"Not long after 8 p.m., just a half hour after polls closed, margins were so lopsided that Decision Desk HQ and the Columbus Dispatch projected that voters would reject the proposed amendment."

#Ohio #abortion #Republicans

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"Ohioans issued a major rebuke to Republican officials on Tuesday night. ...

Ohioans did not explicitly vote on abortion rights on Tuesday. Regardless, they sent a major rebuke to key state Republican leaders as they rejected an effort to get ahead of a November abortion vote."

~ Brent D. Griffiths

#Ohio #abortion #Republicans

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https://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-gop-issue-1-abortion-analysis-results-2023-8

nostr:npub1jszvy99w7kzd5se3hyz3z6k2wlcqg9jtxh3c3vl3uwrpdec4yqhsdk42fk Excellent. Hadn't thought of the Orwellian angle, but you're absolutely right.

nostr:npub14x9nk9k5q9f8v2w8rqt6d6re9c8le28zk05aefe872rufvm0tc8s8aqp8h Interesting, given that the person who's said to the center of this whole shebang relinquished power to the extent of letting himself be crucified and spoke of how all the rules are summed up in one command: to love.

nostr:npub1jszvy99w7kzd5se3hyz3z6k2wlcqg9jtxh3c3vl3uwrpdec4yqhsdk42fk Very well-stated — and very accurate.

nostr:npub18l6jhr7hj23j5mfxa9v8uza7q56ck0xqfy56zmw90r2u3jcg0kgqe6gmj2 Yes, a quote from Dennis Aftergut, who's cited as author and linked in the first posting in the thread. I hadn't paid any attention to the line with that lyric and the statement it's from a song. Sorry I didn't realize this is what you were referencing, and thanks for telling me the song it's from.

nostr:npub1c73t6tflspjkq9jcwp434r2a5knlavyxhr6huwratmutak920prqmj2gt5 Yes — and "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

And there's Jesus contravening the religious law and customs of his own community by sitting down and eating with women.

And never saying a single word — not a single word — about homosexuality.

nostr:npub13wfgha67mdxall3gqp2hlln7tc4s03w4zqhe05v4t7fptpvnsgqs0z4fun Yes, we have few choices with this whole situation other than to watch and see how it unfolds.

nostr:npub1umf0tar24lp5j0tvdty6465n5eptrghxdpl9emklkh8vjm5thz0q9z0z36 Could not agree more. Well-noted and well-stated.

nostr:npub1c73t6tflspjkq9jcwp434r2a5knlavyxhr6huwratmutak920prqmj2gt5 nostr:npub12nelzy5hsj8wd5wq5vz2cc4m9hv8ar096ru52g4kkdqm30p0dwkq9kxj50 Thanks for that answer. That sounds very right to me and fits what I know from listening to a lot of friends who remain — unlike me.

nostr:npub12nelzy5hsj8wd5wq5vz2cc4m9hv8ar096ru52g4kkdqm30p0dwkq9kxj50 I ask myself, too, how people continue with an institution that actively harms them. Part of the answer, I think, is that some of those folks just refuse to give their souls to the heterosexist and patriarchal men running the institution. They find resources within the institution for alternative ways of looking at things.

nostr:npub1ttutnqv89nk27lhcn3vapeps9fht2c7quqprjtah6vccplfqnypqxgv6yn I so much agree on each point you make so well.

"Trump hopes … to frame this case as really about efforts to muzzle him. The more successful he is at this, the more sympathy he will gain from his followers, his party, and Republican officials generally. That’s why he is now goading the judge and the prosecutors into possibly seeking a gag order…."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #Insurrection #JudgeChutkan

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/trump-is-playing-with-fire

"Saddled with indictments, Netanyahu is consumed with self-preservation at any cost. …

Netanyahu's coalition is composed of ultranationalist and ultra-religious forces who desire a Jewish ethnostate and annexation of the West Bank, which the Supreme Court has obstructed in the past."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

So what they're seeking to do is undermine the justice system as a check on Netanyahu.

#Natanyahu #strongman #authoritarian #corruption #Israel

https://lucid.substack.com/p/israel-at-a-crossroads-where-will

"Most of the world doesn’t consider the United States to be nearly as religious as many Americans do, new research shows.

According to data from Pew Research Center, 41% of U.S. adults describe faith as essential to them while only 23% of the rest of the world’s population views Americans that way."

~ Jeff Brumley

Cue Robbie Burns: “O, wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us!"

#Americans #religion

https://baptistnews.com/article/americans-think-more-highly-of-their-religious-practice-than-those-looking-from-afar-see/

"As the boundaries of mainstream conservatism have become more dominated by extreme ideas, mainstream media institutions, in pursuit of 'balance,' have felt compelled to shift rightward as well. This drive to avoid appearing biased in favor of liberal viewpoints has inadvertently opened the door to more radical ideologies, normalizing them within mainstream culture."

~ Parker Molloy

#RichardHoste #RichardHanania #SiliconValley #TechBros #PeterThiel #WhiteSupremacy

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https://www.readtpa.com/p/huffposts-story-on-rising-right-wing

He called himself Richard Hoste while writing filthy racist articles for white supremacist publications. His real name when he's not hiding behind a pseudonym is Richard Hanania, and Silicon Valley tech bro millionaires have funneled millions to him. He's joined at the hip with Peter Thiel, and HuffPo has unmasked him.

#RichardHoste #RichardHanania #SiliconValley #TechBros #PeterThiel #WhiteSupremacy

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

"Others cannot be trusted to serve on a jury, to vote or count ballots in a presidential election, or to oversee a criminal case involving Trump himself. …

Had Trump recognized in 2020 that all Americans are equally capable of carrying out their civic duties, he would not be on trial in 2023 for allegedly conspiring to deny them their constitutional rights."

#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #racism

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As Matt Ford notes, there's a common thread between Trump's attempt to invalidate the votes of large Democratic-leaning cities with large minority populations, and his attempt to have his DC trial moved to a new venue. The thread:

"Only Americans with certain 'characteristics,' to borrow a word from Trump’s lawyer, can be trusted to exercise basic civic duties."

#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #racism

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https://newrepublic.com/article/174891/trump-jury-trial-west-virginia

"'albeit digitally rather than with his penis. Thus, it establishes against him the substantial truth of Ms. Carroll's 'rape' allegations.'"

#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #rape #EJeanCarroll

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