@cdarwin@c.imIn a decisive vote Friday,
the Virginia Senate approved a
constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions
after they complete their sentence
and guarantee the right to vote in the commonwealth.
The measure will now head to voters for final approval.
The amendment, which passed the Senate 21-18 after earlier approval by the House of Delegates,
would fundamentally change how Virginia treats vot…
@fgraver@hcommons.socialC’mon people. More of us need to vote for the Argument Clinic here! @… https://toot.wales/@HannahHowe/115736004264460692
@lmc@mastodon.socialWhich street will S.F. name for Claude? Vote here in the official poll. https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-claude-albino-alligator-street-name-poll/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Senate is set to vote on two rival health plans. Here's what's at stake for Americans (Ali Swenson/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-e143b36cc01b4d7f27a1c07e17d1583c
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p50#a251211p50
@NFL@darktundra.xyzSay goodbye to these NFL teams, plus a volleyball stunner https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6888684/2025/12/15/chiefs-vikings-bengals-eliminated-the-pulse/
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioRe “apply the pressure anyway:” that’s advice I got from…Keith Ellison.
I was part of a citizen group pressuring him to vote for the ACA when he was in the House. He met with us, and gave us an impassioned speech about universal care and how the ACA was a good first step but insufficient, relating it to the less-remembered civil rights acts of the 1950s that laid the groundwork for the big one in 1964.
Somebody from the group finally asked him, “Why are we meeting with you? You’re already convinced!”
He replied (paraphrasing here): “I •need• your pressure. I need it even if I already agree. If you’re pressuring me, then I can get on the floor of the House and say ‘My constituents are beating down the doors of my office! This has tremendous support!’ I can tell my colleagues in private about how agitated voters are. If you apply pressure, I can pass that pressure forward. I need you to do it! •That• is why you’re meeting with me.”
And now Keith Ellison is MN Attorney General. He’s already started doing the right thing. Follow his advice, and apply that pressure!
@vrandecic@mas.to
@davej@dice.campI’ll just park this right here. #ukpol #brexit https://mastodon.scot/@tompearce49/115610229708051906…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyGlobally, four out of five want their countries to strengthen commitments to address climate change.
https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/worlds-largest-survey-climate-change-out-heres-what-results-show<…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza❤🖤 Never Voted, Never Will! 🖤❤
Every election is just a vote for who gets to manage the economy next, and pretend they know what’s best for the working class.
Instead of voting, get organized: join collectives, take part in strikes, and find your local org here: https://iwa-ait.org/content/addresses
@pre@boing.worldWent out canvassing with the Green Party in ward next door.
The candidates seem nice and meeting other green members is nice, but the actual process of going around knocking on people's doors isn't really a great deal of fun for me.
Mostly nobody home, or else maybe peering through the spy-hole feeling intimidated by me I guess? Hard to tell.
Spoke to mostly Labour voters who claim not to be sure what they'll do next time. Couple of folks already Green.
Nobody around here is gonna vote Conservative or Liberal or Reform of course. "Your Party" not likely to get it together in time to even stand. It's a race to see how many Green and Independent opposition councilors can be elected to avoid a Labour full house. 47 Lab to 3 Green seats last time. Less than 200 votes in it in that seat. Probably will do better this time, maybe even win the seat. At least make some of the safe Labour seats a bit less safe.
Most exciting part was when the flat over the road went on fire and we had to call the fire brigade and a triplet of fire engines and couple of cop cars turned up to deal with it. Started with smelling smoke and wondering if that flat was on fire, by the time the fire fighters turned up remarkably quickly (someone else already called I imagine) there were flames licking at the windows.
An exploding e-scooter battery someone was saying, but dunno how they knew.
Nice to share a drink in the pub with the green crew after, but dunno that this canvassing lark is for me. I felt like either a spare part, or just backup muscle probably intimidating people into not opening the doors.
Probably I'd enjoy it more if I could get into an argument but apparently that's rare and the advice is to disengage anyway.
#green #london #greenPartyEW
@pre@boing.worldShe's entirely charming, and not some representative of billionaires bought and paid for.
Hard to imagine how anyone could watch her talking to Zack for an hour here and then vote for someone else, out of what? Loyalty to Labour that have shown no loyalty to you? Hate with reform who run an our of town GBeebies lunatic?
Will Farage interview his mad candidate for an hour? Will Starmer? Would doing so do anything other than expose those candidates and turn everyone off?
[Some context: Her dogs are greyhounds, rescued from mistreatment in the gambling and racing industry.]
#gortonAndDenton #labour #green #reform #hannahSpencer
