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May 6, 2022
https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/the-mallory-mcmorrow-fallacy
Mallory McMorrow is having a moment. The Michigan legislator made a short speech assailing a fellow legislator who had accused her in a fundraising email of “grooming and sexualizing” kindergartners, which was subsequently viewed millions of times on McMorrow’s Twitter feed. Her message, delivered with some well-chosen personal touches, boiled down to: stand up to hate. The speech was rapturously received in Democratic circles, particularly among activists and Democratic-leaning pundits. One went so far as to compare McMorrow to Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel. And many asserted that here, finally, was a blueprint for an effective Democratic midterm strategy.
Democrats should contain their enthusiasm. When you think about it, what McMorrow is recommending is basically what Democrats have already been doing—calling out their opponents for being hateful, bigoted and/or racist—but doing it more loudly and unequivocally. The idea here seems to be that a message’s effectiveness is directly proportional to the vigor with which it is asserted. This is a fallacy. If a message has underlying weaknesses and fails to connect to significant and real voter concerns, it will not become more effective by simply increasing the volume. The weaknesses will still be there and voters’ concerns will not magically go away.
Terry McAuliffe discovered this in his Virginia gubernatorial campaign where he steadily increased the volume on his characterization of Glenn Youngkin’s rhetoric and policies as racist and got nowhere. Voters’ concerns about what was going on in education and the schools were not adequately addressed by the enhanced decibel level.
Similarly, the Florida Parental Rights in Education bill, which is an important part of the background for McMorrow’s speech, has not lacked for high volume denunciations and linked accusations of hatred and bigotry. Yet Florida governor Ron DeSantis is more popular than ever. Polls have shown that some parts of the law are well-received by voters in general. The fact is that there are real issues in Florida and nationwide about whether gender fluidity is an appropriate topic for school children, particularly young children, and about parental involvement in education, especially what can and cannot be kept secret from parents—issues that may be poorly addressed by the Florida bill, but are issues nonetheless.
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The Mallory McMorrow Fallacy
https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/the-mallory-mcmorrow-fallacy
Mallory McMorrow is having a moment. The Michigan legislator made a short speech assailing a fellow legislator who had accused her in a fundraising email of “grooming and sexualizing” kindergartners, which was subsequently viewed millions of times on McMorrow’s Twitter feed. Her message, delivered with some well-chosen personal touches, boiled down to: stand up to hate. The speech was rapturously received in Democratic circles, particularly among activists and Democratic-leaning pundits. One went so far as to compare McMorrow to Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel. And many asserted that here, finally, was a blueprint for an effective Democratic midterm strategy.
Democrats should contain their enthusiasm. When you think about it, what McMorrow is recommending is basically what Democrats have already been doing—calling out their opponents for being hateful, bigoted and/or racist—but doing it more loudly and unequivocally. The idea here seems to be that a message’s effectiveness is directly proportional to the vigor with which it is asserted. This is a fallacy. If a message has underlying weaknesses and fails to connect to significant and real voter concerns, it will not become more effective by simply increasing the volume. The weaknesses will still be there and voters’ concerns will not magically go away.
Terry McAuliffe discovered this in his Virginia gubernatorial campaign where he steadily increased the volume on his characterization of Glenn Youngkin’s rhetoric and policies as racist and got nowhere. Voters’ concerns about what was going on in education and the schools were not adequately addressed by the enhanced decibel level.
Similarly, the Florida Parental Rights in Education bill, which is an important part of the background for McMorrow’s speech, has not lacked for high volume denunciations and linked accusations of hatred and bigotry. Yet Florida governor Ron DeSantis is more popular than ever. Polls have shown that some parts of the law are well-received by voters in general. The fact is that there are real issues in Florida and nationwide about whether gender fluidity is an appropriate topic for school children, particularly young children, and about parental involvement in education, especially what can and cannot be kept secret from parents—issues that may be poorly addressed by the Florida bill, but are issues nonetheless.
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May 5, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-coming-world-order
The war in Ukraine is part of the struggle for a new world order. Russia and China are openly challenging the Pax Americana. But what the next world order will look like remains an open question.
