#elected — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #elected, aggregated by home.social.
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"In both #Canada and the #U.S., there needs to be a balance between allowing #elected #officials to follow the wishes of voters, and enabling the #monetary #authority to be politically neutral when doing what it needs to do" wallsandbridges.substack.com/p/canadas-ap... #BankofCanada #BOC #CanadaSky
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"A woman who was #elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential #Brooklyn #DemocraticParty has apologized for a #socialmedia post from last year that amplified #antisemitic comments and #conspiracytheories.
#CarmellaCharrington, whose #candidacy was supported by #democraticsocialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by #HenryFord, the industrialist who founded #Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that #Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country’s problems.
“The only way to change is understanding the truth!” Ms. #Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported by #Jewish Insider.
Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic[...]" :fozzie_wocka_wocka:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/charrington-ford-jews-antisemitic-apology.html
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"A woman who was #elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential #Brooklyn #DemocraticParty has apologized for a #socialmedia post from last year that amplified #antisemitic comments and #conspiracytheories.
#CarmellaCharrington, whose #candidacy was supported by #democraticsocialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by #HenryFord, the industrialist who founded #Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that #Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country’s problems.
“The only way to change is understanding the truth!” Ms. #Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported by #Jewish Insider.
Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic[...]" :fozzie_wocka_wocka:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/charrington-ford-jews-antisemitic-apology.html
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With over $100+ million annual budget shortfalls seen through 2030 across bay from San Francisco, #Oakland CA #elected officials on Friday declared a state of “extreme fiscal necessity” for the fourth year straight in order to get a routine legal #workaround to #divert restricted #tax dollars to different sets of #civic purposes than initially approved. Amongst the interesting items on this week's #LeftCoast urban wasteland #CityCouncil meeting #agenda, is a vote that could give the #DemocratParty council members up to 125% pay raises.
https://www.oaklandreport.org/p/city-council-pay-raises-charter-reform
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With over $100+ million annual budget shortfalls seen through 2030 across bay from San Francisco, #Oakland CA #elected officials on Friday declared a state of “extreme fiscal necessity” for the fourth year straight in order to get a routine legal #workaround to #divert restricted #tax dollars to different sets of #civic purposes than initially approved. Amongst the interesting items on this week's #LeftCoast urban wasteland #CityCouncil meeting #agenda, is a vote that could give the #DemocratParty council members up to 125% pay raises.
https://www.oaklandreport.org/p/city-council-pay-raises-charter-reform
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#Republican Dan #Weldon's ideal candidate for any #elected office seems to be knowing the names of some obscure #NFL wide receiver from the early 2000s?
That's a fucking low bar for an elected official.
Please do your own research and you should discover you'd never vote for a Republican ever again. Vote for the #Democratic candidate during the November 2026 mid-term election, OK?
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#Republican Dan #Weldon's ideal candidate for any #elected office seems to be knowing the names of some obscure #NFL wide receiver from the early 2000s?
That's a fucking low bar for an elected official.
Please do your own research and you should discover you'd never vote for a Republican ever again. Vote for the #Democratic candidate during the November 2026 mid-term election, OK?
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Various reforms of #SupremeCourt —court expansion, #termlimits, court balancing, and #ethics reform. All of these accept premise that #SCOTUS should keep its power over #elected branches of #government. These reforms R focused on forcing court 2 use #power more fairly, more justly, w less #corruption. While those R noble goals, underlying premise is flawed. Instead of reforming how Supreme Court uses its #power, what if we took its power away? #democracy #courts #maga https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/contempt-court-jurisdiction-stripping/
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Various reforms of #SupremeCourt —court expansion, #termlimits, court balancing, and #ethics reform. All of these accept premise that #SCOTUS should keep its power over #elected branches of #government. These reforms R focused on forcing court 2 use #power more fairly, more justly, w less #corruption. While those R noble goals, underlying premise is flawed. Instead of reforming how Supreme Court uses its #power, what if we took its power away? #democracy #courts #maga https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/contempt-court-jurisdiction-stripping/
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About two months after the state election in Baden-Württemberg, Cem Özdemir (The Greens) was elected as the new Premier of the state, although the process inclu... https://news.osna.fm/?p=45775 | #news #badenwurttembergs #coalition #elected #expectations
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LA yesterday, AL today. They're asking the #SupremeCourt to help them; they will.
They are literally admitting, their party plans to prevent brown people from getting #elected or from #voting.
If #Congress does not act, this will be generational. The GOP could control the House for decades.
