Like I've been saying: those mid-term elections in the US aren't going to happen. #USPol
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I don’t think people realize yet that this is part of a bigger plan by this iteration of the GOP. They are trying to take over food systems and they are buying up farms They’re putting out of business.
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades ms.now/news/trump-midterms-osc…
Centrist Senate candidate in a red-leaning state unafraid to discuss overturning Citizens United? That's a great sign
Where I've landed with this is that municipalities (and neighbourhoods within them) are all basically trying make new housing go Somewhere Else. It's a collective action problem where everyone in the province benefits from abundant housing, but no one wants change locally. So we get *gestures*
For context I hate Ronald Reagan and think he’s responsible for a lot of what’s wrong with America today, but it’s kind of mind boggling just how much worse Trump is: Ronald Reagan: “An attack on Munich is the same as an attack on Chicago” Trump: just doubled down on his claim it’s okay for Iran to wipe out an American city if it’s in California, giving LA and San Diego as examples bbc.com/news/articles/c6r7yn8p… #uspol
Like so many populists, GOPers are much more interested in simple sounding "one secret trick" plans. Hence the "just have Johnson not seat people" nonsense. Actually rigging the election would take a lot of strategic planning and effort they seem unprepared for.
What SHITTY reporting here from Bylines (usually a good rag) "Just another electoral commission? No. This time it’s different. Andy Burnham has a long-standing, personal commitment to electoral reform" Ahh, well, if a politician says something for a long time, it must mean they won't lie and change their mind when it is convenient then. They already made a commission before in 2010 that found we should use AV+ and then we had a referendum on AV and rejected it and its still a 2 party system
As we approach the midterms, I need Democrat voters to remember that "vote blue no matter who" is what corporate Democrats tell you to make you stop thinking. I will never tow the party line when my principles are at stake. Here's what we're dealing with in Indiana youtu.be/evtdKze7bP8?...
OPINION: "For a program serving thousands of children and families, those rising expenses are becoming harder to absorb without affecting the services our communities depend on," Eloise McClinton writes. mississippifreepress.org/opini…
Would the federal government do the same if they were building projects in a different country? Indigenous land doesn't belong to Canada. ctvnews.ca/politics/article/dont-mistake-attendance-at-a-press-conference-as-support-for-a-pipeline-chief-says/
While Mike Rogers was a member of Congress he voted at least four times against bills, motions, or amendments that would have permitted the reimportation of prescription drugs to lower prices. bridgemi.com/michigan-governme…
The authoritarian centrist-led crackdown on antifascist resistance does not address "polarisation" or prevent violence, it only hastens the mainstreaming of the far right As much ass many want to pretend, there is no sensible middle ground between fascism and antifascism
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Ngā mihi Andrew - terrifying being on with the towering intellect that is Donna Cormack & similarly, with Tahu Kukutai as the host! I mainly focused on how the census relates to the Māori electorates and has great constitutional importance. So many complex issues and an awesome series from Te Ngira
I believe the phrase is "good riddance to bad rubbish." theguardian.com/news/2026/oct/…
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The German version of my latest essay is out: What Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election? Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation. steady.page/de/demokratie-amer…
I'm sure making homeless camping triply illegal instead of doubly illegal is sure to fix things this time.
They knew that the fundamental principle of democracy — faith in the common sense of the common people — was the direct opposite of the fascist principle of rule by the elite few. So they fought democracy in all its phases. #fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Got a very funny letter from the Mayor's office saying that our place is NOT worth over a million dollars so we don't need to prove we are full time residents to avoid the new tax. I guess they sent it to every coop and condo in the town. The values they are using are from the 1980s! Back then our place was hardly worth 50k. So to have an apartment worth over a million? I can't even imagine what that must be.
