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Nick Wagner

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Election reform nerd since understanding that ranked choice voting, proportional representation, and risk-limiting audits of election results are essential elements of democratic government.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 4h
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 21h
Banned Books Week is a reminder that the freedom to read is something we protect, not something we assume. One of my favorites, The Grapes of Wrath, has been banned and challenged more than once, and it’s still one of the most powerful stories I’ve read.
A light blue poster features large blue text that reads, “A City That Reads Is a City That Leads.” Below it, smaller text says, “Banned Books Week, October 4–10, 2026.” In the lower left corner is the City of Seattle logo with the text “City of Seattle, Mayor Katie B. Wilson.” On the right side of the poster is a tilted book cover of “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, published by Penguin Classics. The cover shows an illustrated person standing on a landscape with earthy colors and a large yellow sun-like shape in the background.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23h
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Nick Wagner @nwagner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LA is farther away, but I think the shortest path to it is over the Pacific, not the Atlantic.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NYT predicably reports that "Mayor Zohran Mamdani ignited intense anger from Jewish groups on Wednesday." That's *some* Jewish groups. Or Zionist groups. Not all Jewish groups. Not all Jews. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/n...
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Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza Attacks
After calling the anniversary of the attacks on Israel “profoundly painful,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza, prompting criticism from some Jewish leaders.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If Stephen Miller wants to find a domestic terror conspiracy, maybe he should look in the mirror www.headsupnews.org/p/if-stephen... NEW on Heads Up News.
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If Stephen Miller wants to find a domestic terror conspiracy, maybe he should look in the mirror
A lawsuit filed by Renee Good’s family describes a coordinated effort to deprive Somalis, Latinos, and protesters of their civil rights
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The editorial board of the Philadelphia @inquirer.com becomes the first at a major newspaper to endorse (sorta) Trump's impeachment. share.inquirer.com/BnINC5 "A clear and present danger to the republic... the case against Trump is strong... the time has come to again contemplate his impeachment."
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The Case for Impeachment: What would the founders do? | Editorial
The list of the president’s high crimes and misdemeanors is breathtaking.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: 170 billionaire families have now spent a record-breaking $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. That's not counting $600 MILLION in dark money. Billionaire political spending is up 53x since the Citizens United ruling. This is how billionaires buy power and huge tax breaks.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Last week, not one but two audits on Seattle's surveillance apparatus dropped. Such sloppy implementation of this surveillance program, especially the SDOT traffic cameras and private cameras, is troubling and doesn't appear to take community concerns seriously.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paramount just bought Warner Bros. The Trump-aligned billionaire Ellison family now controls: —CBS News —CNN —Comedy Central —Nickelodeon —TBS —TNT —HBO Max —Paramount+ This is about who has the power over what we consume. THIS is what decades of tax breaks buy you.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In much of America, a year of childcare costs more than a year of in-state college tuition. Parents are basically paying a second rent just to go to work. That's not a personal failing. It's a policy choice. It’s time to guarantee childcare for every family.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 06/10/2026
Sixty-five percent of the state’s Democrats back the measure, but politicians willing to speak up for it are few and far between. prospect.org?p=145926
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greet supporters during a campaign rally
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/10/2026
Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...
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Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote
Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 06/10/2026
Many people use chatbots to verify information, including whether election-related images are real. Unfortunately, the bots are still not good at it. bit.ly/4zbQjSZ
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Chatbots Still Bad at Spotting AI-Generated Images Despite New Law
The California AI Transparency Act requires AI-generated images to include digital labels, but most chatbots aren’t looking for them.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This story from Last Week Tonight stopped me in my tracks. Cole did everything right. He had insurance. He took his medicine. Then the inhaler he'd relied on for years suddenly cost over $500. Cole should still be alive. I'm fighting to make sure this never happens again.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If you get better, we dismiss your case" is a profoundly ignorant approach to recovery. There is no causal relationship between scary threats and a person's recovery from a brain disease, nor do people who talk like this ever explain how threatening someone into recovery supposedly works.
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‘Looking the other way is not a great option’: WA Sen. Jesse Salomon pushes for treatment backed by penalties to address Aurora drug use - MyNorthwest.com
Sen. Jesse Salomon urges for addiction treatment with penalties to tackle drug use and enhance safety on North Aurora Avenue.
