Lucy Hamilton

They are in the US now. Never discount the power of money, strategy and time.

The media wants MAGA in the UK and Australia Too many legacy organisations and mainstream figures are working to make Farage's Reform and Hanson/Rinehart's One Nation into contenders for government.

The thing to watch is the Orr effect with Reform UK. The money & the goon squad were there. Orr has brought (ass) prof of divinity at Cambridge respectability to the project. No saying if it will work. Can’t judge prospects on now. Must look at who comes next. open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

Excellent thread.

#AusPol

I’m honoured. Thank-you

(I was raised Social Gospel-flavoured Catholic.)

EXTRA! NEWSLETTER fair.org E JANUARY 1, 1998 Media Moguls on Board Murdoch, Malone and the Cato Institute NORMAN SOLOMON f Share * Share ° Share Last fall, when News Corporation owner Rupert Murdoch joined the board of directors at the Cato Institute, the announcement went unreported in major media. Perhaps it seemed routine for one of the world's most powerful media moguls to take a leadership post at one of the most influential think tanks in Washington. At future meetings, Murdoch can count on rubbing elbows with his fellow media titan, John C. Malone-president and CEO of TeleCommunications Inc. (TCI), the largest U.S. cable operator—who has been on the Cato

2 notes.
(1) it took 50 years to turn abortion from a fringe Catholic issue & irrelevancy in the US to this moment where women who want to be pregnant are dying bc doctors are scared, other women being jailed.

(2) Murdoch was on Cato board in 90s.

Opus by Gareth Gore | Book A thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei — a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect — pushed its radical agenda within the Church and...

Worth watching this very conservative Catholic activity in #Auspol and amongst Murdoch-linked culture warriors.

I don’t know if any of them are Opus linked.
Read Gore’s investigation to see how much influence Opus has had on current shape of US, Supreme Court. scribepublications.com.au/books/opus

Menu ACTON INSTITUTE Alejandro A. Chafuen is Senior Executive Fellow at the Acton Institute. He was president and CEO of Atlas Network from 1991-2018 and is Chairman of the Board of the Chase Foundation of Virginia. A graduate of Grove City College and the Argentine Catholic University, Buenos Aires, he also holds a PhD in economics which he received under the mentorship of Dr. Hans Sennholz, a disciple of Ludwig von Mises.

Alejandro Chafuen @Chafuen X.com Celebrating St Josemaria's day putting in practice his teachings at @ActonInstitute University. "The spirit of Opus Dei, which I have tried to practice and to teach for more than thirty-five years now, has made me understand and love personal freedom." "I refer precisely to the personal freedom of every layman to take, in the light of principles given by the Church, all the concrete, theoretical or practical decisions which he considers most appropriate and most in agreement with his own personal convictions and aptitudes. For example, decisions referring to different philosophical or political views, to different artistic or cultural trends, or to the problems of professional and social life."

US news • This article is more than 1 year old Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings What is Project 2025 and what is Trump's involvement? Rachel Leingang and Stephanie Kirchgaessner Fri 26 Jul 2024 22.00 AEST < Share Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation president and the architect of Project 2025, the conservative thinktank's road map for a second Trump presidency, has close ties and receives regular spiritual guidance from an Opus Dei-led center in Washington DC, a hub of activity for the radical and secretive Catholic group.

An ultra conservative Catholic from Latin America with Opus connections was head of Atlas Network 1991-2018. Now Acton. Head of Heritage Foundation is also Opus linked.

scribepublications.com.au/books/opus

So the point is that a lot of what’s happening at One Nation is a Western (and broader) networked play. Holly Valance reworking her one-hit song for Pauline is also ex-wife of Reform UK treasurer billionaire.

Worth watching Opus Dei possible impact with *ultra* conservative Catholics big in Atlas.

Is "Bad Faith"'s Council for National Policy the Atlas Network's half-brother? The Council for National Policy is the ultra-secret body tracked in the documentary "Bad Faith." Are the Mont Pelerin Society fingerprints there just by chance?

*Heritage claimed to leave Atlas in 2021.

CNP is Council for National Policy

Me on how those two networks might be overlapping. (I think it’s just key individuals network their networks.)
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CNP Doco 🏆
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Acton Institute is Atlas Network partner dedicated to overcoming libertarianism’s libertine trends by putting the religious virtue back into capitalist society. Leadership Institute, Heritage* & Federalist Society are both Atlas partners and Christofascist CNP.

