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Ego-bot posted:Big news from the Democratic stronghold of Wyoming This is wild, wasn't it literally part of the stimulus bill to give a bonus to states that expanded medicaid but it was determined that clause wouldn't be enacted because all the relevant states said "no thanks"? Is this something that would get through the governor, or is it just gonna get vetoed?
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Cool, I was going to ask the thread/Friendbot, etc whether Foy was a good choice for governor. I've been receiving piles of e-mails from her campaign for weeks. Roem's endorsement is a big plus for me. Foy is a great choice for governor! It is likely going to be a race between Terry McAuliffe and her and while T-mac isn't as progressive as her on a lot of things, he is very well liked and very good on labor issues so I can live with him if she doesn't get the nomination. He was a surprisingly good governor and will rubber stamp anything the VADEMs pass. Foy getting these endorsements proves it's actually going to be a race, but my money is still on T-Mac just from name recognition alone and being generally popular across the board with a wide spectrum of ideologies. If Del Elizabeth Guzman wins LT Gov, we are going to have a progressive dream team in the governors mansion friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Mar 10, 2021 |
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Ego-bot posted:Big news from the Democratic stronghold of Wyoming Meanwhile in neighboring South Dakota, we passed a bill banning trans girls competing in girls/womens sports! To commemorate International Women's Day! There are no trans girls competing in sports this year and there has been only one in the last ~decade. https://www.argusleader.com/story/n...jexiHsLMHOeVMyo It's pissing off some (but not enough) of the conservatives in the state because it's going to cost money to implement and also cost money to defend in court. ACLU will challenge it immediately.
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Ralph wants to toke up.quote:RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam has asked the General Assembly to speed up the legalization of marijuana in the state, making it lawful for an adult to possess up to one ounce on July 1, 2021, instead of waiting until early 2024.
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Letting our dumbass blackface governor stick around turned out a lot better than expected. Hopefully the changes get implemented because holy gently caress what is the point of waiting until 2024. Speaking of, has anything actually happened with the allegations against Fairfax? Nothing new on his wiki page since the incident and he's a candidate for governor now.
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Captain Cappy posted:Letting our dumbass blackface governor stick around turned out a lot better than expected. Hopefully the changes get implemented because holy gently caress what is the point of waiting until 2024. he is never going to hold public office in va again, which is something, but in terms of 'investigations', no. fairfax actually tried to have his accusers criminally investigated but nobody was interested in helping him.
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Captain Cappy posted:Letting our dumbass blackface governor stick around turned out a lot better than expected. Hopefully the changes get implemented because holy gently caress what is the point of waiting until 2024. The VADems have pushed Fairfax's future into a trunk and sunt it at the bottom of the Chesapeake. Like, I don't even think the VA Black Caucus is backing him. Like, I don't think he is going to be put in prison sadly, but his candidacy is a loving joke and the race is solely between T-Mac and Foy at this point.
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friendbot2000 posted:The VADems have pushed Fairfax's future into a trunk and sunt it at the bottom of the Chesapeake. Like, I don't even think the VA Black Caucus is backing him. Like, I don't think he is going to be put in prison sadly, but his candidacy is a loving joke and the race is solely between T-Mac and Foy at this point. Aren't you forgetting someone?
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Discendo Vox posted:Aren't you forgetting someone? Lee Carter is running a vanity campaign. He's unlikely to get more than a few percent in the primary and any resources/effort used to support him would be better spent on Foy.
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Youth Decay posted:Lee Carter is running a vanity campaign. He's unlikely to get more than a few percent in the primary and any resources/effort used to support him would be better spent on Foy. im kind of pissed about mcclellan getting shafted by mcauliffe entering - it would've been her primary to win otherwise. if we're being honest, foy also has a zero % chance of winning. its going to be mcauliffe in a landslide.
