https://wildroot.io/c/politics/Today’s top posts about Politics, ranked by Wildroot’s own model.enThu, 08 Oct 2026 10:29:06 +0000https://bsky.app/profile/danielsugarman.bsky.social/post/3mxe3owzz4c22at://did:plc:62nedrv7rg4wqftuzqvptmf6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe3owzz4c22@danielsugarman.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:56:54 +0000Have been sent an astonishing letter from the Met, excoriating in its view of the Early Release Scheme introduced this year by the Government. It highlights the case of a prolific shoplifter & sex offender, released on Thursday, who seems to have gone directly on a crime spree.https://c.im/@cdarwin/117402361447197375https://c.im/users/cdarwin/statuses/117402361447197375@cdarwin@c.imPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:04:28 +0000The senate elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrid's tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years on 23 September after she was unable to afford rent increases. The company that owned the flat later offered to allow her to return at a lower rate - but she was unable to sign an agreement as she had been admitted to hospital. "We regret to announce that Maricarmen passed away today," the Madrid Tenants' Union said in a statement, adding her situation marked "a turning point in the history of this country". Union spokesperson Alicia del Río said: "Speculation costs lives, and today rentierism has finished killing our colleague Maricarmen" but "her memory lives on with us". Abascal became a symbol for Spain's housing crisis following her eviction. bbc.com/news/articles/c6e3x21e…https://bsky.app/profile/timcarvell.bsky.social/post/3mxdffffioc2mat://did:plc:546hcfpi4agq772f6q6lbuch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdffffioc2m@timcarvell.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:17:51 +0000I went to check on the latest House and Senate polls and hadn't realized I must still have a bookmark for the NYT's polling page from 2016, because this is what came up, and it's (a) an amazing jump-scare; and (b) honestly a pretty good reminder to approach polls with caution.https://mastodon.world/@bobmueller/117401872050229429https://mastodon.world/users/bobmueller/statuses/117401872050229429@bobmueller@mastodon.worldPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:00:01 +0000Great coverage of the botched Christa Pike execution and how it pertains to the death penalty overall. And why the secrecy surrounding the process? propublica.org/article/christa…https://bsky.app/profile/basicbc.bsky.social/post/3mxclcvqnmc2eat://did:plc:y3enisimvc23o6ycmrdiqfyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxclcvqnmc2e@basicbc.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 18:31:10 +0000Like Stockton led to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. It just works. It works despite what they say. "They say a lot don't they?" Mia Marsellus "They certainly do, they certainly do..." Vincent Vegahttps://ecoevo.social/@noamross/117402058196961199https://ecoevo.social/users/noamross/statuses/117402058196961199@noamross@ecoevo.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:47:21 +0000So, Trump announced $100M to train U.S. citizen scientists only: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20… These are not new funds. NSF underspent its congressional appropriation by $100M this past year. Of course, it pales in comparison to the $560M lost due to terminated NSF education grants: https:grantwitness.org/nsf #NSF #USPol #Sciencehttps://bsky.app/profile/sampfeifle.bsky.social/post/3mxcbvggi3s2kat://did:plc:lmk5orwfdhmupxelrjvucqoh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcbvggi3s2k@sampfeifle.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:42:34 +0000The huge amount of money being spent on races makes things almost impossible for downballot candidates. Knock on doors? There have been 10 Collins/Jackson canvassers there before me and now people are pissy. Send mailers? I literally got 9 of them in my mailbox yesterday.https://theatl.social/@DecaturNature/117403001830720889https://theatl.social/users/DecaturNature/statuses/117403001830720889@DecaturNature@theatl.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:47:20 +0000I'm still mulling the ballot question about nonpartisan judges races. I used to a real election-system nerd, so I wonder what this reform will get us. First, DeKalb and about 2/3 of GA counties already uses the nonpartisan option. I'm glad for that - partisan primaries are harmful in electorates that heavily favor one party -- the primary is the real election, and many voters are excluded. However, in balanced electorates, primary elections let the general public contribute to narrowing the filed to two main candidates, rather than leaving it to party insiders. The runoff elections addresses that problem to some extent (it's not essential to coordinate a majority before the election). But even with runoffs, I wonder if the 'nonpartisan' election addresses the problems that it's backers say it does (avoiding incentive/perception of partisanship). I think I'd love to see a Condorcet system for electing