c0c0bird<p>Find the reed bunting!<br>Finde die Rohrammer!</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Rohrammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rohrammer</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/reedBunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reedBunting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Vogel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vogel</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/schilf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schilf</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
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~meoralis~Good night, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Biederitz?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biederitz</a>! 👋🏻 Have a lovely <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/evening?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evening</a> & guten Start in die neue Woche<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SilentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StillerSonntag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StillerSonntag</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abendstimmung?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abendstimmung</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abend?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abend</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sonnenuntergang?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sonnenuntergang</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LandscapePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandscapePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rural?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rural</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/silhouette?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silhouette</a>
Annie<p>The small village of <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Rozwarowo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rozwarowo</span></a> in the far north-west of <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a>, nestled in a <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/moorland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moorland</span></a> landscape, is the setting for a special project. <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> farmer Alfred Smolczynski has been revitalising the <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/moor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moor</span></a> since the late 1980s, despite much resistance. He is now making his land available to a unique initiative to promote <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> and rare <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> in particular.</p><p>Moorretter in <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Pommern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pommern</span></a> – <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Artenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artenschutz</span></a> und Auswilderung <br>Documentary in Polish and <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rbb-online.de/doku/m-n/Moorretter-in-Pommern.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rbb-online.de/doku/m-n/Moorret</span><span class="invisible">ter-in-Pommern.html</span></a></p>
ConatusPrincipleFrom our place in Södra Vallgrund, Replot, Finland. Canon 80D <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/replot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#replot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/finland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reed</a>
Chase ColorsI might have a reed fetish at the moment!<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lake?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lake</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a>
mashnotebeer<p>🌵$ale 25% off <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/DryJanuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DryJanuary</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Earrings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earrings</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mashnotebeercompany.etsy.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mashnotebeercompany.etsy.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://handmade.social/tags/bottlecap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bottlecap</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/soda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soda</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/upcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upcycle</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/virgils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virgils</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/stewarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stewarts</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/jarritos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jarritos</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/hopwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopwater</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/hops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hops</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/shophandmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shophandmade</span></a></p>
Jasna Dragun<p>'Early Morning'<br><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/early-morning-jasna-dragun.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/ea</span><span class="invisible">rly-morning-jasna-dragun.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/serene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/calm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/morning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a></p>
didib_photo 📷<p>untitled (2010) Sempachersee<br>Photo ©️Dietmar Bachmann</p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapephotography</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/schilf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schilf</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/naturfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/naturelovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturelovers</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/landschaftsfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landschaftsfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/naturschutzgebiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturschutzgebiet</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/moody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moody</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/see" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>see</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/natureperfection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natureperfection</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/teich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teich</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/schilfgras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schilfgras</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/ufer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ufer</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/instanature