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Like QAnon, to most Americans the U.S. Republican Party is now an American religion based on belief, conspiracies, dogma.

Religion: range of social-cultural systems, incl. designated behaviors & practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, & spirituality
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

Behind the scenes Christian right / libertarian billionaires pull the strings.

#GOP #QAnon

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The GOP As We Knew It Is Long Gone And May Never Return
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-…

#Koch #evil #capitalism #GOP #RepublicanParty #Trumpism #MAGA #QAnon #billionaires #corporations #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #homophobia #transphobia #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS

The GOP As We Knew It Is Long Gone And May Never Return

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

^TPM

/3

America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion
projects.apnews.com/features/2…

* most religions are there to control people and get money from them said Dulak (76, Missouri)
* he also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic & Southern Baptist churches
* as Dulak rejects being part of a religious flock, he has plenty of company
* he is a “none” ... the kind that checks “none” when pollsters ask “What’s your religion?”

#USA #religion #demographics

The Nones: U.S.

America's nonreligious are a growing phenomenon. They have little in common save these key concerns.

^{projects.apnews.com}

/4

Scholar charted decline in religion; church he pastors closing its doors
apnews.com/article/illinois-ch…

* 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019
* churches dwindle due to scandal, conflict, mobility, indifference, lower birth rates, switching to a church they like better
* most Americans remain religious
* some surveys suggest that the long rise of the “nones” has slowed/paused
* nonreligious far more common today in U.S./other nations than generation ago

#USA #religion #demographics

An Illinois church closes its doors as religion declines in the US

First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, has held the last service of its 156-year history. It's among many U.S. churches that close their doors each year. But there’s a poignant twist in this story.

^{PETER SMITH (AP News)}

/5

Project 2025 Links Revolving Door of Players & Far Right Political Funding
Such cross-pollination - common in political circles - becoming regular occurrence among hate groups
truthout.org/articles/project-…

* For Republicans goal is to keep white Christian nationalists in power at all costs

#Koch #capitalism #GOP #RepublicanParty #Trumpism #MAGA #billionaires #corporations #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #ConservativePartnershipInstitute #CPI

Project 2025 Links a Revolving Door of Players and Far Right Political Funding

Such cross-pollination isn’t just commonplace in political circles; it’s become a regular occurrence among hate groups.

^{Arturo Dominguez (Truthout)}

/6

Once Enemies, Trumpists and Mainstream Conservatives Are Now Chillingly United
The Heritage Foundation’s president announced in January that the foundation’s role is “institutionalizing Trumpism”
truthout.org/articles/once-ene…

#Koch #capitalism #GOP #RepublicanParty #Trump #Trumpism #MAGA #billionaires #corporations #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #ConservativePartnershipInstitute #CPI

Once Enemies, Trumpists and Mainstream Conservatives Are Now Chillingly United

The Heritage Foundation’s president announced in January that the foundation’s role is “institutionalizing Trumpism.”…

^{Sam Rosenthal (Truthout)}

/7

Addendum to thread landing page:

None Dare Call It Conspiracy (1972) Gary Allen
archive.org/details/none-dare-…
"We are going to have a dictatorship of the elite disguised as the dictatorship of the proletariat”

Discussed 2024-Jul:
J. D. Vance Is Summoning John Birch Society
Populist appeals indistinguishable f. economic vision of 1970s John Birch Society
jacobin.com/2024/07/vance-trum…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_All…
Senior member, John Birch Society
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bir…

#libertarianism #Koch #fascism #GOP

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John Birch Society
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bir…

* right-wing political advocacy group
* anti-communist; social conservatism
* ultraconservative, radical right, far-right, right-wing populism/libertarianism
* founders: Harry Lynde Bradley (Bradley Foundation), Fred C. Koch (Koch Industries) ...
* Trump 2016 election: JBS core instincts finally reflected in White House
* political commentator, 2016: Trumpism" essent. Bircherism

#GaryAllen #Koch #Trump #billionaires #libertarianism #fascism

Koch network’s flagship super PAC pours big money into 2024 elections
opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/k…

