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  1. Some have also raised concerns about whether it could increase the risk of fraud, since the money would be going to individuals rather than businesses. The admin has sought to crack down on #fraud in #SocialServices programs, particularly #childcare.

    The idea of paying #parents to stay home was outlined in #Project2025, the #conservative blueprint published by the #HeritageFoundation ahead of #Trump’s return to office, much of which overlaps with the admin’s #policy agenda.

    #law #FarRight

  2. A wave of resignations from the Heritage Foundation is underway as staffers head to Mike Pence’s new group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF). This mass exit follows internal turmoil over the rise of extremist influence within Heritage, notably after its president defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, later apologized for. Pence’s AAF has quickly recruited key Heritage leaders from legal, economic, and data teams, with the group raising $13 million to fund their salaries. This shakeup signals deep fissures within conservative circles about extremism and ideological integrity. Will it reshape the future of right-wing politics? More here: npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-56519 #HeritageFoundation #Pence #Conservative #Extremism #Politics #RightWing #FactionalInfighting

  3. A wave of resignations from the Heritage Foundation is underway as staffers head to Mike Pence’s new group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF). This mass exit follows internal turmoil over the rise of extremist influence within Heritage, notably after its president defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, later apologized for. Pence’s AAF has quickly recruited key Heritage leaders from legal, economic, and data teams, with the group raising $13 million to fund their salaries. This shakeup signals deep fissures within conservative circles about extremism and ideological integrity. Will it reshape the future of right-wing politics? More here: npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-56519 #HeritageFoundation #Pence #Conservative #Extremism #Politics #RightWing #FactionalInfighting

  4. A wave of resignations from the Heritage Foundation is underway as staffers head to Mike Pence’s new group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF). This mass exit follows internal turmoil over the rise of extremist influence within Heritage, notably after its president defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, later apologized for. Pence’s AAF has quickly recruited key Heritage leaders from legal, economic, and data teams, with the group raising $13 million to fund their salaries. This shakeup signals deep fissures within conservative circles about extremism and ideological integrity. Will it reshape the future of right-wing politics? More here: npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-56519 #HeritageFoundation #Pence #Conservative #Extremism #Politics #RightWing #FactionalInfighting

  5. A wave of resignations from the Heritage Foundation is underway as staffers head to Mike Pence’s new group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF). This mass exit follows internal turmoil over the rise of extremist influence within Heritage, notably after its president defended Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, later apologized for. Pence’s AAF has quickly recruited key Heritage leaders from legal, economic, and data teams, with the group raising $13 million to fund their salaries. This shakeup signals deep fissures within conservative circles about extremism and ideological integrity. Will it reshape the future of right-wing politics? More here: npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-56519 #HeritageFoundation #Pence #Conservative #Extremism #Politics #RightWing #FactionalInfighting

  6. As Walker notes, right-wing influencer Rod Dreher, who now lives in Hungary & is thick with Viktor Orbán, recently had a sit-down with J.D. Vance and Orbán in the White House:

    "According to Dreher, his time with Vance also included a discussion of 'Groyperism' and what he described as the 'new radicalism racing through the young' in Washington D.C. during this second Trump era.'"

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #Trump #JDVance #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /10

  7. "Heritage created the intellectual blueprint for the administration’s assault on American democracy. ...

    The groypers who have successfully infiltrated federal agencies are likely implementing plans written by the Heritage Foundation."

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /8

  8. "The Heritage Foundation, Carlson, and Fuentes are all part of a singular White Christian Nationalist movement hoping to make America great again by restricting the rights of people of color, rolling back the feminist movement’s victories, and cheer-leading authoritarianism. Heritage, through Project 2025, served as a kind of government-in-waiting between the first and second Trump administration."

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /7

  9. "Fuentes’ politics are not a betrayal of the Heritage Foundation’s principles, they are their culmination. Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot: the next stage in the life cycle of hateful politics motivating Roberts and the wider conservative movement."

    ~ Victor Ray

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #TuckerCarlson #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /6

    liberalcurrents.com/the-herita

  10. "And if this shocks and surprises you, well, you just weren’t paying attention.

    Its descent into conspiracy-mongering and blatant bigotry was utterly predictable."

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /5

  11. "Heritage was never a respectable institution doing honest research. It was always in the business of telling lies on behalf of its wealthy supporters. But now it’s trying to turn itself into a MAGA/Groyper institution, less focused on telling economic lies and more focused on bigotry and conspiracy theories."

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /4

  12. (continued from /2)

    "who then delivered deregulation and tax cuts. Heritage was an integral cog within this scheme, giving superficial respectability to policies that were in fact deeply regressive and discriminatory, and overwhelmingly to the benefit of the moneyed class. …

    It’s important to get the story of Heritage correct, because it is also the story of the modern right as a whole."