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instanature</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/naturbrillianz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturbrillianz</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/winterwonderland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winterwonderland</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Sursee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sursee</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/instanature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instanature</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/landschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landschaft</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/natureperfection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natureperfection</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/fiftyshades_of_nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiftyshades_of_nature</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/natur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natur</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Leica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leica</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/LeicaM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeicaM</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/LeicaM8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeicaM8</span></a></p>
mashnotebeer<p>🌵<a href="https://handmade.social/tags/DryJanuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DryJanuary</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Earrings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earrings</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mashnotebeercompany.etsy.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mashnotebeercompany.etsy.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://handmade.social/tags/bottlecap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bottlecap</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/upcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upcycle</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/virgils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virgils</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/stewarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stewarts</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/jarritos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jarritos</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/hopwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopwater</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/hops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hops</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/shophandmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shophandmade</span></a></p>
Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog<p>Reed meat smoke: College buddies got serious about smoking meat for events<br><a href="https://www.reed.edu/reed-magazine/articles/2014/meatsmoke.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reed.edu/reed-magazine/article</span><span class="invisible">s/2014/meatsmoke.html</span></a><br> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/meatsmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meatsmoke</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/rennfayre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rennfayre</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoking</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reed</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/bbq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbq</span></a> #+</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump’s willingness to choose cabinet members with histories of alleged sexual misconduct threw his transition plans off course this week.</p><p>Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, dropped out of consideration on Thursday amid mounting questions over allegations of having sex with an underage girl and illicit drug use. He has denied wrongdoing.</p><p>Gaetz's departure leaves two other cabinet candidates who also have been accused of sexual misconduct: <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Pete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pete</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, nominated to run the Pentagon, <br>and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robert</span></a> F. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennedy</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jr</span></a>., <br>Trump’s choice for Health and Human Services secretary.</p><p>While allegations of sexual misconduct are not uncommon in politics, <br>including against Trump himself, it is unusual for cabinet nominees to face such accusations.</p><p>Some Republican senators said Hegseth in particular would now face more scrutiny with Gaetz out of the mix, though they did not think the extra attention would hurt his confirmation prospects.</p><p>"You guys will look more and more on what happened and will understand it's completely taken out of context, and I think Pete will get confirmed at the end of the day," <br>Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Markwayne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markwayne</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mullin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mullin</span></a>, a Trump ally, told reporters.</p><p>Hegseth, a 44-year-old military veteran and former Fox News host, has been accused by a woman who told police he sexually assaulted her at a conference in California in 2017. </p><p>No charges were filed, and Hegseth and his attorney have said the sexual encounter was consensual.</p><p>Hegseth met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally support for his nomination as news of Gaetz's withdrawal broke.</p><p>Sen. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jack</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a>, the outgoing Democratic chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the stumble with Gaetz means the allegation against Hegseth will need to be closely vetted.</p><p>"From what I’ve seen from news reports, it is very concerning. It has to be looked at," Reed told reporters.</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/23/world/politics/trump-nominees-sexual-misconduct-spotlight/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">23/world/politics/trump-nominees-sexual-misconduct-spotlight/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Others in the Trump inner circle who made their fortunes via privately held ventures include treasury secretary <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Steven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steven</span></a> T. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mnuchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mnuchin</span></a>, who got a great deal during the financial crisis on IndyMac, a mortgage lending bank, <br>thanks to our government’s penchant for the socialization of risk and privatization of profit when entities considered “too big to fail” go into a state of distress. </p><p>Mnuchin and his fellow investors, a group that included liberal donor and hedge-fund honcho George Soros, changed the company name to <a href="https://c.im/tags/OneWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneWest</span></a> and began to aggressively foreclose on homeowners. <br>The bank earned Mnuchin and his partners a profit of $1.6 billion in its first year of operation, <br>even as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was preparing to take a hit of nearly $11 billion “on bad loans that the Pasadena institution made before it was sold last March and renamed OneWest Bank,” according to E. Scott Reckard of the Los Angeles Times.