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Mark 🏳️‍🌈

@mark55.bsky.social

Nerd who knows too much about elections and Wikipedia pages. Giants and Mets fan. Troy McClure wannabe. Desperately seeking chicken parm. Instagram: Markirwin

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Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 6h ago

this is who DSA just cooked in Detroit btw. (she responded to this by calling the reporter, a veteran reporter at Detroit's leading Black newspaper, a liar and saying she never said that)

Sam Robinson @samueljrob State Rep. Helena Scott yesterday told me that, "if Abdul wins, we're fucked." She wouldn't commit to supporting him if he makes it to the general election, which she says he can't win. Scott is running against DSA-backed Chris Gilmer-Hill in Michigan's 8th state House district.
Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 15h ago

26-year-old democratic socialist Chris Gilmer-Hill lost his native Detroit 51-40, which was more than enough for him to make up for by crushing state Rep. Helena Scott 61-31 in Oakland County, and I think Detroit DSA gets its first *cadre* elected?

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 18h ago

Kansas is the only red state where Democratic appointees are a majority on the state Supreme Court, and it will stay that way for years to come after voters rejected this GOP power grab in a landslide. Kansas voters have repeatedly rejected Republican attempts to ban abortion since the Dobbs ruling

New York Times election results graphic for Kansas's Amendment 1. Explanatory text notes the measure, introduced by Republicans frustrated by the appointed court's support of abortion rights, seeks to overhaul how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected. If passed, the seven justices would no longer be appointed by the governor and would instead be elected to six-year terms. Latest results from 6:01 AM ET, with more than 95% of votes in, from AP. "No" is marked with a check as the winner, with 375,355 votes, or 61.3%. "Yes" has 236,800 votes, or 38.7%. Total reported: 612,155. Below, a county map of Kansas shades results from teal for Yes to orange for No, with the darkest shades indicating margins of 70% or more. Topeka and Wichita are labeled. The map is closely divided county by county, with teal and orange counties interspersed across the state; most shading on both sides is in the lighter, roughly 60-percent range. Teal predominates somewhat in the western half. The darkest orange counties, at 70% or more for No, cluster in the northeast around and east of Topeka. Sedgwick County, containing Wichita, is shaded orange.
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections

*gestures ethnically*@palkyrie.bsky.social · 24h ago

Detroit: Passed a millage which will increase bus service about 5-10% over the next 2 years. Seattle: Expanding transit with extended hours on 34 lines and three new ones, 2 run 21 hours a day, without cutting lines. Portland: We're slashing transit because Tri-Met management needs a new Mercedes.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 18h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

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slate@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d ago

my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop

gun shop next door to a preschool
Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 7d ago

In 2016, North Carolina banned trans people from bathrooms and the institutional outcry and public outrage was so enormous NC backtracked in fear. Now every single day another institution turns against trans people to deafening public silence. Today it was the WNBA.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · last wk.

Hundreds of sports leagues and hospitals and universities have banned trans people and the national response is... "oh well". The Trump regime is openly saying they're going to eliminate us and the country just... collectively shrugs.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6d ago

Israeli sources indicate the military is preparing for a potential expansion of its campaign, driven by anticipated directives from President Trump in the coming days.-Israeli Ch 14