@Wyatt_H_Knott @BernieSanders ... this reminds me that, at the very least, there should be a readily available list of #Fediverse accessable accounts for anyone in #government . Anywhere on #Mastodon , #Bluesky , even #Threads .... for #Democrat or #GOP , #Independents , or any/all of whatever party members there are?
Is there any such list posted somewhere?
The only one I know of to add to your group so far would be @SeanCasten
Join #Democrats and #Independents from #Yuba and #Sutter counties to meet like-minded people and discuss actions we are taking in our communities.
If you can't join in person, please email jtranter1463@comcast.net for the Zoom link
See you there!
@luciedigitalni @brainsmatter
On my suburban walk yesterday there many more Jessie Price (Independent) corflutes than anyone else's - by a factor of 5 (at least). I've never seen that happen before in Bean.
#Independents #Bean #Canberra #Australia #Corflutes #Election
Candidates tip ultra-marginal NSW seat to go down to the wire again
By Kelly Fuller
With a 0.2 per cent margin, high-profile candidates expect preferences to again decide the winner in Gilmore as Labor's Fiona Phillips faces former NSW Liberal minister Andrew Constance.
Candidates tip ultra-marginal NSW seat to go down to the wire again
By Kelly Fuller
With a 0.2 per cent margin, high-profile candidates expect preferences to again decide the winner in Gilmore as Labor's Fiona Phillips faces former NSW Liberal minister Andrew Constance.
Six teals fighting to be first Qld independents since Hanson, Katter
By Owen Jacques
Deep in Queensland's blue-blood heartland, six female independent candidates are aiming to dismantle decades of an LNP stranglehold on power.
Greens and first NT teal candidate fight to shake up major party vote
By Annabel Bowles
With Labor holding one NT seat on a slim margin and its grip on the other also in doubt, the Greens and a teal candidate are fighting to make history this election.
Polls are easy to spin, but the real salient facts here is that the duop are only two points apart and #Independents are the only contenders who have enjoyed an increase in their primary vote. That is my spin for true, participatory democracy #auspol https://michaelwest.com.au/dutton-approval-unplugged-as-work-ban-policy-hits-home/
Insanity is electing the same party and expecting different results. The duopoly cannot solve our biggest problems - wealth inequality, housing, climate change. They are beholden to corporate money. The only way for radical change is a crossbench full of fiery and committed #independents who are beholden only to the people. #auspol
Because party-dominated democracy is failing all over the world Americans have elected a gormless, swaying cheese puff of vanity and malice to lead them. In Australia, for the same reason - a broken political system - we'll elect ethical, passionate #independents to deliver true representative democracy to the world. We'll be making history, for all the right reasons #auspol #communityindependents
It's clear that elections are, to a large degree, about character. Career pollies just parrot empty talking points and fail to connect with me. When #independents talk they all shine with a genuine passion and, dare I say it, integrity. That's a big issue for me, and I suspect, many others. Demand better leaders. Vote for #communityindependents #auspol
28 page booklet (for curious printers, this includes the covers)
from independent candidate for #Flinders (former safe seat of greg rhymes-with) currently held by zoe mckenzie for #Lib party — all i could learn about her last election, beyond her party affiliation, was the skeezy (truly creepy) old bloke handing out how to vote cards said <she’s so pretty>.
she sends a fridge magnet calendar out, and has not actively done as much damage as greg <privatised medicine is so efficient and world class> rhymes-with, so far as i can tell
anyways… independent candidate booklet is yellow background, liberal blue type. content is moderately reasonable. 3 things in his favour: he is not proudly right wing, he is not proudly liberal, he is not proudly labor
also in letter box, 4 page pamphlet, yellow background, black ink, tone is <<warning warning danger will robinson>> “7 facts about ben smith and the teal independents”
the aim, obvs, is to taint ben’s chances by aligning him with teals, funded by simon holmes à court, teals vote with greens, are weak on security, want higher taxes, want to change australia day, support the voice, and voting teal risks a minority labour greens teal government.
how’s this for a scare: “Despite youth crime in victoria reaching a 15 year high last year, The Independent for Flinders Facebook group which promotes Ben Smith has posted online about the (bold type) fallacy of increased youth crime (end bold)
illustrations include headshots of adam bandt, greens leader, looking like he would pick a fight in an empty house, and one of anthony albanese, labor leader, looking 
like he is trying to work out who farted.
(authorised by s smith, liberal party)
Bernie Sanders trying to fool us again
@thejuicemedia This isn’t just a bad bill; it’s a betrayal of Australian voters. These changes were rushed through Parliament without proper scrutiny, debate, or transparency. The biggest changes to electoral laws in 40 years deserved a multi-party inquiry, not backroom deals.
It’s clear: the major parties are more interested in protecting their duopoly than serving the people. This is why we need strong, independent voices in Parliament, voices that aren’t beholden to corporate donors or party machines.
#DemocracyForSale #AusPol #Independents
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#Republicans, #Democrats, #Independents - #Trump expects us all to lay down while he steamrolls over our lives and liberties. Fuck that, and fuck him.
For years, "politics" was defined as "the art of compromise."
But if the other side refuses to compromise, you don't need to either.
Tell them you're willing to negotiate, but wait to see what happens.
About 250 more Democratic members of Congress, and their caucuses, need to take actions, and not just spew words or deliver none at all, in direct confrontational defiance of the Trump administration.
