"I am down with #Democracy"

@rolle @MarkRuffalo

San Francisco, we can do better than this! Boost to spread the word.

With less than one week until the last day to vote, only 23% of registered SF voters have returned their ballots.

It's better to return your ballot sooner rather than later so you have time to fix any problems that could keep your vote from being counted.

If there's a problem with your returned ballot, the SF Department of Elections will try to contact you to fix the problem.

⭐ Do democracy a favor and vote early! ⭐ Put your ballot into an official drop box or bring it to the City Hall Voting Center. You can still mail your ballot, but remember, in San Francisco it must be postmarked by or on Election Day to be counted.

Get all our unbiased voting information at lwvsf.org/vote.

#SanFrancisco #SFBA #SFBay #SFElections #Vote #Democracy #SFpol #GOTV #ElectionDay #Election2024 #VotingRights #VoteByMail #AbsenteeBallot #VoteReady #EveryVoteCounts #BeAVoter

"Trump's menace is real, he's carried out his authoritarian threats before -refuses to walk back his threats against Dems. Dem gaffes are literally instantly clarified. There's no symmetry."
-W Stancil

'It's actually worse than this. Not only do Trump & MAGA refuse to walk back authoritarian threats to persecute Dems; they EXPLICITLY DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE THREATS. They confirm that, yes, WE ABSOLUTELY MEANT THOSE THREATS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY."
-G Sargent

The #media boosts #TFG, not #democracy.

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🗳️ 2) Who do you think WILL win the US election?

✔ The #poll results will only come out after the #election.

✔ It will be shared on other #socialmedia like #X, #Bluesky, #Threads for a more diverse sample.

✔ Poll is hosted on Mastodon.social: https://mastodon.social/privacy-policy

#US #USA #Trump #Harris #TrumpVance #HarrisWalz #DonaldTrump #Kamala #KamalaHarris #USPolitics #uspol #politics #vote #republican #democrat #democracy #democrats #republicans #political #politica #unitedstates #america

• Kamala Harris / Tim Walz (74%, 94 votes)
• Donald Trump / JD Vance (19%, 25 votes)
• Independent, Libertarian or Green (0%, 0 votes)
• Other / No one (5%, 7 votes)

🇺🇸 1) Who do you WANT to win the US election?

⬇️ Make sure to vote in the 2nd #poll below!

Please boost to increase the sample :)

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#US #USA #election #Trump #Harris #TrumpVance #HarrisWalz #DonaldTrump #Kamala #KamalaHarris #USPolitics #uspol #politics #vote #fediverse #greenparty #independent #libertarian #political #republican #democrat #democracy #democrats #republicans #political #politica #politik #jdvance #timwalz #walz #vance #unitedstates #america #americans #west #mastopoll

• Kamala Harris / Tim Walz (82%, 119 votes)
• Donald Trump / JD Vance (2%, 4 votes)
• Independent, Libertarian or Green (9%, 13 votes)
• Other / No one (6%, 9 votes)

Via guidebook author, TV and radio host #RickSteves @ 7:41pm EDT on Oct 29, 2024

I long for the day when we can return to healthy and principled partisan debates. But this #election is different… and much deeper than left versus right. It’s about the survival of our #democracy.
The stakes are really high — and the best candidate is clear: #KamalaHarris

Reuters:
Harris warns of dangers of another Trump presidency in speech at Jan. 6 site

"We know who Donald Trump is," Harris said...

"This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power," Harris said..

Harris was flanked by American flags on stage and surrounded by blue and white banners that said "FREEDOM" ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-speak-tuesday-site-trumps-jan-6-rally-2024-10-29/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz

Brother of #CapitolPolice Officer #BrianSicknick who died from injuries sustained from #Trump #insurrectionists on #Jan6 speaking now at #KamalaHarris #Ellipse #ClosingArgument event.

#MAGA #Republicans #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Tyranny #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #insurrection

#WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#KamalaHarris’ event at the #ellipse will start being aired live on CSPAN at 7PM ET.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?539540-1/vice-president-harris-delivers-address-ellipse-washington-dc

#USpol #Election2024
#WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

The location of #KamalaHarris’ event will be a stark display of the alternate futures that voters face if she or #Trump takes over the #US presidency in just 3 months.

“It’s a place that … helps crystalize the choice in this #election,” said #Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.

#USpol

#MAGA #Republicans #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Tyranny #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #insurrection

#WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#KamalaHarris’ closing argument event will be held at the #Ellipse, near the White House, in Washington, DC, the same spot where #Trump held his *Stop the Steal* rally, inciting a crowd of thousands to violently invade the Capitol to try to halt the #certification of Democrat Joe #Biden's victory.