In Moscow and Beijing, but also in Washington, the model of a multipolar concert of the great powers, with exclusive zones of influence, is finding support. Despite a growing unwillingness to play the role of world policeman, however, the majority of Americans have not yet abandoned the unipolar, American, liberal world order. And there is still support, not only in China, for the Westphalian model with its emphasis on nation-state sovereignty and its condemnation of post-colonial meddling in internal affairs.
These three models envisage very different ground rules. Who is authorised to use force—all states, only the strongest or only the hegemonic power? Does the law of the strongest apply or the strength of the law? Is there a historical ideal (such as liberal democracy and a market economy) towards which all states will (or should) develop, or are there multiple modernities with competing political systems and cultural civilisations which can coexist more or less peacefully? Will there be a global showdown between an alliance of democracies and the ‘axis of autocrats’? Or is the price of peace giving up on implementing universal human rights?
Which of these models will prevail—or from what precise mixture of old and new elements the new world order will emerge—will determine not only war and peace but also what the global energy, production, distribution and finance systems of the future look like.
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The coming world order
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the world order—and with it the energy, production, distribution and finance systems.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-coming-world-order
The war in Ukraine is part of the struggle for a new world order. Russia and China are openly challenging the Pax Americana. But what the next world order will look like remains an open question.
In Moscow and Beijing, but also in Washington, the model of a multipolar concert of the great powers, with exclusive zones of influence, is finding support. Despite a growing unwillingness to play the role of world policeman, however, the majority of Americans have not yet abandoned the unipolar, American, liberal world order. And there is still support, not only in China, for the Westphalian model with its emphasis on nation-state sovereignty and its condemnation of post-colonial meddling in internal affairs.
These three models envisage very different ground rules. Who is authorised to use force—all states, only the strongest or only the hegemonic power? Does the law of the strongest apply or the strength of the law? Is there a historical ideal (such as liberal democracy and a market economy) towards which all states will (or should) develop, or are there multiple modernities with competing political systems and cultural civilisations which can coexist more or less peacefully? Will there be a global showdown between an alliance of democracies and the ‘axis of autocrats’? Or is the price of peace giving up on implementing universal human rights?
Which of these models will prevail—or from what precise mixture of old and new elements the new world order will emerge—will determine not only war and peace but also what the global energy, production, distribution and finance systems of the future look like.
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May 5, 2022
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-long-shadow-of-market-fundamentalism
On May 4th 1979, Margaret Thatcher entered 10 Downing Street in London as British prime minister. The time had finally come to put into practice her political philosophy, prioritising private interests and markets over society and the state. As she had put it 11 years earlier in the wake of the May ’68 explosions, ‘the way to get personal involvement and participation is not for people to take part in more and more government decisions but to make the government reduce the area of decision over which it presides’.
Her words found an echo across the Atlantic on January 20th 1981. In his inauguration speech as United States president, Ronald Reagan said: ‘It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.’
The elections of Thatcher and Reagan marked the definitive affirmation in western democracies of neoliberalism, an ideology which gained traction in response to the crises of the 1970s and the long series of economic shocks which progressively unsettled the postwar policy consensus, around Keynesian demand management, and triggered political strife. Part of the reason for the neoliberal takeover was the striking simplicity of its core message: everything has a price and, if markets are freed to determine that price, prosperity and social harmony will follow.
Bretton Woods institutions
This vision, which entailed a shrinkage of government economic activity through privatisation and fiscal austerity but also inflation targeting and tight monetary policy, was extended to the postwar Bretton Woods institution—the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund—headquartered in Washington. The debt crisis of the early 1980s triggered substantial loss of policy autonomy for developing countries obliged to seek help: if they wanted further aid, they had to accept the ‘Washington consensus’. Western capitalist economies, which held the lion’s share of votes on the boards of these institutions, were consequently strengthened.
