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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 1</p><p>State preemption: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_preemption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_pr</span><span class="invisible">eemption</span></a><br>* invalidation/wresting power f. state government usually by state legislature<br>* often when political disagreement betw. state legislature &amp; municipal gov.<br>* e.g. sanctuary cities</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110577366643006707" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1105</span><span class="invisible">77366643006707</span></a><br>* ALEC, other right-wing bill mills have churned out regressive state bills since 1970s<br>* new preemption push is particularly abusive</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/173776/republicans-blocking-cities-ability-protect-abortion-preemption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/173776</span><span class="invisible">/republicans-blocking-cities-ability-protect-abortion-preemption</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelActs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelBills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelLegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelLegislation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALEC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatePreemption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatePreemption</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[thread] Dark money, campaign finance<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_mon</span><span class="invisible">ey</span></a></p><p>* spending to influence elections, public policy, political discourse<br>* source of the money not disclosed to public</p><p><a href="https://www.persagen.org/docs/leonard_leo.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/docs/leonard_leo.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonorAdvisedFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonorAdvisedFunds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonorsTrust</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatePolicyNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatePolicyNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALEC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelActs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelBills</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalPersonhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalPersonhood</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TAXtheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAXtheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetForfeiture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetSeizure</span></a></p>