Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈAug 11, 2025

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² Trump placing Washington police under federal control, deploying National Guard
https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-crime-national-guard-homelessness-655bc22834223c7dc93115bbcb2b215c

Poverty Industrial Complex
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113640503317799738
#JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute #ModelActs #PovertyIndustrialComplex #billionaires #capitalism

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² #Christofascism #SCOTUS #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #transgenocide

Normalization of fed. overreach, militarized state. #AmeriKKKa
React or do nothing & suffer the consequences.

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ #TransLivesMatter
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
#DemocraticSocialism

Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJul 24, 2025

Homelessness Crisis = Crisis of Democracy
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/homelessness-crisis-democracy-olympia-dehumanization

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110510153669109641

* democracy's moral crisis
* demand transformative economic reforms

Billionaires
Chip Wilson/Pacific Prosperity Network/Take Back Alberta
Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute, anti-homeless bills
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476849446929581
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ #Christofascism #transgenocide #Trumpism

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ #TLM #BTLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870

#capitalism #corporations #inequality #PovertyIndustrialComplex
#socialism #justice

The Homelessness Crisis Is a Crisis of Democracy

Homelessness is often thought of either as an issue of individual moral failings or merely of bad policy. It should instead be seen as a moral crisis for our democracy, one that demands transformative economic reforms.

Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJul 24, 2025

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Drug User Advocacy Groups Challenge Recriminalization
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/24/Drug-User-Advocacy-Groups-Challenge-Recriminalization

* wrongly conflates/criminalizes addiction (public health) w. poverty, homelessness, mental illness
Billionaires
Chip Wilson/Pacific Prosperity Network/Take Back Alberta
Joe Lonsdale/Cicero Institute, anti-homeless bills
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476849446929581
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ #Christofascism #transgenocide #Trumpism
πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ #TLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
#capitalism #corporations #PovertyIndustrialComplex
#socialism #justice

Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJan 24, 2025

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

The Homeless Have No Rights

The homeless are a class apart, out American untouchables. It goes without saying that in America the homeless have no right to shelter. They also have no

CounterPunch.org
Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈOct 7, 2024

Lululemon billionaire / far-right political activist Chip Wilson Denounces BC NDP as Communists
1 day later
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Accuses BC Premier David Eby of Being a Communist
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113250766674180983

#ChipWilson #Lululemon #billionaires #WealthTax #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #JohnRustad
#propaganda #VancouverIsDying #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #discrimination

Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈAug 15, 2024

/1
Joe Lonsdale's Cicero Institute churned out anti-homeless model act (bill/legislation)

[thread] Poverty industrial complex | demonization, criminalization of homelessness
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111025108282701968

Chip Wilson (Lululemon): Pacific Prosperity Network
Joe Lonsdale: Cicero Institute

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112855119889004716
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111076191794600748

#JoeLonsdale #Palantir #CiceroInstitute #homelessness #AntiHomeless #discrimination #ModelActs #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #corporations #poverty #propaganda

Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJul 28, 2024

/1

... SCOTUS' / billionaires' / far-right's demonization / criminalization of homeless.

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Grants_Pass_v._Johnson

Homelessness is not / should not be a crime.
People have a right to exist.

Pushing the Homeless Somewhere
https://www.dcreport.org/2024/08/01/pushing-the-homeless-somewhere

* 630,000+ homeless in America
* spike in # of 1st-time homeless who have jobs, cannot afford homes

#homelessness #poverty #discrimination #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #PrivateEquity #inflation #SCOTUS

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson - Wikipedia

Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJun 4, 2024

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[2023-Apr-20] Certn Background Screening Gets US $30M Boost with Support from Export Development Canada
Canadian Crown Corporation Invests in the Startup’s Global Expansion
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230420006045/en/Certn-Background-Screening-Gets-US-30M-Boost-with-Support-from-Export-Development-Canada

* record revenue (2018-2022): 14,533% πŸ€”
* makes Certn the 2nd-fastest growing Canadian company according to Deloitte Canada

#Canada #BritishColumbia #rentals #privacy #capitalism #PrivateEquity #discrimination #surveillance #Certn #PovertyIndustrialComplex

Certn Background Screening Gets US $30M Boost with Support from Export Development Canada

Today Certn, a leader in online background checks and identity verification, announced it secured an additional US$30M in Series B financing with over

Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJun 4, 2024

[Canada] British Columbia company that screens tenants for landlords under investigation by privacy watchdogs
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-company-that-screens-tenants-for-landlords-under-investigation-by-privacy-watchdogs-1.6912974

* Privacy Commissioner of Canada & Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. investigating Certn Inc.
* Certn: Victoria B.C. -based business that provides identity checks for businesses and governments

#Canada #BritishColumbia #rentals #privacy #capitalism #PrivateEquity #discrimination #surveillance #Certn #PovertyIndustrialComplex

B.C. company that screens tenants for landlords under investigation by privacy watchdogs

A British Columbia company that performs background checks for landlords who are looking to screen potential tenants is coming under scrutiny from provincial and federal privacy watchdogs.

British Columbia
Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈSep 14, 2023

Addendum5
See also A3 cont'd, above

Child Poverty More Than Doubled in 2022 After Congress Let Tax Credit Expire
https://truthout.org/articles/child-poverty-more-than-doubled-in-2022-after-congress-let-tax-credit-expire

* 2022: child poverty skyrocketed after lawmakers lewt pandemic stimulus provisions expire
* millions left to languish as pandemic/economic consequences raged on

Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Coverage in U.S. 2022: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/income-poverty-health-insurance-coverage.html

#GOP #GOPmenace #poverty #ChildPoverty #PovertyIndustrialComplex #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #inflation

Child Poverty More Than Doubled in 2022 After Congress Let Tax Credit Expire

Over 5 million more children were plunged into poverty in 2022 after stimulus provisions expired.

Truthout