What do you suppose the odds are

Of getting them to stop coercive and even mandatory religion forced on members of the military if this “warrior” peacock is approved?

This story from the Idaho Capital Sun seems significant: "Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy."

Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) 2024-11-26T15:52:39.291Z

Predictably scary

Joyce Carol Oates on Twitter:

A friend who has evangelical Christian relatives reports that these people–(who are truly “nice” people)–absolutely loathe Kamala Harris & Joe Biden; when she asks why, they reply that Harris & Biden are traitors, & belong in prison. It isn’t that evangelical viewers of Fox News dislike Democrats, they positively, viscerally hate them. we don’t quite realize the degree of conditioning rightwing propaganda has exerted on a large portion of the population. These people do believe in literal devils & are convinced that Democrats “are” devils. Sorry to say, I can imagine them vehemently agreeing that “traitors” should be executed–they would fully support T***p if he started executing his enemies.

Women fighting back

I used to work at Penn’s International House, and I remember how smart and stylish Iranian women were before the revolution. I gotta tell you, this woman is so fucking brave. She will be imprisoned, tortured, and possibly killed.

And this is what happens when you sleep on fascism. Almost overnight, women went from independent living and careers to women who were encased in ancient tribal wear and not permitted to drive.

Freedom of conscience