judges. sgp.jhu.edu/primers/condorcet-… #Georgia #elections #judiciaryhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonanthonyguy.com/post/3mxcvzxvre22hat://did:plc:my7cfpvnsgb7hlajmcs35joe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcvzxvre22h@jasonanthonyguy.comPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 21:43:02 +0000My friend Josh points me to this case study to reduce school segregation in District 15 in Brooklyn. Among other outcomes, D15 middle schools climbed from the “2nd most socioeconomically segregated” district in NYC to 19th out of 32—“what can actually happen if folks really wanted to make it so.”https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/117399421402870761https://hachyderm.io/users/rationaldoge/statuses/117399421402870761@rationaldoge@hachyderm.ioPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 11:36:47 +0000Borealis in the news. “We keep hassling Amtrak because there’s been a shortage of cars since the pandemic,” said Winona County Commissioner Chris Meyer, chair of the Great River Rail Commission, a compact composed of the cities and counties along the corridor from St. Paul to La Crosse. “We would have a lot more riders if we had more cars. We want them to add a baggage car so folks can bring bikes. But it’s a step in the right direction.” Fred Melo in the Pioneer Press: Amtrak Borealis adds fourth train car to daily departures twincities.com/2026/10/05/amtr… #TwinCities #Chicago #Amtrakhttps://bsky.app/profile/jeffroushwriting.bsky.social/post/3mxd6kkpxek2eat://did:plc:2ullnxyoicn2tzx2paseoflf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd6kkpxek2e@jeffroushwriting.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:15:28 +0000I am hopeful that years from now the jurisprudence of Samuel Alito is pushed to the same corners as Plessy and Korematsu. His notion that “religious freedom” requires elevating a brand of Christianity above criticism turns the First Amendment on its head. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...https://mastodon.scot/@Fife4Europe/117399848091830204https://mastodon.scot/users/Fife4Europe/statuses/117399848091830204@Fife4Europe@mastodon.scotPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:25:18 +0000With the Metropolitan Police criminal investigation into foreign funding allegations still ongoing, a 27-page internal party whitewash holds zero legal weight. Restoring public trust requires independent scrutiny, not self-awarded exonerations. How long until the real verdict drops? #FBPE thelondoneconomic.com/politics…https://bsky.app/profile/sfdb.bsky.social/post/3mxd55p7kjk2oat://did:plc:ebovc3hnxjadg5cuul6geibu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd55p7kjk2o@sfdb.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:50:23 +0000"Turning most of Florida’s local governments into beggars is not viewed by the supporters of the amendment as a bug. It is a feature." Excellent opinion piece in the Miami Herald challenging the legitimacy of Amendment 3 written by the former mayor of Key Biscayne, Michael W. Davey. 🎁🔗https://hachyderm.io/@abesamma/117404655749576972https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/117065836686474161/statuses/117404655749576972@abesamma@hachyderm.ioPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:47:57 +0000I love listening to James O'Brien when I need to catch up on UK political news, but as far as the UK's concerned, we're in a very dark place when it comes to the safety of POCs. I mean listen to my fellow *English* POCs (fuck off Suella Braverman with your internalised racism) during some of these phone calls. They are absolutely frightened, and they should be unfortunately. A sort of madness has struck the country, as if the spirit of an old, defeated enemy is possessing the minds of the vulnerable. #ukpol #uk youtu.be/2CUbyroBJnshttps://bsky.app/profile/tressiemcphd.bsky.social/post/3mxdckw33722kat://did:plc:fjiupdolgwv45olxgrqgfhjk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdckw33722k@tressiemcphd.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 01:27:15 +0000A real successful 1A day here on campus. Heavy hitters. Big student turnout. Engaged questions. My notes for the academic freedom panel is a sort of Cliff Notes of how I approach this thing. This is it. My whole talk.https://fosstodon.org/@curiouscat/117400293568549151https://fosstodon.org/users/curiouscat/statuses/117400293568549151@curiouscat@fosstodon.orgPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:18:35 +0000"The tragic recent death of Corey Ruiz in Madison is the latest reminder of a system in crisis. Nine city residents have been shot by Madison #police since the 1990s... taxpayers paid over $10 million in civil settlements. Focusing on 'bad apples' misses the point. The problem is not that we have a few rogue cops; it is a work design and tactical culture system that predictably lead to lethal outcomes." [link failed,this 1 works] improvingpolice.blog/2026/08/1… #society #leadership #systems_thinkinghttps://bsky.app/profile/andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social/post/3mxdyuw4llk2cat://did:plc:rvsrhcanj73vzdkxitjnqw4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdyuw4llk2c@andymcdonaldmp.