why are these even separate questions?
I was looking through election results from Travis County and found a fun one from last year. In Bee Cave, TX, voters approved building a new public library by a 13.2 point margin, but rejected the following referendum, which provided the $19.98 million in bonds to pay for it.
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Almost like land doesn’t vote
Rural conservatives in deep-blue states are effectively governed without consent. In New York, Republicans win most counties yet still lose statewide by 20 points because dense urban and suburban voters in New York City and its suburbs cast the decisive ballots and vote overwhelmingly Democratic. The result is that rural and upstate communities pay the taxes, live under the regulations, and absorb the costs set by politicians they consistently reject. Same story in California and Illinois. Population density has become a veto over the rest of the state.
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Tom retweeted
If you think your day can’t get any better, just know that countless right-wingers lost life-changing amounts of money last night
New — Someone bet $500,000 on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to win re-election, days after a separate $500,000 bet for him over Gina Hinojosa (D). Both were institutional bets on Kalshi. Unclear if related. Latest came with Abbott at 64% to win. (flagged by @betint_ai)
Tom retweeted
The next time someone tells you that markets are rational remember that in 2026 pretty much every company simultaneously announced that they were going to borrow a quadrillion dollars to build 420 data centers in six months with chips they didn’t have powered by electricity they couldn’t get from turbines that weren’t built sent through transmission lines that didn’t exist and everybody was like “Cool, cool. Sounds good. Solid plan.”
Well the Republicans are banning the press straight up and NYC DSA just ask that you don’t report gossip or eavesdrop (after many of their members have been personally hounded by outlets like the NY Post).
The NYC chapter of the DSA might not see eye to eye with area Republicans Mike Lawler and Tom Kean Jr., but all three have sought to restrict the work of the press at their election night parties.
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the mandatory sex change surgeries begin TONIGHT. all republican voters, please report to your local abortion clinic voluntarily or a bisexual MS-13 member will be sent to your home. somehow, pansexual orgies and shariah law are simultaneously in effect as of this moment
Tom retweeted
LEBRON SEALS IT WITH A PUTBACK 👑
20 PTS | 9 REB | 8 AST
Philly wins their first game in @emirates NBA Cup Group Play!
Literally lighting public money on fire, just build social housing why is every urban politician addicted to the ownership model
Philadelphia is preparing to become the first city in the nation to offer this mortgage model, with lower interest rates, no private mortgage insurance, and credit scores as low as 620.
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