#state governor

[higherentity]

[ambicephalic]

Title:

The boys who were never told no

Origin:

The waiting room for the Massachusetts governor's office

Description:

The governor's office is filled with painted portraits of past governors. Everyone deserves dignity, but in our society dignity has been unevenly distributed, and these dead white men received much more than reasonable. The people who hold power in our world are those who were raised in privilege and grew up never being questioned or denied anything. Then we immortalize their images and treat them with great reverence. But who were these faceless men really? No doubt each one was a unique individual with all kinds of strengths and weaknesses, but what they all have in common is enormous unearned privilege, and that's the memory that their portraits preserve.

We need to stop revering some and discounting others for stupid reasons.

[reasonsforhope]

"Big batteries are muscling gas out of California’s electricity mix, according to data collated by Stanford University Professor Mark Z. Jacobson.

In the 100 days to June 14, California saw a 45% reduction in gas-fired power output, relative to the same period a year before.

The decline was mostly thanks to a surge in battery installations in recent months. The state now has 10.4 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage capacity — a technology it says is key to achieving a 100% clean electricity system by 2045.

Batteries are used to store energy from renewable sources like solar during the day so that it can be deployed in the evening, when solar generation tapers off and demand for power surges. These facilities are increasingly challenging the role of gas plants in meeting peak demand.

On the evening of June 10, for example, big batteries injected a record 7.7GW of instantaneous power into California’s grid. They accounted for a quarter of total electricity supply at that point.

And according to data from GridStatus, gas generation on an average April day in California hit a seven-year low, reversing an earlier trend that had been fuelled by rising electricity demand.

On 89 of the 100 days to June 14, there were periods where renewables generated more than enough electricity to cover all of California’s needs. This excess energy creates a strong business case for batteries, which can charge up when prices are low and discharge when prices are high.

Compared to a year before, utility-scale solar output was up 32% over the 100-day period, wind generation grew 10%, and battery output doubled, Jacobson says. Meanwhile, demand for electricity from the grid was down 3% due to new rooftop solar installations."

-via The Progress Playbook, June 20, 2024

[destielmemenews]

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[contemplatingoutlander]

"The gerrymandering alone undermines Wisconsin’s status as a democracy. If a majority of the people cannot, under any realistic circumstances, elect a legislative majority of their choosing, then it’s hard to say whether they actually govern themselves."

--Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times

Jamelle Bouie points out the disturbing way that Republicans in Wisconsin have basically destroyed democratic representative government on all levels by:

Creating an unbreakable gerrymander to ensure a Republican legislative majority, even if more people vote for Democrats.

Weakening the power of a Democratic governor,.

Targeting a liberal Wisconsin supreme court justice for removal or suspension so that the state SC won't have the power to rule against gerrymandered districting maps, and won't be able to prevent a 19th century ban on abortion from becoming law.

This is chilling. Below are some excerpts from the column:

