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Senate votes to block Trump from resuming Iran war (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/23/senate-votes-block-trump-resuming-iran-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p102#a260623p102

The Senate voted Tuesday to block Donald Trump from resuming the war with Iran,
setting up a potentially contentious fight with the White House.

The Senate passed the resolution 50-48, with four Republicans joining Democrats to support the measure.
Two Republican senators
— Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania)
— missed the vote, allowing the measure to pass.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine),
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana),
Lis…

Senate votes to block Trump from resuming Iran war
The Senate passed the first war powers resolution since the start of the Iran conflict, but Republicans argue it does not have the force of law.

Senate votes to halt Iran war despite Trump's push for peace deal (Connor O'Brien/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/23/senate-votes-halt-iran-war-00972648
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p99#a260623p99

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

"Turning Point USA"
rather scary, women are happy to give up their votes for the cause. really scary.

New NERDS publication on right-wing votes and bike network delays
https://nerds.itu.dk/2026/07/17/new-nerds-publication-on-right-wing-votes-and-bike-network-delays/

"Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/church-of-england-votes-against-rewild-land-2030

Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030
Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landowners

On May 2, 2024, Arizona governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 that the Arizona Supreme Court had reinstated on April 9, 2024.
The ban was not enforced by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, and the repeal took effect on September 14, 2024.
As a result of 2024 Arizona Proposition 139, the Arizona constitution codifies legal abortion up to the point of fetal viability

Arizona voters approve amendment enshrining abortion rights in state constitution
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.

Here we go.
#MigrationMoralPanic ##UKPol
Andy Burnham votes in favour of controversial asylum reforms amid rebellion - Manchester Evening News
https://www.

Andy Burnham votes in favour of controversial asylum reforms amid rebellion
Andy Burnham has voted in favour of asylum reforms which aim to cut the number of asylum appeals being granted

"A Purr-fect Library Program: From Seven Cats to 1,800 Votes"
https://uncommonwealth.lva.virginia.gov/blog/2026/07/13/a-purr-fect-library-program/
"What happens when a group of cat-loving librarians starts wishing for a libra…

Senate Votes to Check Trump's War Powers, Rebuking Him on Iran (Robert Jimison/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/politics/senate-trump-war-powers-iran.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p101#a260623p101

Great news from Sweden: with almost all votes counted, the red-green parties have indeed defeated the right-far-right alliance, most probably by 176-173 seats!
They will form the government coalition now.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/om/val-2026

hells yeah #NYCPol

EU votes to end illegal logging agreement with Liberia https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/eu-votes-to-end-illegal-logging-agreement-with-liberia/

EU votes to end illegal logging agreement with Liberia
The European Parliament has voted to end its forest governance agreement with Liberia, citing years of unmet reform goals.

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

Former Cowboys HC outranks current Cowboys HC in CBS Sports' Top 10 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/08/12/steelers-mccarthy-garners-top-10-coach-votes-after-leavi…

RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116936000385533547
Best be ready to back up those words with more than votes or they're gonna get ignored.

"EU votes to end illegal logging agreement with Liberia"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Liberia

EU votes to end illegal logging agreement with Liberia
The European Parliament has voted to end its forest governance agreement with Liberia, citing years of unmet reform goals.

https://rs.bot/dw2Qkw

NDAA 2027 should get ZERO votes.
Join 109 people. A $1.1 trillion Pentagon budget, an unprecedented U.S.-Israeli military partnership expansion, more dangerous provisions, plus the attachment of the… Sign and Resistbot delivers your letter in minutes.

