"How does Franco’s reign in Spain connect to the rise of Trump? In this gripping true-crime thriller, financial journalist Gareth Gore, while investigating a bank collapse in Spain, follows the money trail to uncover a vast international conspiracy behind Opus Dei.

What is Opus Dei? It's a shadowy global right-wing organization founded in Spain just before the Spanish Civil War. Supported by powerful Republican figures like Leonard Leo, Opus Dei is a Christian nationalist movement fueling efforts to dismantle democracy and pave the way for dictatorship in America. "—Gaslit Nation

Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church >

https://sites.libsyn.com/124622/opus-dei

#podcast #OpusDei #history #UltraConservative #Catholics #CatholicSect #banking #BancoPopular #Republicans #LeonardLeo #children #servitude #secretive #Catholic #Sect #rightwing #exploitation #Spain #USA #Vatican #ChildExploitation #world

#USElections: #EuropeanGreens call for #JillStein to step down

"On 5 November 2024 the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose #KamalaHarris or Donald #Trump to be their next president. Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon #USGreenParty candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala #Harris.

"The stakes of these elections could not be higher.

"Donald Trump has promised that if he becomes President again, he will extend #abortion bans, deny members of the #LGBTQIA+ community their rights, and deport #migrants en masse. Like other #UltraConservative politicians across the globe with whom he has close relationships such as Vladimir #Putin, Viktor #Orbán, and Jair #Bolsonaro he would undermine democracy.

"The European Green family, made up of Green parties from across Europe, advocates for a politics that prioritises the #planet, people and #peace above #CorporateGreed, #SystemicInjustice, and violence.

"We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, #authoritarian policies from the White House.

"This election takes place at a watershed moment in the history of our planet. We face a #ClimateCrisis that is worsening every year, with #heatwaves, #floods, and a loss of #biodiversity at a rate never seen before. Climate policies require democratic institutions, which we fear would be dismantled if Trump is elected.

"On top of this, wars are raging and authoritarianism is growing throughout the world. In this crucial moment, Europe needs Kamala Harris as President of the United States, to be a reliable partner and to take the urgent, decisive action needed on the climate crisis, and to bring about a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

"European Greens also highlight the divergent values and policies of themselves and Jill Stein’s US Green Party. There is no link between the two, as the US Greens are no longer a member of the global organisation of Green parties. In part this fissure resulted from their relationship with parties with authoritarian leaders, and serious policy differences on key issues including #Russia’s full scale assault on #Ukraine.

"Right now, the race for the White House is too close for comfort. We call on Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, and endorse Kamala Harris for the presidency of the United States."

https://europeangreens.eu/news/us-elections-european-greens-call-for-jill-stein-to-step-down/

#Election2024 #USGP #EuropeanGreens #VoteAsIfYourLifeDependsOnIt

[#RightWing appointed #judges]… have chipped away at the #DOJ’s cases against #Jan6 rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.

Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “#geofence” warrant to #Google —using devices’ location #tracking to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on #J6. But the [#ultraconservative] #5thCircuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.

#law
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313

Via #TheGuardian @ 7:00pm EDT on Sept 17, 2014

#SupremeCourt justice #SamuelAlito and a #German aristocrat and “networker of the far right” from whom Alito accepted expensive concert tickets, are both linked to an #UltraConservative #Catholic US group whose board members include the #DarkMoney impresario #LeonardLeo and the founder of a hardline #AntiAbortion #Christian group, documentation reviewed by the Guardian shows.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/samuel-alito-leonard-leo-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-napa-institute

#Racists and #ultraConservative, #neoreactionary #fascists have no problem carving out exceptions for themselves, so the, "But, but, but, he's got an #immigrant wife and #biracial children!" argument doesn't hold any water. Nor does it negate the plain truth of who this man is, and the world he wants to impose on America. #JDVance... Fuck that guy.

#JDVanceFuckThatGuy #VanceGiftKeepsGiving #JDVanceCouch #JDVanceIsProject2025 #JDVanceIsWeird #JDVanceIsARacist #VoteBlue

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/critics-demand-nyt-apologize-violence-inciting-column-accusing-jd-vance-blood-soil-nationalism

Are 90% of #Kenyans #homophobic?

#Ultraconservative #Christian #advocacy #group CitizenGo circulated a #petition with #deceptive #data #claims

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Religion #Hategroups #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #Propaganda #Disinformation #ExportingHate #ChristianDarkMoney #EmptyThePews

https://globalvoices.org/2024/08/20/are-90-percent-of-kenyans-homophobic/

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/19/republican-paul-gosar-oust-house-speaker-mike-johnson/73384234007/

I wonder if people realize that #UltraConservative is not the same as #MAGA