#fascist #USA #kangaroo #SCotUS #crowned a #King #OurPutin #AnotherOrban #GOP #KKK #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #Calais #decision #RobertsCourt #JohnRoberts #UncleThomas
https://www.al.com/politics/2026/04/alabama-asks-us-supreme-court-to-allow-it-to-redistrict-congressional-maps.html -
I #wrote my #elected #representatives so we dont all #die tomorrow.
So should you ( that or 5calls.org )
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/officials-debate-withholding-mandelson-vetting-documents-from-parliament. What arrogant nonsense! On what basis would appointed #officials deny the #elected #Parliament of this country sight of these - or any other - #documents? Are we a #democracy, or aren't we?
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/officials-debate-withholding-mandelson-vetting-documents-from-parliament. What arrogant nonsense! On what basis would appointed #officials deny the #elected #Parliament of this country sight of these - or any other - #documents? Are we a #democracy, or aren't we?
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Did you know you can #contact #politicians who are not your #elected #representatives about issues you care about as well?
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Storm outside. Winds, rain. I'm warm and dry in a rundown trailer I rent. There are people who aren't warm or dry tonight. Castoffs out in the weather. I can't help them. I barely get by each week. Empathy. Our leaders have none. They have urgent matters of state. We elected the self absorbed, self centered, narrow minded and let them do as they please. #useless #silent #complicit We are all complicit in the #crimes against people that our #elected have committed and are committing.
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THIS CRAZY FUCKING MORON WANTS TO DESTROY THE WHOLE WORLD IN NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON!
We wrote our #elected #representatives about preventing #nuclear #war today and so should you!!
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I wrote my #elected #representatives about preventing #nuclear #war today and so should you!!
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I wrote my #elected #representatives about preventing #nuclear #war today and so should you!!
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I wrote my #elected #representatives about preventing #nuclear #war today and so should you!!
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One of the problems with #American pseudo-democracy is that it's a #gerontocracy - rule by the old. The average #Congresscritter is late-middle-age, and the average #Senator is dead. Young people are frustrated at their lack of voice.
#Canada isn't nearly as bad, but I fear it could trend in the same direction, so I've been thinking about solutions to the problem. I think I've got one that's better than the oft-floated fix of just imposing term limits on #elected office, because you'll probably still be first electing middle-aged people.
Instead, for each chamber, set a ceiling *average* age for members of that chamber. Maybe for the Canadian House of #Commons and the US House of #Representatives you want something like 40, while permitting the #Senate of each to be the "older, wiser house of sober second thought" by setting a number like 50.
Each day, the system automatically calculates the average age of members in that class, to account for birthdays etc. If birthday(s) suddenly push that average above the ceiling value, the oldest person in that class is automatically dismissed, leaving the position vacant to be filled by by-election / special election. Repeat until ceiling value achieved.
Here's the important bit: anyone turfed automatically this way does not receive a pension or other benefits; they're just gone. This gives them the incentive to resign before automatic expulsion; otherwise there's no reason for them to do so.
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One of the problems with #American pseudo-democracy is that it's a #gerontocracy - rule by the old. The average #Congresscritter is late-middle-age, and the average #Senator is dead. Young people are frustrated at their lack of voice.
#Canada isn't nearly as bad, but I fear it could trend in the same direction, so I've been thinking about solutions to the problem. I think I've got one that's better than the oft-floated fix of just imposing term limits on #elected office, because you'll probably still be first electing middle-aged people.
Instead, for each chamber, set a ceiling *average* age for members of that chamber. Maybe for the Canadian House of #Commons and the US House of #Representatives you want something like 40, while permitting the #Senate of each to be the "older, wiser house of sober second thought" by setting a number like 50.
Each day, the system automatically calculates the average age of members in that class, to account for birthdays etc. If birthday(s) suddenly push that average above the ceiling value, the oldest person in that class is automatically dismissed, leaving the position vacant to be filled by by-election / special election. Repeat until ceiling value achieved.
Here's the important bit: anyone turfed automatically this way does not receive a pension or other benefits; they're just gone. This gives them the incentive to resign before automatic expulsion; otherwise there's no reason for them to do so.
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Ayatollah's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, elected Iran's next supreme leader: reports
https://misryoum.com/us/world-news/ayatollahs-son-mojtaba-khamenei-elected-irans-next-supreme/
NEWYou can now listen to US News Hub MISRYOUM News articles! Iran’s Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state...
#Ayatollahs #son #Mojtaba #Khamenei #elected #Irans #next #supreme #leader #reports #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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The Bishop of Hildesheim, Heiner Wilmer, has been elected as the new chairman of the German Bishops' Conference. The conference announced the decision on Tuesda... https://news.osna.fm/?p=35703 | #news #bishops #chair #conference #elected
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Two #ETH Zurich #ComputerScientists, Menna El-Assady and Bernhard Schölkopf, have been #Elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the newly established Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence, a landmark initiative assessing the opportunities and risks of AI.