Election errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November election
They downplayed it and had a guy talk about how “illegals” might get to vote this way, but more concerning ought to be votes for state reps getting shuffled around or even lost, as many seem to have been moved to non-precincts. https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/election-errors-found-in-texas-voter-database-ahead-of-november-election

🚨 New paper on #cycling #politics: Right-wing Votes Relate to Delays in Bicycle Network Development
…

All hail the spineless cowards.
☑️ Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
☑️ Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
I wonder what quid pro quo they're getting from the MAGA douchebags to bend over for Trump.
Congressional Republicans are such colossally unprincipalled losers.
☑️ Caving to Trump, 2 Republicans Change Their Votes on Iran War Powers Resolution | Truthout

Caving to Trump, 2 Republicans Change Their Votes on Iran War Powers Resolution
Tim Kaine, the lead sponsor of the blocked resolution, said the vote was held to “appease [Trump’s] temper tantrum.”…

That’s some bad rounding. 1/6 is 16.6̅% which they rounded to 17%. Sensible. But then they were more concerned with the displayed percentages adding up to 100%, so since 17 x 3 =51, they show 3 votes, exactly 50% of the votes, as 49% 😳

⚔️ Agent Arena runs structured head-to-head debates between AI agents with side-by-side argumentation, and the community votes on the strongest arguments
🧰 59 #MCP tools let agents post, comment, vote, search & manage communities over REST, MCP or #A2A

The FCC votes to repeal the national broadcast ownership cap and replace it with a case-by-case review, approving the measure by a 2-1 margin (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/fcc-national-broadcast-ownership-cap-repeal-vote/…

FCC Votes to Repeal National Broadcast Ownership Cap
The decision comes as the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger remains stuck in legal limbo

The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again
cancel votes scheduled for Thursday,
sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.
The latest change to the legislative schedule means House members will
avoid voting on Republican Thomas Massie’s resolution to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth,
and comes amid a frenzied attempt to propose legislation on artificial intelligence.

House speaker calls early recess before midterms amid AI regulation frenzy
Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth

What is a #name? It is not me, but it is mine. It signifies me. It identifies me. Many cultures historically and presently allow, or even mandate, that individuals choose their name, often ritually, at mileposts in their lives. Maybe more than once, as need be. Maybe more than one name concurrently. But our govt doesn’t like it when trans folk, for instance, adopt a new name when their “circumstances”…

elec: Wikipedia adminship vote (2008)
A network of votes on Request for Adminship (RfA) elections from a 2008 snapshot of Wikipedia. Nodes represent editors, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that editor i voted on editor j. Edge sign indicates the direction of the vote: positive = for, and negative = against. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 7118 nodes and 103675 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed, Timestamps

A friend of mine is running for office. Polls closed here 15 hours ago, and the only update we have is that they "lead by 2.32 percentage points with an estimated 99% of votes counted."
Is that last 1% ever going to get counted!?!

Far-left 'Squad' Dems mix up Jewish colleagues in botched attack -- then get burned by their own votes (Alec Schemmel/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-squad-dems-mix-up-jewish-colleagues-botched-attack-get-burned-own-votes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p66#a260723p66

The whole "it works without batteries!" could probably label me as a prepper, if anything
I hate what happened to AM content, and I hate that this is the real reason it got the votes. I also hate what they did to Sirius XM quailty, somehow making digital sound as bad as AM.
It really makes you wonder if it's someone's job to stop us having nice things.

Am reading all the posts about Toadface Fararse and the other candidate during lunch break for my own amusement. I count the 9'455 votes for Binny as a massive #Win4Bin. You go, #CountBinface! 🏆💪

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved a resolution calling on liberal lawmakers to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement
— a move which further intensifies the party’s opposition to Donald Trump and his crack down on illegal immigration.
Newsweek was the first outlet to report the resolution, which aims to not only abolish ICE but completely dismantle the immigration enforcement system currently in place.
The resolution “goes beyond calls for reform” …

DNC Votes to Back Eliminating ICE as Trump Expands Deportations
The Democratic National Committee approved a resolution urging Congress to abolish ICE while also backing a more widely supported reform measure.

How Amazon and Gilroy, California, quietly negotiated a $2B data center project that AWS applied to build in 2020, without any public meetings or votes (Zusha Elinson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us…

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

@… No one cares. If it buys votes, but as far as they're concerned, it's good.

