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Ben Royce 🇺🇦Do not give into cynicismDo not give into helplessnessAnd fucking show up to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a> in the 2026 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midterms</a>ESPECIALLY SHOW UP IN THE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRIMARIES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PRIMARIES</a>where we can get more lefty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a>If people sleep on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generalelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#generalelection</a> too much, the primaries are a fucking ghost town, and that is a painfully disgusting shame<a href="https://www.umass.edu/news/article/new-national-umass-amherst-poll-finds-president-trumps-job-approval-gap-slides-6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.umass.edu/news/article/new-national-umass-amherst-poll-finds-president-trumps-job-approval-gap-slides-6</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midterms2026</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaryelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primaryelection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primaries2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primaries2026</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midtermelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midtermelection</a>

Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville Jaguars 2025 breakout candidates: OT Walker LittleOn paper, Walker Little being a potential breakout candidate for the Jaguars shouldn’t make much sense. A second-round… <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFL</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JacksonvilleJaguars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JacksonvilleJaguars</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Jacksonville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jacksonville</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Jaguars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jaguars</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Big" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Big</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/breakout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breakout</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cat</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#country</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Football</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#front</a>-page <a href="https://channels.im/tags/jacksonville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jacksonville</a>-jaguars-depth-chart <a href="https://channels.im/tags/jacksonville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jacksonville</a>-jaguars-roster <a href="https://channels.im/tags/little" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#little</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ot</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/walker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walker</a> <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/253748/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/253748/</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congressional</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freethought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Freethought</a> Caucus Asks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> to Reconsider Decision to Allow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Church</a> Endorsements of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Candidates</a><a href="https://electionlawblog.org/?p=151058" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://electionlawblog.org/?p=151058</a>

נאריש זשלאָב מענטשAAIPAC? 😂"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/JVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JVP</a> is changing its structure and strategy.Under a new arrangement, the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berkeley</a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a>-based organization will now be able to dedicate more of its resources to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a> for specific <a href="https://babka.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policies</a> and supporting or opposing <a href="https://babka.social/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> for elected US office. The change signals a belief that influencing dynamics in the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> will require more than <a href="https://babka.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grassroots</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#organizing</a>."<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/unsatisfied-with-protests-anti-zionist-jewish-voice-for-peace-aims-to-sway-us-elections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timesofisrael.com/unsatisfied-with-protests-anti-zionist-jewish-voice-for-peace-aims-to-sway-us-elections/</a>

נאריש זשלאָב מענטשI don't need voting advice from my Rabbi."<a href="https://babka.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#American</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> today is notoriously cruel, corrupt and power-hungry. Now, religion is at risk of becoming the same.On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service moved toward tossing out a decades-old ban on <a href="https://babka.social/tags/clergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clergy</a> endorsing <a href="https://babka.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> from the pulpit, arguing in a court filing that such acts should instead be viewed as private matters, like a “family discussion concerning candidates.”If that policy change is enacted, it may spell disaster for the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/rabbinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rabbinate</a>. The idea that what passes between a rabbi and their <a href="https://babka.social/tags/congregation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congregation</a> is private represents an acute misunderstanding of what <a href="https://babka.social/tags/synagogues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#synagogues</a> ought to be, and their function in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> life."<a href="https://forward.com/opinion/754015/irs-pulpit-endorsements-rabbis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forward.com/opinion/754015/irs-pulpit-endorsements-rabbis/</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> Settlement Reinterprets <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnsonAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnsonAmendment</a> – Allowing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Churches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Churches</a> to Endorse <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Political</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Candidates</a><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/irs-settlement-reinterprets-johnson-amendment-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/irs-settlement-reinterprets-johnson-amendment-allowing-churches-to-endorse-political-candidates.html</a>

NFL NewsOregon Football: WR Breakout Candidates <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/181104/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/181104/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/addicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#addicted</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/breakout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breakout</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Football</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrontPage</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oregon</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/quack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quack</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/To" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#To</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/wr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wr</a>

