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Leonard Leo (billionaire funded conservative activist)

The Federalist Society Won Its 40-Year War on Affirmative Action
mastodon.social/@persagen/1106

Conservative activist Leonard Leo’s decades-long campaign to gut Planned Parenthood
mastodon.social/@persagen/1129

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)The Federalist Society Won Its 40-Year War on Affirmative Action Opinions killing affirmative action written by 6 justices tied to Federalist Society https://truthout.org/articles/the-federalist-society-just-won-its-40-year-war-on-affirmative-action/ https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110583318041053574 Leonard Leo’s SCOTUS-FedSoc Sponsor Family Program https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/leonard-leos-scotus-fedsoc-sponsor-family-program https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110554851724389655 https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110583336756977728 https://persagen.com >> search: "leonard leo" AND "federalist society" AND "supreme court" #SCOTUS #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #FarRight #ChristianRight #neoconservatism
#SCOTUS#LeonardLeo#FederalistSociety
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Addendum 3

Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110

“Edutainment”? 🤨

* it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦‍♀️
* Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials
* Texas could be next

MastodonPersagen.com 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮🏳️‍🌈 (@persagen@mastodon.social)Addendum 4 Bogus “Edutainment” May be Coming to a Classroom Near You https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/15/bogus-edutainment-may-be-coming-to-a-classroom-near-you “Edutainment”? 🤨 * it’s what PragerU, a business/media shop (NOT a university) run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager calls its videos & curriculum materials for school-age kids 🤦‍♀️ * Florida & Oklahoma public school peddle PragerU materials * Texas could be next #PragerU #education #edutainment #neoconservatism #DeSantis #Florida #Oklahoma #Texas #disinformation
#Texas#Florida#Oklahoma
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Addendum 2

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: special legislative session on school choice coming 2023-10
Gov. promised political consequences if lawmakers cannot pass legislation allowing for publicly subsidized school vouchers before March primaries
texastribune.org/2023/09/19/gr

persagen.com >> ("charter schools" OR "school vouchers") AND texas
"hillsdale college" AND "public education" AND destroy

https://persagen.com/#q=(%22charter%20schools%22%20OR%20%22school%20vouchers%22)%20AND%20texas ("charter schools" OR "school vouchers") AND texas State Policy Network James R. Leininger Texas Public Policy Foundation Searle Freedom Trust First Liberty Institute Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Bunni Pounds LGBT rights in North Carolina Dan Patrick Civics Alliance The Heartland Institute Greg Gianforte Andrew Wommack The Heartland Institute Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Privitization of public schools Supreme Court of the United States Jeffrey Barke United States The Billionaires Behind the Crisis: How the Rich & Powerful Put Their Wealth Above Public Health Americans for Prosperity Council for National Policy Database N-Z Parents Defending Education Byron Donalds American Legislative Exchange Council
https://persagen.com/#q=%22hillsdale%20college%22%20AND%20%22public%20education%22%20AND%20destroy "hillsdale college" AND "public education" AND destroy New College of Florida United States Hillsdale College Ron DeSantis
#PublicEducation#CharterSchools#SchoolVouchers
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Canada: Transgender rights deeply divide voters - most believe only 2 genders
ctvnews.ca/canada/transgender-

Canada & Culture Wars: On gender, >1/2 say person is M/F, but 1/3 say that’s too limiting
angusreid.org/canada-culture-w

* Most accepting of child who wished change gender identity hesitant on hormone therapy

persagen.com >> Action4Canada
canada AND transphob*

https://persagen.com/#q=canada%20AND%20transphob* canada AND transphob* Boards of education Liberty Coalition Canada Focus on the Family Canada Far-right politics in Canada Canada Peter Wallace Maher Jebara Mark Paralovos Matthew Lee Rasha Alnaqeeb Blueprint for Canada Canada Family Action Coalition Paul Safi Pat Suwalskiis Terry Rekar Conservatism Patrick Allard Canada Todd MacDougall Glen Armstrong Paula Dametto-Giovannozzi Conservative Party of Canada Meet the Extremists and Social Media Influencers at the Centre of the Far-Right Siege of Ottawa Ashley Darling Barbara Perry Shannon Boschy ARC Foundation British Columbia Bill Whatcott Chanel Pfahl
#Canada#transphobia#TransLivesMatter
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Addendum 19

Comment: populist troll wars. Poilievre seeks whole enchilada (all things). Don't be fooled

Pierre Poilievre Rails Against Authoritarian Wokeism in Response to Policy f. Doug Ford Gov.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce hit w. friendly fire
Poilievre’s latest right-wing culture war crusade
pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilie

PressProgressPierre Poilievre Rails Against ‘Authoritarian Wokeism’ in Response to Policy From Doug Ford’s GovernmentBy PressProgress
#Canada#Ontario#education
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Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education—and for the charter-school movement itself
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

* online school would participate in “evangelizing mission of the [Catholic] Church,”

The AtlanticThe Charter-School Movement’s New DivideBy Cara Fitzpatrick
#Oklahoma#CharterSchools#ChristianRight
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Addendum 8
See also Addendum 6 cont'd

Poilievre Could Dial Back Canada’s Climate Gains
theenergymix.com/2023/09/12/po

* Globe & Mail editorial: Canadians need to be wary of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s anti-climate action stance

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives don’t have a viable climate plan
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

The Energy MixPoilievre Could Dial Back Canada’s Climate Gains, Globe Editorial WarnsBy Mitchell Beer
#Canada#Poilievre#ConservativeParty
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Addendum 6 cont'd 2/

