Showing posts with label states' rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label states' rights. Show all posts

Monday, October 13, 2025

Weekly Roundup: Everyone Who Opposes Trump is Antifa + MAGA Christians Are Being Visited by Charlie Kirk (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

What happens when political language becomes so distorted that anyone opposing Donald Trump is branded as “lawless,” “Antifa,” or even an “insurrectionist”? In this episode, Brad and Dan unpack how these labels have become empty signifiers… tools for dismissing dissent and consolidating power under what they call the “rule of Trump.”

They break down recent Senate hearings, including Pam Bondi’s heated appearance, as a case study in this rhetorical shift. The hosts examine how religious and constitutional language are being weaponized to legitimize political actions and blur the line between patriotism and partisanship.

Brad and Dan also reflect on the murder of Charlie Kirk and the troubling way his image is being used for both political and theological capital. The conversation turns to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s call for state resistance to federal overreach, prompting a deeper look at how “states’ rights” has evolved (and been repurposed) throughout American history.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for

According to many of these writers, the statues were never designed to tell the truth about the Civil War. Instead, the monuments were built to enshrine the the myth of the "Lost Cause," the false claim that white Southerners nobly fought for states' rights – and not to preserve slavery...

Thursday, July 21, 2022

This Court Has Revealed Conservative Originalism to Be a Hollow Shell

"Alito's account of "history and tradition" ignores the most salient aspect of the Fourteenth Amendment's history: the horrific abuses that led the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment to push through changes to the Constitution to broadly guarantee the protection of substantive fundamental rights. The through line from the abolitionist critiques of slavery to the debates over the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments was the idea that slavery was built on the denial of bodily integrity, coerced reproduction and the rape of enslaved women, and the tearing apart of Black families. Alito's sweeping condemnation of unenumerated fundamental rights ignores the fact that the Fourteenth Amendment sought to guarantee rights to bodily integrity and to marry and raise a family, and the right to decide for oneself whether, when, and with whom to form a family."


Friday, July 1, 2022

Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to block patients from crossing state lines - The Washington Post

In a statement Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe "does not eliminate the ability of states to keep abortion legal within their borders. And the Constitution continues to restrict states' authority to ban reproductive services provided outside their borders."…


Saturday, September 21, 2019

McConnell’s wife undermines ENTIRE Republican Party in stunning move

BREAKING: Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell’s wife and Trump’s Transportation Secretary, just undermined the entire Republican platform in a stunning moment.....
https://youtu.be/EgoThiHCR-I

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Another Right-Wing Insurgency Is Gathering Force In The West -- BuzzFeed News

In the tiny town of Paradise, Montana, rancher Cliven Bundy offered few specifics as to the future of his movement. Instead, he preached his particular form of anti–federal government gospel — and readied his followers for whatever comes next.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/another-right-wing-insurgency-is-gathering-force-in-the-west

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Monday, September 25, 2017

Conservatives and the Rotten Smell of States' Rights - Bloomberg

"We absolutely cannot trust our own state legislature to be sensitive to the health care and insurance needs of our people," said former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, a Democrat, in an email. "They will take this money and enrich the insurance industry and health care providers or, worse, divert the money to non-health-related purposes. Our totally Republican-controlled legislature has a long history of this behavior."
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-09-23/conservatives-and-the-rotten-smell-of-states-rights

Friday, January 20, 2017

Scott Pruitt is a champion for states’ rights — unless they want to strengthen environmental… (ThinkProgress.org)

Scott Pruitt is a champion for states' rights — unless they want to strengthen environmental protection In his confirmation hearing for EPA administrator, he would not commit to letting California set its own emissions standards for automobiles. ...
https://thinkprogress.org/scott-pruitt-california-waiver-states-rights-edec1ee07cea#.gh022yxz7







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