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I’ve been covering the “He Gets Us” Jesus PR campaign since 2022. I was the first or at least one of the first to expose it as a right-wing evangelical recruitment effort, though RD and I didn’t get credit when bigger outlets picked the story up religiondispatches.org/behind-the-i...

Behind the Inclusive-Sounding Ads of this $100 Million PR-Blitz-for-Jesus it's the Same Old Conservative Christian Fantasyreligiondispatches.org This month, a $100 million advertising campaign and website have been launched nationwide to help a particular figure rebrand. In the current climate, just who, do you think, might warrant such a mass...

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I cannot believe that people are taking Turkey's side in this. The antisemitism on display is terrifying. It is a clear statement by Turkey and its supporters that Jews deserve to die.

Story in English.

Israeli soccer player arrested in Turkey after dedicating goal to hostageswww.ynetnews.com Israeli forward Sagi Jehezkel scores for Antalyaspor against Trabzonspor, flashing ‘100 days’ marking on his bandage; under fan and media pressure, team removes social media posts, club president ...

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MLK quote you're unlikely to hear today.

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This is of course the least important reason not to drink bottled water (the environmental madness of moving water around the place in plastic bottles in places where safe water comes out of the tap leaves it for dead) but at least might land with the sort of moron who thinks it's somehow healthier.

A typical 1-liter bottle of water contains some 240,000 previously undetected plastic fragments, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, suggesting that health concerns linked to plastic pollution may be dramatically underestimated. Read: trib.al/X9YVEOx

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Intrusive thought today is what if the NYT covered the Thomas & Alito bribery scandal the way they're covering the college presidents. Not just an endless stream of articles but framing it as though it's a shock and an obvious affront that they haven't resigned yet

I love how the New York Times, which ran more than five dozen articles on Gay and almost single handedly maintained the drumbeat for her resignation, switches into Neutral Observer Mode here. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/b...

Funny, what Nick Cave says about Australia & England, I can say about New Jersey & Ohio www.theredhandfiles.com/how-do-you-r...

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #268 - I have relocated to my partner’s country in the last...www.theredhandfiles.com Dear Mathew and Annie, When I’m dead and gone and they put my remains in the ground, it will more than likely be into British soil that...

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"Roger Severino, who led several antiabortion efforts at HHS under Trump, said the movement is more focused on potential agency actions than passing a national abortion ban, which leaders privately acknowledge is extremely unlikely to make it through a divided Congress." Pay attention to this.

Trump's 2024 abortion platform: Revoke federal approval of mifepristone, outlaw medication abortion in all 50 states, prosecute and imprison doctors and pharmacists who distribute the pills. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump wins back antiabortion movement as activists plot 2025 crackdownswww.washingtonpost.com Many activists look past the former president’s refusal to endorse a national abortion ban, focusing instead on how a future administration could restrict pills.

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🏴 Columbus comrades: Counter-protest the Nazis this Saturday, 1/6 10:30a @ the Ohio Statehouse. Show them they're not wanted! Fuck you, no Nazis in Flavortown 🏴

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Why Trump wants you to compare him to Hitler (Because then you’re not calling him a loser) https://framelab.substack.com/p/why-trump-wants-you-to-compare-him

https://framelab.substack.com/p/why-trump-wants-you-to-compare-himframelab.substack.com Because then you’re not calling him a loser

Recent delightful discovery: over-easy eggs made on a bed of toasted sesame seeds

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The framers of this amendment recognized that one thing you don't want to give an insurrectionist is a second chance. You couldn't imagine a perfect application than to Donald Trump, who everyone knows would gladly repeat January 6th until it works.

Just listened to Judge Luttig make the essential point that disqualification under the 14th amendment isn't undemocratic, it's the *behavior* that results in disqualification that is undemocratic. Attempting to overthrow an election to stay in power is the antithesis of democracy.

Worth remembering, as we wrap it up wapo.st/3NM7Age

Opinion | No, 2023 wasn’t all bad, and here are 23 reasons why notwapo.st Here are the joyous and praise-worthy milestones of 2023.

Yep (gift article) wapo.st/4aB2LQW

Opinion | Yes, Trump should be removed from the ballotwapo.st In the 14th Amendment, we have a provision that could keep Trump from ever being president again. We should use it.

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❤️❤️❤️ wapo.st/3vg8WtC

Perspective | Boxes kept coming from a mystery donor. An obituary revealed her name.wapo.st She sent gifts and food for families in Virginia. But the notes that came with those packages identified her only as E. A. Raven.

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People on disability can’t have more than $2000 in the bank or they start losing benefits. Clarance Thomas struggles with his $300k yearly so he takes bribes and that’s just totally cool.

THAT IS A FORM OF INFLUENCE. YOU’RE A FUCKING LAW PROFESSOR.

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I love that this op-ed treats Trump's ludicrous tossed-off health care promises ("We'll replace it with something terrific") as serious and meaningful, and his actual attempt to take health coverage from 20 million people and throw the entire system into chaos as not worth mentioning

Yeah, if you’ve got to do this much hand-waving, maybe your take needs more time in the oven.

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Synagogues across our country were inundated with bomb threats over the weekend. We're disgusted by these cowardly attempts to terrorize Jewish communities. Every American should be alarmed by the recent spike in antisemitism & every American should be actively working to counter all forms of hate.

Hundreds of US synagogues receive bomb threats as spree continues despite arrestsforward.com Synagogues in at least 17 states plus Washington, D.C., were affected, according to local media reports.

McDonald’s new concept CosMc’s bears more than a passing resemblance to Sonic, no? cosmcs.com/menu

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A follow-up to his earlier article – let’s see which Republicans care to save democracy wapo.st/3uW5NP8

Opinion | The Trump dictatorship: How to stop itwapo.st Will the people who selfishly refuse to put their own ambitions at risk finally act to save our democracy?

Oops, just seeing this… apologetically backing across the picket line

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A turning point in the election? Let’s hope so wapo.st/3sT6b0t

Opinion | Trump’s biggest loss yet: No immunitywapo.st There is little standing in the way of his March 4 trial.

No one acted extraordinarily, and so here we are on the brink of a dictatorship. It’s fucking chilling wapo.st/3R8MdXq

Opinion | A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.wapo.st There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?

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I know that All Lives Matter was complete bullshit but it is pretty funny for people who have been posting that on Facebook as a slogan for several years to just be like yeah man I dunno when it comes to Gaza

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Congratulations and thank you, Ohio! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/u...

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Such a weird feeling not to hate Ohio

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Hey! Are you in Ohio and haven’t voted yet? Please get out there tomorrow and vote YES on Issues 1 and 2! Also please vote for your schools and libraries if they are up for the vote in your jurisdiction. Education for everyone boosts equity.

There is this www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/o...

Opinion | I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You.www.nytimes.com The pressure to make simplistic declarations about the Israel-Gaza war is not helping anyone.