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:06:33 +0000Price 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.https://mas.to/@IHender/117401326134301308https://mas.to/users/IHender/statuses/117401326134301308@IHender@mas.toPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 19:41:11 +0000I see on Facebook and other social media that some people are expressing concern that some Liberal MPs in Toronto (all 24 Toronto MPs are Liberal) have endorsed the right-wing candidate for Mayor, Brad Bradford, in the #TorontoElection. There have always been “Blue Grits” but by-and-large they kept their heads down when Justin Trudeau was the PM (eexcept to grumble about the deficit once in a while). I assume with Mark Carney in charge the wraps are off, and they feel safe stepping into the light of day. I also assume that there’s some partisan feeling involved, as the incumbent Olivia Chow is NDP (don’t kid yourself, many Liberals despise the NDP and the same feeling often runs in opposite directions.) I understand that it’s a concern, but it should be no surprise that some Liberals are more comfortable with the prospect of a reactionary candidate like Bradford as Mayor than Chow. This underlines why the Liberal party can never be considered a genuinely progressive party. 1/2https://bsky.app/profile/philsbodydouble.bsky.social/post/3mxe3v7ljhk2gat://did:plc:65ugwhu7egldruyzwisu455w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe3v7ljhk2g@philsbodydouble.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:24 +0000A decade of successive governments sticking their heads in the sand regarding rising racism and extremism, giving them excuses by using cowardly words as legitimate concerns, or even stoking the flames with language not dissimilar to that of Germany in the 1930s And now we find ourselves here.https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/117400603853453985https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/117400603853453985@pixelate@tweesecake.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 16:37:30 +0000From the ACB: At the request of Senator Gillibrand, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report regarding disability employment and federal contractors. Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits disability discrimination by federal contractors and also requires some contractors to take proactive steps to employ and promote people with disabilities. The Department of Labor (DOL) is responsible for oversight of federal contractors' compliance with Section 503. The GAO report found that since January of 2025, the DOL has pulled back on oversight activities regarding Section 503. For example, the workforce dedicated to compliance at DOL has been dramatically reduced, and audits of some contractors have been suspended entirely. According to the report, GAO made eight recommendations regarding the implementation and oversight of Section 503, and DOL agreed with six of the recommendations and neither agreed nor disagreed with the remaining two. #disability #accessibilityhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuamzeitz.bsky.social/post/3mxd3ltemwc2mat://did:plc:uetxhvnyytn7z6qifeldn45c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd3ltemwc2m@joshuamzeitz.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:22:30 +0000I wrote this 3 years ago, and since then, the left has met my lowest expectations. Today’s remarks by Zohran Mamdani are clarifying. My thoughts today are with the Bibas family. Not the people who murdered them. www.politico.com/news/magazin...https://mas.to/@PhilipCJames/117398357553288560https://mas.to/users/PhilipCJames/statuses/117398357553288560@PhilipCJames@mas.toPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 07:06:14 +0000Morning, all, "Authorities have not yet said whether they will try again to execute Pike." It is curious that legal systems like America's (and ours) have rules about Double Jeopardy; prohibitions on trying someone for the same alleged crime twice, but no such rules against executing the same person multiple times for the same crime. One of the fundamental tenets of justice and the rule of law that the Untied Kingdom enjoyed while it was a member of the European Union was a prohibition on capital punishment. We couldn't have resumed hanging prisoners and have remained in the EU. What does it say about the relative degree of civilisation in Europe and in North America that much of the USA still executes people? #USpol #UKpol #EUpol #GOP #MAGA #DeathPenalty #CapitalPunishment #Tennessee bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8kgez…https://bsky.app/profile/lizditz.bsky.social/post/3mxd3dmjycc2fat://did:plc:4fkhnhzf2ctmjiuddcvmmljk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd3dmjycc2f@lizditz.