In this special episode of The Banter Roundtable Podcast, Ben, Bob, and Justin discuss the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to end Roe vs Wade. How bad is this for women around the country? What can be done about it? Also, Clarence Thomas wants to go after birth control next proving that the war on women is real and getting worse by the day. We also discuss the extraordinary Jan. 6th hearings, what they mean for potential criminal indictments, and why Matt Gaetz could be in big trouble.
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Members Only: Republicans Are Building Their Paramilitary Wing
The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are the rapidly organizing paramilitary wing of the Republican Party.
by Justin Rosario
In Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny,” you will find many useful lessons to both thwart the GOP’s incipient fascism and for resisting it if we fail. The one that stuck out the most for me was #6: Be Wary of Paramilitaries.
Snyder is referring to groups like the Nazi Brownshirts that work outside the law to sow fear and violence against their political enemies but are openly embraced and controlled by a political party. The GOP has been laying the groundwork for their Brownshirts for decades and is on the precipice of taking this important step on their path to true fascism.
You’d think we’d be talking about it a bit more… Continue reading here.
This Is Bad. Very, Very Bad.