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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 20 💰💰🏭🏦🛢️☢️🕍⛪️🙏🔥“spin-off of the US-based <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAC</a> – short for Conservative Political Action Conference – the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sydney</a>-based outfit described itself as a “values-based” organisation that “espouses the best of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Howard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howard</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reagan</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thatcher</a> while exploring new ideas and themes for the coming generations”. Guests at the August event included <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OneNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OneNation</a> senator Pauline Hanson, Michelle Pearse, the CEO of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianChristianLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AustralianChristianLobby</a>, and broadcaster and soon-to-be alleged sex offender, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AlanJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlanJones</a>. Overseas talent included Jay Aeba, chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union and Heather Wilson, mother of six and co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GiveSendGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GiveSendGo</a>, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christian</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crowdfunding</a> network which has helped raise money for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeoNazis</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AntiVaxxers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiVaxxers</a>”“Then, in 2018, investment banker and long-time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateConspiracist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateConspiracist</a> Maurice Newman, billionaire storage king Sam Kennard, and David Adler, of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> Australian Jewish Association (AJA), got together to form <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AdvanceAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdvanceAustralia</a>. Money was no problem: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HedgeFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HedgeFund</a> manager and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> Party donor Simon Fenwick tipped in $190,000; a further $400,000 came from Sydney <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Establishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Establishment</a> couple Rodney and Judith O’Neil, and the Taylor <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/winemaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#winemaking</a> family.Advance pitched itself as a champion of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentMajority</a> – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HowardsBattlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HowardsBattlers</a> 2.0. But its real concerns were better expressed by another early backer, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hotelier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotelier</a> James Power, who was then engaged in a battle to prevent women from becoming members of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brisbane</a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tattersall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tattersall</a>’s Club.”If you noticed a darker turn to the election this week, here’s a good explanation of the WHY and HOW. Also I see Tony 🧅 got a new job. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/wY3Cn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/wY3Cn</a>> / <<a href="https://theage.com.au/national/copied-the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theage.com.au/national/copied-the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html</a>> (paywall)

Preston MacDougallAll y’all are fixated on the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weird</a> ramblings of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a>. And how the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ArrestedDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArrestedDevelopment</a> chapters in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ChildPsychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildPsychology</a> textbooks will have to be rewritten to include the extreme case of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TrumpDerangementSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpDerangementSyndrome</a>. <a href="https://boingboing.net/2024/08/16/trump-derailed-by-cheerios-at-press-conference-im-going-to-take-some-of-them-back-to-my-cottage-and-have-a-lot-of-fun.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boingboing.net/2024/08/16/trump-derailed-by-cheerios-at-press-conference-im-going-to-take-some-of-them-back-to-my-cottage-and-have-a-lot-of-fun.html</a>But what if <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is actually in sync with a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentMajority</a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> who play <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CheeriosGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CheeriosGames</a> in their cottages? 😂

Raccoon🏳️‍🌈Thinking about the tiny crowd sizes at <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> rallies, compared to the massive size of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harris</a> rallies, I don't think it's a good indicator of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VoterTurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoterTurnout</a>: it just means is that his cult of personality has shrunk to the point that fewer people are clamoring to see him. If we compare it with the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polls</a>, it means most people who say they plan to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a> for him who are no longer engaged enough to see him. This feels like a reflection of a bigger problem that we've had trying to get some democratic solution to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a>: so many of his voters are completely unengaged with every part of the system. They are impossible to reach or argue with because they don't leave the house or ask questions, and when you do get to talk about politics with them, they're immersed in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> and conspiracy theories, or have simply decided all <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicians</a> are equally corrupt and don't see a point.They're not just a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentMajority</a>, they're what <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SerjTankian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SerjTankian</a> called the "<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UnthinkingMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnthinkingMajority</a>".

Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentMajority</a> --it's us, normal, decent people who love America. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/182745/new-silent-majority-not-conservative" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/182745/new-silent-majority-not-conservative</a>

C.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snoro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Snoro</a> Wow! 50 people! Out of the Regina metro population of 250,000!Oh. So 0.02% of the population agree with that strongly enough to show up... It's a rounding error. The antivax creeps got more than 50 people to show up when it was forbidden by law to do so :)<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fringe</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/popularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#popularity</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/visibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visibility</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SilentMajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentMajority</a>

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