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https://www.fogolf.com/1243467/liv-golfs-demise-shows-ringmaster-peter-malinauskas-is-a-clown/ LIV Golf’s demise shows ‘ringmaster’ Peter Malinauskas is a clown #Adelaide #Golf #GolfNews #LivGolf #PeterMalinauskas #SaudiArabia #SouthAustralia #sport #StatePolitics

https://www.fogolf.com/1243467/liv-golfs-demise-shows-ringmaster-peter-malinauskas-is-a-clown/ LIV Golf’s demise shows ‘ringmaster’ Peter Malinauskas is a clown #Adelaide #Golf #GolfNews #LivGolf #PeterMalinauskas #SaudiArabia #SouthAustralia #sport #StatePolitics

https://www.fogolf.com/1243467/liv-golfs-demise-shows-ringmaster-peter-malinauskas-is-a-clown/ LIV Golf’s demise shows ‘ringmaster’ Peter Malinauskas is a clown #Adelaide #Golf #GolfNews #LivGolf #PeterMalinauskas #SaudiArabia #SouthAustralia #sport #StatePolitics

LIV Golf’s demise shows ‘ringmaster’ Peter Malinauskas is a clown

Well, this is a bit awkward, isn’t it? South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas’ showcase LIV Golf event, which he…
#NewsBeep #News #Golf #Adelaide #AU #Australia #LIVGolf #PeterMalinauskas #SaudiArabia #SouthAustralia #Sport #sports #StatePolitics
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/648177/

LIV Golf’s demise shows ‘ringmaster’ Peter Malinauskas is a clown

Well, this is a bit awkward, isn’t it? South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas’ showcase LIV Golf event, which he…
#NewsBeep #News #Golf #Adelaide #AU #Australia #LIVGolf #PeterMalinauskas #SaudiArabia #SouthAustralia #Sport #sports #StatePolitics
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/648177/

I seek Native American / American Indian input on a personal project and set of social campaigns that aim to resolve the political-philosophical tensions of and paralogical gaps within and between several projects of my own --- projects that, I hope, lend credibility to a tentative campaign of my own for local, state, and federal offices over the course of the next thirty years. If you, or someone(s) you know are Native American, indigenous to North America, or an American "Indian", please reach out and/or direct those persons to me. I seek to honor personal and cultural autonomy while practicing the principles of plurality and inclusion: our diversity _is_ our equity.

#NativeAmerican #AmericanIndian #BureauofIndianAffairs #NorthAmericanIndian #indigenous #Politics #Philosophy #Paralogic #Logic #Campaign #StatePolitics #NationalPolitics #culture #antiethnocentrism #autonomy #inclusion #diversity #equity #DEI #syncretism #syncreticfaith #faith #permaculture #threeethics #peoplecare #fairshare #earthcare #churchandstate #resolution #utopia #dystopia #intentionalcommunity

https://www.europesays.com/africa/96215/ Aiyedatiwa vs Tunji-Ojo: Political cold war sparks killings, violence in Ondo – Punch Newspapers #AdeAdetimehin #Akure #APC #Idanre #LuckyAiyedatiwa #Nigeria #NigerianPolitics #OlubunmiTunjiOjo #OndoAPC #OndoAPCCrisis #OndoState #PoliticalViolence #StatePolitics #WardCongress

Following his decisive victory in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Josh Stein’s win was immediately met with a calculated power grab by the Republican-led legislature. Just two weeks post-election, lawmakers introduced a sweeping 131-page bill stripping control over the highway patrol, utilities, and most critically, appointments to the election board responsible for voting rules. This move consolidates GOP influence over elections, schools, environment, and other state agencies, marking one of the most expansive power shifts in recent U.S. history. While the federal government under Trump sought a “unitary executive,” North Carolina’s legislature is wielding its power to undermine the elected governor’s authority—highlighting a sharp partisan and structural divide in American governance. Can democratic norms withstand such aggressive state-level power plays? More here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-north-carolina-gops-decade-long-push-to-seize-power-from-the-states-democratic-governors #SeparationOfPowers #ElectionIntegrity #StatePolitics #DemocracyUnderAttack

