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🗷 Gerrymandering erodes confidence in democracy
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Gerrymandering erodes confidence in democracy
When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price—a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself.

The Trump administration sure is good at leaking their own plans for things.
"A senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

📰 Newspaper boycott made people in UK city more left wing, study shows
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Newspaper boycott made people in UK city more left wing, study shows
A study of the Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper following the Hillsborough disaster has found that the boycott shaped people's perceptions of political parties and made people more left wing.

It fucking blows my mind that people still buy into the lie that politicians will bring about change. That’s exactly what’s wrong with this fucked-up world. Real change only comes when the people take power for themselves equally!
#Activism #Politics

Democrats should have no illusions, Trump can not allow them to win future elections because it will mean prosecution for him and his friends.
#politics #democrats #trump

💢 Anti-establishment versus authoritarian populists and support for the strong(wo)man
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Frontiers | Anti-establishment versus authoritarian populists and support for the strong(wo)man
This paper contributes to the growing demand-side literature on populism by investigating how different types of populist attitudes shape support for strongm...

Thank you @… for your Honest Government Ad on #Norway #oil #politics! It…

Great meet the author event tonight with Frank Bongiorno in conversation with Virginia Haussegger about her new book (launched tonight) *Unfinished Revolution*. Elizabeth Reid was there too!
#Books #History #Politics

🪧 Opposition to energy transition projects driven by local concerns rather than right-wing populism, finds study
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-opposition-energy-transition-driven-local.html

Opposition to energy transition projects driven by local concerns rather than right-wing populism, finds study
Proposals for new wind power infrastructure frequently face opposition in affected communities. While right-wing populists are often among the opponents, the question remains: are they actually driving these protests?

When you simultaneously appreciate European Union because it hampers the stupid idea Polish nazis have, and hate it because it pushes for the ideas the European nazis have.
#politics #EUpol

"Reverse judicial precedents"? The Orange Dipshit is trying to use executive orders to eliminate legal protections for the unhoused?
"The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees” that limit jurisdictions’ abilities to relocate homeless people."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

Hunter Biden, going scorched earth on Clooney, and Axelrod, and everybody who betrayed his Dad... but they're all babies.
Love this. 🤣
#babies #humor #politics

"Trump's fundraising efforts reflect the support of influential donors who may expect favorable policies in return"
#Politics
https://www.newsweek.com/american-bus…

List of American Companies that Support President Donald Trump
Companies like Coca-Cola, PayPal and Uber have all contributed to Trump's campaign or the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Destiny switching from Liberal Zionism to full “global intifada” as soon as Ethan Klein (H3H3) cut ties with him is peak cinema.
#politics #EHD #h3h3

We have always been at war with Eastasia.
"President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

Not sure if I should make merch for this party, but it does seem really popular.
#FaceEatingLeopards #FaceEatingLeopardsParty #politics

So they are bailed with conditions, presumably to not do it again while on bail. And I'm betting that the "investigation" will be quietly dropped once #Trump is safely out of the country.
#politics #epstein

USA, you're about 85 years behind Germany.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

I don't think that the dipshit and Vance are capable of taking responsibility for their failures and that says a lot about them.
#USPolitics #USPol #Politics

💗 The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
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The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, sometimes we leftists seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time.

Like David Graeber said, the biggest weapon they have is crushing our imagination, making it easier to picture the end of the world than the end of oppressive systems.
#Anarchism #Anarchy #Politics

Politics, racism
When another person decides to use the genocide of Moscow or Israel to justify racism, you should really ask them if they also want to be judged by the politicians from their country. Especially if these politicians were actually selected in free elections.
It's easy to be a smartass. Yet I know that if I lived in totalitarian regime, I doubt I'd be brave enough to speak up publicly.
#politics #racism

I got some blowback after posting about the Charlie Kirk assassination yesterday. I certainly didn’t share the guy’s views, but it is very wrong to celebrate someone’s death because you don’t. I got told I was being disrespectful because I stated I disagreed with him. #politics

Oh wow this is just so SO good. #politics

All the Sad Young Terminally Online Men
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All the Sad Young Terminally Online Men
Political violence is like a lightning bolt: sudden, surprising, seemingly random, yet always emerging from a local weather system. Do not forget that we all make the weather.

Policymakers underestimate public support for climate action, researchers find #politics

Policymakers underestimate public support for climate action, researchers find
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds that policymakers, politicians and other policy officials greatly underestimate the public's willingness to contribute to climate action.