#USpol

#MAGA #Republicans #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Tyranny #criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #insurrection

#WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

MVP #KamalaHarris is making the “closing argument” for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where #Trump incited his #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection.

Harris' speech comes just after Trump’s Sunday night #Nazi Party Rally aka #MAGA Rally at #MadisonSquareGarden.

Harris event is scheduled to run from 5-9 PM ET. Harris' address is estimated to start around 7:30 PM ET.

#criminal #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #insurrection
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

"We at the Media and Democracy Project have created 18 election coverage guidelines that draw inspiration from the work being done by journalism nonprofits and respected media critics. The guidelines propose three key principles: treating elections like they matter more than sports scores, clearly communicating threats to democracy, and protecting the public from disinformation. "

Read our column here:
https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/newsrooms-must-become-partisans-for

#Press #Journalism #Democracy

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Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy

National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.

^{Brian Hansbury (The Media and Democracy Project Blog)}

When will people stop believing high minded #billionaire rhetoric?

#Google is, in fact, evil despite *saying* "Don't be evil."

#WaPo is, in fact, draped in #democracy killing darkness despite saying "democracy dies in darkness."

You are not, in fact, "in good hands" with Allstate. You're in cold, methodical, deny your coverage for any excuse hands.

#Facebook does not, in fact, "bring the world closer together." It isolates people while bringing them closer to advertisers and extremist content.

X does not, in fact, allow you to "Blaze your glory" whatever that #AdderalAddledNazi owner was thinking the motto meant when he thought it up in an amphetamine haze.

Pro tip: Every #corporation shares the same motto: "Maximize shareholder profit by any and all means."

Shipley held a contentious meeting on Monday with scores of #opinion section staffers, who posed tough questions to the #editorial page chief, including appeals for #Bezos to address them.

As recently as last week, according to a person present, Shipley said he sought to talk Bezos out of his decision. Shipley added, “I failed.”

#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism #WashingtonPost

“I believe we face a very real threat of #autocracy in the candidacy of Donald #Trump,” Hoffman added in his letter to #Editorial Page Editor #DavidShipley, which was obtained by NPR. “I find it untenable & unconscionable that we have lost our voice."

Hoffman says he intends to remain at the paper, saying he "refuses to give up on The Post, where I have spent 42 years.

#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism #Bezos #WashingtonPost

“For decades, the #WashingtonPost's editorials have been a beacon of light, signaling hope to dissidents, political prisoners & the voiceless,” Hoffman wrote in a letter Monday explaining his decision to leave the editorial board. “When victims of repression were harassed, exiled, imprisoned & murdered, we made sure the whole world knew the truth.

#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism #Bezos

The other writer is David Hoffman, who accepted a #PulitzerPrize for #editorial writing on Thurs, the day before #Bezos’ decision…. Pulitzer judges recognized him “for a compelling & well-researched series on new #technologies & the tactics #authoritarian regimes use to repress #dissent in the digital age, & how they can be fought.”

#WashingtonPost #FourthEstate #democracy #journalism

The #WashingtonPost has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations of digital #subscriptions & a series of #resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples w/the fallout of owner #Bezos’s decision to block an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris.

>200k people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday…. The figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5M subscribers, which includes print as well.

#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations

The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.

A corporate spokesperson declined to comment, citing The #WashingtonPost Co.'s status as a privately held company.

“It’s a colossal number,” former Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli told NPR. “The problem is, people don’t know why the decision was made. We basically know the decision was made but we don’t know what led to it.”

#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism #Bezos

The guardrails of #Democracy #Failed. Now It’s Down to Us.

With government guardrails compromised, #JamelleBouie urges that only #American #voters can #protect #democracy and prevent Trump’s #authoritarian #ambitions from eroding the nation’s foundational values by #voting for #KamalaHarris.

— Though he couldn't say that explicitly, It is the New York Times afterall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/trump-milley-kelly-esper-generals.html

^^^ Is a brilliant talk, tying together the issues of #climatechange #privacy, and #democracy.

@aral if you are going to be in Poland for a while, I would love to talk, or listen to another one of your talks. I live in Katowice.

I have lots of questions.

RS:
'Yes, I was in a cult': J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being 'all in with MAGA'

As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election "Stop the Steal" rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life and has become a full-throated supporter of... Kamala Harris...