For more than a decade, dating back to the Republican triumph in the 2010 midterm elections, Wisconsin Republicans have held their State Legislature in an iron lock, forged by a gerrymander so stark that nothing short of a supermajority of the voting public could break it. [...] In 2018, this gerrymander proved strong enough to allow Wisconsin Republicans to win a supermajority of seats in the Assembly despite losing the vote for every statewide office and the statewide legislative vote by 8 percentage points, 54 to 46. No matter how much Wisconsin voters might want to elect a Democratic Legislature, the Republican gerrymander won’t allow them to. [...] Using their gerrymandered majority, Wisconsin Republicans have done everything in their power to undermine, subvert or even nullify the public’s attempt to chart a course away from the Republican Party. In 2018, for example, Wisconsin voters put Tony Evers, a Democrat, in the governor’s mansion, sweeping the incumbent, Scott Walker, out of office. immediately, Wisconsin Republicans introduced legislation to weaken the state’s executive branch, curbing the authority that Walker had exercised as governor. Earlier this year, Wisconsin voters took another step toward ending a decade of Republican minority rule in the Legislature by electing Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal Milwaukee county judge, to the State Supreme Court, in one of the most high-profile and expensive judicial elections in American history. [...] “Republicans in Wisconsin are coalescing around the prospect of impeaching a newly seated liberal justice on the state’s Supreme Court,” my newsroom colleague Reid J. Epstein reports. “The push, just five weeks after Justice Janet Protasiewicz joined the court and before she has heard a single case, serves as a last-ditch effort to stop the new 4-to-3 liberal majority from throwing out Republican-drawn state legislative maps and legalizing abortion in Wisconsin.” Republicans have more than enough votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly to impeach Justice Protasiewicz and just enough votes in the State Senate — a two-thirds majority — to remove her. But removal would allow Governor Evers to appoint another liberal jurist, which is why Republicans don’t plan to convict and remove Protasiewicz. If, instead, the Republican-led State Senate chooses not to act on impeachment, Justice Protasiewicz is suspended but not removed. The court would then revert to a 3-3 deadlock, very likely preserving the Republican gerrymander and keeping a 19th-century abortion law, which bans the procedure, on the books. If successful, Wisconsin Republicans will have created, in effect, an unbreakable hold on state government. With their gerrymander in place, they have an almost permanent grip on the State Legislature, with supermajorities in both chambers. With these majorities, they can limit the reach and power of any Democrat elected to statewide office and remove — or neutralize — any justice who might rule against the gerrymander. [color/emphasis added[

"It’s that breathtaking contempt for the people of Wisconsin — who have voted, since 2018, for a more liberal State Legislature and a more liberal State Supreme Court and a more liberal governor, with the full powers of his office available to him — that makes the Wisconsin Republican Party the most openly authoritarian in the country."

--Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times

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[athleticperfection1]

Austin Peay Soccer

[mapsontheweb]

Map of US States by Number of Governors Born There

by MountainGoatCapital

[eerielakeerie]

if i get one (1) note on this post i will buy the trans rigs drawfee bumper sticker for my car when their pride merch drops

[iamfuckingsorry]

"Do you know where we are going next?" I asked ART.

Y'know what, I think maybe I don't need any more Murderbot books. I think maybe ending things here is fucking perfect and as much as I love Wells's writing I'm genuinely not sure it can get better for me.

Like, so much of the books are about MB learning how to be a person, about becoming okay with being a complete individual with everything it entails. The first thing it does once it's actually allowed to decide on its own is it runs away from it all (admittedly to go on a mission to confirm some things about its past, because it genuinely just wants to be *good*). It shoves all its emotions away as much as it's able to. Then shit happens, and it makes its first friends, makes decisions based on these friendships, goes through a lot of emotionally intense situations...

And we get to this point here. MB having zero doubts about going with ART says a lot about its relationship with ART, but it also says a lot about its relationship with its humans - it knows that wherever it goes, when it comes back, the humans will still be there. Its humans actively acknowledge its struggles with being a now-free SecUnit and MB is willing to entertain the discussions to an extent and share information about its deeply personal experiences. Hell, System Collapse ends with MB admitting it might be somewhat broken, but that's okay as long as it can keep doing its job, and agreeing to basically do counselling - this is the guy what would rewatch its favourite TV show again and again in order to avoid acknowledging it even had Emotions a couple books back.

Reading this, I know that MB will be okay. It has hopes and goals and genuinely believes in itself and it has an amazing support system that its willing to lean on for the first time in its life. I'm convinced it'll go on to do great things with ART. And that's really the only thing I need to know.

[lemonlinelights]

HI

Share the news, send emails, do phone calls to Florida's Gov. DeSantis. Please y'all help protect these state parks

[tuxebo]

I just came back on here and found your blog much more different, just more confused ngl.

With the election thingy, would you rather elect Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

I do see that thingy, I’m not American or anything and more just wondering what you would choose.

I heard my friends talking about Donald trump wanting to set it back to the like 1950s, (sorry if I got the information wrong), I don’t know much either about Kamala.

Yes, very different. Things are getting worse in California, and really bad in Colorado with a Venezuelan prison gang (Tren de Aragua TDA) taking over Aurora. They are stealing cars, homes, raping and killing citizens. The police are not doing anything. The governor is denying it. The national guard is not being called in. Nothing.

