Notices by Marv Clowder (marvclowder@mstdn.jp), page 2

@MisuseCase @HistoPol @Free_Press

The Pentagon’s assessment is based on a series of intelligence signals, including increased communication traffic among Iranian military commanders and allied militia leaders, as well as the movement of troops and military hardware. Satellite imagery has shown a buildup of missile launchers, drones, and artillery in strategic locations within Iran and neighbouring countries.

@MisuseCase @HistoPol @Free_Press

More at the link:

https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/world-news/pentagon-officials-warn-of-imminent-large-scale-attack-on-israel-by-iran-and-allies/

@MisuseCase @HistoPol @Free_Press

In response to the Pentagon’s warning, the United States has bolstered its military presence in the region. Additional naval assets have been deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean, and US bases in the Gulf have been placed on high alert. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirmed America’s commitment to Israel’s security, stating, “The US stands firmly with our ally Israel. We are prepared to assist in any necessary capacity to ensure their defense.

@LALegault @owen

@LALegault @owen

I wonder how long that thing will be on his ear...

https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/112810765782524450

@br00t4c

Texas resident is an idiot.

@br00t4c

"Dr." Sebastian Gorka is back!

Woot! (/s)

@ArenaCops

Yes. The saying is that they want to repeal the 20th century, but I think they'd really like to go further.

I say they want to turn the clock back to the 50's. The 1850's.

@WarnerCrocker

Open the spigots!

@WarnerCrocker

Charlie Pierce has determined that this court is irremediable.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a61429425/snyder-supreme-court-ruling/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/donald-trump-turning-point-usa-charlie-kirk-right-wing-extremism-our-land-david-corn/

His publishing house published a book in 2023 that, as Reason magazine put it, “advocates an ethnically uniform nation ruled by a ‘Christian prince’ with the power to punish blasphemy and false religion.

@br00t4c

"...The insurrectionists who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6 for Trump included Christian nationalists, members of right-wing militias, white supremacists, Confederate flag wavers, neo-Nazis, and others. In 2022, he supped with antisemite Kanye West and Hitler fanboy Nick Fuentes. He has repeatedly winked and nodded at the unhinged QAnon movement."

@br00t4c

"One of the most under-covered stories of the Trump era and the 2024 presidential campaign is Donald Trump’s relationship with far-right extremism. This has been going on for years. During the 2016 race, he hobnobbed with and praised conspiracy-monger Alex Jones and encouraged anti-Muslim hatred. A few months into his presidency, Trump hailed participants in the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville as “very fine people...”

@br00t4c

On Saturday, the Washington Post ran a piece on Russ Vought, a Christian nationalist who was budget chief when Trump was in the White House and who’s now a major player behind Project 2025. He’s in line to be Trump’s chief of staff, should the convicted felon return to power.

@br00t4c

[...]

Take Project 2025, the operation organized by the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing think tanks to develop a far-reaching agenda for a second Trump term that would grant him expanded powers to run an authoritarian-ish government in which he could order the prosecutions of his foes and critics and demand loyalty oaths from federal workers.

[...]

A recent poll found that 76 percent of voters said they had heard “a little” or “nothing” about Project 2025.

[...]

Trump is scheduled to appear this week at the so-called “People’s Convention,” a conference organized by Turning Point Action, a political action committee headed by Trump sycophant Charlie Kirk, who has recently come under fire for a series of racist remarks.

Speakers include David Barton, who, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, has “long promoted the idea, now widely popular among the religious right, that the Founding Fathers never intended the separation of church and state but instead sought to construct a Christian nation.”

[...]

A month after the “People’s Convention,” Kirk’s Turning Point USA is holding “The Believers Summit” in West Palm Beach, Florida, not far from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club. Its aim is to deploy “biblical truths” to “counteract ‘woke’ narratives” and “to facilitate a God-breathed transformation in our nation.”

...And then there’s Doug Wilson.

Wilson is a leading Christian nationalist on the right. In a 1996 monograph titled “Southern Slavery, As It Was” that he co-wrote, he observed, “Slavery as it existed in the South…was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence.”