"More than 300 people employed by Roman Catholic institutions in the south-eastern US city of New Orleans have been accused of sexually abusing children or other vulnerable people whom they met through their work over the last several decades, secret documents obtained by the Guardian reveal."
~ Ramon Antonio Vargas
#Catholic #SexualAbuse #NewOrleans #CoverUp #GregoryAymond
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/new-orleans-archdiocese-clerical-sex-abuse-claims
Donald Trump will do everything in his power – including roping in the House GOP, GOP electeds around the country, right-wing media, and MAGA World proxies – to turn his trials into absolute shitshows.
~ David Kurtz
Remember when the Republicans babbled on and on and on about being the party of law and order and gravitas, the party of civility keeping the barbarians from the gates? 😂
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/tanya-chutkan-trump-jan-6-protective-order
"Another election night, another resounding victory for abortion rights in a red state. It is yet another confirmation that the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has created a revolution in American politics, the scope of which is even today only dimly perceived in most national political debates."
~ Josh Marshall
#Ohio #abortion #Republicans #SupremeCourt #Dobbs
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-revolution-in-politics
"So, giving Trump a Get Out of Jail Free card for attempting a coup, summoning a mob, and conspiring to throw out tens of millions of legitimate American votes, seems unlikely to be the mechanism to end the crisis of democracy we face in the 21st century."
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #democracy
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"They do not disappear with Donald Trump. The crisis does not end with his pardon. On the contrary, an unaccountable Trump, seems destined to be the lodestar of continuing assaults on the 'constructs' of our liberal constitutional order.
That is the real crisis, not simply the attempts to hold Trump legally accountable."
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #democracy
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"Tens of millions of Americans believe lies, and the incentive structure rewards the most dishonest and anti-democratic demagogues. There are millions of Americans, including activists, wannabes, politicians on the make, and elected officials, who are prepared to actively undermine both the rule of law and the democratic structures of our constitutional republic.
~ Charlie Sykes
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #democracy
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https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/the-churchillian-case-against-a-trump
"Ohio’s Issue 1 was one of the most blatant and cynical power grabs. It underscored the suspicion, now shared by many voters, that the GOP knows it can’t win by the rules and so either tries to change those rules mid-game or cries 'fraud' when it loses.
That has left a sour taste in the mouths of many voters, including independents and persuadable Republicans."
#Ohio #Republicans #abortion #CulturwWars #MinorityRule #democracy
/3
The win in Ohio, amazing as it is for progressives in a traditionally red, Trump-voting state, also carries many important takeaways with implications for the future of democracy in Ohio and for big national battles in 2024."
#Ohio #Republicans #abortion #CulturwWars #MinorityRule #democracy
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"The election resulted in a resounding rejection of Republican electoral tricks and of minority rule, and it was a strong indication that voters are exhausted by and have had it with GOP extremism on abortion rights and other cultural and social issues."
~ Jay Kuo
#Ohio #Republicans #abortion #CulturwWars #MinorityRule #democracy
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As Molly Jong-Fast notes, given a choice between Trump and democracy, most GOP voters say, "I'll take Trump." She writes,
"Perhaps they don’t acknowledge the damage Trump is doing to democracy—or they simply don’t care. But the fact that the 2024 field, with rare exceptions, isn’t even trying to offer a post-Trump, pro-democracy future is perhaps the worst indictment of today’s GOP."
#Trump #democracy's #Republicans
"How did the [New York Times] decide to use that image of Trump—stern and resolute, (painted) flag flapping behind him, getting off a plane that is not Air Force One but looks as if it could be? And decide that 'Momentous Scene' and 'Pleads Not Guilty' were the crucial shorthand messages to convey?"
~ James Fallows
#Trump #crime #criminal #indictment #LawandOrder #NewYorkTimes #MediaFail
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https://fallows.substack.com/p/media-world-part-1-let-us-see-how
"To put it crudely, would Donald Trump himself have chosen any other layout for that front page?
People at the Times must have argued over these choices. It would be useful to know what the arguments were."
#Trump #crime #criminal #indictment #LawandOrder #NewYorkTimes #MediaFail
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"How did the [New York Times] decide to use that image of Trump—stern and resolute, (painted) flag flapping behind him, getting off a plane that is not Air Force One but looks as if it could be? And decide that 'Momentous Scene' and 'Pleads Not Guilty' were the crucial shorthand messages to convey?"
