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  1. [Thread] State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Arizona

    HB 2880: #Banning #protest encampments on campus

    Would bar protest encampments on the campuses of state colleges and universities without prior authorization. Under the bill, individuals or groups that establish an unauthorized “encampment” would no longer be lawfully present on campus for the purpose of speech protections under Arizona law; they would be criminally liable to prosecution for trespass and damaging public property; and they would be liable for “direct and indirect costs” of any damage “that resulted from the individual’s intentional or negligent conduct relating” to the encampment. The bill defines “#encampment” as “temporary shelter” installed on campus and used to stay overnight or “for a prolonged period of time.” The bill would require colleges and universities to order individuals to dismantle and vacate unauthorized encampments; if the individuals refuse to comply, the institution would be required to take disciplinary action and report the individuals to local law enforcement for trespassing. The bill's sponsor said that it was motivated by #ProPalestine protests on college campuses.

    Full text of bill here: apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/Bill

    Status: ENACTED!

    Introduced 12 Feb 2025; Approved by House 3 March 2025

    Issue(s): Campus Protests, #Trespass, Camping

    HB 2007: Harsh penalties for protesters who conceal their identity

    **Note: HB 2007 was signed into law following amendments that removed the most restrictive provisions.** As originally introduced in the House, the bill made it a felony to wear any kind of #disguise at a protest. The introduced bill broadly prohibited disguises, "whether partial or complete," that an individual wore at a protest, political event, or any other public event in order "to evade or escape discovery, recognition or identification." Under the introduced bill, police would have had authority to detain any individual wearing a disguise in order to verify his or her identity and determine if the person had committed a crime; violation of the disguise ban would have been a Class 6 felony, subject to one year in prison. The sponsor of the bill said it was inspired by clashes between police and protesters, some of whom were masked, outside a 2017 rally for President #Trump. Following widespread criticism, the bill was comprehensively revised to a single provision that would allow courts to consider it an aggravating factor, for sentencing purposes, if an individual wore a #mask or other disguise to hide their face while committing a criminal offense.

    Full bill text here: apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/Bill

    Status: enacted with improvements

    Introduced 21 Nov 2017; Governor Ducey signed it 23 March 2018 but the most problematic provisions were defeated.

    Issue(s): #FaceCovering

    #FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
    #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws
    #StudentProtests #CampusProtests #FreePalestineProtests #Facemasks

  2. A quotation from The Bible

    Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves. You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs. A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit. And any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire. So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
     
    [Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν, οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων, ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες. ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς. μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα; οὕτως πᾶν δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖ, τὸ δὲ σαπρὸν δένδρον καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖ. οὐ δύναται δένδρον ἀγαθὸν καρποὺς πονηροὺς ποιεῖν οὐδὲ δένδρον σαπρὸν καρποὺς καλοὺς ποιεῖν. πᾶν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται. ἄρα γε ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς.]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Matthew 7:15-20 (Jesus) [GNT (1976)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/bible-nt/19235/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #deception #bible #jesus #disguise #facade #fruit #GoodAndEvil #ntegrity #preacher #pretense #product #prophet #results

  3. CW: USpol, Scifi

    I read recently that the owner of X (fka Twitter) changed his "handle" there to Kekius Maximus. Is that correct? Cute, if it is, but I think it's just a ruse to disguise his real secret identity - Cylon Musk.

    Too bad, Cylon, the truth will out. Oh wait, we don't do truth anymore, do we?

    #CylonMusk #KekiusMaximus #AlterEgo #disguise #PostTruth #uspol #elonmusk #satire #scifi