Downshift 🥥🌴
Downshift 🥥🌴  ·  3 months ago
#Harris candidacy leave voters more enthusiastic about election

Monmouth University Polling Institute’s director, Patrick Murray: “This is clearly a different ballgame. The nominee change has raised the ceiling for potential #Democratic support in the presidential contest by a small but crucial amount, at least for now.”

#KamalaHarris#HarrisWalz#HarrisWalz2024#USPol#USPolitics#Politics#Election2024#2024Election#Freedom#Joy#SaveDemocracy#VoteBlue

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/aug/14/harris-trump-polls-swing-states-election-updates

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Initiative to enshrine #AbortionRights in #Missouri constitution qualifies for Nov ballot

MO voters will decide in Nov whether to guarantee a right to #abortion w/a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total #ban on the procedure.

#law#ReproductiveRights#AbortionAccess#SCOTUS#RoeVWade#Dobbs#Vote#VoteBlue#Election2024
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/missouri-voters-face-choice-continued-abortion-ban-new-112802263

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Democrats flip #SocialMedia * #censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.

#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” * #conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Now #Democrats are turning that complaint around, questioning whether #GOP ally #ElonMusk’s #X is suppressing #content favoring MVP #KamalaHarris to help #Trump’s reelection bid.
On Mon, Rep #JerryNadler (D) called on House #Judiciary Chair #GymJordan (R) to “investigate political censorship” on X, citing the company’s #chatbot, #Grok, falsely telling users #Harris was ineligible to appear on the 2024 ballot.

#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#JerryNadler (D) voiced similar concerns in a letter last month after some users reported temporarily being unable to follow an #X account for the #Harris campaign. Nadler wrote that if X was “intentionally throttling or blocking” the account, it would “amount to egregious #censorship.”

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=396208

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The missives reflect growing fear among #Democrats that #ElonMusk — who has vocally endorsed #Trump & *interviewed* him on the site late Monday — could use his platform to give Trump & other #Republicans a leg up in this year’s elections.
A handful of recent #content #moderation decisions by #X have heightened those concerns.

#Musk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
In addition to the apparent restriction on the #Harris campaign account & erroneous #Grok replies, some pro-Harris accounts have been labeled as #spam, incl #WhiteDudesForHarris & #ProgressivesForHarris, as Trisha Thadani reported.

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/07/musk-x-harris-bias/

SLCW💥
SLCW💥  ·  4 months ago
#Trump bizarrely told his supporters that "nobody really knows" #KamalaHarris' last name. It's an odd thing to say because her last name is Harris, and it has been since forever. It's also odd given that his running-mate has had 4 different names, and they're all made-up.

cc: @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

#TrumpIsALiar#TrumpIsDelusional#TrumpIsAFelon#HarrisWalz2024#Kamala2024#VoteBlue#VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy

https://2paragraphs.com/2024/08/trump-shows-flash-of-bitter-anger-how-the-hell-did-this-happen/

Pamela :yell:
Pamela :yell:  ·  4 months ago
I'm all for the all-Americans creed.

However, as a woman trapped in the state of #Texas against my will I, for one, want a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT that guarantees equal protection under the law for all WOMEN.

I want a FEDERAL law protecting WOMEN's access to healthcare. And I'm NOT AFRAID to call it what it is: ABORTION.

My purpose in life is NOT that of an incubator for posterity!

@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

#texasIsHell#Vote#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Project2025 #weird

Democrats Abroad
Democrats Abroad  ·  4 months ago
#KamalaHarris selects #Minnesota Governor Tim #Walz as her running mate!

He's a veteran, teacher, rural district House Representative, dad, husband, and one of the most popular and effective governors in the country. #DreamTeam!

#Expat voters: celebrate #HarrisWalz and #register to #vote NOW at http://voteabroad.org/SocMediaVFA!

@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

#VoteFromAbroad#DemocratsAbroad#VoteBlue

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.

Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Several lawsuits followed, including one filed in 2020 by the #conservative Upper Midwest #Law Ctr alleging #TimWalz misinterpreted the #Minnesota Emergency Management Act & illegally bypassed state lawmakers….

The case, which focused on the #COVID #pandemic#MaskMandate, eventually made its way to the MN Supreme Court, which sent it back to the MN Court of Appeals. In July 2023, that court ruled that #Walz indeed had the authority.👏🏻

#PublicHealth#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“He made #Minnesota the first state in the country to pass a #law providing constitutional #abortion protections after the #SupremeCourt overturned #RoeVWade, & as an avid hunter, he passed a bill requiring #UniversalBackgroundChecks for #gun purchases.

“But what impressed me most about Tim is his deep commitment to his family: Gwen, Gus, & Hope. Doug & I look forward to working w/him & Gwen to build an administration that reflects our shared values.

#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
While #TimWalz might not be a household name, his political star has been on the rise….

#Walz was also credited w/helping launch the " #weird" movement….

He has also been applauded & condemned for several #progressive laws passed while in #Minnesota's highest office, especially in his 2nd term when the #DFL Party took total control of state govt following the 2022 elections.…

#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-governor-tim-walz-accomplishments-setbacks/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.

Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024