#elections2026 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #elections2026, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/people/224164/ Key takeaways from day one of the Republican midterm convention – Houston Public Media #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #Election2026 #Elections2026 #Government #KenPaxton #MidTermElection #News #NTXNow #Politics #RepublicanNationalConvention #Republicans #Trump
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Two Elections, One Corridor: Why Hungary and Armenia Matter to Eurasia’s Economic Future
The elections hel…
#Economy #AI #Armenia #beltandroad #CentralAsia #consequences #cooperation #EconomyofEU #EconomyoftheEU #elections #elections2026 #Energy #EUeconomy #Eurasia #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Fidesz-KDNP #foreignpolicy #hungary #MiddleCorridor #NikolPashinyan #Politics #southcaucasus #TiszaParty #transportation #TRIPP #TrumpRouteforInternationalPeaceandProsperity
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Two Elections, One Corridor: Why Hungary and Armenia Matter to Eurasia’s Economic Future https://www.byteseu.com/2355862/ #AI #Armenia #BeltAndRoad #CentralAsia #consequences #Cooperation #Elections #Elections2026 #Energy #Eurasia #Europe #EuropeanUnion #FideszKDNP #ForeignPolicy #Hungary #MiddleCorridor #NikolPashinyan #Politics #SouthCaucasus #TiszaParty #Transportation #TRIPP #TrumpRouteForInternationalPeaceAndProsperity
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https://www.europesays.com/people/223414/ President Donald Trump closes out Republican midterm convention in Dallas #Dallas #DallasCounty #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #election #Elections2026 #News #people #Politics #Trump #Tx #TxPolitics #US
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https://www.laviezine.com/1636922/vucic-meets-macron-at-elysee-palace-for-80-minutes/ Vucic Meets Macron at Elysee Palace for 80 Minutes #Elections2026 #macron #Paris #SpaceSummit #Vucic
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Missouri officials finally comply with the court-ordered 2022 map, but only after a second Supreme Court rejection and a rare contempt hearing forced their hand.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate: https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/missouri-congressional-map/
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Missouri officials finally comply with the court-ordered 2022 map, but only after a second Supreme Court rejection and a rare contempt hearing forced their hand.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate: https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/missouri-congressional-map/
⚖️ #Missouri #Redistricting #SupremeCourt #Elections2026 #Accountability -
Missouri officials finally comply with the court-ordered 2022 map, but only after a second Supreme Court rejection and a rare contempt hearing forced their hand.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate: https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/missouri-congressional-map/
⚖️ #Missouri #Redistricting #SupremeCourt #Elections2026 #Accountability -
Missouri officials finally comply with the court-ordered 2022 map, but only after a second Supreme Court rejection and a rare contempt hearing forced their hand.
Full breakdown on The Democracy Advocate: https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/elections/missouri-congressional-map/
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He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics
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He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics
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He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics
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He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics
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He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics
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Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting -
Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting -
Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting -
Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
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Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
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https://www.europesays.com/people/220878/ Republican Midterm Convention: When will Texas leaders speak each night #DonaldJTrump #Elections2026 #GregAbbott #JamesDavidVance #JDVance #News #people #Politics #TedCruz #Tx #US
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@jaykuo the question is not *should* they but will they have the spine?
If dems end up being ked by the same centrist gerontocrats, then nothing will happen.
And we do SORELY, DESPERATELY need for accountability to happen.
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Seen in West Central Tucson yesterday.
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@DavidPakmanShow
Trump world completely LOST THE PLOT
ed: @Potus is Unwell
https://youtu.be/RbDKs33N0tI?si=ajI5vgUjdCWYl_BR
#Elections2026 #Trump #Politics
9/5/2026
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"Les effets du climat façonnent la plupart des grands enjeux qui préoccupent les électeurs." #canada #Québec #élections2026 #climat #cliamteChange https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280667/elections-quebec-climat-environnement-absent-partout
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Trump to allocate $500 million from super PAC to midterms
US President Trump said he planned to allocate $400 million to $500 million from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to boost Republican candidates in midterm elections in November. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #DonaldTrump #MAGAInc #SuperPAC #Midterms2026 #RepublicanParty #USPolitics #Elections2026 #Congress #GOP #BreakingNews #PoliticalFunding #USElections #WhiteHouse #CampaignFinance #PresidentTrump Read the story here: 👉…
https://fllics.com/en/video/trump-to-allocate-500-million-from-super-pac-to-midterms/
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La CAQ privilégie les aînés à grands coups de millions promis...
