'Convention of States' group holds meeting in Petoskey upnorthlive.com/news/local/con… Around 40 people came out Saturday morning, including Representative John Damoose and Senator Wayne Schmidt #Michigan
Conservatives prepare new push for constitutional convention thehill.com/homenews/state… #ALEC's draft legislation calls for a balanced budget amendment and term limits; others' call for the convention to tackle limits on Congress’s ability to levy taxes, or abortion rights
Convention of States Action: Conservative Group Aiming To Rewrite The Constitution dailykos.com/story/2022/1/7… a constitutional convention could expand and consolidate the autocratic power of the Right
Once dead, convention of states proposal passes first-round test journalstar.com/news/state-and… The #Nebraska Legislature advanced calling for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution to second-round consideration on a 32-10 vote #NoConCon
The Radical Wrecking Crew nhgazette.com/2022/01/14/the… Republicans "are pushing an Article V Convention of States. It would have essentially unlimited power to rewrite—or throw out—the old Constitution." #NoConCon
Term limits, a balanced budget: Ohio Republicans want to amend the U.S. Consitution dispatch.com/story/news/202… House Joint Resolution 1, would submit Ohio's official application for a Convention of States #NoConCon#Ohio
Resolution calling for convention of states advances to final-round debate yorknewstimes.com/news/state-and… via @yorknewstimes Similar to resolutions adopted in 15 other states, LR14 proposes a convention of states outlined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution #Nebraska#NoConCon
Wisconsin Senate approves calling constitutional convention apnews.com/article/busine…#NoConCon the 16th state to call for a convention of the states, 34 are required
Rick Santorum calls for convention of states to limit federal power iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/01/25/ric… rallied with over 100 Iowans. 16 states have passed resolutions to convene a convention, including Wisconsin, which passed a resolution on Tuesday. 34 states are required. #NoConCon#Iowa
#Wisconsin Legislature Passes Resolution Calling For Article V Convention Of States thefederalist.com/2022/01/26/wis… Passed by the Wisconsin Assembly last year, the resolution was approved by the Senate in a 17-16 vote, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition #NoConCon
Convention of states push hits halfway mark with Nebraska washingtonpost.com/politics/conve… 17 states have now passed this. In 8 other states, the measure has advanced through at least 1 legislative chamber. 34 states are needed to call the Convention to re-write the Constitution #NoConCon
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1/ Many “Parent” Groups Opposing Masks and CRT Are Actually Driven by Dark Money truthout.org/articles/many-… These “parent” groups appear to have joined the decades-long coordinated dark money effort to dismantle public education
2/ such organizations as “Moms for Liberty,” “Parents Defending Education” and the “Independent Women’s Forum” have been featured in right-wing media as “concerned parents” attacking public schools without disclosing their positions in dark money-funded organizations.
3/ “School choice” is rooted in efforts to keep schools racially segregated, and these programs in effect maintain segregation by race, class and disability...donors like Charles Koch, Betsy and Dick DeVos and the Walton family have continued to push school privatization
1/2 ‘Christocrat’ Rick Scarborough Has Big Plans to ‘Take Over’ School Boards All Across Texas rightwingwatch.org/post/christocr… thousands of Texan pastors will activate their congregations to ensure that conservative Christians “take over their local school boards” all across the state
2/2 "Rick Scarborough, a self-described “Christocrat,” strident anti-LGBTQ activist, and longtime critic of public education" sits on the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy. #CNP#LGBTQ#publiceducation
Are you surprised?
“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local religiondispatches.org/if-every-churc… "the Christian Right is seeking to ignite a grassroots political revolution beginning with local offices."
Trump Supporters Are Waving All-Black American Flags, and Here’s Why You Should Be Nervous theroot.com/trump-supporte… Black American flags are the flags that mean “no quarter shall be given.” They are the opposite of the white flag of surrender.
"Trump supporters have begun flying all-black American flags, in an implicit threat to harm or kill their opponents — meaning nonwhite people, “socialist liberals,” Muslims, vaccinated people and others deemed to be “enemies” of “real America.”
"It means that they will not surrender, will not take prisoners, and are willing to die for their cause. It means they will execute their enemies.
"Who are their enemies? Pretty much any non-Conservative. You know, Democrats, Liberals, LGBTQ, BIPOC, and the vaccinated. ..."
This MUST READ article is from @kathsstewart,
author of "The Power Worshippers: Inside the
Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism".
2/ “Seven Mountains Dominionism” is a heartbeat away from everything that happens in the Republican Party. This year, in fact, the Road to Majority featured a breakout session titled “The Seven Mountains of Influence.”
3/ “You got to put on the full armor of God,” said Florida Governor Ron #DeSantis, alluding to a passage from Ephesians that’s often used to invoke a “spiritual war” against the devil. “You got to take a stand, take a stand against the Left’s schemes.”
1/ #KochNetwork Infiltration of Public Schools 'Harms Students, Teachers, and Our Democracy': Report commondreams.org/news/2021/08/1… "In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions." #education
2/ "In order to influence K-12 public education, the #KochNetwork has financed local, state, and national mechanisms to create multiple crises, only to turn around and cite these same crises as reasons to adopt their free market solutions," according to @UnKochCampus
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3/ "All public institutions are a threat to the #KochNetwork's free market economic agenda," the report states. "In their assault on public #education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions."
1/ The Right-Wing Political Machine Is Out to Take Over School Boards by Fanning Fears of Critical Race Theory rightwingwatch.org/post/the-right… Leadership Institute training conservatives to run for school boards to “stop the teaching of #CRT before it destroys the fabric of our nation."
2/ The Leadership Institute, which is offering trainings on taking over school boards, runs a project called Campus Reform, which encourages conservative students to “expose the leftist abuses on your campus.”
3/ Campus Reform is a project of the Leadership Institute connecting "conservatives into a nationwide conservative network and a lifetime of civic involvement.Almost all significant conservative organizations across America now employ Institute graduates" leadershipinstitute.org/aboutus/