@kevmilne.bsky.social
The danger of individuals buying elections means that they can game the system to perpetuate their wealth at the expense of ordinary people.
18.03.2025 13:53 — 👍 482 🔁 124 💬 15 📌 3
For 200+ years, Congress has had control over spending. It’s called the power of the purse, Article 1 of the Constitution. Anyway, RIP
01.02.2025 19:51 — 👍 226 🔁 33 💬 11 📌 7
Q: Am I allowed to get a second job during the deferred resignation period? A: Absolutely! We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so. The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector."
I saw OPM's FAQ on "deferred resignation" earlier this afternoon, but I'm pretty sure they've changed it since then. And...just look at this mendacious, self-congratulatory nonsense.
31.01.2025 02:09 — 👍 66 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 5Email the council and staff
Council:
joy.hollingsworth@seattle.gov
sara.nelson@seattle.gov
rob.saka@seattle.gov
mark.solomon@seatte.gov
maritzia.rivera@seattle.gov
cathy.moore@seattle.gov
dan.strauss@seattle.gov
bob.kettle@seattle.gov
alexismercedes.rinck@seattle.gov
Shameful.
25.01.2025 16:22 — 👍 377 🔁 109 💬 25 📌 24The DIRECTOR OF PLANNING in Seattle telling people he is ready to undermine his own departments plan
17.01.2025 03:35 — 👍 85 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Vancouver Sun title “BC Court rebuffs David Eby’s war on NIMBY opposition to social housing.”
To the Vancouver Sun, this is a pretty awful article title. Worse, it feels deliberate & agenda-driven. If there’s a “war” here, it’s a long war on social housing being waged by the wealthy NIMBYs. But you create a convoluted mess suggesting it’s the Premier waging war on opposition to such housing?
28.12.2024 06:13 — 👍 167 🔁 27 💬 8 📌 2I can’t believe Daniel Penny was acquitted. Choked a guy out for 6 minutes and the jury called it self defense. I’m so ashamed of New York.
09.12.2024 22:33 — 👍 1183 🔁 75 💬 36 📌 3And by “We look forward to considering great leader from District 2” they probably mean appointing Tanya Woo again.
The cycle continues
one of my iron clad beliefs is that there are very few actual “schemes” in the world. instead, there are just a lot of stupid, venal people and quite a few of them hold positions of real power and authority
30.11.2024 23:42 — 👍 8961 🔁 1099 💬 185 📌 83Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.
19.11.2024 15:12 — 👍 44181 🔁 9893 💬 2690 📌 859
