Ray Baker
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Democratic Nominee for Reading City Council - District 4
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there’s something distasteful in the way people describe the poor as having only their economic plight guide their values. it feels almost condescending, as though they can’t walk and chew gum and think that disrespecting an historic office is bad.
You know, it kind of feels like the Platner thing is more or less a Bluesky versus X, The Everything App forum war, but a fairly one sided one because everyone I’ve seen on here is sincere in their rejection of him
Ben Burgis calls everyone criticizing Graham Platner's SS tattoo "hall monitors".
Damn you just know the word 'opsec' is being tossed around like a hot potato lol
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies
The Maine Senate candidate is bringing on a new campaign manager, among other changes.
www.politico.com
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
just to play this out: losses geographically concentrated among expected partisan voters are catastrophic for gerrymanders, because they violate the efficiency assumptions of your cracked districts.
This is the dumbest thing I've ever read and this person needs to be launched into the sun.
6-8 point rural swing is how you get an absolute apocalypse for the GOP
6-8 point rural swing is how you get an absolute apocalypse for the GOP
the problem with the Twitter/Bluesky schism is that Twitter feels increasingly immoral to use, which Bluesky provides an alternative for, but a social media site, fundamentally, has to feel fun, which is where Bluesky falls short
They're Ford Crown Victorias now. And sales got a bump from people desperate to get the EV car credit before it expired www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
Tesla’s Profit Falls 37% After It Cut Car Prices
www.nytimes.com
VA Dems *confirm* they're moving forward with a plan to revisit the state's redistricting commission. It would require lawmakers to pass an amendment twice, which would then go before voters—in theory early enough next year to allow time for a remap before 2026.
From Reid Epstein at @nytimes.com
From Reid Epstein at @nytimes.com
Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push
www.nytimes.com
yea losing voters by less is important?
Well into the season of life where I don’t keep up with pop culture, and it’s great.
You don’t need to get annoyed that The Kids like different stuff. Are Addison Rae and Tate McRae different people? Who cares! There’s jazz to listen to and you have plantar fasciitis.
You don’t need to get annoyed that The Kids like different stuff. Are Addison Rae and Tate McRae different people? Who cares! There’s jazz to listen to and you have plantar fasciitis.
the new york democratic party intentionally turned power over to republicans in order to avoid sharing it with the left. hakeem jeffries specifically endorsed hochul's attempt to appoint a judge who would gerrymander the state against his own party.
it's an open secret that a lot of Cuomo's campaign guys are BAPs, Ted Cruz 2024 alumni, and assorted internet nazis
I am going insane, why are Majority Report ppl handwaving away the totenkopf. I'm actually disappointed
burning credibility for a candidate in an election that isn't even for a fucking year
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
I’m still stuck on Emma Vigeland saying “do we really want to alienate the troops who become mercenaries?”