#voting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #voting, aggregated by home.social.
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Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
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Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
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Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
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Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
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Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
---To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Voting #DHS #Law #Politics
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
---To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Voting #DHS #Law #Politics
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
---To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Voting #DHS #Law #Politics
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
---To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Voting #DHS #Law #Politics
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
---To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #USPolitics #Election #Vote #Voting #DHS #Law #Politics
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Our electoral importance is in the past. This focus is built on a fiction and will lead to street level violence eventually.
"#Polls show #Jewish #voters hold competing priorities in their minds: They’re increasingly concerned about #antisemitism and their personal safety in #America, and they hold complex and divergent views on #Israel, which often is not a defining #voting issue, even as it seems to be the dominant way strategists and pundits talk about this #electorate.
Here’s what the latest data has to say about what Jewish voters want and how their politics are changing this cycle."
The remarkable consistency of the Jewish electorate
Aside from Black voters, there have traditionally been no more loyal #Democratic voters than Jewish #Americans. Since 2008, between 60 and 80 percent of these voters picked the Democratic candidate, while about 60 percent have consistently identified with the party over the last two decades.
That changed slightly after 2024..."
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Our electoral importance is in the past. This focus is built on a fiction and will lead to street level violence eventually.
"#Polls show #Jewish #voters hold competing priorities in their minds: They’re increasingly concerned about #antisemitism and their personal safety in #America, and they hold complex and divergent views on #Israel, which often is not a defining #voting issue, even as it seems to be the dominant way strategists and pundits talk about this #electorate.
Here’s what the latest data has to say about what Jewish voters want and how their politics are changing this cycle."
The remarkable consistency of the Jewish electorate
Aside from Black voters, there have traditionally been no more loyal #Democratic voters than Jewish #Americans. Since 2008, between 60 and 80 percent of these voters picked the Democratic candidate, while about 60 percent have consistently identified with the party over the last two decades.
That changed slightly after 2024..."
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Our electoral importance is in the past. This focus is built on a fiction and will lead to street level violence eventually.
"#Polls show #Jewish #voters hold competing priorities in their minds: They’re increasingly concerned about #antisemitism and their personal safety in #America, and they hold complex and divergent views on #Israel, which often is not a defining #voting issue, even as it seems to be the dominant way strategists and pundits talk about this #electorate.
Here’s what the latest data has to say about what Jewish voters want and how their politics are changing this cycle."
The remarkable consistency of the Jewish electorate
Aside from Black voters, there have traditionally been no more loyal #Democratic voters than Jewish #Americans. Since 2008, between 60 and 80 percent of these voters picked the Democratic candidate, while about 60 percent have consistently identified with the party over the last two decades.
That changed slightly after 2024..."
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Our electoral importance is in the past. This focus is built on a fiction and will lead to street level violence eventually.
"#Polls show #Jewish #voters hold competing priorities in their minds: They’re increasingly concerned about #antisemitism and their personal safety in #America, and they hold complex and divergent views on #Israel, which often is not a defining #voting issue, even as it seems to be the dominant way strategists and pundits talk about this #electorate.
Here’s what the latest data has to say about what Jewish voters want and how their politics are changing this cycle."
The remarkable consistency of the Jewish electorate
Aside from Black voters, there have traditionally been no more loyal #Democratic voters than Jewish #Americans. Since 2008, between 60 and 80 percent of these voters picked the Democratic candidate, while about 60 percent have consistently identified with the party over the last two decades.
That changed slightly after 2024..."
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Our electoral importance is in the past. This focus is built on a fiction and will lead to street level violence eventually.
"#Polls show #Jewish #voters hold competing priorities in their minds: They’re increasingly concerned about #antisemitism and their personal safety in #America, and they hold complex and divergent views on #Israel, which often is not a defining #voting issue, even as it seems to be the dominant way strategists and pundits talk about this #electorate.
Here’s what the latest data has to say about what Jewish voters want and how their politics are changing this cycle."
The remarkable consistency of the Jewish electorate
Aside from Black voters, there have traditionally been no more loyal #Democratic voters than Jewish #Americans. Since 2008, between 60 and 80 percent of these voters picked the Democratic candidate, while about 60 percent have consistently identified with the party over the last two decades.
That changed slightly after 2024..."