Following his decisive victory in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Josh Stein’s win was immediately met with a calculated power grab by the Republican-led legislature. Just two weeks post-election, lawmakers introduced a sweeping 131-page bill stripping control over the highway patrol, utilities, and most critically, appointments to the election board responsible for voting rules. This move consolidates GOP influence over elections, schools, environment, and other state agencies, marking one of the most expansive power shifts in recent U.S. history. While the federal government under Trump sought a “unitary executive,” North Carolina’s legislature is wielding its power to undermine the elected governor’s authority—highlighting a sharp partisan and structural divide in American governance. Can democratic norms withstand such aggressive state-level power plays? More here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-north-carolina-gops-decade-long-push-to-seize-power-from-the-states-democratic-governors #SeparationOfPowers #ElectionIntegrity #StatePolitics #DemocracyUnderAttack

Following his decisive victory in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Josh Stein’s win was immediately met with a calculated power grab by the Republican-led legislature. Just two weeks post-election, lawmakers introduced a sweeping 131-page bill stripping control over the highway patrol, utilities, and most critically, appointments to the election board responsible for voting rules. This move consolidates GOP influence over elections, schools, environment, and other state agencies, marking one of the most expansive power shifts in recent U.S. history. While the federal government under Trump sought a “unitary executive,” North Carolina’s legislature is wielding its power to undermine the elected governor’s authority—highlighting a sharp partisan and structural divide in American governance. Can democratic norms withstand such aggressive state-level power plays? More here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-north-carolina-gops-decade-long-push-to-seize-power-from-the-states-democratic-governors #SeparationOfPowers #ElectionIntegrity #StatePolitics #DemocracyUnderAttack

Nitish Kumar cabinet 2025: Bihar cabinet 2025 Samrat Chaudhary gets Home Ministry, Nitish Kumar key
https://vaartha.com/latest-news/nitish-kumar-cabinet-portfolio-2025-bihar-samrat-choudhary-home/587938/
#NitishKumar #BiharCabinet2025 #SamratChaudhary #HomeMinistry #BiharPolitics #CabinetReshuffle #JDUMinisters #BJPinBihar #DeputyChiefMinister #PoliticalShift #LawAndOrder #BiharGovernment #StatePolitics #Governance #PoliticalLeadership #BiharNews #NDAAlliance #PoliticalUpdate #PortfolioAllocation #BiharCM

Sukhu government celebrating three years in office while people suffer: Jairam Thakur.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_congress_3_years_critic_jairam

#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #politics #HimachalPolitics #SukhuGovernment #JaiRamThakur #Congress #Opposition #HPNews #StatePolitics

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Sukhu government celebrating three years in office while people suffer: Jairam Thakur.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_congress_3_years_critic_jairam

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Sukhu government celebrating three years in office while people suffer: Jairam Thakur.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_congress_3_years_critic_jairam

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Sukhu government celebrating three years in office while people suffer: Jairam Thakur.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_congress_3_years_critic_jairam

#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #politics #HimachalPolitics #SukhuGovernment #JaiRamThakur #Congress #Opposition #HPNews #StatePolitics

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Sukhu government celebrating three years in office while people suffer: Jairam Thakur.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_congress_3_years_critic_jairam

#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #politics #HimachalPolitics #SukhuGovernment #JaiRamThakur #Congress #Opposition #HPNews #StatePolitics

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So much for believing the government closest to the people governs best.

