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...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

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#uspol #aristocracy #oligarchy #politics #rockbridge #heritagefoundation

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-11-05 · 16:30 UTC

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...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

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#uspol #aristocracy #oligarchy #politics #rockbridge #heritagefoundation

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-11-05 · 16:30 UTC

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...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

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#uspol #aristocracy #oligarchy #politics #rockbridge #heritagefoundation

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-11-05 · 16:30 UTC

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...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

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#plutocracies #oligarchies #heritagefoundation #rockbridge #politics #oligarchy

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] · 2025-11-05 · 16:30 UTC

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...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-us-evangelicals-fueled-rise-russias-pro-family-right/

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#uspol #aristocracy #oligarchy #politics #rockbridge #heritagefoundation

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-08-30 · 15:45 UTC

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.”

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

#usevangelicals #russia #profamily #antigay #antiabortion #russianorthodoxchurch

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-08-14 · 22:49 UTC

'Severe pushback': #HouseRepublicans fear constituent revolt over divisive new proposal

by Carl Gibson, 8/13/2025

"House Republicans are now pondering whether to pursue another major legislative push involving #Medicaid later this year, just months after narrowly passing President Donald #Trump's massive tax and spending policy. But some are hesitant out of fear for how their constituents would react.

"Politico reported Wednesday that the Republican Study Committee (RSC) – which is made up of 189 Republican members of Congress — has invited a controversial figure to its Thursday meeting that suggests the GOP may make even steeper cuts to Medicaid this year or in early 2026. According to the outlet, #ParagonHealth Institute president #BrianBlase, who is credited as the architect of Republicans' Medicaid cuts in the #OneBigBeautifulBillAct, to this week's meeting.

"Blase's address to the RSC comes as Republicans plot whether to embark on another legislative crusade before the end of the year, even though the tax and spending bill almost failed to pass despite Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress. While no official details have emerged, Politico reported that Blase's invitation likely means that future Medicaid cuts could be on the table.

"Changes to Medicare may also be included in the conversation, as Blase will be accompanied by #DemetriousKouzoukas, who leads Paragon's Medicare Reform Initiative. According to its website, Paragon is focused on changes to #Medicare and #Medicaid policy, and its leadership and board have numerous ties to #FarRight policy groups like the #HeritageFoundation (which created #Project2025) and the #FederalistSociety.

"Not all Republicans are on board with another divisive vote on additional Medicaid cuts. Rep. #MikeFlood (R-Neb.) reportedly warned that there would be
'#SeverePushback' against any attempt to impose new cuts to the popular program that provides health insurance to #LowIncome and #disabled Americans.

"Politico's Benjamin Guggenheim and Meredith Lee Hill also reported that there is little appetite for another bitter legislative battle given the work House Republicans are facing when they return to Washington after Labor Day. They wrote: 'A major fight over government funding looms, as well as the expiration of the #ACATaxCredits — which could lead to drastic hikes in some Americans’ #HealthInsurance premiums.' "

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/severe-pushback-house-republicans-fear-constituent-revolt-over-divisive-new-proposal/ar-AA1KtBEM?ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&cvid=5783fe5b8117425491c2e308adbd03d2&ei=12

#Resist #Revolt #TaxBreaksForTheRich #MedicaidCuts #SNAPCuts #MedicareCuts #BigUglyBill #ACACuts #TrumpSucks #TrumpHatesThePoor #GOPWillEatItself #EvenMAGAsAreWakingUp?

#houserepublicans #medicaid #trump #paragonhealth #brianblase #onebigbeautifulbillact

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-06-28 · 18:04 UTC

"#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

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

#ethics #clarencethomas #koch #justicethomas #oligarchcamp #bohemiangrove

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-06-28 · 16:15 UTC

#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."

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

#clarencethomas #kochbrothers #climatechange #trumptaxcut #chevron #nrdc

John M. @[email protected] · 2025-04-10 · 13:42 UTC

WAAAASSS?

Norbert #Röttgen trifft sich SEIT #JAHREN mit dem Think Tank der #HeritageFoundation??

Dem Laden, der die #Demokratie in der USA #untergräbt? Der mit „#Project2025“ den #Masterplan für den Umbau der USA unter Trumps zweiter Amtszeit ersonnen hat??

Leck mich doch am Fußgelenk…🤯

#rottgen #jahren #heritagefoundation #demokratie #untergrabt #project2025

John M. @[email protected] · 2025-04-10 · 13:42 UTC

WAAAASSS?

Norbert #Röttgen trifft sich SEIT #JAHREN mit dem Think Tank der #HeritageFoundation??

Dem Laden, der die #Demokratie in der USA #untergräbt? Der mit „#Project2025“ den #Masterplan für den Umbau der USA unter Trumps zweiter Amtszeit ersonnen hat??

Leck mich doch am Fußgelenk…🤯

#rottgen #jahren #heritagefoundation #demokratie #untergrabt #project2025

φօӀìէìҟచąէçհ🇩🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2025-03-19 · 16:56 UTC

#Wagt es nicht #CDU #CSU ❗😡😡 Hier gibt's kein #Projekt2025 für Deutschland ❗️❗️

Zu Gast bei Freunden? Die #HeritageFoundation hat mit „ #Poject 2025“ einen #Masterplan für den #Umbau #Amerikas #vorgelegt. Kürzlich traf sich eine #Delegation unter Führung der Stiftung mit #CDU- #Politikern im #Bundestag.

https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/lobbyismus/2025/03/19/heritage-foundation-trumps-verbuendete-im-bundestag/

#wagt #cdu #csu #projekt2025 #heritagefoundation #poject

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-02-05 · 20:36 UTC

Some dedicated folks in #AugustaMaine showed up for the #50501Movement protest today -- despite the original organizers backing out because of threats from "bad actors". Kudos to those hardy souls who showed up anyways! (And who are there until 8pm tonight)

#AntiTrump protest draws hundreds to #Maine State House Wednesday

"I went to bed and woke up in a different country," said one protester.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/05/anti-trump-protest-draws-hundreds-to-state-house-wednesday/

Anti-Trump protest in Augusta still on despite confusion

Two organizers dropped out, but the event, part of a nationwide day of protest, is still set for noon at the State House.

"A protest against President Donald Trump scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the State House is expected to go on, despite its two official organizers canceling because of “bad actors looking to spread hate, misinformation, and turmoil.”

"Protests are expected the same day at state capitals across the country in response to orders made by President Trump in his first two weeks of his second term, as well as #Project2025, a playbook by the conservative #HeritageFoundation for changing American government and society whose contributors have been hired throughout the Trump administration.

"The protest is scheduled between noon-8 p.m.

"#KennebecCountyDemocrats and a group called the #WomensMarchAugusta, Maine, both took out permits for the protest and were set to act as co-sponsors.

"However, on Tuesday both groups rescinded their official involvement in the event 'out of an abundance of caution.'

"'The event planned for tomorrow has been infiltrated by bad actors looking to spread hate, misinformation, and turmoil,' the group said in a post on its Facebook page.

“'We have pulled our permit with the Capitol Police and any one who shows up will be considered on their own. People should know we expect bad actors to show up to cause havoc please be vigilant and careful if you do decide to go anyway,' said the post.

"However, another community member has since secured a permit, so the protest is still on."

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/04/trump-project-2025-protesters-to-gather-wednesday-in-augusta/
#50501Protests #ResistFascism #Resist #MaineResistance

#augustamaine #50501movement #antitrump #maine #project2025 #heritagefoundation

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2024-10-28 · 17:24 UTC

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

#jeffreyclark #doj #2020election #kencuccinelli #dhs #trump

Democracy Matters :verified: @[email protected] · 2024-08-20 · 15:48 UTC

'Let's go!' Top economist applauds as Harris signals support for billionaires tax
https://www.rawstory.com/let-s-go-top-economist-applauds-as-harris-signals-support-for-billionaires-tax/

#GabrielZucman #HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaBringsUsJoy #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlue #TrumpMustLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #HeritageFoundation #USPol

#gabrielzucman #harriswalz2024 #kamalabringsusjoy #neveragaintrump #voteblue #trumpmustlose2024

jordan @[email protected] · 2024-07-10 · 23:24 UTC

Well, I found that 2GB #HeritageFoundation #leak. I even managed to convert it to a #sqlite #database so you don't have to run a full #MySQL install. I would #share it, but I worry about the #legalities of such a thing. I for sure don't want to pick a fight with what may be our new #overlords in a few years. :pepe_sweat:

I've tucked it away though, just in case.

#heritagefoundation #leak #sqlite #database #mysql #share

jordan @[email protected] · 2024-07-10 · 23:24 UTC

Well, I found that 2GB #HeritageFoundation #leak. I even managed to convert it to a #sqlite #database so you don't have to run a full #MySQL install. I would #share it, but I worry about the #legalities of such a thing. I for sure don't want to pick a fight with what may be our new #overlords in a few years. :pepe_sweat:

I've tucked it away though, just in case.

#heritagefoundation #leak #sqlite #database #mysql #share

jordan @[email protected] · 2024-07-10 · 23:24 UTC

Well, I found that 2GB #HeritageFoundation #leak. I even managed to convert it to a #sqlite #database so you don't have to run a full #MySQL install. I would #share it, but I worry about the #legalities of such a thing. I for sure don't want to pick a fight with what may be our new #overlords in a few years. :pepe_sweat:

I've tucked it away though, just in case.

#heritagefoundation #leak #sqlite #database #mysql #share

jordan @[email protected] · 2024-07-10 · 23:24 UTC

Well, I found that 2GB #HeritageFoundation #leak. I even managed to convert it to a #sqlite #database so you don't have to run a full #MySQL install. I would #share it, but I worry about the #legalities of such a thing. I for sure don't want to pick a fight with what may be our new #overlords in a few years. :pepe_sweat:

I've tucked it away though, just in case.

#archive #uspol #gayfurryhackers #hack #overlords #legalities

jordan @[email protected] · 2024-07-10 · 23:24 UTC

Well, I found that 2GB #HeritageFoundation #leak. I even managed to convert it to a #sqlite #database so you don't have to run a full #MySQL install. I would #share it, but I worry about the #legalities of such a thing. I for sure don't want to pick a fight with what may be our new #overlords in a few years. :pepe_sweat:

I've tucked it away though, just in case.