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The long shadow of market fundamentalism
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-long-shadow-of-market-fundamentalism
On May 4th 1979, Margaret Thatcher entered 10 Downing Street in London as British prime minister. The time had finally come to put into practice her political philosophy, prioritising private interests and markets over society and the state. As she had put it 11 years earlier in the wake of the May ’68 explosions, ‘the way to get personal involvement and participation is not for people to take part in more and more government decisions but to make the government reduce the area of decision over which it presides’.
Her words found an echo across the Atlantic on January 20th 1981. In his inauguration speech as United States president, Ronald Reagan said: ‘It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.’
The elections of Thatcher and Reagan marked the definitive affirmation in western democracies of neoliberalism, an ideology which gained traction in response to the crises of the 1970s and the long series of economic shocks which progressively unsettled the postwar policy consensus, around Keynesian demand management, and triggered political strife. Part of the reason for the neoliberal takeover was the striking simplicity of its core message: everything has a price and, if markets are freed to determine that price, prosperity and social harmony will follow.
Bretton Woods institutions
This vision, which entailed a shrinkage of government economic activity through privatisation and fiscal austerity but also inflation targeting and tight monetary policy, was extended to the postwar Bretton Woods institution—the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund—headquartered in Washington. The debt crisis of the early 1980s triggered substantial loss of policy autonomy for developing countries obliged to seek help: if they wanted further aid, they had to accept the ‘Washington consensus’. Western capitalist economies, which held the lion’s share of votes on the boards of these institutions, were consequently strengthened.
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May 5, 2022
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-long-shadow-of-market-fundamentalism
On May 4th 1979, Margaret Thatcher entered 10 Downing Street in London as British prime minister. The time had finally come to put into practice her political philosophy, prioritising private interests and markets over society and the state. As she had put it 11 years earlier in the wake of the May ’68 explosions, ‘the way to get personal involvement and participation is not for people to take part in more and more government decisions but to make the government reduce the area of decision over which it presides’.
Her words found an echo across the Atlantic on January 20th 1981. In his inauguration speech as United States president, Ronald Reagan said: ‘It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.’
The elections of Thatcher and Reagan marked the definitive affirmation in western democracies of neoliberalism, an ideology which gained traction in response to the crises of the 1970s and the long series of economic shocks which progressively unsettled the postwar policy consensus, around Keynesian demand management, and triggered political strife. Part of the reason for the neoliberal takeover was the striking simplicity of its core message: everything has a price and, if markets are freed to determine that price, prosperity and social harmony will follow.
Bretton Woods institutions
This vision, which entailed a shrinkage of government economic activity through privatisation and fiscal austerity but also inflation targeting and tight monetary policy, was extended to the postwar Bretton Woods institution—the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund—headquartered in Washington. The debt crisis of the early 1980s triggered substantial loss of policy autonomy for developing countries obliged to seek help: if they wanted further aid, they had to accept the ‘Washington consensus’. Western capitalist economies, which held the lion’s share of votes on the boards of these institutions, were consequently strengthened.
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The long shadow of market fundamentalism
In the dusk of neoliberalism a new narrative is needed to untangle the moral and political trade-offs of our times.
https://socialeurope.eu/the-long-shadow-of-market-fundamentalism
On May 4th 1979, Margaret Thatcher entered 10 Downing Street in London as British prime minister. The time had finally come to put into practice her political philosophy, prioritising private interests and markets over society and the state. As she had put it 11 years earlier in the wake of the May ’68 explosions, ‘the way to get personal involvement and participation is not for people to take part in more and more government decisions but to make the government reduce the area of decision over which it presides’.
Her words found an echo across the Atlantic on January 20th 1981. In his inauguration speech as United States president, Ronald Reagan said: ‘It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.’
The elections of Thatcher and Reagan marked the definitive affirmation in western democracies of neoliberalism, an ideology which gained traction in response to the crises of the 1970s and the long series of economic shocks which progressively unsettled the postwar policy consensus, around Keynesian demand management, and triggered political strife. Part of the reason for the neoliberal takeover was the striking simplicity of its core message: everything has a price and, if markets are freed to determine that price, prosperity and social harmony will follow.
