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If Kathy Hochul makes history as the first governor to remove the mayor of New York City, there would be a special election for the remainder of Adams’ term within 80 days. This would not affect the regularly-scheduled November general election for 2025-2029.

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I can’t speak to the particulars of @kenmartin.bsky.social vs @benwikler.bsky.social but I do think Martin’s endorsers better represent the diversity of a future-oriented Democratic Party. The Minnesota DFL was one of the better state Dem parties and he should be a good DNC Chair.

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If one punch doesn’t land, throw it again. And a new one. And a new one after that. All pointing in the same direction: TRUMP IS BAD. TRUMP IS CORRUPT. TRUMP IS CHAOS. TRUMP IS UNFIT. The accumulation matters, and eventually something might really blow up, but you’ll never know what in advance.

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

So since the election, President Biden has granted clemency to ~1,500 non-violent convicts on home confinement and 37 death-row inmates, now ~2,500 non-violent drug offenders. Previously, Biden pardoned ~6,500 federal simple marijuana possession convicts.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

2021 New York City Mayoral Primary, first round estimate (left) and final round estimate (right). Eric Adams defeated former New York City Sanitation Commissioner and Emergency COVID-19 Food Czar Kathryn Garcia, 50.4%-49.6%.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Phase 1: Six week ceasefire, Hamas releases 33 Israeli hostages, Israel releases a number of Palestinian detainees. Palestinian civilians are to be allowed to return to their homes in the north, 600 aid trucks per day are to be allowed into Gaza, and the Rafah crossing is to be opened.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."

submitted 43 days ago • 474 comments

The “threat to democracy” is actually real, the NC Supreme Court is refusing the certification of an election because a Democrat won it narrowly.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

There are 21 engineers in the US House of the 119th Congress

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

One cursed result of this latest election is that NY-14 (AOC's district) voted to the right of NY-16 (George Latimer's district) for President.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Congestion pricing is officially in effect in NYC. Here is a map (per CBS) of the areas which will be tolled. Drivers will be charged upon entering Manhattan via the Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan, or Brooklyn Bridges, or the Battery, Holland, or Lincoln Tunnels.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

reminder that sober drivers cause the vast majority of car crashes, drunk driving laws overwhelming target poor and marginalized people, and heavy drinking provides an important emotional outlet. but y'all can just keep demonizing alcohol i guess

submitted 58 days ago • 10 comments

The Congressional YIMBY Caucus, led by @robertgarcia.bsky.social and a bipartisan group of co-chairs, currently has 32 members, largely representing densely-populated urban districts.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Really happy to see this — now the main thing left is the potential Kash Patel targets.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Kamala Harris won 465 counties in the 2024 Election, the fewest from a major-party Presidential nominee since McGovern in 1972. Statistics for these counties -- Population (2020 Census): 168,663,904 (50.9% of the US) GDP (2023 Estimate): $14,292,965,894 (63.5%) Area (Square Miles): 684,449 (19.4%)

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Wow this really sucks! Really sucks, like, for democracy, that people’s sense of general satisfaction with their lives has so much to do with ‘vibes’ and so little to do with policy preferences.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

The 2024 Presidential Election has been certified in every state. Popular vote -- 🔴 Trump (R): 77,300,731 (+1.5%) 🔵 Harris (D): 75,014,526

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking.

submitted 68 days ago • 122 comments

This is awful, effectively neuters large portions of IRA investment.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

These 1,500 people represented the remaining non-violent convicts who were serving time in minimum-security prisons before the CARES Act put them in home confinement. I’m very happy with this step, hopefully there are more pardons to come.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

It would be great if Kemp didn’t run — King is probably a decent candidate but lacks the name recognition and likely crossover appeal that Kemp has.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Manchin and Sinema vote no on Biden’s NLRB nominee, denying Democrats a majority that would’ve lasted for the first two years of Trump’s second term.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

good point by a mutual on the other site: a lot of LLM usage is actually polarizing people against actually useful ML work, like using transformer/CNN architectures for e.g. use in medical imaging or driving

submitted 77 days ago • 5 comments

Five weeks since the 2024 General Election, and 42 states plus DC have certified their vote counts.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Really sucks to see Bernie cave to the cranks, I really believe he’s previously been a good Senator who has been successful at introducing progressivism to the public.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment