You should read - May 6

This week, with the leak of an impending SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v Wade, our creeping fascism turned into an express train. Make no mistake, the way this decision is currently written, it will be used attack other rights. The right to gay marriage. The right to interracial marriage. If you think this doesn't affect you, keep this in mind:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

The Christian nationalists will come for you eventually. Each of us must pick a side. Now.

Just One Thing

• The Institutionalist's Dilemma (Alex Pareene)
  We're not going "out-vote" American fascism when our institutions are built on rotten foundations.

Express Train To Fascism

• They're Coming for Griswold, and Obergefell, and Lawrence, and Loving (Esquire)
• If the Supreme Court Can Overturn Roe v. Wade, It Can Ban Interracial Marriage (The Daily Beast)
• Red States Aren't Going To Be Satisfied With Overturning Roe. Next Up: Travel Bans. (Above The Law)
• Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics (VICE)
• Ocasio-Cortez Torches Collins And Murkowski: 'They Don't Get To Play Victim Now' (Huffington Post)
• California announces constitutional amendment protecting right to choose (Los Angeles Blade)
• If Roe goes, Black church leaders expect renewed energy for elections (Religion News)
• The Real Origins of the Religious Right (Politico)
  "They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation."
• It was school segregation, not abortion, that brought Christians together in prayer and a quest for political power. (Slate)
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• Donate to Planned Parenthood

Collected Ephemera

• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – The Game Star Wars Didn’t Know it Needed (Eleven Thirty-eight)
• May the 4th Be With You: A Cultural History (StarWars.com)
• After 10 Years, Gravity Falls Is Still as Funny and Heartfelt as Any Show on Television (Tor.com)
  Ten years?! One my kids' favorite series, probably the a source of more than a few of their core memories.
• Mask Off (The New Inquiry)
• In these dark times, the virtue we need is hopeful pessimism (Aeon)