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Good summary of the last couple of days in the @RepMattShea race in eastern WA, since it broke that Shea is planning for a literal Christian holy war in the US. spokesman.com/stories/2018/n…
Article linked above says three major @RepMattShea institutional donors have demanded their money back. As I tweeted earlier, that number is now at least four.
Shea's opponent, @TedforWA, took in more than $1200 in the last two days. You can support him here. secure.anedot.com/tedforwashingt…
And GOP House member @cathymcmorris, who is in a tightening race of her own, is so far refusing to comment on Matt Shea's endorsement for the extermination of all men who refuse to support his views on the Bible. She sought and received Shea's endorsement this summer.
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A weird tack for a guy whose whole pitch is his elder-statesman avuncularity to take. "I don't want to run, but all the kids in the race are crap, so here I am" is the opposite of the tone I'd have expected him to set.
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One more thing on youth voting: There are a lot of folks in my mentions saying kids aren’t cognitively developed enough to vote. But it’s not clear to me what that means.
At 12, the typical kid is more than able to meet baseline standards for voting—understanding what an election is, learning about candidates, managing the act of voting.
When we bar kids from making choices they’re not mature enough to make, it’s generally because we’re worried that they’ll do harm to themselves or others if allowed to choose.
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Just saw something on my feed that reminded me to remind you that if you’re a NYC (or vicinity) high school or middle school teacher and you’d like me to come talk to your students, all you have to do is say so and I’ll be there.
I've spoken with NYC middle school students about the history of youth activism, how they can make change themselves, whether we should lower the voting age—all sorts of stuff. And the conversations are always really lively.
And because it's so much fun, and because it's a subway ride away, and because I know that y'all don't have budgets for this stuff, I'm happy to do it for free. So shoot me a message if you want to set it up.
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