Closer look at what Pierre Poilievre is peddling
ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-mulcai

* touting simplistic solutions for years
* image makeover: lose the glasses, drop the tie, slow the cadence, reduce the Brylcreem
* v. little experience/expertise dealing w. big problems
* hasn’t changed; just found good communications advisors

CTVNews · Tom Mulcair: Take a closer look at what Pierre Poilievre is peddlingAfter delivering an epic speech to Conservative Party faithful this past weekend in Quebec City, Pierre Poilievre is riding high. In his column for CTVNews.ca, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says it's time Canadians take a much closer look at what the Conservative leader's saying, and question whether it's the kind of leadership they want.
#Canada#Poilievre#populism
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Addendum 6 cont'd

* Poilievre also champions bail reform, international credential recognition, defunding CBC
* delegates signaled these issues also not a priority
* policies that did pass:
right to refuse vaccines or employment training for ideological reasons
tax breaks on maternity essentials
repositioning of Conservative Party's environmental principles

#Canada#Poilievre#populism
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Addendum 6

What do policies Poilievre's party passed say about Conservatives' future?
ctvnews.ca/politics/what-do-th

* Poilievre spent summer speaking about housing affordability
* only proposal addressing that issue did not make it to final plenary vote

CTVNewsWhat do the policies Poilievre's party passed say about the Conservatives' future?Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spent the summer speaking about housing affordability, a core focus that attendees at the party's Quebec City convention were quick to praise him for. But by the end of the weekend, delegates opted to instead pass policies on contentious social issues. What does that say about the Conservatives' future?
#Canada#politics#Poilievre
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Addendum 5

Poilievre, politics, populism
mastodon.social/@persagen/1109

Almost half of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque, while support grows for Poilievre's Conservatives: poll
mastodon.social/@persagen/1109

Poilievre doesn't feel your pain, but he's good at communicating it
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110

MastodonPersagen.com 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮🏳️‍🌈 (@persagen@mastodon.social)[thread] politics, populism * Culture wars, divisive rhetoric, political ideologies, populist memes are existential threats to humanity & civilization * divide and conquer wedge strategy * facilitate far-right tropes, electoral victories * shroud campaigns devoid substantive policies, change * rooted in concentration of wealth & pursuit of power, influence #populism #CultureWars #FarRight #ChristianRight #GOP #neofascism #ideology
#Canada#politics#Poilievre
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Addendum 1

Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave
texastribune.org/2023/09/07/te

* legislators passing laws banning diversity initiatives & targeting tenure at state universities
* 1/4 of 1,900 Texas professors surveyed by faculty associations said they plan to look for positions out of state

AAUP letter: static.texastribune.org/media/

The Texas TribuneTexas’ political environment driving faculty to leave, survey findsAfter legislators passed laws banning diversity initiatives and targeting tenure at state universities, more than a quarter of the 1,900 Texas professors surveyed by faculty associations said they plan to look for positions out of state.
#Texas#education#CultureWars
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[thread] Texas, education

Background

[political climate] Righting the Rule of Law
mastodon.social/@persagen/1108

Texas Book Ban Bills Dangerous Precedent for Young People in Education
mastodon.social/@persagen/1105

Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closes Libraries, Angers Parents
mastodon.social/@persagen/1108

Could bankrupt us: Bookseller suing over TX school book ban
mastodon.social/@persagen/1107

MastodonPersagen.com 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮🏳️‍🌈 (@persagen@mastodon.social)Righting the Rule of Law https://www.texastribune.org/series/texas-law-conservative-revolution 3-part series: Texas Attorney General, impact on federal courts * war machine pushed conservative legal doctrine through courts * progeny now fill federal bench in Texas; future of rule of law in their hands * how TX got here; what it means for U.S. https://persagen.com > search: "greg abbott" OR "ken paxton" OR "reed o'connor" OR "jonathan mitchell" #Texas #RepublicanParty #neofascism #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #JohnCornyn #ReedOConnor
#Texas#education#CultureWars
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Addendum 4

DeSantis’s Latest Stunt: Moms for Liberty Leader to Florida Ethics Commission
Co-founder of SPLC-designated hate group now in charge of policing Florida state employees
newrepublic.com/post/175418/de

* Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) appointed co-founder of far-right group Moms for Liberty to FL ethics commission

The New RepublicDeSantis’s Latest Stunt: Moms for Liberty Leader to Florida Ethics CommissionA co-founder of a designated hate group is now in charge of policing Florida state employees.
#Florida#DeSantis#GOP
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Addendum 1

Almost half of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque, while support grows for Poilievre's Conservatives: poll
ctvnews.ca/business/almost-hal

Related thread:

[thread] Pierre Poilievre | Canada, far right, populism
mastodon.social/@persagen/1109

CTVNewsAlmost half of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque, while support grows for Poilievre's Conservatives: pollA new Leger poll suggests nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, and young people are more likely to say their finances are in poor shape.
#Canada#PierrePoilievre#populism
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[thread] Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell is in the news recently:

U.S. Senate's McConnell freezes for 2nd time in public
ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-senate-s-

Commentary

Republican party member Mitch McConnell weaponized the filibuster and in collusion with Leonard Leo stacked the U.S. Supreme Court with an ultraconservative supermajority.

CTVNewsU.S. Senate's McConnell freezes up for second time in public appearanceRepublican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell froze up for more than 30 seconds on Wednesday during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, a clip from an NBC News affiliate showed.
#McConnell#neoconservatism#filibuster
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