Thread by @petemont, Great story on the big-money right-wing group Convention of States helping push [...]

Great story on the big-money right-wing group Convention of States helping push "reopen" protests @isaacstanbecker @TonyRomm @washingtonpost

Here's the thing: COS is all about radically limiting the power of the federal govt and returning power to the states. But its organizing infrastructure is getting put to use attacking govs for the current political purposes of its leaders and funders

I did a story on Convention of States for @PRAEyesRight a few years ago. Their ambition is huge: to rewrite the Constitution along right-wing ideological lines https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/10/16/will-corporations-the-christian-right-and-the-tea-party-get-to-rewrite-the-constitution

Will Corporations, The Christian Right, and the Tea Party Get to Rewrite the Constitution?

A return to an earlier constitutional order, in which the federal government’s ability to regulate corporations and protect the public interest is severely constrained, is the end toward which...

https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/10/16/will-corporations-the-christian-right-and-the-tea-party-get-to-rewrite-the-constitution

D'oh! Forgot to link to the @washingtonpost story that started this thread: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

Inside the conservative networks backing anti-quarantine protests

The protests erupting over coronavirus restrictions are often coordinated and backed by longtime conservative activists, whose organizations were built with funding from Republican megadonors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

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