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American Fascism on the March |
In light of the recent $1.6 million given to ultra-conservative Marble Freedom Trust, headed by Leonard Leo, Opus Dei operative (see yesterday’s Daily Meditation HERE), Robert Maguire, research director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, says that this donation “solidifies Leo as just an absolute gravitational force within the conservative political and legal world.” He adds: “He was already the man behind the scenes raising money for reshaping the American judiciary, and
this amount of money just takes it to a stratospheric level.” * |
Where did that $1.6 billion gift to Marble Freedom Trust come from and where has some of it already gone? It came from Barre Seid, a very
wealthy philanthropist for right wing causes and sole shareholder of Tripp Lite who it seems gave $20 million to George Mason University’s law school to rename it for former Supreme Court justice
| "Leonard Leo, The Most Powerful Person In America You’ve Never Heard Of." MSN |
Antonin Scalia in 2016. It turns out Leo Leonard coordinated that gift. Clearly, they are financial and philosophical
buddies. |
Already, Leo has funneled some of the money toward conservative organizations that have pushed false claims about election fraud and also more restrictive voting rules. The Marble Freedom’s administrative trustee is Tyler
Green, who was a former law clerk for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.
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Maguire summarizes the situation this way: “This group is emblematic of the corrosion and the breakdown of our campaign finance system” that gives “wealthy donors,
whether they be corporations or individuals, access and influence over the system far greater than any regular American can ever imagine.” * |
10 largest U.S. companies by revenue. Are these the “people” running our country? Wikimedia Commons | Surely that is the understatement of the century. But it is not accidental. That is what Chief Justice Roberts and his court, so many appointed by Leo (in league with Senator McConnell), set out to do. Remember how they instructed us every-day citizens that “corporations are people” and have every
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to spend their millions and billions on politics—and can do it out of a shadowy place of dark money? |
There seems to be a choice Americans can make: Either government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” or a government of corporations, by corporations, for corporations and their secret donors. In other words, fascism. The upcoming election holds grave consequences. Time to get out the vote, big time. |
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* See: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/politics/dark-money-donation-conservative-group-invs/index.html.
And https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/30/fascism-biden-trump-american-history See also: Matthew
Fox, “Opus Dei,” in Fox, The Pope’s War: Why Ratzinger’s Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved, pp. 106-144. Regarding yesterday’s banner image: We just want to clarify that Prophets of Rage is a musical group which is assuredly
anti-fascist. Guitarest Tom Morello stated to Rolling Stone: “We’re an elite task force of revolutionary musicians determined to confront this mountain of election year bull….” Banner image: “Italian Social Republic troops inspected by Luftwaffe
General Kurt Mälzer in Rome before deployment to the Anzio front.” (Not all fascists come in easily recognized guise.) Wikimedia Commons. |
Queries for Contemplation Are you committed still to working in whatever ways you can for a government that is “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? What can you do to get out the vote in spite of big money supporting voting suppression, white supremacy, and the rest? |
Responses are welcomed. To add your comment, please click HERE
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The Pope’s War: Why Ratzinger’s Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved The Pope’s War offers a provocative look at three decades of corruption in the Catholic Church, focusing on Josef Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. The final section in the book focuses on birthing a truly catholic christianity. Matthew Fox presents insights from his 12-year, up-close-and-personal battle with
Ratzinger, tracing the historical roots of degradation in the Church and offering a new way to understand why Benedict XVI is now mired in crisis as Pope. Fox then outlines his vision for a new Catholicism-one that is not Vatican-based but truly universal, celebrating critical thinking, diversity, and justice. “This book should be read by everybody,
not only for its ferocious courage, but also for its vision for what needs to be saved from the destructive forces that threaten authentic Christianity.” ~ Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope. | |
See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE
Join Matthew Fox in a 6-week virtual course on “Mystics, Mysticism and Ourselves as Mystic-Prophets,” hosted by Creation Spirituality Communities. Wednesdays, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14,
9/21, and 9/28, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox and Neil Douglas-Klotz for “The Aramaic Jesus and the Cosmic Christ: Enduring Lessons for a World in Confusion,” a live video conversation online, a
pre-launch event for the release of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, Sunday, September 11, 10:00am-11:15am PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox for the monthly Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Thursday, September 15, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. |
Matthew Fox, Caroline Myss, and Andrew Harvey offer a 3-part series of solo online lectures on “The Power of Truth, Wisdom, Choice Part 2” through the Sophia Institute in Charleston, SC. Wednesdays, September 21, 28, October 5, 3:00pm-4:30pm PT. Register HERE. Creation Spirituality in Conversation |
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