When you contribute to a PAC asking for money to support multiple candidates, how do we know where the money is going, and how is the split decided? Do we get an accounting, or is it blind trust?
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Please excuse my posts that are weirdly misspelled or punctuated. I am arthritic and between that and my phoneassuming it knows better than me, I screw up.
I will no longer contribute to any elected politician, present or past, until laws are passed that allow me to afford the medication that would keep my blood cancer in control. It would now cost me over $100,000 per year. Unacceptable.
Jimmy Breslin and Norman Mailer ran a campaign in 1969 in NYC as Independents. They ran on the platform of all 5 boroughs of NYC seceding from NY State and becoming the 51st State. Unfortunately, they lost.
Voted in California yesterday at 1:00 pm. Received confirmation that the vote was received and would be included in the election results a little after 4:00pm. That's the way it should be everywhere.
To every candidate for every office in every State, County, town, etc. Who has told me that it will be my fault if you lose because I didn't send you a donation, I refuse to tale responsibility. Maybe if your constituents get to know you and your agenda better, you might win on merit. What a concept
Reminder for Mother's Day and every day.
@fravery.bsky.social · 3mo agoAll houses are dark until the mother wakes up. - Kahil Gibran
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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The Court of International Trade has declared trump's tarrifs unlawful. Does that mean there is a body that can arrest, try, and convict him? Or is it just another comment with no teeth?
California's Governor will be the head of the 5th largest economy in the world. They will need political, business and diplomatic skills, and if they already have international experience and ties, that would be helpful. It will mean jobs, imports, exports, and maybe rebuild some respect for us.
💊 Americans are being forced to skip life-saving care … while our country spends billions to go to war. That’s the reality. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲: 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀. Invest in healthcare. Save lives. 👉 Please share if you agree! #HealthcareNotWarfare
Jeff Bezos ‘selling $500m superyacht because it attracts too much attention’. If he had Prime he could have just returned it within 30 days.
If the goal of elected Representatives is to work for the people they live and work with to better the community, why is it appropriate for a candidate from another state to ask me to fund them? Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose?
I wonder if our present Reps really understand how tired we are of the rhetoric that started in 2017 when tRump first took office to now. That's a hell of a long time to promise actions without delivering. I hope this time we vote for legislators who know how to do more than flap their mouths
Is it true that Todd Blanche is in the Epstein files and that is the reason he refuses to release more files?
I got a survey from a Democratic polling group asking me, a registered Dem, who should be our next candidate. I obviously vote Dem, like them or not. Why aren't we asking the Independent voters, who we desperately need, that question?
If Congress is not in session, can the Leader of one Party call a meeting of members of that Party and discuss strategies? Could such a meeting take place anywhere?
Life’s Moving Sidewalks: Why We Can’t Let Anyone Stumble Alone Under Trump’s Policies open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Dottie Breslin on Meidas+
To respect a law requires two things. The law has to be passed, and then it has to be enforced. We seem to be over enthusiastic in our passing of laws, but we re failing dismally on the enforcement si...
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Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history. 30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king." — @snipy.bsky.social
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
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Kristi Noem didn’t approve FEMA rescue teams for over 72 hours after the Texas floods, following a rule she imposed that required her personal sign-off on any operation over $100K. This is inexcusable. She should resign.
New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time "American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
publicnotice.co
Ted Cruz Stripped Weather Forecasting Funds From Trump’s Megabill. Then the Floods Came. Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.
Sen. Ted Cruz stripped weather forecasting funds from Trump's megabill. Then the floods came.
Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.
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