The Homeless Have No Rights
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/24/the-homeless-have-no-rights

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476849446929581
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113640503317799738
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113640503317799738
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113790379761058976

#homelessness #migrants #discrimination #HumanRights #RightToExist #criminalization
#USpol #USlaw #SCOTUS #CanPol #NYC #EricAdams
#GOP #Trump #fascism
#poverty #AffordableHousing #CultureWars
#billionaires #ChipWilson #TBA #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute #ModelActs #ModelBills
#libertarianism #capitalism #PovertyIndustrialComplex #IndustrialComplex

Addendum 5

Coming soon in Ohio? ALEC's new raft of model legislation
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/06/coming-soon-in-ohio-alec-releases-new-raft-of-model-legislation

* summer 2023: American Legislative Exchange Council unveils 23 model bills
* https://alec.org/tag/am-2023 😯 🤬
* upcoming agenda items in Ohio
* prohibitions on: ranked choice voting; state pension programs aimed at environmental/social investment
* discourage regulations on AI or social media

What is model legislation; why does it matter?
...

#ModelActs #ModelBills #ALEC #neofascism #Ohio #ESG

Addendum 1

State preemption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_preemption
* invalidation/wresting power f. state government usually by state legislature
* often when political disagreement betw. state legislature & municipal gov.
* e.g. sanctuary cities

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110577366643006707
* ALEC, other right-wing bill mills have churned out regressive state bills since 1970s
* new preemption push is particularly abusive

https://newrepublic.com/article/173776/republicans-blocking-cities-ability-protect-abortion-preemption

#ModelActs #ModelBills #ModelLegislation #ALEC #neofascism #StatePreemption

Addendae 1 cont'd 1/3

Nearly 500 ALEC Lawmakers Voted to Ban Abortion
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/14/nearly-500-alec-lawmakers-have-voted-to-ban-abortion

* 1/3 state lawmakers working to restrict abortion rights since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade (2022-06) affiliated w. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
* ALEC: right-wing bill mill; works behind closed doors to support corporate interests
* anti-abortion activists have taken on new leadership roles at ALEC

#ALEC #ModelBills #ModelActs #ModelLegislation #abortion #ChristianRight #neofascism

Addendae 1

ALEC Feeds Lawmakers Steady Diet of Anti-Abortion Arguments
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/11/alec-feeds-lawmakers-a-steady-diet-of-anti-abortion-arguments

* steady stream of hard-line anti-abortion materials by groups such as National Right to Life Committee, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Support After Abortion
* ALEC: peddles pro-corporate model legislation
* avoids f. publicly engaging on abortion, controversies
* lost members due to campaigns by progressives shaming corporations

#ALEC #AmericanLegislativeExchangeCouncil #ModelBills #ModelActs

... (cont'd)

Most of these proposals are draft bills by GOP dark-money powerhouses

American Legislative Exchange Council,
Heartland Institute
The Heritage Foundation
Texas Public Policy Foundation

... members of the State Policy Network, a conservative group of think tanks that push model legislation at the state level and have ties to the oil & gas industry & histories of pushing climate denial

COMMENT: ALL those documented on https://persagen.com
...

#ModelActs #ModelBills #legislation

... cont'd 2/2

* these bills are cut-&-paste legislation hawked by conservative groups like American Legislative Exchange Council to advance their national agenda through states
* ALEC, other right-wing bill mills have churned out regressive state bills since the 1970s
* new preemption push is particularly abusive

https://newrepublic.com/article/173776/republicans-blocking-cities-ability-protect-abortion-preemption

* Comment: model acts by ALEC & others like them target transpersons, lgbt ...

#ALEC #AmericanLegislativeExchangeCouncil #ModelBills #ModelActs