Many of us believe during election time, the gang will prevent them from voting, too. It is getting to the point where embarrassment is not enough of a reason to remain silent. Also, I was liberal for like the majority of this blog's life, so take that as you will.

Anyway, what do you mean by setting it back to the 1950s? I am not legally allowed to vote yet, but to answer your question, 1000% Donald Trump. Not only is Kamala Harris a force of evil, just as much as her vice president Tim Walz (whose own family does not support him,) but voting blue has gotten California to the point it is in. The average studio apartment costs $1,000,000,000, homelessness is at an all time high, the drug crisis is also big here, as well as crime.

Walking the streets are unsafe in many areas, it has become more than an eyesore, but a safety issue. Not to mention that despite this, they are trying to make it very difficult to concealed carry, which is out 2nd Amendment right.

The blue votes these things in, then get upset when they actually have an effect. Some even leave to bring those stupid votes elsewhere and ruin everything there, too. The democrats are same party that advocated and fought for slavery, mind you. Their foolishness is why Texans and other Southern states don't want us, even though a lot of us won't try to ruin their states. We can barely live in California, but we have to fight for our home.

As for Kamala, I could talk about her shenanigans to Sunday. From propaganda being the leading tactic of her campaign to keeping black men behind bars past their release date for free labor here in California.

The same lady who says we should spend OUR taxpayer dollars on illegals' healthcare, when many Americans can barely afford it for themselves and their families. Free healthcare, free education, free housing. If we can do all that for them, why do we still have veterans, the men and women who've fought for the country, barely making it by or out on the street? They don't matter to her, though.

She is just as incompetent as she was when Joe Biden was voted in. Speaking of, where did Joe go?

[iero]

Every time a news outlet reminds me that Pennsylvania (my home state) is, once again, gonna be a key state in this year's election, I feel this sense of impending doom, dread and anxiety.

[destielmemenews]

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[tmcphotoblog]

Fun fact: Kamala’s only seriously contested general election was for AG of California in 2010. In that year, Jerry Brown won the governorship by 13. Boxer won Senate reelection by 10.

Kamala won AG by 0.8.

[athleticperfection1]

Austin Peay Volleyball

[tomorrowusa]

Tuesday is Election Day in many parts of the US.

VOTE! 🗳 🇺🇸

A number of sites provide you with an opportunity to see who is on your ballot and what issues are being contested. They don't include an actual image of your ballot but they do let you know what's on it.

VOTE411 Voter Guide

Sample Ballot Lookup - Ballotpedia

Vote Informed on the Entire Ballot - BallotReady

Of course check the site of your local election authority. In some places it's the county clerk and in others it's a board of elections. The elections mentioned in this post are a small number of those around the US on November 7th.

Because of the GOP SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade, state legislatures now determine whether a state supports reproductive freedom or not. State governments have been badly neglected by liberals for decades — and that situation needs to end.

Both chambers of the state legislature in Virginia are up for election on Tuesday. If both fall under Republican control then the state will join the rest of the South in restricting abortion.

Virginia is not the only state having elections for its state officials.

STATES HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE

Virginia

New Jersey

Mississippi

Louisiana

STATES HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR GOVERNOR

Kentucky

Louisiana

Mississippi

There are numerous municipal elections, special elections, ballot measures, and constitutional amendments to be decided on Tuesday.

The biggie is the Ohio constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom. Voters in Ohio have the opportunity to overturn the gerrymandered Ohio Republican legislature's ban on abortion. Vote YES on Ohio Issue 1.

A very local but important contest is the special legislative election in New Hampshire to fill a vacancy in Hillsborough County District 3 (in the Nashua area). Right now Republicans have a one seat advantage in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. If Democrat Paige Beauchemin wins this seat then Republicans will be forced to share power with Democrats in the chamber.

Good candidates for federal office often emerge from state and local government. Before he was elected to the US Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served several terms in the Illinois legislature.

There is no such thing as an unimportant election.