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /3

  13. "It has always been a propaganda mill cosplaying as a research institution – a scam that worked for a long time. Heritage’s problem now is that its original scam was designed for a different era — a Reaganesque era in which plutocrats could discreetly leverage bigotry and intolerance to elect Republicans," (continued in /3)

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /2

  14. "I believe that much of the commentary [about Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Kevin Roberts of Heritage Foundation] misjudges the true nature of Heritage, portraying it as a genuine think tank that picked the wrong leader or was corrupted by MAGA.

    Because the truth is that Heritage has always been a fraud."

    ~ Paul Krugman

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
    /1

    paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the

  15. "At one level, it’s entertaining to watch conservatives squirm over the Groyperism of their party — although they’ve been very slow in responding to what has been obvious for years.

    'The distance between Fuentes and the mainstream Republican Party isn’t really that large,' Richard Hanania told the NYT…."

    ~ David Kurtz

    #NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump #Groypers #Nazis #fascist #Catholic
    /6

    morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.

  16. See also Christopher Hale, "Groypers at the Gates: The Catholic Fascist Turn in the MAGA Right"

    As a non-paying subscriber to Hale's Letters from Leo blog, I can't read the entire essay, unfortunately.

    #NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump #Groypers #Nazis #fascist #Catholic
    /5

    thelettersfromleo.com/p/groype

  17. From 2014... How #USEvangelicals Fueled the Rise of #Russia’s ‘#ProFamily’ Right

    An alliance is born between #AntiGay, #AntiAbortion American groups and the #RussianOrthodoxChurch

    by Adam Federman, January 7, 2014

    Long excerpt [pay attention to the names named!] :

    "This rising #Russian social #conservative movement frequently invokes the argument that #ProGay and #WomensRights groups are puppets of the West, which is seeking to undermine Russian autonomy and interfere in the country’s internal affairs. At an annual meeting of journalists and academics presided over by Vladimir #Putin in Valdai in September, the Russian president said that European countries had strayed from their roots by legalizing #GayMarriage. He urged Russians to embrace the conservative values of the #OrthodoxChurch and other traditional religions and issued a warning to those who might want to challenge those values. 'Russia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity are unconditional—these are red lines no one is allowed to cross,' he declared.

    "Several #LGBT rights groups have been targeted under another new law, which requires any nongovernmental organization that receives funding from other countries for political activities to register as a '#ForeignAgent.' Failure to do so can lead to investigations, legal action or crippling fines. The implication is that these groups are not only agents of the West but also out of touch with everyday Russians.

    "The irony is that it is the new conservative vanguard—anti-gay, anti-abortion and pro–'#TraditionalFamily'—that has most successfully cultivated the West’s financial and institutional support. Scott Lively, an extreme anti-gay campaigner, all but took credit for the new law, calling it 'one of the proudest achievements of my career,' while #BrianBrown, president of the #NationalOrganizationForMarriage, visited Moscow with much fanfare just before the new law was passed. But the language of Russia’s anti-gay and anti-abortion movement seems to borrow most heavily from mainstream evangelicals and conservative politicians in the United States and Europe. Referring to the anti-abortion bill passed in 2011, Lyubov Erofeeva, executive director of the Russian Association for Population and Development, a women’s advocacy group, said: 'It was 100 percent clear that everything was copied from the experience of American #fundamentalists and conservative circles of several European countries where #abortion is forbidden or restricted severely.'

    "The church’s close ties with American evangelicals reflect a shift in policy. For much of the post-Soviet period, the Russian Orthodox Church held evangelical denominations at arm’s length, fearing that they would compete for influence within Russia. But as the church has consolidated its power, it has come to view the evangelical community as a partner. 'The #ROC realizes that the evangelical denominations are not their opponents but rather their allies in the relations between the church and the secular population,' says Olga Kazmina, a professor of ethnology at Moscow State University.

    " 'It’s a re-envisioned paradigm,' says Father #LeonidKishkovsky, head of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of External Affairs. In many ways, it makes sense, he adds: both religious groups share an ideological commitment and have grown disillusioned with the way mainline churches have dealt with issues like gay marriage and abortion. 'But what I’m quite nervous about is the ideological core which actually motivates both sides,' Kishkovsky says. 'Where is the motivating force? Is it in faith? Or is it in political ideology?'

    "The Russian Orthodox Church’s chief emissary to the US evangelical community is #HilarionAlfeyev, a high-ranking bishop and chairman of the powerful Department of External Church Relations (the position previously held by #PatriarchKirill). In February 2011, the 47-year-old Alfeyev traveled to Washington, where he met with prominent evangelical and 'pro-family' leaders; and then to Dallas, where he addressed thousands of members of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church and emphasized the importance of 'creat[ing] new alliances,' especially around issues of marriage, abortion and the family. Alfeyev also visited the #DallasTheologicalSeminary and had an hour-long meeting with #GeorgeWBush.

    "The trip to Dallas grew out of an increasingly close friendship between church leaders and a small circle of American and European Christian businessmen in Moscow. Alfeyev’s visit was organized by #JerryFullinwider, an #OilExecutive and elder of the #HighlandParkChurch who, until recently, had business interests in Russia. Fullinwider, a member of the #KochBrothers’ circle of major donors—those who have given more than $1 million to #Koch-related causes—met Alfeyev through his friend Bob Foresman, head of #Barclays Capital in Russia. This select group of businessmen has unusual access to Alfeyev. In an interview for this article, Fullinwider described having dinner at Alfeyev’s private residence on a recent trip to Moscow. 'He’s a real busy guy,' says Fullinwider. 'He’s very, very hard to get in touch with unless you have a special number and you know the main guy who handles him, who’s a good friend of mine.'

    "Alfeyev’s first trip to the United States paved the way for others, and in October 2012 he delivered a lecture at Villanova University, where he received an honorary degree and paid a visit to the Milwaukee-based #LyndeAndHarryBradleyFoundation. One of the largest donor organizations of its kind in the United States, the #BradleyFoundation, with more than $600 million in assets, is known for its contributions to US conservative groups like the #HeritageFoundation and the #HeartlandInstitute. But its charity isn’t limited to home: over the last four years, the foundation has given $750,000 to the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation in Moscow, a new educational and cultural initiative founded in 2009 by Alfeyev, Russian #billionaire and pharmaceutical magnate #VadimYakunin, and #LeonidSevastianov, a 35-year-old international business consultant and head of Stratinvest.ru, a consulting and public relations firm. In 2009, through Alfeyev’s charity, the Bradley Foundation donated $150,000 to support the 'Day of the Family,' a recently created Russian holiday honoring faith and fidelity. The annual event has been championed by #SvetlanaMedvedeva, wife of Prime Minister #DmitriMedvedev, a staunch #AntiAbortion advocate.

    “We want to promote the idea of the unity between the West and Russia on the basis of common Christian roots,” Sevastianov told Inside the Vatican magazine in 2009. “We believe in this alliance among traditional Christian countries…and we believe that, with a united voice, we can be a strong force against the radical secular world which has become dominant in our societies.”

    thenation.com/article/archive/

    #TradFamily #TradWives #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #evangelicals #RabidRight #MAGADeathCult #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #Billionaires

  18. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  19. #Bürgerrechte (die uns sowieso ein wenig , ein bisschen immer stören) #Scheibchenweise #abschaffen ❗️

    Man kann mit dem Vorwand: "Die #Sicherheit brauche das": Jedes #Bürgerrecht in Zweifel ziehen

    Man kann mit dem #Vorwand: "Die Sicherheit brauche das"
    Jede #Gesetzliche #Verschärfung beschließen

    #CDU #CSU erkennt ihr euch hier wieder🤔❓️🤬

    #HeritageFoundation #TheRepublic #Trumps #Project2025

  20. The think tank’s employees or fellows include #JeffreyClark, the fmr snr #DOJ *lawyer* who aided Trump’s attempts to overturn the #2020election result; #KenCuccinelli, a fmr acting deputy secretary in the #DHS under #Trump; & #MarkPaoletta, a fmr snr budget ofcl in the Trump admin. Other Trump allies such as fmr WH adviser #SteveBannon & US #House Reps #ChipRoy & #ScottPerry either spoke at the conferences or appeared on promotional materials for the events.

    #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation

  21. On Mon, 1 day after #ProPublica published this article, #GeorgiaStateElectionBoard passed the rule 3-2.

    ~850 people attended the virtual meeting. Nationally prominent *#conservative* activists spoke in support of it, incl #HeritageFoundation’s #HansVonSpakovsky, who served on #Trump’s Pres Adv Commission on *Election Integrity* [#ElectionInterference #DemocracySubversion], & #HarryMacDougald, atty for #JeffreyClark, a fmr #DOJ ofcl indicted for helping Trump overturn the #Georgia 2020 election.

  22. "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."

    — Heritage Foundation chief Kevin Roberts

    The Heritage Foundation is an enemy of the people.

    #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #RWTraitors #NoRepublicanEverAgain