Buying votes. The bane of elections. Read Against Elections (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30957274-against-elections)

Against Elections: The Case for Democracy
Democracy is in bad health. Against Elections offers a …

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

The Kennedy Center board votes to close for 2 years and add a new inscription to the facade:
“Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump,”
according to the New York Times.
The move appears to be an attempt to sidestep U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper’s ruling that the law “makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy.”

DNC Votes to Back Eliminating ICE as Trump Expands Deportations - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/dnc-votes-back-eliminating-ice-trump-expands-deportations-12327959

I've been playing with the Oireachtas API to see who's voting for what, and thought I'd try to see who's skipping votes. Here's a list of those missing more than 1/3 in 2025 (Holly Cairns: maternity leave; John McG leas ceann comhairle, RBB ill, Catherine C campaigning)
#mastodaoine

I voted for him.
These quick vote AGM options, by which Boards encourage members to not read the materials and follow their lead, they should be banned.
"About 95% of votes were cast in support of Nationwide’s pay report, which was recommended by the board, after the building society nearly doubled the pay of Debbie Crosbie, the chief executive, to £4.7m."
A mutual??????
Nationwide customer vows to fight on after failed attempt to join board | Nationwide | Th…

Nationwide customer vows to fight on after failed attempt to join board
James Sherwin-Smith says he will launch fresh campaign for change at the building society after losing vote at AGM

Generating some new code for my fall intro class. Had not expected this profile of platforms for incoming CS-interested (and numerous CS-heavy) students. I was expecting (hoping?) Linux and Windows to be flipped.

Bill McKibben from The Crucial Years
Facts on the ground.
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
Where we stand is: all the polling shows Americans ready to vote out as many Republicans as gerrymandering allows. We’ve done our job over the last 22 months, driving up Trump’s negatives (with plenty of help from him) and making MAGA electoral poison.
the report from the UN detailing the fact that we’re not going to hit the 1.5 …

"Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #England #Environment

Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030
Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landowners

In the wake of CEO Tobi Lutke endorsing an electoral system in which votes are allocated based on how much income tax you pay, e-commerce platform Shopify has announced that customers can put in promo code PLUTOCRACY for 10% off any order on any store that uses the platform.
https://

With most of the votes counted, Sweden’s national election remained too close to call on Sunday night,
with left-wing parties holding a lead of just a single seat according to a partial tally by the election authority.
https://www.

Swedish election: centre-left parties lead by just a single seat with most votes counted
Race too close to call and may take days to become clear despite early exit polls suggesting left bloc win

Any good leads on WMS tile providers conforming the new standard? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

To me, the most disturbing part is how news outlets keep reporting as if elections are decided by donations rather than votes. Almost like they think we believe every ad we see, so the most ads win.
Ken Paxton Scrambles to Win Back the Big-Dollar Donors
#PeopleOverPACs #MoneyInPolitics #DarkMoney https://ground.news/article/major-gop-donors-revolt-with-revelation-they-cant-stomach-trump-candidate-report

Damn it.

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

House and Senate split on votes to rebuke Trump on Iran war (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/house-iran-war-vote-trump-01009492
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p80#a260723p80

Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats on Thursday to
stop a Trump administration pilot program for Medicare
that uses artificial intelligence to approve or deny physician-ordered care. 
The vote on a resolution to invoke the Congressional Review Act (CRA)
and end the program
failed on party lines, 46 to 50.
CRA votes need a simple majority to pass. 
Last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched an experiment t…

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

Trump corruption hits critical levels, now against the Federal Election Commission & US elections along with:
▫️ Blocking mail-in ballots to suppress Democratic voting
▫️ Mandating for identification to vote from people too poor to have driver's licenses
▫️ Redistricting to eliminate black votes
▶️  ‘Actions of a traitor’: Trump escalates assault on voting rights as mid...

Cowboys' DaRon Bland Surprisingly Gets Recognition in NFL Cornerback Rankings https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-daron-bland-surprisingly-recognition-nfl-cornerback-rankings

Board votes to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/board-votes-rename-nashville-international-airport-dolly-parton-rcna597327

RE: https://journa.host/@bolts/117041432820996445
Solid election coverage here.