Peut-être parce qu'il y a une chance que cette partie de la population ne se souvienne plus de ces promesses... 😏
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In victory over Mike Rush, Persis Yu even won his ward
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/victory-over-mike-rush-persis-yu-even-won-his-ward
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In close races, Yu defeats Rush, Brownsberger looks to top Lander
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/markey-lynch-collins-brownsberger-hayden-winning-rush-tight-race-yu#Boston #HydePark #Roslindale #WestRoxbury #Allston #Brighton #Fenway #elections2026
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#Whistleblower Says #Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on #VotingByMail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
Chris Cameron
By Chris Cameron
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 1, 2026Excerpt: "A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a 'secretive, rushed' effort to carry out President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.
"The official filed a whistle-blower report, published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, asserting that the 'risky and haphazard' implementation of Mr. Trump’s order could lead to a 'catastrophic failure' in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s #MidtermElections. The report said that the agency had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1.
" 'Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,' the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of #WhistleblowerAid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.
Speaking to reporters by phone on Monday, Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.'
"A Postal Service official declined to comment on the record."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/IJg8U#USPol #Elections2026 #Fascism #USElections #Trump #StealingElections #VoterSupression #TrumpIsAFascist #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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@MaxG Ummm. Yeah. About that...
#Trump says this will be the last election if he wins
July 29, 2024 10:19 AM CDT By John Wojcik
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-says-this-will-be-the-last-election-if-he-wins/
#usa #trump #coward #loser #warcriminal #malignantnarcissist #syphiliticdementia #EpsteinFiles #TrumpCrimeFamily #idiocracy #TrumpSucks #USPol #Elections2026 #USElections
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Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From #VotingByMail
A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in #noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect #Democrats and many battleground elections.
By Reid J. Epstein, Aug. 30, 2026
Excerpt: "Voting by mail would become much more difficult, if not impossible, for tens of millions of Americans if the #USPostalService is allowed to implement a restrictive rule governing mail voting that President Trump has demanded.
"The effects would likely be greater for #DemocraticVoters, who vote by mail in higher numbers than #Republicans, and in states where mail voting is universal or nearly so. #MailVoting may not happen at all in states that resist the #Trump administration’s demands for #VoterData .
"The rule would particularly affect people in #rural areas and #OlderVoters, who tend to cast ballots by mail in greater numbers. It could also deeply affect states where some of the most competitive races for House, Senate and governor will determine control of Congress and state governments.
" #Michigan, where 37 percent of votes were cast by mail in 2022, would be one epicenter, with hard-fought statewide contests and multiple battleground House races. #California, which mails ballots to all voters, is expected to be central to Democratic efforts to win a majority in the House.
"The rule is being challenged in several lawsuits, and it is on hold temporarily following a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday. The administration is appealing. Even if the Postal Service is permitted to proceed, it is unclear that it would have time to implement the plan ahead of an election that is fewer than 70 days away.
"For instance, the rule requires states to upload a list of voters to a federal mail ballot portal that is not yet online. Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states and #WashingtonDC , have sued to block the proposed rule and said they will not comply with it.
"If the agency were to move ahead, state and local officials would shoulder enormous costs in what would need to be a herculean effort to prepare election offices and educate voters in time for the midterm elections in November.
"The most dramatic aspect of the proposed rule is a plan to deny services for election mail entirely in states that do not turn over #VoterData, which federal officials say they want to use to identify noncitizens on state #VoterRolls. The policy would upend mail voting in any state that does not comply, but the effects would be measurably greater in the smaller number of states that rely heavily on mail voting.
"More than one in three Democrats voted by mail in 2024, compared with about one in four Republicans, according to estimates by the States United Democracy Center, which examined voting data in 32 states where it was available.
