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EpiscoGrrl<p>I’m reading America’s Original Sin by <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/JimWallis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimWallis</span></a> for my church’s Reconciliation Book Group (<a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> ) and one sentence just jumped out at me: “Losing cultural battles was often the reason that the losers became slaves and the winners became masters.” (p. 75) </p><p>I’ve never quite understood why we can’t just let people live so long as they are not breaking our mutually agreed upon laws. Why are the “culture wars” so important to some people on the Right….and Left? Why are they “wars” at all? Why can’t immigrants maintain and celebrate traditions from the culture they were born into as well as celebrating and creating new traditions with the culture they have chosen? Why can’t the common culture of a community expand and grow to share new traditions and ideas built upon multiple cultural foundations? </p><p>It never really made sense to me.</p><p>Now, thanks to that sentence, it does. And my question becomes: How do I help others see past their fears to understand multiculturalism is not enslavement?</p>
EpiscoGrrl<p>I’m reading America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis for <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> this month and it has me wondering…how many white people have ever attended a majority Black church on a Sunday? 🤔</p>
Nonilex<p>It gets predictably worse:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a> is just one of several trailblazers whose name has been identified for possible removal from naval vessels. …they include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a>, the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> justice; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>], another Supreme Court justice, who became a feminist icon; </p><p>1/<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/navy-ships-harvey-milk-renamed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38D79453-1DC0-4D75-BF31-6387C3AEDEF0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/navy-ships-harvey-milk-renamed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38D79453-1DC0-4D75-BF31-6387C3AEDEF0</span></a></p>
EpiscoGrrl<p>The <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/June" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>June</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> we’re <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> for the Reconciliation Book Group (<a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>) is America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis (interestingly we read his False White Gospel in April). </p><p>I’m still in the Introduction of this book, so I don’t yet have much of an opinion on it. I can say that, so far, it’s been an uncomfortable read. I’ve also done a significant amount of highlighting. Part of me is also amused that I am reading it concurrently with Julian of Norwich (short text) and 2 chapters constituting an overview of Paul’s letters (Powell’s Introducing the Nee Testament) This week’s focus for <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/EfM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EfM</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/YearTwo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearTwo</span></a> is writing a spiritual (auto)biography for Paul. The confluence of all these texts is kind of fascinating. </p><p>You can find America’s Original Sin on Bookshop (please support my reading habit by using my affiliate link) at: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/13969/9781587434006" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/a/13969/978158743</span><span class="invisible">4006</span></a></p>
EpiscoGrrl<p>The <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/SacredGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredGround</span></a> groups at my church have started a book club rather appropriately called <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> which, in our case, stands for <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/ReconciliationBookGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReconciliationBookGroup</span></a> (as well as honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg). In April we are <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> the <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/FalseWhiteGospel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseWhiteGospel</span></a> by <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/JimWallis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimWallis</span></a> which is a troubling chronicle of American <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> as well as a (wake up) call to action for many Midwestern <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Episcopalians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Episcopalians</span></a> who still don’t understand the threat <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> poses to our faith, our communities, &amp; our <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> If you are a person of faith or just someone who wants to understand what’s at stake &amp; why the <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> model of the current regime is a bad idea for everyone, please read this book. <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/13969/9781250291899" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/a/13969/978125029</span><span class="invisible">1899</span></a> (yes, this is an affiliate link, by using it you help support <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/IndependentBookStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentBookStores</span></a> &amp; my reading habit. Thanks in advance!)</p>
Frank (he/him)"Resist like it's 1930s Germany"<br> "Silence = Death"<br> "Hiatory is Now"<br> "When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty"<br> I love these women, spotten on Market Street at the Hands Off protest this afternoon. 🙂<br> <br> More pics to come<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HandsOff?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Protest?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Philly?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philly</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SilenceEqualsDeath?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilenceEqualsDeath</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/justice?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LGBTQ?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LGBTQIA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TransIsBeautiful?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransIsBeautiful</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/transgender?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgender</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/trans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HumanRights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Resist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FuckTrump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckTrump</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RBG?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RBG</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/freedom?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FreedomFromFascism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomFromFascism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FirstAmendment?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FreedomOfSpeech?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfSpeech</a>
tbsprs<p>Thank you RBG 🥹 for what you did! 🐴🗡️</p><p>Radiolab: More Perfect: Sex Appeal<br><a href="https://radiolab.org/podcast/a5352dc848240b514d7a20f5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">radiolab.org/podcast/a5352dc84</span><span class="invisible">8240b514d7a20f5</span></a></p><p>Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourte</span><span class="invisible">enth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/equalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equalrights</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ammendment14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ammendment14</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/rbg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rbg</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span></p>
