From the archives in 2023: As a Christian, I find it repugnant to see the loving, peaceable teachings of Jesus distorted over and over. Worse, reporters often let conservative Christians get away with speaking for all believers. https://www.texasobserver.org/npr-religion-christian-nationalism-john-burnett/

Fucking hell

#JDVance’s half brother advances in #Cincinnati mayoral primary

2 #Republicans challenged incumbent Cincinnati, #Ohio #Mayor Aftab Pureval, a #Democrat, in the nonpartisan primary.

#FarRight #extremism #radicalization #indoctrination #propaganda #media #VoteBlue #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/cincinnati-mayor-jd-vance-brother/

Cadwalladr: "This reverse attack approach is what it makes it so incredibly difficult to fight back against the far right. They have captured the language of defenders of democracy defenders and reversed the meanings of these terms." #extremism #rightwing #fascism #democracy https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/springtime-for-hitler

#Germany's #Merz fails to be elected chancellor in unprecedented debacle

German conservative leader #FriedrichMerz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday, throwing politics in #Europe's largest #economy into disarray as it seeks to emerge from #recession and stem #FarRight #extremism.

#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/merz-fails-be-elected-chancellor-by-german-parliament-2025-05-06/

You can tell when the day shift comes on at CBC because stories like this get shoved off the Top Stores section and down the World feed as fast as possible like so much garbage.

Or like the tens of thousands being exterminated before the eyes of the world.

Tomorrow, it'll be forgotten and the business of slaughter can can continue unrestrained by morality or international 'law' from which fascists simply excuse themselves.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-gaza-offensive-expansion-1.7526358

Carole Cadwalladr’s latest on the #broligarchy:

Springtime for Hitler

It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.

#UKPol #USPol #Musk #Zuckerberg #NickClegg #extremism #FarRight #oligarchs #oligarchy

https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/springtime-for-hitler?r=4nvm&utm_medium=ios

The reich-wing administration has criticized #Germany's decision to ban #afd the far-right party, after a deep review of their activities.

According to columnist Heather Cox Richardson, Germany's Foreign Office responded thusly:

This is #democracy. The decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our #Constitution & the #ruleoflaw. It is independent #courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that #rightwing #extremism needs to be stopped.

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Our Founders believed in freedom of #speech, but were alert to the threat of #populism. Some of their attempts to mitigate that threat through representation government worked out reasonably well — separation of powers, the House of Representatives — while others — the Senate, the Electoral College — developed largely as sops to smaller states or slave states, have not.

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#Germany hits back at #Rubio's criticism of labelling #AfD extremist

This is #democracy. Independent courts will have the final say

We learnt from our history #RightWing #extremism needs to be stopped

AfD aims to exclude groups from equal participation in society, subjecting them to unequal treatment

Exclusionary understanding of people is starting point & ideological basis for ongoing agitation against individuals or groups of people

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd

These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.

[Note: This story contains offensive language]
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/

The German Foreign Office replied to Rubio about its labeling AfD as extremist:
"This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough and independent investigation to protect our Constitution and the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped."
#Trump #extremism #PutinsPuppet #politics

Extremist "Rubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremist":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/marco-rubio-germany-afd-00324283
Rubio, whose Administration practices "tyranny in disguise” wrongfully applied that phrase to a reasonable practice in Germany.
#Trump #extremism #PutinsPuppet #politics

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore apart White House border czar Tom Homan on Friday after he questioned whether she was impeding deportation efforts by informing her constituents of their constitutional and legal rights":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-trump-tom-homan-immigration_n_68155361e4b08215e5f69edd
#immigration #Trump #extremism #politics

Still not sure what to think about the current #US government?

This might help. They have genuinely criticised #Germany for classifying the #AfD party as #Extremism.

If anyone knows the dangers of right-wing parties, it's the Germans.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4vz9jed5lo
^From the BBC

Germany: Intelligence agency labels AfD party as 'extremist'

The agency cited a "xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic" rhetoric among the reasons for the designation. The label gives authorities more power to surveil the far-right party.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-intelligence-agency-labels-afd-party-as-extremist/a-72413346