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Pam Spaulding

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✅ Ranked choice voting can only help the D prez primary.

The current system is not what we need in a time of constitutional turmoil. Fresh voices & faces have opportunity to rise w/better voter input.

🧾 This one weird trick can fix the 2028 Democratic primary:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Party leaders are beginning to explore whether ranked choice voting could make the 2028 primary fairer, less divisive, and better at producing a nominee who reflects the full breadth of the Democratic coalition. It’s a quiet development, but a potentially transformative one, and Axios reports that senior Democratic National Committee officials have met with reform advocates to discuss making it real.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/24/2355345/-This-one-weird-trick-can-fix-the-2028-Democratic-primary

Ranked choice voting is simple at its core. Instead of marking only a single candidate on their ballot, voters rank the candidates in order of preference—first choice, second choice, third choice, and so on. If someone wins a majority of first-choice votes outright, the election is over. If nobody wins a majority, the last-place candidate is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate first have their second-choice votes counted. The process continues until one candidate grabs a majority of the vote.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/24/2355345/-This-one-weird-trick-can-fix-the-2028-Democratic-primary

November 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light

www.nytimes.com

November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1h

Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says

The disclosure adds a wrinkle to the murky timeline surrounding the unprecedented deportation effort.

www.politico.com

November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Trump’s Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Trump’s Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers

www.nytimes.com

November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1h

How about safe, on time flights at a reasonable price?

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1h

Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snacks Along With Better-Dressed Travelers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1h

Violence Is Driving Catastrophic Hunger in Nigeria, U.N. Report Says www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

Violence Is Driving Catastrophic Hunger in Nigeria, U.N. Report Says

www.nytimes.com

November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Opinion | It’s a DOGE Eat DOGE World

Elon Musk and Donald Trump set out to shrink big government. They did not succeed.
www.wsj.com/opinion/its-...

Opinion | It’s a DOGE Eat DOGE World

Elon Musk and Donald Trump set out to shrink big government. They did not succeed.

www.wsj.com

November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Women For Survival #Resist @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 1h

Somehow the CDC contracted a rare worm parasite in its soldout brain.

November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

😱😱😱

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1h

The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.

The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.

They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.

Vaccines.gov
CDC
The functionality of this website may be impacted while it is being updated.
Find a pharmacy near you.
Enter 5-digit ZIP code
10001
Search
Please enter a valid 5-digit ZIP Code

November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Women For Survival #Resist @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 1h

42 members of the House of Representatives have announced they are resigning at the end of their term.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

More Republicans eyeing the exits amid threats and internal warfare.

Who saw this coming? They pour gasoline everywhere, then freak when the flames reach their doorstep.

November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM

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Pam Spaulding

@pamspaulding.bsky.social

Senile Grandpa Chaos forgot the last time he used "concept" & "plan" (re: his MIA health care plan) he was mocked in nearly every newspaper & news station.

The idea that he could float those words in any combo again & think he will be taken seriously is delusional.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump on his administration's initial Russia-friendly peace plan: "That was not a plan. It was a concept."

November 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Women For Survival #Resist @wmn4srvl.bsky.social · 1h

I’m not mentioning karma. It will not affect Leavitt, but her family member and his wife. It is tragic, as it is in all cases of state power ripping families apart. But the story makes clear that we are all, citizens and immigrants, more interconnected and interlinked than we can possibly realize.

November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been personally linked to the brutal ICE raids sweeping America.

The mother of her 11-year-old nephew is now in custody at an ICE facility, facing deportation to Brazil. She’s the former fiancée of Michael Leavitt, the press secretary’s brother.

Karoline Leavitt’s Family Member Captured by ICE Goons

America’s brutal immigration raids just got personal for Trump’s press secretary.

www.thedailybeast.com

November 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 1h

Rs have a big problem. They are all on record as giving up their power that could have reined in Trump since day one.

They can't wash the WH stink off (& they see Trump's gaslighting is failing), so they are running away.

American families won't forget who did this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Neguse: "Many of these Republican members are heading to the exit for a reason. They realize they're going to lose the midterms next year. The president is deeply unpopular. His economic agenda is devastating working families across the country. They'll pay an electoral price in 11 months."

November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM

Minnesota Mary

@minnesotamarys.bsky.social

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Feminist Flamethrower @yatahole.bsky.social · 1h

Of course they did…

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

A New York Times investigation finds that the Trump regime gave false information to the Supreme Court about an incident in Chicago in order to support its bid to deploy the National Guard in the city. (Gift link)

November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM