MikeKN

@mikenp40.bsky.social

Not the Kray Brothers

Republicans love primaries because they legitimately engage in knock down, drag out fights over who is the most evil. Democrats get annoyed every two years over why everyone doesn't just accept who Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn want to be your Congressman

worth remembering how short and simple the 15th Amendment is, as well as how sweeping its grant of congressional authority is. the idea that this doesn't cover a ban on racial gerrymanders is transparent horseshit

Fifteenth Amendment
Section 1

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude–

Section 2

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The Democrats sense that they're gonna cruise to midterm victory by doing nothing and offering nothing and are using it as a freebie to punch left to make sure the voters don't get any ideas.

BREAKING: Democrat Alison Page has defeated longtime Republican incumbent Dan Toland in the River Falls, Wisconsin mayoral race, flipping the seat from red to blue. Toland had held the office since 2012.

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It's happened: Wisconsin Republicans' mighty suburban WOW wall is now breached. Chris Taylor, the liberal candidate for supreme court, actually carried Ozaukee County today. (Flashback to last decade: Romney won here by 30%.)

What a result: A Democratic-backed candidate has won the mayoral election in Waukesha, the biggest city in the notoriously conservative Waukesha County. Alicia Halvensleben will be the next mayor. She defeated a GOP state lawmaker.

Waukesha County 2012: Romney +35 2024: Trump +20 2025: Schimel +16 Tonight: Lazar +9 Lazar is from Waukesha County. Republicans continue to see their advantage in this historically GOP stronghold erode, though the county is shifted left less than the state tonight.

NEW: When a Wisconsin mayor ended his city's contract with Flock (the AI surveillance company), he was stunned to see Flock refused to remove cameras. So he covered them with plastic bags. Now local activists are taking their fight to Madison & the Dane County sheriff, wanting more cameras gone.

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read ...

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"Fact: [Cops] never should have came to my house in the first place. Fact: If they hadn't have came to my house, they wouldn't have put themselves on the video camera and in my music career. All of this is their fault, and they have the audacity to sue me. These people, and you, are the predators"

Travelling Will@airelbonia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So Afroman has a new single out about his legal battles with the Adams county Ohio police. It seems like at least partially worth a @gregdoucette.bsky.social "cops are great" comment. youtu.be/HM8Ee6pcXvQ?...