" 'It’s not that complicated,' said Marc Elias, the Democratic election lawyer, who said the new policy was a blatant effort to disenfranchise Democrats. 'The administration knows that Democrats are more likely to vote by mail than Republicans. Donald Trump has demonized voting by mail and made that differential even greater.' "
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/us/politics/mail-voting-trump-midterms-supreme-court.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/3A3nw#USPol #Elections2026 #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIntimidation #Fascists #CharacteristicsOfFascism #LiteracyTests
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Republican nominee for #Maine governor says he wants #ICEAgents at #Polling places in the state
The Maine Democratic Party criticized the idea as likely illegal and an attempt to intimidate voters.
by PATRICK WHITTLE and MATT BROWN,
August 26, 2026PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — "Maine’s Republican nominee for governor recently told a crowd of supporters that he would ask a top Department of Homeland Security official to send U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state for this fall’s midterm elections, according to audio obtained by The Associated Press.
"During an Aug. 20 event in Arundel, Bobby Charles told a group of supporters that he would ask #TomHoman, the White House #BorderCzar, to send federal agents to polling places in the weeks before #ElectionDay. The audio was first reported by the Bangor Daily News.
" 'Here’s my secret,; Charles told members of a Maine Young Republicans chapter. 'I have a friend named Tom Homan. Tom and I used to get on Fox all the time together. Tom’s an awesome guy.'
" 'I’m going to ask Tom, I’m going to actually — three or four weeks before the election, maybe three — I’m going to make an appeal for ICE and #USMarshals to be at our voting booths,' Charles said, according to the audio."
Read more:
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/08/26/bobby-charles-ice-at-polling-places/#MainePol #USPol #Elections2026 #VoterIntimidation #ICEOutOfMaine #ICEOut #DefundICE #CapitalPolice #CapitolPolice #PanEm #Fascists #BobbyCharles #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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#Texas and #Georgia races show voters are finally sick of #MAGA corruption
#JonOssoff and #JamesTalarico are polling well with a #CleanGovernment message
By Amanda Marcotte, August 31, 2026
"What’s getting attention, however, is not bland, consultant-approved talk about the price of groceries. Ossoff has aggressively targeted Trump on the one issue pundits had long assumed voters no longer care about: corruption. He calls the president a 'crook,' describes his cronies as the #MarALargoMafia and bashes the White House as 'the most corrupt administration of all time.' "
#USPol #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #PowerCorruptionAndLies #MarALargo #TrumpRegrets #MAGA #Corruption #Resistance
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Il y a-t'il un parti qui "promet" une avancée significative sur le dossier du communautaire ?
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Bass and Raman clash over street vendors: Placement, permits, and restaurant competition https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/16770/ #CA #Election #Elections2026 #Food&Drink #Lifestyle #LosAngeles #LosAngelesCounty #news #Politics #Restaurant #Restaurants #Us
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🚨 Bernie Sanders has endorsed Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate in Florida after Nixon scored an upset victory in a state Republicans have dominated in recent elections.
www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Insurgent Candidate Victories Highlight Growing Movement Against #Corporate & #Elite Power: #JohnNichols
#DemocracyNow, August 05, 2026
Excerpt: "AMY GOODMAN: And let’s go to #WilliamLawrence of the #SunriseMovement —
JOHN NICHOLS: Yeah.
AMY GOODMAN: — who we just mentioned, who won his primary, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, defeated two opponents to win the Democratic House primary in Michigan’s 7th District, focusing partly on what you just mentioned: #AIDatacenters . This is one of his ads.
' WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m #WillLawrence. And #TechBillionaires want to turn this whole field into a massive #datacenter that’ll jack up our energy bills and ruin our home values.
RANDY: They put that in, it’s going to plummet the values. It’s an existential threat.
WILLIAM LAWRENCE: I’m running for U.S. Congress because I’ve been afraid to stand up to corporate power. I’m backed by #BernieSanders, and I don’t take a dime from #CorporatePACs . '
ANJALI KAMAT: And in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, #DonavanMcKinney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has a narrow lead over Congressman Shri Thanedar. This is a part of one of McKinney’s ads.
' DONAVAN McKINNEY: #ShriThanedar and the same #billionaires supporting #DonaldTrump are spending millions lying to you. They know that in Congress, Shri fights for them. I will fight for us — lower costs, higher wages, #MedicareForAll . '
ANJALI KAMAT: #AbbasAlawieh also won the Democratic primary for a seat in the Michigan state Senate. He was a co-founder of the #UncommittedMovement, which pushed for President Biden, and then Kamala Harris, to end U.S. support for Israel’s #WarOnGaza. This is Abbas speaking outside the DNC, the Democratic National Convention, in 2024, where the Uncommitted Movement pushed to include a #Palestinian voice at the convention.