Bretton Woods institutions
This vision, which entailed a shrinkage of government economic activity through privatisation and fiscal austerity but also inflation targeting and tight monetary policy, was extended to the postwar Bretton Woods institution—the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund—headquartered in Washington. The debt crisis of the early 1980s triggered substantial loss of policy autonomy for developing countries obliged to seek help: if they wanted further aid, they had to accept the ‘Washington consensus’. Western capitalist economies, which held the lion’s share of votes on the boards of these institutions, were consequently strengthened.
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May 5, 2022
https://www.thelocal.se/20220505/uk-would-do-whatever-we-need-to-to-defend-finland-and-sweden/
UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace (left) walks with Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen at the Arrow 22 exercise in Kankaanpaeae. Photo: Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP
During a visit to the “Arrow 2022” military exercise in Kankaanpaa, in the southwest of Finland, Wallace said that both Sweden and Finland could rely on the support of the UK should Russia mount an attack, regardless of the whether they were on the way to becoming Nato members or not.
“I cannot conceive a time that we wouldn’t come to support Finland and Sweden, no matter where they were with the Nato debate or where they are with the agreements and I think that is what really binds us,” he told journalists. “We would do whatever we need to, to support Finland.”
The statement came after Finland’s prime minister Sanna marin told a joint press conference with Nordic leaders in Copenhagen that her country was holding talks with key members of the Nato alliance to obtain security guarantees during the application period, which could last several months,
According to the Finnish media, the Finnish government’s decision on Nato membership could be made in the next few days. The latest polls suggest a large majority of Finnish MPs and the public are in favour of joining the Atlantic Alliance, a change in opinion that has come about since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is to announce his personal stance on the issue on May 12.
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UK would do 'whatever we need to to defend Finland and Sweden'
UK defence minister Ben Wallace has once again pledged the UK's support in the event of an attack on Sweden or Finland.https://www.thelocal.se/20220505/uk-would-do-whatever-we-need-to-to-defend-finland-and-sweden/
UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace (left) walks with Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen at the Arrow 22 exercise in Kankaanpaeae. Photo: Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP
During a visit to the “Arrow 2022” military exercise in Kankaanpaa, in the southwest of Finland, Wallace said that both Sweden and Finland could rely on the support of the UK should Russia mount an attack, regardless of the whether they were on the way to becoming Nato members or not.
“I cannot conceive a time that we wouldn’t come to support Finland and Sweden, no matter where they were with the Nato debate or where they are with the agreements and I think that is what really binds us,” he told journalists. “We would do whatever we need to, to support Finland.”
The statement came after Finland’s prime minister Sanna marin told a joint press conference with Nordic leaders in Copenhagen that her country was holding talks with key members of the Nato alliance to obtain security guarantees during the application period, which could last several months,
According to the Finnish media, the Finnish government’s decision on Nato membership could be made in the next few days. The latest polls suggest a large majority of Finnish MPs and the public are in favour of joining the Atlantic Alliance, a change in opinion that has come about since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is to announce his personal stance on the issue on May 12.
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May 5, 2022
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/chickpea-cacio-e-pepe-caramelized-lemon-recipe
Andy Baraghani is direct, welcoming, and eloquent—and his new book, The Cook You Want to Be, is no different. Within the first couple of pages, Baraghani goes from telling his story of working multiple restaurant jobs in his teenage years while discovering his identity as a gay, Iranian man, to listing off the cooking rules he lives by and believes everyone else should adopt as well.
Among his ten rules (which are more like commandments), “lose the gadgets” may be the most divisive. “Consumers are told that [gadgets] make your life in the kitchen easier, but I think it ends up creating these barriers and clouds your judgment in the kitchen,” Baraghani says. “I want to remove any kind of fear.” And the recipe developer practices what he preaches—many might be shocked to hear he abstains from using a garlic press and instant pot and rarely uses measuring cups or spoons. He believes in the “less is more” approach and is a fervent advocate of using his hands so he can better focus on and connect with what is in front of him.
