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[–] 151 points 1 year ago (12 children)

"Unconstitutional redistricting" yep it sure is. But totally OK for Texas and Indiana to find more seats for the fascists. /s

Pot, meet kettle.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    California got to vote on it AND it’s only temporary.

    Gerrymandering should be deeply and severely illegal. Until then, California is at least doing it democratically and only in a last ditch effort to save democracy in the US.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Gerrymandering only exists because we don't do proportional representation.

    I'd love a system where you vote for a party first to gauge how many of the party will hold office and then a vote for who represents them.

    But I suspect both Republicans and Democrats would reject this because it disrupts their status quo.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Just like a pool with a ranked vote or individuals for districts or..?

    Genuinely curious how that works

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  • You vote for the party first and foremost, not for any individual politician. Instead of voting for a local representative, you vote for a single party to represent you at a national level. That party then gets a certain number of seats based on how many votes it got. As a result, voting for a minor party that only gets 10% of the votes actually makes sense, as it then gets 10% of the seats in the parliament. In such systems there usually aren't single parties with a majority, but coalitions of parties with varying viewpoints.

    There are many mixed systems that use party voting, but also link parties to specific candidates. However, the system the previous comment described sounded more like party-list proportional representation.

    For a large federal system like the US that has both local needs and far less regional differences than people realize, replacing the House and Senate with a party-list would both unify the country and destroy the power of duopolistic party elites. At the same time, the state and local elections could use any number of systems that focus more on candidates. It wouldn't prevent a fascist like Trump from taking over, as Israel is a modern example of a party-list country under fascist control, but it would've required him to build a party as a politician rather than take over one of the big two.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Listen here, you libtard you. Republicans are the bastions of constitutionality. That’s why we have the BEST economy and ZERO dissent. Only crime in DEMOCRAT cities.

    #TrumpWasRightAboutEverything

    #WaitDidHeNotChoosePence

    #WaitDidntHeNominateTheJudgeThatShutdownHisNationalGuardPushInOregon

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I might be in the minority here, but I'm just glad that the Trans Pigeons are finally able to express themselves.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Unfortunately, Conservatives don't understand sarcasm.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Stay tuned" it's all a fucking game show to this peado cunt

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    One day all this shit is going to find its way into history books, and some kids are going to have to study it and probably get tested on it. I hope they see all the grown adults running a state/country as being as pathetic as it really is, and aspire to be better as a result. This is the only hope I have for the future.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If social media had existed in Nazi Germany, I'm convinced the Nazis would have done the same type of stupid shit. It seems to be baked into fascism.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    No need to be convinced by some imaginary counterfactual - historians have already established that Hitler was incompetent, lazy, and his government did the same kind of stupid shit.

    Hitler was incredibly lazy. According to his aide Fritz Wiedemann, even when he was in Berlin he wouldn't get out of bed until after 11 a.m., and wouldn't do much before lunch other than read what the newspapers had to say about him, the press cuttings being dutifully delivered to him by Dietrich.

    Hitler Was Incompetent and Lazy—and His Nazi Government Was an Absolute Clown Show | Opinion - Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/hitler-incompetent-lazy-nazi-government-clown-show-opinion-1408136

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Hey fat ass, why not have Congress write a law to prevent it in the future. We will be waiting, in the meantime please shut the fuck up.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    i can already see it: The Great Democratic Policy for Redistricting (GDPR), which prohibits any redistricting vote from passing unless it gets 60% approval from all sitting Republicans in the state.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    This is so fucking embarrassing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    How does someone read that and find trump even moderately palatable? It sounds like a senile news broadcast

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I may never in my life have the chance to share this song in a more relevant way: Soup for my Family by Pigeon Pit, a trans folk punk musician from the Pacific Northwest: https://youtu.be/2Do0MIq9GSw

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    The gall of that man to accuse anyone of doing something unconstitutional.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    ah there it is I was wondering why he did not start wailing and flailing

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I first read trans penguins and thought it's fake since penguins can't fly but now it seems legit

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Did someone do a doodie in his diaper?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    What does "Fan Account" mean in this case (under Newsome's name)?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    🧚🧚🧚

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I'm reminded of the Kellis-Amberley virus in Feed by Mira Grant, that was partly a mutated cure for influenza (also a coronavirus).

    I'm such a nerd.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    ...god forbid we do what the people have determined they want and need....

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I can't wait to vote for Newsom for the primary and general!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Please no.

    He can do something with a positive effect (mocking Trump in a way that gets through to many people) without being anything close to the best person to replace him.

    A bag of dog shit would be preferable to a Republican, but let's not settle for that either.

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