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Discendo Vox posted:Aren't you forgetting someone? Carter Delinda Est
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Aruan posted:im kind of pissed about mcclellan getting shafted by mcauliffe entering - it would've been her primary to win otherwise. if we're being honest, foy also has a zero % chance of winning. its going to be mcauliffe in a landslide. yeah true, but Foy at least has some chance of making an impact in the race even if it's just to get McAuliffe to talk progressive.
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Youth Decay posted:yeah true, but Foy at least has some chance of making an impact in the race even if it's just to get McAuliffe to talk progressive. this is crazy to type, but in terms of big ticket items there just not that much left to push for - its just expanding a lot of whats already there (i.e. increasing school funding, but the fight of "do we even fund schools" has already been won) like, look at foy on health care quote:Reduce health insurance costs by building a Virginia Reinsurance Program that will lower premiums for hardworking families. when one of her items is "fund doula care and increase diverse student admissions to medical school" then... thats progress! (also theres nothing the governor can do to increase URM admissions to medical schools)
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Owlspiracy posted:im kind of pissed about mcclellan getting shafted by mcauliffe entering - it would've been her primary to win otherwise. if we're being honest, foy also has a zero % chance of winning. its going to be mcauliffe in a landslide. Yeah, there is some insider baseball about T-Mac being unhappy with what he was offered in the Biden Admin so he ran anyways, which he was only going to do if Trump won. McClellan got the nod from literally everyone including T-Mac and he just...hosed her over. Eh, thats local politics for ya! Never a dull moment! But the story is that all the endorsements going to Foy is a message to T-Mac in the words of "That's a paddlin". The VADEMs are more than a little upset at him right now because state politics is very much a "wait your turn" kinda system. Which you can argue is good or bad all you want, but that is just the reality of most democratic systems on the planet tbh. You put in your time and ascend to higher office and yes, there is a line to the Governors Mansion and the knives come out when you cut. Foy has a decent trajectory to the Governors Mansion, I just don't think it is going to be this year. She has only spent 2 years in the House of Delegates, and that isn't normally enough time to shore up support for a Gov Bid. However, she does have a decent amount of name recognition from some of the polling I have seen, so she has a chance to not get completely blown out. Remains to be seen.
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Owlspiracy posted:this is crazy to type, but in terms of big ticket items there just not that much left to push for - its just expanding a lot of whats already there (i.e. increasing school funding, but the fight of "do we even fund schools" has already been won) Does Virginia have card check?
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Another Good Virginia Thing https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/us/virginia-bans-gay-trans-panic-defense-trnd/index.html Virginia becomes the first state in the South to ban gay and trans panic as a defense quote:Delegate Danica Roem introduced the bill in the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this year, and Gov. Ralph Northam signed the bill last week. It goes into effect in July. Thank you Danica Roem.
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One of the more shameful and unfortunate parts of legal history, I’m glad to see VA is moving forward.
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https://twitter.com/danielmarans/status/1379583202168279040?s=21 Fuckin' Y I K E S
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Fairfax is a lunatic and rapist. Can’t wait for him to be out of office for good.
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The Maryland legislature just overrode the governor's veto of a law repealing the state's "police bill of rights".quote:Maryland enacted historic police accountability measures Saturday, becoming the first state to repeal its powerful Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights and setting new rules for when police may use force and how they are investigated and disciplined.
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Don't tell them that. American police pretty much consider themselves an occupying military force.
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Yeah the concept of cops calling people “civilians” implies they think the streets are a literal warzone. I bet it’s not a stretch for them to think that there might be some amount of “acceptable loss” while they’re doing whatever. I believe the term “sergeant” in the realm of police was an adoption of the term “sergeant at arms” and not a sergeant in the military but the ranks, the quasi-military structure/livery, it all really does create a feeling of being an occupying military. I guess. I don’t know any cops, but the military haircuts and the.. everything makes me think they’re cosplaying military.
