Heard a claim today that the #Tesla protests, by quickly reducing #Elon's wealth, also reduce his ability to buy #elections going forward. This could be a huge result.
All those Repubs hoping for huge "donations" will get fewer bribes, er, ah, campaign & PAC funds. We still have Trump's command of the base to contend with but the money flow is disruptable.
Singapore ‘politician’ (who has never won anything): I will stop using homophobia as my party platform if you don’t field an openly lesbian candidate
Fuck off, GMS and your ‘party’
I feel like I can laugh about him coz he’s such a loser and has no chance in hell, but all of this is making me concerned about what happens when we have a homophobic populist politician
Liberals claim victory in Port Macquarie by-election
By Claire Simmonds and Cameron Marshall
Robert Dwyer wins the state seat for the Liberals, but Nationals candidate Sean Gleeson vows to contest it again at the next election.
This whole kerfuffle over the #shutdown / #CR drama reminds me that #elections matter, and if the #Puritopians had just eff’ing voted we would not be here, with the collapse of democracy all around us, shouting into the void.
Looking forward to two days of exciting conversations on state #AI policy! The Summit on State AI Legislation is bringing together state legislators, civil society, industry players, and academics to discuss #deepfakes, #elections, and more—and, of course, how state policy can help shape good AI outcomes.
And the score is … Maybe the trend is?!! 
Link (as it doesn't pop up; photo is a screenshot) :
>> "Special Elections: Key Democratic Victory in Minnesota; Massive Overperformance in Iowa"
> "Democratic dominance continues at the state level since the election"
#GQP #TrumpVirus #voters #elections #cult vs #democracy #voters #truth #reality #MakeAmericaSane / sane-ish
Social media has given the super-rich powerful new tools to manipulate public opinion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/12/world/playing-at-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #socialmedia #democracy #elections
Greenland elections: Centre-right opposition wins with 29.9% of votes.
The centre-right opposition Democrats (Demokraatit Party) have won a surprise victory in legislative elections in Greenland, more than tripling their support.
The election that will determine the leaders who will confront US President Donald Trump's effort to take control of the strategically placed Arctic country.
Portugal set for snap election as its government loses a vote of confidence.
Portugal’s centre-right minority government of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro lost a vote of confidence Tuesday evening, setting the country on course for its third parliamentary election in as many years.
Romanian constitutional court unanimously rejects Călin Georgescu's candidacy.
Romania's constitutional court unanimously voted to uphold the decision rejecting "TikTok Messiah" ultranationalist politician Călin Georgescu's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in May, sparking a fresh round of protests by his supporters in Bucharest on Tuesday.
Hey, would you believe me if I told you that the President signed an executive order on February 18th that gives Trump, a guy who tried to make election officials declare him the winner of an election he lost (and launched a coup attempt when that didn't work) and has been talking about shutting down media organizations that criticize him, essentially complete control over the previously independent Federal Election Commission and Federal Communications Commission? I mean probably not right, since for-profit media has barely covered the issue even though it has a direct impact on their industry. Unfortunately, it's true:
Independent Agencies Oversee Elections and Media. Trump’s Seizing Their Reins.
"The order states that, “The heads of independent regulatory agencies shall establish a position of White House Liaison in their respective agencies,” and goes on to say: “Independent regulatory agency chairmen shall submit agency strategic plans … to the Director of OMB for clearance prior to finalization.” In other words, independent agencies will no longer be independent but will instead be ruled over by political commissars, their every action now scrutinized to make sure they are ideologically sympatico to the aims of the MAGA movement.
Two of the agencies subject to this new system are the Federal Election Commission (FEC) — a historically bipartisan, six-member organization that helps to set ground rules for how elections are run and financed — and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which, among other things, controls access to the country’s airwaves.
Trump has been angling for control of both of these agencies since the start of his administration."
