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      <title>Washington Ballot 2066 Measure Unconstitutional</title>
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      <wordzilla:destination>https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Initiative_2066,_Natural_Gas_Policies_Measure_(2024)</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>A &quot;yes&quot; vote supported the following: prohibiting state and local governments from restricting access to natural gas; prohibiting the state building code council from discouraging or penalizing the use of natural gas in any building; requiring gas companies and utility companies, or any cities or towns that provide natural gas, to provide natural gas to any person or corporation even if other energy services or energy sources may be available; and prohibiting the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission from approving any multiyear rate plan requiring or incentivizing a natural gas company or utility company to terminate natural gas service or implementing requirements that would make access to natural gas service cost-prohibitive.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>The State Supreme Court rules the passed initiative by voters as unconstitutional.
&lt;p&gt;If lawyers are writing these initiatives for the ballot, they should lose their license to practice law, knowing full well the initiative must be single purpose.</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:30:39 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Just cancel the National Debt</title>
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      <description>Chuck it in the fire.' A leading candidate in France's presidential race has a simple solution to its massive national debt: just cancel it</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>Although laws are supposedly a deterrent from govts doing it, which army will enforce the laws to not allow cancellation?
&lt;p&gt;The bankers!</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:16:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Petrous</dc:creator>
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      <title>AfD big win in Germany</title>
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      <description>Unlike the past years where AfD candidates suffered breathing complications (aka stopped breathing), this win is changing German politics.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>The direction of the German has changed.</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:59:28 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Petrous</dc:creator>
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      <title>Maine Dems do not pick the 2nd most voted</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293496/maine-dems-do-not-pick-2nd-most-voted</link>
      <wordzilla:destination>https://apnews.com/article/maine-senate-susan-collins-platner-troy-jackson-a5f89f03b6a9aace01f4e829befb7809</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>Maine Democrats choose the replacement. &lt;a href=&quot;https://fairvote.org/graham-platners-replacement-and-ranked-choice-voting/&quot;&gt;fairvote.org&lt;/a&gt; He wasn't the people second choice. The people don't get to pick who they want.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>Citizens choose leaders through regular elections to make laws and govern for them.
&lt;p&gt;Not in the US.
&lt;p&gt;Citizens vote and party members choose the leaders anyway.
&lt;p&gt;Candidate	Ranked in top three (% and votes)	Ranked in top five (% and votes)
Hannah Pingree	68% (150,572)	77% (171,350)
Nirav Shah	55% (122,503)	70% (156,780)
Troy Jackson	44% (97,102)	62% (138,975)
Shenna Bellows	61% (134,960)	73% (161,921)
Angus King III	28% (61,546)	53% (117,215)
&lt;p&gt;He even lost the head to head.
&lt;p&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:53:13 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Petrous</dc:creator>
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      <title>Socialist Democrats of America</title>
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      <wordzilla:destination>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>Top of Drudge Report. There are elements many can agree with, but the damage to the Nation outweighs putting the DSA in charge.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>From their own platform
&lt;p&gt;Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.
&lt;p&gt;This would dismantle the entire checks and balances.
&lt;p&gt;It's easy to want a lot of changes.
These elements are dangerous to the Constitutional Republic.</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:26:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Petrous</dc:creator>
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