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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – JULY 16, 2024  
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July 16, 2024
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_ Bang! Now what? _

, Spencer Platt, art by Liz Coulbourn

 

* Bang! Now What?
* Poof! Goes Law. Poof! Goes Order
* The Big Oops: Project 2025
* Worldwide War on Enviro Activists
* A “Ceasefire” T-Shirt? Not on This Plane
* Black Farmers Target Equipment Manufacturer
* Abortion and Gender Rights On the Line
* 700 Scientists Oppose Nuke Plan
* States With Protest Restriction Laws
* Faith Leaders Warn Against White Christian Nationalism

BANG! NOW WHAT?
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By Jason Stanley
Zeteo

The United States is on the precipice of joining the many countries
that are ruled by dictators with complete control over school and
universities, the press, and the courts, using them to favor their
friends and punish their enemies. 

POOF! GOES LAW. POOF! GOES ORDER.
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By Charles P. Pierce
Esquire

Judge Aileen Cannon’s time in the spotlight came to its utterly
predictable—and utterly dismal—end down in Florida. Having spent
months trying to pick among the many reasons, and all of them
preposterous, to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s case against
the former president in the Pool Shed Papers case. She finally settled
on one, and, yes, it was preposterous.

THE BIG OOPS: PROJECT 2025
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By Amanda Market
Salon

The MAGA right learned years ago the value of hiding their wicked
plans in plain sight. There are promising signs that people who aren't
political junkies are starting to hear about Project 2025. Even
better, those folks aren't immediately dismissing it as progressive
theatrics but may be genuinely alarmed.

WORLDWIDE WAR ON ENVIRO ACTIVISTS

* DEATH SQUADS HUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
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  By Alessandra Bergamin, In These Times 
 
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CLIMATE ORGANIZERS FACE NEW OPPONENTS
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  By Daniel Goulden, Convergence

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ELDERS ARRESTED PROTESTING CITIBANK
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By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
 

A “CEASEFIRE” T-SHIRT? NOT ON THIS PLANE
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By Brant Rosen
Truthout

Louie Siegel, an anti-Zionist Jewish-American, experienced the
suppression of anti-Zionist speech firsthand when, during a recent
Delta Airlines flight from São Paulo to Chicago, he was told by the
flight staff that he would be removed from the plane if he did not
take off his pro-ceasefire T-shirt.

BLACK FARMERS TARGET EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Haleluya Hadero
Associated Press

The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s
president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer
announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and
climate advocacy efforts. Tractor Supply's decision, which itself
came after conservative activists spoke out against the company’s
work to be more socially inclusive and to curb climate change.

ABORTION AND GENDER RIGHTS ON THE LINE

* KANSAS
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  By John Hanna, Associated Press
 
* ARKANSAS
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  By David Ramsey, Benjamin Hardy and Matt Campbell, Arkansas
Times
 
* ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS
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  By Sara Youngblood Gregory, Yes!
 

700 SCIENTISTS OPPOSE NUKE PLAN
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Union of Concerned Scientists

As the Pentagon certified the continuation of the new Sentinel
intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile (ICBM), 716 scientists,
including ten Nobel laureates and 23 members of the National
Academies, are calling for the program to be cancelled. 

STATES WITH PROTEST RESTRICTION LAWS
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By Elly Page and Alana Greer
Teen Vogue

Since 2017, 21 states across the country have passed new laws that
restrict protests — nearly 50 in total — with dozens more being
introduced annually. Most of these new laws increase criminal
penalties for conduct, like interfering with traffic, involved in some
kinds of protests. In states such as Arkansas, Iowa, and Tennessee,
protesters can spend up to a year in jail for “obstructing” public
sidewalks. 

Faith Leaders Warn Against White Christian Nationalism
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By Erik Gunn
Wisconsin Examiner

A cross-section of faith leaders who gathered on the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus Sunday disavowed the strain of religion
that, they charged, animates Trump’s candidacy. The policies he
pursued in his previous term and the agenda he has embraced on the
stump, speakers said, are anchored in white Christian nationalism.

 

 

* Donald Trump
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* Violence
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* Fascism
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* Aileen Cannon
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* Jack Smith
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* Pool Shed Papers
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* Project 2025
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* Environmental Protests
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* Climate
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* Citigroup
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* Third Act
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* Delta Airlines
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* Free Speech
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* National Black Farmers Association
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* Tractor Supply
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* diversity
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* abortion rights
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* Kansas
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* Arkansas
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* LGBT Rights
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* Union of Concerned Scientists
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* ICBMs
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* anti-protest bills
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* Christian nationalism
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* faith leaders
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