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Nathan Million

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

Missouri Republicans' Amendment 4 is getting trounced not just in every congressional district but in every *county* so far. Trump won all but four counties in Missouri.

Screenshot of a New York Times 2026 election results page titled "Missouri Amendment 4 Election Results: Modify Amendment Approval Requirements." A description notes the measure, proposed by the Republican-led legislature, would require citizen-initiated constitutional amendments to win in each of the state's eight congressional districts rather than by a simple statewide majority. With 23% of votes in (AP data), "No" leads with 277,388 votes, or 81.1%, and is marked with a check indicating it is winning. "Yes" has 64,711 votes, or 18.9%. Total reported: 342,099. A "Results by county" table lists: St. Louis County, 85% No / 15% Yes, 82,026 total votes, 30% in; St. Charles, 79/21, 30,809, 20% in; Platte, 80/20, 18,648, 77% in; Buchanan, 82/18, 15,852, more than 95% in; St. Louis City, 90/10, 15,826, 22% in; Clay, 82/18, 15,613, 21% in. At right, a map of Missouri shades counties by result, with Kansas City, Columbia, St. Louis, and Springfield labeled. Reporting counties are shaded orange for No, most at the darkest shade of 70% or more; no counties are shaded teal for Yes. Counties without results are gray, covering much of the state.
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 18h ago

NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 18h ago

RE: Kansas, look who had the idea. Corrupt Kobach. Now defeat him for AG this year: "two months after the 2022 abortion amendment failed, Republican Kris Kobach floated the idea of amending our constitution to popularly elect our state Supreme Court justices" kansasreflector.com/2026/06/09/w...

Who is pushing the constitutional amendment to change Kansas Supreme Court judicial selection? • Kansas Reflector

On Aug. 4, Kansans will again vote on whether to change the way in which we select our Kansas Supreme Court Justices.

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

Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 18h ago

🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters defeated a GOP bid to limit their ability to amend the state constitution. The measure was the GOP's attempt to diminish the power of voters who’ve used citizen initiatives to expand Medicaid and protect abortion access.

Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution

Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure,…

democracydocket.com

James Ball@jamesrball.com · yesterday

It is the single worst deliberate change I have ever seen made to a product, and might be what stops me using Microsoft Office after…25+ years? Imbecilic product decision, but just one among *many*.

Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · yesterday

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Beng@bengtang.bsky.social · yesterday

There are alternatives to MS office like Libreoffice and WPS office. They are not as user friendly but also don't try to control you or steal your data.

Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · yesterday

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

✪ A Somber Birthday Gray in Late August ✪@jongraywb.blacksky.app · 18h ago

Yup. I only found out about this by terrible, terrible accident and every time I see the words OneDrive I wanna yeet my laptop into geosynchronous orbit.

Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · yesterday

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

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

NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto

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

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

19thnews@19thnews.org · 18h ago

Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made members of the state’s Supreme Court electable by popular vote — a seemingly technical issue that had become a proxy battle for the future of abortion rights in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. https://bit.ly/4c3fG0d

Kansas voters reject another attempt to reshape the state’s abortion landscape

Reproductive rights supporters framed the ballot measure to elect state justices as an attempt to weaken abortion rights.

19thnews.org

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h ago

I found out that my friends grandfather was able to avoid the WW2 draft by telling them he was an engineer working on a military project and it was a pogo stick with a gun mounted on it and they bought it. There are actual designs and plans of the thing. I'm going to write the hell out of this story

Programming Insider@programminginsider.bsky.social · 18h ago

📺 August 4, 1997: Two syndicated late night talk shows debuted: “The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show” and “Vibe,” which was based on the magazine of the same name. Both tried to fill the void left by Arsenio Hall who departed his successful late night show in 1994 but each show did not last one full season

August 4, 1997: Two syndicated late night talk shows debuted: “The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show” and “Vibe,” the latter was initially hosted by Chris Spencer.
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 18h 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.

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Rev. Angela Denker@angeladenker.bsky.social · 18h ago

As a Mizzou grad married to a KC native, few things would make me happier than seeing these two states turn away from the destructive deep red politics they’ve embraced in recent years.

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

Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion