True Texas Project has for years worked with Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent Republicans.

An influential grassroots group with close ties to Texas Republican lawmakers is hosting a conference next month that encourages its attendees to embrace Christian nationalism and resist a Democratic campaign “to rid the earth of the white race.”

Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, a far-right activist group that got its start as a North Texas tea party organization, the agenda claims there is a “war on white America,” or elevate theories that white Americans are being intentionally replaced through immigration — a common belief among far-right extremists, including many mass shooters.

“It’s absolutely vital we remember that when they say ‘white supremacy’ or ‘white nationalism’ or whatever the most recent scare phrase is, they literally just mean your heritage and historical way of life,” reads the description for a session on “Multiculturalism & The War on White America.” “It’s a culture war, simple as that. Stop apologizing. Stop backing down. Start fighting back.”

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      When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross

      – Not sure who said it, but it’s frequently mis-attributed to Sinclair Lewis

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        Funny thing. If I write about robert A. Heinlein, people here call him a fascist.

        In “Revolt In 2100” Heinlein wrote about America becoming a fascist state under a religious leader.

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          didn’t Heinlein write the original, non-satirical starship troopers?

          The guy definitely had an authoritarian streak.

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            He also wrote Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Taken all together, these three works and all the rest of his bibliography, saying he had an authoritarian streak is as valid as saying he had a hippie streak or a libertarian streak.

            His writing asks questions, he doesn’t preach. Some of his characters preach, but that isn’t necessarily him speaking. It’s him asking questions and spurring discussion.

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    At what point do the powers that be start calling a spade a spade and label these the terrorist groups that they are?

    There is absolutely no basis in reality or reason for this insane, violent, rhetoric.

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    Stop acting like these nutjobs are just nutjobs…

    This is mainstream Republican ideology these days. And the more Dems move to the right, the crazier republicans get because they have nowhere to go but to the right.

    Republicans are a cornered dog, but if Dems actually started moving to the left, that gives Republicans room to not be so bat shit crazy to differentiate from Dems

    This shit ain’t complicated, but everyone keeps making the moves that results in both of our only political options becoming more and more conservative

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      I don’t really see the dems moving to the right. Clinton–>Obama–>Biden does not seem to be a rightward drift. I will agree that change of any sort has been very slow though.