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Andrew C. White
@andrewcwhite.bsky.social
He/him Democratic Committee Chair, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, NY Former Stephentown Democratic Committee Chair Former Rensselaer County Democratic Committee Vice Chair Retired Mainframe Operating Systems Engineer
NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:
Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.
boltsmag.org
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
As Paul Waldman wrote yesterday, "James Carville, a pundit known for once working on a winning campaign in the early 1990s...." thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Warren says she only pays ‘attention to almost one out of 10’ opinions from Carville
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday said she seldom pays attention to comments and musings made by longtime Democratic strategist James Carville. TMZ spoke with Warren about Carville’s …
thehill.com
"Just as the billionaires have come to the obvious realization that there is no turning back on MAGAdom, Democrats must also realize that there is no turning back on opposition to the billionaire agenda." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligar...
The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans
And Democrats should make the most of it
paulkrugman.substack.com
Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
theatlantic.com
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
bloomberg.com
For those of us that know the proper way to drive. www.roadandtrack.com/rankings/g64...
Still Want to Row Your Own Gears? These Cars Are Keeping the Manual Transmission Alive
These automakers—including Porsche, BMW, Mazda, Honda, and more—are saving the manuals, one performance car at a time.
roadandtrack.com
Really? You don't say. www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/p...
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn | CNN Politics
Nothing about what happened Friday, when the Justice Department dropped its case against a purported Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandal, was completely surprising.
cnn.com
Alex MacKay is not having a good day behind the plate. He's calling strikes on pitches well out of the zone and missed some inside the zone. The White Sox need to learn how to make ABS challenges. They suck and are out of challenges. It has cost them not being able to challenge these bad calls.
[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody
Politicians need to get more comfortable dismissing invalid concerns. Not the people who make them, but the substance of the worry. No, you shouldn't worry about vaccines and autism. Not: That's a valid concern and we're looking into it.
They are comparing it to Irene and that is certainly as close as I can remember. I wouldn't say it was as bad as Irene but then the eye of Irene almost went right over my house back then and we live on high ground now but that was an ark load of water yesterday. www.timesunion.com/weather/arti...
Wide swath of upstate New York deluged by historic rainfall
States of emergency were declared throughout the Capital Region and Hudson Valley. The extent of damage is not yet known but could rival Irene in some areas.
timesunion.com
CNN: "The president's overall approval rating now stands at just 34%. That matches his career low following the January 6 insurrection."
Data centers take a year or so to build. Power and transmission lines necessary to support them can more like 5-10 years regardless of type of power envisioned. www.404media.co/data-centers...
Data Centers Are Easy to Build. Powering Them Is Complicated, Slow, and Expensive
A new AI data center can be up and running in a year. Building new energy infrastructure to power it could take a decade.
404media.co
Very interesting. Appears to be available on IOS. Not sure about Android. There is a desktop version you can use to discover where the cameras are around you. dontgetflocked.com
FlockHopper | Flock Camera Avoidance Routing
Plan routes that avoid Flock and ALPR cameras. Explore 90,000+ surveillance cameras and build privacy-first routes across the United States.
dontgetflocked.com
Seeing a lot of "the DNC picked South Carolina to ensure a centrist nominee" and, no, it may feel good and validate your priors to believe that, but that's not what's happening at all. First, for obvious reasons, the DNC is going to have an early state that has a substantial Black population. 1/x
I've always loved Daniel Donner's hexmap. Of all the things we've created over the years at The Downballot, this is one of my very favorites. So clean, so appealing, so useful. And we make it freely available to all!
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · last wk.We've got a fantastic announcement: The Downballot has just released a new version of our one-of-a-kind "hexmap," which shows every congressional district as the same size. @donnermaps.bsky.social has been hard at work updating it for all 10 states with new maps. Check it out here! 🧵