RAWCHILISarah Strong, Lauren Betts among National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/4370911/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawchili.com/4370911/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AllWomensSports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AllWomensSports</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/among" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#among</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/basketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basketball</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Betts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Betts</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BreakawayPlaybook2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BreakawayPlaybook2025</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#college</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/com" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#com</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrontPage</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/IN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IN</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/lauren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lauren</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#national</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ncaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ncaa</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NCAABasketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NCAABasketball</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NCAAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NCAAB</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#of</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Player" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Player</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#s</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sarah</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sbnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sbnation</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/strong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strong</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#the</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a>'sSports <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WomensNcaaBasketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomensNcaaBasketball</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#year</a>

blsI'm sure I'm not the only person deluged with "please donate to my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#campaign</a>/pac/whatever" texts/emails.I'm pretty fed up with the scant bit of details that many of them provide. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PACs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PACs</a> should provide a link to info on their fundraising and spending.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Candidates</a> should AT LEAST provide state & position they're running for (Amazingly some don't!). And if mult people in the same party running for a seat, tell me that FFS esp if not from my state.Make me research? no contrib.

43rd District Democrats🥂 Ballots & Bubbly is next Tuesday, May 20th from 6pm at Seattle Central College, and you won't want to miss it!Candidates for KC Exec, Mayor, City Attorney, Council, and School Board will be there- you'll be able to vote for your faves in the straw poll 🗳️Tix: <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ballotsandbubbly2025?refcode=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ballotsandbubbly2025?refcode=mastodon</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattleElex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattleElex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattlePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattlePol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattlePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattlePolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattleMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattleMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattleCityAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattleCityAttorney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeattleCityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeattleCityCouncil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KCElex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KCElex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Candidates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fundraiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fundraiser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalPolitics</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/76548/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt</a><blockquote>All of the great freedoms which form the basis of our American democracy are part and parcel of that concept of free elections, with free expression of political choice between candidates of political parties. For such elections guarantee that there can be no possibility of stifling freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the air, freedom of worship.</blockquote>Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945) Speech (1941-03-29), Jackson Day Radio Broadcast, U.S.S. Potomac Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/76548/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fdr</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklinroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#franklinroosevelt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elections</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Dr Pink<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> English <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> deletion alertCould you save this LGBTQ related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> Wikipedia article from deletion?Lucas Kunce * American politician (born 1982)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Kunce" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Kunce</a> Discussion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lucas_Kunce" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lucas_Kunce</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/United" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#United</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Candidates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Columbia</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 33 🗳️🟢🥷💰🏭“A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a>-aligned <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThinkTank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkTank</a> running last-minute <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AntiGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiGreens</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/advertisements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#advertisements</a> targeting young voters received more than $600,000 from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a> industry during last year’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Queensland</a> election, disclosures show.On Monday evening, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianInstituteForProgress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AustralianInstituteForProgress</a> released a “Can you afford the Greens?” video advertisement pushing claims, based on its own commissioned research, that the Greens’ housing policies would lead to increased <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rents</a>.Emails to supporters from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIP</a> executive director, former Queensland Liberal vice-president <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GrahamYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrahamYoung</a>, seeking <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donations</a> to push anti-Greens advertisements show the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#campaign</a> is specifically aimed at helping elect <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiberalNational</a> party <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TrevorEvans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrevorEvans</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MaggieForrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaggieForrest</a> in the seats of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brisbane</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Ryan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ryan</a>.”This is why I use the term <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNPCrimeGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNPCrimeGang</a>. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThinkTanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkTanks</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MaxChandlerMather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaxChandlerMather</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HousingEmergency</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/australian-institute-for-progress-anti-greens-election-ads-coal-australia-donations-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/australian-institute-for-progress-anti-greens-election-ads-coal-australia-donations-ntwnfb</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 32 cont 🗳️Take care <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voting</a>, make your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Preferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Preferences</a> count. ⚠️“Preferences have become more important than ever in Australian elections, as the share of people supporting the major parties has dropped from more than 90% of primary votes in the 1950s to just 68.8% in the most recent federal poll.The last Australian election saw 16 seats won by candidates who were not leading after the first count – the most ever, tied with 2016. And more than half of those winners were independent candidates – also the most ever.Australia’s electoral system requires <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voters</a> to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/number" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#number</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> in their order of preference: their first choice, second choice and so on. During <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/counting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#counting</a>, if no candidate has yet achieved a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#majority</a>, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are redistributed to voters’ next <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/preference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#preference</a>. This is repeated until there is a clear winner.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2025/may/01/how-do-preferences-work-voting-party-australia-federal-election-liberal-greens-labor" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2025/may/01/how-do-preferences-work-voting-party-australia-federal-election-liberal-greens-labor</a>>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 32 cont 🗳️⚔️🤜🤛👊As the election gets closer, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremism</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conflict</a> is happening at polling booths with unruly candidate, party members and constituants. “A barrage of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/complaints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#complaints</a> about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/threatening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threatening</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/aggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aggressive</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#behaviour</a> at polling booths has fuelled tension in Australia’s most hotly <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/contested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contested</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/electorates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electorates</a> and prompted the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ElectoralCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectoralCommission</a> to warn <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> in marginal seats that such behaviour would discourage <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voters</a>”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/5KgGv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/5KgGv</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/threats-skulduggery-and-neo-nazis-prompt-aec-warning-about-voting-booths-20250501-p5lvl0.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/threats-skulduggery-and-neo-nazis-prompt-aec-warning-about-voting-booths-20250501-p5lvl0.html</a>> (paywall)

