tulipsandroses
tulipsandroses's JournalThoughts on ranked choice voting?
I’ve seen more talk of this lately.
Get rid of primaries and replace with ranked choice?
Info from FAIR VOTE
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Discourages Overly Negative Campaigning
In non-RCV elections, candidates benefit from mudslinging and attacking their opponent instead of sharing their positive vision with voters. This can lead to increasingly toxic and polarizing campaigns.
With RCV, candidates also compete for second choice votes from their opponents’ supporters which lessens the incentive to run a negative campaign. In RCV contests, candidates do best when they reach out positively to as many voters as possible, including those supporting their opponents.
Voters in RCV cities report more positive campaigning and greater satisfaction with their elections. See our Research on RCV page for more on evidence of increased campaign civility and voter engagement
https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#rcvbenefits
When the kid sitting next to their kid in 5th grade is pregnant
It will be a shit show how these pro birth folks will react. These same folks that are so worried about their kids being influenced by LGBTQ and by historical facts, will have a damn freak out about pregnant kids in the classroom.
I was pregnant during my senior year of high school. I attended an alternative high school. We had a daycare center, for obvious reasons, so that young girls are able to finish their education.
There was backlash then. The argument then was having a daycare
“gave permission “ to be a teen mother.
I can see the shit show already of what pregnant kids will be allowed to do and not do as far as their education.
Elon Musk's Dad has children with his Stepdaughter
This family is beyond weird.
It’s gross🤮
The Musk patriarch, 76, welcomed the baby girl with Jana, 35, back in 2019 — but only confirmed the news on Wednesday, bragging to the Sun: “The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce.”
The two already share a 5-year-old boy, Elliot Rush, born in 2017.
Errol who is a wealthy South African engineer — married model Maye Haldeman Musk in 1970, with whom he had three children: Elon, Kimbal and Tosca.
The couple split in 1979, before Errol
went on to wed Heide Bezuidenhout, a young widow who already had two children, including Jana.
Errol and Heide had two biological children together, but he also helped raise Jana, who was just 4 years old when he became her stepfather. Errol and Heide eventually divorced after an 18-year marriage.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/elon-musks-dad-76-confirms-secret-child-with-stepdaughter/amp/
GOP lawmaker admits his "research" for anti-trans bill involved watching YouTube videos
An Ohio state representative is under fire from constituents after leaked audio revealed he hadn’t spoken with any trans people before introducing a bill in the state legislature banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. He also tried to convince a constituent to de-transition in the leaked audio.
Dubbed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, House Bill 454 was introduced by state Rep. Gary Click, a Republican from Vickery, in February
Click said he’d done hours of research on the subject before writing the bill, including watching YouTube videos.
H.B. 454 would prohibit gender-affirming care for trans and nonbinary minors, including puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), medical or surgical procedures (even though gender affirming surgery is not performed on minors), and related mental health services. Healthcare professionals could lose their license and be sued. Public funding would be denied to participating institutions, while insurance providers and Medicaid would be prohibited from covering gender-affirming health care for minors.
The Ohio representative acknowledged he was approached in the spring of 2021 by conservative advocacy group Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) to introduce legislation banning gender transition for Ohio minors. The group has connections to every piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation recently proposed in the Ohio legislature.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/gop-lawmaker-admits-research-anti-trans-bill-included-watching-youtube-videos/
New York Gun Applicants Will Have Their Social Media Accounts Checked For 'Character And Conduct'
New York will officially begin enforcing a new law that requires gun applicants to list their social media accounts for review.
“Sometimes, they’re telegraphing their intent to cause harm to others [on social media],” Hochul noted during a press conference, according to AP News.
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Peter Kehoe, the executive director of the New York Sheriffs’ Association, is unsure whether deputies will enforce the law by going through people’s social media accounts.
“I don’t think we would do that,” Kehoe said, according to AP News. “I think it would be a constitutional invasion of privacy.”
https://blavity.com/new-york-gun-applicants-have-social-media-accounts-checked?category1=blavity-u-life-style&category2=news&item=5
Something that I find disturbing about the December meeting with the Kraken lady
Ghouliani and the overstock guy. They were “snuck in” by a Navarro staffer, who threw him under the bus, saying he knew nothing about it. I have a lot of what ifs. This seems like a gigantic security risk. A lower level staffer circumventing the normal procedures for people meeting with president???
Faux news has found a boogeyman they can latch onto in the rape of the 10 year old
You would think they would be contrite after proclaiming that the trauma this child went through was a fake story.
But no. Here’s how they are admitting that it is in fact true. By focusing on the monster.
Another article reported that the girl just turned 10 years old. So she was pregnant at 9 years old!
Ohio 10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant:
The man charged with the rape of a 10-year-old girl in Ohio is a Guatemalan illegal immigrant, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) source told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
And true to form they mention Biden’s policy. And for good measure announced that the doctor that came forward is facing HIPPA violations investigation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-10-year-olds-alleged-rapist-guatemalan-illegal-immigrant-ice-source.amp
Does this traitor still get to lie in state when he finally eats one too many hamberders?
He should not have this honor.
MAGA Preacher Sean Feucht Scored Millions From His Trump-Loving Flock
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Feucht’s fusion of own-the-libs rhetoric and Christian zealotry is resonating. Newly released IRS records reveal that the once-humble praise singer is not only raising his national profile, he’s raking in enormous amounts of cash. Capitalizing on the notoriety of his 2020 Covid-lockdown protests, Sean Feucht Ministry Inc. ballooned in revenue from $280,000 in 2019 to more than $5.3 million in 2020, ending the year $4 million richer than it started.
(The accounting for this surge is curious: The ministry claims to have received zero dollars in contributions, despite Feucht avidly soliciting such gifts.)
Feucht — who, according to tax filings, is the sole employee of the ministry — also appears to have experienced a surge in personal wealth, raising eyebrows from ministry watchdogs.
The preacher recently bought a pair of extravagant homes, one in a glitzy gated community in Southern California and another on five acres in Montana, valued together at well over $2 million, according to property records reviewed by Rolling Stone.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/maga-preacher-sean-feucht-scored-millions-from-his-trump-loving-flock-1380126/
Joe Scarborough defends VP Harris
He said it on his show again this morning. I get so annoyed with how she is being presented.
A reporter on MSNBC was recently frothing at the mouth after VP Harris’ speech after Roe fell. Talking about this will give her opportunity to shine, she followed that with “we will have to see if she disappears or shrinks quietly again like she has in the past. I’m paraphrasing but it was some bullshit like that.”
https://twitter.com/JoeNBC/status/1543558556712067075
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