There is currently a lot of debate about whether Vance Boelter was an outlier for Christian extremism, and whether anti-abortion extremism is an outlier for Christianity. The reality is, the anti-abortion movement is inextricably linked to Replacement Theory and anyone who believes in it.

Abortion providers would like a word. Did you know that harassment and violence outside of clinics (and of providers and volunteers online) is not considered a hate crime? 1/3

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

DC Metro Police have announced they're investigating the defacement of Teslas as potential hate crimes. Their news release (faces obscured by me):

How can you mention the TheoBros and Charles Haywood and not acknowledge that they are Nazis? Not an exaggeration, like full on Pinochet enthusiast, Hitler defending Nazis. @motherjones.com @reproaction.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The anti-abortion movement is splintering

Is the faction that wants the death penalty for women who terminate pregnancies winning?

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So while they are stopping and/or pardoning all the prosecution for crimes against abortion clinics, they're also pushing to up the sentences for targeting fake clinics. www.thebatavian.com/press-releas...

Tenney reintroduces the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

Press Release:

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We're disappointed, but not surprised, by today's news about the pardons for anti-abortion clinic blockaders. Just remember that this is how they behaved when they had federal charges hanging over their heads. Imagine how they will behave tomorrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GP-...

Operation Save America Assaults Clinic Escorts In Greenville, SC

YouTube video by Endora

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When you think about religion as a broad category, two things should be top of mind in my view: diversity and power dynamics. On diversity: There are huge differences both within and among religions. You don’t know what you don’t know; pretending you do makes you look like an ass. 1/2

I don’t know. Maybe you don’t have to platform an unabashedly antidemocratic, authoritarian creep in your paper and allow him the opportunity to sell your readers on raising up an American Caesar. And maybe you don’t do a photo shoot where this loser asshole gets to pretend he’s cool.

While I am delighted that there is a spike in people taking their digital security seriously, I also want to remind folks to help the people who are most immediately in danger - immigrants, journalists, sex workers, the houseless, trans folks, people of color, and medical providers.

Really useful info for everybody trying to navigate boundaries with Meta.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2y ago

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Going to try to keep this in the center of my heart the next four years

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are fighting the wildfires raging across southern California for $5.80-$10.24 per day When responding to disasters, they may earn $26.90 over a 24-hour shift

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires

The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

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Florida officials ordered transgender women in the state’s prisons to submit to breast exams. Prison staff ranked the women’s breast size using a scale designed for adolescents. Those whose breasts were deemed big enough were allowed to keep their bras. www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/10/n...

New Florida Policy on Trans Care in Prison Like “Conversion Therapy”

With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from trans people and compel them to cut their hair.

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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders

These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...

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Good morning

A reminder, especially given how high the fear levels are right now, that fascists are *a lot* weaker than they look when people fight back.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Nick Fuentes situation has to be the fuck around/find out scenario of the year

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

You'll be visited by three spirits.

Zach D Roberts@zdroberts.bsky.social · 2y ago

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you

Will Harris@willharrisinva.bsky.social · 2y ago

we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you

I genuinely think we should start calling businesses and schools falling to the anti-DEI movement “segregationists” because they are re-segregating. And earlier rounds of segregationists *also* explained their preferred policy in race-neutral terms (“state’s rights” and “freedom of association”).

Worth mentioning that one of the people behind this bill is Matt Brock, a TheoBro that manages up by keeping a foot in multiple orgs, including Operation Save America, Love Life, and Equal Protection SC. On bsky.app/profile/prog...

JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy@progavalanche.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nothing says “pro life” like a bill to execute women for having an abortion. Here are the South Carolina 6 who have introduced H3537 to do exactly that. The media has ignored it but make sure they, & the world, know we’re watching. #DemCast #DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE

This might be the most dystopian thing I’ve seen all week. And that’s saying something. gizmodo.com/arizona-scho...

Arizona School’s Curriculum Will Be Taught by AI, No Teachers

The state's charter school board approved an application on Monday from Unbound Academy to open a school with a two-hour per day academic curriculum set by AI.

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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

we as a nation need the return of the 24 hour diner in order to heal. run a proper one with the right vibes and even the rowdiest recognize it as a sacred space. the place you inevitably end up at after an adventure

It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't

She was also David Daleiden's lawyer. So many reasons no.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2y ago

Trump has picked Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. She has stated that it must be "made unsafe" for hospitals to provide trans care, and frequently shares Libs of TikTok posts. She intends to target trans people in blue states. Subscribe to support my journalism.

There seem to be a number of Americans who don’t know what to do if they find a book they don’t like at the library. For them, we wrote this handy step-by-step guide. action.everylibrary.org/what_do_i_do...

What do I do if I don't like a book at the library?

A handy step-by-step guide.

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This is what abortion, LGBTQ+, and especially sex work advocates have been trying to tell people from the beginning

K* Smith@ksmithmi.bsky.social · 2y ago

It is becoming ever more clear that if KOSA were to pass, Trump's FTC will 100% classify everything LGBTQ related as "harmful" so that they can get it purged from the internet.

A lot of men are gonna be mad that their US history classes were too busy to cover The Hatpin Panic. The Hatpin Panic was a period in the early 1900's where we had to pass laws limiting women's hatpins to <9" because men started to get too fucking free with touching and were getting shanked for it.

Roughly, 16,666 minor kids get married a year vs 3,681 trans kids on HRT annually in average, with that second number being even smaller now due to the number of statewide healthcare bans that have been enacted over the last 3 years It's a huge huge HUGE difference