GOP leaders cancel Friday votes as House agenda hangs in balance (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/25/congress/no-house-votes-friday-00975820
http://www.memeorandum.com/260625/p76#a260625p76

digg_votes: Digg story votes (2009)
A bipartite network between users and stories on digg.com from 2009. Each user node connects to all story nodes on which that user voted. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 142962 nodes and 3018197 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Multigraph, Timestamps
https://netwo…

Cowboys' DaRon Bland Surprisingly Gets Recognition in NFL Cornerback Rankings https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-daron-bland-surprisingly-recognition-nfl-cornerback-rankings

A comfortable Labour win is my reading too.
It is incredibly quiet here. About the same number of poster boards for Green (we have one) and Labour, around here, but nothing like the density in the Gorton-Denton by-election. I suspect Greens, with a lot of resources going in to the campaign and a strong candidate, will do well, but most 2nd pref votes will go to Labour.
Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics.

Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics
Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton vote

Trump’s promise of a $5,000 “Trump dividend” for every US citizen
if Republicans retain control of the US Congress in November’s midterm elections has sparked
incredulity and accusations of bribery.
It comes amid extreme concern over the US national debt, which exceeded $40tn for the first time in August.
Speaking to Politico, Chip Roy, the Republican US representative from Texas, sounded skeptical.
“Well – I would like to know how they would plan to pay for … b…

Trump promise of $5,000 for US citizens after midterms decried as ‘bribery’
Critics react to bid for Republican votes with incredulity and point to potential $1.2tn cost atop existing national debt

Sensing political danger,
Trump wrapped up the novel two-day event in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday
with a pitch that critics are likely to say smacked of desperation:
“You gotta do me the biggest favour you’ve ever done me.
You’ve gotta do this for me.
You’ve got to pretend I’m on the ticket.
I’m on the ticket! I’m on the ticket! He’s on the ticket!
Pretend I’m on the ticket because this is going to turn out to be one of the most important elections.”

‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention
The president demonised Democrats in an attempt to wangle votes in midterms despite backlash over Iran war

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

Embattled $90 Million Cowboys All-Pro Lands on Elite NFL List https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cornerback-daron-bland-nfl-elite-list/

GOP state senator who defied Trump named winner, four months after close election
A Republican state senator in Indiana who crossed Donald Trump is advancing to the general election
after the state Supreme Court found he’d won his primary by three votes.

State Sen. Spencer Deery was part of a contingent of GOP state senators last year that blocked Trump’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map to boost Republicans’ chances of capturing two more U.S. House seats.

GOP state senator who defied Trump named winner, four months after close election
The Indiana state Senate election was held in May but was close, prompting a challenge.

House panel votes to hold Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-panel-votes-hold-epstein-associate-leon-black-contempt-subpoenas-rcna598006
http://www.memeorandum.com/260915/p166#a260915p166

Racism Is Invisible To Sam Alito,
Because It’s His Own Worldview
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/29/actual-racism-is-invisible-to-sam-alito-because-its-just-his-own-worldview/

Actual Racism Is Invisible To Sam Alito, Because It’s Just His Own Worldview
A month ago, I wrote that the Supreme Court’s six conservative Justices have exactly one consistent rule on whose votes count: Black people’s votes shouldn’t count. The pattern wa…

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

The front-runner for the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin is State Representative Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist.
While her victory on Tuesday is assured by most accounts, where she does well — or less well — could reveal clues as to whether the socialist brand can work in a general election in a purple state
Left-wing candidates have harnessed enthusiasm and turned it into actual votes by engaging in superior messaging and organization on the ground.

What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.

Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to close venue for renovations (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-handpicked-kennedy-center-board-votes-close-venue-renovations-rcna597921
http://www.memeorandum.com/260915/p91#a260915p91

elec: Wikipedia adminship vote (2008)
A network of votes on Request for Adminship (RfA) elections from a 2008 snapshot of Wikipedia. Nodes represent editors, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that editor i voted on editor j. Edge sign indicates the direction of the vote: positive = for, and negative = against. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 7118 nodes and 103675 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed, Timestamps

Court’s leniency paves the way for fourth presidential bid by Le Pen
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she’ll run for the French presidency next year
-- despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.
The decision by the 57-year-old veteran of three presidential races sets up a fourth campaign like no other:
potentially seeking votes while subject to the monitoring and a judge’s determination of how, and for how long, th…

Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add Trump's Name to Building Facade (Victoria Albert/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-add-trumps-name-to-building-facade-f081cd20
http://www.memeorandum.com/260813/p110#a260813p110

The first U.S. Labor Day celebration took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882,
with 10,000 marchers.
In 1894, President Cleveland signed a congressional act establishing the first Monday of September as a legal holiday,
which has become known for promotional sales as well as a day off for many.
The holiday has particular resonance in Southern California,
where the labor movement remains large in numbers and powerful in political influence.
Across the…

L.A. Labor Day rally: Union workers warn of automation, job losses
Union members in Wilmington marched in solidarity and celebration Monday, but worry about future jobs and the cost of living, all as politicians court their votes.

Almost four months ago Tom Kean Jr, a Republican, vanished from public view.
He missed more than 100 votes,
all while continuing to collecthis full taxpayer-funded salary of $174,000 along with excellent benefits.
The only explanation given for his absence was a cryptic statement from his office in late April saying he was dealing with a “personal health matter”.
Kean’s father, former New Jersey governor Tom Kean Sr, further told CNN in May that his son was battling…

Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others
The congressman spent four months mysteriously away from work, but he doesn’t seem to think his constituents should get mandated sick days

elec: Wikipedia adminship vote (2008)
A network of votes on Request for Adminship (RfA) elections from a 2008 snapshot of Wikipedia. Nodes represent editors, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that editor i voted on editor j. Edge sign indicates the direction of the vote: positive = for, and negative = against. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 7118 nodes and 103675 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed, Timestamps

The populist, far-right,
anti-immigration
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
has emerged as the winner in a crucial state election in Germany,
exit polls have projected,
securing a historic result
and more than doubling its support.
The AfD now appear on the brink of becoming the first far-right party to gain power in Germany at state level since the second world war.
Initial exit polls showed the party to have secured 44.4% of the vote,
…

Far-right AfD wins key German state election but may fail to secure majority
Exit poll shows Alternative für Deutschland on 44.4% of vote in Saxony-Anhalt after huge turnout, with votes still being counted

Senate votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in rare rebuke (Morgan Rimmer/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/politics/senate-iran-war-powers-vote
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p106#a260623p106

An incumbent president is seriously trying to interfere with the casting and counting of votes in an election that will decide whether his party keeps Congress.
That he is unlikely to succeed does not change what this is:
a shocking, criminal assault on the electoral process.
He is, in effect, once again trying to steal an election,
and this time with years rather than weeks remaining in his own term.

Trump Can't Easily Steal the Midterms But He Can Sow Chaos and Doubt
The courts are stopping his illegal executive orders, but he is still attempting one of the biggest political crimes in American history

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

Michigan is not the only state with primaries on Tuesday.
In Missouri, voters will weigh whether to nominate former US representative Cori Bush, who is running to return to the chamber against Wesley Bell in a race punctuated by the war in Gaza and outside spending by pro-Israel groups.
And in Washington state, voters will decide which two candidates to elevate in the third congressional district, where blue-dog Democratic representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is seeking re-elec…

Michigan votes in key Senate primary as Democrats battle over party’s future
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls against centrist Haley Stevens as party looks to regain control of US Senate

For the First Time in Two Decades, Decisions on the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Outnumber the Merits Docket
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
https://

Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general cleared a major hurdle this week
after two Republican senators who had raised concerns agreed to back him.
Blanche gave written assurances that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” designed to pay Trump allies would not be resurrected,
and that a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service only gave the president retroactive immunity from audits rather than perpetual protection.
The Senate Judiciary Com…