"Yes, I was in a cult..I got caught up in all the lies.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-cult-2669490142/

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris

'Yes, I was in a cult': J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being 'all in with MAGA'

As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election "Stop the Steal" rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life and has become a full-throated supporter of Vice Presi…

^{Tom Boggioni (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

The Washington Post Snuck In an Endorsement After All—From Its Humor Writer

“I would be a little embarrassed that it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to make our presidential endorsement,” Petri wrote. “I will spare you the suspense: I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president, because I like elections and want to keep having them.” ...

The Post’s readership, she argued, deserves and expects “that we are saying what we really think...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-washington-post-snuck-in-an-endorsement-after-allfrom-its-humor-writer/

#News #Democracy #Harris

The Washington Post Snuck In an Endorsement After All—From Its Humor Writer

The contentious race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Alexandra Petri wrote, is “not an election for sitting out.”

^{Lily Mae Lazarus (The Daily Beast)}

" #DonaldTrump has described at length the dangerous and disturbing actions he says he will take if he wins the presidency.

...These statements are so outrageous and outlandish, so openly in conflict with the norms and values of #American #democracy that many find them hard to regard as anything but empty bluster.

We have two words for American voters: Believe him."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/25/opinion/what-trump-says.html

#Trump #Fascism #GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #News #Press #Media #Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue

"“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of their desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.' 'Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and the church," was the Nazi slogan for women,' the pamphlet said."

#fascism #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #democracy #women
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#KamalaHarris #Kalamazoo, #Michigan rally speech

After thanking #MichelleObama, Harris launched into her stump speech highlighting her achievements as California’s attorney general.

When some of the crowd chant “lock him up”, she interrupts: “The courts are going to handle that - we’re going to handle November”.

#USpol #Election2024 #ProsecutorVsFelon #democracy #law #accountability #responsibility #respect #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Link to #MichelleObama’s speech at VP #KamalaHarris rally in #Kalamazoo, #Michigan.

#USpol #Election2024 #ProsecutorVsFelon #democracy #law #accountability #responsibility #respect #freedom #WomensRights #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Im_dNaO7L4

How can higher ed make democracy better?

Check it out! 👇
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/how-can-higher-education-make-democracy-better/

#U.s.Politics #Government #Education #Democracy #Nationnworld

How can higher ed make democracy better?

A Kennedy School panel of specialists on public policy and civic engagement says it’s a combination of knowledge — and skills.

^{Christina Pazzanese (Harvard Gazette)}

If you had any doubts about what the billionaire #oligarchs who own #CorporateMedia want in this election, you should doubt no more. They want to enable a #fascist takeover so they can establish the #oligarchy they have always wanted. #Bezos is an #oligarch who cares more about his own power and his ability to pay little to no taxes than about #democracy in America.

#WashingtonPost breathed its last today, but it contracted a terminal disease when this oligarch bought it.

Both sides support rule by the #US #Oligarchy and agree on far more than they disagree on.
Granted, one side is clearly much worse than the other, but #Democracy long ago left the building.
Neither side is really committed to doing anything that will actually improve the lives of the average #American very much.
#America will remain the plaything and playground of the ultra-rich.

#VOTE FOR #HARRIS.

The publisher for the Washington Post says the storied paper will not endorse a candidate for president for the first time in 36 years, and that it does not intend to endorse candidates in future races. The move has prompted outcry from employees of the Post, including its former Executive Editor Martin Baron, as well as others in the media industry. “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron tells @npr. Read more:

https://flip.it/xVXGY_

#Media #Election #WashingtonPost #Endorsement #Democracy

The #EU is now trying to find means of its own to bolster enforcement & reinforce its curbs on #Russia.

Tom Keatinge, of think tank the Royal United Services Institute, said European policy makers had been preparing "autonomous European #sanctions considering the possibility of a #Trump presidency" but would have to bolster enforcement.

#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #Security #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Europe seeks to underpin #Russia #sanctions, fearing that a return of #Trump could undermine Western efforts to isolate Moscow….

The talks among #EU ofcls & envoys are centred on several initiatives to ensure that European sanctions would remain in place longer term, bolstering them through tighter enforcement, even if Washington changes tack.

#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-seeks-underpin-russia-sanctions-fearing-trump-overhaul-2024-10-25/

"Should a #Trump presidency reverse #US sanctions on #Russia, Europeans will need to be much more muscular in ... enforcement action & will no longer be able to hide behind Uncle Sam," he said.

…European countries were wrongfooted during Trump's last presidency, when the #UnitedStates reversed an international deal w/ #Iran over its #nuclear program & unilaterally reinstated #sanctions, leaving #Europe out on a limb.

#geopolitics #Security #ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024