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Laffy
@GottaLaff@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Um… 2026 preview?

LA Times:

“Election ballots mailed on Nov4 may not be counted, state officials warn

Processing delays by US Postal Serv may mean ballots mailed on day of special election will not be counted. Those delays can affect large swaths of #California, incl both rural and urban areas” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-02/ballots-mailed-on-election-day-may-not-be-counted-state-officials-warn

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Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@GottaLaff

Reminder of who funds obstruction of voting reforms...

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_People_Act

https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2021/04/01/democrats-voting-rights-reforms-koch-billionaires-steve-almond

https://readsludge.com/2024/11/04/koch-super-pac-shatters-its-election-spending-record/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-koch-brothers-lobbying-biden-build-back-better-1234815/

https://politicalresearch.org/2021/10/21/sowing-seeds-white-supremacy-through-education

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/01/05/the-koch-coup-charles-kochs-political-machine-bankrolled-senators-who-will-attempt-to-steal-election-for-trump-tomorrow/

https://theconversation.com/dark-money-five-years-after-citizens-united-36872

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/04/10/how-koch-cash-is-bankrolling-the-effort-to-kill-big-tech-reform/

https://truthout.org/articles/campus-reform-is-funneling-koch-money-to-groom-right-wing-journalists/

https://www.newsweek.com/koch-brothers-backed-group-could-determine-future-va-870693

https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-10-right-wing-state-tax-revolution-rolls-on/

The American Prospect

Right-Wing State Tax ‘Revolution’ Rolls On

Several red states, pressed on by Koch-funded conservative groups, are moving to enact flat taxes or eliminate income taxes altogether.
Newsweek

Is This Koch Group Trying to Privatize the VA?

Critics say this Koch-backed group with powerful friends is secretly working to privatize the VA. It says it's trying to give veterans health care options.
Truthout

“Campus Reform” Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing “Journalists”

Millions of dollars of untraceable “dark money” is being funneled to conservative and libertarian student groups.
EXPOSEDbyCMD

How Koch Cash Is Bankrolling the Effort to Kill Big Tech Reform - EXPOSEDbyCMD

When the next big disaster unfolds due to deregulation, don't be fooled. Republicans are deflecting blame by attacking the Biden administration as insufficiently populist, but the seeds of the East Palestine train derailment and Silicon Valley Bank bailout were sown under the Trump deregulatory regime and more broadly by the anti-government ethos of the GOP and its Big Money donors. 
The Conversation

Dark money: Five years after Citizens United

This week’s news brings an important “ah hah” moment. The conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries and their political network of donors and opaque outside groups are…
EXPOSEDbyCMD

The Koch Coup: Charles Koch's Political Machine Bankrolled Senators Who Will Attempt to Steal Election for Trump Tomorrow - EXPOSEDbyCMD

Charles Koch's political operation and his close family members have funded the campaigns and leadership PACs of all 13 U.S. senators who will attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory on Jan. 6 based on Trump's conspiracy theories and lies.
Political Research Associates

Sowing the Seeds of White Supremacy Through Education

School board meetings across the country have seen an influx of parents and community members over the last few months, many there to fight Critical Race Theory (CRT)—something that the majority of primary and secondary schools don’t teach, and a term many Americans hadn’t even heard of until recently.
Rolling Stone

The Koch Empire Goes All Out to Sink Joe Biden’s Agenda — and His Presidency, Too

Right-wing dark-money groups aligned with the Koch political network are mobilizing to sink Biden’s $3.5-trillion Build Back Better plan
The New Yorker

The Koch Brothers’ Covert Ops

What sets the billionaire brothers apart is the sheer size of their donations to Tea Party issues.
Sludge

Koch Super PAC Shatters Its Election Spending Record

The Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC, bankrolled by billionaire Charles Koch, has spent more than $157 million to influence voters in federal elections in 2024.

Stop Billionaires From Buying Elections

Congressional Democrats have proposed a voting rights bill that is wildly popular across the political spectrum. That's a big problem for Republicans, writes Steve Almond.

For the People Act - Wikipedia

The New Yorker

Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century

On a leaked conference call, leaders of dark-money groups and an aide to Mitch McConnell expressed frustration with the popularity of the legislation—even among Republican voters.
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JW Prince of CPH
@jwcph@helvede.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@GottaLaff Anyone who thinks this regime is going to let the people have a remotely fair election is seriously deluded. Why the fuck would they, considering literally everything they've done since taking office?

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Laffy
@GottaLaff@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@jwcph I am stymied by those on TV who keep mentioning elections as if they'll be fair and normal.

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Rory
@rlstone4dems@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GottaLaff This truly is a preview of what's to come in 2026, Laffy.

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Rachel Rawlings
@LinuxAndYarn@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GottaLaff Don't mail your ballot. Use your county/municipal drop box or just vote the day of.

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Barbara Monaco
@Barbramon1@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GottaLaff Ballots will be mailed to all California registered voters on October 6.
Either mail them back right away or drop in a drop box starting October 7. I use the drop box because, to me, it feels more secure than the mail, and it's available 24/7.
Vote early in person if it's more convenient. Each county has its own rules. Contact your county election board.
Please, please, please do not wait until the last minute. Vote YES on Prop. 50!

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Diane
@alienghic@timeloop.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@GottaLaff

its just one question. Its not hard to turn it in really early.

I alread voted this election. Im really hoping that cuts down on the advertising that gets sent to me

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Lizzie she/her
@Lizette603_23@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GottaLaff I'll be walking in this nov with a fucking attitude

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Karl Auerbach
@karlauerbach@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@GottaLaff I can't say that I've seen an actual postmark on a letter in a very long time.

In my county (Santa Cruz) in California there are several non-postal drop-off points for ballots - there are two of 'em within five minutes of our house. We usually drop our ballots of at those and avoid the USPS entirely.

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