'ABBAS ALAWIEH: Here is the scandal, my friends. Here is the scandal. The scandal is that there are forces within #DemocraticParty leadership who do not want us to talk about #Palestinian #HumanRights. But that’s not sustainable. This is a watershed moment. '
ANJALI KAMAT: John Nichols, can you talk about some of these other key races in Michigan and other states where progressives were challenging more establishment candidates, and just what you think is most important as a takeaway from yesterday’s primaries?
JOHN NICHOLS: I sure can. I’m delighted to do it, because the fact of the matter is that our national media too often focuses on the top-line races and misses the real dynamic, which you start to recognize is when you go down-ballot and you look at contests for U.S. House seats and for legislative seats.
And if you look in Michigan, what you’re seeing is, with Will Lawrence, an example of a real breakthrough win for a young candidate who ran a campaign on dynamic, fresh issues, including data centers. With #DonavanMcKinney, that’s still a close race. There are votes still to be counted there. But this is an incredible thing, because this is a candidate who didn’t have anywhere near the kind of money that his opponent did, and yet, with a real grassroots campaign on the ground there in Detroit and that region, ran very, very well.
And if we move beyond Michigan and you look around the country, what you’re going to see is that Tuesday night was a very good night for insurgent candidacies and for outsiders. In the #Missouri governor’s race, what you saw was kind of a remarkable result. #CindyHolscher, who’s a state senator out there and came from the outside — she wasn’t backed by the sitting governor, she wasn’t backed by a lot of Democratic Party leaders, and yet she won her primary for governor. And she did it by talking, again, about data centers and making that a very central part of her campaign. We’re starting to see a thread here. "
Full interview:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/5/john_nichols_aug4_primaries#USPol #DSA #Elections2026 #USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GetMoneyOut #NoDatacenters
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Primary Elections Live Updates: #ElSayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary
Dr. #AbdulElSayed, a progressive, defeated Representative #HaleyStevens, a moderate, in a bitter and expensive race that had divided Democrats. Both quickly moved to project party unity.
August 5, 2026
"Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive and a vocal critic of #israel edged Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, early Wednesday to narrowly win the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, according to The Associated Press.
"It was a high-profile victory for the ascendant political left — though the rancorous race was ultimately far closer than polls had suggested, with Dr. El-Sayed leading by less than a percentage point Wednesday morning."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/05/us/michigan-election-results-primary#USPol #MichiganPol #Elections2026 #USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GetMoneyOut
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In other news...
New Poll Shows #PeggyFlanagan Expanding Lead in #Minnesota Democratic #US #Senate Primary
by Levi Rickert July 30, 2026
"Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ( #WhiteEarthOjibwe ) has expanded her lead in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"The poll found Flanagan leading U.S. Rep. #AngieCraig 46% to 32% among likely Democratic primary voters, a 14-point margin that has doubled from the seven-point lead she held in a PPP survey conducted one month earlier.
"The survey comes with less than two weeks remaining before Minnesota Democrats choose their nominee in the #August11 #primary.
"According to the poll, Flanagan maintains a net favorability rating of +32 despite months of negative advertising aimed at her campaign. Her supporters argue that the results demonstrate Democratic voters remain firmly behind the lieutenant governor even after significant outside spending in the race.
"The Flanagan campaign and its allies contend that outside groups supporting Craig—including organizations backed by #cryptocurrency interests and a #TechnologyBillionaire with investments in #datacenters—have spent approximately $20 million on advertising in an effort to influence the primary."
#USPol #USSenate #Elections2026 #TechBillionaires #NoDatacenters #NoDarkMoney
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In other news...
New Poll Shows #PeggyFlanagan Expanding Lead in #Minnesota Democratic #US #Senate Primary
by Levi Rickert July 30, 2026
"Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ( #WhiteEarthOjibwe ) has expanded her lead in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"The poll found Flanagan leading U.S. Rep. #AngieCraig 46% to 32% among likely Democratic primary voters, a 14-point margin that has doubled from the seven-point lead she held in a PPP survey conducted one month earlier.
"The survey comes with less than two weeks remaining before Minnesota Democrats choose their nominee in the #August11 #primary.
"According to the poll, Flanagan maintains a net favorability rating of +32 despite months of negative advertising aimed at her campaign. Her supporters argue that the results demonstrate Democratic voters remain firmly behind the lieutenant governor even after significant outside spending in the race.