* Koch network flagship group
* 2 decades financially influencing U.S. elections
* AFP super PAC ranks 3rd in outside spending in 2024 cycle
* Americans for Prosperity Action, hybrid PAC affiliated w. AFP, spent $257+ million since 2004
* supports conservative congressional/presidential candidates

#Koch #evil #AmericansForProsperity #billionaires #ElectoralFraud #libertarianism #fascism #superPAC #GOP

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
$120+ million f. few ultra-wealthy families powering Heritage Foundation to remake American gov.
mastodon.social/@persagen/1129…
desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-…

Evil:
Coors Family
Charles Koch
Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein
Scaife Family
Barre Seid (also gave $1.6 BILLION to Leonard Leo)
Bradley Family

#billionaires #EnablingFascism #GOP #Trumpism #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #Project2025 #FamilyResearchCouncil #TonyPerkins #fascism #libertarianism #FarRight

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025 - DeSmog

More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.

^{Joe Fassler (DeSmog)}

The Right's 50-yr plot to wreck democracy
salon.com/2024/08/16/unpacking…

Antidemocratic: Inside Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections
bookshop.org/p/books/minority-…

* equal parts Dark Money/Democracy in Chains
* riveting/disturbing history of 50-yr Republican plot to hijack voting rights

#billionaires #Koch #capitalism #RepublicanParty #Trump #Trumpism #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #JaneMayer #NancyMcLean #ElectoralFraud #GOP

Bestselling author David Daley on his new book "Antidemocratic" and the right's long-term strategy

Salon Talks: Author David Daley on his new book "Antidemocratic," a history of the right's 50-year war

^Salon.com

These Billionaires Are Donating Big in 2024 Election to Advance Their Interests
From Christian nationalists to fossil fuel barons, they are using their fortunes to pursue policies that impact us all
truthout.org/articles/these-bi…

#billionaires #Koch #capitalism #RepublicanParty #Trump #Trumpism #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #JaneMayer #NancyMcLean #ElectoralFraud #GOP

These Billionaires Are Donating Big in 2024 Election to Advance Their Interests

From Christian nationalists to fossil fuel barons, they are using their fortunes to pursue policies that impact us all.

^{Derek Seidman (Truthout)}

Koch Inc. Invests in Massive Land Grab f. West African Herders
exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/21/ko…

* Koch, Inc. (formerly Koch Industries): largest U.S. private company
* provides corporations w. carbon offsets while pulling local natural resources from 2.9 million hectares in 3 West African countries
* led by U.S.-based African Agriculture Holdings
* consume water in drought-prone region
* elim. land from use for subsistence farming

#Africa #neocolonialism #billionaires #Koch #capitalism #libertarianism

Koch Invests in Massive Land Grab From West African Herders - EXPOSEDbyCMD

An investment arm of the largest private company in the U.S. — Koch, Inc. — is investing in an agricultural business venture that will provide corporations with carbon offsets while pulling local natural resources from almost 7.

^{Don Wiener (EXPOSEDbyCMD)}

Bernie Sanders Says Overturning Citizens United Should Be Priority
Outside groups spent more >$1 billion on federal elections this cycle
truthout.org/articles/in-dnc-s…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens…

mastodon.social/@persagen/1105…
mastodon.social/@persagen/1108…
mastodon.social/@persagen/1126…
persagen.com/docs/leonard_leo.…

#BernieSanders #SheldonWhitehouse #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #lobbying #LegalPerson #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #Trump #MitchMcConnell #PoliticalCorruption #corporations #billionaires #FarRight #GOP #EnablingFascism

Elon Musk Forced to Reveal Shady X Investors
Musk said Sean Diddy Combs as investor made it OK that hate speech was increasing on X
newrepublic.com/post/185174/el…
washingtonpost.com/technology/…

* Sean Combs
* Andreessen Horowitz
* Sequoia Capital
* 8VC/Joe Lonsdale >> mastodon.social/@persagen/1129…
* Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud
* Bill Ackman

