Another great read from Julia Doubleday on understanding the eugenics in RFK’s “MAHA” movement:
“It’s critical for people to learn the internal logic of MAHA in order to effectively organize against it, because if you are critical of anti-vaxxers while adopting some of their talking points and central concepts, you ultimately boost their world view. You may be up to date on your vaccines, but do you sneer at the idea that you could end up with Long COVID? Do you refuse to mask because you assume every person harmed by COVID is inferior to you, with your superior eating habits and commitment to the gym? Do you ignore advocates who organize for institutional mitigations like better quality indoor air, because you believe that people who die from COVID don’t really matter the way you do?”
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I’m glad millions of Americans were up to “good trouble” today.
I’m also glad at how organic the outrage feels. There were questions around why we weren’t seeing mass protests across the country around the time of the Trump 2.0 inauguration. I think it was because people were simply exhausted, and also it’s harder to protest what hasn’t “happened” yet. We’re now 75 days into the second Trump presidency, and oh wow do we know what’s been happening at this point. 😵
Protests went on everywhere today—even in some rather sleepy ‘burbs. An old Northern California friend shared this article about protests happening in my ol’ stompin’ grounds of Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Cotati, Sonoma, Napa, and beyond. I’m quite astonished, truth be told.
From the article:
Jora Gilmore attended the Courthouse Square protest with her mom, Autumn, her husband, Evan, and her 3-year-old son, Otis, who has cerebral palsy.
Gilmore said her son is on Medical and Medicaid because of his disability.
“We are here to support disabled children,” Gilmore said. “It is such a broad protest but we thought we can make it specific and advocate for health care and special education.”
Otis’ wheelchair was adorned with two signs — one that read “Hands off my healthcare” and the other said “Hands off special education.”
Gilmore said she believes Saturday’s protests were just the beginning.
“If they are going to take us back to an authoritarian regime, we are going to give them a wild revolution,” she said.
And this really articulates well why so many people are protesting. The idiotic “culture wars” over trans athletes or corporate DEI hires or whatever the flying fuck MAGA is droning on about in that next soundbite only serve to obscure the fact that Trump and his billionaire cronies are plundering our institutions and leveling civic infrastructure to the ground. This isn’t just about the usual #politics of one side of the aisle vs. the other. It’s about decent people getting the shaft at the hands of assholes and imbeciles who cynically claimed to be “for the people” when nothing could be further from the truth.
America is finally awake. And MAGA’s days are numbered.
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"html": "<p>I\u2019m glad millions of Americans were up to \u201cgood trouble\u201d today.</p>\n\n<p>I\u2019m also glad at how <em>organic</em> the outrage feels. There were questions around why we weren\u2019t seeing mass protests across the country around the time of the Trump 2.0 inauguration. I think it was because people were simply <em>exhausted</em>, and also it\u2019s harder to protest what hasn\u2019t \u201chappened\u201d yet. We\u2019re now 75 days into the second Trump presidency, and <strong>oh wow do we know what\u2019s been happening at this point</strong>. \ud83d\ude35</p>\n\n<p>Protests went on <em>everywhere</em> today\u2014even in some rather sleepy \u2018burbs. An old Northern California friend <a href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/hands-off-santa-rosa-napa-sonoma/\">shared this article</a> about protests happening in my ol\u2019 stompin\u2019 grounds of Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Cotati, Sonoma, Napa, and beyond. I\u2019m quite astonished, truth be told.</p>\n\n<p>From the article:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Jora Gilmore attended the Courthouse Square protest with her mom, Autumn, her husband, Evan, and her 3-year-old son, Otis, who has cerebral palsy.</p>\n\n <p>Gilmore said her son is on Medical and Medicaid because of his disability.</p>\n\n <p>\u201cWe are here to support disabled children,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cIt is such a broad protest but we thought we can make it specific and advocate for health care and special education.\u201d</p>\n\n <p>Otis\u2019 wheelchair was adorned with two signs \u2014 one that read \u201cHands off my healthcare\u201d and the other said \u201cHands off special education.\u201d</p>\n\n <p>Gilmore said she believes Saturday\u2019s protests were just the beginning.</p>\n\n <p>\u201cIf they are going to take us back to an authoritarian regime, we are going to give them a wild revolution,\u201d she said.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>And this really articulates well why so many people are protesting. The idiotic \u201cculture wars\u201d over trans athletes or corporate DEI hires or whatever the flying fuck MAGA is droning on about in that next soundbite only serve to obscure the fact that Trump and his billionaire cronies are <strong>plundering our institutions</strong> and <strong>leveling civic infrastructure to the ground</strong>. This isn\u2019t just about the usual <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/politics\">#politics</a> of one side of the aisle vs. the other. It\u2019s about decent people getting the shaft at the hands of assholes and imbeciles who cynically claimed to be \u201cfor the people\u201d when nothing could be further from the truth.</p>\n\n<p><strong>America is finally awake.</strong> And MAGA\u2019s days are numbered.</p>",
"text": "I\u2019m glad millions of Americans were up to \u201cgood trouble\u201d today.\n\nI\u2019m also glad at how organic the outrage feels. There were questions around why we weren\u2019t seeing mass protests across the country around the time of the Trump 2.0 inauguration. I think it was because people were simply exhausted, and also it\u2019s harder to protest what hasn\u2019t \u201chappened\u201d yet. We\u2019re now 75 days into the second Trump presidency, and oh wow do we know what\u2019s been happening at this point. \ud83d\ude35\n\nProtests went on everywhere today\u2014even in some rather sleepy \u2018burbs. An old Northern California friend shared this article about protests happening in my ol\u2019 stompin\u2019 grounds of Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Cotati, Sonoma, Napa, and beyond. I\u2019m quite astonished, truth be told.\n\nFrom the article:\n\n\n Jora Gilmore attended the Courthouse Square protest with her mom, Autumn, her husband, Evan, and her 3-year-old son, Otis, who has cerebral palsy.\n\n Gilmore said her son is on Medical and Medicaid because of his disability.\n\n \u201cWe are here to support disabled children,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cIt is such a broad protest but we thought we can make it specific and advocate for health care and special education.\u201d\n\n Otis\u2019 wheelchair was adorned with two signs \u2014 one that read \u201cHands off my healthcare\u201d and the other said \u201cHands off special education.\u201d\n\n Gilmore said she believes Saturday\u2019s protests were just the beginning.\n\n \u201cIf they are going to take us back to an authoritarian regime, we are going to give them a wild revolution,\u201d she said.\n\n\nAnd this really articulates well why so many people are protesting. The idiotic \u201cculture wars\u201d over trans athletes or corporate DEI hires or whatever the flying fuck MAGA is droning on about in that next soundbite only serve to obscure the fact that Trump and his billionaire cronies are plundering our institutions and leveling civic infrastructure to the ground. This isn\u2019t just about the usual #politics of one side of the aisle vs. the other. It\u2019s about decent people getting the shaft at the hands of assholes and imbeciles who cynically claimed to be \u201cfor the people\u201d when nothing could be further from the truth.\n\nAmerica is finally awake. And MAGA\u2019s days are numbered."
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