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How Orban benefits from Hungary's tailor-made election system
www.france24.com

... Peter Magyar's centre-right Tisza Party might be comfortably ahead in Hungary's parliamentary election polls but he is far from guaranteed victory in Sunday's vote. The country's electoral system has been designed to support ruling Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party -- and any institutions that are working in his favour " every step of the way. ...

But although the populist and nationalist leader, who has ruled Hungary unchallenged for the past 16 years, might appear to be struggling, he also has a number of assets up his sleeve.

The first of these is a mixed electoral system tailor-made to benefit his far-right Fidesz party. In 2011, backed by a two-thirds majority, Orban pushed through a controversial law reducing the number of seats in parliament, as well as redrawing electoral districts designed to maximise the conservative party's chances.

"This gerrymandering has become a bona fide national pastime," said Paul Gradvohl, a Central Europe history professor at Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne University, with a hint of irony.

"The aim is to use the results of previous elections to take from Peter to give to Paul. In constituencies where Fidesz won by a large margin, less supportive districts have been added, and in return, the opposition has been stripped of seats where it had a chance of winning." ...




Jeffries, Pelosi and other Democrats call on Eric Swalwell to end governor campaign
www.politico.com

... House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlined a growing list of Democratic lawmakers called on Rep. Eric Swalwell Friday to withdraw his campaign for California governor amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

"This extremely sensitive matter must be appropriately investigated with full transparency and accountability," Pelosi said in a statement. "As I discussed with Congressman Swalwell, it is clear that is best done outside of a gubernatorial campaign."

In a joint statement with other elected House Democratic leaders, Jeffries called for a "swift investigation" as well as the end of his pending campaign.

"This is unacceptable of anyone " certainly not an elected official -- and must be taken seriously," the leaders said. ...





"The financial strain was further exacerbated by global tariffs, high inflation and recent spikes in gasoline prices, along with growing competition from private carriers such as Amazon, which now delivers many of its own packages."

This just points to government fragility. This is across the board, City, State, Federal cuts are coming because government is spending far too much relative to its income. It could tax more, and as we see in VA anything that isn't nailed down is being taxed. A kids dog walking service TAXED. Drycleaning? Taxed..
New York City having to cut back on library funding among other things.

Mamdani Might Raid a Severely Underfunded Retiree Fund To Balance New York City's Bursting Budget
reason.com

The hiring isn't of employees that will help the citizens... nono ... hiring of more managers, will they see a shake up like Google? Hell no.

Since 2019, California has been on a hiring spree. Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, the size of the state's workforce has grown by roughly 20,000 employees, according to California's human resources department " but that growth hasn't happened uniformly across the classes of civil service.
www.sacbee.com

Seems like there's nothing the government won't tax. But it won't stop the spending or hiring or growing the public unions ... why? well, as I articulated a year ago, the unions donate to democrat politicians. Where do the Unions get their money? Well fraud is how, as documented by the indictments in CA.....

Its funny too because a month ago I was ridiculed about declaring the amount of fraud is unsustainable. Yesterday Newsom and Bonta both NOW claim they are fighting fraud, so they threw a couple of immigrants under the bus. Hoping to satisfy the hoi poloi.

Dark times ahead because people aren't seeing the reality, just a fantasy of how they'd like things to be.

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Orbn's Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com

... Its limestone entrance rises above a grand 1820s mansion, its newer additions all hard modern lines and confidence. It has won architecture awards. It was built to suggest a certain kind of Hungary, too: outward-looking, liberal, at ease with the West.

Today it is eerily quiet. ...

Founded by George Soros after the fall of communism, the university says the authoritarian government of Viktor Orbn forced 90% of its teaching operations out of the country in 2019, leaving behind a stark symbol of how far the nation has moved during the prime minister's 16-year regime. ...

"The closest conservatives have ever gotten to successfully dealing with the left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbn's approach in Hungary," Vance said in 2024, then a Republican senator from Ohio. "I think his way has to be the model for us " not to eliminate universities, but to give the choice between survival or taking a much less biased approach to teaching." ...



Related: Warehouse Luigi: "Should've Paid Us Enough To Live" The Rational National 656K views 1 day ago

Parasite infrastructure only generates more billionaires.

Inequity requires re-balance.

Expect it, in fact.

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