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ITEP @itep.org · 05/10/2026
Taxing the rich helps fund vital public services and makes tax codes fairer. It's also one of the most effective tools available for advancing racial equity. Four states this year passed new tax laws showing how this can be done. itep.org/new-state-ta...
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New State Taxes on the Wealthy Raise Revenue and Rebalance Tax Codes, Advancing Racial Justice
These policies reduce regressivity, ask those with the most to pay more, raise critical revenue, and take meaningful steps toward narrowing economic and racial inequalities.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Head Start serves 700,000 of the poorest families in America—including children who are homeless, in foster care, or disabled. The Trump administration wants to toss out nearly all the rules that make it work. Our kids deserve better.
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Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations
Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Meta has been writing off their investment in AI data centers as "research & experimentation" for two years. It's allowed them to avoid $4 BILLION in taxes. Any tax code that allows a mega-corporation to scheme out of a $4 BILLION tax bill while our economy tanks is BROKEN.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/10/2026
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment. #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every other rich country has figured out that investing in young kids pays off. The first five years shape everything that comes after. Universal child care is how we give every child a fair shot and invest in our entire nation’s future.
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Westminster's First Past the Post system is the engine behind the chaos we have seen over recent years. The voting system simply can't handle the way we vote today. buff.ly/mBZRACS
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Andy Burnham to fight next election on pledge to change voting system
The prime minister says he wants other parties to take part in a national commission on electoral reform.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Nick Wagner @nwagner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This sounds like another item for Sen. Collins to add to her list of things she’s “concerned” about. www.propublica.org/article/susa...
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To earn public trust, the National Commission on Electoral Reform must be independent, open to every political viewpoint, and fair in how it works. That is how electoral reform lasts. buff.ly/qhZwBOe
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What does an independent commission on electoral reform need to succeed?
The idea of an independent commission on electoral reform has been gaining traction lately, with nearly 200 MPs calling for one [UPDATE: a Commission was announced on 29th September]. Bu
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FairVote @fairvote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This November, Alaska, Maine, 11 cities, & two counties will use ranked choice voting in their elections. Three more cities will vote on whether to adopt #RankedChocieVoting for future local elections. Learn more about RCV and the 2026 elections ⬇️
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Where will ranked choice voting be used in the 2026 elections? - FairVote
The 2026 elections are underway. This November, 11 cities, two counties, and two states will use ranked choice voting.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/10/2026
Voters are still outraged that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion. If the Trump administration tries to impose a backdoor nationwide abortion ban on top of that, whether now or later, voters will remember. We’ll make sure of it.
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Before the Trump-GOP tax law, corporations paid a 35% rate. Now they pay 21%. For the first time in nearly a century, the average American family pays a HIGHER effective tax rate than corporations. They flipped the script on working people.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 03/10/2026
"Paid for by the U.S. Government"? By siphoning funds from agency budgets meant for border security and fallen officer memorials, the Trump admin is trying to build a massive propaganda apparatus ahead of the midterms. We're not buying it, Tova Kaplan explains: protdem.org/4hmADq8
It’s possible, though, that these ads could be meant for something broader than just driving support to Republicans. In the event of a win for the opposition in the 2026 midterms, the Trump administration might use these ads to question the results themselves. Trump could place ads, with the seeming endorsement “Paid for by the U.S. Government,” on news stations and broadcast shows to advance false claims about the election.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/10/2026
At least 57 people have died in ICE detention since the start of President Trump's second term — more than double the number of deaths recorded from the previous four years combined. ICE must be held accountable before any more lives are lost.
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Deaths in ICE Detention More Than Doubles Under Trump
Death rate could be higher if it includes hidden deaths of people released from detention that ICE is reporting under Trump administration.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 02/10/2026
A requirement for EU membership is that representatives to the European Parliament must be elected using a proportional voting system. We should learn from them and adopt proportional voting in our legislatures as well.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2026
Students have a right to a comprehensive education of our nation's history, and Indigenous children deserve to have their culture reflected at school.