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https://www.europesays.com/people/188689/ Michigan AG charges 6 people with noncitizen voting crimes in 2024 #DonaldTrump #Elections #ElectionsDisputes #michigan #MikeJohnson #VoterFraudConcerns #voting
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/77045/ Reform deputy leader says Clacton by-election is ‘demonstration of faith’ by constituency #BYELECTION #ClactonByelection #CountBinface #NigelFarage #politics #RichardTice #SkyNews #uk #Votes #voting
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Clacton #ByElection #Election #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #TV #News #Reform #ReformUK So spineless Farage forces a by-election then refuses to attend the vote count to avoid humiliation? He then makes a speech about democracy, and the previous generations who fought in World Wars to protect it.
For Pete’s sake… they fought to the death… all he had to do was stand on a stage. -
#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Clacton #ByElection #Election #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #TV #News #Reform #ReformUK So spineless Farage forces a by-election then refuses to attend the vote count to avoid humiliation? He then makes a speech about democracy, and the previous generations who fought in World Wars to protect it.
For Pete’s sake… they fought to the death… all he had to do was stand on a stage. -
#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Clacton #ByElection #Election #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #TV #News #Reform #ReformUK So spineless Farage forces a by-election then refuses to attend the vote count to avoid humiliation? He then makes a speech about democracy, and the previous generations who fought in World Wars to protect it.
For Pete’s sake… they fought to the death… all he had to do was stand on a stage. -
#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Clacton #ByElection #Election #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #TV #News #Reform #ReformUK So spineless Farage forces a by-election then refuses to attend the vote count to avoid humiliation? He then makes a speech about democracy, and the previous generations who fought in World Wars to protect it.
For Pete’s sake… they fought to the death… all he had to do was stand on a stage. -
#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Clacton #ByElection #Election #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #TV #News #Reform #ReformUK So spineless Farage forces a by-election then refuses to attend the vote count to avoid humiliation? He then makes a speech about democracy, and the previous generations who fought in World Wars to protect it.
For Pete’s sake… they fought to the death… all he had to do was stand on a stage. -
#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Comedy #Clacton #ByElection #Election #Count #Funny #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #Interview #TV #News #Television #Media #BinFace #Reform #ReformUK I’m so proud of British democracy. This has to be one of the greatest home pages of any news website, ever…
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#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Comedy #Clacton #ByElection #Election #Count #Funny #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #Interview #TV #News #Television #Media #BinFace #Reform #ReformUK I’m so proud of British democracy. This has to be one of the greatest home pages of any news website, ever…
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#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Comedy #Clacton #ByElection #Election #Count #Funny #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #Interview #TV #News #Television #Media #BinFace #Reform #ReformUK I’m so proud of British democracy. This has to be one of the greatest home pages of any news website, ever…
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#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Comedy #Clacton #ByElection #Election #Count #Funny #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #Interview #TV #News #Television #Media #BinFace #Reform #ReformUK I’m so proud of British democracy. This has to be one of the greatest home pages of any news website, ever…
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#CountBinface #UK #Britain #UKPol #Politics #British #Farage #NigelFarage #Votes #Voting #Comedy #Clacton #ByElection #Election #Count #Funny #ClactonByElection #Sky #Votes #SkyNews #Interview #TV #News #Television #Media #BinFace #Reform #ReformUK I’m so proud of British democracy. This has to be one of the greatest home pages of any news website, ever…
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https://www.europesays.com/people/188141/ Michigan AG charges 6 people with noncitizen voting crimes in 2024 #DonaldTrump #Elections #ElectionsDisputes #michigan #MikeJohnson #VoterFraudConcerns #voting
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https://www.europesays.com/people/188107/ Kennedy Center’s bid to add Trump’s name and close tests a judge’s order #APTopNews #BillMaher #ChristopherCooper #DCWire #Decor #DistrictOfColumbia #DonaldTrump #Entertainment #GeneralNews #JeaninePirro #JohnFKennedy #JoyceBeatty #Politics #SheldonWhitehouse #Trump #TrumpHub #USDemocraticParty #voting #WashingtonNews
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🏀📜 A #stopmotion #video series from the #ACLU uses a #basketball game to show how a bill becomes a #law in the #UnitedStates.
