I wrote my masters thesis on far-right online radicalisation, focusing on 4-chan. I remember feeling initially shocked by the violent misogynistic ideology, but reminded myself this was a fringe unregulated site. Yet, I’m now seeing the same rhetoric on mainstream social media.
A few days ago Ali Khamenei threatened women by announcing that if they take off their hijabs, they will be guilty of haram acts. After that, the commander of the police force threatened to identify and arrest the unveiled women. In response, Iranian women took off their hijabs and posted pictures of it on their social media pages. #WomanLifeFreedom
🧵I’ve said before that American evang. churches basically raise girls who are pre-groomed. I’ve attributed that to undue trust in men in the church and excessive suspicion of people outside of it (who could tell girls that what they’re experiencing is not healthy or normal).
Pastor Joel Osteen pays himself an annual salary of $54,000,000 from his church profits. He had a custom garage built with 20 car stalls for each of his custom vehicles. His favorite is a Ferrari 458 Italia that cost $270,000. He lives in a 70,000 sq ft mansion.
In the New Testament, four different times Jesus tells his followers to always pay their taxes. Why is it in the United States that churches don’t have to pay taxes? The IRS figures if all churches paid their fair share of 15% taxes that it would total over $2 trillion a year.
More than enough to solve the homelessness in this country, since it looks like these Pastors would rather spend your donations on New Cars instead of feeding the hungry.
@GOP Republican sponsor, Exxon, sent a letter saying “don’t cut our profits.” This a company that made nearly $200 MILLION in profit EVERY SINGLE DAY last quarter”… https://t.co/uRnJupOgId
Failing to see others as individuals capable of pain & suffering is the death of our social fabric. Whether encountering an unhoused person who's trying to survive, or an animal who's trying to live in a hostile world, we need more empathy for all. 🙏🏾
The Supreme Court is hearing a case today that could allow unions to be sued by companies when they go on strike for lost revenue.
This would be a huge hit to working class people. Good luck getting any benefits.
When Roe was overturned, Alabama AG Steve Marshall assured voters the state's abortion ban would never criminalize women.
This weekend, his office told a conservative reporter they plan to get around that promise by arresting women using a *different law* https://t.co/vSkKVw8UsS
@AmericanAir How does it minimize disruptions to not tell passengers about the issue until it time for boarding? Now we have checked a bag, gone through security, have a cancelled flight, and a 5+ hour wait in the airport with two young kids. No one said anything at the ticket counter.
@jdcskiponi @AmericanAir This. We checked at bag at 6:30AM EST before heading through security and the ticket agent and security staff said nothing about delays. Now the flight is canceled.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is experiencing a nationwide system outage that affects all airlines. We're closely monitoring the situation and working with the FAA to minimize customer disruptions.
When lawyers call this Supreme Court lawless, this is what we mean. They're hearing oral argument on a case seeking an advisory opinion... something we all agreed they couldn't do in the 1790s.
SHOCKER: A CNN analysis found white MAGA Republican men are overwhelmingly responsible for passing laws that require prison time as punishment for women who get abortions. These are the same men passing laws that arm domestic abusers. #thisisnotok https://t.co/cxqUEOq8qW
Today the Senate voted on my DISCLOSE Act to try to rid American democracy of dark special interest money. All 50 Democrats voted in favor, but not a single Republican joined us.