Republican-led states are ramping up efforts to make citizen-led ballot initiatives harder to pass, with Missouri lawmakers approving a bill to raise the threshold for amending the state constitution—pending voter approval. This trend has accelerated, with at least seven states advancing similar legislation and 148 bills introduced in 15 states this year to weaken direct democracy, according to the Fairness Project. The push comes after progressive wins on abortion rights through ballot measures, which succeeded in 7 out of 10 states since 2022. Will new hurdles stop future reforms? More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republicans-are-trying-raise-bar-voters-amend-state-constitutions-rcna230717 #ballotmeasures #Missouri #directdemocracy #votingrights #abortion #GOP #statepolitics

So much for believing the government closest to the people governs best.

Republican-led states are ramping up efforts to make citizen-led ballot initiatives harder to pass, with Missouri lawmakers approving a bill to raise the threshold for amending the state constitution—pending voter approval. This trend has accelerated, with at least seven states advancing similar legislation and 148 bills introduced in 15 states this year to weaken direct democracy, according to the Fairness Project. The push comes after progressive wins on abortion rights through ballot measures, which succeeded in 7 out of 10 states since 2022. Will new hurdles stop future reforms? More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republicans-are-trying-raise-bar-voters-amend-state-constitutions-rcna230717 #ballotmeasures #Missouri #directdemocracy #votingrights #abortion #GOP #statepolitics

Vote early, vote often

#vapol #uspol #primaryVote #Statepolitics #votingmatters

Okay @ CA state government, what the FUCK are you on?

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB408/2025

This bill rewrite is... several layers of fucked up and unfair to both healthcare workers struggling with substance abuse, and healthcare workers who are mentally ill or disabled.

A choice quote: "This bill would revise and recast those provisions and would instead authorize the board to establish a Physician Health and Wellness Program to support, treat, monitor, and rehabilitate physicians and surgeons and other professionals licensed by the board with impairing physical and mental health conditions that may impact their ability to practice their profession in a reasonably safe, competent, and professional manner."

You can't treat mental and physical health the same as substance abuse. They are different vectors and you approach them differently! (Also, side note, many people who want to talk on substance abuse *really* want to ignore the part where people often start using *because of inadequate healthcare and/or medication and/or pain management access*. We really have to address all sides if you want to address substance abuse.) Why are you writing this into a bill about specifically substance abuse, for one?

For two, mental health can be chronic. I would hope a healthcare worker with chronic mental health conditions would have access to meds/therapy/whatever to help stay stable—but in reality, it's *already* stupendously hard to get licensed if you have a mental health dx, and that's country wide if not world-wide.

Like people in residency asking if it'll fuck them over to seek treatment: https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/comments/1ime0ph/is_it_true_that_seeking_mental_health_treatment/

Doctors during early pandemic *forgoing mental health care because they might lose their licenses*: https://www.aamc.org/news/doctors-forgo-mental-health-care-during-pandemic-over-concerns-about-licensing-stigma

This AMA article from July 2023 celebrating medical boards (including CALIFORNIA) being less invasive so healthcare workers can get mental health care mayhap: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/23-medical-boards-make-changes-support-physician-well-being

And now for the piece de resistance: a research paper on the high levels of mental health issues healthcare workers experience! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11024831/

(Side note: Kentucky already has something like the above bill is proposing. South Carolina law is fucking prohibitive on this subject: you basically cannot be mentally ill or physically disabled or it's automatically physician misconduct, is how that reads to me. So uh. No.)

Shoutout to @camilla for the citation hunting. 💕💕

#CA #California #politics #statelevelpolitics #statepolicies #statepolitics #CApolitics #healthcare #healthcareworkers #mentalhealth

Two years ago, Wisconsin liberals flipped the state Supreme Court, leading to expanded voter access. On April 1, control of the court is on the line again with the retirement of a longtime liberal justice, Ann Walsh Bradley. @bolts looks at the contest between local judge Susan Crawford, who as an attorney, helped lead the challenge to the state’s voter ID law, and Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general of Wisconsin.

https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-2025-supreme-court-election-democracy/

#Wisconsin #WisconsinSupremeCourt #StatePolitics #USPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

This week just gone, we not only had a state election here in Queensland, with a conservative government (LNP) returned to power… we also witnessed the US hold their federal election, and vote in a conservative party there too.

