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I'm so confused on this one. The last time I reported someone was someone from the Kenyan refugee camp who were trying to scam queer people in r/lgbt who DMed me (it's a well-known, on-going issue there).

The post I was banned for reporting was also in r/lgbt, but was one I do not remember clicking on and certainly wouldn't have reported (it was about someone realizing they were an enby. Good for them!).

I don't see a way to contest this, so I just needed a place to vent. This is so weird. Even if it's for a few days it still irks me because the number one way to get under my skin under any circumstance is to blame me for something I did not do.

Isn't it moddable to reference a Tails82 subreddit?

I voted for her in 2016.

There was a special election for Rhode Island.

I actually think last night, and the previous 2 cycles show that if the GOP is allowed to scare people with abstractions ("drag queens taking kids", "runaway inflation", "illegals", etc.) they can whip up a red wave.

But if people are allowed to focus on actual policy and rights (health care - including abortion, the right to toke in the privacy of your home, to love the way you love), then Dems prevail.

It also shows that there's a cottage industry of pundits, shitposters and think tanks that are successful at demonizing Biden, but not predicting electoral outcomes.

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats had plenty of good news to celebrate in Tuesdays off-year elections and more evidence that they can win races centered on the national debate over abortion.

Abortion rights supporters won an Ohio ballot measure and the Democratic governor of beet-red Kentucky held onto his office by campaigning on reproductive rights and painting his opponent as extremist. A Democrat won an open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after campaigning on his pledge to uphold abortion rights. And Democrats took full control of the Virginia statehouse, blocking Republicans from being able to pass new abortion restrictions and delivering a defeat to Gov. Glenn Youngkin that may douse any buzz about a late entry into the GOP presidential primary.

The victories won't be enough to make Democrats feel secure heading into next years presidential election. The off-year elections have major implications in all of those states and provide a snapshot of American politics heading into 2024. But two big names Joe Biden and Donald Trump weren't on the ballot this time. How Americans view them will be a huge factor in shaping next year's race.

Here are some key results from Tuesdays voting.

Democrats notched two early wins Tuesday night in Kentucky and Ohio, states that voted for Trump in 2020. In both states, abortion was the main campaign issue.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was reelected in a state that Trump had won by 26 percentage points. Beshear had criticized the abortion views of his Republican challenger, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in debates and television ads. One Beshear ad featured a woman who miscarried after being raped by her stepfather at age 12 expressing disbelief at Cameron's opposition to abortion in cases of rape and incest.

In Ohio, a ballot measure preserving abortion rights passed in a state that Trump won by eight percentage points in 2020. Republicans had already tried to derail the measure by calling an unusual August referendum to make it harder to pass ballot measures, an initiative that was roundly rejected by Ohio voters.

Later Tuesday, Dan McCaffery won an open seat on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court after positioning himself as a defender of abortion rights. And in Virginia, Democrats held the state Senate and flipped control of the Virginia House of Delegates from the GOP.

The outcomes suggest a transformed political landscape since a conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal right to an abortion last year. Abortion rights measures have passed in a plethora of states as some other Republican-run states have instituted new bans on the procedure.

Abortion rights may not be a potent enough issue to swing an election on its own. Several GOP governors who supported new bans cruised to reelection last year, including Ohios Mike DeWine, Floridas Ron DeSantis and Texas Greg Abbott.

But abortion was the key issue across the country on Tuesday. And that should worry Republicans in competitive races next year.

How did the abortion votes go?

It was a good night. A short story, but one of those losers is a Republican names Edward Durr who scores a big upset unseating the NJ Senate President years ago. Edward Durr was later revealed to have a ton of racist social media history.

Anyway, he lost decisively to a Democrat tonight.

Red sweep on Long Island. The local GOP is already forgiven for George Santos.