William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Running roughshod over the law. Massive corruption and open conflicts of interest. A war on science, education, and truth. A compliant Congress. An enabling Supreme Court. A morally bankrupt leader. The stoking of hate. It’s a list of outrages that we must keep firmly in the category of unacceptable—if we have any hope of preserving our democracy."</p><p>~ Elliot Kirschner</p><p><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/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/its-unbelievable" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elliotkirschner.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/its-unbelievable</span></a></p>
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"As these communities are still searching for their missing relatives, the corrupt Supreme Court conservative majority, also groomed and picked by billionaire, right-wing money, allowed Trump on Tuesday to continue dismantling critical government agencies without Congressional approval."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Texas #SupremeCourt #EconomicElites #corruption #authoritarianism
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-death-march-might
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"Those with power in established hierarchies constantly claim that they are weak and imperiled in order to prepare the ground for massive violence against the marginalized. ...
The rich love fascism because fascism tells them that they are the beleaguered heroes of history, and that they deserve their wealth and the thrill of lording it over their lessers—whether through philanthropy or extermination."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#EconomicElites #fascism #Trump #violence
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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-rich-are-natural-fascists
Everything Is Horrible · The Rich Are Natural Fascists
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"'This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.'"
#Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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"This legislation will create the largest transfer of wealth from the nation’s poorer economic classes to the wealthiest. …
Of the many times the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah is mentioned in both the Older and the Newer Testaments, only one text, from the Prophet Ezekiel, specifies the precise nature of that sin."
~ Ken Sehested
#Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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https://baptistnews.com/article/a-critical-assessment-of-the-presidents-big-beautiful-bill/
Baptist News Global · A critical assessment of the president’s ‘big beautiful bill’ – Baptist News GlobalDissidents to such abominable policy need to hear, memorize, and teach to our children, one of the final statements Pope Francis.
"We have literally come to the moment in our history when we are sacrificing the lives of the poor to pay for the yachts of billionaires."
~ David Rothkopf
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Need to Know by David Rothkopf · "A Deep Soul Wound"
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"He warned that the rich must not only give generously but also see the poor as equal in dignity and divine worth. Wesley’s theology was clear: piety without justice is empty. Holiness without mercy is fraud.
This budget bill betrays that vision. It reflects a theology of greed, not grace. A worldview in which the weak are burdens, not neighbors, a politics of cruelty, not community."
#Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill #cruelty #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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My friend John Masters writes,
"There are moments in history when a nation reveals its character, sadly, not through lofty speeches or patriotic displays, but by the quiet cruelty of its policies. …
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, wrote, 'Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can… to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.'"
#Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill #cruelty #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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https://deep.mastersfamily.org/no-longer-predators-but-pilgrims/
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"This one, big, shameful bill reveals the truth: We are ruled by the wealthy few. This is the slow funeral of the moral foundations of the republic — compassion, justice, decency — sacrificed at the altar of plutocracy. The angels have been driven out."
~ National Catholic Reporter
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https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-trumps-bill-set-be-signed-july-4th-shows-democracy-decay
"Trump's one big bill caters to the ultra-rich — the donors and dynasties who bankroll campaigns and expect returns. Those it punishes — the sick, poor, elderly, undocumented, young — constitute the true majority. But majorities no longer matter. Our democracy no longer operates on the principle of representation. It runs on wealth."
~ National Catholic Reporter
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https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial-trumps-bill-set-be-signed-july-4th-shows-democracy-decay
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"That such a regressive, dangerous, gargantuan, and unpopular piece of legislation could get through Congress shows how far Trump has dragged America into modern fascism."
~ Robert Reich
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Robert Reich · This is Fascism
"The simplest way to understand the bill is that it’s a massive transfer of wealth from the poorest Americans. The tax cuts overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest and corporations and they are (partially) paid for by slashing funding for health care and food assistance utilized by the poor and working class."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
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https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/did-the-republicans-just-blow-up
The Message Box · Did the Republicans Just Blow Up the Trump Coalition?