cjm

cjm

@cjmdriver.bsky.social

want voting method improvements and less inequality for better society WA, USA Mastodon: https://pnw.zone/@cjm

131 Followers 232 Following 185 Posts Joined Nov 2024
6 months ago
Happy #LaborDay to all the hardworking people who make our communities stronger, our #economy💲 thrive, and our daily lives #better through their dedication.

Happy #LaborDay to all the hardworking people who make our communities stronger, our #economy💲 thrive, and our daily lives #better through their dedication.

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8 months ago
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The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says Economists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month.

Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.

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8 months ago

people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research

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8 months ago
Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

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8 months ago
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Senate rulekeeper deals blows to revised ‘Big, beautiful bill’ A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the “Byrd bath” casualties.

Lisa Murkowski and John Thune deserve this. Trying to exempt Alaska from odious parts of this bill to buy her vote is overruled by parliamentarian. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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8 months ago

BlueSky needs to support longer format posts...

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8 months ago

Personally, I like Pizza toppings as a demonstration because people seems to be more invested in what they like and do not like. You can have people that vote for the Meat Coalition or the Veggie Coalition. What about Anchovies or Gluten Free?

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8 months ago

At the end of tabulation, they show the winner (based upon all submissions so far) and then explain if your ballot stayed on the winner the entire time or how many times it was reallocated to different candidates as they were eliminated.

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8 months ago
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Get the scoop on how ranked-choice voting works Get a taste of how ranked-choice voting works by ranking your five favorite ice cream flavors. Then follow along as the votes get counted and we find out which flavor tops the cone.

This is a cool Ranked Choice Voting interactive demo from CNN.

Something this does that no other RCV voting demonstration does is tell you what happened to YOUR BALLOT during the process.

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8 months ago

I wish everything used ranked choice voting, so we could have, you know, like actual democracy!

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8 months ago

It is just a choice. They could run a tabulation every day until all the ballots have been received. Some places do it that way.

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8 months ago

I wish ranked choice voting was the default

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8 months ago

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.

Always money for war.

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8 months ago
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Take note.

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8 months ago
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The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.

The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.

The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

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8 months ago

Congress didn’t just lose its power it gave it away. On war, trade, and policy, lawmakers have willingly let the executive branch rule unchecked.

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8 months ago
A view of an ornate ceiling and two pigeons looking a the photographer.  Caption reads: The photographer was lying on the ground, trying to shoot this ceiling. The pigeons were concerned.
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8 months ago

He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.

Make it make sense.

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8 months ago
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Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’ Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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8 months ago
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We’re #1!!!

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8 months ago

Our Constitution is clear that the power to declare war rests with Congress, not the Executive.

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8 months ago

Ugh

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8 months ago

This was my thought as I saw this quote.

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8 months ago

Bryan Bedford, Trump‘s nominee to lead the FAA, has reportedly been lying and claiming to have a commercial pilot license that he does not actually hold.

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8 months ago
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2024 election results under scrutiny as lawsuit advances A judge has ruled that a lawsuit questioning the election results in Rockland County, New York, can proceed to discovery.

This is why Cast Vote Records should be published for every election.

Allows independent statistical analysis and increases public trust in the results.

www.newsweek.com/2024-electio...

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It most certainly is!

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8 months ago

The stupidest people are in charge because we couldn’t prosecute a political crime because it would look too political.

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9 months ago
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So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings

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8 months ago
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When NO KINGS reigns over your parade.

#SAD 🤣

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