• anon6789@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    From the Linda Bean wiki entry:

    In 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation, stated that Linda Bean was a member of the then-35-year-old “shadowy and intensely secretive group” the Council for National Policy; stating what is “most remarkable about the directory is that it reveals how the CNP has become a key meeting place where ostensibly mainstream conservatives interact with individuals who are, by any reasonable definition, genuinely extremist.” She was a longtime member, having been invited to join the Council for National Policy established by Reagan’s Attorney General Edwin Meese after the Reagan years.

    Wow, never heard of the Council for National Policy before, which seems to be the point.

    If you ever wondered why the right believes in shadowy liberal cabals, give the Wikipedia article a read

    Members are instructed not to reveal their membership or even name the group.

    The CNP has been described by The New York Times as “a little-known club of a few hundred of the most powerful conservatives in the country”, who meet three times yearly behind closed doors at undisclosed locations for a confidential conference.

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      6 months ago

      Started by the Regan administration. When the US falls someday, it will be Regan who started it all. What a fucking dickhead.