Thinking the same think last night watching his speech, El Nino. But I'll say a strong candidate, not THE front runner just yet. But he sure said all the right things. And with passion.
Someone noted (I think it was David Axelrod) that Beshear spent $18 million more than his opponent who was funded by at least 5 super pacs. Hope a bunch of it was grassroots.
The early results appear to show a big change coming to Seattle's City Council, with only one Progressive candidate leading in the races for the seven seats. The new majority seems to share funding by MAGA-money and a penchant for incarceration solutions to crime over treatment:
Also it's funny that everyone is - yawn another state legalizes. I really hope Uncle Joe has been holding this one back for the federal level to unveil in 2024 before the election.
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She was amazing.
She was amazing.
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It's like her Nanna
It's like her Nanna Roseannadanna always used to say: It's always something.
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Democrat Beshear wins re
Democrat Beshear wins re-election in KY Gov race. He will be the Dem front runner for Pres in 28 if we still have a democracy.
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Thinking the same think last
Thinking the same think last night watching his speech, El Nino. But I'll say a strong candidate, not THE front runner just yet. But he sure said all the right things. And with passion.
Someone noted (I think it was David Axelrod) that Beshear spent $18 million more than his opponent who was funded by at least 5 super pacs. Hope a bunch of it was grassroots.
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The early results appear to
The early results appear to show a big change coming to Seattle's City Council, with only one Progressive candidate leading in the races for the seven seats. The new majority seems to share funding by MAGA-money and a penchant for incarceration solutions to crime over treatment:
https://www.thestranger.com/elections-2023/2023/11/08/79246379/six-takea...
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More surprised Seattle voted
More surprised Seattle voted to raise property taxes to pay for affordable housing.
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That vote wasn't even close.
That vote wasn't even close. It appears the public tolerance for large visible homeless encampments is waning.
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Every part of where we live
Every part of where we live voted red as fuck
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Also it's funny that everyone
Also it's funny that everyone is - yawn another state legalizes. I really hope Uncle Joe has been holding this one back for the federal level to unveil in 2024 before the election.
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Didn't Philadelphia elect
Didn't Philadelphia elect their first female black mayor?
Phail.
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Good List
Good List
→ Ohio protected abortion
→ Dems win Pennsylvania supreme court race
→ Dems also flip intermediate appellate court in PA
→ Dems won Kentucky governorship
→ Dems won Virginia legislature, hold off GOP trifecta
→ Dems expand New Jersey majorities
→ GOP won Mississippi government
→ Seattle passes affordable housing levy
→ Kansas City renews transit tax
→ Ohio legalizes weed
→ Santa Fe adopts 'mansion tax'
→ Reformers lose DA race in Pittsburgh region
→ GOP wins Suffolk executive race, Manchester mayoral
→ Dems win mayorship in Indy, Boise, probably Spokane?
→ VERY strong night for Dems in Pennsylvania county races
→ lots of conservative losses for school board
→ Maine doesn't make private utilities public
→ Texas bars wealth tax
indicted MAGA sheriff in Virginia being ousted.
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The Freedumb states
The Freedumb states
In four states — Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina and Wyoming — marijuana is fully illegal,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming allow for CBD or low-THC products.
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/08/pot-weed-legal-medical-marijuana
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