</p><p>Then there’s commerce secretary <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wilbur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wilbur</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ross</span></a>, worth $2.5 billion according to Forbes, who started a second career in 2000 with the creation of his eponymous investment company, <br>which he later sold to Invesco for a reported $375 million. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cordish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cordish</span></a>, special assistant to the president for intragovernmental and technology initiatives, is a scion of the family that owns privately held Cordish Companies, <br>involved in gaming and entertainment. <br>He’s said to be tight with Jared Kushner. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Sonny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonny</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perdue</span></a>, Trump’s secretary of agriculture, founded the private company Perdue Inc., a trucking outfit, <br>with his wife, Mary, who was reported in 2005 to be the company’s sole shareholder. <br>(An official at Perdue Inc. declined to confirm to The Baffler whether this is still the case.)</p><p>And, while not a rich guy himself, CIA director <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mike</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pompeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeo</span></a> founded a private company called <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thayer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aerospace</span></a> in the late 1990s with help from Koch Venture Capital, an arm of Koch Industries. <br>A Pompeo aide told the Washington Post that the Koch investment amounted to only 2 percent, <br>but there’s no way to really know, since the transaction took place between two privately held companies. <br>He later became president of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sentry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentry</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a>, another private company, before his 2010 run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which he won, again with an assist from the Koch brothers. <br>He’s also a climate-change denier—an appealing trait in a public official if you’re a fossil fuels magnate looking to buy one</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Inside <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ziklag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ziklag</span></a>, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ziklag-secret-christian-charity-2024-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/inside-</span><span class="invisible">ziklag-secret-christian-charity-2024-election</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalists</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kirk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Montgomery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montgomery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Barton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barton</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/McEwen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McEwen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wommack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wommack</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wallnau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wallnau</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Boebert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boebert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Guandolo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guandolo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Joyner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joyner</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gohmert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gohmert</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Conway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conway</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alexander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexander</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kirk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitchell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perkins</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Flynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flynn</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perkins</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plaats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dobson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobson</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Republicans have declared war on Biden and middle class people who want to save for retirement. </p><p>Odds are you’ve never heard of their shock troops: Judge <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jeremy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jeremy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kernodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernodle</span></a> or Judge <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OConnor</span></a>, <br>both federal judges appointed to Texas districts by Donald Trump and George W. Bush respectively. </p><p>For reference, both are hard-core rightwingers: <br>🔸Kernodle was one of the 13 federal judges who pledged not to hire clerks from Columbia University after the student demonstrations there against Israel’s destruction of Gaza; <br>🔸O’Connor struck down the Gun Control Act of 1968 and tried to take down Obama’s Affordable Care Act.</p><p>But even if you’ve never heard of them, ♦️they’re trying their best to have a huge "impact" on your ability to comfortably retire when the time comes, or on how you can live off your retirement funds if you’re already past 65. </p><p>Millions of Americans use investment advisors to manage their retirement funds; the total that could be affected by these judges’ actions is, according to The Washington Post yesterday, 🔹more than $770 billion.</p><p><a href="https://hartmannreport.com/p/golden-years-or-golden-scams-the-2f1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hartmannreport.com/p/golden-ye</span><span class="invisible">ars-or-golden-scams-the-2f1</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>⚠️Suing advertisers⚠️</p><p>"Mr. Free Speech"<br>is also availing himself of the courts to try to force companies to advertise on X.</p><p>On Tuesday, X filed a lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/WFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WFA</span></a> ), <br>an advertising trade group, <br>in the Wichita Falls Division of the Northern District of Texas. </p><p>Why Wichita Falls, some 300 miles from Austin, where Tesla is located? </p><p>Because the Northern District of Texas enthusiastically embraces judge shopping, <br>and every case in Wichita Falls goes to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OConnor</span></a>, <br>a George W. Bush appointee who <br>💥routinely tries to throw out the whole of the Affordable Care Act 💥<br>and is a reliable vote for anything conservatives want. </p><p>🔥The WFA announced Thursday that it’s shutting down because it does not have the financial resources to fight X in court.