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Pay attention! This is the #GOP 's "long game" #KochNetwork #CNP - Professor Nancy MacLean #DemocracyInChains

"Graham will host a press conference in Columbia urging S. Carolina to join the 27 states calling for an Article V convention." msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
"The convention could lead to the demolition of everything from the social safety net & environmental protections to civil rights laws.The 1st, 14th & 15th Amendments - any Constitutional protections could be up for grabs in a new constitutional convention"
Scott Bauer, AP "Wisconsin today became the 16th state to call for a convention of the states to consider making a variety of changes to the U.S. Constitution, a move that drew bipartisan opposition in the state Senate but not enough to block its approval."apnews.com/article/busine…
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@SenWhitehouse @FedSoc Connecting the dots 👉 #ShadowNetwork excerpt: c-span.org/video/?464899-…

"Behind the secretive network that convinced Americans they cannot trust East Coast “elites.” An interview with Professor, inv. journalist & #ShadowNetwork author Anne Nelson. 👉sojo.net/magazine/may-2…
@SenWhitehouse @FedSoc Oct 12, 2017 talk with Professor, #DemocracyInChains author, Nancy MacLean 👉"Origins of the Radical Right & the Crisis of Our Democracy" 👉
@SenWhitehouse @FedSoc "How the #CouncilForNationalPolicy, a #GOP Powerhouse, Helped Spawn Trumpism, Disrupted the Transfer of Power, and Stoked the Assault on the Capitol"- Professor, Investigative journalist,
#ShadowNetwork Autor Anne Nelson (@/anelsona) washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/
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It's a good day to listen to #DemocracyInChains author, Professor Nancy MacLean- 2018

"The age of Trump has brought the forces of libertarianism into sharp focus. Get the diagnosis right, and learn to tune out the noise. "
“Heritage Foundation (KOCH) saw much earlier than most people in the Country that Trump had a very realistic shot from it’s early internal poling, so that he knew which buttons to push with the Conservative base”. ImageImageImage
"How the #CouncilForNationalPolicy, a #GOP Powerhouse, Helped Spawn Trumpism, Disrupted the Transfer of Power, and Stoked the Assault on the Capitol"- Professor, Investigative journalist
#ShadowNetwork Author Anne Nelson (@/anelsona) 👉washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/ ImageImageImageImage
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@HeidiNBC Today's GOP is an arm of #CouncilForNationalPolicy & #KochNetwork.... including Governors, AG's & state legislators.

ps. Pence, a #CNP member is complicit.

"The Republicans complicity with Trump's authoritarianism isn't just politics" 👉damemagazine.com/2017/02/17/why…
@HeidiNBC "Behind the secretive network that convinced Americans they cannot trust East Coast “elites.” - interview with professor, #ShadowNetwork author & investigative journalist Anne Nelson 👉sojo.net/magazine/may-2…

#CNP
#KochNetwork

#ShadowNetwork excerpt: 👉c-span.org/video/?464899-…
@HeidiNBC What's occurring is strategy beyond the individuals/groups that stormed the capitol this week. It was a test of strategy(s) (nationwide)... they're after the Constitution. #CNP, #KochNetwork #Alec
👉theguardian.com/us-news/2018/s…

apnews.com/article/wiscon…
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@Kevinliptakcnn That's a lie. Cleta is a #KochNetwork #DarkMoney lawyer. Come'on PRESS.... Do better than the he said/she said.

@Kevinliptakcnn "Cleta is also on the Board of Governors of #CouncilForNationalPolicy ". h/t Professor, #ShadowNetwork author & investigative journalist, Anne Nelson,
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McMorris Rodgers 👉 Americans for Prosperity, National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Tax Reform.

"All orgs were created or supported by the Koch Brothers, who have spent tens of millions of dollars in gifts to these organizations."
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@kylegriffin1 This is a distraction and strategy of the KOCH Right Wing network running tRump's WH, Cabinet, several agencies & the GOP. It's highly coordinated. truthout.org/articles/misin…
@kylegriffin1 "Why The Koch Brothers Have So Much Influence On Trump: It Starts With Pence👉 Kellyanne Conway & White House Chief of Staff are among 16 senior WH officials with ties to the fundraising empire of billionaire Charles Koch." ibtimes.com/political-capi…
@kylegriffin1 Propublica reports that “144 Trump appointees were employed at, or connected to RW orgs At the HHS alone, 13 current & former jobholders came from those ranks, as have a few others holding key health policy positions beyond HHS" managedcaremag.com/archives/2018/…
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There are people who don't plan to vote in November 😠

This may change their minds:

💥GOP plans to REWRITE US CONSTITUTION💥

THEY"RE VERY CLOSE TO DOING THIS AT A #ConventionOfStates/#ConstitutionalConvention

Listen to warning from Hillary Sept 2017👇
I wish I was exaggerating...I'm not

💥We ARE 6 STATE VOTES AWAY FROM REWRITE OF CONSTITUTION💥

28 of the 34 state votes have been obtained to hold a #ConventionOfStates

w/Republican trifectas in 26 states WE NEED EVERYONE AT POLLS


#NoConCon #FlipItBlue
For source info on first 4 changes (set out in image above) to US Constitution see #DemocracyInChains author, Nancy MacLean interview w/ @billmaher 👆

Source info for last two changes see here 👇This is one of hardest pushing #Koch backed astroturf grps
conventionofstates.com/news/these-two…
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