M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 1: In Bid to Help White Landowners, Trump Cuts Off Aid to South Africa, Putting Millions of Lives at Risk<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtrg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtr</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/trump_south_africa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/10/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp_south_africa</span></a></p>
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M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 2: “The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elo</span><span class="invisible">n_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 3: Elon Musk’s Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA&t=49s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdH</span><span class="invisible">A&t=49s</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elon_musk_south_africa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elo</span><span class="invisible">n_musk_south_africa</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374600211/minorityrule/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us.macmillan.com/books/9780374</span><span class="invisible">600211/minorityrule/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AriBerman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AriBerman</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a>: The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rightwing</span></a> Attack on the Will of the People --- and The Fight to Resist It</p>
Chris<p>There is a gnat-hair difference between so-called-white-people’s <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> and their <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/unconsciousbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconsciousbias</span></a> </p><p>But it’s there, and that’s the leverage point, or attack surface, to focus <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/antiracist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiracist</span></a> energy. That’s our work that we have to do. </p><p>The strategy of <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> has always been divide and conquer.That is essential for <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/minorityrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrule</span></a>. That is the heart of <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> </p><p>In battle 4 hearts and minds we must appeal to <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a>, because that’s what’s under direct assault. Teach your friends</p>
JuneSim63<p>"I’m very careful. I don’t share [online] where I am when I’m there – ever. I prefer facing doors when I’m sitting down. I’m a lot jumpier than I used to be"</p><p>Good interview with Novara Media's Ash Sarkar on the launch of her new book, 'Minority Rule'. I saw her at a public meeting in Derby a few years ago before she became famous. She was a superb, analytical speaker even then, without the need to be wary.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AshSarkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AshSarkar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/15/ash-sarkar-minority-rule-book-gen-z-activism-family-tv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/15/ash-sarkar-minority-rule-book-gen-z-activism-family-tv</span></a></p>
Lynne Jackier<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-12-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lvmc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/january-12-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lvmc</span></a></p><p>"In the United States today, a political minority has used the mechanics of government to take power and is now using that power to impose its will on the majority. The pattern is exactly that of the elite southern enslavers who in the 1850s first took over the Democratic Party and then, through it, captured the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the White House and tried to take over the country."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HeatherCoxRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatherCoxRichardson</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AntiDemocracyGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiDemocracyGOP</span></a></p>
Brad Rosenheim<p>Just finished explaining to my daughter that she will no longer have health care as good as her brother's healthcare.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ForcedBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedBirth</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Amendment4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amendment4</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Disaffected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disaffected</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voters</span></a> May Want to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Consider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consider</span></a> What <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decades</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> Could Bring. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> will not last forever, but if he <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wins</span></a> election to a second term, his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a>’s system of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rule</span></a> could be here for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decades</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>damage</span></a> they would inflict on the people of this nation—and the world—is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/horrifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horrifying</span></a> to contemplate. </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-gop-majority" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/trump</span><span class="invisible">-gop-majority</span></a></p>
nanowiz<p>they know if they don't win this election, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> will never get elected again.<br>Citizen led efforts to end <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/VoterSupression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSupression</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/electioninterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electioninterference</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> and the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/electoralcollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralcollege</span></a>! we're coming after all of the efforts to continue <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/minorityrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrule</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/harriswalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harriswalz2024</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/EndGerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndGerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/endcitizensunited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endcitizensunited</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/minority-rule-is-threatening-american-democracy-like-never-before/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">04/minority-rule-is-threatening-american-democracy-like-never-before/</span></a> </p><p>🚨 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MotherJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherJones</span></a> 🚨 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before </p><p> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AriBerman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AriBerman</span></a> May/June 2024 issue </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p>
nanowiz<p>people queuing up because the tech is broken is a Crowd Strike! <br>I love the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irony</span></a> <br>now if we could only realize that We the People have the power to Crowd Strike because minority rules sucks, SCROTUS is illegitimate and no one is immune </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/crowdstrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crowdstrike</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/IllegitimateSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegitimateSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/minorityrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrule</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/immunityruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunityruling</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Conservative lawmakers and activists have opened up a Pandora’s box of dirty tricks in every state where abortion is on or heading towards the ballot. …</p><p>When tricking voters doesn’t work, anti-abortion activists are turning to intimidation."</p><p>~ Jessica Valenti</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-will-of-the-people-except-on" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jessica.substack.com/p/the-wil</span><span class="invisible">l-of-the-people-except-on</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞.</p><p>A senator from California represents more than 39 million residents; from Wyoming, less than 577,000. But both states have the same number of votes in the U.S. Senate.</p><p>It's even worse. California has a greater population than the smallest 21 (of 50) states combined.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://themoderatevoice.com/tyranny-of-the-minority-four-of-the-six-gop-nominated-justices-were-confirmed-by-senators-representing-less-than-half-of-the-u-s-population/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themoderatevoice.com/tyranny-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-minority-four-of-the-six-gop-nominated-justices-were-confirmed-by-senators-representing-less-than-half-of-the-u-s-population/</span></a></p>
kay@foodnpolitics<p>Republicans invest a lot of money and time in smoke and mirrors to distract Americans from the fact that they’ve only grabbed power through <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> the last 30 years. </p><p>Democrats can counter it by being bold: shine a light on it and talk about it. Don’t shy away from it. Don’t give into fear tactics. Don’t feed the doom machine.</p><p>We’re stronger standing together because quite simply there are more of us than them. When we all do our part, we win. </p><p>It’s a mind game at heart.</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Dan Rather on Louisiana's 10 Commandments stunt:</p><p>"All this is part of a larger national plan by a minority of Christians to inject expressions of their faith into everyday life, whether we like it or not. With a highly politicized and far-right majority on the Supreme Court at the ready, these groups believe they will get a friendlier reception from the court and could ultimately be successful."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evangelicals</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://steady.substack.com/p/thou-shalt-not-violate-the-constitution" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steady.substack.com/p/thou-sha</span><span class="invisible">lt-not-violate-the-constitution</span></a></p>
Linking Dot<p>“These were overwhelmingly peaceful protests, and we get an extraordinary wave of police repression and the arrest of 3600 peaceful protesters,” Levitsky said. “And I think what terrified me the most was there was a consensus … in the mainstream establishment that this was OK.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DemocracyDiesInDarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyDiesInDarkness</span></a> <br><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermont-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermon</span><span class="invisible">t-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ArenaCops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ArenaCops</span></a></span> the entire logic behind <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"That’s right: You could get blown out 96%-4% and become governor, attorney general, or any of the other statewide offices. The candidates who did this would inevitably be Republicans, because they’d be the ones winning all those small rural counties. Which of course is the point.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Paul Waldman asks,</p><p>"How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"</p><p>"Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on</span></a></p>
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