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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-7-2024
..."#Obama stood firm on the idea that the way to reclaim #democracy is to build #coalitions around taking action on #issues that matter to the #American people without regard to personal #identities or #political affiliations. #Pluralism, Obama said, “is about recognizing that in a democracy, #power comes from forging #alliances, and building coalitions, and making room in those coalitions not only for the woke but also for the waking.”
And that, in many ways,’”...
Thank you for this reminder!
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#JeffBezos acted greedily & unethically in the #2024election by interfering with #WaPo editors.
[Editorial] A rally in DC this weekend highlights how The New Apostolic Reformation, a growing Christian nationalist movement, poses a serious threat to religious pluralism and democracy in America, targeting minority faiths like Paganism and seeking dominance over all social policy, government, and education.
Understanding what's happening is pretty important for responding appropriately.
If you don't believe me, just replay all of the early court scenes of My Cousin Vinny.
So what's happening in the US now?
US demographics have shifted so much that, for the first time in US + colonial history, white Christian nationalists are on the cusp of loosing their monopoly on power. And many of them will do anything to prevent that from happening.
Fascistic, White Christian Nationalism OR huge-tent, multiethnic democracy. That will be your US ballot choice from now until one or the other side decisively wins.
If you think something else is going on instead, well, I invite you to reconsider the way you frame your evidence.
If you are tired of it all and don't want to fight this fight anymore. I get it. Just remember that the white supremacist Christian nationalists are not confused about what they are doing. Nor are they tired.