Notices by Joshua Holland (joshuaholland@mastodon.social), page 7

Right-wingers are just profoundly weird people.

"Gendreau has cited the writings of a "Doomsday Prophet," Jonathan Cahn, as a justification for banning rainbow pride displays in town, as Cahn argues they are secret symbols of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar."

https://www.rawstory.com/new-hampshire-pride-mural/

#lgbtq #fascism

It’s an odd-numbered year. Make sure you go vote. Most people won’t, but a lot of those who watch Newsmax all day will. #elections #democracy

Two things are true:

There's been an explosion of really vile #antisemitism, some coming from pro-Palestinian protesters. It's terrifying.

Calls for a ceasefire and condemnation of Palestinian civilian deaths are being labeled antisemitism, even when they come from Jews. It's slanderous.

These things feed into each other.

It's a terrible time to be a pro-Palestinian, anti-occupation Jew. We're really getting hit from all sides right now.

#israel #gaza

These are the last words at the bottom of a 42-graph story abt anti-choice messaging in OH:

“Despite coaching the students under her to take a moderate view while out campaigning, she is not for legislative compromise.

“We still have a lot of work to be done. We will not stop fighting until #abortion is inaccessible everywhere,” she said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/29/ohio-issue-1-election-abortion/
#media #ohioissue1

A friend of mine is having a hard time wrapping his head around the fact that a lot of white Evangelicals are both personally antisemitic and also staunch supporters of #Israel.

The #antisemitism directed at American Jews isn't only vile but it's also totally misplaced. Overwhelming majorities of us oppose settlements and favor the creation of a Palestinian state. Most of us hate Bibi and this Israeli gov. Israel ranks as our 10th most important issue, out of 14, in J Street polling.

It's fucking maddening. But I guess it's always the case that "dumb bigot" is redundant.

Another day in MAGAland...

"Nevada man arrested after making threats to U.S. Senator"

Senator's name was withheld but given that he spewed a bunch of antisemitic crap, it's no doubt Jacky Rosen.

"'Be looking over your shoulder': #MAGA man arrested for threats against Fani Willis"

#fascism #gop #stochasticterror

https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevada-man-arrested-after-making-threats-to-us-senator-united-states-courthouse-las-vegas-assault-kidnap-criminal-complaint

https://www.rawstory.com/fani-willis-maga-trump-threats/?utm_source=push_notifications

Violent crowd stormed an airport in Dagestan trying to find the Jews after a flight from Israel landed there.

Seems we've hit the Caucasus pogroms stage of this clusterfuck.

So glad my great grandmother crossed the tundra pulling carrots from the frozen ground and got the fuck out of there.

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-mob-storms-dagestan-airport-in-search-for-israelis/a-67250774

#antisemitism #israel #palestine #gaza

Mike Pence dropping out of the race reminds me that Mike Pence was in the race for some reason.

Massive anti-war protests being largely ignored by the legacy media is giving me a really powerful sense of deja vu.

Progressive Jews and Muslims have the most nuanced, historically grounded and empathetic views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by far, but our voices are almost entirely drowned out by reactionaries on both sides. It’s so frustrating.

Hell, in the US media at least, there are no Muslims on the left. They don’t exist. There are only Islamic fundamentalists, or Islamists, and “moderate Muslims.”

#israel #palestine #islam #judaism

Just take note of how little national coverage thousands of Jews shutting down Grand Central Station to demand a ceasefire gets tomorrow.

Younger people may be surprised to learn that tens of millions protested the invasion of Iraq and the press basically ignored it.

We're witnessing a rapid and entirely predictable expansion of the definition of "supporting terrorism," which now includes calling for de-escalation in #Gaza or deploring the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

The NYT described the GOP’s new #Speaker candidate, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, as “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections.”

Most people have never heard of him but 3/4 of those who voted to overturn the election said that they “relied on [his] arguments.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/politics/republican-election-objectors.html

#j6 #gop #maga

Poll finds 86% of Israeli Jews "said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership" and 56% think Bibi should resign after the conflict ends.

Guessing that's not quite the rally-around-the-flag effect he was hoping for.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767880

#israel #hamas #gaza #Netanyahu

I don't claim to be a military expert, but it's hard to see how flattening the Northern half of Gaza is going to increase those hostages' chances of getting out alive. I guess you can't make an omelette...

One can forcefully denounce the horrific attacks on civilians and reject claims that this was "completely unprovoked."

Relentless settler violence, attacks on Al Aqsa and hundreds of dead Palestinians don't get much coverage but all of that's put pressure on Hamas to act.

More to the point, bringing parties that represent the most extreme, violent and messianic factions of Israeli society into the governing coalition was all-but-guaranteed to result in a lot of bloodshed on both sides.

A man in a #MAGA hat shot a Native American protester before fleeing in a Tesla.

It was the second time someone protesting a statue of bloodthirsty conquistador Juan de Oñate was shot. Prosecutors dropped charges in a plea deal the last time.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/man-shot-during-juan-de-o-ate-statue-rally-in-espa-ola/article_946dcd3c-5e2d-11ee-9363-97e4e793df8a.html

#fascism

This is so enraging.

In May, they cut a deal on spending levels to keep the #GOP from pushing us into default, Republicans are now refusing to honor that deal and reporters rarely mention that key fact. And now they're telling us that voters want the parties to cut a deal. Fuckinng Hell.

#media #maga