#ElonMusk #billionaires #Xcorp #Twitter #EnablingFascism #FarRight #racism #anti-LGBT #transphobia #Trumpism #GOP #disinformation #AmericaPAC #DefundBillionaires

Billionaire Timothy Mellon poured $165 million into 2024 elections
mastodon.social/@persagen/1130…

#TimothyMellon #TimMellon #FarRight #conservatism #billionaires #Trumpism #fascism #EnablingFascism #GOP #capitalism #libertarianism #MAGA #DefundBillionaires #DynasticWealth #GenerationalWealth

No Surprise RFK Jr. Endorsed Trump: Both Backed by Billionaire Timothy Mellon
truthout.org/articles/its-no-s…

Secretive billionaire bankrolls RFK Jr., Donald Trump
nationofchange.org/2024/08/26/…

* critical concern: influence of wealth on American democracy

#TimothyMellon #TimMellon #TimothyMellon #Trump #RFKjr #GOP #Trumpism #MAGA #FarRight #conservatism #billionaires #DefundBillionaires #fascism #EnablingFascism #capitalism #libertarianism #GenerationalWealth #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy

It’s No Surprise RFK Jr. Endorsed Trump — They’re Backed by the Same Billionaire

Timothy Mellon has poured over $165 million into the election so far, giving tens of millions to both Trump and Kennedy.

^{Jake Johnson (Truthout)}

Powell Memo Changed America
Architect: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell
levernews.com/master-plan-epis…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F.…
* tobacco industry champion
* wrote confidential memo for U.S. Chamber Commerce
* anti-Communist/anti-New Deal blueprint for conservative business interests to retake America
* based partly on Powell's reaction activist Ralph Nader

mastodon.social/@persagen/1130…

#LewisPowell #SCOTUS #PowellMemo #RalphNader #USCC #capitalism #libertarianism #fascism #billionaires #conservatism

Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025
Investigative podcast shows toxic legacy of founding father of modern American plutocracy
thenation.com/article/society/…

Powell Memo Changed America
mastodon.social/@persagen/1130…

Master plan: Legalizing corruption
the.levernews.com/master-plan

#LewisPowell #SCOTUS #PowellMemo #RalphNader #USCC #capitalism #libertarianism #fascism #billionaires #conservatism #plutocracy #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #EnablingFascism #TAXtheRich #meritocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism

The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025 | The Nation

A new investigative podcast shows the toxic legacy of the founding father of modern American plutocracy.

^{The Nation}

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2024-08-27 14:13:11

Powell Memo Changed America
Architect: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell
levernews.com/master-plan-epis…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F.…
* tobacco industry champion
* wrote confidential memo for U.S. Chamber Commerce
* anti-Communist/anti-New Deal blueprint for conservative business interests to retake America
* based partly on Powell's reaction activist Ralph Nader

mastodon.social/@persagen/1130…

#LewisPowell #SCOTUS #PowellMemo #RalphNader #USCC #capitalism #libertarianism #fascism #billionaires #conservatism

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)

Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025 Investigative podcast shows toxic legacy of founding father of modern American plutocracy https://www.thenation.

^Mastodon

Master Plan: Legalizing Corruption
the.levernews.com/master-plan

* Investigative podcast
* how political ideologues/corporations spent years orchestrating legalized corruption in USA
* narrated by David Sirota, an investigative journalist, Oscar nominee, fmr speechwriter for Bernie Sanders

#TheLever #SCOTUS #PowellMemo #USCC #capitalism #libertarianism #EnablingFascism #billionaires #conservatism #plutocracy #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #TAXtheRich #meritocracy #oligarchy #authoritarianism

Koch-funded veterans group backed closing Chillicothe VA; working to elect Bernie Moreno
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09…

Sherrod Brown (D-OH): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrod_…
Bernie Moreno (R-OH): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_M…

* privatization of health care
* Concerned Veterans for America: subgroup of Koch political nonprofit Americans for Prosperity