mem_somerville<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lace</span></a> segment that ran today is now available to view on the web.</p><p>My heart is broken that they showed only a smidge of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IpswichLace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IpswichLace</span></a> and didn't even say its name....sigh.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BobbinLace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobbinLace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Needlelace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Needlelace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IOLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IOLI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrishLace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishLace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idrija" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idrija</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TextileHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextileHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/weaving-a-fascination-for-lace/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/video/weaving-a-fa</span><span class="invisible">scination-for-lace/</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p>"Joe Biden had one job. And he failed"</p><p>Glad to see people with more clout and reach than me saying this out loud. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> are what happens when 'old school' and ego produce a child. Joe couldn't admit <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> was a disaster, Joe couldn't admit he screwed up <a href="https://toot.community/tags/UKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKR</span></a> by slow-walking aid. Joe couldn't accept <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MAGAmoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAmoron</span></a> lied as easily as he breathes. Joe was clueless about being played by <a href="https://toot.community/tags/netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netanyahu</span></a>. Bottom line, Joe was still living in the 60s, 70s and 80s.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/19/joe-biden-had-one-job-and-he-failed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/19/joe-biden-had-one-job-and-he-failed</span></a></p>
Frank (he/him)<p>March leader, getting the crowd eneegized, carries "Ruth Sent Us" and "Teach Banned Books" signs.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeoplesMarchPhilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesMarchPhilly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeoplesMarch2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesMarch2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeoplesMarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesMarch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBadeGinsberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBadeGinsberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p>"Joe Biden's Presidency Gave Us A Glimpse Of A Better Safety Net"</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> is the embodiment of the adage, "What have you done for me today?" Like <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>, Joe overstayed his welcome and caused harm and destruction to his body of work.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-safety-net-child-tax-credit_n_678ac8c3e4b0aa5a1d95c63f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-s</span><span class="invisible">afety-net-child-tax-credit_n_678ac8c3e4b0aa5a1d95c63f</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@DanBorisCreates" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DanBorisCreates</span></a></span> Another great cartoon Dan. I tried to donate to your Tip Jar (<a href="https://danielboris.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">danielboris.blogspot.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) but my credit card acted weird. I tipped either $0, $50 or $100. I'll know after I check with my bank. 🤦‍♂️ </p><p>How about a cartoon of <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Joe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joe</span></a> meeting <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> in heaven captioned, "We showed trump!"</p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p>With friends like <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>, who needs <a href="https://toot.community/tags/gqp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gqp</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MAGAmoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAmoron</span></a> to destroy the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p>
Operation Resuscitation: Democracy<p>Made my first zine! <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23zines" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zines</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rbg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rbg</a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>’s family bitterly opposed the ads. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a>’s granddaughter, Clara Spera, said in a statement in Oct that the family condemned the use of her grandmother’s name &amp; that doing so to “support Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, &amp; specifically to suggest that she would approve of his position on abortion, is nothing short of appalling.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RulingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RulingClass</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bourgeoisie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bourgeoisie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…On Thurs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> was revealed as the hidden funding source behind <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PAC</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> group that worked to elect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> but was named after the liberal jurist who despised him.</p><p>A trust belonging to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> was the sole funder of RBG PAC, which had not yet disclosed its donors before a filing late Thurs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The group…called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> PAC…came into existence only days ago, &amp; began to spend $20M on Fri in support of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, acc/to federal records. The group posted 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>-themed ads focused on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> that he would oppose a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBan</span></a>.</p><p>The group’s paperwork was signed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MayMailman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayMailman</span></a>, who worked in the WH &amp; who is now director of the *Independent Women’s* Law Center. She did not respond to a request for comment Fri.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s campaign has sought to toe the line on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> policy, aiming to appease his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fundamentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fundamentalist</span></a> base while simultaneously duping pro-choice voters, while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> has hit Trump hard on abortion, a key issue for voters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> herself publicly denounced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> in an interview w/the NYT prior to his first term. </p><p>“I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president," she said at the time. "For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>New ‘RBG PAC’ spending $19M from secret donors to aid Trump on abortion.</p><p>The Ginsburg family denounced the new <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a> PAC's use of the late justice's name and image as "nothing short of appalling."</p><p>“An affront to my late grandmother’s legacy," Clara Spera said in a statement.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE4.EHdl.nzAnKaoopQDd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE4.EHdl.nzAnKaoopQDd</span></a></p><p>Unbelievable. 🤯</p><p>Do these yokels actually believe ANYONE w/a working brain would blv Donald Trump is Ruth Bader Ginsburg's equal in ANY respect or on ANY topic, but <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>? <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a>? 🤣</p>