Right-wing authoritarian politicians dominate Israel's government, but far-right Jews are also strong in the Republican party because they help shield its #ChristianNationalist power elite from accusations of antisemitism.
Ben Shapiro does this on a daily basis.
He made his own #antisemitism clear in a 2014 interview he did with a pro-Nazi podcast host in which he bashed "Jews in Hollywod" for conducting a "war on Christianity."
"Y'KNOW WHEN I WAS A KID WE GOT BEAT UP AND BODYSLAMMED INTO WALLS BY TEACHERS AND SOMETIMES FED INTO WOODCHIPPERS AND WE RENDERED DOWN LEAD AND PUT THAT DIRECTLY IN OUR DRINKING WATER TO TOUGHEN US UP AND I TURNED OUT JUST FINE OH AND ALSO I AM VOTING TO HAVE CONCENTRATION CAMPS ON AMERICAN SOIL AND THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE MURDERED AND UNPERSONED FOR BEING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY."
""We must make America pray again:" Trump now selling Bibles"
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/26/trump-selling-bible-god-bless-the-usa
Religious coercion sure doesn't sound American. And Bibles with foundational US documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights don't sound particularly Christian.
Turning the US into a Christian version of Iran for profit and freedom from jail...
This really isn't *about* just "not seeing" content I don't like; and yet the tools at my disposal as a user are focused entirely on that, as if that's the only possible issue here. The reality is I don't want big tech companies aligned with fascism or willing to cooperate with fascist states, including the US, to know I exist because well, fascists want me perished. Fedi was good for that at one point, but now it does not appear to be good for that anymore...
Do you know any people 35+ who actually believe high school was the best time of their lives?
(Please boost for visibility)
#HighSchool
Thinking about https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/DNOTE-ethical-web-principles-20240319/#verify today : "The web must make it possible for people to verify information and assess the trustworthiness of its source." #EthicalWebPrinciples
Folks, #ElonMusk is a full-on, raving fascist lunatic. It's time for sane people to have nothing to do with ANY of his companies, including both #Tesla and X/#Twitter. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/radicalized-elon-musk-puts-conspiratorial-055858883.html
Let’s see if the Fediverse works for this kind of stuff:
I’m looking for a teacher of classical guitar. Has to be San Francisco. Prefer someone who specializes, too. (Not just someone in a band who also owns a nylon-string guitar and can play Malageña.)
DMs welcome.
Mastodon hive mind, please work your magic!
I'm looking for recommendations on interesting YouTube channels that talk about videogames. Not streamers or such, but something more essay-lile, such as GMTK, DidYouKnowGaming, or NakeyJakey.
Thanks!
p.s.: boosts for wider visibility are greatly appreciate! 🥰
Billy Dee Williams recalls attending underground gay parties at the Met Opera House in the 70s
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/billy-dee-williams-recalls-attending-underground-gay-parties-at-the-met-opera-house-in-the-70s/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into LGBTQ Nation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation
Hi Fedi Family,
In 2008 Californians voted for Prop8 that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the California constitution. While this was defeated in courts this draconian Prop8 language is still in the California constitution. Justice tHomas and the right wing SCOTUS is openly hinting at destroying precedent and trampling rights. If they overturned Obergefell - the Prop8 language in the California Constitution will act as a “trigger law”, raining havoc on queer families like mine across California.
Please spread the word to vote “YES” to repeal Prop8 (2008) from the California constitution in Nov 2024. Talk to your friends, family and colleagues about it.
Boosts appreciated.
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Right_to_Marry_and_Repeal_Proposition_8_Amendment_(2024)
#lgbt #lgbtq #California #marriageequality #Prop8 #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #queer #nonbinary #enby #HumanRights #Politics #USpol #scotus #lgbtqia #indivisible #equality #trans #love
"Musk, Tesla’s CEO and largest shareholder, moved the company’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, in 2021, partly because of tensions with various California agencies over practices at the Fremont factory."
Racist practices. That adjective is missing, yet important.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/16/tesla-settles-racial-discrimination-claims
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See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/undercliff-sanatorium
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