🔥</p><p>Musk already has another case before Reed O’Connor on a similarly twisted legal theory.</p><p>Late last year, X sued Media Matters in O’Connor’s court after Media Matters accurately pointed out that ads were appearing next to the Nazi and white nationalist content that is rife on X now. </p><p>That case shouldn’t exist, period, <br>and it especially shouldn’t be in O’Connor’s courtroom. </p><p>As Mike Masnick pointed out over at Techdirt, <br>X is incorporated in Nevada, <br>with headquarters in California. </p><p>Media Matters is in DC, and the Media Matters writer named in the suit is in Maryland.</p><p>👉The only connection to Texas is that Reed O’Connor is very friendly to conservatives. 👈</p><p>And O’Connor has already proven himself eager to help Musk along. </p><p>Although he’s a Tesla shareholder, <br>he has not recused himself from the case. </p><p>And even though Media Matters has a pending motion to dismiss <br>precisely because the lawsuit should not be in Texas, <br>O’Connor refused to stay discovery, <br>💥which means Media Matters is racking up litigation costs while O’Connor sits on the motion to dismiss, 💥pending since March. </p><p>Back to the advertisers and X’s latest lawsuit. </p><p>X CEO Linda Yaccarino did an “open letter” explaining why X is suing the WFA, <br>the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, <br>and four individual companies <br>— CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever. </p><p>It’s an antitrust lawsuit over what X calls an “illegal boycott” <br>that has “cost X billions of dollars.” </p><p>😨How dare companies not advertise on X, <br>which Yaccarino calls a “unique, dynamic, and safe environment”? 😨</p><p>The failure of private companies to give Musk and Yaccarino money is, <br>per Yaccarino, <br>“threatening your global town square.”</p><p>Had the federal courts not gone full Calvinball over the last several years, it would be easy to say this nonsense would be thrown out. </p><p>These are <a href="https://c.im/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a>, <br>and to the extent they are boycotting X, they have a <a href="https://c.im/tags/First" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>First</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amendment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> to do so <br>— in two ways:</p><p>🔹First, boycotts based on political reasons, <br>such as not wanting to support Nazis, <br>are considered <a href="https://c.im/tags/protected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protected</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a>. </p><p>🔹Next, the First Amendment provides for <a href="https://c.im/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/association" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>association</span></a> and freedom from association. </p><p>You aren’t obliged to engage in speech you find morally repugnant <br>or spend money subsidizing someone else’s speech you find repugnant. </p><p>Indeed, that concept is at the heart of so much litigation by evangelical conservatives who don’t want to bake a cake for a same-sex couple or allow their insurer to provide birth control for their employees. </p><p>But don’t expect Reed O’Connor or any other conservative judges to display the same tender concern for Media Matters <br>or companies that don’t want their ads to run next to hate speech. </p><p>♦️Musk is, without a doubt, a uniquely terrible individual. </p><p>While his wealth and fame would always insulate him from some level of consequences, <br>♦️thanks to the dysfunctional federal judiciary, these days, <br>he can truly thrive.</p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericaPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaPAC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/actual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actual</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/toothlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toothlessness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/slowness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slowness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jacob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jacob</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wohl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wohl</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jack</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Burkman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burkman</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericaPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaPAC</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/massive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massive</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alan</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Albright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albright</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Year in and year out, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalists</span></a> strategize and organize via a seemingly never-ending stream of <br>conferences, trainings, and other offerings conducted or provided by influential Christian political nonprofits such as:</p><p>♦️Turning Point USA (TPUSA), an extremist student group co-founded by Charlie <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kirk</span></a> and Bill <a href="https://c.im/tags/Montgomery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montgomery</span></a>, who died of COVID-19 complications. TPUSA’s specialty is training students to harass “liberal” professors and public school boards. It partners with far right propagandist Jack Posobiec, who is infamous for his viral propaganda campaigns, including the “groomers” campaign launched against Disney after it withdrew support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Kirk hopes to open his own network of private Christian academies across the country. </p><p>♦️Wallbuilders, a nonprofit founded by pseudo-historian David <a href="https://c.im/tags/Barton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barton</span></a>, a leading opponentof the separation between church and state. Barton–who offers “biblical citizenship training” with ♦️Patriot Academy founder Rick <a href="https://c.im/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a>–also promotes the militant “black robe regiment” movement and wrote a book about it. </p><p>♦️United in Purpose (UIP), a Christian data targeting firm founded by convicted embezzler Bill <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a>. UIP’s board has included David Barton and former congressman Bob <a href="https://c.im/tags/McEwen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McEwen</span></a>. UIP was involved in a massive voter data breach in 2015, as we previously reported. In or around 2020, UIP formed a group called♦️ Ziklag, which pairs wealthy Christian donors with Christian political projects and organizations. UIP also launched a website called EveryLegalVote.com, which promoted “Stop the Steal” rallies and related “action items,” although UIP’s name was removed from the website soon after it launched. (Image via @visionsurreal.)