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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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Trump 2.0 will further divide U.S.
xtramagazine.com/power/politic

* conservative obsession w. “states’ rights” to have wide-ranging effects
* public health to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trumpism #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #conservatism
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #OpusDei #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #ParentalRightsMovement #Catholicism

Donald Trump wears red, white and blue; he is frowning.
Xtra Magazine · How Trump 2.0 will further divide America | Xtra MagazineANALYSIS: The conservative obsession with “states’ rights” will have wide-ranging effects—from public health to anti-LGBTQ2S+ discrimination
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding

* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention

A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-co
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue

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

Salon · "Shredding the Constitution": California Democrat fears MAGA effort to rewrite founding documentCalifornia state Sen. Scott Wiener is concerned that Trump's allies could try to call a constitutional convention
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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

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the 2024 Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio on May 23, 2024.
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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