In both regions, the term supposedly is 4 years. Well, here I expect the 4 year term will be upheld… this has never been an issue before and while I do remember a time when our state parliament sat for a 3 year term, it never has been infinite.

Over in the US, there were rumblings along the lines of “we’ll fix it so you don’t have to vote anymore”. Make of that what you will.

Next year, Australia goes into federal election mode… While our mainstream conservative parties are nowhere near as right-wing as some of the minor parties (looking at you, FFP, ONP and KAP), and state politics is theoretically separate from federal, hearing Queensland LNP front-benchers contradict then opposition leader (and now Queensland Premier) David Crisafulli on issues like abortion really does feel like they’re echoing the right-wing governments overseas.

Of course, it was one of the right-wing minority party leaders, KAP’s Robbie Katter, that happened to toss that grenade into the mix… nearly de-railed the train entirely for the LNP. I think therefore this is just a taste of what we can expect next year: minor parties (especially conservative ones) throwing their smoke bombs into the debate whenever possible on all kinds of issues… and some of them drawing “inspiration” from overseas.

The previous LNP government wound up being a disagreeable mob that argued with everyone, Campbell Newman (who we had as local member here in the seat of Ashgrove) and his government were tossed out at the very next opportunity. I think they may have learned from that and will pull their heads in a bit more… we’ll see.

Their big platform was on youth crime, and their big headline remedy, “adult crime: adult time”, has been criticised as not having solved the problem anywhere else where it was attempted. There’s apparently some early intervention to try and address issues before they boil-over into major societal problems… that should have a positive influence… the efficacy of punishments though will need to be proven.

Federally… we’ve got different challenges now. The US threatening new tariffs will not only push up inflation in the US (a nice foot-gun you’ve got there, Trump), it’ll also spell trouble for Australian exporters, notably our mining operations. The rhetoric during this year seems to spell trouble for both the NATO and AUKUS alliances. If the US pulls out of these, Australia will be very isolated as the UK is on the opposite side of the planet and (thanks to Brexit) a financial basket-case.

A regression in the situation in Ukraine will make things unstable in Europe generally, if that spills over, the fact that we’ve got the UK as an ally may be meaningless as there’s a lot of ocean to cover for their aid to reach us. Closer to us is China and Taiwan, which is quietly simmering away… whilst Israel wages war with both Palestine and Lebanon.

Donald Trump’s rhetoric over the previous term does not endear a world of peace. Some have praised his manner of speaking as being “refreshing”… well it most definitely is different. Diplomacy is a game of subtle nuance. Always has been. I’m not sure shouty-shouty megaphone diplomacy will work. It didn’t work that well for Germany in the 1930s, and many today draw parallels between that time, and today’s US. The last US presidential debate between Trump and Kamala Harris gave us a pretty good peek as what we will probably get. Malcolm Turnbull’s “robust discussion” with Trump back in 2016 suggests as much too. For a few weeks I had this cartoon living rent-free in my head…

Well, world leaders and heads of state alike, will be debating the pigeon for another four years.

Next year, it’ll be our turn in Australia. Federal parties will need to balance the urban and rural needs: this is an area where Queensland’s parties failed. Labor did really well in urban seats, but failed miserably in the regions. A similar pattern was seen in the US election, with most of those in rural areas, preferring the Republican party, whilst in urban areas, Democrats were favoured.

A party should not be solely representing just the regions or just the urban centres. They are being elected to represent both. Cost of living is a big issue right now, something a third world war will not improve. A world war might mean we in Australia are isolated, and unable to import a lot of things, making every day things a lot more expensive. So encouraging local production and level-headed diplomacy will be critical.