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1 of 108 TIP OF THE ICEBERG Religious Extremist Funders against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe 2009 - 2018 500 EURO 2000 S

Page 15 of the report linked in the next post in the thread looking at the main US Christian Right funders in Europe.

This report from the EU parliament looked into the giant 💰 coming from the US (on top of local & Russian) to strip LGBTQIA Europeans of rights, equality. Anti-MAGA Atlas Network partner Cato Institute is listed. Koch etc.
Breeding key to those scared of “race suicide” 🙄 => 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ & 🚺 in the sights.

Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that Zoe Williams ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain Thu 16 Oct 2025 18.00 AEDT < Share OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Choose Pregnan 1O MILLION

• This article is more than 8 years old How Cory Bernardi was inspired to push climate denial from US conservative groups Graham Readfearn Climate science denial group the Heartland Institute helped inspire Cory Bernardi and Malcolm Roberts to push back against policies to cut emissions Tue 7 Feb 2017 16.20 AEDT < Share 335

Farage has picked up anti abortion mission. Lots of US 💰 for those willing to fight women’s autonomy, make into breeding stock. Misogyny is as popular on the far right as “race” and “culture” bigotry. Bernardi was trained by Atlas Network partner Heartland Institute on climate denial. (Gina 💰 @ ON?)

🧵Two Rad Trad Catholics have joined One Nation. Bernie Finn (fmr Vic Lib til his extreme positions including abolition of abortion => kicked out). Cory Bernardi is anti abortion (it’s “pro death”) & has said marriage equality would lead to polygamy & bestiality. Targets Islam. Compare Farage #Auspol

That wordplay 🤣

What is Opus Dei, and why is it so controversial — both in and out of the Catholic Church? While the group is known for its secrecy, Four Corners' latest report is far from the first time it has appeared in the headlines.

Finn & Bernardi are ultra conservative Catholics. (I was raised social gospel Catholic.) someone needs to investigate links to Opus Dei.

Always interesting to see how many Google pages to hit the 😳 stuff. What does a cleanse cost?

www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01...

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Possibly. Good chance his ultra-reactionary ideology thinks he’s found the path that will strip modern plurality of its gains. Women’s healthcare & equality. LGBTQIA rights. Euthanasia. So much to roll back if only he could find the right vehicle.

Married until recently to Holly Valance 🤢 who just re-tooled her only hit for Porline. Never think this isn’t transnational.

You’ve been one of the good guys since forever. I would never read insults into your posts. 💜

It’s devastating to watch the most sociopathic people deny our kids a future that’s not filled with hardship.

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

#ClimateCriminals
#ClimateNuremberg

"How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it."

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…looks like that posse are trying to use One Nation to become their ACT Party. It will be interesting to see if Hastie or Price goes over. (Can’t see the most obvious Atlas plants - aside from Price - in #Auspol Wilson & Paterson gambling on ON.)

Luckily for Australia, the Atlas Network partner efforts to turn into parties in #Auspol hasn’t worked yet. Obvs integrated into Libs but the more radical the Atlas end has become, the worse the Libs do. Lib-Dem-> Libertarian projects are direct efforts by MPS/Atlas operative. Ltd traction. It…

This indifference or enthusiasm for sexual violence is a cultural pathology born of misogyny, not a peculiar or unique degeneracy of the rich. You know people who have responded to rape like that.

To Catch A Fascist: An Interview with Christopher Mathias - It Could Happen Here | iHeart <p>Molly interviews Christopher Mathias about his new book, <em>To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right</em>. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their pr...

This is an excellent interview. Fascinating US stories of how dedicated volunteers do their best to keep Nazis from gaining strength. Research, exposure, training & community. Anyone telling you anti fascists are the bad guy is a fascist or conned by one.

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That’s the first time I’ve heard that phrasing 🤣

YouTube video by The West Report *Exclusive* UN Commissioner “President Herzog should be arrested" | The West Report

#auspol #Herzog

Michael West is joined by Chris Sidoti, international human rights lawyer and current member of the UN Independent Commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to discuss an extraordinary legal and diplomatic flashpoint facing Australia.

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Phew! I hate to make people feel pressured.

Thanks! Note the column lists Malcolm Roberts as well.

Bernardi as well! Great find Lucy.