Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/executiveorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorders</span></a> already face <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pushback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pushback</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenges</span></a>.</p><p>His <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/orders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orders</span></a> include some <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/actions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actions</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/legalexperts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalexperts</span></a> say may be beyond the reach of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a>’s pen and could be tied up in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> for years. </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/21/trump-executive-orders-challenges-lawsuits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/21/trump-executive-orders-challenges-lawsuits/</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MotherJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherJones</span></a> November+December issue investigates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalist</span></a> movement that aspires to take over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> at all levels, from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> boards & state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>. Its prominent influencers, ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/militias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militias</span></a>, & pervasiveness across civil society reveal a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radical</span></a> movement hiding in plain sight. Read the whole package here:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelicals</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SevenMountainMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevenMountainMandate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>My name is Dr. Michael Mann </p><p>– I’m a leading climate scientist and I wanted to talk to you about the Presidential debate.</p><p>𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: </p><p>𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 <br>𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 <br>𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱-𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: <br>The most extreme, anti-environmental and anti-climate policy agenda ever put forth in American history. </p><p>The fate of our planet and global climate action hinges on this election. </p><p>I have no doubt that a Harris-Walz Administration will be 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼-𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻. </p><p>But they will need pro-climate majorities in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> all across the country to enact the changes we need to make to act on climate. </p><p>That’s why I’m asking if you’ll donate to my friends at 314 Action </p><p>so they can reach hundreds of thousands of voters and elect the largest wave of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> to ever run for office </p><p>→ <a href="https://go.314action.org/9121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.314action.org/9121</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Dr. Michael Mann</p>
beSpacific<p>Two years after <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Roe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roe</span></a>’s overturn, there are more <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortions</span></a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> — but they’re harder to get. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> has become more diffuse, thanks to the rise of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/telehealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telehealth</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abortionpills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionpills</span></a>. Both are under fire in the courts and state <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenshealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/06/two-years-roe-overturn-abortions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2024/06/two-years</span><span class="invisible">-roe-overturn-abortions/</span></a></p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️<p>The wonderful thing about <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> Proportional Representation <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/electoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electoral</span></a> systems is that <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> are not full of worst and not quite worst <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/representatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representatives</span></a>. Does not solve the Presidential or other one person positions problem but transferable votes at least let people vote for their first choice and then vote strategically after.</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The best bang for your bucks, if you have any bucks to spare, is in <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a>, where we could flip multiple houses for what was spent losing to Marjorie Taylor Greene by 30% in 2022. </p><p>But why <a href="https://c.im/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>? The Washington Post did a nice job of explaining why today</p><p>Flipping just two seats in both state houses will turn the Grand Canyon State into the next Democratic and democratic trifecta. </p><p>Meanwhile abortion rights are literally on the ballot in November, just as it was in Michigan when we won our trifecta in 2022.<br>There are more bonuses for democracy that come from this effort. <br>Arizona and Michigan will certainly help decide the 2024 presidential election. And voters there will also decide on two US Senate seats necessary for a Democratic president's ability to put *anyone* on any court.<br>Hard to think of a better focus to deal with the free-floating anxiety of 2024.</p><p><a href="https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/6orh0NK/Make-Arizona-the-Next-Michigan-and-Keep-Michigan-Michigan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">grapevine.org/giving-circle/6o</span><span class="invisible">rh0NK/Make-Arizona-the-Next-Michigan-and-Keep-Michigan-Michigan</span></a></p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p>So, apparently today 400 yrs ago Guy Fawkes was executed. Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@onthisday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>onthisday</span></a></span> !<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@onthisday/111851724168189947" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@onthisday/111</span><span class="invisible">851724168189947</span></a></p><p>Rabbit hole while eating lunch, but wound up at WP's List of attacks on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_on_legislatures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">attacks_on_legislatures</span></a></p><p>Owing to "legislatures" not really being popular much before 200 yrs ago, the majority of them are in the 20th century, but waaay more happening in the 21st. </p><p>The number of legislature <a href="https://mas.to/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attacks</span></a> is too damn high! I think the deterrent is pretty clear: Bring back <a href="https://mas.to/tags/beheadings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beheadings</span></a>! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JAN6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAN6</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span></p><p>It is impossible for me to become president of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> without <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> & other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voterSuppression</span></a> measures to get enough votes in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralCollege</span></a>, popular vote be damned</p><p>It is impossible for me to win without falsely alleging <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a>, filing frivolous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribing</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threatening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threatening</span></a> state <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/judiciaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciaries</span></a>, filing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakeElectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakeElectors</span></a>, & throwing my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurrectionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrectionist</span></a> wolves in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OathKeepers</span></a>.</p><p>Therefore, I should be allowed to run again</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The org has successfully <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbied</span></a> since 2021 for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> in >a half-dozen states that ban <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenderAffirmingCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirmingCare</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> youths, w/ its representatives testifying before state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> against the guidelines recommended by mainstream <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> groups, acc/to its records. It gained further <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> prominence this year as one of the plaintiffs in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> to limit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mifepristone</span></a>, a key <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> drug.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minoritarianism</span></a></p>