The recipes in his book will encourage the reader to “get in there,” whether that means using your hands to rid your herbs of dirt in his Kuku Sabzi or relishing in the freshly grated coconut shavings that linger on your fingers while making his Coconut and Fresh Chile Crisp. “There’s this transformation that happens when you combine a set of ingredients,” he says. “And when you put a little bit of thought and time into it, something beautiful and delicious can happen.”
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA – CALAMARATA
https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-calamarata/
Make This Creamy Chickpea Cacio e Pepe With Caramelized Lemon
Andy Baraghani's new cookbook explores self-identity, hands-on cooking, and Persian ingredients.https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/chickpea-cacio-e-pepe-caramelized-lemon-recipe
Andy Baraghani is direct, welcoming, and eloquent—and his new book, The Cook You Want to Be, is no different. Within the first couple of pages, Baraghani goes from telling his story of working multiple restaurant jobs in his teenage years while discovering his identity as a gay, Iranian man, to listing off the cooking rules he lives by and believes everyone else should adopt as well.
Among his ten rules (which are more like commandments), “lose the gadgets” may be the most divisive. “Consumers are told that [gadgets] make your life in the kitchen easier, but I think it ends up creating these barriers and clouds your judgment in the kitchen,” Baraghani says. “I want to remove any kind of fear.” And the recipe developer practices what he preaches—many might be shocked to hear he abstains from using a garlic press and instant pot and rarely uses measuring cups or spoons. He believes in the “less is more” approach and is a fervent advocate of using his hands so he can better focus on and connect with what is in front of him.
The recipes in his book will encourage the reader to “get in there,” whether that means using your hands to rid your herbs of dirt in his Kuku Sabzi or relishing in the freshly grated coconut shavings that linger on your fingers while making his Coconut and Fresh Chile Crisp. “There’s this transformation that happens when you combine a set of ingredients,” he says. “And when you put a little bit of thought and time into it, something beautiful and delicious can happen.”
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA – CALAMARATA
https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-calamarata/
May 5, 2022
https://www.thelocal.se/20220505/social-democrats-could-decide-on-nato-on-may-15th/
Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, at a meeting of Nordic leaders in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Photo: TT
The decision had previously been tabled for a meeting of the party board on May 24th, but could now be taken at an extra meeting of the Social Democrats ruling committee on May 15th, Magdalena Andersson said at a press conference on Thursday.
“We will of course discuss the issue and then we can see if we feel ready to take a decision or not,” she said at a Ukraine donors’ conference in Warsaw. She said that the security guarantees Sweden has received from the US and Germany for the period between a possible application and full Nato membership were significant.
“It means a lot if Sweden chooses to send in an application, that we will be safer during the period up until we become members than we otherwise would be,” she said. “The party committee can take a decision then,” Party secretary Tobias Baudin he told Sweden’s TT newswire of the May 15th meeting.
The meeting will come just two days after the Swedish government’s ‘security policy analysis group’, which includes representatives from all political parties, is due to submit its own reassessment of Sweden’s security situation. “It depends on what the security policy dialogue shows,” Baudin says of the decision. “Right now meetings in party districts are going at full pace.”
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Swedish PM: Social Democrats could decide on Nato on May 15th
Sweden's Prime Minister has said that her party has brought forward the date for a decision on Nato membership by ten days, meaning a decision could be in place before a state visit by Finland's president in mid-May.https://www.thelocal.se/20220505/social-democrats-could-decide-on-nato-on-may-15th/
Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, at a meeting of Nordic leaders in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Photo: TT
The decision had previously been tabled for a meeting of the party board on May 24th, but could now be taken at an extra meeting of the Social Democrats ruling committee on May 15th, Magdalena Andersson said at a press conference on Thursday.
“We will of course discuss the issue and then we can see if we feel ready to take a decision or not,” she said at a Ukraine donors’ conference in Warsaw. She said that the security guarantees Sweden has received from the US and Germany for the period between a possible application and full Nato membership were significant.
“It means a lot if Sweden chooses to send in an application, that we will be safer during the period up until we become members than we otherwise would be,” she said. “The party committee can take a decision then,” Party secretary Tobias Baudin he told Sweden’s TT newswire of the May 15th meeting.
