Steven Saus [he/him] @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

From 16 May: The Supreme Court Basically Just Handed Ted Cruz Half a Million Dollars (and Also Legalized Political Bribery) - The Supreme Court took a short break from robbing us of our reproductive rights today to make the c... https://www.themarysue.com/supreme-court-ted-cruz-bribery-laws/ #big-on-the-internet #bribery #corruption #politics #u.s.-supreme-court

From 16 May: Violent Far-Right Extremism Is Fueling Mass Shootings in America - The massacre at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday that left 10 people dead and three others injured ... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/buffalo-mass-shooting-extremism-guns-replacement-theory-racism/ #crime-and-justice #donald-trump #extremism #fox-news #guns #mass-shooting #politics #racism #republicans

From 16 May: Helen Keller Was a “Firebrand” Socialist (or How History Whitewashed Her Political Life) - We expect that histories of famous figures will prune their lives, sand down rough edges, re... https://www.openculture.com/2022/05/helen-keller-was-a-firebrand-socialist-or-how-history-whitewashed-her-political-life.html #history #politics

From 29 Apr: Political Insights Gleaned in a Waiting Room - It’s easy to see the single biggest problem in our politics - and even harder to see a way past it. https://ideatrash.net/2022/04/political-insights-gleaned-in-a-waiting-room.html #politics #society #uspol

From 24 Feb: You Will Know A Bigot By Their Works (Texas Edition) - You do not get to legislate whether someone gets to exist as themselves. https://ideatrash.net/2022/02/you-will-know-a-bigot-by-their-works-texas-edition.html #bigot #discrimination #diversity #politics #bigots #lgtbqia+ #uspol

From 21 Feb: Ivermectin fails another COVID trial as study links use to GOP politics - Enlarge / Tablets of ivermectin.Getty Nurphoto The antiparasitic drug ivermec... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/ivermectin-fails-another-covid-trial-as-study-links-use-to-gop-politics/ #clinical-trial #covid-19 #infectious-disease #ivermectin #partisan #politics #public-health #republican #science

From 11 Feb: Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram - Before dawn on January 30, Regina Anne Bateson, a resident of Ottawa, Canada, loaded her skis into h... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/exclusive-white-nationalists-and-anti-vax-moms-plot-ottawa-copycat-convoys-on-telegram/ #coronavirus #extremism #politics

From 21 Jan: Real-World Framing (feat. anti-Vaxxers) - he words used matter. They can change the way you think about something. And it can be really, really subtle. https://ideatrash.net/2022/01/real-world-framing-feat-anti-vaxxers.html #health #sociology #covid-19 #linguistics #politics

From 13 Jan: The Coming Coup: How Republicans Are Laying the Groundwork to Steal Future Elections - A week before the ninth anniversary of her son’s murder, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) discovered that Re... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/how-republicans-are-taking-over-election-system-big-lie/ #politics #voting-rights

From 11 Jan: Donald Trump Invites QAnon Backer to Speak at His Upcoming Rally - As part of his I-ain’t-going-away campaign, Donald Trump will hold a rally in Florence, Arizon... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/donald-trump-mark-finchem-qanon-big-lie-arizona-rally/ #2020-elections #2022-elections #conspiracy-theories #donald-trump #politics

From 12 Jan: Toni Morrison Lists the 10 Steps That Lead Countries to Fascism (1995) - Image by Angela Radulescu, via Wikimedia Commons The term fascism gets thrown around a great deal t... https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni-morrison-lists-the-10-steps-that-lead-to-fascism.html #history #literature #politics

From 12 Jan: Toni Morrison Lists the 10 Steps That Lead to Fascism: From Constructing an Enemy, to Maintaining Silence at All Costs - Image by Angela Radulescu, via Wikimedia Commons The term fascism gets thrown around a great deal t... https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/toni-morrison-lists-the-10-steps-that-lead-to-fascism.html #history #literature #politics

From 10 Jan: Despite Claiming He Had “Nothing To Hide,” Jim Jordan Now Refusing To Cooperate With Jan 6 Panel - Despite saying just a few months ago that he had “nothing to hide,” Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has ... https://www.themarysue.com/jim-jordan-jan-6-refusing-to-cooperate/ #amp-featured #capitol-riots #jim-jordan #politics

From 17 Nov: Paul Gosar Is Why Censure Exists - On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and s... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/paul-gosar-is-why-censure-exists/ #capitol-insurrection #congress #politics #republicans #the-right

From 17 Nov: New Revelations Emerge on How Donald Trump Killed 400,000 (or More) Americans - Editor’s note: This essay from David Corn first appeared in his new newsletter, This Land.&nbsp... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/new-revelations-emerge-on-how-donald-trump-killed-400000-coronavirus-pandemic/ #coronavirus #donald-trump #politics

From 14 Oct: Sometimes It’s Just Bad People - Sometimes when you can’t explain why someone would do a bad thing, the explanation is just too simple. https://ideatrash.net/2021/10/sometimes-its-just-bad-people.html #society #sociology #abortion #economics #motivation #politics #stealthing

From 02 Sep: They Told You They Were A Snake - It’s buck wild that the GOP turned Texas into a vigilante police state, and there’s still people pretending it’s okay to be a Republican. https://ideatrash.net/2021/09/they-told-you-they-were-a-snake.html #bigot #politics #democrat #gop #politicians #republican

From 20 Jul: When Rage Against the Machine Interviewed Noam Chomsky (1999) - “The first great [economic] experiment was a ‘bad idea’ for the subjects,... https://www.openculture.com/2021/07/when-rage-against-the-machine-interviewed-noam-chomsky-1999.html #music #politics

From 28 Jun: Toyota Has a Garbage Explanation for Being #1 Donor to Republicans Who Helped Incite the Capitol Riot - According to a report from Axios, Toyota has donated tens of thousands of dollars this year t... http://web.archive.org/web/20210628233427/https://www.themarysue.com/toyota-capitol-riot-gop-donations/ #capitol-riots #news #politics #toyota

From 27 May: REMEMBERING THEIR SACRIFICE TO TRIGGER A LIB: MEMORIAL DAY - I admit it. This meme triggered this “lib“. But not for the reasons it thinks it did. https://ideatrash.net/2021/05/remembering-their-sacrifice-to-trigger-a-lib-memorial-day.html #politics #veterans #memorial-day #soldiers