Badwolf303<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://talkedabout.social/@AlliFlowers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlliFlowers</span></a></span> Not necessarily. My county flipped Blue in 2020 so what did the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> Gov & legislature do? Re-drew the district so <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> couldn’t win again. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gerrymandered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandered</span></a> Know why they don’t care about dead children? They rigged the elections so your votes don’t matter in state races. Now they’ve passed laws the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> can throw out your votes & fire prosecutors they don’t like. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> is here. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/goptraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goptraitors</span></a></p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Kyrsten Sinema Insists She Isn’t a Republican As Her Poll Numbers Tank <a href="https://jezebel.com/kyrsten-sinema-insists-she-isn-t-a-republican-as-her-po-1850415421" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/kyrsten-sinema-ins</span><span class="invisible">ists-she-isn-t-a-republican-as-her-po-1850415421</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/filibusterintheunitedstatessenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filibusterintheunitedstatessenate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/membersoftheunitedstatescongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>membersoftheunitedstatescongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/abortionrightsmovements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionrightsmovements</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/laphonzabutler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laphonzabutler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/kyrstensinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kyrstensinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/bisexualwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bisexualwomen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/rubengallego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubengallego</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/emilyslist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emilyslist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/lgbtpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtpeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>From <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@pbump" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pbump</span></a></span>: "In 2009, only 14 lower chambers and 17 upper chambers [of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a>] had such lopsided partisan dominance. Most of those were controlled by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>…In 2023, at least 30 states have such margins in either chamber. Most of them are controlled by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>. The number of states in which both chambers have partisan supermajorities has also increased — again, disproportionately for Republicans."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/28/supermajority-state-legislatures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/28/supermajority-state-legislatures/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Kyrsten Sinema Has a Net Favorability of -23, Per New Statewide Poll <a href="https://jezebel.com/kyrsten-sinema-has-a-net-favorability-of-negative-23-p-1850367190" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/kyrsten-sinema-has</span><span class="invisible">-a-net-favorability-of-negative-23-p-1850367190</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/membersoftheunitedstatescongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>membersoftheunitedstatescongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/kyrstensinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kyrstensinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/bisexualwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bisexualwomen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/rubengallego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubengallego</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/lgbtpeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtpeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/joemanchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joemanchin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/marklamb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marklamb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/karilake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>karilake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/jimlamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jimlamon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/gallego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gallego</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Theda Skocpol, a professor of political science and sociology at Harvard, contended that many of the developments in states controlled by Republicans are a result of careful, long-term <a href="https://c.im/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> by conservative strategists, particularly those in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Federalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a>, who are developing tools to build what she called “<a href="https://c.im/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>” within the context of a nominally democratic system of government.</p><p>Skocpol outlined her thinking in an email:</p><p>The first-movers who figured out how to configure this new “laboratory of democratic constriction” were legal eagles in the Federalist Society and beyond, because the key structural dynamic in the current G.O.P. gallop toward minority authoritarianism is the mutual interlock between post-2010 Republican control, often supermajority control, of dozens of <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a> in 2019 to allow even the most <a href="https://c.im/tags/extreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extreme</span></a> and bizarre forms of partisan <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a>.</p><p>These organized, richly resourced actors, she wrote,<br>"have figured out how to <a href="https://c.im/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> the current U.S. <a href="https://c.im/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/divided" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divided</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/branches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>branches</span></a>, given generational and geographic realities on the ground, and the in many ways fluky 2016 presidential election gave them what they needed to put the interlock in place. They are stoking and using the fears and resentments of about half or so of the G.O.P. popular base to <a href="https://c.im/tags/undo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/enhance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enhance</span></a> their own <a href="https://c.im/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/privileges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privileges</span></a>. They are doing it because they can, and they believe in what they are doing. They are America’s G.O.P. Leninists.