🪤 'Corporate capture' strategies harming environmental protection efforts, warn scientists
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-corporate-capture-strategies-environmental-efforts.html

'Corporate capture' strategies harming environmental protection efforts, warn scientists
For over 80 years, researchers have documented how powerful industries can exert influence over the very institutions meant to regulate them—a phenomenon known as "corporate capture."

Why do people hate?
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Why do people hate? | CBC Radio
Even in the name of love, we can justify hatred, even murder, of the other. But why do we hate others? Scholars from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) have identified a list of 10 reasons why one group may hate another group. They also have suggestions on how to break the cycle of hate.

🙈 Political parties mostly ignore existing economic inequality, large-scale analysis finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-political-parties-economic-inequality-large.html

Political parties mostly ignore existing economic inequality, large-scale analysis finds
Growing dissatisfaction among the population, loss of trust in politics, increase in crime and violence: Economic inequality leads to a variety of social consequences. Nevertheless, the issue plays a much smaller role in the election manifestos of political parties both in Germany and in other countries than researchers had previously assumed. These are the results of a current study by the Cluster of Excellence The Politics of Inequality at the University of Konstanz, recently published in the…

Every time Kash Patel is on TV (usually while standing next to Whiskey Pete, behind Trump), he looks like his mushrooms just kicked in. What the hell is up with that?
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

I’m not here to convince anyone, and honestly, I don’t care what you think, as long as you treat people with kindness and respect, that’s all that matters to me, unless you’re a fascist, then I don’t.
#Fediverse #MentalHealth

How elites destroyed the Democratic Party in the US and fuelled populism
... great and concise analysis of the confluence of right wing and left wing populism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoD6ccdmlfI

I know that deploying the national guard and the FBI to DC is just the orange dipshit's pathetic attempt to get his followers to stop talking about him being in the Epstein files, but it's still a very bad situation.
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

🍑 Georgia has gone from luxury to necessity for Democrats
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Georgia has gone from a luxury to a necessity for Democrats
Luckily for them, Jon Ossoff has an edge.

Things are real bad, folks
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Things Are Real Bad, Folks
Last week I appeared on the Reason podcast Just Asking Questions.

📉 Here's what I think about Curtis Yarvin
#politics

🌹 An Electoral Strategy for a New York City Socialist Agenda
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An Electoral Strategy for a New York City Socialist Agenda
New York City socialists have to figure out how to scale up quickly with a potential Zohran Mamdani mayoralty on the horizon.

🤫 You don’t have to say something about every terrible thing
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You don’t have to say something about every terrible thing
There is grace in giving people space, and wisdom in not taking the bait from those who seek to provoke you.

👹 The Association Between the Dark Triad and Political Trust: The Mediating Role of Conspiracy Beliefs
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⛏️ Lula’s Coalition Beat the Right. Can It Deliver for the Left?
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Lula’s Coalition Beat the Right. Can It Deliver for the Left?
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s experience in power in Brazil illustrates that a broad-front strategy in campaigning is decidedly weaker as a case for how to actually govern.

Ron Johnson is a fucking embarrassment.
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol #Wisconsin

🌹 Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
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Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
If he wins the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been in his position before.

😎 How do politicians view democracy? It depends on whether they win or lose
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How do politicians view democracy? It depends on whether they win or lose
There is a heightened concern about the current state of democracy around the globe. These include worries about a decrease in freedom, the growing number of autocracies around the world and citizens' dissatisfaction with democracy or government.

🥼 Student loan caps might worsen the national doctor shortage, critics say
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Student loan caps might worsen the national doctor shortage, critics say
Twenty-eight-year-old Michaela Bonner has been working 12-hour shifts as an emergency medical technician in Norfolk, Virginia, for the past four years, while attending and paying for college to finish her prerequisites for medical school.

😶‍🌫️ When politicians gain power, their language becomes garbled
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When politicians gain power, their language becomes garbled
It's well known that governing parties often lose voters over time—the so-called cost of governing. But a new study from Frederik Hjorth, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, documents a lesser-known but potentially crucial side effect of being in government: politicians begin to speak less simply and understandably.

📈 Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many
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Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many
The New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani is focused on lowering the cost of living. It can serve as a blueprint for progressives seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for working peoples’ everyday lives.

Is Epstein the New Russiagate?
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Is Epstein the new Russiagate?
Political types are obsessed with the story. But that doesn't mean it's penetrated into the broader public.

😺 A Democratic Socialist Smashes Wall Street in New York: What Zohran Mamdani Means for the Anti-Monopoly Movement
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-democratic-socialist-smashes-wall