Professors Menna El-Assady and... -
Our #ukgovernment has been #corrupt at least since the times of Pepys. Half the ships used for hulks on the thames were rotten though sold as good quality.
#outsourcing corruption then was the same as for #ppi recently
The #corruption will continue to worsen while we have this medieval and #archaic house of #lords. The house of #commons is at least #elected, even though many of the #members are abject liars and are probably worse thieves than dick turpin ever was. #ukpol
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Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City!
#zohranmamdani #zohran #mamdani #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #ilovenewyork #ilovenewyorkcity #ilovenyc #elected #election #elections #newyorkelection #2025newyorkelection #mayorofnewyork #mayorofnewyorkcity #democrat #democrats #votemamdani #votezohranmamdani #voteblue #votedemocrat #usa #america #unitedstates #politics #news #uspolitics #usapolitics #americanpolitics #usnews #usanews #americannews #internationalnews #internationalpolitics
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CNN Reliable Sources - Rogan's guest Mike Baker sounded baffled by #PamBondi & co. company's of the matter. "The mob wants to eat," he said, "and they've been throwing #red #meat to the mob about #Epsteinfiles' now for years." #Rogan interjected, "It's part of how they got #elected." And now, Baker said, "the #mob is oddly bipartisan because it's got the Dems" too, referencing the #Democratic leaders who have charged #Trump with #coverup #maga #corruption #crimes #politics #gop #congress #doj
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/ice-whines-its-masked-goon-squad
ICE Whines Its Masked Goon Squad Are Pitiful Victims
#ICE #arresting #US #citizens #elected #officials #volunteers #legal #authority #agency #assaults #agents #customs #border #patrol #data #masks #unidentifiable #concerns #accountability #impersonation #criminals #usa #uspol #politics #trump #noem #CPB #americans #trump #fascism #authoritarian #maga #gop #gqp #immigration #immigrant #immigrants
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@dougiec3 The way they used massive force to surrounded him and encircle him by force with their bodies to prevent him from moving or speaking..."they" want every man woman child in America to be fearful, and to submit. Either we are a country where the #ruleoflaw prevails or we continue to lock step on an accelerated collision with #authoritarianism. #elected #democratic leaders - #assassination #shot #terrorized #arrested #assaulted #threatened #arrested no #warrants no valid #arrests
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CW: Source = Substack
https://substack.com/@sugarrhi/note/c-126012205
#JDVance #Racism #Racist #VP #VicePresident #tRump #Politics #USA #America #WhiteSupremacist #KKK #Hate #HumanRights #Twitter #Ideas #Tiktok #Republicans #GOP #Elected #Elections #Vote #Protest #Resist #Online #Web #Internet #Media #Klan #DailyDot #ElectedOfficials #Prejudice #Language
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So much for #freedomofspeech (even for #professional analysts!) in the #firstamendment anointed #America that's now tyrannized by its #elected #POTUS and his venal cronies.
"A senior #JPMorgan Asset Management investment #strategist has held back on some of his public comments on #US #tariffs over concerns about the impact his opinions would have on his colleagues and on the #WallStreet bank."
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Keep Me in Your Prayers: Insights from Namibia's Newly Elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah #SouthernAfrica #Africa #business #currentevents #Economy #elected #governance #Insights #Namibia #Namibias #NandiNdaitwah #Netumbo #newly #news #politics #prayers #President #SouthernAfrica #sports #trade #travel
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This is the level of #discourse from our #elected officials: mindless repetition of talking points instead of actual #facts.
#video #usa #america #australia #ausgov #politas #classwar #israel #israhell #antiisrael #fuckisrael #boycottisrael #zionist #zionazis #nazis #neonazis #fascism
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The #Truth is that #DonOLDCHUMP is the
#LIARinTHIEF 🤡 🇺🇸🗣️Everything He says, is A #Lie
▶️Like the Haitian People Eating Pets in Ohio 👀
▶️ How He would pick up the ☎️ #Phone And Magically 🪄 END the #UkraineWar that was #STARTEDByRussia in ⏰ 24 Hours ⏰ of Him Being #Elected 👀 (3 Months Ago) 🤔
▶️Or, How He Would Bring Down #ThePriceofEggs 🥚 & #Groceries on #DayOne
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@asterisco and, after that speech of #Trump, you've been proven to be right. :-(
#europa grow up! #historyrepeats: in history (most) #confederation s have become #federation s over time. #NoVeto #NoVetoPower to single member states. #powertothepeople: the #EU #eucommission shouldn't consist out of member states' appointed individuals, but by #elected representatives!
