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The Left Coast Votes

I voted yesterday. Not that it changes how many Electoral College votes we get, but 88% of eligible Californians are registered to vote, the largest share heading into a general election in 80 years. That’s more than 22 million people, nearly half of whom have already voted (as Alex Padilla, the CA Secretary of State,Continue reading “The Left Coast Votes”

Ballot Boxes

1. The CAGOP has been placing unofficial ballot collection boxes in Southern California, which is manifestly illegal (you can collect ballots on behalf of people in CA, but it requires signatures and prompt delivery to officials). 2. Some of the boxes in question don’t have locks. 3. Despite having been served with a cease-and-desist, they’reContinue reading “Ballot Boxes”

Yep. Still Quite Queer Here.

Exploring the Current GOP Spin

All my plans for this space have been short-circuited somewhat by the tremendous lesson in situational irony unfolding in the White House (and at Walter Reed) right now, but I take comfort in the evidence that Republicans can’t figure out their take on events, either. Here’s a sampling of the spin unfolding now across conservativeContinue reading “Exploring the Current GOP Spin”

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What can I do? I’m not anybody. I have little to contribute. I can do this, maybe. I can raise my voice. I can ring the bells. I can elevate the words of others. I can refuse to go down quietly. I will refuse to go down quietly. I can do this.