Healthcare is a big issue in the regions, especially for specialist services. As it happens, our food and minerals do not come from the CBDs of capital cities — so we really do need to be helping out there to make life more viable. This means hospitals should be aiming to provide what their patients need, not inflicting restrictive guidelines on people who have few viable alternatives.

Climate change will affect us all, urban and rural… we can’t rely on digging up former dinosaurs to fuel everything long-term… we’ve left it a little late to be constructing big nuclear plants. While smaller options exist (small modular reactors are used quite successfully on submarines), a big honking reactor the size of Tarong is a biiiig risk in Australia’s climate.

Yes, Europe has lots of them, but Europe built nearly all those decades ago, when they were not getting massive wildfires and 40°C+ temperatures. A small reactor that we can shut down, crane onto the back of a truck, and shift out of harm’s way might be useful for propping up parts of the grid in times of need. A reactor that is too big to move is a major risk in a flood or bushfire emergency, and we have had a longer and more frequent history of these than any part of the world that currently uses nuclear. Fukushima, despite the low number of people killed as a result of the reactor (most people in that disaster lost lives due to the tsunami), is not a blueprint for how to build a large reactor in a risky area.

Battery technology isn’t ideal right now, not sure I like the idea of dealing with bushfires that are lithium-enhanced… but lithium batteries are not the only option out there for fixed installations. This blog runs on dated but still useful AGMs. There exist other storage technologies which could be viable at scale and should be considered. A former manager of mine was keen on the Zebra battery, which is a form of molten-salt battery. I couldn’t source one for him in 2008, we ended up going with LiFePO₄ cells… but there is probably wisdom in using a battery that is fine with heat.

We’re likely to see a big influx of migration over the next few years, as conflict and hatred makes the planet overall a more dangerous place. We’re hearing the phrase “your body, my choice” a lot now, a phrase no woman deserves to have levelled at them, women are more than just brood stock.

Increasingly some governments have shown transgender attitudes as well, a group that does not choose their condition any more than a baby born without eyes chooses to be blind. Everyone has challenges, and everyone deserves assistance with their challenges whatever those happen to be. We shouldn’t be discriminating against people on the basis of the (sometimes unique) challenges an individual might face.

Neurodivergence also seems to be in the cross-hairs: if that ever gets imported into Australia’s mainstream politics, yours truly will be in the cross-hairs here! I’ve faced discrimination before (looking at you Hilder Road & The Gap State Schools).

Lots of people from these marginal groups will be on the move escaping discrimination. We need to do our best to ensure the same hate movement does not rise here: these are people that have a lot to give if given the opportunity.

Circling back to health for a moment too… COVID-19 still rages on, there was a pleasing-looking trend last month in Queensland hospitalisation statistics showing COVID-19 and Influenza cases well down a month or two back. Not zero, they’re not gone… but not as bad as they once were. Sadly it won’t stay that way. Over in the US, they’re talking of giving the portfolio of health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, someone who seems keen to continue grinding Andrew Wakefield’s axe, and seems to be very much against current preventative measures for containing contagious disease. With H5N1 (bird flu) rearing its ugly head, the never really dealt-with and worsening COVID-19 situation over there, and diseases we thought we had beat like polio making a come-back… we may see some particularly nasty bugs hit our shores. Get ready for Pandemic 2.0.