</p><p> <br>♦️Truth and Liberty Coalition, which focuses on taking over public school boards in Colorado and beyond. The nonprofit is led by Andrew <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wommack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wommack</span></a> who owns the Charis Bible College franchise and has said that members of the LGBTQ community should wear warning labels on their foreheads. Truth and Liberty’s board of directors includes Wallbuilders founder David Barton and NAR leader Lance <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wallnau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wallnau</span></a>, who has said that we must “destroy the public education system before it destroys America,” as reported in Elle Hardy’s book 🔹Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World. 🔹Truth and Liberty’s website includes a list of “influencers” that includes Rep. Lauren <a href="https://c.im/tags/Boebert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boebert</span></a> (R-CO). <br>Truth and Liberty has worked with John <a href="https://c.im/tags/Guandolo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guandolo</span></a> of Understanding the Threat. Guandolo is a disgraced former FBI agent and anti-Muslim activist. As first reported by Right Wing Watch, Guandalo “has begun offering training sessions for right-wing citizens on how to take over their towns, arrest their mayors, and destroy the lives of anyone who objects by publicly humiliating them, getting them fired…, and forcing them to move.” </p><p>♦️Patriot Academy founded by Rick <a href="https://c.im/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a>. The organization partners with David Barton (of Wallbuilders) in providing “biblical citizenship training.”</p><p>♦️The Oak Initiative founded by Rick <a href="https://c.im/tags/Joyner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joyner</span></a> who advocated a military coup against Obama in 2013 or 2014. Rep. Louie <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gohmert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gohmert</span></a> (R-TX) attended one of their summits virtually in 2015. NAR leaders Lance Wallnau and Cindy Jacobs are on the board.</p><p> <br>♦️The Council for National Policy, a secretive umbrella and strategy group for billionaires and the leaders of most prominent Christian Right organizations. Steve <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a>, KellyAnne <a href="https://c.im/tags/Conway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conway</span></a>, Ali <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alexander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alexander</span></a>, Charlie <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kirk</span></a>, Ginni <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>, Cleta <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitchell</span></a>, Bill <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a>, Tony <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perkins</span></a>, and Ralph <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> have all been members. Michael <a href="https://c.im/tags/Flynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flynn</span></a> has been involved with them too.</p><p>♦️The Family Research Council founded by Tony <a href="https://c.im/tags/Perkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perkins</span></a>, which hosts the influential 🔸Pray Vote Stand Summit 🔸(previously the Values Voter Summit) and a pastors roundtable called 🔸“Watchmen on the Wall.”</p><p>♦️The Faith and Freedom Coalition (FFC) founded by Ralph <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a>. FFC’s website says that FFC knocked on more than 8 million doors before the midterm election and held its annual 🔸Road to Majority Policy🔸 conference in June this year. Its website says the conference “equips attendees with the knowledge and connections they need to drive engagement and voter turnout. The June 2022 gathering accelerated conservatives further down the road to majority ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.”</p><p>♦️The Family Leader, which held a Family Leadership summit in July this year. Its president and CEO is Bob Vander <a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plaats</span></a>. Its website called its annual summit the “Midwest’s biggest gathering of Christians seeking cultural transformation in the family, church, government and more.” </p><p>♦️Focus on the Family, the <br>♦️Family Institute, and the <br>♦️Dobson Policy Center founded by James <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dobson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobson</span></a>. Focus on the Family has offices and partnerships around the world. Focus on the Family and Family Research Center helped craft and promote the bill that recently made Arkansas the first state to ban gender-affirming care for minors, </p><p><a href="https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/11/qa-with-jennifer-cohn-a-christian-nationalism-post-election-debriefing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buckscountybeacon.com/2022/11/</span><span class="invisible">qa-with-jennifer-cohn-a-christian-nationalism-post-election-debriefing/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@MarvClowder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MarvClowder</span></a></span> <br>Surely there was no way even today’s Republican party could have welcomed the Antichrist<br>—a k a Ralph Reed<br>—back into the ranks just six years after he imploded so spectacularly amid the Jack Abramoff scandals.</p><p>Reed, whose “preternaturally youthful” appearance, as the Times described it, still makes you think he must have “666” etched just above his brow line, <br>got his start in the first heady days of the Reagan administration, when he was one member of what was known as the “<a href="https://c.im/tags/triumvirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triumvirate</span></a>,” running the College Republican National Committee (CRNC), along with Mr. Abramoff and Grover Norquist.</p><p>Reciting all the juvenile, pseudo-military jargon that generations of Republican rat-fuckers have adored since the days of Watergate, <br>the triumvirate planned to “permanently” remove their opponents from power. </p><p>Their skills complemented one another’s perfectly: <a href="https://c.im/tags/Norquist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norquist</span></a>, the ideologue; <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Abramoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abramoff</span></a>, the extrovert and champion schmoozer; <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a>, the undercover operative.</p><p>“I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare,” Mr. Reed told a Virginia newspaper in 1991. <br>🔸“I paint my face and travel at night. You don’t know it’s over until you’re in a body bag. You don’t know until election night.”🔸</p><p>There was just one problem before they went upriver to knock off Colonel Kurtz. <br>Mr. Abramoff was an Orthodox Jew, <br>Mr. Norquist was a Harvard grad and <br>Mr. Reed was a Navy brat from Miami. </p><p>Where was the cultural connection to the Reagan coalition’s evangelical Christian foot soldiers?