Crash Course: Fascism, free speech and Cop City: What's happening in Atlanta and why it matters

Clampdown on protests in Atlanta's Cop City isn't an isolated local issue — it's about America in 2023 [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGZqNmo0YTRhdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcDV2d3JxZzY4YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Fascism, free speech and Cop City: What's happening in Atlanta and why it matters What happened to the promise of 2020? Sure, Donald Trump was booted from the White House that year. But as his current status as the leading Republican candidate for 2024 indicates, that feeling of accomplishment was fleeting. The hope of real policy reform, at least as it relates to policing and justice, held out for just a bit longer. Three years after the brutal death of George Floyd, crushed under a Minneapolis police officer's knee, the dream of defunding bloated local police budgets look like it's been deferred and more like it's dead. [Read the rest from Sophia Tesfaye.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGQwbzlqYWMyay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Seduced by war yet again: Why Washington is underwriting violence in Ukraine Courageous Ukrainians certainly deserve to have their stalwart defense of their country rewarded with success. Yet the long history of warfare sounds a distinctly cautionary note. The fact is that the good guys don't necessarily win. Stuff happens. Chance intervenes. As Winston Churchill [put it](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdXh4amRkeXJmZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in one of his less well-remembered "always remember" axioms: "The Statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events." [Read the rest from Andrew J. Bacevich.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb2dvbmY3N294di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/NurPhoto/Contributor) - [Geraldo outed me on national television](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYmNhZnA0OTE4Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Your [secret weapon to becoming a better cook](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnYyMWk5Y3Y1MS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) costs nothing - [Jazz guitarist Dan Wilson on urgency in "Eleanor Rigby"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZDdjMHBwbmtobi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)and what genius actually looks like - [The oldest pterosaur ever was just discovered](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZWphazRieDdpYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo); it's 107 million years old - From bee to bottle, [Savannah Bee Company founder answers your buzziest questions about honey](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMGxmZGdneHRpZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - New Dolby mix of [Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYmdhNDByY3p0cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) takes its luminous vocals to soaring heights - Trump appointed judge works to keep [drag shows lawful in Tennessee](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvenk4c3Z5YzkwNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - ["Bama Rush"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY2V0aWg5dzcxaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) reminded me of my own desperate need to belong - How Fox News is boosting a [“coordinated planned attack on the LGBTQ+ community”](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYXJmZnhtNmkzby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) during Pride month - “Shiny Happy People”: [The 8 most horrifying revelations from Prime Video's Duggar family doc](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaGg0MTZ4dno2eS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - [E. Jean Carroll and Mary Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbjVjc3JpdTJrYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) are collaborating on a romance novel If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMjc5MmwyZjNucy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! Taylor Swift and the ways white women exploit allyship Rather than commenting on the controversies of her alleged new beau or denouncing his remarks, Swift decided to team up with rapper Ice Spice in a move that many felt was obvious [damage control](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva3I4ZnhxMmJhaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). And considering the timing, as well as how Swift's girl squad is predominately white, it felt an awful lot like the ole "I'm not racist; [I have a Black friend](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY3M2bmJuNjJpOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)" defense, as if that shields you from prejudice. (Though Swift has said it was the [rapper's team](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbjdma2l0aWJqeC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) who reached out first.) The star's silence is loud. To be "neutral" is to still be complicit in racism. Whether she's dating Healy or this is all an elaborate PR scheme, Swift has proven herself to be another white woman who claims to be an ally, [claims](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmhvdXZibnowbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Black Lives Matter and calls herself a feminist — but only as long as it serves her. [Read the rest from Kelly Pau.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcmhmZWFyMWk2aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management) - "Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools due to vulgarity or violence," [AP News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYWpvZ2NmMWZzdC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Elliot Page Reveals a Famous Actor Told Him Being Gay ‘Doesn’t Exist’ and Threatened: ‘I’m Going to F— You to Make You Realize You Aren’t Gay,’" [Variety](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveDR5MWs5MGNybi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Inside the meltdown at CNN," [The Atlantic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYjVxZW5lajJ6ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) The eczema boom: Air pollution may be to blame In 2000, the American Academy of Dermatology [warned Americans](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva2RrdzdmYW50dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): eczema was on the rise. In the warning, the group of dermatologists said that the rate of atopic dermatitis — an inflammatory skin condition also known as eczema — had nearly tripled since 1970. At the time, it was estimated that nearly 6 percent of all Americans had the condition that can cause itchy, red, and scaly skin. Today, the [National Eczema Foundation estimates](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM201b3JndG94bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDBXA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that at least 10 percent of Americans have eczema, and that one in ten people will have eczema in their lifetime. [Read the rest from Nicole Karlis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmXvO-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmQyYjI1YzZoMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWJrN2t4eDhwZDAmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_bnxkFodWP1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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