T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

I am the author of Common Sense 2.0. This book develops a specific low risk easily implemented proposal, Directed eDemocracy, for political reform in the USA. Joined July 2017

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/pol… 5000+ page bill cobbled together via party leaders/whips shoveling pork to line up votes. Few in #CongressIsBroken care to read it in 5 hours given. Only concern is pork for special interests & party leader loyalty = dysfunction = #Corrupt system

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

5 years ago

Congress is expected to vote on the second largest bill in US history *today* - $2.5 trillion - and as of about 1pm, members don’t even have the legislative text of it yet.

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/pol… .. Citizens must know this is no victory and certainly not cooperation or compromise. It is simply a prequel to a future defeat — stinging losses that will hurt the children of the country in the future and most vulnerable of the nation now.

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/opi… .. "democratic erosion" .. Turkey under Recep Erdoğan, Hungary under Viktor Orbán, or, Russia under Vladimir Putin. .. party that wins office through a democratic election then seeks to use state power to tilt or completely undermine future elections.

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/opi… For starters, US #Constitution should have #politicalequality added to Bill of Rights

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Gravel Institute @GravelInstitute

5 years ago

Number of citizens who lost health care coverage since the pandemic began: 14,600,000 United States 0 Australia 0 Belgium 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Norway 0 South Korea 0 Spain 0 UK

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/pol… "Part of building back better is having a government that is ethical in its conduct," Smithberger said. "If this administration skirts these rules, I don't think that they are fulfilling their promise to the American people." #ethical

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/opi… "outcome is ultimately bittersweet— institutional obstacles to any lasting change" i.e. voting once every 2 yrs on 2 party platforms fits some gets us to 1st base - lobbyists with money cross home plate, not voters

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

vox.com/future-perfect… #directdemocracy "The best implementation gives voters a few highly meaningful choices well worth their time."

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Voter Choice Massachusetts @VoterChoiceMA

5 years ago

Endorsement by @BostonGlobe! #YesOn2 #mapoli

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

5 years ago

Maybe we should be.

Mike Lee @SenMikeLee

5 years ago

Maybe we should be.

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Voter Choice Massachusetts @VoterChoiceMA

5 years ago

"Ranked choice voting is a promising, non-partisan reform that may soon hit a tipping point." Gov. Bill Weld and Andrew Yang join forces to promote Ranked Choice Voting! usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

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upgradingdemocracy @waytodemocracy

5 years ago

“We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don’t understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.“... upgradingdemocracy.com/democracy-quot…

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

msn.com/en-us/news/pol… "three decades, the United States government has prioritized globalization while deprioritizing the strength...of its industrial base...short-sighted decision making...missing any semblance of strategy" Strategy is take big donor $$$ & win next election

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FairVote @fairvote

5 years ago

Multi-Winner #RankedChoiceVoting has helped Ireland avoid "extreme political polarisation" and build a "culture of collaboration and compromise." - NEW letter in @IrishTimes bit.ly/31M4tME

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upgradingdemocracy @waytodemocracy

5 years ago

"Corruption is legal in America." -RepresentUS, youtu.be/5tu32CCA_Ig #corruption #USpolitics #politics youtu.be/5tu32CCA_Ig

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T Preusser @2pt0CommonSense

5 years ago

Add political equality to the Bill of Rights. It is about time we put the endless battles over this to rest (i.e. civil war, suffrage, black voting rights, citizens united, ...) In 1789 election only propertied white male "private" citizens could vote & only for House Reps

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upgradingdemocracy @waytodemocracy

5 years ago

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a better new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” -Buckminster Fuller. More quotes: upgradingdemocracy.com/democracy-quot… #UpgradingDemocracy #FixDemocracyFirst...