Dante
@dantecade.bsky.social
Election nerd, proportional representation stan, die hard democrat, aspiring world traveler, stubborn vegetarian.
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If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
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~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
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Via IG: moneyballmemes2011. www.instagram.com/p/DSqEY_rgUnx/
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
Um what? Pretty sure state AG (Ellison) outranks mayor (Mamdani) but love them both
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Update from Emma Fitzsimmons
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Um what? Pretty sure state AG (Ellison) outranks mayor (Mamdani) but love them both
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Hawaiʻi license plates will now include the ʻokina.
This change is coming to state license plates:
ʻOkina now official: Hawaiʻi license plates available with cultural upgrade
HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s a tiny symbol, but it carries cultural weight — and now legal standing. As of Jan. 1, all newly issued Hawaiʻi license plates must include the ʻokina, the …
www.khon2.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Hawaiʻi license plates will now include the ʻokina.
Did this work when Neville Chamberlain tried it?
Hegseth: "We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective ... the US does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
February 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Did this work when Neville Chamberlain tried it?
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Fascinating paper. "In eight of the twelve cases under study, inequality was trending downward in the years before the elections that brought to power leaders who moved against democracy."
Research indicates anti-democratic backsliding was not because democracies didn't make enough progress fixing social probs, but because they didn't do enough to protect against predatory rw populist, anti-dem. party attacks
#cdnpoli
#Nevervoteconservative
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/mis...
#cdnpoli
#Nevervoteconservative
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/mis...
Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding | Journal of Democracy
If democracies did a better job “delivering” for their citizens, so the thinking goes, people would not be so ready to embrace antidemocratic alternatives. Not so. This conventional wisdom about…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Fascinating paper. "In eight of the twelve cases under study, inequality was trending downward in the years before the elections that brought to power leaders who moved against democracy."
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“if she’d just done X she would have won”
no
I have plenty of critiques of the campaign but ultimately the entire god damn country just went right by five points at least, everywhere, despite whatever you call Trump’s campaign
none of us know how she could have won and that’s the problem
no
I have plenty of critiques of the campaign but ultimately the entire god damn country just went right by five points at least, everywhere, despite whatever you call Trump’s campaign
none of us know how she could have won and that’s the problem
November 6, 2024 at 7:17 AM
“if she’d just done X she would have won”
no
I have plenty of critiques of the campaign but ultimately the entire god damn country just went right by five points at least, everywhere, despite whatever you call Trump’s campaign
none of us know how she could have won and that’s the problem
no
I have plenty of critiques of the campaign but ultimately the entire god damn country just went right by five points at least, everywhere, despite whatever you call Trump’s campaign
none of us know how she could have won and that’s the problem
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This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me:
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
November 6, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me:
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
Need to keep track of when polls close in different states on Election Day? @thedownballot.bsky.social has a handy map for that!
October 31, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Need to keep track of when polls close in different states on Election Day? @thedownballot.bsky.social has a handy map for that!
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2004: Red Sox break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2016: Cubs break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2024: Guardians are trying to break an historic World Series drought.
Go Yankees. For Kamala.
2016: Cubs break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2024: Guardians are trying to break an historic World Series drought.
Go Yankees. For Kamala.
October 16, 2024 at 12:07 AM
2004: Red Sox break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2016: Cubs break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2024: Guardians are trying to break an historic World Series drought.
Go Yankees. For Kamala.
2016: Cubs break an historic World Series drought, Republicans win the presidency
2024: Guardians are trying to break an historic World Series drought.
Go Yankees. For Kamala.
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A horrifying and vital read.
End capital punishment. It is cruel and unusual, never humane, racially imposed, and doesn’t even act as the deterrent it’s supposed to be.
Also, this article is yet another demonstration of the vital role of local, independent journalism.
End capital punishment. It is cruel and unusual, never humane, racially imposed, and doesn’t even act as the deterrent it’s supposed to be.
Also, this article is yet another demonstration of the vital role of local, independent journalism.
NEW: As executions speed up nationwide, Alabama is experimenting with using nitrogen gas. It just did the 2nd such execution, ever.
The state insists this is "more humane."
But our reporter Lauren Gill witnessed it, & saw that it went catastrophically. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
The state insists this is "more humane."
But our reporter Lauren Gill witnessed it, & saw that it went catastrophically. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions
The state said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
boltsmag.org
October 8, 2024 at 6:33 PM
A horrifying and vital read.
End capital punishment. It is cruel and unusual, never humane, racially imposed, and doesn’t even act as the deterrent it’s supposed to be.
Also, this article is yet another demonstration of the vital role of local, independent journalism.
