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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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February 25, 2025
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_ It’s happening here, now _
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* Fighting for Federal Workers
* The Cultural Counterrevolution
* The Knock on the Door
* Defiance Matters
* Fundraising Under Trump 2.0
* Meet the Purged
* Ignoring Musk
* Anti-Abortion Med Ed Bills
* ‘Mo’: Palestinians on TV
* Amazon’s NC Union Drama
FIGHTING FOR FEDERAL WORKERS
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By Sarah Jaffe
In These Times
Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to
declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of
“efficiency,” are slashing and burning public services.
THE CULTURAL COUNTERREVOLUTION
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By Adrian Horton
The Guardian
Some of Trump’s cultural decrees trend ridiculous. Others are more
insidious – after long threatening to defund the National Endowment
for the Arts during his first term, Trump has imposed restrictions
on its terms, barring federal grants for projects concerning Maga’s
favorite targets – diversity and “gender ideology”.
THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
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By Schuyler Mitchell
Truthout
The government’s ability to conduct mass, secretive social media
surveillance of protected speech is cause for alarm under any
administration. When that power is handed to an administration that
is demonstrably hostile to free speech and human rights, it’s all
the more likely to be abused.
DEFIANCE MATTERS
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By Amanda Marcotte
Salon
The one thing we can all do right now and every day is refuse to
cooperate with the cultural pressure to conform. On the contrary,
there's no time like the present to get even weirder in MAGA eyes.
Wear what you want. Sleep with whatever consenting adult you want. Dye
your hair whatever color you want. Read “queer” books and support
the local drag shows.
FUNDRAISING UNDER TRUMP 2.0
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By Holly Rustick
Grantwriting and Funding
For access to federal grant funds during this new Trump Administration
in 2025, nonprofits need to be more aware of what types of words you
are using, and are not using, in your grant applications. Before the
Trump Administration in 2025, we have not experienced the
sheer _elimination _of word usage in federal grant guidance before.
MEET THE PURGED
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By Scott Pilutik
Slate
For the federal government, terminating employees so contemptuously,
even if the firings ultimately pass legal muster, will likely trigger
cultural blowback. In a matter of mere weeks, Elon Musk replaced civil
servants’ pride with existential dread, and then compounded the
malice by hobbling the ability of terminated workers to leverage their
prior public service experience.
IGNORING MUSK
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By Steve Peoples, Eric Tucker and Amanda Seitz
Associated Press
Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the
Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with
cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal workers
explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their
job. Unions want the administration to rescind the request and are
threatening to sue.
ANTI-ABORTION MED ED BILLS
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By Jessica Valenti
Abortion, Every Day
A new legislative trend gives voters the impression that Republicans
are working with doctors to ensure women can access health- and
life-saving abortions. In reality, these laws would divorce abortion
from healthcare, and pressure doctors to _deny care_ to women who
have dangerous or nonviable pregnancies. They’re calling the
bills ‘Med Ed’ policies’.
‘MO’: PALESTINIANS ON TV
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By Bilal Hassam
Teen Vogue
In 2022, ‘Mo’ — a groundbreaking series inspired by comedian
Mohammed “Mo” Amer’s life — burst onto Netflix with grit and
authenticity. Amer not only starred but also directed several
episodes. From the very first scene, as Amer hustled onto our screens
as Mo Najjar, a refugee in Houston, it was clear: this show was
Palestinian through and through, in humor, heart, and defiance.
AMAZON’S NC UNION DRAMA
* GOLIATH WINS
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By Jonathan Rosenblum, The Nation
* AN ANTI-UNION ARMY
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* Gender
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* Free Speech
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* fired workers
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* Palestinians
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