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Black MAGA creator ‘can’t believe the disrespect’ after she’s removed from Ken Paxton rally
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Am I the only one bothered by this?
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/36883936
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David Eby’s last minute plea to BC voters to abandon Emily Lowan’s Greens comes in the face of projections showing that the BC Conservatives are likely to form a false majority government with as little as 42% of the popular vote.
It’s not too late for David Eby and the BC NDP to commit to act on the recommendations of BC’s all-party committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform.
Voting Green, according to Eby, is too big a “risk”. He worries that British Columbians will “wake up on October 25 and wonder how someone who shares bizarre anti-vaccine views” could become the health minister.
The explanation for how any party could get all of the power with 42% of the vote, and why any big tent could be captured by people on the extremes, lies squarely with our winner-take-all voting system.
Keeping first-past-the-post was a risk David Eby was willing to take.
Last November, BC’s all party-committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform - consisting of MLAs from the BC NDP, BC Conservatives, BC Greens and One BC - unanimously recommended a BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform, whose first principle to consider would be proportional representation.
Their recommendation followed a province-wide consultation in which 93% of participants, including 46 groups, called for proportional representation.
Only proportional representation would ensure that most British Columbians would see their votes count no matter who they vote for or where they live.
Only proportional representation will do away with the risk of “majority” governments with far less than half the vote.
Eby’s terse and dismissive response to the committee’s recommendation at the time - “I’m not interested in that” - was a short-sighted one, that he should be encouraged to reconsider.
Any leader that truly wants to ward off US-style politics and avoid a divisive two-party system that empowers the extremes should embrace proportional representation.
Winner-take-all voting puts many BC voters in a no-win situation, fuels cynicism, and is responsible for many voters simply not showing up.
Is David Eby prepared to offer undecided voters who want a proportional voting system more than another wallop of fear to entice them to vote for the BC NDP?
Many voters, of all political persuasions, would welcome the announcement that the BC NDP is going to act on the Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee's recommendations.
Green Party leader Emily Lowan has already committed to proportional representation.
Until politicians in BC have the courage and conviction to follow the evidence and to show leadership on proportional representation, every BC election with first-past-the-post is gambling with our future.
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Scammers use AI to clone Florida sheriff’s captain’s voice in fake arrest warrant calls
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Doing our part
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72601186
Creator credit: https://tiktok.com/@twonkcomics
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While Waging War and Wrecking Economy, Trump's Focused On... Renaming New Mexico
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As Americans suffer from an affordability crisis exacerbated by President Donald Trump's policies, both foreign and domestic, critics on Monday excoriated him for his inane pursuit of changing the name of yet another geographical place—this time, one of the nation's most culturally distinct states.
"New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. "We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America! The name would add great value and prestige to the State!"
"Home Values and Incomes would rise," the president baselessly contended, "and you would be even prouder while saluting our beautiful American Flag! Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!"
Americas: Please do literally anything about affordability. I can't afford groceries. Trump: WE SHOULD RENAME NEW MEXICO TO NEW AMERICA!!
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— Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
New Mexico has no such reputation, despite Republican electors signing a certificate purporting to cast the state's electoral votes for Trump in 2020—former President Joe Biden won there by double digits—and GOP commissioners in Otero County refusing to certify the June 2022 primary results over unfounded concerns about voting machines.
Trump's desire to rename New Mexico "New America" is curious, given that both old and New Mexico—as well as everywhere from Greenland to Tierra del Fuego—are part of the Americas.
The president has already renamed the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario—though the new names aren't recognized internationally—and has also floated changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait, even as the military under his command has been unable to gain control of the vital waterway amid the increasingly protracted US-Israeli war of choice against Iran.
"It's like we're living in a never-ending 'South Park' episode," Zeteo media columnist Justin Baragona said Monday on Bluesky, referring to the long-running Comedy Central adult animation show, whose upcoming season will be renamed "South America" in a satirical send-up of not only Trump's rechristening spree, but also the complicity of tech titans like Google and Apple that all too readily comply with the president's whims.
Your President of the United States, folks. Laser-focused on the issues that matter to Americans and on the myriad major problems around the globe.
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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
US Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)—who recently led New Mexico's congressional delegation in calling on Apple and Google to keep the state's current name on their maps—said Monday on social media that "New Mexico’s name dates back hundreds of years, long before the United States even existed."
"It carries generations of history, culture, and rich traditions that continue to shape who we are," he added. "We are New Mexicans. We’re proud of our name, proud of our home, and we’re keeping both. Long after Donald Trump is out of office, we’ll still be New Mexico."
Critics of Trump's policies skewered the president's priorities amid a cost-of-living crisis he said he'd fix upon returning to office and a war of choice he promised never to wage.
"People are struggling to afford housing, to pay their electric bills, to fill their tank with gas, and to buy groceries. The Mad King’s solution: Rename New Mexico as New America and your income will magically go up," California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat running to fill retiring Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) House seat, said on social media.
Former US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a Democrat running for governor of New Mexico, said, "New Mexico is New Mexico, and you lost here three times because you're corrupt and don't care about working people."
"You should be focused on ending this war, stopping these tariffs, and making things less expensive," she added, "not renaming our state."
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