The Community Independents Project (@communityindeps.bsky.social) has put together a map & list of 35 community-backed independents across the nation here:
The arrogance too behold. The thuggery right there. This last decade, or more, how politics has manipulated democracy and not in a good way. Surely at some point voters will wake up to this demolition.
Thanks Laura, appreciate your work. Looked at the other analysis listed in your article, and sadly found you are the only one I would but trust in (not very familiar with Brett Worthington's work).
BTW curious if your email to Ita Buttrose re Lattouf was board correspondence and discussed as such?
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Advance.
They won’t be pro big party candidate, nor pro big party.
They will simply be attack ads against the non-big party candidate.
10’s of millions ready to do nothing more than flood the zone with misinformation.
Any small step towards the US's system, which allows the rich to disproportionately influence elections, is a step towards the sick society they have.
I feel betrayed by the major party I used to support.
I'm now researching my local independents.
https://www.communityindependentsproject.org/ci-mps-candidates
35 means more than 1-in-5 Australians have one locally.
BTW curious if your email to Ita Buttrose re Lattouf was board correspondence and discussed as such?
https://bsky.app/profile/brenthodgson.bsky.social/post/3lhqhbuer5c2o