They also promote participation by allowing people to express their true preferences without feeling like they're wasting a vote
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ranked choice voting in primaries doesn’t just transform the ballot, it transforms campaigns. you can have your coming-together moments *before* election day, and affirm the values you have in common while highlighting your different strengths for the general (see: brad lander & zohran mamdani)
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2h ago⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed
I remember when I was in the boxing press pit, you'd finish up your main event notes, then the dark aftercard would go the distance, then the fighters would take their time to show up to the presser, by the time the first word is out it's pushing 11:30pm and you're like I JUST WANNA GO TO BED.
media literacy for journalism tip: they wrote this like this because it was very late and the race wasn’t quite official-official and they absolutely needed to go to bed
Politico@politico.com · 9h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
"I fit this to my priors to soothe my sense of authority and make the world seem more predictable, and you can, too"
I wish writing paid more so people could focus on that instead of trying to innovate through side gigs
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
oh man i haven’t stayed up late enough to see u.k. friends posting in a *minute*. what’s up guys, michigan did good voting. liverpool sign anybody yet? no? okay well i’m gonna fall asleep like the alarm’s not set for four hours from now
guess who i knocked a whole lot of doors for in 2020 lololol
Gavin (who is back in town)@11mmyjohns.bsky.social · 10h agoMcMorrow in this election reminds me of Warren in 2020. Was she better than the other two? Yeah, probably. But she didn’t inspire enough of the electorate, and beating Republicans is so much more important.
and should have won tonight, which i’ve been saying for months and might be saying forever. who can say
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 13h agoMcMorrow would have won
James Carville has returned to his true form: a bayou crocodile animated by Don Bluth
@ryanlcooper.com i sent your interview with @wewill2026.bsky.social to so many people, and i’m simply going to point out that x.com/chadlivengoo...
Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) on X
Progressive Will Lawrence nabs Democratic nomination in key mid-Michigan congressional seat https://t.co/8RvrQYIVLl via @DNBethLeBlanc & @detroitnews
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hands up for the leftist guy from my town representing my town in congress www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Progressive Will Lawrence nabs Dem nomination in key Michigan House seat
The winner of the 7th District Democratic primary will face first-term U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, in the November general election.
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key division in the 2026 D primaries is that mainstream dems appear to have not read all the way to the end here
The microtransactions in the next Madden will verge on postmodern performance art
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
i know this stat would be almost impossible to objectively generate, but my kingdom for a running back "scramble" or "broken play" rate indicating how often a runner bounces out of the intended lane/improvises
Just now seeing this from Tigers president Scott Harris, defending the Skubal deal. If I was doing a deal with him I'd make him think he was really fleecing me too. I'd tell him I had to go and clear it with my boss and everything, because we normally can't do deals this good for just anyone.
Then later he's in a press conference like, "I did in fact sleep with a woman under my roof and yes we did sin but she is not a whore!"
Ty Schalter@tyschalter.com · yesterdaythe president [introspectively]: “are not my critics right about me? did i, an honorably widowed and therefore single man, not bang a lady under the very same roof that shelters my my teen daughter while she sleeps? have i not made the people’s house a den of sin?”
the president [introspectively]: “are not my critics right about me? did i, an honorably widowed and therefore single man, not bang a lady under the very same roof that shelters my my teen daughter while she sleeps? have i not made the people’s house a den of sin?”
Carli Velocci 👽@carlivelocci.com · yesterdayWhen they say nobody makes romcoms like they used to, they really mean The American President (1995), an Aaron Sorkin joint where President Michael Douglas starts dating environmental lobbyist Annette Benning and the big scandal is that she went to a flag burning once and he respects women too much
As U.S.-Canada relations worsen, Michigan’s Sault area has lost an estimated $62.7M due to decreased crossings. It’s bewildering, a state senator says. He recalls Canadians helping locals fix the grid after a storm: “This is our best friend in the entire world.”
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...
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I’ve been reflexively hard on her because of the whole money thing, but Jess Pegula really does seem to be using her resources and clout to push for better pro tennis. I’m handing it to her. Recanting
"Ricky Pearsall's hurt again. His prognosis got worse and worse by the hour. By Saturday, Pearsall was scheduled for season-ending PCL surgery. By the time you read this, he may have been wiped from existence by some time-travel anomaly." too-deep-zone.ghost.io/crossroads-w...
Crossroads Wide Receiver Season
Keon Coleman -- and the WRs picked ahead of him in the 2024 draft -- all found themselves in the headlines and at the crossroads as NFL training camps kicked off.
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to get a new pc now you're gonna have to trick your city into funding the whole thing like a sports team owner getting a new stadium
Start courting “both sides” this becomes just another social media wasteland. Which is why the first rule of bsky is block early and often. Blocking keeps the peace. Blocking purifies and landscape. Blocking is ownership. I don’t care who the CEO of BlueSky is, they literally can’t own the protocol.
DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
