ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25516875/alecs-2025-essential-policy-solutions.pdf

* American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025

#ALEC #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN #ModelActs #StatePreemption
#Trump2 #GOP #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #fascism #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

ALEC Tax Filing: Record Revenues
https://readsludge.com/2025/01/16/alecs-latest-tax-filing-shows-record-revenues

* 501(c)(3) nonprofit
* donors: businesses, corporate lobbying groups, conservative foundations
* boosted 2023 revenues 11% over 2022
* all-time annual revenue high $11.3M
* develops/spreads model policies to U.S. state legislatures to adopt, f. defending fossil fuels to restricting voting access

#ALEC #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN #ModelActs #StatePreemption
#Trump2 #GOP #Project2025 #fascism #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in Washington D.C.
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc

* state politicians, lobbyists, right-wing operatives
* further push
fossil fuels use
climate denial
state election codes
purveyors of misinformation
privatize education
extremist agendae

#ALEC #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN #ModelActs #ModelLegislation
#StatePreemption #StateCapture
#Trump2 #Project2025 #fascism
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#billionaires #capitalism #libertarianism #privatization

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

Addendum 3

Texas Judge Rules State's “Death Star” Law Is Unconstitutional
Critics of law laud judge’s ruling as “win for democracy”
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-judge-rules-that-state-death-star-law-is-unconstitutional

* law aims to limit ordinances or regulations that can be enacted by municipalities across TX
* Houston sued TX over the law; later joined by El Paso, San Antonio

#Texas #GregAbbott #neofascism #StatePreemption #DeathStarBill #TexasHB2127 #TexasLegislature #WorkersRights #GOP #capitalism #neoliberalism #neoconservatism

Addendum 1

Houston Sues State of Texas Over “Death Star” Law Minimizing Local Governments
The law regulates localities on a myriad of issues, from rules on construction to how cities can respond to disasters
https://truthout.org/articles/houston-sues-state-of-texas-over-death-star-law-minimizing-local-governments

Texas HB2127, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), is described as the “Death Star” law by critics to explain the immensely negative impact the state is having on local governments.

#Texas #GregAbbott #neofascism #StatePreemption #DeathStarBill #TexasHB2127

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https://persagen.com >> search: "Independent state legislature theory"

Previously:

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543493118342425
Decoding Supreme Court’s Silence On Independent State Legislature Theory
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory-3

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500659044770360
Independent states legislature theory

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110572146989854181
Conservatives Are Trying To Create ‘Constitutional Counties,’ Which Happen To Be Unconstitutional
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/conservatives-are-now-trying-to-create-constitutional-counties-which-happen-to-be-unconstitutional

#RepublicanPart #neofascism #federalism #StateLegislatures #StatePreemption

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* alarming trend: Republican-led state legislatures increasingly using preemption to prohibit local governments f. enacting progressive policies

* Comment: one of a number of GOP fascist strategies

State preemption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_preemption
Independent state legislature theory (ISLT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory

* (2023-06-15) Texas Gov. Signs Bill Stripping Power f. Local Officials
https://newrepublic.com/post/173676/texas-republicans-overturning-cities-ability-govern

#GOP #StatePreemption #IndependentStateLegislatureTheory #ISLT #GregAbbott