Frank Huisingh
@frankhuisingh.bsky.social
Started Fossil Free Football, where we kick polluting sponsors out of football. Here for the takes and the jokes.
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Frank Huisingh
@frankhuisingh.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I started @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social to make sure big polluters can no longer use the most popular activity on this planet to sell their products and protect their reputation. Come follow and join us!
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
“Yes, we need sun and windpower to take a bite out of the climate crisis. But we also need it to take a bite out of the authoritarianism crisis.”
@billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pirates-of...
@billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pirates-of...
Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
billmckibben.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Yes, we need sun and windpower to take a bite out of the climate crisis. But we also need it to take a bite out of the authoritarianism crisis.”
@billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pirates-of...
@billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/pirates-of...
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NEWS:
Official complaint received by FIFA Ethics Committee, alleges “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Gianni Infantino, all in relation to President Trump. It also requests investigation into internal process behind Trump’s Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Official complaint received by FIFA Ethics Committee, alleges “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Gianni Infantino, all in relation to President Trump. It also requests investigation into internal process behind Trump’s Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Gianni Infantino accused of breaching FIFA’s ethics codes in relation to President Trump comments
Advocacy group FairSquare has also requested an investigation into President Trump being awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize last Friday.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEWS:
Official complaint received by FIFA Ethics Committee, alleges “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Gianni Infantino, all in relation to President Trump. It also requests investigation into internal process behind Trump’s Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Official complaint received by FIFA Ethics Committee, alleges “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Gianni Infantino, all in relation to President Trump. It also requests investigation into internal process behind Trump’s Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
A public relations firm for major U.S. polluters worked to dismantle EU laws that require large corporations to make plans for cutting emissions. The PR company Teneo undertook its work on behalf of t...
www.desmog.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
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While Fossil Free Football realises that Mr Infantino is preoccupied with his own prize-giving ceremony, it is sure that his Qatari private jet will be on hand to collect the Football Climate Impact Prize he so richly deserves! 👨✈️
Congratulations, Mr President! 👑
Congratulations, Mr President! 👑
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
While Fossil Free Football realises that Mr Infantino is preoccupied with his own prize-giving ceremony, it is sure that his Qatari private jet will be on hand to collect the Football Climate Impact Prize he so richly deserves! 👨✈️
Congratulations, Mr President! 👑
Congratulations, Mr President! 👑
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Infantino has handed it the 2034 World Cup, platformed its pro-oil advertising and routinely stood in support of its leaders and their Trump administration allies 🤝
Inside Man: How FIFA Guided the World Cup to Saudi Arabia (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Infantino has handed it the 2034 World Cup, platformed its pro-oil advertising and routinely stood in support of its leaders and their Trump administration allies 🤝
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His impact is typified by his championing of Saudi Arabia. Internationally isolated after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, its FIFA facilitated football takeover has helped it rebuild soft power and re-normalise its 'brand' 💪
It has put this leverage to use in blocking international climate action ❌
It has put this leverage to use in blocking international climate action ❌
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
His impact is typified by his championing of Saudi Arabia. Internationally isolated after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, its FIFA facilitated football takeover has helped it rebuild soft power and re-normalise its 'brand' 💪
It has put this leverage to use in blocking international climate action ❌
It has put this leverage to use in blocking international climate action ❌
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The FIFA President once held up a “green card for the planet” and promised to halve its emissions by 2030 🌍
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The FIFA President once held up a “green card for the planet” and promised to halve its emissions by 2030 🌍
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
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Infantino is also overseeing the most polluting World Cup in history 😬
It will require more air travel than ever, as attendees fly across an entire continent to more matches, in more host cities, than any previous edition ✈
It will require more air travel than ever, as attendees fly across an entire continent to more matches, in more host cities, than any previous edition ✈
FIFA World Cup 2026 in United States, Canada and Mexico the 'most polluting ever', claims report
Next year's Fifa World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico is set to be
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Infantino is also overseeing the most polluting World Cup in history 😬
It will require more air travel than ever, as attendees fly across an entire continent to more matches, in more host cities, than any previous edition ✈
It will require more air travel than ever, as attendees fly across an entire continent to more matches, in more host cities, than any previous edition ✈
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His crowning achievement is the sale of the world’s biggest platform, the FIFA World Cup, to the world’s biggest polluter, Saudi state oil company Aramco 😳
Despite player backlash, Aramco will be promoting fossil fuels to billions next summer! 📺
Despite player backlash, Aramco will be promoting fossil fuels to billions next summer! 📺
Women footballers urge Fifa to end Saudi sponsorship deal with Aramco
More than 100 professional women's footballers sign an open letter urging Fifa to end a sponsorship deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
His crowning achievement is the sale of the world’s biggest platform, the FIFA World Cup, to the world’s biggest polluter, Saudi state oil company Aramco 😳
Despite player backlash, Aramco will be promoting fossil fuels to billions next summer! 📺
Despite player backlash, Aramco will be promoting fossil fuels to billions next summer! 📺
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
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Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst.
✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
Brandbrief aan het kabinet | Stop fossiele subsidies
Brandbrief aan het kabinet: Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst. Stop fossiele subsidies.
www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst.
✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
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It's the @politico.eu 'sustainable future summit' today and tomorrow
Our agriculture expert was on the panel, but then we found out that Spanish fossil fuel company @naturgy.bsky.social was sponsoring it, and giving a keynote speech each day
We're boycotting #POLITICOSustainableSummit, here's why:
Our agriculture expert was on the panel, but then we found out that Spanish fossil fuel company @naturgy.bsky.social was sponsoring it, and giving a keynote speech each day
We're boycotting #POLITICOSustainableSummit, here's why:
Greenpeace boycotts Politico fossil-fuel-sponsored sustainability event - Greenpeace European Unit
© Pedro Armestre / Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It's the @politico.eu 'sustainable future summit' today and tomorrow
Our agriculture expert was on the panel, but then we found out that Spanish fossil fuel company @naturgy.bsky.social was sponsoring it, and giving a keynote speech each day
We're boycotting #POLITICOSustainableSummit, here's why:
Our agriculture expert was on the panel, but then we found out that Spanish fossil fuel company @naturgy.bsky.social was sponsoring it, and giving a keynote speech each day
We're boycotting #POLITICOSustainableSummit, here's why:
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Noodweer. Het nieuwe understatement. 800 and counting www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
Dodental door noodweer in Azië stijgt tot bijna 800, miljoenen mensen getroffen
Het dodental door noodweer in Azië afgelopen week is opgelopen tot bijna achthonderd. In het Indonesische Sumatra zijn 435 mensen omgekomen, melden autoriteiten zondag. Ook in Thailand, Maleisië en Sr...
www.nu.nl
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Noodweer. Het nieuwe understatement. 800 and counting www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
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Klimaatrechtvaardigheid betekent: ervoor zorgen dat de superrijken die vliegen in privéjets betalen voor hun vervuiling.
Dat gaan we nu fixen. Het voorstel van collega @lucstultiens.bsky.social om privévluchten eerlijker te belasten is aangenomen!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
Dat gaan we nu fixen. Het voorstel van collega @lucstultiens.bsky.social om privévluchten eerlijker te belasten is aangenomen!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
Tweede Kamer wil vliegbelasting voor privéjets 14 tot 71 keer verhogen: 'Toonbeeld van verspilling'
De Tweede Kamer wil dat passagiers van privévliegtuigen veel meer vliegbelasting gaan betalen. De Kamer heeft zojuist een voorstel van GroenLinks-PvdA aangenomen, waarin de vliegbelasting voor privéje...
www.rtl.nl
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Klimaatrechtvaardigheid betekent: ervoor zorgen dat de superrijken die vliegen in privéjets betalen voor hun vervuiling.
Dat gaan we nu fixen. Het voorstel van collega @lucstultiens.bsky.social om privévluchten eerlijker te belasten is aangenomen!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
Dat gaan we nu fixen. Het voorstel van collega @lucstultiens.bsky.social om privévluchten eerlijker te belasten is aangenomen!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Saudi Arabia’s fossil fuel foreign policy: buy football soft power, block the climate action needed to protect football fans and players from the biggest threat humanity faces.
Fifa partners with Saudi Arabia and pledges $1bn to fund football infrastructure
Under the new deal, discounted loans will go towards the construction of stadiums with priority given to developing nations
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Saudi Arabia’s fossil fuel foreign policy: buy football soft power, block the climate action needed to protect football fans and players from the biggest threat humanity faces.
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If you wanna do super unpopular things, such as blocking climate action, you better buy some soft power.
This is a big part of the story of Saudi’s role in football.
This is a big part of the story of Saudi’s role in football.
$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If you wanna do super unpopular things, such as blocking climate action, you better buy some soft power.
This is a big part of the story of Saudi’s role in football.
This is a big part of the story of Saudi’s role in football.
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$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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*BREKEND*
Opnieuw nieuws waarmee alle kranten zouden moeten openen
De president van Iran zegt dat hun hoofdstad niet meer levensvatbaar is,
dat Teheran verplaatst moet worden,
door eindeloze droogte, toenemende warmte, ecologisch wanbeheer
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Opnieuw nieuws waarmee alle kranten zouden moeten openen
De president van Iran zegt dat hun hoofdstad niet meer levensvatbaar is,
dat Teheran verplaatst moet worden,
door eindeloze droogte, toenemende warmte, ecologisch wanbeheer
1/
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
*BREKEND*
Opnieuw nieuws waarmee alle kranten zouden moeten openen
De president van Iran zegt dat hun hoofdstad niet meer levensvatbaar is,
dat Teheran verplaatst moet worden,
door eindeloze droogte, toenemende warmte, ecologisch wanbeheer
1/
Opnieuw nieuws waarmee alle kranten zouden moeten openen
De president van Iran zegt dat hun hoofdstad niet meer levensvatbaar is,
dat Teheran verplaatst moet worden,
door eindeloze droogte, toenemende warmte, ecologisch wanbeheer
1/
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Ultimatum aan ING: over een jaar stappen we over.
Tenzij ING eindelijk stopt met ons spaargeld steken in:
❌ Bedrijven die nieuwe olie- en gasvelden starten
❌ Bedrijven die mensenrechten schenden
Steun je deze eisen? Doe dan mee: bit.ly/Niet-Met-Mij...
✍️
#NietMetMijnGeld
Tenzij ING eindelijk stopt met ons spaargeld steken in:
❌ Bedrijven die nieuwe olie- en gasvelden starten
❌ Bedrijven die mensenrechten schenden
Steun je deze eisen? Doe dan mee: bit.ly/Niet-Met-Mij...
✍️
#NietMetMijnGeld
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Ultimatum aan ING: over een jaar stappen we over.
Tenzij ING eindelijk stopt met ons spaargeld steken in:
❌ Bedrijven die nieuwe olie- en gasvelden starten
❌ Bedrijven die mensenrechten schenden
Steun je deze eisen? Doe dan mee: bit.ly/Niet-Met-Mij...
✍️
#NietMetMijnGeld
Tenzij ING eindelijk stopt met ons spaargeld steken in:
❌ Bedrijven die nieuwe olie- en gasvelden starten
❌ Bedrijven die mensenrechten schenden
Steun je deze eisen? Doe dan mee: bit.ly/Niet-Met-Mij...
✍️
#NietMetMijnGeld
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This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!