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  1. Every form of #democracy eventually fails because #voters don’t want to put effort into paying attention to where things are going, and taking action before it’s too late.

    “It can’t be as bad as all that.”
    “Meh, all politicians are corrupt.”
    “My vote doesn’t count for much.”
    “It’s too hard to learn about the issues.”
    “My news tells me everything is fine.”
    “Enough other people vote to fix the problems.”
    “I was busy that day.”
    “Was there an election? I didn’t notice.”

    Pay attention, and vote.

  2. Hoover Institution: Hoover Institution Launches California Decides. “The Hoover Institution today announced the launch of California Decides, a new civic education initiative designed to give Californians clear, accessible, and evidence-based information about how their state works, the policy challenges it faces, and the choices voters will make at the ballot box. Launching ahead of the […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/hoover-institution-hoover-institution-launches-california-decides/
  3. #Politicians Are Trying to Change What #Chatbots Say About Them

    #Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when #voters ask questions about #candidates.
    #politics #ai #elections

    nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/poli

  4. The "mood of the #nation," in 1972, was so overwhelmingly #vengeful, #greedy, #bigoted, and blindly #reactionary that no presidential candidate who even faintly reminded "typical #voters" of the #fear & #anxiety they'd felt during the constant "social upheavals" of the 1960s had any chance at all of beating #Nixon last year--not even #TedKennedy...

    Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

    #quote #quotes #1970s

  5. Donald Trump has ordered U.S. #special #forces commanders to draw up a 💥plan for the invasion of Greenland
    -- but is being resisted by senior military figures.

    Sources say that the policy 'hawks' around the US President,
    led by political adviser #Stephen #Miller, have been so ⚠️emboldened by the 'success' of the operation to capture Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro
    that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

    British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to ⭐️ #distract #American #voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year,
    after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

    According to sources, Trump has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan,
    ✅ but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be #illegal
    - and would not be supported by Congress.

    One source said: 💥'They have tried to #distract #Trump by talking about less controversial measures,
    such as intercepting Russian 'ghost' ships
    - a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Moscow to evade Western sanctions
    - 🔥or launching a strike on Iran.'

    Diplomats have war-gamed what they describe as an 'escalatory scenario' under which Trump uses force or 'political coercion' to sever Greenland's links to Denmark.

    One diplomatic cable describes the 'worst-case' scenario as leading to ⚠️'the destruction of Nato from the inside'.
    It adds: 👉'Some European officials suspect this is the #real #aim of the hardline MAGA faction around Trump.

    Since Congress would not allow Trump to exit Nato, occupying Greenland could force the Europeans to abandon Nato.
    If Trump wants to end Nato, this might be the most convenient way to do it.'
    dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

  6. Cast your mind back to June 2020. Presidential #election is on people’s minds. #voters are gearing up. People who have never voted before are gonna register and #vote! (Yay!) in June 2020, in my district, the Republican Party held a primary for their federal races. The way we do it in Fairfax is the same mechanism as a real election. I assume the party compensates the county for the expense of running an election. But we run a party primary like any other election. In June 2020, the democrats did not run a primary.

    One more quirk of Virginia (some states aren’t like this) is that (a) we don’t track what political party you’re affiliated with (if any) and (b) you can vote in any party primary, but only one party’s primary. Wanna flip back and forth between party primaries every other election? That’s acceptable by Virginia law. This means that you check in at the desk and tell us what party primary you want to vote in. That’s it. If there is only one party primary, every registered voter is elegible to vote in it, so we don’t even have to ask.

    I live in an area with a high number of Democratic Party voters. In June 2020 a lot of new voters were showing up for the first time and were excited to vote before November. They’re inexperienced. They don’t know the difference between a party primary and an actual election. And frankly, in our county, the two events look identical except what’s on the ballot.

    So a bunch of new voters show up intending to find some Democratic candidate to support. And they get this ballot and they’re like “WTF!? There’s nothing but republicans on this ballot! I’m not voting for a republican!”

    We issued about 3 ballots to different people who left in a huff without voting. Then we started asking people, before we completed the check in. “It’s a republican primary on the ballot today. Is that what you want to vote in?” Plenty of people left without voting, but we didn’t have any more “fleeing voters” to account for in our paperwork.

    #electionofficer
    11/

  7. #trump continues to shatter #democracy in #America today he posted trumpstruth.org/statuses/32604 End to #MailInBallots & #VotingMachines. There will be immediate appeals #SupremeCourt. #Trump announced he will issue #executiveorder 2 #eliminate #MailInBallots & #voting machines ahead of 2026 midterm #elections arguing they R vulnerable 2 #fraud. Dems warn this would disenfranchise #voters & #legal experts stress that states, not president, have authority over election administration #maga #elections

  8. From 2022: #Redistricting In #NewMexico Has Systematically Diluted The Voice Of #NativeAmerican #Voters

    #FarmingtonNewMexico has a well-documented history of #discrimination and violence against Native residents, and #VoteSuppression is part of the continued struggle.

    by Aidan Graybill
    Mar 24, 2022

    "In 1974 three #Navajo men — Herman #DodgeBenally, #JohnEarlHarvey, and #DavidIgnacio — were brutally murdered on the outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico by three white teenagers.

    "In response to the murders, many advocacy organizations — including the University of New Mexico #KivaClub, the American Indian Movement (#AIM), and the #NAACP — mobilized in Farmington. The high schoolers responsible for the murders were sentenced to a few years at the state reformatory after closed-door proceedings. Many in the Farmington community felt this punishment wasn’t sufficient and multiple marches and protests ensued.

    "Following a march in May 1974, a list of demands was presented to the Farmington mayor which addressed, “basic community problems affecting Indians, and calls for increased responsiveness by elected officials to these needs.

    "While the clash between Navajos and whites in the community continued to rage, the city administration held open sessions and discussions for everyone in the community — Navajos shared their sweeping and ubiquitous experiences of discrimination.

    "Whether it was high school students excluded from extracurricular activities, blue-collar workers harassed by their white employers, or individuals who were refused service at restaurants, the common themes of bigotry and racism riddled their everyday lives.

    [...]

    "Thirty years later, the New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on #CivilRights issued a follow-up report on civil rights for #NativeAmericans in Farmington. Then-president of #Shiprock Chapter, Duane Yazzie, noted that there was progress and improvement in the general social climate for Navajo people in Farmington:

    "'Yes, there continues to be periodic problems but, for the most part, the efforts of the public servants, including law enforcement, the courts, the business community, and the major employers in the regions, there has been considerable advancement.'

    "However, the same report also included other testimony explaining that there had actually been little progress since the 1970s, considering the lack of Native American representation in positions of civic leadership:

    "'You’ve asked if change — you asked if change has happened since the early 1970s? Consider that question by looking at the numbers. Each community’s pillars are those that are elected as well as those that serve in the government structure.

    "'If one looks at those positions in the local government, you will find very few, if any, Native Americans. It doesn’t matter if you look at the county, the city, or even local institutions. You will still find very few Native Americans in high-level, decision-making positions.

    "'After 30 years, you would think the local governments would have made great progress in this area.'"

    Original web page:
    medium.com/the-public-magazine

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/g608Q

    #ChokecherryMassacres #Diné #WhiteRacists
    #MMIM #MurderedAndMissingIndigenousMen #NativeVoters #VoterSuppression