I never thought I would say this but Kemi Badenoch's rejection of Reform and their racist rhetoric on what makes someone English was actually great to hear She's shit at everything else but that was actually refreshing
'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said… NPR · World npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-59927… #News #WorldNews
A political party having its own media outlet (I mean, more than the old media was a Tory operation) is not a sign of a healthy democracy or a healthy media.
Video from Lochiel: the locked down protester has been cut loose from the truck and arrested. This after heavy duty torture, an attempt by Fisher Sand and Gravel (owner of the truck) to gas them into letting go with diesel exhaust, and finally the truck being driven away with them "secured" by zip-ties. No first aid or medical examination after all that brutality. We need to watch this case closely to ensure they don't disappear. Remember that we are fighting an overt Fascist regime and this border wall is one of their top projects. #Lochiel #FisherSandAndGravel #CBP #civilDisobedience
Watching the bickering at the municipal debates reminds me that confrontations might look good on American TV but they're distasteful in local politics and turn offs for voters. #yyjvotes #bcpoli
Nathan Cofnas, whose allegations fuelled the media campaign against Jason Arday, has posted about racial purity and approvingly cited Nazi psychologists. Byline Times asks why the press adopted his framing while giving his own views so little scrutiny. bylinetimes.com/2026/10/06/eve…
I understand the desire for a more modern constitution. I'm just not convinced that pursuing that while electorates are putting people like the Trumps, Marcos & Bolsonaros is wise when voter turnout is so low.
Recado para quem quer jogar a toalha pelo Congresso ter piorado ainda mais: STF ainda está pra jogo. O próximo presidente pode indicar 4 ministros. Se a gente conseguir segurar executivo e judiciário, ainda tem esperança de pesar contra o legislativo, mas não se perdermos os três
Price rises continue to hit household budgets hard - that is a the legacy of long years of Conservative government. Labour's task is to rewire the economy - lift incomes and make bills affordable. That will deliver hope again.
brave people facing masked, armed, armored, flag-bearing, tree-killing monsters #resist #uspol #fascism
I made a little film about my time at the English Greens conference - exploring whether the party could be a useful ally to the Scottish independence cause, but also giving some on-the-ground insight into the Zionism is racism debate. youtu.be/ygK_0-qGTQ4?...
The deportation of 506 US citizens is not the result of mistakes. Trump has turned ICE into a paramilitary force to attack the working class. Though immigrants are the immediate targets, the goal is to suppress political opposition. wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10/0…
The fiscal issue of our time is gerontocracy. The old are a privileged class, and the future of advanced countries depends on curtailing their power and cutting them off. What stands in the way is public opinion. But I argue it is not insurmountable. www.richardhanania.com/p/start-dema...
“Under the waiver request before the FCC, some state & fed laws protecting against deception & voter intimidation would continue to prohibit certain misleading election-related messages. But granting it could weaken a major deterrent for bad actors, said [CDT’s] Tim Harper.” apnews.com/article/fcc-politic…
I spoke to @kattenbarge.bsky.social about the media coverage of “inconsistencies” in Jane Doe’s case, as well as my own experience with USA Today misusing my words in a story smearing her. As always, Kat understands the way victims are punished from coming forward. This article is a must-read.
A certain party has ignored the No Circulars sign on my letterbox to deliver a pamphlet about how wonderful they are. They have 10 carefully selected points of which 7 could be considered good but 1 is pretty racist under the veiled language. If this pamphlet was the totality of their actions they would be a “maybe”, but since I know this is only a carefully selected subset they can get in the bin. #NZpol
Very strange that he holds to the principle that “universities should have to compete” for students, when he went to one of a small handful of universities that absolutely view competing for students as beneath them.
When criminals against humanity are getting old you gotta make the punishment dense. I mean, even if we get McConnell into a **camp** dude is pretty much zoinked out already. The worse thing we could do to him is not give him any ice cream for dinner. That means we gotta get Chuck into a **camp** soon. Also, Metallica won't cut it despite Lars' atrocious drumming. ( :fingerguns: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_to… )
James Orr (whatever his wrongdoings) knew that his privilege meant that he wouldn't suffer the same as Jason Arday. Plus the close relationship between #r4today presenters and The Spectator meant that while the Arday situation was highlighted (whatever his wrongdoings) the Orr one was not.
