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Some good news to report. The small town of Enid, OK recalled a neo-Nazi City Commissioner by the name of Judd Blevins. After he was elected as to the Enid City Council in 2023, Blevins’ despicable past caught up with him. Blevins attented the infamous...
by Merlin196360
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on Tue Apr 02, 2024 at 07:30 PM PDT
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The headline is a question, not a position, but it stems from the recent “recall” of Tesla’s Autopilot system. �It is not a recall in the sense that I grew up with — where you have to take ...
by angryea
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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Tesla is recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system to fix problems with the way it behaves around intersections and following posted speed limits. The recall, part of a larger investigation by U.S. safety regulators into...
by Associated Press
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on Thu Feb 16, 2023 at 11:02 AM PST
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Quick Question: Would it be possible to have well-funded coordinated recall initiatives against each of the ridiculously right-wing members of the house, the freedom-from-sense caucus members?
by Larry Lagarto
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on Thu Jan 05, 2023 at 11:47 AM PST
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During Tuesday's recall election for the San Francisco school board, three progressive members out of seven members total were voted out, including School Board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga, and Commissioner Alison Collins....
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Feb 16, 2022 at 02:22 PM PST
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The election to recall the governor of California went down in flames on Tuesday. Gavin Newsom defeated the blatantly partisan Republican sham with a whopping 28 point margin of victory. The results ...
by News Corpse
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on Wed Sep 15, 2021 at 12:41 PM PDT
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More than ever we poor earthlings are being bombarded with the irrational, hateful, and fearful babbling of the right wing. No place or person is spared from this onslaught. Even in deep blue California there are little dumb assistans that serve as...
by Steve McKeand
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on Wed Sep 15, 2021 at 08:37 AM PDT
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No earthshaking insights here, but a few points that some may have missed. California is a very blue state. In October 2000, California had 7,134,601 registered Democratic voters compared to 5,485,492 registered Republicans. But over the next 20 years,...
by liberaldad2
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on Wed Sep 15, 2021 at 09:42 AM PDT
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We did it folks, for the time we have a breather with Gavin Newsom retaining his role as the Governor of CA. Even though he will be up for re-election next year. this does show that by 66% to a 33% of my fellow Californians, do not want A] Trumpian...
by Rhune
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on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 09:35 PM PDT
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Texas has effectively banned abortion, and the Supreme Court refused a temporary restraining order while the case winds its way up the courts. As last week’s guest, The Nation’s Elie Mystal, argued, Roe v. Wade has effectively been overturned, and...
by kos
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on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 01:02 PM PDT
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Hundreds of millions of dollars for a nuisance election, please vote no.
by annieli
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on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 07:08 AM PDT
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THROW THE SHOE—Last Chance to Vote! By Don C. Reed The tale is told of a pioneer found dead, his body shot full of arrows—while in his hands was a single-shot rifle , still loaded, its one bullet left unfired. That is not the way, I think. If I was...
by diverdonreed
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on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 03:05 AM PDT
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SF has not one, not two, but 5 recall opportunities coming up with the first being the big one — Gavin Newsom. Because many of you are not in CA and so not experiencing the true weirdness of this circus we’re calling the Gubernatorial Recall Election,...
by birches
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on Mon Sep 13, 2021 at 06:22 PM PDT
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If you’re a Californian, please vote NO by Tuesday. If you have friends there, remind them of this. GOTV. Police are investigating whether conservative radio host Larry Elder, a Republican running in the California gubernatorial recall race, brandished...
by annieli
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on Mon Sep 13, 2021 at 09:44 AM PDT
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In honor of yesterday’s vote, on behalf of our state’s Governor and our county’s DA, I dedicate this setlist to whatever it is the Republican Party has decayed into.
by jck
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on Wed Sep 15, 2021 at 05:30 PM PDT
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From an article in Newsweek www.newsweek.com/… So for the holy rollers, what it comes down to is : Newsom — pro-choice, for vaccine and mask mandates and a livable minimum wage Elder — against choice, masks, any minimum wage at all, Medicare, Medicaid,...
by jaybird1944
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on Sun Sep 12, 2021 at 05:52 PM PDT
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Here are the biggest problems the next governor will face. By Tim Redmond, for� Capital and Main There are 46 people who think they should replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California. Most ...
by Capital and Main
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on Sat Sep 11, 2021 at 07:29 AM PDT
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It likely started with the recall of Chief Justice Rose Bird, the forces of reactionary right-wing idiots in California leveraging the recall petition signature process. The signature gathering is more about turning signatures into commodities being...
by annieli
101 comments
on Fri Sep 10, 2021 at 07:46 AM PDT
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The lack of enthusiasm for removing Gavin Newsom is growing by the day. I wonder how much of this change is being driven by revulsion for the publicly expressed opinions of Larry Elder, who is currently far in the polling lead of the replacement...
by jaybird1944
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on Thu Sep 09, 2021 at 05:51 PM PDT
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Things are going well so far in California. More than half the votes thus far recorded are from Democrats. About a quarter are from Republicans. (LA Times, Sep 8). 538 now has Newsom ahead by 12+ points. The odds on Predictit are 9-1 that Newsom...
by stevenaxelrod
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on Wed Sep 08, 2021 at 03:52 PM PDT
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