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solarbirdUganda’s president signed the country’s new criminalisation-of-homosexuality law, which includes the death penalty in various circumstances. This law has been worked and promoted for many years by American Christian evangelist groups – The Family in particular, but by no means just that – and represents what they really want. President Biden threatens sanctions and says this will impact every aspect of American-Ugandan relations; we’ll see. That we’ve seen more out of Joe Biden than out of groups like the Human Rights Campaign on this is revolting – and revealing.
“India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled,” reports Nature. Well, I’m not baffled, because this is exactly the kind of thing fascists want, and yes, India has been in the grip of its own religious-fascist surge for these last several years too. Everything they’re removing from schools is knowledge to give people the ability to realise what’s happening to the world around them as authoritarians team up with polluters and carbon-energy moguls to keep everybody stupid and ignorant.
Donkeyballs Donald promised on day one “to use an executive order to alter the US Constitution if elected again.” Specifically an executive order to overturn Constitutional citizenship. He’s a fucking fascist.
Normally I’d say something here like ‘you can’t appease fascists, particularly religious ones, because no matter what you do, it’s not enough‘ but it’s not really appropriate but is particularly hilarious because it’s against their own true believers: the “anti-woke” (racist/white nationalist) right is going after Chick-Fil-A and there is not enough popcorn in the world.
Republican Texas moves to block all diversity, equity, and inclusiveness programmes at state universities, joining Republican Florida in camp “fuck yeah white dudes forever.” That Fucker Mike Pence is mad at the Dodgers for undoing their disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from Pride night.
It’s always, always projection: Turning Point USA partners with registered sex offender for pastors event. TPUSA are big into the “queers are all pedo ‘groomers'” hate generation, you see. So, well, naturally this. See also “Right-wing activists for children craft affair lie about reporter who exposed allegedly abusive Christian camp.”
Jonah Goldberg sees an upside to violence against Target and threats against other companies involving LGBT people in marketing and promotion. “The right wing columnist is looking forward to a time when brands are less “political.” By less political, it seems, he means that some types of people won’t be represented in advertisements or have merchandise tailored to their interests due to reasonable fears of far-right violence.” Meanwhile, rightist-owned businesses are stepping up refusals to do business with LGBT people.
Musk Twitter and other fash and fash-adjacent media:
Ben & Jerry’s have finally ended all advertising on Twitter, explicitly because Musk has turned it into an alt-right/neo-fascist disinformation fountain. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting pretty cranky at Twitter being what Twitter is now, regarding an impersonation account tweeting out fake policy and lusting after Elon Musk. (Elon has, of course, been boosting the account.)
Not much from the individual states in this update – but here’s Georgia:
Finally, Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters, because of course they do. What Atlanta PD have been doing in response to protesters should be national news but most national media absolutely refuse to cover it.
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