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AnnaBaxter May 8, 2023

Amish Super Model May 7, 2023

What if we just consider “desire to own an AR-15” a mental health issue?

AnnaBaxter May 2, 2023

I’m a Christian, but I’m smart enough to see what this is doing to the entire evangelical far right. 7,000 pastors are involved in a scheme to defraud the “faithful” and grift in the form of dark money for the glorification of TFG. Tell me I’m going to wake up from this nightmare. C’mon, Jack! #IndictHim
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/01/far-right-pastors-embracing-trump-white-christian-nationalism

Pro-Trump pastors rebuked for ‘overt embrace of white Christian nationalism’

Mainstream Christian leaders criticize Pastors for Trump for distorting religious teachings and endangering democracy

The Guardian

AnnaBaxter Apr 30, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 26, 2023

A quick history lesson. From 1940-1980:
•Wealthiest paid 70-94% marginal tax
•0 of them went broke from taxation
•0 of them left USA
•All remained exceedingly wealthy
•Manufacturing boomed
•The middle class was 62% of US economy (It's now 40% post 'trickle down scamenomics)
•We had the strongest middle class growth in US History

Let's do that again. Stop protecting billionaires. Start taxing them.
#TaxBillionaires

AnnaBaxter Apr 11, 2023

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Peter Barnes Apr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

The dangerous reality in any democracy is that the end result of apathy or ignorance is exactly the same as unlimited tolerance. If you do nothing while bad actors work to destroy your democracy—no matter how perfectly designed or implemented—then eventually enough checks and balances will be circumvented and you’ll wake up to find you’re living in a fascist, authoritarian, oligarchic state.
Excusing the people of Texas by observing that gerrymanders, suppression and corrupt judiciary make it very hard NOW to alter the situation conveniently ignores the slow but reversible erosion that led up to the current situation.
Fascists rely on and encourage apathy and ignorance, not good will and tolerance, and the only remedy is active resistance.
Otherwise they’ll always win.

AnnaBaxter Apr 11, 2023

Just another day in the MAGA controlled House. Qevin’s PACs produce millions to fund campaign’s like Bobo’s. Free-flowing dark money is donated by people trying to shield their identity via shell companies. Non-profits should be churches, shelters. They should never be Super PACs whose sole purpose (“soul” purpose?) is to influence SCOTUS decisions & help a hobbling GOP. They will all eventually get in line to ride TFG’s train to hell. That’s a one way trip, btw.
https://readsludge.com/2023/03/01/congressional-leaders-are-embracing-dark-money-like-never-before/

Congressional Leaders Are Embracing Dark Money Like Never Before

Three of the four super PACs aligned with House and Senate leaders brought in record high amounts from their "dark money" affiliates in the midterms.

Sludge

AnnaBaxter Apr 11, 2023

Sarah Apr 10, 2023

#PlanB is not #abortion. Emergency #contraception like the morning-after pill will not work if there has been implantation. So I repeat, it is not an abortifacient. But as we have often seen from anti-abortion advocates, it is not just about #pregnancy, but also about control. #Iowa suspends provision of emergency contraception to sexual assault victims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/10/iowa-suspends-emergency-contraception-sexual-assault-victims

Iowa suspends provision of emergency contraception to sexual assault victims

Republican attorney general criticized by victim advocates that also ends state paying for abortions in similar circumstances

The Guardian

AnnaBaxter Apr 11, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 10, 2023

In Texas, Daniel Perry—a white man—posted "he might kill a few people," drove his car past a red light & into a previously peaceful BLM march, shot & killed a protestor, was duly charged, unanimously convicted—& TX Gov Abbott is pardoning him.😳

Texas is announcing to the world that in their view, murdering people for exercising their First Amendment right to peacefully protesting racism is OK.

This isn't democracy. It's fascism. This sets a literally deadly precedent for the future.

AnnaBaxter Apr 8, 2023

Beto O’Rourke should have won the 2022 Governor’s race if Texas had an ounce of common sense. Now a billionaire corporate oil and gas man is trying to sue the guy for telling the truth about how he made $4.5B in profits while people like me went without power for days.
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-lawsuit-against-orourke-may-stifle-criticism-of-money-in-politics/

Billionaire’s Lawsuit Against O’Rourke May Stifle Criticism of Money in Politics

The lawsuit shows the oligarchic desire to wield political influence without being subject to public accountability.

Truthout

AnnaBaxter Apr 5, 2023

I was banned today on that other site for telling Marge 6 toes to stuff it. This from the “free speech absolutist”. 10 minutes later, I saw a post on my timeline with the same acronym, stfu, posted by someone I follow. I’m happy right here in a post-apocalyptic elmo free world.
Did anyone plead guilty today? ✌🏼🇺🇸