Wen<p>London yet again demonstrates that it is a home for the who wish to suck their countries dry - and get away with it.</p><p>And Labour MPs involved perchance? Not that Tulip Sadiq would have anything to do with corruption of course.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/19/bangladeshis-linked-to-hasina-regime-appear-to-have-made-uk-property-transactions-in-past-year" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/19/bangladeshis-linked-to-hasina-regime-appear-to-have-made-uk-property-transactions-in-past-year</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TulipSadiq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulipSadiq</span></a></p>
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Kim Perales<p>ICYMI: "Last week, I published an article about Aqua 1 FND, an apparently fictitious co that last month ann a $100M purchase of $WLF tokens from WLF *Trump family’s main <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> vehicle. I wrote a follow-up post about the potentially🚨bottomless depth of Trump’s crypto-enabled corruption *already allowed him🚨to take in 100s of $Ms & perhaps much more -from a range of shady to outright criminal actors."</p><p>His <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> isn't a bug, it's the feature, & it's growing.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/revealed-trumps-100-million-man" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobsilverman.com/p/revealed-</span><span class="invisible">trumps-100-million-man</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "Epstein Survivor Calls for Accountability: Release the Files, End Impunity for Rich & Powerful Abusers"</p><p>"Teresa Helm was sexually assaulted by Epstein at what she was told was a job interview."</p><p>She is calling for the release of documents pertaining to Epstein’s criminal case "to promote accountability & justice for victims," not as "a form of political score-settling."</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/teresa_helm_epstein_files" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/7/18/ter</span><span class="invisible">esa_helm_epstein_files</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survivors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "How well did Trump & Epstein really know each other? A timeline"</p><p>Birthday letters to Epstein in 2003 include one bearing Trump’s signature, the Wall Street Journal (WSG) reported on Thursday.</p><p>Trump responded: "I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam.. he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, & now I’m going to sue his a** off &.. his third-rate newspaper".</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/how-well-did-trump-and-epstein-really-know-each-other-a-timeline" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-well-did-trump-and-epstein-really-know-each-other-a-timeline</span></a></p><p>Trump has now sued:<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-19/trump-epstein-grand-jury-release-maga-backlash/105549624" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-19/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-epstein-grand-jury-release-maga-backlash/105549624</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-Epstein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>2.</p><p>Epstein & the ruling class</p><p>In 2005, police in Palm Beach began investigating Epstein after he abused a 14-yo girl.</p><p>Federal officials identified 36 other girls. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008, but was convicted of only 2 of the alleged crimes.</p><p>In a "controversial plea deal", Epstein served 13 months - but in night custody only. He was free to come & go during the say.</p><p>And, yes, he did...</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-and" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/jef</span><span class="invisible">frey-epstein-donald-trump-and</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> .</p>
Miro Collas<p>Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi: The top cop who stood up to politicians - twice <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39zygp0d8yo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c39zygp0</span><span class="invisible">d8yo</span></a></p><p>"But Gen Mkhwanazi's intervention was unprecedented - the first time that a police officer had publicly accused a cabinet member, let alone the one in charge of policing, of having links to criminal gangs."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "Epstein Survivor Calls for Accountability: Release the Files, End Impunity for Rich & Powerful Abusers"</p><p>"Teresa Helm was sexually assaulted by Epstein at what she was told was a job interview."</p><p>She is calling for the release of documents pertaining to Epstein’s criminal case "to promote accountability & justice for victims," not as "a form of political score-settling."</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/teresa_helm_epstein_files" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/7/18/ter</span><span class="invisible">esa_helm_epstein_files</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survivors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuroPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> .</p>
Bruce Mirken<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> update: "After more than a decade working for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a>, Wynn Radford IV has a leadership position at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> regional office covering five states, including Texas and Louisiana. He has been cleared to work on matters relating to his former employer."</p><p><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072025/former-bp-spokesperson-joins-epa-region-6/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/180</span><span class="invisible">72025/former-bp-spokesperson-joins-epa-region-6/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
PoetGreg<p>ASK NOT FOR WHOM TRUMP AND HIS EVIL REGIME COMES. THEY COME AFTER YOU... UNLESS YOU'RE A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE OR BILLIONAIRE! <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharePost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharePost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShareThisPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShareThisPost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reposteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reposteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schoollunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schoollunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancerawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancerawareness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>betrayal</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>Trump Attacks His Supporters for Caring About ‘Bullshit’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> Files </p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-attacks-maga-supporters-caring-epstein-files-1235387098/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-attacks-maga-supporters-caring-epstein-files-1235387098/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>
Ham on Wry<p>The Trump family are all in on crypto.</p><p>A currency preferred by drug cartels, human sex traffickers, tax evaders and money launderers.</p><p>Their attraction to crypto kinda makes sense when you think of it that way.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DrugCartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugCartel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxevasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxevasion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sextrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sextrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"U.S. border czar Tom Homan told Politico last week that once the U.S. deports an individual to a place like South Sudan, it doesn’t track their ongoing status or even what country they’ll be in a week later."</p><p>Speaking of "pro-life" Catholics, that's Homan's self-description, too.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The prisoners were on the ground in Juba, the South Sudanese capital, one day later.</p><p>We have no way of knowing what will happen to these men now. The Trump administration claims it received assurances that they would not be tortured. But it has not disclosed what provisions it has taken, if any, to ensure that South Sudan’s government makes good on those assurances."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/18</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"On July 3, the Supreme Court handed down its final order vacating the lower court’s preliminary injunction and paving the way for their removal to South Sudan—due process, to determine whether this violates U.S. and international law barring torture, be damned."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Linda Chavez thinks that the decision of the "pro-life" Supreme Court's right-wing Catholic bloc to allow deportations to third-world countries should shock American consciences (the terms "pro-life" and "right-wing Catholic bloc" are my addition, not hers). </p><p>She writes,</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/16</p><p><a href="https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-conservative-supreme-courts-decision" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theunpopulist.net/p/the-conser</span><span class="invisible">vative-supreme-courts-decision</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The resistance to breakthroughs in recognizing the rights of minority communities that began with civil rights legislation according rights to people of color has expanded to bitter resistance among both evangelicals and the U.S. Catholic bishops to rights for women and LGBTQ people. This resistance is at the heart of the determination to dismantle democracy. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/15</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The media have focused largely on white evangelicals as the big force intent on replacing democracy with theocracy, but behind the scenes, the U.S. Catholic bishops, who have done everything they can to make it appear their hands are not dirty, have pulled the strings, using white evangelicals while avoiding media scrutiny.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/14</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>White evangelicals, who had never said a peep about the abortion issue and couldn't care less about it, became gung-ho in the anti-abortion cause, with the U.S. Catholic bishops quietly engineering this response behind the scenes — and assisting Leonard Leo in the stacking the Supreme Court with hard-right Opus Dei-leaning Catholics. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/13</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>That alliance has had fateful and lasting consequences. It led first to the formation of the Religious Right and eventually to MAGA and white Christian nationalism.</p><p>To make the Religious Right's crusade against the Democrats and human rights appear more morally acceptable than it was when it was born out of racism, the Catholic bishops focused on abortion.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/12</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The history that people concerned about the Supreme Court's destruction of democracy — destruction driven by theocratic ideas — need to know is the following:</p><p>When civil rights legislation was enacted by the Democrats in the 1960s, white evangelicals kicked and screamed. At this point, the US Catholic bishops allied themselves with white evangelicals.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br>/11</p>
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