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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>"I am <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scared</span></a> every day": <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Experts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Experts</span></a> say <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/targeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>targeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nofaultdivorce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nofaultdivorce</span></a> to keep <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trapped</span></a>". </p><p>As <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worries</span></a> grow after <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DobbsRuling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DobbsRuling</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/experts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/restricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restricting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nofault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nofault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divorce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divorce</span></a> could be a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deathsentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deathsentence</span></a> for some <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/11/04/i-am-scared-every-day-experts-say-men-targeting-no-fault-divorce-to-keep-women-trapped/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/11/04/i-am-scar</span><span class="invisible">ed-every-day-experts-say-men-targeting-no-fault-divorce-to-keep-women-trapped/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Revealed: <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a> non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind <a href="https://c.im/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p><p>Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ <br>-- while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes</p><p>A US foundation associated with the oil company Shell has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to <a href="https://c.im/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> organizations, <br>many of which <a href="https://c.im/tags/deny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deny</span></a> that <a href="https://c.im/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> is a crisis, tax records reveal.</p><p>Fourteen of those groups are on the advisory board of Project 2025, <br>a conservative blueprint proposing radical changes to the federal government, <br>including ♦️severely limiting the Environment Protection Agency.♦️</p><p>"Shell USA Company Foundation" sent $544,010 between 2013 and 2022 to organizations that broadly share an agenda of building conservative power, <br>including advocating <a href="https://c.im/tags/against" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>against</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ rights, <a href="https://c.im/tags/restricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restricting</span></a> access to <a href="https://c.im/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortions</span></a>, creating school lesson plans that <a href="https://c.im/tags/downplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downplay</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> and drafting a suite of policies aimed at overhauling the federal government.</p><p>Donees include the "Heartland Institute"<br>a longtime purveyor of climate <a href="https://c.im/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a>, which published a video on YouTube in May stating incorrectly that<br> “the scientific data continue to show there is no climate crisis”. </p><p>Other groups that have received donations include the "American Family Association", which claims that the “climate change agenda is an attack on God’s creation”, </p><p>as well as the "Heritage Foundation", <br>the lead organization behind Project 2025.</p><p>“Shell has every reason to want to maintain close relationships with organizations that wield outsize political influence -- and just happen to reliably support the interests of the fossil fuel industry,” <br>said Adrian Bardon, a professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University who has studied the religious right and climate denialism.</p><p>The Shell USA Company Foundation helps employees boost their charitable giving to non-profits. </p><p>A Shell USA spokesperson wrote via email that the company’s workers make the initial decision to donate “to non-profit (tax exempt) organizations of their choice”.</p><p>According to the company’s online donation portal, Shell will match individual donations up to $7,500. </p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/shell-oil-project-2025-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/15/shell-oil-project-2025-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://saturation.social/@jkottke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jkottke</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> can build <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tolerance</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>. Here's how: <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Small" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Small</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gradual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gradual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exposures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exposures</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reducing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reducing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polling</span></a> hours and booths, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voterRoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voterRoles</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votingAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votingAge</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curbing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mail</span></a> votes, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eliminating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eliminating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>female</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suffrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suffrage</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/restricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restricting</span></a> voting rights to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landowners</span></a>, and many such <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measures</span></a> can help our country build tolerance to rising <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disenfranchisement</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reactionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactionaries</span></a> say</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocks</span></a> lower court <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rulings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rulings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/restricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restricting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abortionpills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionpills</span></a> The decision temporarily forestalls what would have been an unprecedented court-ordered rollback of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> powers. Justice Samuel A. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> Jr. granted the government’s request for a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stay</span></a> until Wednesday, and asked for additional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/briefing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>briefing</span></a> by next Tuesday. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Choice</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomensHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> This is far from over.</p>