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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/constit</span><span class="invisible">utional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power</span></a></p><p>[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113268756884683714" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1132</span><span class="invisible">68756884683714</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states</span></a></p><p>* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship<br>* Article V of U.S. Constitution<br>* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding</span><span class="invisible">-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document</span></a></p><p>* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention</p><p>A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-co</span><span class="invisible">nstitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html</span></a><br>* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/189413/st</span><span class="invisible">eve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028</span></a></p><p>* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor<br>* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution</p><p>Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/180312/pr</span><span class="invisible">esident-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud</span></a></p><p>Trump 2028: <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theamericanconservative.com/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-2028</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1110</span><span class="invisible">90040427855200</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a> CitizensForSelfGovernance <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MercerFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercerFamily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RebekahMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RebekahMercer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonorsTrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --&gt; state) approaches<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1105</span><span class="invisible">00657375473264</span></a></p><p>* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi</span><span class="invisible">on_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution</span></a></p><p>... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens</span><span class="invisible">_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[book] Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy<br><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">simonandschuster.com/books/Vig</span><span class="invisible">ilante-Nation/Jon-Michaels/9781668023235</span></a></p><p>Farming Out Enforcement to Culture Warriors<br>New book looks at vigilantism nourished by right-wing state legislatures<br><a href="https://progressive.org/latest/farming-out-enforcement-to-the-culture-warriors-mccoy-20241007" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">progressive.org/latest/farming</span><span class="invisible">-out-enforcement-to-the-culture-warriors-mccoy-20241007</span></a></p><p>4 far-right vigilantism approaches to “vigilante democracy:”<br>* dissenter, courthouse, street, &amp; electoral vigilantism</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnablingFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnablingFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vilgilantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vilgilantism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[thread] state legislatures / capture</p><p>Independent state legislature theory: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ</span><span class="invisible">ent_state_legislature_theory</span></a><br>* undemocratic violation of centuries-old precedents of federalism, separation of powers, constitutional democracy</p><p>Article V convention: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi</span><span class="invisible">on_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution</span></a><br>* U.S. constitutional amendments</p><p>State capture: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capture" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ca</span><span class="invisible">pture</span></a><br>* systemic political corruption<br>* private interest influence over state legislatures</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
Brian Dear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@Dragofix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dragofix</span></a></span> </p><p>Well but of course the Governor failed. Any decisions or policy related to oil and gas in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> is properly handled by the lobbyists and member companies of the New Mexico Oil And Gas Association (NMOGA), not the Governor or the state legislature, dontcha know. 🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oilandgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oilandgas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
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