#billionaires #CharlesKoch #AFP #AmericansForProsperity #libertarianism #GOP #Trump2 #PublicHealth #privitization #MedicalIndustrialComplex #VeteransAdministration

American businessman

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

Misogynist Manifesto: Project 2025’s Plans to Dismantle Democracy
Project 2025: sinister plan to replace nonpartisan civil servants who enforce laws guaranteeing women’s rights w. trained ideologues det. to undermine these rights
msmagazine.com/2024/09/11/proj…

* 3rd in 3-pt series on Project 2025

#GOP #Trumpism #Trump2 #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #Project2025 #FamilyResearchCouncil #FarRight #billionaires #EnablingFascism #misogyny #ReproductiveRights #WomensRights #ChristianRight #theocracy

Misogynist Manifesto: Fighting Project 2025’s Plans to Dismantle Democracy as We Know It - Ms. Magazine

Project 2025 would replace nonpartisan civil servants who enforce women’s rights, with trained ideologues determined to undermine them.

^{Carrie N. Baker (Ms. Magazine)}

Trump says he'll end all taxes on overtime pay if elected
ctvnews.ca/world/trump-says-he…

Comments:
* see top of this thread: mastodon.social/@persagen/1128…
* desperate, populist move
* conservative billionaires - other than defense spending / foreign wars - abhor and seek to eliminate all - ALL - social support/welfare programs, taxation
* it's survival the fittest: If destitute, you lost/are abandoned

Read Jane Mayer's / Nancy MacLeans books. Those authoritative, scholarly works explain our current state.

Trump says he will end all taxes on overtime pay if elected

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will end all taxes on overtime pay as part of a wider tax cut package, if he is elected in the Nov. 5 election.

^CTVNews

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2024-07-19 00:05:17

To understand the toxicity of billionaires: Charles Koch ...

conservative advocacy/lobbying
political/legal state capture
deregulation: anti-union/taxation libertarianism
eradication of social programs/public education/benefits

read

Jane Mayer, Dark Money (2016)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mon…

Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains (2019)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrac…

Gary Allen, None Dare Call It Conspiracy (1970)
archive.org/details/none-dare-…

[thread] Dark money: mastodon.social/@persagen/1109…

#Koch #subversion #GOP

NONE DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY : by Gary Allen with Larry Abraham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

by Gary Allen with Larry Abraham

^{Internet Archive}

Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win
counterpunch.org/2024/09/16/ha…

* vast majority of Americans believe that U.S. economy unfairly rigged to benefit the rich
* Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has made accusations of a “rigged economy”
* Kamala Harris pivots on capital gains tax rate
...

#KamalaHarris #Democrats #Kamala #appeasement #CapitalGainsTax #billionaires #WealthTax #TAXtheRich #Trump2 #MAGA #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #ElonMusk #TimothyMellon #EnablingFascism #GOP

Harris Can’t Embrace Billionaires if She Wants to Win - CounterPunch.org

The vast majority of Americans believe that the United States economy is unfairly rigged to benefit the rich. In the past few weeks, the Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris, has proven that this is an accurate assessment.

^{Sonali Kolhatkar (CounterPunch.org)}

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* hard for climate justice activists to get Harris to stick to her original 2019 anti-fracking stance
* recent debate w. Trump, days after scientists declared summer 2024 hottest on record, she promised, “I will not ban fracking
* for anti-genocide activists to win a commitment from Harris for an arms embargo against Israel in the face of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza

#KamalaHarris #Democrats #Kamala #appeasement #CapitalGainsTax #billionaires #WealthTax #TAXtheRich #Trump2

Elon Musk's Vile “Joke” About Harris After Trump Shooting
Claimed his conspiracy theory just humor
newrepublic.com/post/185983/el…

* Billionaire X owner
* Following 2nd assassination attempt on Trump Musk issued an alarming tweet
* “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala” Musk wrote
* incitement to assassination

#ElonMusk #AmericaPAC #GOP #billionaires #Xcorp #Twitter #EnablingFascism #FarRight #racism #anti-LGBT #Trumpism #Project2025 #Trump2 #disinformation #extremism #WealthTax

Elon Musk Makes Vile “Joke” About Harris After Trump Shooting

Musk claimed his conspiracy theory was really just humor taken out of context.

