The Blue Building To Become Housing by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com

The Blue Building To Become Housing

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DCCC and HMP are getting behind Lawrence in MI07 pretty quickly

I think this is an extremely online take that is divorced from the actual democratic primary electorate. I am willing to bet that Michigan democrats have positive favorables of both AES *and* Stevens, and that is why it was close

Kerr Avon ♨️@kerravon.bsky.social · 9h ago

The margin being this close suggests a lot of Democratic primary voters in Michigan *did not* see AES as "like most Democrats." This is cope.

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…

Also, importantly, most Democrats like most Democrats. Most Democrats particularly like most Democrats who like most Democrats.

Voting straight ticket D without any thought makes election day easy as hell

The best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

Having to toy with the thought that Tiffany might win, I honestly can’t say with certainty that I would continue to live here if that were the case. The consequences of him winning (and thus having his own trifecta) are just too devastating and demoralizing for me to live with

Interested Milwaukee Citizen@citizenmke.bsky.social · 20h ago

I would guess that many leftists would be more devastated by Hong losing, but Crowley winning the general than by Hong winning and then subsequently losing the general, despite the latter being much more consequential to the future of the state and its downfall

IMO, one of the reasons the WI Dem Gov primary has been so annoying is that it feels like the DSA left sees it as the most important election this year, while the rest of us see the November election as significantly more important. And that disconnect drives me insane

Anyways, here's a look at what a dedicated Racine-Kenosha light rail DMU line could look like, using the existing (but rarely utilized) UP-N rail ROW to provide not just decent service b/w the two cities, but also within them.

Part of me would like to vote for Roys, since I actually do like her, but like... a good poll for her has her at like 6% lol Personally, my experience of this primary has less been "oh my god, it's so negative!" (has felt honestly mostly rather tame) and more so, "oh my god, this is unsatisfying"

State income tax abolish going down by that much in Missouri in a year when complaining about taxes is in vogue is such a fascinating result. Maybe not all hope is lost

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 23h ago

Two more GOP amendments go down to crushing defeats, both in MO. #4 would have made future ballot initiatives impossible to pass by requiring winning a majority statewide *and* in each congressional district. #5 would have eliminated the state income tax.

Based on these initial MI results, here’s my current predictions for the WI Gov primary: Hong: 52% Crowley: 38% Roys: 7% Brennan: 3%

I know there will be a lot of wishcasting this MI Senate primary onto WI Gov next week, but I think one key difference is that El-Sayed is both familiar to Detroit and more palatable demographically to the city than Hong is for Milwaukee.

honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · yesterday

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

Return to the Future Past

- Housing: "We have the lowest unsheltered homeless count...in the entire country." - Tackling the opioid epidemic: "We've lowered (opioid) overdose deaths by 40%." - Act 12 and returning $ to MKE County: "We have been able to bring more money back, close to about $100M a year since 2023."

Dan Shafer@danshafer.bsky.social · yesterday

Tony Evers' pitch for David Crowley is that "David will get things done." So, I asked Crowley: What are your three biggest accomplishments in your six years as County Executive? His answers are on: - Housing - Tackling the opioid epidemic - Act 12 and returning $ to MKE County

Every time I have to drive in the suburbs for any amount of time, I understand why road rage and anger are ubiquitous in America. It’s such a soul sucking experience

I knew there would be some price sticker shock (mostly sales taxes irl) but the biggest shock is how many fuckers drive cars with illegal tints and modified mufflers for the sake of being annoying anonymous assholes

Mac the squirrel :)@macsquirelera.bsky.social · yesterday

Man Americans drive some very fucked up cars very dangerously. And ong all of the people with intentionally super Loud cars

My parents (east coast suburbanites) are visiting Chicago this week (to give my wife and I a bit of a break during their two week stay) and they’re doing it all w/o a car and w/o my help taking public transit. They have some experience with transit, but not in Chicago and not on their own

Hmmm. This is probably the primary to watch as a microcosm of the broader WI Gov primary. This is a Dem leaning district with a retiring GOP rep, so its not necessarily a safe district. The Mayor of Oak Creek (which is probably half the district) is the obvious choice in order to win

Urban Milwaukee@urbanmilwaukee.com · yesterday

Legislative Primaries to Watch in August Elections

There's a trend in intersection design it seems that puts a median between left turns and thru movements, and sometimes offsets the left turns so there is a small or no median between them and the opposing thru traffic. It's an evolution of the positive offset left turn. But is it good?

I’m honored to receive the endorsement of @cbcpac.bsky.social, an organization with a long history of supporting leaders who fight for working families. Let’s keep working to win every vote on August 11, defeat Tom Tiffany in November, and deliver results for people across Wisconsin.

I think that assuming every election is a pure democratic choice and thus the outcome of the election should be respected as the “will of the voters” is not great and discourages any introspection on whether the “will of the voters” is properly represented.

While I normally agree, voters don’t actually get much of a choice here, when the only candidates to run against Wyden in the primary are nobodies. Like, this isn’t democracy! bsky.app/profile/goli...

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2d ago

but, ultimately, if voters choose to return an 80-year old to the senate — which i would absolutely do for wyden — that’s up to them/us. that’s our choice.

This both seems too much like great man theory (of which I’m weary) and a cherry picked example of where it works out. For every Ron Wyden, there’s a Gerry Connelly, a Raul Grijalva, and a David Scott bsky.app/profile/goli...

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2d ago

ron wyden is arguably one of the single best senators in the entire chamber and is 77 years old. do i like that? no. do i think that literally any possible replacement would be better for us, collectively, not just in oregon? also no.

A combination of term limits (of 15-20 years), age limits (75 yrs old), and structural changes to allow for a multiparty system to emerge would all be good to discourage the kind of gerontocracy we have become

I would say that our democracy is not working well if so many of our elected leaders are so old (and have been around for so long) and we should change the system to better encourage turnover

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2d ago

no, we shouldn’t, because that violates the entire fucking spirit of democracy. i think we should strongly discourage it — i think it should be seen as embarrassing to hold onto a job like this at advanced age and it should be treated as such socially — but, no, we should not enshrine limits in law