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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – FEBRUARY 14, 2023
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February 14, 2023
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_ Florida's war on woke, and more nightmares from the Sunshine State
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, Mark Peterson/Redux
* Peddling Jesus at the Super Bowl
* Americans Reject Theocracy
* Florida: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fascism
* Opening Higher Ed to the Poor
* ‘Eat the Rich’ Comedies
* Life in the Fascist Movement
* Protesters in Montana Confront Anti-Trans Legislation
* The Feds Are Still At It
* White Collar Unemployment
* Can Social Movements and NGOs Get Along?
PEDDLING JESUS AT THE SUPER BOWL
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By Liza Featherstone
Jacobin
Over the past year, the Servant Foundation, a conservative evangelical
group, has been using billboard, YouTube, and TV ads in a
billion-dollar campaign called “He Gets Us,” to highlight a
relatable, forgiving, and compassionate Jesus. The group is spending
$20 million to run several of these ads during the Super Bowl. But
those values can’t be found in conservative churches.
AMERICANS REJECT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
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Freedom From Religion Foundation
A survey found that by a margin of two to one, Americans overall
reject the assertion that “God intended America to be a new promised
land where European Christians could create a society that could be an
example to the rest of the world.”
FLORIDA: IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE FASCISM
* DESANTIS IS HARD AT WORK
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By Chauncey DeVega, Salon
* NEW COLLEGE OVERHAUL
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By Cameron Joseph and Paul Blest, Vice
* KEEPING VOTERS AT BAY
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By Sam Levine, The Guardian
OPENING HIGHER ED TO THE POOR
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By Peter Dreier, Richard D. Kahlenberg, and Melvin L. Oliver
Slate
Most observers expect the Supreme Court to end racial preferences in
college admissions. One possible response is to provide an admissions
boost to students from families that have low (or negative) levels of
wealth.
‘EAT THE RICH’ COMEDIES
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By Kimber Myers
Mashable
In a trio of 2022 films — _Knives Out _sequel _Glass
Onion_, _The Menu_, and _Triangle of Sadness_ — the pain of the
ultra-rich feels even more like justice for moviegoers. We've earned
the right to revel in their misfortune, making comedy the perfect
vehicle for this celebration of schadenfreude.
LIFE IN THE FASCIST MOVEMENT
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By Eleanor J. Bader
The Progressive
_The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War_ is an
up-close-and-personal look at the many predominantly white Americans
who have been seduced by QAnon conspiracy theories, Trumpism, the
heterosexual male movement of incels, or involuntary celibates, and an
evangelism that equates material accumulation with proof of God’s
love. It is both harrowing and insightful.
PROTESTERS IN MONTANA CONFRONT ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATION
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By Kelsey Morison
KTVQ
Several bills were heard in Helena on Thursday that would have
a major impact on Montana's LGBTQ community. In response, protests
were organized statewide for Saturday. The protest in Billings was
filled with a mix of LGBTQ community members and allies.
INFILTRATION: THE FEDS ARE STILL AT IT
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By Trevor Aaronson
The Intercept
“He was just this badass dude talking about how he worked in a
foreign military and how he was for the Black Lives Matter
movement.” He was a fed. The FBI paid him tens of thousands of
dollars in cash to infiltrate and spy on racial justice groups during
the summer of 2020.
WHITE COLLAR UNEMPLOYMENT
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By Aaron Bastani
Novara Media
Higher costs, stagnant revenues and tightening monetary policy are
about to collide with technological changes which, while not
immediately transformational, will erode tasks, and then jobs, across
the banking, tech and journalism industries.
CAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND NGOS GET ALONG?
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By Beautiful Trouble
Yes!
NGOs seeking to support frontline movements, often in the Global
South, sometimes trip over themselves. Change requires NGOs and
external funders to adopt a set of beliefs, attitudes, and actions
that seek to support and expand the power of civil
society—grassroots movements, informal activist groups, and
people-powered organizations—to create transformative change.
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* Florida
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* Ron DeSantis
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* Fascism
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* New College of Florida
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* voter supression
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* higher education
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* diversity
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* glass onion
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* The Menu
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* Triangle of Sadness
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* The Undertow
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* far right
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* trans rights
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* Montana
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