily restricted
* decision won’t immediately change access to mifepristone
* 3-judge panel held mifepristone can only be used up to 7 wks pregnancy; can only be prescribed in person
* drug is safe to be provided over telemedicine

#mifepristone #abortion #WomensRights #ChristianRight #neoconservatism

Addendae 1

N.B. child advocate: changes to schools LGBTQ policy violates Charter rights of kids
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-child-advocate-says-lgbtq-policy-in-schools-violates-charter-rights-of-kids-1.6519952

* Kelly Lamrock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Lamrock
* changes to New Brunswick's policy on sexual orientation & gender identity (SOGI) in schools violates Charter rights of children
* N.B. did not consider legality of changes to Policy 713

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60340d12be1db058065cdc10/t/646393b3a39d3e26e3d9f8a0/1684247476892/Policy+713+-+Findings+and+Recommendations.pdf

#Canada #BlaineHiggs #Policy713 #education #transgender #CultureWars #transphobia #lgbt #SOGI #neoconservatism #HumanRights

[megathread]
Chip Wilson | Pacific Prosperity Network
Joe Lonsdale | Cicero Institute
Demonization, criminalization of homelessness
Poverty industrial complex

Right-Wing Group Funded By Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Posting Homophobic Memes About Justin Trudeau
https://pressprogress.ca/a-right-wing-group-funded-by-lululemons-founder-is-posting-homophobic-memes-about-justin-trudeau

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #DefundBillionaires #PacificProsperityNetwork #propaganda #VancouverIsDying #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #neoconservatism #homelessness #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute #PovertyIndustrialComplex

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See slides 37+ here (Hillsdale College at slide 40; arrow keys to navigate):

https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html#/37

Hillsdale College: go to https://persagen.com >> search: aechoth2
and/or load Persagen.com then load URL https://persagen.com/#q=aechoth2
or directly go to: https://persagen.com/docs/hillsdale_college.html

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #NewCollegeOfFlorida #CharterSchools #neoconservatism

Charter Schools Push Right-Wing Indoctrination at Taxpayer Expense
A “new breed” of charter schools is spreading conservative ideology & Christian nationalism
https://truthout.org/articles/charter-schools-push-right-wing-indoctrination-at-taxpayer-expense/

There’s evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry is engaged in indoctrination, only, in this case, the schools are instructing children in white, conservative ideology.
...

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #CharterSchools #neoconservatism