Ben Royce 🇺🇦USpol

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 29 🗳️⚔️“A dispute over signage between a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> staffer volunteering for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Wills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wills</a> MP <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeterKhalil</a> and a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MuslimVotesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MuslimVotesMatter</a> volunteer at a pre-polling station in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brunswick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brunswick</a> led to police being called and the activist being questioned by officers.The dispute, along with an argument between minor party <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#volunteers</a>, prompted the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australian</a> Electoral Commission on Saturday to note “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physical</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/verbal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#verbal</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#violence</a>” at the pre-poll booth and to warn <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> and their teams to treat each other with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#respect</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AEC</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/kWwLU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/kWwLU</a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html?post=p58kh2#p58kh2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html?post=p58kh2#p58kh2</a>>

CBC LondonMissed the CBC London candidate convo? Here are 3 highlights Election Day is Monday in Canada with some voters still making up their minds. Earlier this week, two incumbent MPs and a Green Party candidate stopped by the CBC London studio to make their pitch about why they'll best represent you in Ottawa.  <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ottawa</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/missed-the-cbc-london-candidate-convo-here-are-3-highlights-1.7516390?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/missed-the-cbc-london-candidate-convo-here-are-3-highlights-1.7516390?cmp=rss</a>

LindsayAusPol - NSW Senate election candidate summary

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 25 cont 🧍🏽The LNP has a candidate problem. “Since I started covering <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bruce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bruce</a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melbourne</a>’s south-eastern suburbs, voters and Labor insiders have raised questions with me about the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> Party’s promotion of its candidate <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZahidSafi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ZahidSafi</a> as a successful “small businessman”. So I decided to take a look for myself and headed for Merribrook Boulevard in Clyde.”Update Safi has been found, “We found Safi!” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CharlotteGrieve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlotteGrieve</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/lyfPg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/lyfPg</a>><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coalition</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quality</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#candidates</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/XtLTQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/XtLTQ</a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fake-reviews-a-bewildered-family-following-the-threads-of-a-candidate-s-business-empire-20250422-p5lthj.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fake-reviews-a-bewildered-family-following-the-threads-of-a-candidate-s-business-empire-20250422-p5lthj.html</a>> (paywall)

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