So a lot in store for the next 4 years at least… I think Europe is going to play a major role in the medium term. They are already showing a lot of leadership over technical standards (we can thank the EU for universal charges on portable devices for example). Whilst it’s not all good news there (end-to-end encryption being a controversial issue), on balance they seem to be headed in a better direction than the US is right now. Here’s hoping cooler heads prevail and things settle down, but right now I think we need to buckle up for a bumpy ride!

https://vk4msl.com/2024/11/10/interesting-times/

#ausPol #autism #covid19 #europe #federalPolitics #h5n1 #lbgti #lifepo4 #nuclear #politics #qldPol #statePolitics #usPol

@kentnelson @Doreen32128 Thanks. Boosting. Does anyone know how many state legislatures are currently under Democratic control, or is it too soon after the election to tell.
#Statepolitics

There are many competitive rivalries in the #eVTOL industry, but when it comes to #vertiport legislation, it’s #Supernal vs. pretty much everyone else. For The Air Current, I did a deep dive into the conflict and how it recently played out in #Florida. #advancedairmobility #statepolitics #aviation https://theaircurrent.com/industry-strategy/supernals-vertiport-lobbying-push-runs-up-against-industry-resistance/

How State Occupational Licenses Affect Jobs and Salaries

Mercatus Working Paper by Christos A. Makridis and Patrick McLaughlin

https://www.mercatus.org/research/working-papers/occupational-licenses-affect-jobs-salaries

#economics #econ #employment #wages #occupationallicensing #regulation #statepolitics

53) The #GOP state party has a lot of variables to consider should they opt to use #impeachment in attempting to remove Justice Protasiewic. There is no guiding ethical precedent for such an action

Excellent exchange between Ben Wikler, the #Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair and Josh Marshall of @tpm_rss_bot at the video 🔽 .

The #GOP seems to have found itself under increasing national scrutiny as this drama plays out. More to come!

#USPoliticsw #StatePolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEXf_BbtgJM

If politics drives you crazy and makes you feel helpless, try this hack:

📵 Stop following national #politics.
🏫 Start following #statepolitics and #localpolitics.

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The final result of Ohio Issue 1 continues the trend of urban areas leaning more progressive and rural areas leaning more conservative. Looking at the map I can easily imagine conservative provocateurs and grifters saying "Only a few counties voted No! There must be massive fraud in these big cities!", while knowing they are lying to their audience. MAGA supporters will nod and fume right along with them because they will agree with anything that fits what they want to hear.

A reminder to all: Land doesn't vote — people do.

I'm proud of Ohio for the first time in a long time.

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #IssueOne #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #MAGA #Democrats #Progressive #Conservative #Republicans #Democracy

The No vote for Ohio Issue 1 is so strong that the Columbus Dispatch has already projected its defeat. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/08/07/ohio-election-results-for-issue-1-aug-8-special-election/70542152007/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #IssueOne #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know that the special election for Issue 1 is today from 6:30am until 7:30pm, and urge them to vote No. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto ballot issues.

The GOP spent a ton of donor and taxpayer money to set up a special election, just for this one issue, hoping it will pass with low turnout, because it would remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP

Running blue in a red state: Why it's important

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/23/running-blue-in-a-red-state-why-its-important/

#RunningBlue #RedState #Importance #BlueInRed #StatePolitics #Election2023 #Politics #News

Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".

After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.

Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #LGBT #LGBTRights #Roe #Dobbs #Lawrence #Griswold #Obergefell #PoliticalAD #Progressive #Progressives #ProgressiveActionFund

Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".

After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.

Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #LGBT #LGBTRights #Roe #Dobbs #Lawrence #Griswold #Obergefell #PoliticalAD #Progressive #Progressives #ProgressiveActionFund

Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".

After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.

Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #LGBT #LGBTRights #Roe #Dobbs #Lawrence #Griswold #Obergefell #PoliticalAD #Progressive #Progressives #ProgressiveActionFund

Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".

After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.

Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #LGBT #LGBTRights #Roe #Dobbs #Lawrence #Griswold #Obergefell #PoliticalAD #Progressive #Progressives #ProgressiveActionFund

Props to Progressive Action Fund for making the (NSFW and steamy) best political ad I've ever seen, "Republicans in your bedroom".