~ James Fallows
#Trump #crime #criminal #indictment #LawandOrder #NewYorkTimes #MediaFail
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https://fallows.substack.com/p/media-world-part-1-let-us-see-how
"The issue of abortion is turning into a nightmare for the Republican Party which has used it as a wedge in elections for nearly 50 years. Defendant Trump and other Republican presidential candidates have run for office promising to appoint justices to the Supreme Court who would overturn Roe v Wade.
Well, they succeeded, and now that promise has come back to bite them in the proverbial ass."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#abortion #Republicans #Ohio
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/some-good-news-before-you-lay-your
"Ohio Republicans tried to change the amending rules for one reason, and one reason only - they’re likely to lose on abortion in November and perhaps on other issues that their legislative majorities can’t thwart. In response to these vulnerabilities, Republicans have resorted to decrying the 'outside' 'special interests' that they say are upending the will of Ohioans."
~ Jonathan Weller
#Ohio #abortion #Republicans
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https://jonathanweiler.substack.com/p/ohio-issue-1-goes-down-to-defeat
"But the main group supporting Issue 1 received over 80% of its nearly $5 million war chest from an Illinois shipping magnate, Richard Uihlein, who funds anti-abortion efforts around the country. Those in favor of Issue 1 did not represent the authentic voice of Ohioans. On the contrary, its proponents tried to rig the rules of the game because they know where a majority of voters stand on this issue."
#Ohio #abortion #Republicans
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"Ohio Republicans tried to change the amending rules for one reason, and one reason only - they’re likely to lose on abortion in November and perhaps on other issues that their legislative majorities can’t thwart. In response to these vulnerabilities, Republicans have resorted to decrying the 'outside' 'special interests' that they say are upending the will of Ohioans."
~ Jonathan Weller
#Ohio #abortion #Republicans
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https://jonathanweiler.substack.com/p/ohio-issue-1-goes-down-to-defeat
"Trump’s lawyers are all about securing their client’s right to spin the information he’s receiving in discovery to present himself in the best light. They want to be able to use recordings of witnesses—can you imagine Trump taking one line out of context and playing it over and over to damage a witness or 'prove' his innocence? Trump wants to tell America about the evidence."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #crime #LawandOrder
"Long before Bannon ran Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he was involved in the world of online gaming. He discovered an army of what he later described as 'rootless white males,' disconnected from the real world but highly engaged online and often quick to resort to sexist and racist attacks."
~ Hillary Clinton
#SteveBannon #Bannon #MAGA #WhiteMales #Trump
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/hillary-clinton-essay-loneliness-epidemic/674921/
"The Ohio victory demonstrates that the polls showing Biden and Trump in a close race fail to account for the 'turnout effect' in response to Dobbs, Bruen (gun control), Kennedy (school prayer), 303 Creative (anti-LGBTQ decision), 'Don’t say gay' laws, six-week abortion bans, racial gerrymandering, and anti-environment decisions by the Supreme Court."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Ohio #abortion #TurnoutEffect
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-lesson-of-ohios-issue-1
Remember Jack Teixeira, the young Air National Guardsman who leaked national security information online — and had a history of posting racist and homophobic rants? Yes, that's the man — the one the media initially wanted to present to us as not a menace but just a regular devout Catholic from a patriotic military Republican family.
#JackTeixeira #NationalSecurity
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/politics/jack-teixeira-court-filing/index.html
Now this: as Haley Britzky reports, recently filed court documents now state that Teixeira knowingly shared classified information with at least one person appearing to reside in a foreign country.
Maybe the media's going to have to reconsider its framing of "devout conservative Catholic young man from strong, religious, patriotic Republican military family"? Maybe the media needs to reconsider its instinctual bias in framing stories like this?
#JackTeixeira #NationalSecurity #MediaFail
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Remember Jack Teixeira, the young Air National Guardsman who leaked national security information online — and had a history of posting racist and homophobic rants? Yes, that's the man — the one the media initially wanted to present to us as not a menace but just a regular devout Catholic from a patriotic military Republican family.
#JackTeixeira #NationalSecurity
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/politics/jack-teixeira-court-filing/index.html