Minister Donovan doesn't like the media regulator being called Coimisiún na Meán. One of his colleagues appears to have taken this on and referred to it on radio just now as Commission na Man.
If you look at the news headlines in the UK papers today, you'll assume everyone gains from the the Tory pledges. Only 5% pay inheritance tax. And who has £1m extra to hand on to their families? But the paper barons want the the poor to believe they are the winners! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The latest campaign flier supporting my local Republican congressional candidate is fearmongering about the Democratic candidate in a way that makes me support him more. Oh no, he wants to keep oil in the ground and wants the police to go away. How terrible. /s #uspol #usMidtermElection
Selling off public utilities and infrastructure -- even in the interest of so-called 'nation building' -- always increases costs for ordinary people. Then why are politicians always so eager to do it? And why do people keep voting for these politicians? I'll never know.
I don't normally get shouty on the Internet, especially about #politics. But I got one of the President's ACA checks in the mail y'all and I'm pissed. 😡 For those wondering why I got a $500 check and you didn't, it's because I buy my health insurance through the federal healthcare exchange. Without this program, my pre-existing condition makes me uninsurable.
Political journos need access, sources, relationships & an understanding of power from the inside. But the people they’re ultimately working for are outside Parliament. “It should always be us in the media against the political class, not part of it” says Remeikis “Otherwise we’re just courtiers.”
Its going crazy right now on the Right after hearing this morning that Trump has no intention of bringing charges against his past enemies, Obama Clinton and Biden. The fact that we elected Obama is why this is happening. It is why we got the Tea Party. It is why we are suffering this push back from the Alt-R. Their entire, and I do mean entire grievance stems from the fact that Obama is Black. No matter what has escalated from that point forward only has caused them to be more and more angry. To the point now, that they thought it would be a grand idea to join the Trump cult even though every last one of them see Trump's flaws just as we all do. They arent blind, they are only blinded.
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Their grievances have NOT been met and they are staring to see and understand their grievances have not been met for the last decade. Sure the border is closed, (it is not, Trumps reporting is of course exaggerated) but they are seeing that one thing as the ONLY thing. Trump announcing today that he wasnt going to prosecute OBAMA? Wait........and CLINTON??? These TWO are the ENTIRE REASON THEY EXIST. Trump, out loud, in public, totally betrayed MAGA today and its all they are talking about. He keeps saying 2020 was stolen from him and that he has the EVIDENCE to prove it but is now simply going to let them all go? MAGA: "So, he has all this evidence of them stealing 2020 election, plus all these other high treasonous crimes...and he is just going to forgive and forget? To me, this means they didn't do all this stuff he has been claiming, or he has been in on it and is a part of their plan." "Is he really this Stupid or is this Bullshit talk? All roads of Corruption and Witch Hunts against him lead back to Hussein Obummer, Killary and sleepy Joe So Nobody will get held accountable in this Totally Corrupt Govt because they ALL protect each other's asses" Pages and pages of posts like these and very few taking Trump's announcement well.
Pennsylvania stands to lose about $20 billion in federal Medicaid funding because of Trump's cuts. Stacy Garrity's response? She embraced them and says she'll work with Trump to implement them. #PAGov #PApolitics www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...
The Age of Kings is supposed to be over, but it isn't in the workplace and it isn't online. Democracy should apply everywhere, not just to the places where it doesn't matter and isn't real. Like government.
Unfortunately, the government pressed ahead with subsidising fossil fuels and punishing public transport users in the Budget despite widespread opposition. They've promised that this will result in new services. Now, we need to hold them to that. www.thejournal.ie/budget-2027-...