Is any of this legal? Who the hell knows; but are you willing to bet a 6-3 fascist-high Supreme Court that has already endorsed the idea that Trump is above the law and the existence of an imperial presidency, are likely to stop him? I'm certainly not. Furthermore, to mount any sort of mass resistance to this type of "classic" fascist power grab ultimately targeting elections and media criticism of the regime, you'd probably have to know it's happening and understand why this executive order might be the single most dangerous thing Trump has signed since he took office again; and clearly for-profit media and a political class doing more collaborating with fascism than resisting it, don't consider informing you about this very relevant right now.
Folks, I dunno about you but I'm getting tired of waiting around for Trump to find his Reichstag Fire and finish crafting a multi-executive order version of the German Enabling Act while Very Serious PeopleTM keep pretending we don't know if Trump is going to go full Hitler and mustn't presume he means to do everything he openly says he's doing. We all heard this guy on tape pressuring election officials and even GOP Governors to "find" him thousands of votes and effectively rig the 2020 election for him. We're all watching as his Project 2025 nazi minion Brendan Carr uses his newfound powers as head of the FCC to threaten the broadcast licenses of media orgs that criticize him, try to shut down PBS and NPR, and even investigate media companies that the regime claims "promote diversity" like that's some kind of crime. So when Trump, the imperial president, passes an executive order that gives him complete effective control of the agencies that regulate American elections and what passes for the "free press" in the United States, you'd have to some kind of credulous rube to believe he's doing so for any other purpose besides rigging elections for fascists and eliminating whatever portions of the US media there are that won't carry water for the fascist administration and the odious ideology animating it. There's not a lotta wiggle room here; either you're a complete fucking muppet, or you're willing to quietly bootlick for a fascist President while he rips pages directly from Hitler's playbook to create his very own American Pork Reich.
I guess the only question left then, is which of those two possibilities best describes an American political and media class supposedly opposed to Trump's fascist regime, that doesn't want to talk about it before it's too late to stop him?
Greenland’s independence debate intensifies ahead of elections.
Greenland has had enough – of Denmark, of Trump and of the journalists who have been coming to Nuuk for weeks.
A reckoning in three acts.
Ukraine Daily summary - Tuesday, March 11 2025
US, Ukraine charities see surge in donations after Trump’s attacks -- [vblog] Navigating the world of Trump and Musk's lies -- No threat of encirclement for Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast -- We tried to buy American chips as a Russian defense manufacturer, and it worked -- and more
Greenland votes in legislative elections, eyes independence amid US interest.
Greenland votes today in pivotal elections that may set a path to independence, an objective supported by most residents.
US President Trump's persistent bid to acquire the Arctic island has met mixed reactions among its 57,000 inhabitants, ranging from astonishment and rejection to mild enthusiasm.
@Daojoan
The certainty expressed at the end is surprising.
So #ExecutivePowers will not be invoked by Trump and #Elections cancelled?
And #MartialLaw will not be declared?
Where comes your confidence?
This is the part where #Musk's companies get the contracts to manage #US #elections.
Romanian Authorities Reject Georgescu's Candidacy For Presidential Election Rerun
https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-reject-georgescu-candidacy-election-trump-vance/33341755.html
Far-right candidate Georgescu barred from Romanian presidential election.
Romania’s electoral bureau on Sunday rejected the candidacy submitted by far-right hopeful Călin Georgescu for a re-run of last year’s presidential election in May, sparking outrage among his supporters in Bucharest.
Last week, prosecutors indicted Georgescu on numerous charges, including making “false statements” over his campaign financing.
Trump’s #extortion of Ukraine
#Trump privately made clear to aides a minerals deal with #Ukraine won’t be enough to restart #aid & #intelligence sharing
He wants to change #Zelenskyy’s attitude, officials said, including making #concessions by giving up #territory to #Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to move toward #elections, & possibly toward stepping down as his country’s leader, the officials said.
So, San Mateo County sheriff situation: we voted (overwhelmingly) to allow the board of supervisors to remove her, but the process will be slow. (Less slow than a recall, though.)
https://www.almanacnews.com/public-safety/2025/03/06/san-mateo-county-sheriff-says-she-wont-resign/
