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Update- literally just now saw someone comment on a video Ayanna Pressley reposted that it was wrong and that's not what evidence shows and they "say yes on 3." Like just a voter that disagrees.... LinkedIn says they work for The Outreach Team, that has been paid over A MILLION DOLLARS by Yes on 3.

Dr. Cara Berg Powers@clbergpowers.bsky.social · 5h ago

We need to talk about this comment on this post and how it's like every other comment section you go to about Yes on 3 right now. In case you don't read any further, you should note that not only is Regan lying, he's also on the payroll for the billionaires trying to pass Q3. A brief #mapoli 🧵

I am glad they got to fill out the big arena, but make the NBA move their game. Having fewer days off for a finals game is bullsh*t. Who cares about a regular season Hawks game vs a finals.

WNBA@wnba.com · 4h ago

TOOK GAME 3 AT HOME 🅰️ The Atlanta Dream defeat the Golden State Valkyries, 97-71, in Game 3! The Dream move into 2-1 in the #2026WNBAFinals Angel Reese: 21 PTS | 12 REB | 3 AST | 3 STL | 2 3PM Rhyne Howard: 16 PTS | 5 STL | 4 REB | 4 AST Naz Hillmon: 15 PTS | 3 3PM | 2 REB #WNBASeason30

On #mapoli Q3, the Coalition for a Stealthy Oligarchy is dominating the Testosterone Derby. Of 59 individual donations over $50,000, 57 are from men, most in high finance. The top 5 have kicked in over $3,000,000. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/massachuse...

Massachusetts Oligarchs Continue Pouring Money into Ballot Question 3

The Committee for a Healthy Oligarchy’s Somerset Club Campaign Is Going Swimmingly

mauricecunningham153.substack.com

We need to talk about this comment on this post and how it's like every other comment section you go to about Yes on 3 right now. In case you don't read any further, you should note that not only is Regan lying, he's also on the payroll for the billionaires trying to pass Q3. A brief #mapoli 🧵

Comment from Stephen Regan, 7 hrs prior to screenshot

One common thread for the hundreds and hundreds of donars to YES on 3 is they are Massachusetts people, and voters. The No on 3, according to Mass Office pf Campaign and Political Finance has ZERO. A New York PAC ($100,000), the Mass Democratic Party ($50,000) but no voters. I choose people over party and PAC.
Maurice T. Cunningham@masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 17h ago

On #mapoli Q3, the Coalition for a Stealthy Oligarchy is dominating the Testosterone Derby. Of 59 individual donations over $50,000, 57 are from men, most in high finance. The top 5 have kicked in over $3,000,000. mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/massachuse...

The fact is that what we've seen on the fight for and against Q3, has been a trial run for what will happen if they win- They've outspent working people 30,000-1. Even still, polling shows they are just slightly ahead. They know they can't win a fair fight, so they want to end fair fights for good.

Also note all news organizations no longer are confirming results they outsourced it to a black box private company that is using AP's name prestige. That system runs through David Ellison's Oracle and on Amazon Servers. We really need a noncorporate system for election night national tabulation.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 7h ago

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

Yet another reason why you should instead tune into The Downballot/Strength In Numbers election night livestream! If you're a real Sicko, you can even bookmark it now: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 7h ago

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

What's revealing to me about Question 3 (jungle primaries) is that they almost never actually tlak about one of the major changes in their ballot question. And that’s because it undermines all the (dishonest) messaging they put out.

What's revealing to me about Question 3 (jungle primaries) is that they almost never actually tlak about one of the major changes in their ballot question. 

Question 3 eliminates primaries for Lt. Governor. Since 1780, voters have had a say on the elections of LG. Before 1966, Gov and LG had separate ballots. Since 1966, they became separate primary ballots but joined in the general (what's called "shotgun marriage"). 

Under Question 3, gubernatorial candidates would have to pick their running mates when they file for office. That's not how it's done in either CA or WA, which have top-two primaries. And it puts up hurdles for grassroots candidates because it's not easy to get someone to agree to your running mate if they don't think you can win, and it's a lot of work to vet candidates. 

Question 3's backers could have chosen the path of keeping Gov and LG separate through the general. But they didn't: they abolished your ability to vote on an office entirely. 

It gives the lie to all of their rhetoric of "choice" and "competition." That's not their agenda. Their agenda is harming grassroots candidates. 

And it's no shock then that they bury this on their website and never mention it whenever they describe the question in events. 

"More democracy" and "more choice" but fewer offices to vote on and more hurdles for candidates? Give me a break.

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

BREAKING: New Mexico judge says Meta must pay $25 billion for deceiving users about data privacy. The company was found to have committed 43 million violations of New Mexico law since n this case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

It's very funny how it's clear that the Yes on 3 ("jungle primary") campaign has several guys who are all being paid to respond to all of my No on 3 posts. To be clear, I think it would be an honor to be paid to respond to my posts. They are great posts. But it's just such reply-guy energy.