Passing the #ball between players demonstrates how the legislative, executive, and judicial branches work together with checks and balances.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-three-branch-weave-how-is-a-bill-like-a-basketball
#animation #civics #communication #community #government #jobs #president #school #sports #constitution #USA #voting #work #tksst
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Opinion: Lamont vs Fazio a model of how American politics should work
Turn on any cable news network, and the national political landscape can look like a toxic wasteland, defined…
#Politics #america #Ballots #campaign #candidates #Connecticut #election #LamontFazio #NewHaven #November #primary #primaryday #taxes #voters #voting #Yale #YaleChiefExecutiveLeadershipInstitute
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https://www.europesays.com/people/187196/ Democrats gathering to give final approval to 2028 presidential primary calendar #DemocraticNationalConvention #Elections #GeneralNews #MidtermElections #Politics #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #USNews #voting #WashingtonNews
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#RonnieSalt is, if anything, good at rubbing salt on our political wounds but it’s theraputic even if it stings a little. Bear with her and read it through, laugh while you cringe, and shake your head at the cruel reality it portrays.
To boot, she makes a good point:
“In Australian politics right now, we’ve entered Saturday Night Live levels of parody. And just like SNL, the only people laughing are the players. If you add up the cost of supporting the crop of people in politics mentioned here, most of whom were paid to represent you, you might come close to over $6 million a year. Add in the cost of corruption commissions and police time spent on either bashing their own citizens or investigating histrionic allegations, and you’re getting closer to $10 million, $12 million and counting. If you’re wondering why you can’t save for a deposit for a house, or why your job stacking shelves in Woolworths isn’t getting you anywhere, why not consider a career in politics in Australia?”My answer is simple enough, I couldn’t possibly imagine myself licking the boots of the narcisist leadership I’d be subjected to — in any Party. As an independent… life would be too hard for poor ol’ me and I’ve got better things to do in my retirement. As A younger lad, I considered it but lacked the ‘lived expereince’ necessary to truly represent a constituency. All I’ve ever done is vote (as you do) and still castigate myself for not voting informed 100% all the time. I know what I was like at 16… don’t ask… but I cannot in all honesty say that had I been required to vote then, I’d not have had the maturity to do my civic duty the justice it demands. Are today’s 16 yo better able to deliver? I honestly don’t know. I have no relationships with young people these days.
I will not apologise for the spoiler, but Ronnie’s punch line points at the reader and lets them know who’s is at fault for allowing this circus to go on.
“You can tell people to get fucked in country town halls for $100 an hour and make up stories about assaults that never happened, drive around in a ski mask, tell shit sexist jokes that weren’t funny even at the Ferntree Gully pub in 1987, and stay up all night worrying about the colour of your weekly rubbish bin lid – all for the price of millions of dollars a year of money that isn’t yours.
This is Australian politics in 2026. Trivial side-shows and grift-maxxing on a grand scale and yes, all of it is a joke. But while we keep paying for it, the joke is always on us.”https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/our-politics-is-a-farce-and-youre-paying-for-the-tickets/
#AusPol #Voting #PartyPolitics #PartyDuopoly #PoliticianPerks #PoliticianRemuneration #Junkets #WealthyBenefactors #Oligarchy #Lobbyists #PoliticalDonations #ElectionsMatter #YourVoteMatters #PowersBehindTheThrone #AusElections2028 #SocialDemocracy #DumbElectorate #CivicDuty #InformedVoting #VotingAge #PoliticalCareer
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#RonnieSalt is, if anything, good at rubbing salt on our political wounds but it’s theraputic even if it stings a little. Bear with her and read it through, laugh while you cringe, and shake your head at the cruel reality it portrays.
To boot, she makes a good point:
“In Australian politics right now, we’ve entered Saturday Night Live levels of parody. And just like SNL, the only people laughing are the players. If you add up the cost of supporting the crop of people in politics mentioned here, most of whom were paid to represent you, you might come close to over $6 million a year. Add in the cost of corruption commissions and police time spent on either bashing their own citizens or investigating histrionic allegations, and you’re getting closer to $10 million, $12 million and counting. If you’re wondering why you can’t save for a deposit for a house, or why your job stacking shelves in Woolworths isn’t getting you anywhere, why not consider a career in politics in Australia?”My answer is simple enough, I couldn’t possibly imagine myself licking the boots of the narcisist leadership I’d be subjected to — in any Party. As an independent… life would be too hard for poor ol’ me and I’ve got better things to do in my retirement. As A younger lad, I considered it but lacked the ‘lived expereince’ necessary to truly represent a constituency. All I’ve ever done is vote (as you do) and still castigate myself for not voting informed 100% all the time. I know what I was like at 16… don’t ask… but I cannot in all honesty say that had I been required to vote then, I’d not have had the maturity to do my civic duty the justice it demands. Are today’s 16 yo better able to deliver? I honestly don’t know. I have no relationships with young people these days.
