FrancisWilkinson

alan, 2 months ago to random

"California Shows the U.S. Is Too Polarized for Top-Two Primaries"

https://www.governing.com/politics/california-shows-the-u-s-is-too-polarized-for-top-two-primaries

Frustrating article that makes good points about the flaws in the nonpartisan top-two primary system, but doesn't mention reforms that would fix it. In passing it says "Alaska has its own variation" of a non-partisan primary, but that variation (#RankedChoiceVoting) fixes all the problems listed in this article!

@FrancisWilkinson please take a look at Alaska's system more closely next time! #uspol

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

A Biden-Navalny ticket can beat Trump-Putin in November. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-18/navalny-s-death-could-play-role-in-biden-s-campaign-against-trump

FrancisWilkinson, 9 months ago to random

Bill Barr, who aided and abetted Trump until the end, is co-conspirator No. 7. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-03/former-attorney-general-bill-barr-suddenly-discovers-the-rule-of-law

FrancisWilkinson, 2 months ago to random

Arizona GOP puts a target on migrants. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-03/arizona-gop-wants-to-legalize-shooting-and-killing-migrants

FrancisWilkinson, 27 days ago to random

"Noem’s Cricket story didn’t drop into this moral pit from outer space. It wasn’t inserted in her manuscript by accident. It’s there to signal solidarity with a political culture that increasingly honors cruelty and valorizes violence"
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-01/kristi-noem-likely-killed-her-shot-at-being-trump-s-vp-with-puppy

FrancisWilkinson, 2 months ago to random

Mike Lee is such a disgraceful hack. https://x.com/gtconway3d/status/1763945955722739968?s=12&t=c8gDn-hFEmzYr84E6ztFAA

FrancisWilkinson, 1 month ago to random

But it was the Republican Supreme Court — mostly men again — that put the shiv a little deeper in democracy’s back this week. Originalists or textualists, all sounded more or less Trumpist as they seriously entertained Trump’s argument that his assaults on the constitutional order are protected by the Constitution itself. There is no way to make honest sense of such a liar’s mash.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-26/donald-trump-supreme-court-justices-corruption

FrancisWilkinson, 1 month ago to random

So far, all the pressure on Biden has come from those seeking an end to the violence. . . . On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson called Biden “an anti-Israel president.” If Hamas, Hezbollah, or another ally of Iran were to launch a deadly attack during a pause in weapons shipments, GOP hysteria would reach the stratosphere … https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-11/biden-s-gaza-mistake-could-haunt-him-in-november

FrancisWilkinson, 1 month ago to random

Pew showing Dems +26 with Hispanics. https://x.com/johnmsides/status/1777769411853902098?s=12&t=c8gDn-hFEmzYr84E6ztFAA

FrancisWilkinson, 7 days ago to random

I’m perplexed by people calling on Alito to recuse from certain cases. He has aligned himself with enemies of the US Government who sought to overthrow the republic. How can Alito serve in that government in any capacity?

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

LaPierre must pay a fine for getting caught at the tail end of a long, lucrative grift. The more serious offenses on his ledger, however, are not the stuff of Caribbean seas and Zegna suits. They more closely resemble the work of madmen and monsters. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-24/ex-nra-leader-wayne-lapierre-has-to-pay-too-bad-it-s-not-for-all-the-deaths

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

Like Bernie in ‘16, Haley can’t win. But she can inflict permanent damage. Cheney gave pro-democracy conservatives a spine. Haley is giving them electoral voice. My LA Times piece https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-25/nikki-haley-trump-presidential-nomination

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

Kenny the Cheese looks like he’s due for renewed interest from prosecutors. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/kenneth-chesebro-secret-twitter-account-kfile/index.html

FrancisWilkinson, 28 days ago to random

Ever wondered what a degenerate criminal backed by an authoritarian party would do with unconstrained power? Here’s your answer. https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/

FrancisWilkinson, 17 days ago to random

Like the news media, pro-democracy groups also strugggle with the asymmetric bad faith of the GOP. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-11/keep-our-republic-wants-to-restore-trust-in-elections

FrancisWilkinson, 7 days ago to random

It isn’t a crime if MAGA does it. How Alito and Abbott reveal a legal regime that is binding, or protecting, but not both. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-21/alito-and-abbott-show-that-the-rules-are-different-for-maga

FrancisWilkinson, 4 months ago to random

I talked to dozens of N.H. voters yesterday. Trump seems to have a problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-24/trump-wins-new-hampshire-primary-haley-vows-to-stay-in-race

FrancisWilkinson, 16 days ago to random

Sounds familiar. “Former Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. was able to persuade voters last month to return him to the resort city’s governing board, despite an indictment accusing him, his running mate and another former mayor of defrauding taxpayers…” https://www.nj.com/news/2023/12/judge-upholds-charges-in-case-against-wildwood-officials-accused-of-fraud.html

FrancisWilkinson, 2 months ago to random

Another GOP legislature overrides local elected officials. With research derived from watching “Family Feud.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-20/tennessee-legislature-overrules-memphis-city-council-on-tyre-nichols-act

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

“We’re nearly a decade into Putin’s sustained, unrelenting attack on American democracy through misinformation and mischief. Among other things, the Republican Party and its standard bearer have been successfully enmeshed in it and thoroughly compromised.”
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/russias-staggering-success-in-duping?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

FrancisWilkinson, 2 months ago to random

The official GOP position is that Republican lawyers are such incompetent buffoons that they couldn’t win a single election case even in front of Trump judges, and that Trump is such a weakling, coward and fool that he let old Joe Biden rob him of victory and chase him from the White House even as Trump controlled the executive branch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/rnc-2020-election-stolen-trump-hiring/

FrancisWilkinson, 1 month ago to random

Between Manhattan and Washington, DC, today is a veritable Pearl Harbor of national degeneracy.

FrancisWilkinson, 3 months ago to random

Antiabortion absolutes lead to untenable politics. Roe will have its revenge.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-04/pennsylvania-supreme-court-abortion-decision-is-win-for-abortion-rights

FrancisWilkinson, 1 month ago to random

Big day at the high court as the justices hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is a living god.