Marlene Ramirez
@marleneramir.bsky.social
policy generalist, thought-haver, multitude container
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📍Los Angeles
para todos todo 🌹
📍Los Angeles
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There are pragmatic political reasons for all this. Which is just another way of saying these aren't leaders in shaping public opinion. They are followers. May be OK as members of the coalition, but, the idea they represent the future? Not when bold leadership is called for, simply to survive.
While Josh Shapiro is ditching the Northeast climate agreement, Abigail Spanberger (no radical liberal) is preparing to join it. @gurleygg.bsky.social explains why.
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Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining - The American Prospect
To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.
prospect.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
There are pragmatic political reasons for all this. Which is just another way of saying these aren't leaders in shaping public opinion. They are followers. May be OK as members of the coalition, but, the idea they represent the future? Not when bold leadership is called for, simply to survive.
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sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
Living in the UK, I learned the House of Commons can initiate a recall of an MP but only after Parliament triggers. Once triggered, constituents would have 6 weeks to sign on with only 10% of the MP’s district needed to lose their seat. In the US, voters can’t recall federal lawmakers. 🥴
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Living in the UK, I learned the House of Commons can initiate a recall of an MP but only after Parliament triggers. Once triggered, constituents would have 6 weeks to sign on with only 10% of the MP’s district needed to lose their seat. In the US, voters can’t recall federal lawmakers. 🥴
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When I’ve talked to people who do really advanced math, they’ve basically crossed back into the humanities through high-level abstraction and do not sound like these freaks at all because it’s not simply the aesthetic of competence for them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When I’ve talked to people who do really advanced math, they’ve basically crossed back into the humanities through high-level abstraction and do not sound like these freaks at all because it’s not simply the aesthetic of competence for them.
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the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
Between the saturation of news I've been getting on tiktok/insta/threads..honestly so glad I'm on bluesky.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Between the saturation of news I've been getting on tiktok/insta/threads..honestly so glad I'm on bluesky.
Los Angeles folks! The LA City Council will consider a major reform to the LARSO (rent stabilization ordinance) this upcoming Wednesday. The proposal passed the LA Housing and Homeless Committee last week. This would be the first major change/reform to the RSO in nearly 40 years!
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Los Angeles folks! The LA City Council will consider a major reform to the LARSO (rent stabilization ordinance) this upcoming Wednesday. The proposal passed the LA Housing and Homeless Committee last week. This would be the first major change/reform to the RSO in nearly 40 years!
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The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
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US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown
US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown
Senators plan to vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to 40-day shutdown in reach
The US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day, is within reach.
Senators plan to vote on advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill as early as Sunday night, with the understanding that it would be amended to combine a short-term funding measure with a package of three full-year appropriations bills, the Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown