hazel_steampunk

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Left of left. Feminist. Find my peace on the Oregon Coast. 🌈🌊☮️🎸 No DMs unless I know you. #FibromyalgiaWarrior #StandWithUkraine #ReleaseEpsteinFiles

NEW: Missourians sued to put their bid to strike down a GOP gerrymander on November’s ballot after the state’s top election official declared the effort unconstitutional. Voters have fought nearly a year to put the gerrymander to a statewide vote, but the GOP has thrown roadblocks at every turn.

Missouri voting advocates sue after redistricting referendum rejected

Missouri voters have fought for nearly a year to put the gerrymander to a statewide referendum vote in November.

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If we want our democracy to continue as I do we’ve got to vote in BiG numbers and we’ve got to vote blue make a plan. Check your election department to make sure you’re still on the list if you can’t make to the polls ask for mail in ballot. #blues 🗳️💙

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 · 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

Sen. Kaine: We’ve got about 25 providers in Virginia — half of which have already closed, and the other half are at risk or immediate risk of closure — just because of the Medicare changes made in HR 1.

Would a 2028 Harris campaign mean reliving 2024? Pete Buttigieg says no. “This is about bigger things than whether somebody gets their feelings hurt by a page in a book,” he said. “This is about the trajectory of Western civilization.” 🔗 politi.co/3RSLiin

NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”

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Mitch McConnell’s communications director’s silence and smirk speak volumes. If he were fine, or even improving, she’d just say so. There’s no way this man is coming back.