"The Flanagan campaign and its allies contend that outside groups supporting Craig—including organizations backed by #cryptocurrency interests and a #TechnologyBillionaire with investments in #datacenters—have spent approximately $20 million on advertising in an effort to influence the primary."
#USPol #USSenate #Elections2026 #TechBillionaires #NoDatacenters #NoDarkMoney
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In other news...
New Poll Shows #PeggyFlanagan Expanding Lead in #Minnesota Democratic #US #Senate Primary
by Levi Rickert July 30, 2026
"Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ( #WhiteEarthOjibwe ) has expanded her lead in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"The poll found Flanagan leading U.S. Rep. #AngieCraig 46% to 32% among likely Democratic primary voters, a 14-point margin that has doubled from the seven-point lead she held in a PPP survey conducted one month earlier.
"The survey comes with less than two weeks remaining before Minnesota Democrats choose their nominee in the #August11 #primary.
"According to the poll, Flanagan maintains a net favorability rating of +32 despite months of negative advertising aimed at her campaign. Her supporters argue that the results demonstrate Democratic voters remain firmly behind the lieutenant governor even after significant outside spending in the race.
"The Flanagan campaign and its allies contend that outside groups supporting Craig—including organizations backed by #cryptocurrency interests and a #TechnologyBillionaire with investments in #datacenters—have spent approximately $20 million on advertising in an effort to influence the primary."
#USPol #USSenate #Elections2026 #TechBillionaires #NoDatacenters #NoDarkMoney
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In other news...
New Poll Shows #PeggyFlanagan Expanding Lead in #Minnesota Democratic #US #Senate Primary
by Levi Rickert July 30, 2026
"Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ( #WhiteEarthOjibwe ) has expanded her lead in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"The poll found Flanagan leading U.S. Rep. #AngieCraig 46% to 32% among likely Democratic primary voters, a 14-point margin that has doubled from the seven-point lead she held in a PPP survey conducted one month earlier.
"The survey comes with less than two weeks remaining before Minnesota Democrats choose their nominee in the #August11 #primary.
"According to the poll, Flanagan maintains a net favorability rating of +32 despite months of negative advertising aimed at her campaign. Her supporters argue that the results demonstrate Democratic voters remain firmly behind the lieutenant governor even after significant outside spending in the race.
"The Flanagan campaign and its allies contend that outside groups supporting Craig—including organizations backed by #cryptocurrency interests and a #TechnologyBillionaire with investments in #datacenters—have spent approximately $20 million on advertising in an effort to influence the primary."
#USPol #USSenate #Elections2026 #TechBillionaires #NoDatacenters #NoDarkMoney
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In other news...
New Poll Shows #PeggyFlanagan Expanding Lead in #Minnesota Democratic #US #Senate Primary
by Levi Rickert July 30, 2026
"Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ( #WhiteEarthOjibwe ) has expanded her lead in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new survey released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling (PPP).
"The poll found Flanagan leading U.S. Rep. #AngieCraig 46% to 32% among likely Democratic primary voters, a 14-point margin that has doubled from the seven-point lead she held in a PPP survey conducted one month earlier.
"The survey comes with less than two weeks remaining before Minnesota Democrats choose their nominee in the #August11 #primary.
"According to the poll, Flanagan maintains a net favorability rating of +32 despite months of negative advertising aimed at her campaign. Her supporters argue that the results demonstrate Democratic voters remain firmly behind the lieutenant governor even after significant outside spending in the race.
"The Flanagan campaign and its allies contend that outside groups supporting Craig—including organizations backed by #cryptocurrency interests and a #TechnologyBillionaire with investments in #datacenters—have spent approximately $20 million on advertising in an effort to influence the primary."
#USPol #USSenate #Elections2026 #TechBillionaires #NoDatacenters #NoDarkMoney
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The #AI boom is gobbling up power faster than ever
By Hannah Beckler, June 7, 2026
Excerpt: "The data center boom is accelerating.
"A Business Insider analysis of US data center permits reveals a staggering escalation in data center power use. Data centers across the US are growing in number and in size. If all data centers permitted through 2025 come online, they will use between 224.3 terawatt-hours and 358.8 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, an increase of 50% over the previous year across the range, Business Insider's analysis found.
