Joe F Spaulding 🦉
@beyond_process
Come and see the violence inherent in the system. My words and clicks on this account represent me (sometimes) and no one else (always)
This is how Matt really, actually thinks Ranked Choice Voting works. Seriously, this grown ass adult 🤷🏽♂️
State will have to conduct 19 separate elections for crowded ballots like in Detroit where they have 20 ppl running for a house or commission seat.
The bigger the lie from Matt Maddock, the better it is for voters
Did you know Ranked (Rigged) Choice Voting will cost taxpayers an additional 200 million dollars?
Come drink out of the Grand or Muskegon, my friend
Democrat fearmongers want everyone to believe all water is contaminated. They’ve even installed “warning poison fish” signs in clean rivers.
Former Michigan Senator and election denier @pjcolbeck collaborates closely with a non-citizen and despicable bigot Phani Mantravadi @deluxepsypher to suppress voter rolls.
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In NYC's primaries, #RankedChoiceVoting gave voters the best of all worlds: A more positive campaign where candidates must reach beyond a small base to win. It's a model for what better elections can look like. See why in my new op-ed for @fulcrum_us ⬇️ thefulcrum.us/electoral-refo…
They're defunding NPR and PBS because those are the most reliable news sources. Full stop.
Want an end to the gerrymandering wars? #ProportionalRepresentation is the solution. 🧵
CNN: House Democrats are actively exploring redrawing congressional lines in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Washington state in the midst of Texas redrawing their congressional map to favor the GOP. cnn.com/2025/07/20/pol…
The GOP didn't wait for this information because they don't care about the deficit and they don't care about people having health insurance or enough food to eat.
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out Biggest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn Kicks 10 million off health insurance Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
"Individual analysts were told to flag mentions of Trump by document and page number by logging them in an Excel spreadsheet, then they’d hand in their spreadsheet at the end of their (sometimes 24 or even 48-hour) shift." via @MuellerSheWrote muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstein-…
Sorry Calder, This is by far my favorite sculpture in the state. Right out of college I threw high steel, including putting the columns in the front of the Civic Theater in Grand Rapids. When I faced the choice between building Trump's Tower and going back to school and…
Our friends up north have started collecting signatures for their #RankedChoiceVoting ballot initiative! Invite your friends in #Michigan to sign and help:
Our Ranked Choice Voting petition is live, Michigan! We couldn't be more grateful and proud of every volunteer and donation that made this day possible. Find signature gathering events at RankMiVote.org/Where-Do-I-Sign. The Ranked Choice Voting petition awaits your signature! Please…
Campaign staff for Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani share how #RankedChoiceVoting brought hope and collaboration into NYC's mayoral primary. Thanks @ArenaSummit and Forum NYC for hosting this great panel!
The only undocumented immigrants who qualify for Medicaid are pregnant women, and they are kicked off at the second they give birth. Every bit of data ICE gets from Medicaid is going to be used to break up families.
Michigan State Rep Matt Maddock said the quiet part loud: the GOP’s plan is to sit on their asses, cash taxpayer checks, and block progress. Michigan still has no K-12 budget because MI House Republicans refused to pass one. So when your kid’s program gets cut this fall, don’t…
Trump’s DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm — w/ @jeremyrroebuck and @yvonnewingett washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
It's barely even a choice
Single-choice elections are "a zero-sum game – fewer votes for everyone else means more votes for me. Being nice to a competitor isn't a winning strategy. But in a #RankedChoiceVoting election, it is.” @IsmarVolic in @WBUR on how RCV detoxifies politics. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…
#RankedChoiceVoting in NYC is “creating positive campaigning, giving voters more voice, ensuring similar candidates don’t split the vote, and… it’s saving money.” – @DebTheOtis Thanks @ArenaSummit & Forum NYC for hosting this great panel on RCV in NYC!
Hot off the press. Matt Maddock thinks John James should drop out of the race. @JohnJamesMI
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