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:17:54 +0000My vote-by-mail ballot came, and fellow residents of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties, we are all in the First Appellate District. I have questions about the Judicial candidates. Let's discuss. (1/5)https://mas.to/@emmettoconnell/117399533895817055https://mas.to/users/emmettoconnell/statuses/117399533895817055@emmettoconnell@mas.toPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 12:05:23 +0000DOJ/DHS press releases on non-citizen voter charges act as "pseudo-events." Amplified by partisan media ahead of the 2026 midterms, they build a false narrative of widespread fraud, despite non-citizen voting being extremely rare. Federal fraud charges resonate with debunked non-citizen voting narratives cip.uw.edu/2026/10/06/federal-…https://bsky.app/profile/netpol.org/post/3mxe6rtnwe22sat://did:plc:hq6pdcgb7lcinerqnnkno6gn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxe6rtnwe22s@netpol.orgPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 09:52:12 +0000In 1999, Netpol's campaigns coordinator helped organise the first United Families & Friends remembrance procession. Nobody imagined that eight Prime Ministers later, families would still have to march to demand police officers responsible for deaths face criminal charges netpol.org/2026/10/07/d...https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117404194617134080https://mastodon.me.uk/users/PoliceStateUK/statuses/117404194617134080@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.ukPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:50:40 +0000"Burnham is seen as having revitalised #Labour, and used his speech at the party’s annual conference last month to set out a more ambitious and left-leaning collection of policies." "Polanski’s fortunes appear to have declined, especially since last weekend’s #GreenParty conference. A vote by members to adopt a policy equating Zionism with racism and calling for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state prompted condemnation and splits in the party." #UKPol theguardian.com/politics/2026/…https://bsky.app/profile/tomjoscelyn.bsky.social/post/3mxd6shu4h22zat://did:plc:oyijun4tunao777bpfxlpxvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxd6shu4h22z@tomjoscelyn.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:19:54 +0000Spare me Sen. Thom Tillis’s self-interested redemption book tour. When he had the opportunity to do what was right, he failed nearly every time. For example, he drew a line on Jan. 6 apologia, and then confirmed multiple people who crossed it, including Kash Patel and Jeanine Pirro.https://mindly.social/@cazabon/117396841510977356https://mindly.social/users/cazabon/statuses/117396841510977356@cazabon@mindly.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 00:40:41 +0000So Hungary's new Prime Minister, who replaced the dictator Orban in an election that was essentially a bloodless people's revolution, is proposing a wealth tax on 3-millionaires and above. Orban's orange fanboy-in-the-white-house-turned-circus must be losing his mind over this. And there's probably a whole lotta billionaires frantically dialing their ~~co-conspirators~~ accountants and investments people, telling them to hide their wealth. Well, hide their wealth *more*. If it can happen with a change-in-power in Hungary, there's no reason it can't happen elsewhere... #billionaires #oligarchs #OligarchChop #guillotine #IKEA #ShittingBricks #WorldPol #USPol #TaxAvoidance #TaxEvasion #TaxHavenhttps://bsky.app/profile/siegman.biz/post/3mxdfitnqxs2pat://did:plc:qcrpdkcfapeoom7d7d4adht2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdfitnqxs2p@siegman.bizPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 02:19:47 +0000To figure out how many vehicles Americans actually want, and what types of vehicles, we should abolish minimum parking mandate nationwide. Because we lack a free market for automobile storage, we cannot determine what Americans would freely choose.https://econtwitter.net/@BenAtkinsonPhD/117399205191642499https://econtwitter.net/users/BenAtkinsonPhD/statuses/117399205191642499@BenAtkinsonPhD@econtwitter.netPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 10:41:48 +0000Matthew Scace: “Thousands of Albertans may not have their ballots counted for the province’s coming referendum after Elections Alberta said more than 3,000 voters failed to properly identify themselves in the mail-in voting process. “The provincial elections agency said it has reached out to those electors, most of whom incorrectly filled out the voter declaration form that must be submitted alongside their ballots, asking them to resubmit documentation over e-mail." theglobeandmail.com/canada/alb…https://bsky.app/profile/hjacivillibs.bsky.social/post/3mxdsk3euzs26at://did:plc:jud6ap4rb3ty7sy7ifl77jvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdsk3euzs26@hjacivillibs.bsky.socialPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 06:13:07 +0000Luke Ings and Liam Bennett, two men jailed with indefinite sentences for public protection, have been freed after each serving about two decades in custody despite receiving minimum terms of two years or less www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...https://mastodon.me.uk/@ChrisMayLA6/117397920503875766https://mastodon.me.uk/ap/users/116675067652937535/statuses/117397920503875766@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.ukPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 05:15:05 +0000The politics of 'end times' and the approaching AI-driven 'apocalypse' often seems to be driving a fatalism that there is nothing we can do. However, as Nicholas Guilhot suggests, nothing is written in stone & such doom laden predictions should encourage us to search for alternatives rather than accept the present-focussed enrichment regime of our political class. Some have already see this need, but the shape of any new social settlement is still unclear, as is the route there. #politicshttps://bsky.app/profile/blockedbritain.bsky.social/post/3mxcbfpa6l422at://did:plc:utqmtmwfy4ethjekuqsutm3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcbfpa6l422@blockedbritain.bsky.