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John Yates<p>The most corrupt <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in history! The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FailedRobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailedRobertsCourt</span></a> The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SeditionistSix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditionistSix</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>The most corrupt <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in history! The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FailedRobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailedRobertsCourt</span></a> The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SeditionistSix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditionistSix</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
United States<p>Brazil’s President’s Eye-Opening Message To The American People Is Going Super Viral</p><p>Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is on trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 election loss with…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>’sSupremeCourt <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrazilianPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrazilianPresident</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gettyimages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gettyimages</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JairBolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JairBolsonaro</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/presidentdonaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidentdonaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/presidentoftheUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidentoftheUnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/presidenttrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidenttrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2264223/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2264223/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Justice Department Urges Dismissal Of Maryland Climate Lawsuits <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1211472/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1211472/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirEmissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanAirAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirAct</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateLawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateLawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exxonmobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exxonmobil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a></p>
Rolling Stone<p><strong>Trump and the Catholic Church Fight a Law Requiring Clergy to Report Child Abuse</strong></p> <p><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-catholic-church-child-abuse-law-clergy-priests-1235388032/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.roll</span><span class="invisible">ingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-catholic-church-child-abuse-law-clergy-priests-1235388032/</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>The most corrupt <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in history! The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FailedRobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailedRobertsCourt</span></a> The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SeditionistSix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditionistSix</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Climate<p>Justice Department Urges Dismissal Of Maryland Climate Lawsuits</p><p>Pam Bondi, US attorney general, center, and Todd Blanche, US deputy attorney general, during a news … More…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a>-Change <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/airemissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airemissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cleanairact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanairact</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/climatelawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatelawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oilandgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oilandgas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2261045/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2261045/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Crooks&Liars<p><a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/VennDiagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VennDiagram</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/CongressionalRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalRepublicans</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/CongressionalGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalGOP</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/PoliticalCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCartoon</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/EditorialCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EditorialCartoon</span></a>, @Rattoons1776</p><p><a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/venn-will-we-realize-theres-no-separation?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=104841" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/07/ven</span><span class="invisible">n-will-we-realize-theres-no-separation?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=104841</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"he went with his wife to a Philadelphia immigration office to have his lost green card replaced.</p><p>There... he was handcuffed by two officers, who led him away without explanation...</p><p>Leon’s name was not in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> 's online database of detainees...</p><p>unclear whether Leon ended up in that Central American country deliberately or by mistake. A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> ruling in June reopened the door to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admn’s efforts to deport <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> to countries that are not their home countries."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Court’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> R Trying to Tell <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> Something But look closer at the dissents &amp; it is evident that whatever their differences 3 liberals agree on overarching theme: They no longer C <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> playing by old game of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. Their dissents suggest anything but an assumption of business as usual. They R writing about majority unbound by law, its tiresome technicalities about majority that is no longer doing law as term has come to be understood. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/liberal-justice-dissent-opinions/683543/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/07/liberal-justice-dissent-opinions/683543/</span></a></p>
John Yates<p>The most corrupt <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> in history! The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FailedRobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailedRobertsCourt</span></a> The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SeditionistSix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditionistSix</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;U.S. border czar Tom Homan told Politico last week that once the U.S. deports an individual to a place like South Sudan, it doesn’t track their ongoing status or even what country they’ll be in a week later.&quot;</p><p>Speaking of &quot;pro-life&quot; Catholics, that&#39;s Homan&#39;s self-description, too.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;The prisoners were on the ground in Juba, the South Sudanese capital, one day later.</p><p>We have no way of knowing what will happen to these men now. The Trump administration claims it received assurances that they would not be tortured. But it has not disclosed what provisions it has taken, if any, to ensure that South Sudan’s government makes good on those assurances.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/18</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;On July 3, the Supreme Court handed down its final order vacating the lower court’s preliminary injunction and paving the way for their removal to South Sudan—due process, to determine whether this violates U.S. and international law barring torture, be damned.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Linda Chavez thinks that the decision of the &quot;pro-life&quot; Supreme Court&#39;s right-wing Catholic bloc to allow deportations to third-world countries should shock American consciences (the terms &quot;pro-life&quot; and &quot;right-wing Catholic bloc&quot; are my addition, not hers). </p><p>She writes,</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/16</p><p><a href="https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-conservative-supreme-courts-decision" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theunpopulist.net/p/the-conser</span><span class="invisible">vative-supreme-courts-decision</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The resistance to breakthroughs in recognizing the rights of minority communities that began with civil rights legislation according rights to people of color has expanded to bitter resistance among both evangelicals and the U.S. Catholic bishops to rights for women and LGBTQ people. This resistance is at the heart of the determination to dismantle democracy. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/15</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The media have focused largely on white evangelicals as the big force intent on replacing democracy with theocracy, but behind the scenes, the U.S. Catholic bishops, who have done everything they can to make it appear their hands are not dirty, have pulled the strings, using white evangelicals while avoiding media scrutiny.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/14</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>White evangelicals, who had never said a peep about the abortion issue and couldn&#39;t care less about it, became gung-ho in the anti-abortion cause, with the U.S. Catholic bishops quietly engineering this response behind the scenes — and assisting Leonard Leo in the stacking the Supreme Court with hard-right Opus Dei-leaning Catholics. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/13</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>That alliance has had fateful and lasting consequences. It led first to the formation of the Religious Right and eventually to MAGA and white Christian nationalism.</p><p>To make the Religious Right&#39;s crusade against the Democrats and human rights appear more morally acceptable than it was when it was born out of racism, the Catholic bishops focused on abortion.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/12</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The history that people concerned about the Supreme Court&#39;s destruction of democracy — destruction driven by theocratic ideas — need to know is the following:</p><p>When civil rights legislation was enacted by the Democrats in the 1960s, white evangelicals kicked and screamed. At this point, the US Catholic bishops allied themselves with white evangelicals.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OpusDei" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpusDei</span></a><br />/11</p>