Joe F Spaulding 🦉
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More rizz to our fam and more sense to our frenemies 🍻 Campaign Director at Rank MI Vote 🗳️ Help us get ink on paper! RankMIVote.org/volunteer 🇺🇸 he/him/his 🇲🇽 Words are my own 🦉
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In 1975, Ann Arbor was the 1st city in the US to use Ranked Choice Voting to elect a mayor. Dr. Wheeler was the 1st Black tenured professor at the University of Michigan and only Black #A2Council mayor to date. But just months later, opponents moved to repeal RCV and silence the will of the voters:
If you insist Venezuela is under the jurisdiction of the US, you're in for a surprise when you read the 14th Amendment for the 1st time
January 4, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If you insist Venezuela is under the jurisdiction of the US, you're in for a surprise when you read the 14th Amendment for the 1st time
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In 1975, Ann Arbor was the 1st city in the US to use Ranked Choice Voting to elect a mayor. Dr. Wheeler was the 1st Black tenured professor at the University of Michigan and only Black #A2Council mayor to date. But just months later, opponents moved to repeal RCV and silence the will of the voters:
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In 1975, Ann Arbor was the 1st city in the US to use Ranked Choice Voting to elect a mayor. Dr. Wheeler was the 1st Black tenured professor at the University of Michigan and only Black #A2Council mayor to date. But just months later, opponents moved to repeal RCV and silence the will of the voters:
Everyone I know who read Foucault in high school turned out messed up in better ways than everyone I know who didn't
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Everyone I know who read Foucault in high school turned out messed up in better ways than everyone I know who didn't
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"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
When you criticize Betsy DeVos in her hometown, the worst hobgoblins come out to tell on themselves:
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
When you criticize Betsy DeVos in her hometown, the worst hobgoblins come out to tell on themselves:
Negotiate with the mouse to get some mandalorian prints starting with players committee suggestions
Buy the assets of Decipher Inc. and reprint the 1995-2001 Star Wars CCG in a boxed pre-constructed deck format similar to Vs. System.
And then work with the SWCCG Players Committee to figure out a pathway to make new cards with their buy in.
And then work with the SWCCG Players Committee to figure out a pathway to make new cards with their buy in.
You are named CEO of Wizards. What's the first thing you do?
December 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Negotiate with the mouse to get some mandalorian prints starting with players committee suggestions
I think we should do something about this
I have SO many SWCCG cards still! I wish more people still had the cards so I could find people to play with!
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think we should do something about this
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There are 2 enclaves for the super wealthy in the Ottawa County part of the West Michigan coast. One of them is Lake Macatawa where Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince were raised, and the other is on Mona Lake.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
December 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There are 2 enclaves for the super wealthy in the Ottawa County part of the West Michigan coast. One of them is Lake Macatawa where Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince were raised, and the other is on Mona Lake.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
There are 2 enclaves for the super wealthy in the Ottawa County part of the West Michigan coast. One of them is Lake Macatawa where Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince were raised, and the other is on Mona Lake.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
December 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There are 2 enclaves for the super wealthy in the Ottawa County part of the West Michigan coast. One of them is Lake Macatawa where Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince were raised, and the other is on Mona Lake.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Lake Michigan story is true, Betsy and Erik Prince very likely met Jeffrey Epstein.
🎅🏽 🧊 People are going to want to make ICE jokes today and tomorrow, but Santa is magic, and he lives where it's always winter. Kristi Noem isn't even going to try to stop him unless she confuses Prancer for a Great Dane. 🐕🦌
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🎅🏽 🧊 People are going to want to make ICE jokes today and tomorrow, but Santa is magic, and he lives where it's always winter. Kristi Noem isn't even going to try to stop him unless she confuses Prancer for a Great Dane. 🐕🦌
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Thanks to everyone who's been involved with our campaign so far this year! 2025 has been an amazing year and we're excited to see everything that 2026 has in store for all of us. So from all of us here at Rank MI Vote we'd like to wish you a happy holiday season.
Happy Holidays From Rank MI Vote #rankedchoicevoting #michigan #democracy #holiday #holidayseason
Thanks to everyone who's been involved with our campaign so far this year! 2025 has been an amazing year and we're excited to see everything that 2026 has in store for all of us. So from all of us…
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to everyone who's been involved with our campaign so far this year! 2025 has been an amazing year and we're excited to see everything that 2026 has in store for all of us. So from all of us here at Rank MI Vote we'd like to wish you a happy holiday season.
Happy holidays!
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Happy holidays!
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Matt Maddock, a Republican State Representative in Michigan thinks that opposing pedophilia is a "left-wing scare tactic."
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Matt Maddock, a Republican State Representative in Michigan thinks that opposing pedophilia is a "left-wing scare tactic."
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
Matt Maddock, a Republican State Representative in Michigan thinks that opposing pedophilia is a "left-wing scare tactic."
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Matt Maddock, a Republican State Representative in Michigan thinks that opposing pedophilia is a "left-wing scare tactic."
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
His reply was in response to a question asking him to justify his vote against a bill banning child marriage.
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yeah there is extreme wildfire risk due to it being 70 and windy in wyoming in december, but it was cold in ohio last week so who’s to say if climate change is real
Wildfires can spread quickly — by the time one is nearby, you may not have much time. Have an evacuation plan, and prepare an emergency supply kit ahead of time. Listen to local officials for emergency information and any evacuation orders.
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
yeah there is extreme wildfire risk due to it being 70 and windy in wyoming in december, but it was cold in ohio last week so who’s to say if climate change is real
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I got to interact with Rob Reiner a bit in 2020. Aside from being a Hollywood icon, he was so kind and full of joy.