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this is basically the Virginia Good Things thread Virginia governor signs bills creating tuition-free community college program for low, middle-income students https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-...ncome-students/ The cutoff is 400% of the poverty line, so for 2021-2022 up to $49,960 for a single independent student or $103k for someone from a household of 4. That covers a lot of students. https://www.brcc.edu/Assets/uploads/finaid/2021-22/g3-income-eligibility-guidelines-2021-2022.pdf
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New poll is out showing MacAuliffe completely destroying everyone else. Even if everyone but Foy dropped out he’d still run away with it. Herring has a sizable lead in the AG race although Jay Jones has been gaining ground. I have no idea who to root for in the LG race mostly on account of I have no idea who any of them are. T-Mac and Herring winning their primaries isn’t necessarily a bad thing but it is disappointing when you feel like this state has gotten to the point where it doesn’t need to be led by old white dudes.
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Ballz posted:New poll is out showing MacAuliffe completely destroying everyone else. Even if everyone but Foy dropped out he’d still run away with it. Once T-mac entered the race it was over. Now the best look to the future of the VA Executive is the LT Gov. I am waffling between Hala Ayala or S. Rasoul. Both are very good progressive choices and being LT makes them heir apparent for Governor in 4 years with how VA politics works. The race currently leans within a hairs breath of Rasoul, but I wouldnt hold my breath on that. Either way, both would make excellent governors T-Mac will rubberstamp anything that the Dems send his way anyways and he has always been a good friend to labor and teachers so I am comfortable with him winning, I would prefer Foy, but eh, what can you do. The scuttlebutt now is that he entered to murder Fairfax's chances because name recognition is...powerful at this level.
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friendbot2000 posted:Once T-mac entered the race it was over. Now the best look to the future of the VA Executive is the LT Gov. I am waffling between Hala Ayala or S. Rasoul. Both are very good progressive choices and being LT makes them heir apparent for Governor in 4 years with how VA politics works. The race currently leans within a hairs breath of Rasoul, but I wouldnt hold my breath on that. Either way, both would make excellent governors I personally am supporting Rasoul but I am agreed on both he and Ayala being good picks. I got polled for this poll btw.
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I'm still voting for Foy in the primary, even if it's a lost cause. Maybe a better-than-expected showing might help her for something else down the road. I'll also be going with Jay Jones for AG. He also will probably lose, but it does look like a lot of undecideds are swinging hard for him. I'll probably just flip a coin on LG at this point if they're both solid progressive choices.
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I swear, Arizona just needs to sink into hell or something. I don't even know anymore. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1532H.htm Basically, without defining "controversial," it's now forbidden to teach controversial subjects without providing both sides of an issue without deference to any side. Teachers face a $5000 fine.
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lolquote:E. A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL OR STATE AGENCY MAY NOT REQUIRE INSTRUCTION IN OR MAKE PART OF A COURSE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS: hasn't passed the senate yet tho
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When your campaign's going great https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1391245567947329536?s=20
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My "About The Dead Girl In My Bathtub" website section has people asking a lot of questions already answered by it
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I swear, Arizona just needs to sink into hell or something. I don't even know anymore. TheDeadlyShoe posted:lol I re-upped my teaching contract for next year right before my board shut down masks, and was just starting to talk myself into not going back on it and sticking with the plan to try another year in AZ when this poo poo appeared. I wrote a letter to my Superintendent asking for some kind of response to this because it literally makes teaching Social Studies an untenable financial risk if it passes. Curious what she'll have to say.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:lol
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:A family member of mine who's a teacher told me yesterday that she was asked to stop developing her curriculum for the civil rights movement until further notice. Funny, my principle hadn't even heard of it and told me not to worry, and he's pretty center-right. He did say he was going to ask the Super about it at the next principle's meeting though. I already wrote her and she hasn't written back yet.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:lol Note the cutout that allows a school to teach that one religion is superior.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:lol There is a large amount of "I'M NOT MAD!!" energy dripping from these stipulations.
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whats some good political stuff to get involved in PA? i sent in some volunteer stuff for the fetterman campaign the day it launched but i never got anything back. id like to either work/volunteer for for a senator or some sorta of org. any advice?
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