Theta Lambda

Age 35

[MelissaJPeltier @MelissaJPeltier]

This is a very simplistic take on Magda’s scholarship, research & the hundreds of experts, studies, books & data on the subject.

I could start w/the Mitrokin Archives, when the archivist of the KGB defected to the USA in 1992 with…thousands of pages of notes & archives in tow. Read The Sword & the Shield (1999). It’s ponderous but detailed. Russia has been following the same playbook to create social unrest in the West since Stalin took power. Putin uses a higher tech version, but same exact principles. 1/

[Rep. Gabe Vasquez @RepGabeVasquez]

I'm thrilled to share that I secured significant funding for the South Valley Economic Development Center — this investment will bring tangible benefits for our community – job creation, food security, and more.

Thanks to our community partners who joined me today to celebrate.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

He's innocent until proven guilty!

*ok but he was already found liable of sexual assault*

He's a victim of weaponized justice!

*ok but he was found liable by a jury*

But Biden!

*Biden doesn't face any charges*

Actually I haven't really been paying attention to Trump's cases

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Holy moly! Gregg Abbott HATES this abortion ad, one of the most powerful ads ever made.

RT and use the hashtag #VoteDemRestoreRoe to send it far and wide!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Hell yeah: An Iowa mom stood up to testify at the Iowa Capitol and delivered an AMAZING speech slamming Republicans’ six-week abortion ban as “stupid, ridiculous self-righteous crap.”

On the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade today, let’s get this everywhere. 👇

Felicia Hilton of Des Moines boldly confronted the Iowa State House and held nothing back:

Here is what Felicia Hilton directed at Republican Governor Kim Richards:

(Ending abortion is about religion?) Where are all these church people when (Governor Kim Reynolds denies) people healthcare? Where are they then?"

Hilton continued. "I'm just saying, if this is about the church, that this is about God, you are the same people that will slap them loaves of breads outta Jesus' hand. Slap out the fish outta Jesus' hand and tell them to get in line and figure out if they're worthy or eligible.

Are they eligible for this food, Jesus? Are they eligible for healing, Jesus? Are these people good enough? Is that what you're telling me in the state of Iowa, that you get to choose who this is?”

This is absolutely an offense to women. This is an offense to everybody, and it is offensive that you're gonna go celebrate the oppression of women at a church. You're gonna go celebrate the oppression of women at a church, but the church wasn't there when she's going to cut the food assistance from the federal government to people.“

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The session's leader tried to cut Hilton off, but she was not having it. 👇

"Ma'am, it's been over three minutes," the man said.

"It doesn't matter. This is a lie. You guys are lying to yourselves and you're offending everyone, including God," Hilton fired back.

This state is ridiculous. The stupid, stupid, ridiculous self-righteous crap.”

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Thank you to this BRAVE mom for speaking out!

#TrustWomenRestoreRoe

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

The majority of Republicans in Congress voted against our infrastructure law. But that doesn’t stop them from saying: “We need a project in my district."

That's okay. I'm a president for all Americans.

And like I said before – I’ll see them at the groundbreaking.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

This recovery will be long and challenging.

But we’ll continue to be on the ground, providing support to the people of Hawai’i for as long as it takes.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across the country have closed, leaving many communities without a reliable source of local information. https://t.co/ohOF1wI4Ar

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

People ask me how you get someone who’s brainwashed out of a cult. The short answer is, you can’t, but there’s a catch. Let me explain.

Being in an authoritarian cult is like living in a 360-degree interactive virtual reality movie theater that has such advanced technology you perceive it like the real world. Or, think about “Truman Show” if you’ve seen it.

The cult leader is the movie theater operator and their minions have a clear set of jobs:
—Recruit people to come TO the theater
—Entice them to come INTO the theater
—Close the door and DON’T let them leave. If they do, punish them
—Keep the movie projector on at all times to TRAP them in a different reality

As long as the door is closed to the movie theater people are trapped in, trying to intrude on their reality is like someone pointing a flashlight directly into their eyes or talking in their ear at the movies. They immediately want it to stop.

In reality, this effect is called “cognitive dissonance” which is mental pain caused by a dissociative disorder induced by repetitive trauma. This trauma can be caused by propaganda and psychological warfare—which has been done to tens of millions of people.

This means trying to force someone out of a cult while they are still in the movie theater created for them is nearly impossible. What must be done is the projector in the movie theater has to be shut off and the lights turned on, so people can find own way out. Some will immediately find the exit, while it will take some time for others to realize what happened to them.

Regardless, the solution to helping someone who’s brainwashed is to stop them from being brainwashed. It’s really that simple.

The job of people who know someone trapped in a cult/movie theater is to make sure they know you are still outside waiting for them when they’re ready to come out, or sit quietly with them in the theater for a little while and hand them some popcorn.

In other words, be there for them, stay in touch, but don’t fight them about what they’ve been programmed to believe. This just makes you the enemy. It makes them hate you and want to stay in the theater even more.

The way we get our loved ones back is to defeat the transnational criminal conspiracy creating and operating the movie theater trapping millions of people. We know who’s running this malevolent show, we know how it works, and we know how to stop it.

Now, we just have to do something about it.
#ArrestMikeFlynn

[The Q Origins Project @QOrigins]

In this article for a conservative rag, an anti-abortion outfit tries to dissect what went wrong in Ohio:

* it wasn’t our fault
* also the filthy libs had a WAY better message (but again, not our fault)
* and they’ll keep winning elsewhere, SO
* we need a federal abortion ban

[Saeed Jones @theferocity]

My conspiracy theory is that fascists actually don’t give a hoot about “inappropriate” content in books; they’re attacking libraries and librarians because libraries are vital spaces that foster community. And fascists fear community. It’s a scheme to shut down public libraries.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it’s Barack Obama, requesting Dijon mustard, or Donald Trump requesting 12,000 fraudulent extra votes in Georgia, both sides have made some unusual requests.

[Bob Moriarty 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @BobMoriartyABQ]

This story is absolutely horrific. Like most professions, there are good cops and bad cops. These are very bad cops.

https://t.co/en86hnd0tG

[Dune Quotes @DuneQuoteBot]

"Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed."

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“I wonder if we confuse strength and other words--like aggression and even violence. Real strength is neither male nor female; but is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that any human being can possess."

“Real strength has to do with helping others.”

[Global Alliance for the Future of Food @futureoffoodorg]

Biodiversity is key to resilient agriculture, and Indigenous communities are leading the way.

Explore the ancient Mayan milpa system in Mexico, a shining example of how prioritizing variety over yield can foster harmony with ecosystems: https://t.co/mGaPHTLUMQ #IndigenousDay

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

One key conservative argument against transition is that healthy girls are transitioning to avoid sexualization and healthy boys are transitioning to avoiding getting bullied for being feminine but they aren’t willing to stop sexualizing teenage girls or bullying feminine boys.

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

Let’s admit that every reporter in DC knows but most won’t say for fear of falling out of favor with the bothsides rules of official DC: there is a two-tiered Justice System. One for Democrats, in which the most exacting focus on conflicts of interest are followed, often going …