Truly a loss for all of us. Sending big hugs to his family and friends.
Truly a loss for all of us. Sending big hugs to his family and friends.
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I got to interact with Rob Reiner a bit in 2020. Aside from being a Hollywood icon, he was so kind and full of joy.
Truly a loss for all of us. Sending big hugs to his family and friends.
Truly a loss for all of us. Sending big hugs to his family and friends.
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As Michigan’s ranked choice voting petition gains momentum, Joe Spaulding of Rank MI Vote is calling out the Heritage Foundation trying to undermine voter rights .
Ranked choice voting gives voters more voice and ensures winners earn real majority support.
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Ranked choice voting gives voters more voice and ensures winners earn real majority support.
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Heritage Foundation targets ranked choice voting as Michigan petition gains momentum • Michigan Advance
The far-right Heritage Foundation, whose Project 2025 dictated a number of highly controversial policies for the first year of the Trump administration, says ending ranked choice voting is among its…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As Michigan’s ranked choice voting petition gains momentum, Joe Spaulding of Rank MI Vote is calling out the Heritage Foundation trying to undermine voter rights .
Ranked choice voting gives voters more voice and ensures winners earn real majority support.
Read more ⬇️
Ranked choice voting gives voters more voice and ensures winners earn real majority support.
Read more ⬇️
Folks, MIGOP took away money for wigs to give to kids with cancer
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Folks, MIGOP took away money for wigs to give to kids with cancer
MIGOP's Kitty Litter Caucus is running on fumes.
They tried for weeks and used every single right-wing back channel in Michigan politics to get people into this room. This was their big statewide event.
They tried for weeks and used every single right-wing back channel in Michigan politics to get people into this room. This was their big statewide event.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
MIGOP's Kitty Litter Caucus is running on fumes.
They tried for weeks and used every single right-wing back channel in Michigan politics to get people into this room. This was their big statewide event.
They tried for weeks and used every single right-wing back channel in Michigan politics to get people into this room. This was their big statewide event.
Whenever a politician talks this way, they immediately turn around and say, "but let's make sure to talk about how Jesus rode a dinosaur to work in history class"
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Whenever a politician talks this way, they immediately turn around and say, "but let's make sure to talk about how Jesus rode a dinosaur to work in history class"
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In a FPTP campaign, the Mamdani and Lander voters would have seen each other as enemies, instead of allies.
RCV spared us that and allowed for coalition building.
In a FPTP campaign, the Mamdani and Lander voters would have seen each other as enemies, instead of allies.
RCV spared us that and allowed for coalition building.
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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In a FPTP campaign, the Mamdani and Lander voters would have seen each other as enemies, instead of allies.
RCV spared us that and allowed for coalition building.
In a FPTP campaign, the Mamdani and Lander voters would have seen each other as enemies, instead of allies.
RCV spared us that and allowed for coalition building.
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More choices for voters, a lower temperature for our politics, and increased turnout for our elections
#RankedChoiceVoting
More choices for voters, a lower temperature for our politics, and increased turnout for our elections
#RankedChoiceVoting
Joe F Spaulding 🦉 (@joespaulding.bsky.social)
Ranked Choice Voting leads to more candidates running for office in an area, even in races that aren't decided using Ranked Choice Voting. The incentive switch to collaboration over issues that…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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More choices for voters, a lower temperature for our politics, and increased turnout for our elections
#RankedChoiceVoting
More choices for voters, a lower temperature for our politics, and increased turnout for our elections
#RankedChoiceVoting
Ranked Choice Voting leads to more candidates running for office in an area, even in races that aren't decided using Ranked Choice Voting.
The incentive switch to collaboration over issues that matter to voters in the NYC mayoral primary created a launch pad for Brad Lander's Congressional bid.
The incentive switch to collaboration over issues that matter to voters in the NYC mayoral primary created a launch pad for Brad Lander's Congressional bid.
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ranked Choice Voting leads to more candidates running for office in an area, even in races that aren't decided using Ranked Choice Voting.
The incentive switch to collaboration over issues that matter to voters in the NYC mayoral primary created a launch pad for Brad Lander's Congressional bid.
The incentive switch to collaboration over issues that matter to voters in the NYC mayoral primary created a launch pad for Brad Lander's Congressional bid.
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Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
Campaign to put gerrymandered Missouri map on the ballot turns in 300,000 signatures • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
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Ranked Choice Voting is so simple you can show it with blocks.
In this video, you’ll see exactly how ranking your choices gives every voter more voice and leads to results that reflect what people actually want.
Michigan is ready for a voting system that works.
youtube.com/shorts/7-EAP...
In this video, you’ll see exactly how ranking your choices gives every voter more voice and leads to results that reflect what people actually want.
Michigan is ready for a voting system that works.
youtube.com/shorts/7-EAP...
Voting Is A Building Block - Here's How Ranking Improves It! #rankedchoicevoting #democracy
Here's a visual demonstration of how Ranked Choice Voting works! Sometimes seeing is believing, and we have so much more to show you.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ranked Choice Voting is so simple you can show it with blocks.
In this video, you’ll see exactly how ranking your choices gives every voter more voice and leads to results that reflect what people actually want.
Michigan is ready for a voting system that works.
youtube.com/shorts/7-EAP...
In this video, you’ll see exactly how ranking your choices gives every voter more voice and leads to results that reflect what people actually want.
Michigan is ready for a voting system that works.
youtube.com/shorts/7-EAP...