According to the tax statement, the Omidyar Network has contributed a total of $400,000 to American Compass since 2020. (In reality, Omidyar has donated $500,000, including forthcoming installments.) The Hewlett Foundation—a longtime supporter of National Public Radio—has accounted for more than one-third of American Compass’ total public support, giving a combined $1,486,000 over the same period, with an extra $475,000 dose this January.
That’s more than Hewlett gave to NPR or the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in the same timeframe.
The donations are striking because American Compass is a partner organization in Project 2025, a controversial right-wing think tank that has been building the policy and personnel firmament for a second Trump administration.
But y’know, you gotta vote for the “lesser evil”, regardless of the lesser evil’s tactics, regardless of where the lesser evil spends their money, regardless of who the lesser evil genocides in their homes-- you just gotta voot, and voot bloo, no matter whoooo 🙄
The Second Thought YouTube channel made a good video on this too, it doesn’t deep dive but it gives a good summary of why it’s bad.
Wanna be the lesser evil, but don’t look so great? Just help the other side get even more evil.
Literally the crap-fanfic tactic where the writer wants to imply a ‘correct’ ship so they deliberately write the other leg of the triangle to be the most awful bastard possible
Are libs really this naive?
“Oh no, look at all these horrible but extremely popular things the GOP wants to do! You wouldn’t actually want to vote for exactly what you have been asking for, would you, American people?”
Christofascism isn’t popular with most of the country, it is just that the christofascists are arguably the single most organized voting bloc in the country
Can someone give a TLDR on Project 2025?
Basically, the Trumpist fringe’s ‘playbook’ to more or less attempt to foist christofascist theocracy on the country under the hand of whoever wins the next Republican presidency(hence the name, they think 2025 is when this goes into effect), or so the breathless reporting about it makes it sound. Genuinely bad enough to make one question what liberal organizations are doing donating to think tanks curating polisci-offshoot college shooter-flavored manifestos like Project 2025.
So support the greater evil?
I don’t want to get shot at all and do what I can to avoid it (like not hang out at elementary schools). But if it comes down to it, I would rather a blap in the ass than the face.
What exactly have demokkkrats done to protect you exactly? They had 2/3 branches of govt which is all that’s required to coup the 3rd. And they did what pray tell? While whining about Roe also sponsored some “pro-life” candidates in elections. Their opposition is dinner theater.
I am not saying Democrat are good.
I am saying Republicans are worse
Tens if not hundreds of millions of people across the world, whom the Democrats have bombed, starved, exploited and murdered exactly the same as the Republicans have, beg to differ.
This “Democrats vs Republicans” idea is a false dichotomy. Democrats and Republicans are not two different opposing parties, they are two wings of the same uniparty. Voting for one is the same as voting for the other. They each continue each others’ fascist, imperialist, genocidal policies. Republicans could not do what they do without Democrats and vice versa. By continuing to buy into the “lesser evil” narrative you are enabling them to keep pulling this trick on you over and over again.
If there is a “lesser evil” it is that which most weakens and destabilizes the US, that which creates the maximum amount of internal conflict, of political-economic and social dysfunction, thus minimizing the harm they are able to inflict on the rest of the world.
In fact, democrats are the party that tends to start more wars statistically https://thebaffler.com/latest/democrats-are-the-real-party-of-war
You’re falling into the fascism slip-n-side that the democrats set up. Raise an eyebrow at anyone outright voting for the overt fascists, but don’t feel proud voting for the cryptofascists either. They’re the reason things have gotten this bad in the first place, often outright funding it.
side 1 is funding the worst part of side 2
“If you’re saying side 1 bad then you must mean you want me to support side 2.” 🤓
