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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>U.S. v. Skrmetti: John Roberts' Plan to Deny Transgender Rights<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/supreme-court-transgender" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">12/supreme-court-transgender</span></a></p><p>* SCOTUS conservative justices suggest science is too hard<br>* will let state legislatures sidestep U.S. Constitution</p><p><a href="https://persagen.org/html/intro_01a.html#/contents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/html/intro_01a.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml#/contents</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US_v_Skrmetti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US_v_Skrmetti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfIdentity</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Poilievre’s Free Ride to Power Has to Stop<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113589736621710285" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1135</span><span class="invisible">89736621710285</span></a></p><p>* glib/shallow answers to basic questions</p><p>* improving Canadians’ lives<br>* affordable housing crisis?<br>* secrecy<br>* anti-{environmentalism | carbon tax}<br>* climate change denial<br>* populism<br>* anti-LGBT/transphobia<br>* anti-press, anti-journalism</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDenial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secrecy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CostPlatforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostPlatforming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data</span><span class="invisible">-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789</span></a></p><p>* 1/5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns</p><p>Comment: it's this crap that gets incumbent governments voted out of office</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalInertia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalInertia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialAlienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAlienation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalDissafection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDissafection</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Democracy Needs Anti-Gender Offense<br>Feminist movements need to sustain democracy<br><a href="https://msmagazine.com/2024/08/27/democracy-gender-women-funding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">msmagazine.com/2024/08/27/demo</span><span class="invisible">cracy-gender-women-funding</span></a></p><p>Exploring Links between Women’s Status &amp; Democracy<br><a href="https://giwps.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Exploring-the-Links-between-Womens-Status-and-Democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">giwps.georgetown.edu/wp-conten</span><span class="invisible">t/uploads/2023/03/Exploring-the-Links-between-Womens-Status-and-Democracy.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_Institute_for_Women,_Peace_and_Security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgeto</span><span class="invisible">wn_Institute_for_Women,_Peace_and_Security</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Peace_and_Security_Index" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Pe</span><span class="invisible">ace_and_Security_Index</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfDetermination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDetermination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DominionTheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DominionTheology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a></p>
Tom Theuns<p>I have some exciting personal news. </p><p>Not only does my forthcoming Hurst book PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE have a cover, but you can now also pre-order it from one of my favourite bookshops! </p><p><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781911723745" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/prod</span><span class="invisible">uct/9781911723745</span></a></p><p>boost =🙏 ⭐ =🥰 </p><p>The book is about <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> responses to <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a> and <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> regression in EU member states. There's a longer blurb in the link 👆 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/dutchacademics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dutchacademics</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/politicalscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politicalscience</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>philosophy</span></a></span></p>