Addendae 1

Direct Democracy Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda

Republicans lost a big ballot initiative fight in Ohio this week, but their war against voters is destined to continue

https://newrepublic.com/article/174750/battle-ballot-initiative-ohio-2024

Direct democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy

* form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives w/o elected representatives as proxies

* differs from majority of currently established democracies: representative democracies

#GOP #neofascism #DirectDemocracy #CultureWars

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Addendae 2

Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Still Deeply Unpopular Across U.S. Poll Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-abortion-ruling-still-deeply-unpopular-across-us-poll-finds

* CNN poll: 64% of U.S. adults disagree with the decision; 50% “strongly” disagree

* nearly double proportion of people who said in the latest poll they approve of the decision: 36%

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23902613-cnn-poll-abortions-role-as-an-electoral-litmus-test-hasnt-faded-a-year-after-supreme-court-decision-overturning-roe

#SCOTUS #Roe_v_Wade #democracy #abortion #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #neofascism #populism #ChristianRight #Christofascism #WomensRights #PublicHealth #GOP #neoconservatism