MAGA Republicans, the U.S. Constitution & Your Beat

Top Story: The U.S. Constitution and its Enemies

Radical Republicans talk about the constitution as if they were the only ones who have ever read it. They contend that it is a sacred document, divinely inspired, and should be interpreted literally.  

Meanwhile, across the country, heavily-funded, Right-wing think tanks closely allied with the GOP are working hard to dramatically alter our constitution in ways that would eliminate some very basic rights, destroy federal oversight of environmental polluters, and create minority rule.

This radical effort runs — as most all of the GOP’s most draconian plans do —  through the states, which means local reporters need to know about it.  

Because The Center for Media and Democracy just came out with the above fabulous explainer about what’s at stake, we decided to repeat our recent newsletter tips on covering efforts to destroy our constitution, via a national  constitutional convention, sometimes referred to by insiders as “Con-Con.”

Make sure to cover where state and local officials and upcoming candidates stand on altering our constitution, how they have voted on efforts to do so, and whether or not they really love the American constitution as much as they claim.  

Just as they did with Roe, Republicans are making plans. They should not be making them in the dark.

What You Need to Know

Efforts are underway to alter our constitution.

The GOP is spending a lot of money on this.

About 20 states have signed on — and yours might be next.

ALEC is working overtime on this.

Also In The News

• Wisconsin Republicans now have a training academy for future school board members

• Voting while homeless, that may soon be a no-no in Georgia.

• While Republicans want to privatize public schools, these folks want to turn them into much-needed community centers.

We’re Reading

“The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It”

by Russ Feingold and Peter Prindiville

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Our Board of Advisors

Alex Aronson, executive director of Court Accountability

David Armiak, research director for the Center for Media and Democracy

Connor Gibson, founder of Grassrootbeer Investigations

Maurice Cunningham, retired associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and author of Dark Money and The Politics of School Privatization.

Isaac Kamola, associate professor of political science at Trinity College, founder of Faculty First Responders and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War

Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe distinguished professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America

Ralph Wilson, founder of the Corporate Genome Project and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War

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