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 15:33:46 +0000Kirsty has the qualifications to be a nurse. Newcastle has empty lecture halls and hospitals that need staff. HM Treasury capped funded training places at 180, then cut it to 165. She was locked out not by ability but by a political choice dressed up as financial constraint. Read her story. #MMThttps://social.vivaldi.net/@synlogic4242/117402362440725523https://social.vivaldi.net/users/synlogic4242/statuses/117402362440725523@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.netPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:04:43 +0000if democracy survives in US there are many fixes and upgrades we should do one of them, in my judgment, is to switch merit-weighted voting. no more "1 person, 1 vote, equal weight to each". each person's vote should have a different weight (using a points system) reflecting the objective merits of both the voter in question, and, the candidate they vote for would not be perfect, but much closer to it than what we have in place now, which is nuts, and has been abused, repeatedlyhttps://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/117400883905265964https://ecoevo.social/users/benlockwood/statuses/117400883905265964@benlockwood@ecoevo.socialPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 17:48:43 +0000The “run government like a business” argument collapses when you actually think about it for a second. Imagine having to subscribe to a fire department. Calling 911 but you have to listen to an ad first. Public service announcements behind a paywall.https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117399769177154836https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117399769177154836@mhoye@cosocial.caPoliticsWed, 07 Oct 2026 13:05:13 +0000Ontario is really backwards for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that we're talking about tearing out bike lanes when what's called for (in addition to transit, yes) is something like "low-impact-vehicle lanes" - lanes where bikes e- or otherwise, scooters, cargo trikes or any other light-electric vehicles can get around physically separated from cars. This is obviously needed in our cities, clearly a good idea, and will cause the car-brained among us to lose their god damn minds.https://c.im/@didgebaba/117404167817707703https://c.im/users/didgebaba/statuses/117404167817707703@didgebaba@c.imPoliticsThu, 08 Oct 2026 07:43:51 +0000Marco Rubio lives in a fantasy world. Athens was defeated in the Peloponnesian Wars by Sparta following rebellions from states within the Delian League. Rubio's version of history is linear and rediculous, and in his revisionism he betrays his own lack of intelligence: "“We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago,” Rubio said, pointing to positive tendencies including increases in European defense spending, expanded manufacturing and production, and a “flurry” of new partnerships and programs. To bolster his case, Rubio delivered a selective reading of history from antiquity to the present, saying that the values of the Ancient Greeks imbued those of later scientists and explorers, including some controversial choices including Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, whose legacies are associated with the subjugation of Latin America. But Rubio said they, as well as many others, carried a frontier spirit that was born in antiquity. “The greatest Americans of every generation have carried the unmistakable features of their forefathers – born in Athens, formed by Rome, baptized in Christendom, hardened in the furnace of medieval Europe, endowed with the English genius for liberty, and then carried across the Atlantic to be reborn on the shores of a new world,” he said." His White Power rhetoric isn't even historically accurate. "From its inception, Athens became the League's biggest source of military power, while more and more allies preferred to pay their dues in cash. Athens began to use the League's funds for its own purposes, like the reinforcement of its naval supremacy, which led to conflicts with the less powerful allies, at times culminating in rebellions, like that of Thasos in 465 BC." Classical Athens fell in stages rather than on a single date, marked by its military defeat in 404 BC at the end of the Peloponnesian War, and the end of the Classical period in 323 BC–322 BC with the rise of Macedonian control. Sounds oddly familiar.... theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o…