</p><p>Then, in 1983, Mr. Reed had a “come-to-Jesus” moment—literally—in a popular Washington watering hole, appropriately named <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bullfeathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullfeathers</span></a>. </p><p>Hallelujah! His was far from the first barroom conversion, <br>but few others pulled themselves up Jacob’s ladder with such alacrity. </p><p>By 1989, he was running Pat <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robertson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robertson</span></a>’s Christian Coalition, featured on the cover of Time magazine as 🔸“the right hand of God” 🔸…</p><p>… and by the time Reed left this post in 1997, he had, as Bill Moyers reported, <br>“driven the organization into the ground,” leaving it “nearly bankrupt, under investigation by the Federal Election Commission, and facing charges from its own financial officer that Reed’s cronies had ripped off almost a million dollars.”</p><p>This would prove to be a not-uncommon fate for anything King Ralph got himself involved with. </p><p>But he was already off into electoral politics, becoming a major fund-raiser for George W. Bush, <br>getting elected state chairman of the Republican party of Georgia <br>and running for lieutenant governor of the Peach State.</p><p>Another grift “the triumvirate” was running entailed <br>♦️defending the sweatshops of the Northern Mariana Islands, a distant Pacific archipelago that has been a U.S. possession since World War II. </p><p>Because they’re located in an American commonwealth, sweatshops in the Northern Marianas could maintain a minimum wage less than half that of the United States <br>but still sew “Made in the USA” labels into the clothes they produced.</p><p>Factory owners on Saipan, where 90 percent of the islands’ population is, <br>recruited poor women from China and other Asian countries to toil in the sweats. </p><p>There they worked endless hours under awful conditions, <br>were routinely ripped off or not paid at all, <br>and were sexually exploited, <br>as a Ms. magazine investigation uncovered.</p><p>Those who became pregnant were often forced to have abortions in special hospitals set up next to the sweatshops.</p><p>Once again, the triumvirate worked like a well-oiled machine to defend this horror. </p><p>Mr. Abramoff raked in some $9 million in lobbying fees. </p><p>Mr. Norquist received thousands of dollars in return for talking up the Northern Marianas as <br>“a model of free enterprise” <br>and having “discussions” with the islands’ leaders. </p><p>His ATR staff received junkets to the islands<br>—as did some 100 congressmen and their families, including Tom <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeLay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeLay</span></a>, <br>who pronounced the islands <br>“a perfect petri dish of capitalism” and told its leaders, <br>“You are a shining light for what is happening in the Republican Party, and you represent everything that is good about what we’re trying to do in America, in leading the world in the free-market system.”</p><p>Ralph Reed was onboard to work the religious angle, <br>sending out a mailer to the faithful charging that <br>“The radical left, the Big Labor Union Bosses, and Bill Clinton want to pass a law preventing Chinese from coming to work on the Marianas Islands” <br>because they “are exposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ” on the islands, and many “are converted to the Christian faith and return to China with Bibles in hand.” </p><p>There was no mention of their discarded fetuses.</p><p>Then Abramoff was collared.<br><a href="https://observer.com/2012/09/the-unlikely-resurrection-of-ralph-reed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">observer.com/2012/09/the-unlik</span><span class="invisible">ely-resurrection-of-ralph-reed/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or <a href="https://c.im/tags/COPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COPA</span></a>, on Tuesday released ♦️body camera footage showing the fatal shooting of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dexter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dexter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> by Chicago police officers ♦️during a March 21 traffic stop in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street. <br>Reed had been pulled over for <br>👉purportedly not wearing a seatbelt.</p><p>COPA in a statement said preliminary evidence🔸 “appears to confirm” 🔸that Reed fired first before 💥officers responded by firing 96 shots in a matter 41 seconds. 💥</p><p>Mayor Brandon Johnson called the footage of Reed’s death “deeply disturbing” in a hastily scheduled appearance at City Hall, where he was flanked by Andrea Kersten, the head of COPA, and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.<br>“I’m personally devastated to see yet another young Black man lose his life during an interaction with the police,” Johnson said, adding that shooting a police officer could never be condoned or excused.</p><p><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/09/4-chicago-police-officers-fired-dexter-reed-96-times-41-seconds-after-he-shot-officer-arm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.wttw.com/2024/04/09/4-chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-police-officers-fired-dexter-reed-96-times-41-seconds-after-he-shot-officer-arm</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Police fire 96 shots in 41 seconds, killing Black man during traffic stop </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Dexter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dexter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a>’s mother remembers the last time she saw her son alive. </p><p>“Mom, I’m going for a ride,” he told her, before heading out in the car that he had purchased just three days earlier.<br>
Reed, 26, was killed that same day, when tactical-unit police officers fired 96 bullets at him within 41 seconds, according to Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or COPA, which investigates allegations of police misconduct and police shootings. </p><p>“He was just riding around in his car,” Dexter’s mother, Nicole Banks, told Fox 32 Chicago on Tuesday, as she broke down in tears. “They killed him.”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/10/dexter-reed-shooting-video-chicago-police/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2024</span><span class="invisible">/04/10/dexter-reed-shooting-video-chicago-police/</span></a></p>
Erin Conroy<p>"Every 18 months, a total solar <a href="https://progressives.social/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eclipse</span></a> occurs somewhere on Earth, a fortuitous quirk of the Sun being 400 times further from Earth than the Moon & 400 times larger, making the disc of the Moon entirely cover the solar disc when it perfectly aligns between Earth & the Sun"</p><p>What are the odds of any planetary moon getting those proportions exactly right? I asked this question of an astronomer who attended our <a href="https://progressives.social/tags/Reed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reed</span></a> trip to <a href="https://progressives.social/tags/JohnDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnDay</span></a> in OR to watch the totality in 2017, & he didn't know.</p>
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