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Elaine Fisher

@elainefisher.bsky.social

Scholar of religion and the public sphere, in South Asia and around the globe. Bringing democracy and religion into dialogue.

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Map and list of cities hosting nationwide anti-Trump protests on Labor Day "Workers Over Billionaires" protests are set to take place in hundreds of cities across the country on September 1.

happy LABOR day weekend!

find your WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES protest!

almost 1000 planned in all 50 states and DC

www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit...

29.08.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
A person holding a protest sign that reads "WORKERS 1st NOT BILLIONAIRES" with silhouettes of raised fists along the bottom.

A person holding a protest sign that reads "WORKERS 1st NOT BILLIONAIRES" with silhouettes of raised fists along the bottom.

This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires.

Find an event near you: https://bit.ly/3Vm59ED

Don't see one in your area? Host your own! https://bit.ly/4oOLzhQ

29.08.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7
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Labor Day March Planned To Protest Trump And Possible National Guard Deployment Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday the Chicago Police Department has "strategically placed a plan" if President Donald Trump follows through on threats to deploy thousands of federal troops in the cit...

See you at a Labor Day rally and march in Chicago to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation.

27.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Don’t forget: Nationwide protest hosted by 50501 this Labor Day!

29.08.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1269    πŸ” 542    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 31
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This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest.

We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR

29.08.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2306    πŸ” 821    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 45

Helpful, thanks. I'll do this. But sadly, it does seem the language provides the option of termination "by NEH, if an award no longer effectuates the agency’s needs and priorities."

04.04.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And now, the latest in what the current administration is doing to demolish academic freedom.

03.04.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Federal employees have been ordered to respond to Elon Musk at the email hr@opm.gov. It would be very wrong if millions of people around the world abused that inbox by flooding it with nonsense β€” so please don’t do this. Copied from a friend.

25.02.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some great thoughts on here. Meidas Touch is the closest to what I'm talking about. But in addition to news, we need entertainment, to reach people who now distrust traditional news media. Carefully crafted to encourage new forms of engagement.

23.01.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Precisely.

23.01.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, it's terrifying, and this should have been done decades ago. But better late than never. Young men are only one MAGA demographic. We need to cultivate media personalities with takes that appeal to different interest groups. This is not a single solution; we need a think tank.

23.01.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will do.

23.01.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not even joking here, folks. If anyone has the infrastructure, I have no doubt we can find a team to create content. There are funding opportunities out there for ventures like this.

23.01.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So, who's going to start a pro-democracy media network along the lines of this one to reshape public anti-authoritarian culture? Does such a thing exist? If any org wants to do this, we scholars will help you connect to the best theorists of democracy, media, religion, etc. to make it happen.

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We just had this whole election cycle about how inflation is the unforgivable political sin, which no other widely felt benefit can counterbalance, and it’s discarded two days into the new administration.

22.01.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3723    πŸ” 937    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 56
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Christian nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it. The New Apostolic Reformation is "the greatest threat to US democracy you've never heard of."

For more: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

21.01.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Political Research Associates Founded in 1981, Political Research Associates (PRA) provides research, analysis, and strategic recommendations to understand and combat anti-democratic forces.…

We can expect leaders from the New Apostolic Reformation to be in DC for events around the Trump inauguration. Get caught up on this important movement that helped propel Trump's campaign, with this webinar staged by @praeyesright.bsky.social last Fall. vimeo.com/user104260549

15.01.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

"Tens of millions of believersβ€”about 40 percent of American Christians, including Catholics... are embracing an alluring, charismatic movement that has little use for religious pluralism, individual rights, or constitutional democracy."

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Seeking Buddha in Gaza | Lion’s Roar As a Buddhist, a Jew, and a supporter of the Palestinian people, religious scholar Linda Hess wears the checked Palestinian scarf called a keffiyeh and a blue Zen garment called a rakusu that symboliz...

Sharing the wise words of my dear colleague, Linda Hess, on her perspective on the suffering in Gaza. Absolutely worth a read; please share. www.lionsroar.com/seeking-budd...

16.01.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At the Texas Capitol, Christian worshippers are blessing the walls of a hearing room to protect lawmakers from spiritual forces and the β€œJezebel” spirit.

β€œPray for the fear of the Lord to come into this place,” says MercyCulture pastor Landon Schott.

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All right on. To add: an obsession with subheadings, which often contain only two or three paragraphs of identical length. Perfect citational formatting, with DOI, including a variety of web sources all mysteriously accessed on the same day.

22.12.2024 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Go scorched Earth on the satanic bureaucracy": Christian nationalists move to gut the constitution Trump gave control of the federal budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"

Finally these networks are getting media attention. Please share widely.

www.salon.com/2024/12/06/u...

06.12.2024 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See, this is all fun and games until Congress votes to allow blanket revocation of non-profit status. Be sure to call your senators and tell them to oppose H.R. 9495!

06.12.2024 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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