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Montanans are demanding better Indian education, setting an example for other Western states - High Country News
Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump and Republicans want to make it harder for young people to vote. My Youth Voting Rights Act does the opposite: Pre-registration before 18. Polling places on college campuses. Young people getting a voice in their future.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Billionaires want you to think taxing their wealth "doesn't do anything." Massachusetts passed a millionaire tax and raised $3.1 BILLION. That money is funding bridges, buses, teachers, and free community college. Wealth taxes WORK. That's why the rich hate them. Tax the rich.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The richest 0.1% of Americans have more than doubled their immense wealth since 2019 — per WSJ.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 02/10/2026
Wherever you look, first-past-the-post gives politicians total power without a majority vote to reshape key areas like education. Proportional representation adds a vita check on these powers, ensuring decisions about your child’s education require a true majority consensus.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 02/10/2026
Thank you to every worker and advocate who has fought for years to pass and strengthen Seattle’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What would Time's sad and useless Trump interview have been like if I were in charge? On @ms.now: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Time magazine’s big interview with Trump was a huge missed opportunity
Dan Froomkin: This is not a normal president. To get useful answers out of him, journalists need to break out of their standard interviewing molds.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage made its biggest weekly jump in four years, rising to 7.28%.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. Officers got retroactive paychecks that were as much as $32,000 too high. If the city wants to recover the money, they have to cut a deal with the police union. publicola.com/2026/10/01/s...
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SPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. - PubliCola
. By Erica C. Barnett The Seattle Police Department overpaid police officers, management, and civilian staff a total of more…
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2026
“I hope the judge sees I’m a person. I’m just a girl trying to have a life like everybody else.” Our client Dakota and all trans and intersex people in Kansas deserve to go about their days without this bill's punitive dehumanization.
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Trans people, anguished by Kansas driver's license law, go to court
Plaintiffs are expected to testify this week about the negative effects of carrying identification that doesn't match how they look and feel.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
Read more about the dangerous conditions the whistleblower exposed in Florida:
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Ranking Members Robert Garcia, Bennie Thompson, and Maxwell Frost Demand Answers From ICE on Dangerous Conditions in Florida Immigration Facilities
The Official U.S. Congressional website of The Democrat Oversight Committee
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
They are the exact locations where human beings missing from official ICE databases are hidden, shuffled covertly between ICE flights, transit buses, and known detention camps to keep them off the public radar and out of judicial reach. This cannot be allowed to stand. Shut them all down now.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
DISCLAIMER: This post contains graphic photos. Men, women, and families are being abused in lawless, cramped, mold-choked facilities in Florida. A horrific new whistleblower report has pulled back the curtain on the dangerous and lawless practices operating inside two federal facilities in Florida.
Conditions inside of the Miramar Holding Facility sally port where more than one hundred detainees are being detained for days and forced to sleep on the ground.Piles of trash have accumulated outside of the Miramar Holding FacilityHuman waste has overflowed onto the ground outside of the portable toilets placed outside of the Miramar Holding Facility sally port.Detainees brushing their teeth using water from a hose attached to a jug outside
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heating oil costs are expected to jump 50% this winter. That's $878 MORE out of working families' pockets just to stay warm. We could do something to make things easier for working people. But instead we just give billionaires more tax breaks and expect it to "trickle down."
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
TODAY: New SNAP cuts are kicking in because of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." 5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted. No kid deserves to go hungry so Trump can give his billionaire buddies another tax handout.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/10/2026
The company doesn’t matter. Flock, Axon, and other automatic license plate readers have no place on our streets. Use the toolkit to fight against mass surveillance in your community at aclu.org/gtfo_
"Big Brother should just be reality TV — not our reality. Join us in getting automatic license plate readers out of our communities." ACLU logo. Red tinted photo of a big eye.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Interim Police Chief Based Complaint Against Detective on Right-Wing Characterization of Anti-Trans Initiative In his interview with a city investigator, interim Chief Sayles said he still hadn’t read the initiative and appeared unfamiliar with SPD’s policy on political speech.
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Interim Police Chief Based Complaint Against Detective on Right-Wing Characterization of Anti-Trans Initiative - PubliCola
In his interview with a city investigator, interim Chief Sayles said he still hadn’t read the initiative and appeared unfamiliar…
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Tennessee’s attempted, but botched, execution of Christa Pike was an extreme display of cruelty and the latest reminder that the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment." I'm with @amnesty.org. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...
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After Botched Execution Attempt, Tennessee Must Commute Christa Pike’s Death Sentence as a First Step
The death penalty is a violation of human rights, and no government should have the power to carry it out.
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The National Commission could draw on the wealth of experience we have in the UK, which has had proportional systems for decades in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and London. buff.ly/mBZRACS
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Andy Burnham to fight next election on pledge to change voting system
The prime minister says he wants other parties to take part in a national commission on electoral reform.
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