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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – MARCH 12, 2024  
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March 12, 2024
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_ Hiroshima, Nagasaki and “Oppenheimer” _

, Jen Sorensen

 

* After Dobbs, a War on Birth Control
* Uncommitted in Hawaii
* Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in _Oppenheimer_
* Scripture Over Science
* RuPaul: None of Your Business
* ADL Chief is on the Spot
* Flo Cofer Takes on Sacramento’s City Fathers
* The Money Behind Mark Robinson
* Proud Boys Church
* Diabolical SNAP Plan

AFTER DOBBS, A WAR ON BIRTH CONTROL
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By Gabrielle Gurley
The American Prospect

Access to over-the-counter birth control pills and opening a new front
in the battle over the right to contraception promises to reveal how
much credence the Republican Party has in its race to turn back time,
and whether American voters believe that they’ll move ahead with
more restrictions this time around.

UNCOMMITTED IN HAWAII
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By Jeremy Yurow
USA Today

While Hawaii Democrats acknowledged that Biden would almost certainly
win the party’s nomination, the select handful of voters who took to
the polls described the contest as a “referendum.” The choices?
Stand with the incumbent president or send a message to his
administration for its foreign policy in the Middle
East. “Uncommitted” received 29.1% of the vote.

FINDING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN _OPPENHEIMER_
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By Joseph Gerson
Common Dreams

Since the first reviews of the Oppenheimer film appeared, a question
has been floating in the ether: Why don’t we see substantial images
of the destruction and victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A-Bombs? Days before the Academy Awards, I had the opportunity to
learn the answers to that question. 

SCRIPTURE OVER SCIENCE
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By Robert Reich
truthdig

The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos
are “children” reveals the growing importance of state supreme
courts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s _Dobbs_ decision
overruling _Roe v. Wade._ So far this year, at least 14 states have
introduced fetal personhood legislation — extending not only to
fetuses, but also to embryos and eggs.

RUPAUL: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
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By Ronan Farrow
The New Yorker

“Drag Race” often focusses on competitors who are profoundly
marginalized. Almost all the drag queens on the show are queer, and
many are people of color, who come from backgrounds where they faced
homophobia, racism, or transphobia. For them, drag can be a lifeline,
affording a sense of community and an opportunity to transmute
stigmatized traits into something exuberant. 

ADL CHIEF IS ON THE SPOT
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By Luke Tress
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

At the opening of its annual conference on fighting antisemitism, the
Anti-Defamation League’s CEO defended the decision to honor Donald
Trump’s son-in-law and former senior adviser, Jared
Kushner. Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s chief, presented Kushner
with an award recognizing his Middle East diplomacy.

FLO COFER TAKES ON SACRAMENTO’S CITY FATHERS
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By Andee Sunderland
Jacobin

With an activist background and a left-wing perspective, Sacramento
mayoral candidate Flo Cofer bears the markers of an outsider
candidate. But backed by big unions, sitting councilmembers, and the
city paper, she’s giving the Sac elite a run for their money.

THE MONEY BEHIND MARK ROBINSON
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By Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby
Popular Information

Major corporations, not eager to associate themselves with
Robinson’s toxic brand, have refrained from donating directly to
Robinson’s campaign for governor. Nevertheless, these same
corporations are funneling millions in revenue that can and will be
deployed to help Robinson win his race. 

PROUD BOYS CHURCH
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By Tess Owen
Vice

A man dressed in basketball shorts and a black and yellow T-shirt that
read “FIGHT CLUB” was baptized at a hired event space in Pomona,
California. The baptism, which was streamed on Facebook, was led by
Pastor Hansel Orzame, a 44-year-old southern Californian and a
self-identified Christian Nationalist who leads “Ekklesia; The
Unwoke Church.” 

DIABOLICAL SNAP PLAN
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By Ashlie D. Stevens
Salon

In exchange for funding WIC, Congressional Republicans want to to add
two major provisions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP): One would create a pilot program to catalog and restrict what
SNAP participants can purchase with their benefits, while the other
“would collect SNAP purchasing data with the goal of eventually
restricting SNAP purchases.” 

* Birth Control
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* anti-abortion
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* Hawaii
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* 2024 Elections
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* Joe Biden
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* Vote Uncommitted
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* Oppenheimer
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* Hiroshima
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* Nagasaki
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* In vitro fertilization
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* Dobbs v. Jackson
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* RuPaul
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* Anti-Defamation League
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* Jared Kushner
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* Donald Trump
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* Flo Cofer
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* Sacramento
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* Mark Robinson
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* Christian nationalism
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* Pastor Hansel Orzame
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* SNAP
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* Congressional Republicans
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