I will not apologise for the spoiler, but Ronnie’s punch line points at the reader and lets them know who’s is at fault for allowing this circus to go on.
“You can tell people to get fucked in country town halls for $100 an hour and make up stories about assaults that never happened, drive around in a ski mask, tell shit sexist jokes that weren’t funny even at the Ferntree Gully pub in 1987, and stay up all night worrying about the colour of your weekly rubbish bin lid – all for the price of millions of dollars a year of money that isn’t yours.
This is Australian politics in 2026. Trivial side-shows and grift-maxxing on a grand scale and yes, all of it is a joke. But while we keep paying for it, the joke is always on us.”https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/our-politics-is-a-farce-and-youre-paying-for-the-tickets/
#AusPol #Voting #PartyPolitics #PartyDuopoly #PoliticianPerks #PoliticianRemuneration #Junkets #WealthyBenefactors #Oligarchy #Lobbyists #PoliticalDonations #ElectionsMatter #YourVoteMatters #PowersBehindTheThrone #AusElections2028 #SocialDemocracy #DumbElectorate #CivicDuty #InformedVoting #VotingAge #PoliticalCareer
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#RonnieSalt is, if anything, good at rubbing salt on our political wounds but it’s theraputic even if it stings a little. Bear with her and read it through, laugh while you cringe, and shake your head at the cruel reality it portrays.
To boot, she makes a good point:
“In Australian politics right now, we’ve entered Saturday Night Live levels of parody. And just like SNL, the only people laughing are the players. If you add up the cost of supporting the crop of people in politics mentioned here, most of whom were paid to represent you, you might come close to over $6 million a year. Add in the cost of corruption commissions and police time spent on either bashing their own citizens or investigating histrionic allegations, and you’re getting closer to $10 million, $12 million and counting. If you’re wondering why you can’t save for a deposit for a house, or why your job stacking shelves in Woolworths isn’t getting you anywhere, why not consider a career in politics in Australia?”My answer is simple enough, I couldn’t possibly imagine myself licking the boots of the narcisist leadership I’d be subjected to — in any Party. As an independent… life would be too hard for poor ol’ me and I’ve got better things to do in my retirement. As A younger lad, I considered it but lacked the ‘lived expereince’ necessary to truly represent a constituency. All I’ve ever done is vote (as you do) and still castigate myself for not voting informed 100% all the time. I know what I was like at 16… don’t ask… but I cannot in all honesty say that had I been required to vote then, I’d not have had the maturity to do my civic duty the justice it demands. Are today’s 16 yo better able to deliver? I honestly don’t know. I have no relationships with young people these days.
I will not apologise for the spoiler, but Ronnie’s punch line points at the reader and lets them know who’s is at fault for allowing this circus to go on.
“You can tell people to get fucked in country town halls for $100 an hour and make up stories about assaults that never happened, drive around in a ski mask, tell shit sexist jokes that weren’t funny even at the Ferntree Gully pub in 1987, and stay up all night worrying about the colour of your weekly rubbish bin lid – all for the price of millions of dollars a year of money that isn’t yours.
This is Australian politics in 2026. Trivial side-shows and grift-maxxing on a grand scale and yes, all of it is a joke. But while we keep paying for it, the joke is always on us.”https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/our-politics-is-a-farce-and-youre-paying-for-the-tickets/
#AusPol #Voting #PartyPolitics #PartyDuopoly #PoliticianPerks #PoliticianRemuneration #Junkets #WealthyBenefactors #Oligarchy #Lobbyists #PoliticalDonations #ElectionsMatter #YourVoteMatters #PowersBehindTheThrone #AusElections2028 #SocialDemocracy #DumbElectorate #CivicDuty #InformedVoting #VotingAge #PoliticalCareer
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#RonnieSalt is, if anything, good at rubbing salt on our political wounds but it’s theraputic even if it stings a little. Bear with her and read it through, laugh while you cringe, and shake your head at the cruel reality it portrays.
