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Richard Pund
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Probably going on about proportional representation or mobility again.
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boltsmag.org
Congress could mandate that states use proportional representation, with parties getting a number of seats proportional to their share of the vote. Advocates are already pushing for some states to experiment with this reform.
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Would proportional representation help? Why are courts not doing more? You asked, and we’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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youcaughtscott.com
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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kansasreflector.com
U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s disdain for Electoral College in presidential elections still matter of debate | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
U.S. Sen. Bob Dole's disdain for Electoral College in presidential elections still matter of debate • Kansas Reflector
Two attorneys and four expert witnesses at Dole Institute explore replacing Electoral College in election of U.S. presidents with a national popular vote.
kansasreflector.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
wow. WOW.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Play it Later - Gator Days
Transcript Panel 1 August has just finished downloading a game that he's been looking forward to playing. Unfortunately, he also has to get to work so he doesn't have time to playing it right now. On his computer screen is the notice that the download is complete and an option to tip "15%", "30%", or "50%". August (thinking): I've been waiting for this game forever. I'll play it after work. Panel 2 It's later in the evening and August is making dinner. He's putting some onions in a pot and thinking about his new game. As much as he'd like to be playing right now, they got to eat and he promised his son one of his favorite dinners. August (thinking): I'll play it after dinner. Gustopher: TACO SOUP! TACO SOUP! Panel 3 Dinner is done but August is exhausted. He goes to bed and his two cats have quickly settled in for sleep. August thinks about his game but he just doesn't have the energy for it. August (thinking): Too tired... I'll play it later. Panel 4 August is woken up by his to cats touching his face and meowing for food. He'd like to play his new game, but there's things that have to be done and he has to get to work. August: I'll play it after work... Eventually. Nougat: Maw (possibly meaning "Excuse me good sir, but I find myself in a most peckish state and it be pleasing if you could find it fit to fill my dining bowl with your most delicious of food morsels. I apologize for waking you in this most undignified manner but it is imperative that I dine soon I fear that I might perish from this foul hunger.") Mewbert: Mew (possibly meaning "FEED ME! NOW!")
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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kansasreflector.com
Kansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas House speaker waves white flag on special session as congresswoman considers Senate run • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said Tuesday that he didn't gather enough support from his Republican caucus to force a special session.
kansasreflector.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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liberalcurrents.com
“We cannot go back to anything approaching the old constitutional order, which already had been in a long, terminal decline.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again
It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning
October 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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npr.org
Kansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress. (via @kcur.org)
Kansas Republicans start redistricting process aimed at unseating Rep. Sharice Davids
Kansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Oct 1
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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jamellebouie.net
great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie
Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵

IG msviciousdesign
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
if we are going to have online magazines for Abundance, i think a wealthy patron should fund an online magazine for electoral reform — specifically for furthering the twin causes of proportional representation and democratic revival. seems like a comparatively neglected space
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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jamellebouie.net
a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
rpund.bsky.social
Sometimes, the YouTube algorithm actually works. Can't believe I've never heard Stromae before but it's really speaking to me right now.
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Stromae - Alors on danse (Official Video)
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September 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
Political violence is often the result of people living in a political system they no longer believe can deliver the things they want or need.

We need to change how our political system works so more of us believe that it’s possible to solve problems together through our government.
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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madisonkittay.bsky.social
Yeah, we're cooked.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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atrupar.com
This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something
Trump: "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR"
September 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
rpund.bsky.social
Thanks to @kansascity.com for letting me talk about how proportional representation can be a way out of the gerrymandering war going on right now.
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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kansascity.com
A party that gains 60% of the votes should win roughly 60% of the seats. Here’s how to make that happen. | Opinion
Don’t like gerrymandering? There’s a path to more fair Missouri elections | Opinion
A party that gains 60% of the votes should win roughly 60% of the seats. Here’s how to make that happen. | Opinion
bit.ly
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Youth - Gator Days
Youth - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Gustopher watches the sun set. Above him the stars have started coming out. Regret slowly begins to set in as he comes to appreciate how fleeting life is. Gustopher: Have I wasted my youth? Panel 2 The world grows dark as Gustopher contemplates how little time any one individual actually has. The world is so full of beauty and wonder and there's so little time to truly appreciate it. Gustopher: The seasons change and so do I. If only I understood the value of days gone by. Panel 3 August is standing next to Gustopher and gives him a concerning glance. But he knows exactly what this is about. Panel 4 August: School starting makes me sad too. Gustopher: I wish I played more video games.
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM