No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 18h ago30,000,000 dollars
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#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 18h ago
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There’s obviously nothing wrong with people going into the skilled trades, but most trades have their own systems through which people get trained. Also, I would be curious to see how many Republican administration officials and elected leaders have Gen Z kids who work in the trades.
In a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out.
Looks like yesterday was quite a good day for 6 state leaders to call for just such a moratorium! Congrats to Rep. Leslie Muñoz , Rep. Chaichi, Sen. Neron, Sen. Golden, & Candidates Carpenter & Myrna Muñoz. Who will join them? These 6 have a righteous fight & the State of Oregon behind them.
Portland DSA@portlanddsa.bsky.social · 13h ago2/3rds of Oregonians support a statewide data center moratorium that a bunch of our electeds and candidates called for yesterday. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
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They had ladders, another banner and a crowd for this drop. Say what you will, but in an era where you can get 30 years for moving a box of zines, this takes guts.
Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 17h agoa banner found above the front doors of the police HQ in Madison, Wisconsin this morning stated: “Arrest the killer cop, 608-266-4211.”
"Conservatism has exactly one proposition...There must be in groups the law protects but does not bind and out groups the law binds but does not protect."--Frank Wilhoit
Peace@dogsmile.bsky.social · yesterdayIt’s pretty evident that America has no laws that pertain to the Dotard in the WH.
NEW: Eleventh Circuit, on an 8-5 vote, holds that Florida's anti-drag law is likely constitutional. A majority of the court, however, disagreed with Just Brasher that the court should rule on whether the statewide injunction entered in the case was an improper "universal injunction." Law Dork:
Eleventh Circuit, on an 8-5 vote, holds that Florida's anti-drag law is likely constitutional
A majority of the court, however, disagreed with Judge Andrew Brasher that the court should rule on whether the statewide injunction entered in the case was an improper "universal injunction."
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August 4, 2026 is the setting of the Ray Bradbury short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" So if today you are feeling like the only structure left standing after a nuclear war, that is probably why
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Nothing says “public safety” like trying to siphon away clean energy money while I’ve been nursing a raging headache for two days from wildfire smoke.
Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 21h agoA ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Amazing they thought this would fly in Portland, of all places
OPB@opb.org · 19h agoA Portland police-backed initiative that sought to divert money from the city’s climate action fund will not be on the November ballot after all.
Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
If you click, this is video. The 2 capybaras just strolling & chilling. 2 more capybaras, in the next room, at the very end.
John R. Platt@johnrplatt.bsky.social · 19h agoCapybaras keep their chill while crashing Brazilian legislature apnews.com/article/braz...
Natural warming filter courtesy of wildfire smoke in the air today. I took this around 1:00 in the afternoon, and it looks more like golden hour. 📷🌿🪶
Multnomah County has 7000 seats for Preschool for All this year. Are we winning versus NYC? Yes. But more importantly we are winning versus ALL COMERS. (i think?)
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 22h agoToday, for the first time in New York City history, 2,000 two year-olds received offers for FREE 2-K. A big step for those who take baby steps. A big step towards a City every New Yorker can afford.
some good local news. the rancid "take money from the climate fund and write a blank check to the pigs instead" ballot initiative failed to qualify due to fradulent signatures www.portlandmercury.com/news/enhance...
Effort to Send Climate Dollars to Cops Won’t Qualify For November Ballot - Portland Mercury
A ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballo...
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🚨BREAKING: Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new map from appearing on the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence voters
Voter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.
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this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
You don't know the half of it. (My old apartment on SW 16th had a regular raccoon visitor who opened up the neighbor's door and helped himself to dog/cat food. He threw a literal tantrum when the neighbor added a lock to the porch door and he couldn't get in, and woke me from a dead sleep at 3 am.)