Can't they just draw the lines however they want though? Look at the citizen data, draw the lines so it's most advantageous to them, and say it's a partisan gerrymander.
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US PoliERA 2019 |OT5| She's got a plan for that, now sashay away
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Can't they just draw the lines however they want though? Look at the citizen data, draw the lines so it's most advantageous to them, and say it's a partisan gerrymander.
I'd love nothing more than to drop Gorka's ass. I bet he'd fall like a sack of potatoes.
Amusing that Sanders is ending up as collateral damage on Harris' rise.
Also, get fucked, Trump.
Also, get fucked, Trump.
You're jumping a little bit ahead. The Census Bureau uses the data to determine which areas have grown and to apportion the House seats. If the formula they use determines that, say, Texas gets 38 districts, and in the state itself, San Antonio has grown massively, the TX legislature had to draw 38 districts of roughly equal population that reflect the growth patterns in the state. They use the numbers the federal government gives them from the census, and if the census doesn't have citizenship data... they can't use it. If they tried to dilute Hispanic voting power anyway, it could be found to be a racial gerrymander, which this Court has struck down.
When they get sued for them being racist gerrymanders, they won't be able to prove otherwise with no paper trail.
Yeah he actually said that about free speech.
"To me free speech is not when you see something good and then you purposely write bad. To me that's very dangerous speech, and you become angry at it. But that's not free speech."
Imagine if Obama said that about free speech, while also "joking" about staying more than 2 terms, and apparently seriously considering ignoring the Supreme Court. Just imagine.
I hope you guys are right, because people on the right (bill Barr, for one) have thought about this and they clearly have a plan in mind.
You know, I thought I remembered reading that, but wasn't sure.
I mean, they had a plan to get the question on the census.
Remember also that if next year goes according to plan, by the time the states receive the data in 2021, Trump and Barr will be gone.
I deal with enough toxic bullshit in any given day, I'm fine not knowing lol
Fucking asshole, then fucking DO something
Fuck everyone who is writing a book about how crazy Trump is but never did anything while they had the chance
Some really really interesting new polls here.
Pete is apparently #1 in Iowa? WTF?
New Hampshire is led by Bernie but Warren is closely behind.
Harris is also close to Biden on SC and if Biden cant even secure SC then he is d o n e
So basically just records of what we already have but that can't be used for apportionment because it won't be on the census and because they won't have the data from the census until December 2020.
Book is gonna end up being something stupid like "I'm telling you, he didn't know anything about government...but then he came in there with all his business expertise and really shook things up, drained the swamp, and made me proud to be an American. MAGA KAG 2020."
Is Tim Pool the dude that was always scrounging around for a lightning cable to charge his iPhone as he covered events?
James fucking O'Keefe. What a fucking idiot.
All of them. Every last one of them.
The crazy thing about Warren's rise is that she's basically doing it without huge press coverage.
I love Harris but I don't think her attacks on Biden are doing what they need to with black voters. If she cant get them from Biden, she cannot win.
Curious to see what would happen if Warren and Biden were the final two.
I love Harris but I don't think her attacks on Biden are doing what they need to with black voters. If she cant get them from Biden, she cannot win.
Curious to see what would happen if Warren and Biden were the final two.
I think the trick for Harris right now is to get attention. Once her profile is raised enough, then black voters will look into her and that's make or break time. This is Phase 1.
She might have the same issue Obama had early on and need to win an early state before they jump on en-mass.
True. She's probably not getting black voters because of trepidation on electability, not the issues. A few more debates and polls might help that.
But Nintendo would come out way ahead with any such "punishment" by Trump.
I'm disappointed there's no Switch "Pro" since I almost never play it undocked. Nintendo, I wanted to give you my money.
Yeah, that's what I've been fearing. People there are scared, and I assume they'll double down on Trump in Mahoning County in hopes he can still fix shit.
Right, counting citizens vs non-citizens was never the point. This data is not of much use to the administration (which is why nobody requested it until ordered to for justification). The point was only ever to intimidate people from completing the census
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This interview won't air until tomorrow. Until then the last time Harris has gone after Biden on a Black issue was the debates, and it did have an effect on his poll numbers.
But that's besides the point. While love for "Uncle Joe" definitely remains from him being Obama's VP, it is still the case that Black voters are an incredibly pessimistic voting block. Biden's main advantage with that block is his perceived electability. For better or worse, Black voters don't give a shit about the bullshit or pageantry. Black voters want someone who can win. Break that perception, and he will lose Black voters almost overnight.
Harris put a crack in him, and we saw what that alone did.
EDIT: Oops, quoted the wrong person.
Nintendo is afraid of raw power.
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People are suspecting Roberts pulled another ACA with the census case and switched at the last minute.
The question, I suppose it what did it. I suspect it was the hard drive. Which means his opinion is about the unconvincing lie by Ross is just cover.
Edit: This
I said as much when they announced the opinion. RBG sent up signal flares about the census case early in June, leading everyone to believe Roberts would rule in the administration's favor. He pretty obviously switched.
Roberts knows the only thing keeping his Chief Justice reign from being a bunch of 6-5 decisions where he writes for the minority is either RBG kicking the bucket or making sure the other nuts on the Court don't go too far off the rails.
That's why I think any abortion case will be narrow enough to basically let red states do almost anything they want, possibly overruling the AL & LA laws on technical grounds, but not actually overruling Roe.
I wonder what made him switch. My first impression is "dont want to have two disgusting rulings one after another"
He got to test out his fancy new emergency alert system. Maybe he'll decree that the citizenship question be sent out by text.
Roberts is attempting to keep the idea that the court is not political.
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