Joanne FreemanJul 4, 2023

So.

Yesterday, @ABC tweeted a headline that declared that Moms for Liberty were “fighting back.”

MANY people asked:fighting against what? It was an example of both sides-ism and normalization par excellence.

After lots of people objected, they removed it.

NEVER forget that your voice matters. And that the voice of the people can have real power.

#politics #media

Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 5, 2023

@jbf1755 @ABC
Why are news organizations deliberately re-framing malign influence narratives to make an astroturf group sound like the victim?

Moms for Liberty is a racist anti-democracy advocacy group funded by GOP billionaire donors

Fancelli is one of those who funded the Jan 6 coup attempt

Mom's for Liberty is just another front for #KochNetwork

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_for_Liberty
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2022/07/09/just-who-is-behind-moms-for-liberty-column/
https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Moms_for_Liberty
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/moms-for-liberty-conference-philadelphia-rcna92430
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/moms-for-liberty-summit/

Moms for Liberty - Wikipedia

Show thread@batyalee 🌿
@Npars01 @jbf1755 @ABC Much of “the media” is not interested in supporting or encouraging civil rights or democracy. They just want more viewers, more eyeballs, more sponsors. I figure that if they can straddle the lines between liberal and conservative, they make more money.
Jul 5, 2023 at 8:30amWeb
Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 5, 2023

@batyalee @jbf1755 @ABC

The evidence doesn't support that.

MSNBC has finally started naming publicly the Republican billionaire donors funding Supreme Court attacks on civil rights, voting, and democracy. Koch. Fancelli. Uihlein.

#KochNetwork literally bought the end of Affirmative Action while leaving in place racist policies like legacy admissions, faculty admissions, and donor admissions.

Uihlein is buying the end of agency and autonomy by funding Ohio GOP's attack on reproductive rights

Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 5, 2023

A flood of anonymous cash into GOP coffers has reincarnated Jim Crow and Jane Crow.

Ibram Xendi says that throttling affirmative action admissions to college will reduce social mobility, entry into postgraduate programs, he scope of social research, representation in teaching and other professions, and reduce political representation.

Republican voters don't seem to care that attacks of the civil rights of others is also an attack on the rights of all Americans, including themselves.

Show threadPamela EhnJul 5, 2023
@Npars01 they don’t care because the goal isn’t even “democracy for me but not for thee.” The goal isn’t democracy at all. It’s to reinstall the confederacy, but without secession this time. The racial hierarchy will be reinforced, gods be damned. Only wealthy white men will have the vote.
Show threadPankhurst2Jul 5, 2023

@Npars01 @batyalee @jbf1755 @ABC

Been warning local activists about the Kochs and their tentacles, especially here in NC and they just shrugged. Really aggravated with the political pundits who didn't match the Koch cabal since 1980.

Show threadDamnKimberleeJul 5, 2023
@batyalee we have to #unite and change what they say and why