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[-] superfes@lemmy.world 179 points 5 months ago

Man, districts need to be automatically generated based on population from censuses, not some crazy game of fuck as many people over as we can Tetris.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago

That wouldn't serve the elite though

[-] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 36 points 5 months ago

or even more directly: it would require the people CURRENTLY in power to sign a law that takes away THEIR power -

never going to happen. And my comment is generic enough for even "both sides" types

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Animal farm!

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Don't worry, then the census data itself becomes the target for fuckery. Which is basically what happened during Trump's presidency.

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

There's a bill in Congress now to insert a citizenship question into the next Census. I assume it's unlikely to go beyond the House, but they definitely haven't given up.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Just no more fucking districts for federal positions. Proportional representation for that. Senators also, no more of this staggered six year bullshit.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Come on, you know the American political system isn't about helping people!

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 113 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This guy is probably top 10 of the "I got mine, fuck you" GOATs.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago

I just assume he's actually the evil spirit of a white ultra-racist guy that managed to possess the body of some poor black dude.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 43 points 5 months ago

You need to listen to some podcasts or read about him, the guy is wild. He thinks taking away all the ladders and assistance from black people are doing them a favor. He thinks other black people are lazy, and he only got to where he is in life on merit alone.

Dude fails to see all the support and even racial equity laws that helped get him the education and networks to where he is today.

[-] Restaldt@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Dude got his job AAAAND this fancy ladder he used to climb to that position

Just pulled it up behind him when he was done climbing

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

That's just a stock-issue Republican.

[-] Larry@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago

That would make a great movie premise. Opening scene the klan is doing some occult ceremony.

[-] KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

“Get Out” is probably close enough

[-] fiercekitten@lemm.ee 77 points 5 months ago

And i want him stripped of all power and held accountable for everything he’s done to strip away our rights and liberties, which has resulted in incalculable pain, suffering and death, but here we are.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 69 points 5 months ago
[-] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Reportedly Justice Ruckus referred to Mr. Jackson as a 'lucky bastard' in reference to his vitiligo condition, which causes skin pigment to lighten"

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

No relation.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago

I doubt even actual house slaves were this loyal to their masters.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 5 months ago

House slaves didn't get free booze cruises and mansions.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Goddamn inflation smh my head

[-] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

And I want Justice Thomas to admit what he did to Anita Hill, and discloses the bribes he has accepted and which cases he compromised for them.

But we don’t always get what we want in this world, Clarence.

[-] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Fucks sake. I just looked this up. Is it a requirement for a GOP appointed judge to be a sexual predator, looking at you kavanagh. Any others?

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Mr. I-Got-Mine-Fuck-You pulling up the ladder behind him.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Been pulling that ladder for decades

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 5 months ago

He has until November to take John Oliver's offer of $1m/year and a brand new RV and step down as a SC judge.

[-] tsonfeir@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Clarence TOMass

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

I kind of hope someone finds him in some other country when he's on a bribecation and kicks the shit out of him.

[-] FardyCakes@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

FardyCakes wants the Supreme Court to stop hearing Clarence Thomas.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It’s funny because he never talks

[-] autotldr 6 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The high court’s 6-3 decision on Thursday effectively gives state lawmakers a roadmap for discriminating against Black voters when drafting congressional district boundaries, as long as they can say they were targeting their party affiliation, not their race.

In its monumental 1954 decision in Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court sought a “boundless view of equitable remedies” through “extravagant uses of judicial power” to end racist segregation, according to Justice Thomas.

“Drawing political districts is a task for politicians, not federal judges,” arguing that the court’s “insistence” on hearing cases involving racist voter suppression “led it to develop doctrines that indulge in race-based reasoning inimical to the Constitution.”

Last year, a federal court tossed out South Carolina’s map after finding that the state’s First Congressional District – currently represented by Republican US Rep Nancy Mace – violated the Constitution by using race as the determining factor when drawing its boundaries.

The case has magnified the difficulties for ensuring protections for Black voters particularly in states where one’s race and political affiliation are closely aligned, blurring the line between racial or partisan gerrymandering.

In Thursday’s decision written by Justice Samuel Alito , the Supreme Court’s conservative majority argued that the complaint from the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP relied on “circumstantial” evidence that Republican state lawmakers used race when they drafted its congressional map.


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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Dont want to hear it, resign

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

You know this is fucked up when a person who would be normally affected by redistricting doesn’t want to stop it from happening.

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