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Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map stay in place in 5-4 decision
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And 2022 will be just as important; but everyone's hung up on student debt and will sit it out cause of it.
Friend. Man of his word. An honorable man.
Let it be known, Arkansas is lead by such a great man according to Biden.
Edit: I meant Kentucky!
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Better not vote because Biden overpromised what's capable with a slim congressional majority or something though.
He does this when he knows his vote won't matter in the end.
Asa Hutchison is a piece of shit but I don't think I've seen Biden go out of his way to praise him.
Always the voters' fault, never the system. We can never reform the system
Well I consider senate members "leaders" of their state. I obviously didn't mean the governor.
But you are right. It's KENTUCKY lol
I don't think people in this country truly appreciate that it's going to take 40-50 years to undo some of the damage from the last 5 years
I mean you can burn it down, but America probably has to go through fascism and a dictator before you get to the other side.
Weird take in a thread about government fucking over black voters. Again.
Redistricting doesn't affect the composition of the courts
Of course, it's always the voter's fault. The system is perfect, it can never be reformed
You're late - but there's still some refreshments over there.
For real - but based on the past 5 years, it honestly feels like it was inevitable. This pandemic has been eye opening to see just how deep the crazy goes.
Was responding to the comment saying how massively important the 2016 election was; and how key the 2022 midterms will be. I don't think there's any excuse to sit out this election (except maybe that you're leaning to vote R); but I've read an alarming number of takes that if Joe Biden doesn't forgive student debt, they'll sit out the midterms. I think that would be as fatal a mistake as sitting out 2016 because "I just can't get excited about Hillary," because the choices are between a corporatist party and fascists.
Yeah I mean the harsh reality is, all we can do is vote. If American voters decide they want to fascism, then that is what is going to happen. It's up to its people if we remain a Democracy and frankly, I don't think the country does want a Democracy, they mostly just want White privilege and White preference to remain as strong as it once was. We have lost our way.
Gonna be old and gray by the time some of Trump's picks shuffle off the courts. I hope something changes before that time, the current cycle of inaction from the legislative and executive branches are just going to inflict untold amounts of damage with the judiciary captured and acting as it currently is.
Honestly, the only hope is we don't lose the White House in the next decade and pick up Thomas' seat. Otherwise, meh.
It's just the latest in the SCOTUS gutting the VRA. That's why we needed the John Lewis Act.
I agree that the infighting is not the most productive. However, I don't think there's anyone on this forum that isn't clear-eyed that Republicans are enforcing racist policies and that they are a proto-fascist (at least, I think you can drop the proto-) party.
We can blame Republicans until we're blue in the face, but ultimately the solution isn't gonna come from them, but from people opposed to fascism to join up and vote for Democracy.
....At this point, what stops the GOP judges from simply repealing/declaring JLA non-enforceable?
I agree we've got to try, but nothing is guaranteed without starting the court-packing race.
It was too much even for the guy who voted to gut the VRA to begin with.
I don't agree. In fact, fascism isn't stopped by voting. Most of the large positive change in the country came from actions outside of voting.
When has voting stopped fascism?
I don't agree. In fact, fascism isn't stopped by voting. Most of the large positive change in the country came from actions outside of voting.
When has voting stopped fascism?
He joined in on the dissent here actually.
It's kinda surprising it was him and not Thomas considering he's joined in on striking down racial gerrymandering before though this decision to put a stay in place would make this map be the one for November 2022.
far as I can tell America already decided they wanted to trash democracy and it's been spiraling down the last 5 years since
RBG should have retired when they were asking her to. It's going to hurt for a long time.
November 2020. (If we can hold it)
In my home country of El Salvador, an explicit populist fascist also lost an election in a tight runoff.
Bolivia was able to avoid a fascist takeover and force new elections.
Her entire legacy is tarnished by her hubris IMO. People can yasssify her all they wan't but I can't think of her without thinking of her selfishness.
In this case, voting is all there is. What do you think there is? You vote and make sure Republicans don't win. Because this country is by and large blind to the rise of fascism. Near half the country likely sees Democrats as in fact the fascists. There won't be protests, or riots. There will be Republicans dismantling the system from the inside and SC rulings. The only two people that could have stopped this ruling were two Democratic senators that are against nuking the filibuster. If we have one or two more Blue senators, this might not have happened. I mean, nevermind the 2016 election allowing Trump to pick 3 White extremists to the SC.