"At the midpoint, that's more than all the #electricity used by any one US state in 2024, except Texas.
"The vast majority of this power use is driven by #hyperscale data centers, mammoth facilities that use 40 megawatts or more each, Business Insider estimates.
"#TechGiants have an insatiable appetite for more computing power to fund their AI ambitions. In 2025, permits were issued for 176 new data centers across 34 states — the most new permits in one year since the first was issued in 1976, Business Insider found. Many of them are mammoth facilities destined for rural areas — enormous complexes blanketing #prairies, #GreenSpaces, and #farmland.
"#AmazonCorp's planned 14-building data center complex in #RidgelandMS, would transform nearly 800 acres of rural #woodland. In the village of #MountPleasantWI, Microsoft's nine data center buildings would command a collective footprint of over 5.2 million square feet built on a property nearly the size of New York City's Central Park, according to planning documents. And just outside #EagleMountainOT, #QTS — one of the nation's biggest data center operators — is building one that is expected to demand between 1.9 and 3 terawatt-hours a year once fully online, according to Business Insider's estimate. On average, that's the same amount of electricity used by 227,000 US homes.
"The race by tech companies to reach ever-greater AI ambitions has sparked a sweeping backlash from local residents and state and local officials wary of #Datacenter impacts on the #environment, economy, and #communities. And development-friendly lawmakers could face a reckoning in this year's #midterms, in which data centers are emerging as a key issue for many voters."
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ai-data-center-power-electricity-use-consumption-2026-6
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/hJXeS#NoDatacenters #AIBoom #EnergyConsumption #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #USPol #USMidTerms #Elections2026 #Datacentres #DatacenterMoratoriums #BigData #BigTech
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#IndianCountry Cannot Afford to Sit Out #PeggyFlanagan’s #USSenate Race
by Levi Rickert June 1, 2026
Excerpt: "Flanagan has become one of the nation’s most prominent Native elected officials since becoming Minnesota’s lieutenant governor in 2019. Throughout her tenure, she has frequently highlighted the importance of tribal consultation, #IndigenousEducation, missing and murdered Indigenous relatives initiatives, and investments in #NativeCommunities."
#USPol #MinnesotaPol #Elections2026 #NativeAmericans #MMIR #MMIWG #ProtectTransKids #LandBack
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Dems in #Maine’s #2ndDistrict race tackle #tribal topics in #PresqueIsleME
By Cameron Levasseur, May 13, 2026
"The four Democrats competing in a June primary to face former Gov. #PaulLePage for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District met Wednesday night in Presque Isle at a forum put on by the #WabanakiAlliance to discuss tribal sovereignty and other issues facing the state’s native population.
"Hosted by the #MikmaqNation, one of Maine’s four #WabanakiNations, the event lasted two hours and covered a broad range of topics, from #WaterRights to gaming legislation to the teaching of #NativeHistory in Maine’s schools.
"The candidates — State Auditor #MattDunlap, state Sen. #JoeBaldacci, former political operative #JordanWood and social worker #PaigeLoud — agreed on nearly everything, chiefly in their wholehearted support of #TribalSovereignty.
"#Sovereignty has dominated the political conversation around Maine’s tribes for years, with majority support for its expansion in the state legislature countered by opposition from the state’s executive leaders, including LePage and then Gov. #JanetMills.
" 'Only when I worked on these issues federally … did I understand how wrong Maine has been to its tribes and the need to rectify that #injustice,' Wood said.
If elected, all four said they would reintroduce a 2022 bill put forth by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, to amend the #MaineIndianClaimsSettlementAct of 1980 and give the Wabanaki the same rights under federal law as the 570 #FederallyRecognizedTribes.
"Golden currently represents the 2nd District but abruptly announced last fall that he would not seek reelection. His bill failed in the Senate after it was blocked by Sen. #AngusKing, another Maine politician who has expressed skepticism at tribal rights expansions."Archived version:
https://archive.ph/zXhzT#MainePol #Elections2026 #TribalRights #Wabanakik #WabanakiSovereignty #LandBack #Dawnland #MaineSettlementAct #WaterIsLife #WabanakiConfederacy
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[Thread] Alrighty then. Since I need to vote soon, I'll be posting some of the #Maine candidates' views on #Datacenters and #IndigenousSovereignty -- two issues that are very important to me!