The meeting will come just two days after the Swedish government’s ‘security policy analysis group’, which includes representatives from all political parties, is due to submit its own reassessment of Sweden’s security situation. “It depends on what the security policy dialogue shows,” Baudin says of the decision. “Right now meetings in party districts are going at full pace.”
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May 5, 2022
https://www.thelocal.se/20220505/swedish-schools-watchdog-close-two-islamic-schools-for-radicalisation/
Römosseskolan, an Islamic school in Gothenburg, was shut down the the Schools Inspectorate last autumn.
On Thursday, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate announced that it had revoked approvals for the Imanskolan Foundation and the Framstegsskolan Foundation, based on warnings from Sweden’s Säpo security police. Säpo had complained about both the management at the schools, and the learning environment, judging the school leadership unsuitable to conduct school activities.
According to Säpo, students of the schools are at risk of exposure to extreme Islamist ideology. “Säpo have assessed that children risk being exposed to radicalization by staying in an environment that advocates creating enclaves in society instead of respect for human rights and basic democratic values,” The inspectorate wrote,
The announcement of the closures comes just months after a proposal for stricter controls on religious free schools. In February, Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom stated that while a ban on new religious free schools would not be put forward, stricter controls would be established through the introduction of a “democracy clause” or demokrativillkor
.“The proposed law will create clearer requirements and stricter rules for confessional [religious] preschools, schools, and after-school clubs,” said Axelsson Kihlbom. More than 200 students at the Imamskolan primary school in Uppsala will be forced to change schools for the autumn term. At Framstegsskolan in Stockholm, about 90 students are affected by the shutdown.
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Swedish watchdog closes two Islamic schools for radicalising pupils
Swedish watchdog closes two Islamic schools for radicalising pupilshttps://www.thelocal.se/20220505/swedish-schools-watchdog-close-two-islamic-schools-for-radicalisation/
Römosseskolan, an Islamic school in Gothenburg, was shut down the the Schools Inspectorate last autumn.
On Thursday, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate announced that it had revoked approvals for the Imanskolan Foundation and the Framstegsskolan Foundation, based on warnings from Sweden’s Säpo security police. Säpo had complained about both the management at the schools, and the learning environment, judging the school leadership unsuitable to conduct school activities.
According to Säpo, students of the schools are at risk of exposure to extreme Islamist ideology. “Säpo have assessed that children risk being exposed to radicalization by staying in an environment that advocates creating enclaves in society instead of respect for human rights and basic democratic values,” The inspectorate wrote,
The announcement of the closures comes just months after a proposal for stricter controls on religious free schools. In February, Schools Minister Lina Axelsson Kihlblom stated that while a ban on new religious free schools would not be put forward, stricter controls would be established through the introduction of a “democracy clause” or demokrativillkor
.“The proposed law will create clearer requirements and stricter rules for confessional [religious] preschools, schools, and after-school clubs,” said Axelsson Kihlbom. More than 200 students at the Imamskolan primary school in Uppsala will be forced to change schools for the autumn term. At Framstegsskolan in Stockholm, about 90 students are affected by the shutdown.
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May 5, 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/could-ohio-man-jr-majewski-be-the-next-qanon-congressman
A QAnon supporter won an upset victory in a Republican House primary in Ohio on Tuesday, putting him on a path to become the third backer of the conspiracy theory in Congress.
Trump devotee J.R. Majewski, an employee of a nuclear power company, first gained prominence on the right in 2020 by painting a 19,000 square-foot Trump campaign sign on his lawn. He leveraged that attention and a laudatory tweet from Trump to run for Ohio’s 9th congressional district, winning 35 percent of the vote and beating two Republican state representatives in Tuesday’s primary for the right to face Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D).
Majewski’s unorthodox entry into politics goes beyond his massive yard signs. He not only marched in Washington on Jan. 6, but also claimed to have raised $20,000 to bring 30 other Trump supporters to D.C.to protest what he saw as a stolen election. He has frequently signaled his support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, wearing its merchandise and building a close alliance with a leading Q promoter.