To boot, she makes a good point:
“In Australian politics right now, we’ve entered Saturday Night Live levels of parody. And just like SNL, the only people laughing are the players. If you add up the cost of supporting the crop of people in politics mentioned here, most of whom were paid to represent you, you might come close to over $6 million a year. Add in the cost of corruption commissions and police time spent on either bashing their own citizens or investigating histrionic allegations, and you’re getting closer to $10 million, $12 million and counting. If you’re wondering why you can’t save for a deposit for a house, or why your job stacking shelves in Woolworths isn’t getting you anywhere, why not consider a career in politics in Australia?”My answer is simple enough, I couldn’t possibly imagine myself licking the boots of the narcisist leadership I’d be subjected to — in any Party. As an independent… life would be too hard for poor ol’ me and I’ve got better things to do in my retirement. As A younger lad, I considered it but lacked the ‘lived expereince’ necessary to truly represent a constituency. All I’ve ever done is vote (as you do) and still castigate myself for not voting informed 100% all the time. I know what I was like at 16… don’t ask… but I cannot in all honesty say that had I been required to vote then, I’d not have had the maturity to do my civic duty the justice it demands. Are today’s 16 yo better able to deliver? I honestly don’t know. I have no relationships with young people these days.
I will not apologise for the spoiler, but Ronnie’s punch line points at the reader and lets them know who’s is at fault for allowing this circus to go on.
“You can tell people to get fucked in country town halls for $100 an hour and make up stories about assaults that never happened, drive around in a ski mask, tell shit sexist jokes that weren’t funny even at the Ferntree Gully pub in 1987, and stay up all night worrying about the colour of your weekly rubbish bin lid – all for the price of millions of dollars a year of money that isn’t yours.
This is Australian politics in 2026. Trivial side-shows and grift-maxxing on a grand scale and yes, all of it is a joke. But while we keep paying for it, the joke is always on us.”https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/our-politics-is-a-farce-and-youre-paying-for-the-tickets/
#AusPol #Voting #PartyPolitics #PartyDuopoly #PoliticianPerks #PoliticianRemuneration #Junkets #WealthyBenefactors #Oligarchy #Lobbyists #PoliticalDonations #ElectionsMatter #YourVoteMatters #PowersBehindTheThrone #AusElections2028 #SocialDemocracy #DumbElectorate #CivicDuty #InformedVoting #VotingAge #PoliticalCareer
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#RonnieSalt is, if anything, good at rubbing salt on our political wounds but it’s theraputic even if it stings a little. Bear with her and read it through, laugh while you cringe, and shake your head at the cruel reality it portrays.
To boot, she makes a good point:
“In Australian politics right now, we’ve entered Saturday Night Live levels of parody. And just like SNL, the only people laughing are the players. If you add up the cost of supporting the crop of people in politics mentioned here, most of whom were paid to represent you, you might come close to over $6 million a year. Add in the cost of corruption commissions and police time spent on either bashing their own citizens or investigating histrionic allegations, and you’re getting closer to $10 million, $12 million and counting. If you’re wondering why you can’t save for a deposit for a house, or why your job stacking shelves in Woolworths isn’t getting you anywhere, why not consider a career in politics in Australia?”My answer is simple enough, I couldn’t possibly imagine myself licking the boots of the narcisist leadership I’d be subjected to — in any Party. As an independent… life would be too hard for poor ol’ me and I’ve got better things to do in my retirement. As A younger lad, I considered it but lacked the ‘lived expereince’ necessary to truly represent a constituency. All I’ve ever done is vote (as you do) and still castigate myself for not voting informed 100% all the time. I know what I was like at 16… don’t ask… but I cannot in all honesty say that had I been required to vote then, I’d not have had the maturity to do my civic duty the justice it demands. Are today’s 16 yo better able to deliver? I honestly don’t know. I have no relationships with young people these days.
I will not apologise for the spoiler, but Ronnie’s punch line points at the reader and lets them know who’s is at fault for allowing this circus to go on.
“You can tell people to get fucked in country town halls for $100 an hour and make up stories about assaults that never happened, drive around in a ski mask, tell shit sexist jokes that weren’t funny even at the Ferntree Gully pub in 1987, and stay up all night worrying about the colour of your weekly rubbish bin lid – all for the price of millions of dollars a year of money that isn’t yours.
This is Australian politics in 2026. Trivial side-shows and grift-maxxing on a grand scale and yes, all of it is a joke. But while we keep paying for it, the joke is always on us.”https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/our-politics-is-a-farce-and-youre-paying-for-the-tickets/
#AusPol #Voting #PartyPolitics #PartyDuopoly #PoliticianPerks #PoliticianRemuneration #Junkets #WealthyBenefactors #Oligarchy #Lobbyists #PoliticalDonations #ElectionsMatter #YourVoteMatters #PowersBehindTheThrone #AusElections2028 #SocialDemocracy #DumbElectorate #CivicDuty #InformedVoting #VotingAge #PoliticalCareer
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