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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments

#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT
#ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV
#ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Mother JonesThe big-money right-wing push to upend the Constitution—and kill birthright citizenship“We’re in totally uncharted territory.”
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
newrepublic.com/post/189413/st

* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution

Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
newrepublic.com/post/180312/pr

Trump 2028: theamericanconservative.com/tr

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw

The New Republic · Steve Bannon Is Already Setting the Stage for a Third Trump TermBannon is now suggesting just throwing out the Constitution in Donald Trump’s favor.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110

#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney

Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200 #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
mastodon.social/@persagen/1105

* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi

... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Top-down (federal --> state) approaches include: * Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution ... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
#StateLegislatures#LegislativeCapture#protofascism
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Montana Supreme Court becomes U.S. state to uphold trans access to health care
lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/montan

* Montana Supreme Court upheld temp. injunction against state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
* 1st U.S. state supreme court to do so
* plaintiffs argued ban is illegal sex discrim.
* bans certain treatments based on patient’s sex assigned at birth
* no matter what Trump2 does, this protection will remain in place in Montana 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🥳

#Montana 🙏
#TransRights #StateLegislatures

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick names private school vouchers as top legislative priority
texastribune.org/2024/11/08/da

* school voucher supporters now have votes pass bill across TX Senate & House of Representatives
* TX H.R. repeatedly blocked such proposals

#Texas #DanPatrick #GOP #conservatism #fascism
#PublicEducation #CharterSchools #PrivateSchools
#HigherEducation #HillsdaleCollege #NewCollegeOfFlorida
#billionaires #libertarianism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture
#ChristianRight #Christofascism

The Texas Tribune · Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick names private school vouchers as his top legislative prioritySchool voucher supporters say they have the votes to get a bill across both the Texas Senate, led by Patrick, and the House, which has repeatedly blocked such proposals.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Ohio spent nearly a $1 Billion on private school vouchers in 2024
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10

* billion dollars in state money that’s not available to meet needs of 90% of kids that attend public schools
* intended to help students who don’t have options outside of public schools
* h/e $ mostly to students already attending private schools

Ohio Capital Journal · Ohio spent nearly a billion dollars on private school voucher scholarships in 2024 • Ohio Capital JournalOhio spent nearly a billion dollars on private school scholarship programs for the 2024 fiscal year, the first full year with near-universal school vouchers. 
#Ohio#PublicEducation#CharterSchools
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

In a State [Arizona] With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
propublica.org/article/arizona

* Not a Choice for Everyone: poor families under-participating
* Barriers to Entry: location of private schools; additional costs
* Sales Pitch: advocates [billionaires, e.g. DeVos] lobby for charter schools

ProPublicaIn a State With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use ThemWorking-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them due to the inaccessibility of private schools and the costs of transportation, meals and uniforms.
#Arizona#PublicEducation#CharterSchools
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Charter schools: Christian Nationalism Behind "School Choice"
mastodon.social/@persagen/1132

Q&A w. Professor Josh Cowen, whose new book deconstructs the school voucher movement.
The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682539

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Charter schools: Christian Nationalism Behind "School Choice" https://inthepublicinterest.org/the-christian-nationalism-behind-school-choice Q&A w. Professor Josh Cowen, whose new book deconstructs the school voucher movement. The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682539101/the-privateers #PublicEducation #CharterSchools #GOP #billionaires #libertarianism #HillsdaleCollege #ChristianRight #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #theocracy #conservatism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture #GOP #EnablingFascism
#PublicEducation#CharterSchools#GOP
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[book] Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy
simonandschuster.com/books/Vig

Farming Out Enforcement to Culture Warriors
New book looks at vigilantism nourished by right-wing state legislatures
progressive.org/latest/farming

4 far-right vigilantism approaches to “vigilante democracy:”
* dissenter, courthouse, street, & electoral vigilantism

www.simonandschuster.comVigilante NationFor readers of How Democracies Die, two legal scholars expose the MAGA Republican strategy to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and su...
#StateLegislatures#StateCapture#LegislativeCapture
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] state legislatures / capture

Independent state legislature theory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ
* undemocratic violation of centuries-old precedents of federalism, separation of powers, constitutional democracy

Article V convention: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi
* U.S. constitutional amendments

State capture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ca
* systemic political corruption
* private interest influence over state legislatures

en.wikipedia.orgIndependent state legislature theory - Wikipedia
#StateLegislatures#LegislativeCapture#protofascism
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

School vouchers are one example of the stakes in legislative elections
npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-51008

The November election in Arizona could determine whether a rapidly expanding school voucher program is reined in by the Legislature. That's the goal Democrats have — if they can get a majority.

#Arizona#PublicEducation#CharterSchools
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Wokebloke for Democracy

The ground game-
"... in one crucial area, Republicans maintain a substantial cash advantage over Democrats: state legislative races. In recent years, Republicans have controlled more state legislative chambers than Democrats, giving them more power over those states’ budgets, election laws and abortion policies."
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s
#State #DownBallot #StateLegislatures #Local

The Guardian · Why Republicans are raising double the money in down-ballot racesBy Joan E Greve
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

How Dark Money Groups Bought Colorado Tax Cut
Extracted huge tax cuts f. Colorado lawmakers
Threatened ballot initiatives to further slash taxes
jacobin.com/2024/08/colorado-d

* billionaires use referenda to blackmail state
* state reps. slashed CO property taxes by $100s millions
* cut funding for public schools, health care, essential services

jacobin.comHow Dark Money Groups Bought a Tax Cut in ColoradoDark money groups extracted huge tax cuts from Colorado lawmakers by threatening to push ballot initiatives that would slash taxes even further. Referenda should promote democracy — yet billionaires are using them to blackmail the state.
#billionaires#Colorado#StateLegislatures
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