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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT

Independent state legislature theory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ
* attack on 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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

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

en.wikipedia.orgConvention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
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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

CitizensForSelfGovernance

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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

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


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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

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


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 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

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



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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Why is anyone surprised? When they voted to install Trump they were voting to terminate the USA, and they knew it.

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