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Bellingham, WA, USA
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The 1929 Permanent Apportionment Act capped the size of the House at 435. Till then it grew with each decennial census, as it was designed to do. Its failure to grow is the source of much of the system’s dysfunction and democratic deficit. Congress should at least double in size.
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If it wasn’t for Gen-Z, there would have been a red wave. The polling shows that OUR generation voted for Democrats more than any other age group. WE are the reason Democracy will stand. We now have a seat at the table. Time to start listening.
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Young voters are breaking 3-1 for Dems. No generation has been this progressive or politically engaged in American history. A look at what youth voter turnout has gotten us:
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Hard thing about a close vote is that you can't know if the election was a fraud yet.
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One thing I know already. If not for voters under 30 ... tonight WOULD have been a Red Wave. CNN National House Exit Poll R+ 13 65+ R+ 11 45-64 D +2 30-44 D +28 18-29 #GenZ did their job.
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The clever people at @NASA have created this deceptively simple yet highly effective data visualisation showing monthly global temperatures between 1880-2021. Watch until the end... Learn more here - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #climate
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We’re the only developed nation where workers aren’t guaranteed paid family leave. RT if you agree it’s time Republicans finally support paid leave and help us get it passed.
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This, from a longer thread. I so agree.
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If you’re so afraid of what a dictator might do if he loses that you’re letting him win, it’s time to reevaluate both your strategy and your character.
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Maybe that’s why the mobile crematoriums (assuming they’re real) – at Nelson, British Columbia
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Here’s a jarring chart from Zignal Labs. The “bioweapons” were an English-language (green) conspiracy theory until last week. Now, most posts about it are in Russian (blue). Russia finally found a pretext—well, posttext—for the Ukraine war, a gift from the American far-right.
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My dad just said “this Tucker Carlson guy sucks now,he’s anti American.” now he only watches Hannity.
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Never forget how this shit really works. This is a direct quote.
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Apparently this comedian/actor is living down a few months on RT in 2016. This rant is more like John Oliver than a Putin collaborator. Our purity tests are troublesome.
While the U.S. and the E.U. have come down hard on Russian oligarchs, Britain has not, says @JonathanPieNews, a fictional newscaster. “Because the dreadful, terrifying truth is stronger sanctions against Putin are in danger of hurting us more than him.” nyti.ms/3t4Ft2d
Well. Agreeing with this, easily, is a wake-up call.
Anybody who claims to love their children, or their grandchildren, who is no 100% behind fighting climate change, is a liar. There, I've said it.
Worth following through to the reference to the Howard Schultz book, "Narcissistic Process and Corporate Decay". I just laughed myself bitterly through the Look Inside on Amazon
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE WEARING A MASK - THIS IS REALLY GREAT
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Fun factoid: Pat Robertson won the Washington State Republican presidential caucus in 1988, his only showing the year George Bush Daddy got the national nod (and ended up with the presidency). This pushed WA to abandon caucuses in favor of primary elections, harder to game.
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I said "abandoned" ignorantly - I've lived in WA continuously since 1971 but didn't understand we still operate caucuses, as well as primaries. Evidence that they're not tools for broad democratic engagement....