Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesJul 17, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Putin unfazed by Trump’s threats, plans to fight on in Ukraine — Ukraine’s new ground drones are hitting the battlefield in ever-increasing numbers — Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — We are doubling the Ukraine Facility: EU proposes 100 billion euros for Ukraine aid fund in 2028–2034 budget — ‘Unbearable’ — EU’s Kallas raises alarm over Russia’s escalating chemical warfare in Ukraine … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/thursday-july-17-2025/

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 19, 2024

How #OpusDei Conquered #WashingtonDC

A new #book shows just how much #sway the #mysterious #farright #Catholic #extremistgroup has — and might have if Trump’s gets another term as #president

#Religion #EmptyThePews

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/opus-dei-members-catholic-washington-dc-politicans-jd-vance.html

Opus Dei’s Mission to Convert D.C. Powers Like J.D. Vance

Gareth Gore’s new book ‘Opus’ shows just how much sway the mysterious right-wing Catholic group has — and might have over Trump’s next term.

Intelligencer
U.S. Politics in Real TimeDec 3, 2023

Co-founder of anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group allegedly was in 3-year sexual MFF three-way relationship

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/co-founder-of-anti-lgbtq-extremist-group-allegedly-was-in-3-year-sexual-mff-three-way-relationship/

#LGBTQnews #AntiLGBTQgroup #ExtremistGroup #SexualRelationship #ThreeWayRelationship #CoFounder #Politics #News

Co-founder of anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group allegedly was in 3-year sexual MFF three-way relationship - LGBTQ Nation

Ron DeSantis endorsed her for school board partly on the basis of her anti-LGBTQ+ activism.

LGBTQ Nation
Mікє ВυггSep 14, 2023
1> #activism #bigotry #blm #capitalism #christianright #conservatives #corporations #corruption #crt #culturewars #darkmoney #defundbillionaires #defundcorporations #desantis #discrimination #disinformation #education #extremewealth #extremism #extremistgroup #freespeech #genocide #gop #grandmasterflash #hate #hategroup #influence #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lol #m4l #mao #meritocracy #minoritarianism #momsforliberty #mopar #musk #neofascism #newsmedia #oligarchy #paypal #plutocracy #republicanparty
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 14, 2023

Addendum 5

Moms for Liberty Flips a School Board
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/13/when-moms-liberty-flips-school-board

* policies eliminated safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students, restricted racially inclusive reading materials
* Pennridge School Board then voted to hire Vermilion Education
* MI-based consulting company: limited exp., questionable curricula

#GOP #M4L #MomsForLiberty #ExtremistGroup #neofascism #CultureWars #ChristianRight #education #ExtremistGroup #HateGroup #transphobia #TLM #TransLivesMatter #CRT #BLM #VermilionEducation

When Moms for Liberty 'Flips' a School Board

First came policies that eliminated safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students and restricted racially inclusive reading materials. Then, the Pennridge School Board voted to hire Vermilion Education, a Michigan-based consulting company with limited experience and questionable curriculum standards.

Southern Poverty Law Center
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 4 cont'd 2/

* 9-member commission tasked w. investigating complaints about alleged breaches of trust by FL state public officers, employees
* appointment gives Descovich even more power to target same groups Moms for Liberty attacks
* Legal expert Alejandra Caraballo warned that Descovich will now “be able to investigate LGBTQ state employees & allies & systematically remove them f. state government”

#Florida #DeSantis #GOP #MomsForLiberty #TinaDescovich #ExtremistGroup #neofascism

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 4 cont'd

* Moms for Liberty: far-right “parental rights” organization
* Southern Poverty Law Center designated extremist group
* Tina Descovich co-founded M4L in 2021 to push back against COVID-19 restrictions in schools & against classes that teach about nonwhite history & LGBTQ rights
* Descovich tweeted it was a “privilege” to join Florida Commission on Ethics

#DeSantis #GOP #MomsForLiberty #TinaDescovich #ExtremistGroup #lgbt #neofascism #CultureWars #BLM #HistoricalRevisionism

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 4

DeSantis’s Latest Stunt: Moms for Liberty Leader to Florida Ethics Commission
Co-founder of SPLC-designated hate group now in charge of policing Florida state employees
https://newrepublic.com/post/175418/desantis-appoints-moms-for-liberty-cofounder-florida-ethics-commission

* Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appointed co-founder of far-right group Moms for Liberty to FL ethics commission

#Florida #DeSantis #GOP #M4L #SPLC #MomsForLiberty #TinaDescovich #ExtremistGroup #HateGroup #transphobia #homophobia #neofascism #CultureWars #neoconservatism #BLM #whiteSupremacism

DeSantis’s Latest Stunt: Moms for Liberty Leader to Florida Ethics Commission

A co-founder of a designated hate group is now in charge of policing Florida state employees.

The New Republic
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 17, 2023

Addendum 1

Moms for Liberty Recruits New Class of Aggrieved Mothers
Drafting “joyful warriors” to take control of Republican agenda
https://newrepublic.com/article/174671/moms-liberty-summit-recruits-new-class-aggrieved-mothers

* transformed GOP agenda, "parental rights"
banning books & history curricula
excluding LGBTQ people
denying anti-Black racism
decrying anything/anyone not God-fearing

#M4L #MomsForLiberty #ExtremistGroup #HateGroup #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #neofascism #GOP #ChristianRight #CultureWars #neoconservatism #disinformation #BLM #lgbt

Moms for Liberty Recruits a New Class of Aggrieved Mothers

The burgeoning group, which has scored hundreds of school board election victories, is busy drafting more “joyful warriors” to take control of the Republican agenda.

The New Republic
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 7, 2023

Addendae 4

Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty
As Republicans pay the political price for overturning legal abortion, they’re banking on “parents’ rights” as a way to paint their opponents as extreme
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/moms-for-liberty-philadelphia

#Philadelphia #MomsForLiberty #M4L #ExtremistGroup #extremism #lgbt #education #neofascism #CutureWars #FarRight #GOP

The Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty

As Republicans pay the political price for overturning legal abortion, they’re banking on “parents’ rights” as a way to paint their opponents as extreme.

The Nation