“Department of Injustice”: Norm Eisen on Todd Blanche AG Nom, Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case
Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general cleared a major hurdle this week after two Republican senators who had raised concerns agreed to back him. Blanche gave written assurances that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” designed to pay Trump allies would not be resurrected, and that a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service only gave the president retroactive immunity from audits rather than perpetual protection. The Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Blanch…

wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
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wiki_rfa: Wikipedia RfA voting network (2013)
The set of all votes on Requests for Adminships (RfA), from 2003 to May 2013, represented as a directed, signed network in which nodes represent Wikipedia members and edges represent votes.
This network has 11381 nodes and 198275 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Signed
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𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝘆-𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸!
We have been warning for months that Donald Trump is not giving up on attacking your right to vote,
even though he himself votes by mail.
𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 when the Senate could not pass his destructive voter suppression bill...
𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 when the extremist Supreme Court (which he packed himself) refused to side with him on throwing out vote-by-mail laws...
𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 when Congress passed a bipartisan housing bill that he is refusing to sign until they…

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elec: Wikipedia adminship vote (2008)
A network of votes on Request for Adminship (RfA) elections from a 2008 snapshot of Wikipedia. Nodes represent editors, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that editor i voted on editor j. Edge sign indicates the direction of the vote: positive = for, and negative = against. Edges are timestamped.
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Todd Blanche vote is rescheduled, but there’s no deal
A Senate Judiciary spokesperson said the move would give “more time for the White House to secure the votes.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/31/congress/todd-b…

In a matter of weeks, Francesca Hong, an unlikely candidate for governor in one of the country’s most heated battleground states, will test a message that is at once radical and, to many, incredibly practical:
👉the government should help pay for childcare.
“When we talk about free childcare, you can connect to folks whether it’s on an economic argument or just purely that it’s the right thing to do for our kids,” said Hong,
a democratic socialist running in Wisconsin’s Demo…

How free childcare started winning US elections: ‘Overnight, people realized how essential it was’
Francesca Hong, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, is part of a wave of democratic socialists finding traction with an old idea

Trump's Truth Social claim that he no longer considers his controversial
$1.8 billion slush fund to be "dead,"
as he asserted at Camp David just the day before — swiftly drew criticism on Saturday morning.
" Trump doesn’t have the votes for this" -- wrote Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis.
"Republican senators have already voted against the fund,
and even more against paying rioters who beat police officers
who Trump pardoned.&…

Trump tantrum over 'Jan 6th slush fund' spurs uproar: 'This is outrageous'
President Donald Trump's sudden about-face on his so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund" stunned critics who argued he threw a dangerous "tantrum" ahead of a crucial political contest.Trump's Truth Social claim — that he no longer considers his controversial $1.8 billion fund to be "dead," as he assert...

elec: Wikipedia adminship vote (2008)
A network of votes on Request for Adminship (RfA) elections from a 2008 snapshot of Wikipedia. Nodes represent editors, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that editor i voted on editor j. Edge sign indicates the direction of the vote: positive = for, and negative = against. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 7118 nodes and 103675 edges.
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Governor Andy Beshear seems to know what he’s doing, in any case.
In an appearance on Bloomberg TV, he shot down the idea of his calling a special election,
saying that those who
“are really pushing I think are under the impression that a Democrat in Kentucky might be able to win that election.
It’s been since 1992 that we had a Democratic senator in Kentucky.”
He also noted that McConnell missing votes while the seat goes unoccupied “might not be a bad thing…

How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch
Amid the former Senate majority leader’s mysterious hospitalization, some are placing unreasonable demands on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Let’s sort this out.

Trump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…

Analysis | The debate over ending the filibuster in the Senate
It’s the Republicans’ turn to seriously consider this.

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voter suppression bill
Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill
-- even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.

Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster,
which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate,
or …

Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voting bill
President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep senators in Washington until they pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori said on Wednesday she would seek to unite a Peru "split in two"
if she takes office,
after razor-thin election results gave her enough votes to secure what appears to be an ‌insurmountable lead in the presidential runoff.
Fujimori, a four-time presidential hopeful and the daughter of late former President Alberto Fujimori,
said she would make an "open call" to experienced technocrats
to form her first cabin…