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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – MAY 21, 2024
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Police face off with UCLA students protesting the war in Gaza, after
dismantling part of their encampment. Credit, Etienne LAURENT/AFP
* What Made Biden Budge
* The Perpetual Twilight of Our Times
* Public Power in New York State
* Anti-Feminist Women's Group
* Fear on Campus
* Macklemore’s “Hind’s Hall”
* MAGA Court Takeover
* The Texas Abortion Bounty Law
* Amythyst Kiah and the Black Roots of Country Music
* Harrison Butker: The Man From Gilead
WHAT MADE BIDEN BUDGE
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By Jeet Heer
The Nation
Popular protests have forced the hand of a president who touts his
unwavering Zionism and “love” of right-wing Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even as Biden slowly and grudgingly moves
towards the position of the protesters, he is loath to admit that they
were the ones who forced the change.
THE PERPETUAL TWILIGHT OF OUR TIMES
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By Mary L. Trump
Substack
Trauma can never be outrun, but it is a human impulse to try. If we
want to avoid a future in which we continue to put ourselves at the
mercy of anti-majoritarian authoritarians, then we need to stop and
take stock of how we got here.
PUBLIC POWER IN NEW YORK STATE
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By Colin Kinniburgh
New York Focus
State lawmakers are set to introduce a sweeping proposal for a public
takeover of Central Hudson, the region’s scandal-plagued gas and
electric utility. Democratic structure would support the bill’s two
other core aims: increasing affordability and going green.
ANTI-FEMINIST WOMEN’S GROUP
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By Ansev Demirhan
Ms.
The anti-feminist Independent Women’s Voice/Forum has officially
launched its 2024 election agenda. One way it is putting that agenda
into action is by continuing to try and blunt the horrific
repercussions of the Supreme Court overturning _Roe_,
while_ _deploying their veneer of independence to sway centrist and
independent voters.
FEAR ON CAMPUS
* THE NEW ASSAULT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
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UCLA’S UNHOLY ALLIANCE
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CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS TRYING TO TAKE OVER COLLEGES
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COLUMBIA DISCRIMINATED AGAINST MUSLIM PROFESSOR
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MACKLEMORE’S “HIND’S HALL”
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By Aja Romano
Vox
One of the things that made Macklemore’s Gaza protest rap
“Hind’s Hall” so electrifying when it dropped on May 6 is how
unexpected it was. The post-Trump era has been a fallow period for
protest music. But if “Hind’s Hall” hints at a return, there
are other complicating factors at play when we think about what
protest music even means in contemporary America.
MAGA COURT TAKEOVER
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By Alyssa Bowen and Evan Vorpahl
Truthout
Some of the key national actors who helped hand-pick and back the
nominations of the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court —
who are likewise tied to groups litigating court cases to turn back
our rights — have also sought to capture state courts to further
advance their regressive agenda.
THE TEXAS ABORTION BOUNTY LAW
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By Jill Filipovic
Slate
Should the very state of being pregnant place women in a subclass of
citizen, vulnerable to criminal prosecution or civil penalties for
behavior that would be perfectly legal from a nonpregnant person?
Judging by their proposed legislation and various legal antics, the
anti-abortion movement says: Yes. Pregnant women simply should not
have the same rights as any other U.S. citizen.
AMYTHYST KIAH AND THE BLACK ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC
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By Nardos Haile
Salon
Amythyst Kiah is a powerhouse folk singer. But alongside her growing
command of the music that she has loved all her life, she is proudly
a Black Appalachian native. While living in the birthplace of early
roots music, Kiah found her love of country and bluegrass.
HARRISON BUTKER: THE MAN FROM GILEAD
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By Miriam Jayaratna
McSweeney's
Guess which quotes are from the Kansas City Chiefs’
kicker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College, and which are
from Margaret Atwood’s _The Handmaid’s Tale._
* Palestine solidarity
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* Joe Biden
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* Mary L. Trump
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* Christian Zionists
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* abortion rights
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* Amythyst Kiah
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* country music
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* Harrison Butker
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* the handmaid's tale
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