^{The New Republic}

801 US billionaires hold combined $6.22 trillion wealth
inequality.org/great-divide/bi…

* Elon Musk, Tesla/X/SpaceX: $252.5 billion
* Jeff Bezos, Amazon: $204.8 billion
* Larry Ellison, Oracle: $197 billion
* Mark Zuckerberg, Meta: $182 billion
* Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway: $141 billion
* 12 billionaires c. $100+ billion ea.
* 1st person to cross $100 billion, Bezos, only did so in 2018

#billionaires #ExtremeWealth #WealthConcentration #WealthTax #TAXtheRich #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy

801 U.S. billionaires hold a combined $6.22 trillion in wealth - Inequality.org

The number of billionaires has fallen slightly in recent months but their wealth keeps growing unabated.

^{Inequality.org}

Mark Zuckerberg's Politics Have Changed
Billionaire making nice w. Trump, scaling back giving
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

* no such thing as an apolitical oligarch
* Zuckerberg considers himself libertarian
* talked to Trump 2x this summer

Zuckerberg Done w. Politics
nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technol…

Meta hires DeSantis/ex–Project 2025 employee
mastodon.social/@persagen/1130…

#MetaPlatforms #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #EnablingFascism #Zuckerberg #billionaires #libertarianism #plutocracy #oligarchy #Trumpism

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t done with politics. His politics have just changed.

The billionaire is making nice with Trump and scaling back his giving. Some rebrand.

^{Mother Jones}

Election misinformation going viral on Facebook while Zuckerberg makes amends w. GOP
Viral false claim: "wasn’t anything happening to stop it" said election official
salon.com/2024/09/26/misinform…

Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling
Across U.S. state & local officials puzzled by what to expect f. Facebook
nbcnews.com/business/consumer/…

#MetaPlatforms #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #EnablingFascism #Zuckerberg #billionaires #libertarianism #plutocracy #oligarchy #Trumpism

Meta's misinformation problem has local election officials struggling to get out the truth

Derek Bowens has never had such an important job.

^{Jonathan Vanian, CNBC (NBC News)}

Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas
propublica.org/article/tim-dun…

State capture: Oil tycoons Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks pushed TX statehouse to far right
* fund relentless primary campaigns v. other Republicans

Christian Nationalism: TX statehouse policies threaten separation of church/state

Trumpism: Dunn linked to think tanks jockeying to influence 2nd Trump administration

#GOP #billionaires #TimDunn #FarrisWilks #EnablingFascism #StephenMiller #Project2025

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

^ProPublica

New Civil Liberties Alliance: Charles Koch-Funded Lawfare Group Suing Biden Admin To Protect Vaccine Skepticism
importantcontext.news/p/koch-f…
reblogged: exposedbycmd.org/2024/10/07/a-…

Dressen et al. v. Flaherty et al.
dockets.justia.com/docket/texa…
courtlistener.com/docket/67413…

persagen.org >> "New Civil Liberties Alliance"

#NewCivilLibertiesAlliance #lawfare #Dressen_v_Flaherty #Koch #CharkesKoch #libertarianism #capitalism #billionaires #WealthTax #antivax #VaccineHesitation #disinformation

Toxic billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_…

* chair/CEO global private equity firm Blackstone
* fmr chair, Trump's Strategic & Policy Forum

$45.4 BILLION net worth 2024-Oct-10: forbes.com/profile/stephen-sch…

Newport Was Used to Billionaires. Then Stephen Schwarzman Came to Town.
Private equity mogul’s extreme mansion makeover driving neighbors nuts
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

#StephenSchwarzman #PrivateEquity #Blackstone #StateCapture #Trump #billionaires #capitalism #WealthTax