<br>Skocpol did not pull her punches:</p><p>This situation, locked in place by a <a href="https://c.im/tags/corruptly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruptly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/installed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>installed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Supreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supreme</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>majority</span></a> and by many <a href="https://c.im/tags/rotten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rotten</span></a>-borough <a href="https://c.im/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/districts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districts</span></a> like the one in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amarillo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amarillo</span></a>, means that minority <a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarians</span></a>, behind a bare facade of “<a href="https://c.im/tags/constitutionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalism</span></a>,” can render majority-elected officials, including the president and many governors, officials in name only. The great thing from the minority authoritarian point of view is that those visible chief executives (and urban mayors and district attorneys) can still be blamed for government nonfunction and societal problems, but they cannot address them with even broadly supported measures (such as simple background checks for having military assault weapons).</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion/republican-party-intrusive-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/republican-party-intrusive-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Republican Lawmakers Are Strangely Silent on the Abortion Pill Ruling <a href="https://jezebel.com/republican-lawmakers-are-strangely-silent-on-the-aborti-1850316333" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/republican-lawmake</span><span class="invisible">rs-are-strangely-silent-on-the-aborti-1850316333</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/republicanpartyunitedstates29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicanpartyunitedstates29</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/supremecourtoftheunitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourtoftheunitedstates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/clarencethomase28094cornyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clarencethomase28094cornyn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/abortionrightsmovements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionrightsmovements</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/janetprotasiewicz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>janetprotasiewicz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/alexandriaocasio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexandriaocasio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/matthewkacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matthewkacsmaryk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/cindyhydesmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cindyhydesmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/chuckgrassley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chuckgrassley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/abortionpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionpill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/cynthialumis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cynthialumis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/thomasrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thomasrice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/johncornyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>johncornyn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/chrishayes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrishayes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/wade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wade</span></a></p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Barbara Lee Makes It Official: She’s Running for Senate <a href="https://jezebel.com/barbara-lee-senate-dianne-feinstein-1850140043" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/barbara-lee-senate</span><span class="invisible">-dianne-feinstein-1850140043</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/californiademocraticparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>californiademocraticparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/californiastatesenators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>californiastatesenators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/unitedstatessenators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatessenators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/diannefeinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diannefeinstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/berniesanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>berniesanders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/katieporter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>katieporter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/nancypelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nancypelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/barbaralee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbaralee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/adamschiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adamschiff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Dianne Feinstein Should Resign Now, Not Retire Later <a href="https://jezebel.com/dianne-feinstein-should-resign-now-not-retire-later-1850114563" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/dianne-feinstein-s</span><span class="invisible">hould-resign-now-not-retire-later-1850114563</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politicalpositionsofdiannefeinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalpositionsofdiannefeinstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/mayorsofsanfrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mayorsofsanfrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/unitedstatessenators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatessenators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/savannahbehrmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savannahbehrmann</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/diannefeinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diannefeinstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/amyconeybarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amyconeybarrett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/christianhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianhall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/chuckschumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chuckschumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/katieporter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>katieporter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/barbaralee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barbaralee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/adamschiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adamschiff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/feinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feinstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Daniel Schuman<p>The Congressional Data Task Force has announced an upcoming public meeting on March 14th. This is where the public and congressional stakeholders collaborate on modernizing Congressional tech & tools.</p><p>RSVP info below.</p><p><a href="https://congressionaldata.org/congressional-data-task-force-meeting-announced-for-march-14-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">congressionaldata.org/congress</span><span class="invisible">ional-data-task-force-meeting-announced-for-march-14-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opengov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Daniel Schuman<p>In light of Pres. Biden's firing of the Architect of the Capitol, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@demandprogress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>demandprogress</span></a></span> issued the following statement:</p><p>"Congress should use the White House's firing of the Architect of the Capitol both as an opportunity to rethink the Capitol Police Board, on which he sits, and also to modernize how Legislative branch agency heads are hired and fired." -- Daniel Schuman, Policy Director</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opengov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a></p>
Daniel Schuman<p>In this week's Congressional news:<br>— The FBI warrantlessly spied on a member of Congress<br>— The Architect of the Capitol has lost political support for personal scandals, but his citations of classified info is most mystifying of all<br>— The future of AI and Congress<br>— The misleading frame of "centrism" and why journalists love it</p><p><a href="https://firstbranchforecast.com/2023/02/13/first-branch-forecast-for-february-13-2023-eagle-eye/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firstbranchforecast.com/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">2/13/first-branch-forecast-for-february-13-2023-eagle-eye/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HouseOfRepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfRepresentatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opengov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opengov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOLITICS</span></a></p>
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