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The race for the next mayor of Los Angeles has become even more intense as
Council Member Nithya Raman officially launched her campaign on Saturday.
Her announcement came just hours before the city’s filing deadline.
Nithya Raman said Los Angeles needs a leader who will take full responsibility for the challenges the city faces.
Raman represents District 4, which stretches from parts of the San Fernando Valley to neighborhoods like Los Feliz, the Hollywood Hills, and…

Who Is Nithya Raman? Meet The Latest Candidate In Los Angeles Mayor’s Race
Nithya Raman has officially joined the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race just before the filing deadline. She brings experience in homelessness, housing, and community planning.

Just how run-down must a raging narcissist be
to snooze through tributes to his own greatness?
At a cabinet meeting last Tuesday,
President Trump didn’t merely close his eyes and achieve a droopy stillness universally recognized as a vertical nap.
He did so during a gathering convened at least in part so he could bathe in his acolytes’ flattery.
They batted their eyes at him;
his eyelids fluttered shut.
He might want to think twice about letting the …

Opinion | Trump’s Approval Ratings Have Declined. So Has His Vigor.
Trump’s travails look more and more like Biden’s.

A dysfunctional United States government is fertile ground for an authoritarian takeover
But instead of addressing needed changes to address the dysfunction, opinion writers too often choose to focus instead on merely how democratic principles are being sabotaged and by whom.
Until the causes of government failure to live up to democratic principles are actually addressed,
the trend towards more authoritarian rule will continue
regardless of complaints in the media,…

Wunsch nach #OpenAccess-Lektüre von mehr als 1500 Seiten zur Geschichte Niederösterreichs im 18. Jahrhundert? VoilŠ:
Hämmerle, Tobias u.a. (Hg.): Niederösterreich im 18. Jahrhundert. 2 Bände. St. Pölten: Verlag NÖ Institut für Landeskunde, 2024.
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Any Christian who voted for Trump ever tries to talk to me about morality again should understand that I would respect someone farting in Morse code more highly than what I think of their moral opinion.

Operationeel succes maar een strategische en morele ramp waar de VS nog jaren de prijs voor gaat betalen , ook in relaties met bondgenoten, toekomstige conflicten etc.
#venezuela #usa

I wonder if Bessent knows that the word "fulsome" has more than one meaning. In particularly, one of its meanings is "particularly bad", or as the M-Webster dictionary puts it "aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive"
"Bessent: Greenland deal is ‘much more fulsome’ for the US"

Bessent: Greenland deal is ‘much more fulsome’ for the US
The treasury secretary defended the deal as more than what's in place now.

I still see a case for organizations staying on twitter.
Twitters still has the people and I have not loved the information vacuum that has happened as the most moral account leave the platform.
I also wish more of those accounts would use the tools of their enemy to defeat them. Just as youtubers remind their audience to follow them on patreon or twitch (where the money is) accounts on twitter that feel the need to stay need to tell their followers to also follow them else ware…

The video clip posted last week on social media by Rogelio Martinez,
a mayoral candidate for the city of Long Beach, was short and to the point:
"I need to see 55 gang leaders here this coming Monday,
we need to take back our city,
enough is enough,
ICE needs to get out of Long Beach
and this is the only way that I know how to get them out;
peacefully, but with strong force, but peacefully."
The video quickly went viral and landed Mar…

With the Washington DC mayoral field now wide open,
who will step into the race?
Recently, two names have been bandied about:
D.C. Council members Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4)
and Kenyan R. McDuffie (I-At Large).
Lewis George reportedly is on the cusp of launching a bid in the style of fellow democratic socialist and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

The D.C. mayoral race might include its own Mamdani-style candidacy
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser’s announcement was quiet. The campaign to replace her won’t be.