Kamala Harris Rails Against Corporate Landlords While Taking Donations f. Blackstone Billionaire
readsludge.com/2024/10/10/harr…

* Jonathan Gray, president of largest corporate landlord in US
* Harris donor; helping Harris court Wall Street colleagues

Jonathan D. Gray
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan…

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
persagen.org/docs/blackstone_r…

Toxic billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman
mastodon.social/@persagen/1132…

#StephenSchwarzman #PrivateEquity #Blackstone #StateCapture #billionaires #capitalism

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2024-10-10 16:17:38

Toxic billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_…

* chair/CEO global private equity firm Blackstone
* fmr chair, Trump's Strategic & Policy Forum

$45.4 BILLION net worth 2024-Oct-10: forbes.com/profile/stephen-sch…

Newport Was Used to Billionaires. Then Stephen Schwarzman Came to Town.
Private equity mogul’s extreme mansion makeover driving neighbors nuts
motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

#StephenSchwarzman #PrivateEquity #Blackstone #StateCapture #Trump #billionaires #capitalism #WealthTax

Stephen Schwarzman

#21 Stephen Schwarzman on the 2024 Forbes 400

^{Stephen Schwarzman (Forbes)}

Charter schools: Christian Nationalism Behind "School Choice"
mastodon.social/@persagen/1132…

Q&A w. Professor Josh Cowen, whose new book deconstructs the school voucher movement.
The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682539…

#PublicEducation #CharterSchools #GOP #billionaires #libertarianism #HillsdaleCollege #ChristianRight #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #theocracy #conservatism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture #GOP #EnablingFascism

Book Details - Harvard Education Press

A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influenti...

^{Harvard Education Press}

Musk and other billionaires keep Trump afloat, donating over $350 million to MAGA super PACs
mastodon.social/@persagen/1133…

Pro-Trump Progress 2028 network behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme actually tied to Elon Musk
mastodon.social/@persagen/1133…

#billionaires #ElonMusk #superPAC #AmericaPAC #BuildingAmericasFuture #Progress2028 #TimothyMellon #DarkMoney #Progress2028 #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #protofascism #Trump2 #GOP #conservatism #libertarianism #Christian Right #antiLGBT #misogyny

Capitalist Threat to Democracy
True democracy that promotes material well-being, equality & social solidarity comes f. capitalism that can never make peace w. democracy
jacobin.com/2024/10/capitalism…

COMMENT: v. simply capitalism (predicated on competition, market share/growth, profits) is fundamentally unsustainable

#capitalism #corporations #competition #inflation #WealthConcentration #billionaires #competition #oligarchy #libertarianism
#democracy #SocialDemocracy #sustainability #environmentalism

The Capitalist Threat to Democracy

The threat to a true democracy that promotes material well-being, equality, and social solidarity is deeper than Donald Trump. It comes from a capitalism that can never make its peace with democracy.

^jacobin.com

Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House
mastodon.social/@persagen/1133…

#ElonMusk #billionaires #Trump2 #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #Progress2028 #AmericaPAC #GOP #protofascism #WealthTax

Far-right billionaire Richard Uihlein: Restoration PAC
exposedbycmd.org/2024/10/17/ul…

* GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein
* Restoration PAC
* Q3 2024: raised $51.8M, spent $30.4M
* supports Trump, DeSantis
* Restoration PAC engages in elections, supports conservative candidates, opposes Leftists"woke agenda”
* supports anti-abortion groups

#billionaires #Uihlein #RichardUihlein #FarRight #conservatism #Trumpism #RestorationPAC #GOP #protofascism #libertarianism #antiLGBT #ChristianRight #CharterSchools

ULINE CEO’s Restoration PAC Hauls in $51.8 Million in Third Quarter - EXPOSEDbyCMD

GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein’s Restoration PAC disclosed raising $51.8 million and dispersing $30.4 million in a Federal Election Commission filing for the third quarter reviewed by the Center for the Media and Democracy.

^{David Armiak (EXPOSEDbyCMD)}