After overturning Roe in the Dobbs decision, many Republicans want to restrict reproductive rights even further — including birth control! I'm not exaggerating. In his concurrence with the Dobbs decision, Clearance Thomas wrote:

In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold [which ruled that the Constitution provides the right to contraception], Lawrence [which ruled that the Constitution provides a right to privacy in most private, consensual adult sexual activity, including between those of the same sex], and Obergefell [which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution]. Because any substantive due process decision is “demonstrably erroneous,” we have a duty to “correct the error” established in those precedents.

Ohio Republicans spent a ton of doner and taxpayer money to set up a special election on August 8th, just for one issue, hoping it would pass with low turnout. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto future ballot issues, such as a ballot issue to amend the Ohio constitution to protect reproductive rights. It would also remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP #SCOTUS #ReproductiveRights #LGBT #LGBTRights #Roe #Dobbs #Lawrence #Griswold #Obergefell #PoliticalAD #Progressive #Progressives #ProgressiveActionFund

We're newly on Instagram! Give us a follow, if you haven't already. #Wisconsin #statepolitics #Wisconsinpolitics #Milwaukee

It's @wisconsin_examiner or here's the link:

https://www.instagram.com/wisconsin_examiner/

If you know anyone in Ohio, make sure they know about the special election for Issue 1 on August 8th, and urge them to vote No. If it passes, it will raise the threshold for passing ballot issues from 50% to 60%, allowing a 40% minority to veto ballot issues.

The GOP spent a ton of donor and taxpayer money to set up a special election, just for this one issue, hoping it will pass with low turnout, because it would remove one of the few remaining checks on a heavily gerrymandered statehouse.

Early in-person and absentee voting has started.

Election Day is Tuesday, August 8. Polls will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

https://votenoinaugust.org/facts/

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #OhioIssueOne #Issue1 #OhioPolitics #USPolitics #StatePolitics #Politics #GOP

Georgia State Representative Mesha Mainor of Atlanta switched parties from Democratic to Republican after being criticized for voting with the GOP on several occasions. She'll be joining a majority GOP House, but resides in a heavily Democratic district, making her reelection prospects poor.

#USpolitics #USpol #Georgia #Atlanta #statepolitics #USA #Democrats #Republicans #Dem #GOP #meshamainor

https://capitol-beat.org/2023/07/georgia-democratic-rep-mainor-switches-to-gop/

North Carolina bill would call for new election when lawmakers switch parties after former state House Democrat joins GOP

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/north-carolina-bill-would-call-for-new-election-when-lawmakers-switch-parties-after-former-state-house-democrat-joins-gop/

#Fox8News #NorthCarolina #ElectionReform #PartySwitching #StatePolitics #DemocratToRepublican #Politics #News

Texas Panel Recommends Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us/texas-paxton-impeachment.html

#NYTimes #TexasImpeachment #KenPaxton #AttorneyGeneral #StatePolitics #CorruptionAllegations #Politics #News

Kemp signs bill allowing removal of local prosecutors in Georgia

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3991608-kemp-signs-bill-allowing-removal-of-local-prosecutors-in-georgia/

#TheHill #GeorgiaProsecutors #LocalGovernmentPower #StatePolitics #LegalReform #KempAdministration #Politics #News

@jackiegardina Thanks for saying it.

ALEC influential in Prison Industrial Complex, Stand Your Ground and Voter ID laws, Degas & privatization, gutting environmental & worker protections. They push a con biz agenda over basic human rights and the public interest
https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed

Source Watch page on #ALEC https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council

#StandYourGroundLaws #GeorgeZimmerman #TrayvonMartin #GunControl #Corruption #Politics #StatePolitics #Republicans #Conservatives

Want to learn more about how justice-impacted people are making a difference in our world? Read this, and think about how the political & educational organizations you are involved with can change to make it possible for amazing folks like Leo Felix to exist.

https://boltsmag.org/rhode-island-legislature-criminal-legal-system-leonela-felix-cherie-cruz/
#criminalJustice #statePolitics #rhodeIsland #changeTheWorld #elected #justiceReform