Majewski stands a good chance of winning Kaptur’s seat, which has been redistricted to be friendlier to Republican candidates. Before Majewski’s primary victory, Cook Political Report rated the seat as a “toss up.” If elected, Majewski would join Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on the list of congressional representatives who have supported QAnon.
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related
A January 6 rally participant could unseat the longest-serving woman in the House
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/jr-majewski-marcy-kaptur-ohio-what-matters/index.html
Could This Ohio Man Be The Next QAnon Congressman?
Republican J.R. Majewski has an extensive collection of QAnon T-shirts and associations, but denies he's a follower of the conspiracy theory.https://www.thedailybeast.com/could-ohio-man-jr-majewski-be-the-next-qanon-congressman
A QAnon supporter won an upset victory in a Republican House primary in Ohio on Tuesday, putting him on a path to become the third backer of the conspiracy theory in Congress.
Trump devotee J.R. Majewski, an employee of a nuclear power company, first gained prominence on the right in 2020 by painting a 19,000 square-foot Trump campaign sign on his lawn. He leveraged that attention and a laudatory tweet from Trump to run for Ohio’s 9th congressional district, winning 35 percent of the vote and beating two Republican state representatives in Tuesday’s primary for the right to face Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D).
Majewski’s unorthodox entry into politics goes beyond his massive yard signs. He not only marched in Washington on Jan. 6, but also claimed to have raised $20,000 to bring 30 other Trump supporters to D.C.to protest what he saw as a stolen election. He has frequently signaled his support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, wearing its merchandise and building a close alliance with a leading Q promoter.
Majewski stands a good chance of winning Kaptur’s seat, which has been redistricted to be friendlier to Republican candidates. Before Majewski’s primary victory, Cook Political Report rated the seat as a “toss up.” If elected, Majewski would join Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on the list of congressional representatives who have supported QAnon.
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related
A January 6 rally participant could unseat the longest-serving woman in the House
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/05/politics/jr-majewski-marcy-kaptur-ohio-what-matters/index.html
May 5, 2022
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-trump-family-won-the-dc-inauguration-case
As the dust settles from the legal fight between the District of Columbia’s attorney general and the Trump family, it’s becoming clear to government watchdogs and the case’s star witness that the former president has once again gotten off easy.
On Tuesday, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine declared victory after the multibillion-dollar Trump Organization and the former president’s inauguration committee agreed to fork over $750,000 for their shady dealings in the run-up to Donald Trump’s 2017 celebrations in the nation’s capital. The deal ends his years-long investigation into the way Trump’s family and company misused nonprofit funds to honor the incoming president to instead enrich themselves.
But that’s less than the $1 million the AG had accused the Trump family of misspending in nonprofit funds by booking events at the Trump International Hotel Washington D.C.’s vastly overpriced rooms.
More importantly, the Trump Organization and the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee were allowed to maintain they did absolutely nothing wrong. “Defendants dispute these allegations on numerous grounds and deny having engaged in any wrongdoing or unlawful conduct,” the proposed settlement reads.
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As the dust settles from the legal fight between the District of Columbia’s attorney general and the Trump family, it’s becoming clear to government watchdogs and the case’s star witness that the former president has once again gotten off easy.
On Tuesday, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine declared victory after the multibillion-dollar Trump Organization and the former president’s inauguration committee agreed to fork over $750,000 for their shady dealings in the run-up to Donald Trump’s 2017 celebrations in the nation’s capital. The deal ends his years-long investigation into the way Trump’s family and company misused nonprofit funds to honor the incoming president to instead enrich themselves.
But that’s less than the $1 million the AG had accused the Trump family of misspending in nonprofit funds by booking events at the Trump International Hotel Washington D.C.’s vastly overpriced rooms.
More importantly, the Trump Organization and the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee were allowed to maintain they did absolutely nothing wrong. “Defendants dispute these allegations on numerous grounds and deny having engaged in any wrongdoing or unlawful conduct,” the proposed settlement reads.
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