Shawn Minnix
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
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Russia is planning a major destabilization of Moldova after elections next weekend
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
WARNING: Russia May Be Planning Violent Protests After the Moldovan Elections
Warning: The Kremlin is setting conditions to generate possibly violent protests to remove Moldovan President Maia Sandu from power.
understandingwar.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Russia is planning a major destabilization of Moldova after elections next weekend
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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JUST IN: Trump launches a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times — naming reporters Peter Baker, Michael Schmidt, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — because he doesn't like what they have written/reported about him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
JUST IN: Trump launches a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times — naming reporters Peter Baker, Michael Schmidt, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — because he doesn't like what they have written/reported about him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I think the president just plainly stating that he's firing the person who produces economic data because he doesn't like the numbers officially pushes us into a new era where you just can't believe government data anymore.
August 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I think the president just plainly stating that he's firing the person who produces economic data because he doesn't like the numbers officially pushes us into a new era where you just can't believe government data anymore.
What is this nonsensical buzzword salad? How did Eliot Higgins fall so far? Or was he always like this and we never noticed?
This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.
July 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What is this nonsensical buzzword salad? How did Eliot Higgins fall so far? Or was he always like this and we never noticed?
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Will be here as late as it takes to fight these cruel, misguided, and dangerous cuts to foreign aid.
July 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Will be here as late as it takes to fight these cruel, misguided, and dangerous cuts to foreign aid.
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It's been overshadowed by ... everything else ... but here's the news today on the second of two ultra-Orthodox parties officially deciding to leave Netanyahu's coalition, effectively paralyzing the entire government:
Shas decides to quit government, leaving Netanyahu with minority, but is not pushing for elections
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www.timesofisrael.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's been overshadowed by ... everything else ... but here's the news today on the second of two ultra-Orthodox parties officially deciding to leave Netanyahu's coalition, effectively paralyzing the entire government:
I'm starting to gain the view that IRV is actually kinda mediocre at best and wonder why it gained the level of popularity it did among electoral reformers.
June 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm starting to gain the view that IRV is actually kinda mediocre at best and wonder why it gained the level of popularity it did among electoral reformers.
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These takes are incredible to me, because you'd never know from it that Iran has destabilized Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Chickens coming home to roost and now they're concerned about shattered states and societies.
The Netanyahu government is entirely focused on the tactically realistic goal of destroying Israel's adversaries yet has no coherent strategic vision for what happens next after the Israeli military has shattered entire states and societies
June 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
These takes are incredible to me, because you'd never know from it that Iran has destabilized Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Chickens coming home to roost and now they're concerned about shattered states and societies.
I generally agree with this, but I have fears about the tail risk where the administration decides that they basically don't care about the backlash and just double down on their actions.
my guess is that trump will overreach on law enforcement against these protests and be punished for it, particularly if they are peaceful www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
June 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I generally agree with this, but I have fears about the tail risk where the administration decides that they basically don't care about the backlash and just double down on their actions.
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For those who haven't been following, Netanyahu’s government is on the brink of dissolution. He has two days to stop a no-confidence vote that his ultra-Orthodox partners are threatening to support. He's wiggled out of this before, but the threat has gone much farther this time.
How likely are the Haredim to actually topple the government — and what comes next?
With Shas and UTJ using the threat of elections to pressure Netanyahu for concessions on enlistment issue, coalition insider puts chances of Knesset dissolving during summer session at 20%
www.timesofisrael.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For those who haven't been following, Netanyahu’s government is on the brink of dissolution. He has two days to stop a no-confidence vote that his ultra-Orthodox partners are threatening to support. He's wiggled out of this before, but the threat has gone much farther this time.
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Lots of analysis today about the LDS vote.
I spent some extra time trying to sort out how younger LDS feel about politics.
Just 31% of young LDS voted for Trump in 2020.
It was 56% in 2024.
www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/2024-elect...
I spent some extra time trying to sort out how younger LDS feel about politics.
Just 31% of young LDS voted for Trump in 2020.
It was 56% in 2024.
www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/2024-elect...
2024 Election Post-Mortem: Latter-day Saints
Are young Mormons abandoning the GOP?
www.graphsaboutreligion.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Lots of analysis today about the LDS vote.
I spent some extra time trying to sort out how younger LDS feel about politics.
Just 31% of young LDS voted for Trump in 2020.
It was 56% in 2024.
www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/2024-elect...
I spent some extra time trying to sort out how younger LDS feel about politics.
Just 31% of young LDS voted for Trump in 2020.
It was 56% in 2024.
www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/2024-elect...
Is it fair that Morris is getting a lot of flack for saying the hard truths that a lot of people on here don't want to accept? No.
Is it funny to see people turning on him after they rejected Nate for the same reason? Yes.
Is it funny to see people turning on him after they rejected Nate for the same reason? Yes.
New piece: Most Trump voters did not "vote to deport moms." They voted bc inflation was high under Biden, to deport criminals, or something else. Many do not support Trump's policies. Welcoming those voters back into the tent is key to future Dem victory.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-trump...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-trump...
Not all Trump voters "voted for this"
Trump’s policy agenda is very unpopular, including with many of his supporters. To win the next election, Democrats need to welcome regretful Trump voters back under the tent
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Is it fair that Morris is getting a lot of flack for saying the hard truths that a lot of people on here don't want to accept? No.
Is it funny to see people turning on him after they rejected Nate for the same reason? Yes.
Is it funny to see people turning on him after they rejected Nate for the same reason? Yes.
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My Google calendar of all the obscure downballot elections of 2025 has been updated! calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
June 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My Google calendar of all the obscure downballot elections of 2025 has been updated! calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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Do we know anyone who lives near Karnes County, Texas, and would be willing to go to the county clerk's office in Karnes City, fill out a form and pay $10 in cash for precinct-level election results?
Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.
Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.
June 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Do we know anyone who lives near Karnes County, Texas, and would be willing to go to the county clerk's office in Karnes City, fill out a form and pay $10 in cash for precinct-level election results?
Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.
Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.
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Poland, Final results:
Presidential election, second round today
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 50.9% (-0.1)
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 49.1% (+0.1)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
Presidential election, second round today
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 50.9% (-0.1)
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 49.1% (+0.1)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
June 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Poland, Final results:
Presidential election, second round today
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 50.9% (-0.1)
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 49.1% (+0.1)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
Presidential election, second round today
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 50.9% (-0.1)
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 49.1% (+0.1)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
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Exit polls give Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw, 50.3% in the Polish presidential election. Now they start counting the votes
He just spoke to supporters
He just spoke to supporters
June 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Exit polls give Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw, 50.3% in the Polish presidential election. Now they start counting the votes
He just spoke to supporters
He just spoke to supporters
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
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US administration openly intervened on behalf of the authoritarian populist candidate in the Polish presidential election
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has urged Poles to vote for conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki in Sunday’s presidential runoff, saying that only his victory would ensure continued U.S. military support and strong ties with Washington.
May 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
US administration openly intervened on behalf of the authoritarian populist candidate in the Polish presidential election
Will Stancil is a lot of things, but "centrist" isn't one of them.
will stancil is my model of what a good centrist looks like: some beliefs i consider kind of nuts, but also a maniacal hatred of republicans
May 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Will Stancil is a lot of things, but "centrist" isn't one of them.
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The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on free press does not only affect Hungary. It affects all of Europe
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...