End capital punishment. It is cruel and unusual, never humane, racially imposed, and doesn’t even act as the deterrent it’s supposed to be.
Also, this article is yet another demonstration of the vital role of local, independent journalism.
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We're *elated* to announce our biggest news in the 21 years we've been covering elections: Daily Kos Elections is striking out on its own as an independent site called The Downballot! 🧵 www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Daily Kos Elections is becoming a new site: The Downballot
We are elated to announce our biggest news in the 21 years since we began covering elections: Daily Kos Elections is striking out on its own as an independent site called The Downballot !
If you're ....
www.dailykos.com
August 15, 2024 at 12:16 PM
We're *elated* to announce our biggest news in the 21 years we've been covering elections: Daily Kos Elections is striking out on its own as an independent site called The Downballot! 🧵 www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Made my semi annual $100 donation to house Dems. This time I split it 4 ways between CA-22, NY-22, MI-10, and VA-02!
August 7, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Made my semi annual $100 donation to house Dems. This time I split it 4 ways between CA-22, NY-22, MI-10, and VA-02!
3>>>>4>5>2>>1 in terms of practicality and time it takes to fix the problem
Reminder that there are five ways to address the current SCOTUS problem.
1. Impeach some justices
2. Impose term limits
3. Expand the courts
4. Pass legislation limiting court prerogatives
5. Keep winning the presidency for the next 16 years or so while periodically also holding the senate.
1. Impeach some justices
2. Impose term limits
3. Expand the courts
4. Pass legislation limiting court prerogatives
5. Keep winning the presidency for the next 16 years or so while periodically also holding the senate.
June 28, 2024 at 9:18 PM
3>>>>4>5>2>>1 in terms of practicality and time it takes to fix the problem
Buys a bunch of cat food -> spends enough $ I get a free lemon tea -> arrives home puts down tea for a second -> cat knocks over tea and spills it everywhere
June 14, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Buys a bunch of cat food -> spends enough $ I get a free lemon tea -> arrives home puts down tea for a second -> cat knocks over tea and spills it everywhere
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Newsletter: Tech's hyper-growth era is ending. Almost every major web platform has seen traffic declines since 2021, and the industry is getting desperate as it realizes there aren't any massive new markets left- and generative AI isn't the next big thing.
www.wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble/
www.wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble/
The Rot-Com Bubble
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The noxious growth-at-all...
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June 3, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Newsletter: Tech's hyper-growth era is ending. Almost every major web platform has seen traffic declines since 2021, and the industry is getting desperate as it realizes there aren't any massive new markets left- and generative AI isn't the next big thing.
www.wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble/
www.wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble/
Reading about the five main ways of detecting exoplanets for a presentation about planets & Microlensing is by far the craziest one. www.planetary.org/articles/spa...
February 24, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Reading about the five main ways of detecting exoplanets for a presentation about planets & Microlensing is by far the craziest one. www.planetary.org/articles/spa...
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DOCTOR: The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, he'll cheer you right up.
INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald
INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald
February 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM
DOCTOR: The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, he'll cheer you right up.
INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald
INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald
I usually save my donations for the general, but Kim is such a promising future dem star and Murphy such an uninspiring nepotism machine candidate I had to made an exception for this one. Proud to be one of the many small dollar Kim donors!
Half of Andy Kim’s donations were under $100. But 1% of Tammy Murphy’s were.
The story of this senate race so far in one fundraising stat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/tammy-murphy-andy-kim-new-jersey-senate-00138930
The story of this senate race so far in one fundraising stat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/tammy-murphy-andy-kim-new-jersey-senate-00138930
Tammy Murphy out-raised Andy Kim in N.J. Senate race, putting them on equal footing to start 2024
Donations under $100 made up less than one percent of Murphy’s initial filings, but more than half of Kim’s.
www.politico.com
February 1, 2024 at 4:30 AM
I usually save my donations for the general, but Kim is such a promising future dem star and Murphy such an uninspiring nepotism machine candidate I had to made an exception for this one. Proud to be one of the many small dollar Kim donors!
Interesting split in the Colorado disqualification case: all three dissenting justices went to law school at the University of Denver, while the four justices in the majority all went to different out of state schools (Harvard, Yale, Penn, & UVA)
December 21, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Interesting split in the Colorado disqualification case: all three dissenting justices went to law school at the University of Denver, while the four justices in the majority all went to different out of state schools (Harvard, Yale, Penn, & UVA)
According to Wikipedia, Kissinger was Benjamin Button
November 30, 2023 at 2:02 AM
According to Wikipedia, Kissinger was Benjamin Button