Farron Cousins makes a pretty convincing argument that Republican U.S. and state congressional majorities wouldn’t exist without gerrymandering...yep, launch wars and pass tax cuts – that’s about it...and yes, Dan Crenshaw, Gym Jordan and other life forms owe their political existence to this odious tactic...one answer is to lean on these charlatans to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act...
...and Brittany Page and Jesse Dollemore discuss some recent article in “the old gray lady” about dumb voters who may lean for Trump ("Kamala, but not Joe"? Is that really a thing?), believe it or not (continuing to flog this narrative which has probably generated at least a thousand inches of column space...and this Trump person is a financial analyst? Judas H. Priest, people!...and yeah, one way to reach voters like the two profiled, as opposed to calling them names, is TO HAVE A COHERENT SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY THAT MAKES SENSE SINCE EVERYBODY IN THE DAMN WORLD IS PLAYING WITH THEIR FREAKING CELL PHONES, OK DNC?? AND MAYBE MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT SHOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERING ALSO, PARTICULARLY SPANISH?? And I don’t absolve myself when I say that about the devices, just to let you know...and yes, keep beating the drum about Project 2025 – mildly NSFW/H)...
...and Leeja Miller makes the case that the U.S. is neither a pure democracy nor a pure republic...important history on our country’s founding and how influenced we were by prior forms of government in nations that went before us, such as ancient Greece and Rome...important civics stuff that every citizen of this country should know about...great point to mention that what led to Rome’s fall wasn’t going from a representative to a pure democracy; it was going from representative democracy to a FREAKING EMPIRE!...to me, the best part of this is Miller ripping the mask off these people who yammer on and on that we’re a republic and not a democracy and how that’s code for returning this country to an era of racial and sexual oppression and continuing to coddle the richest at everyone else’s expense (and trying to legitimize all of the “stop the steal” BS with the veneer of flowery academic language in that report...another great point from Miller is that those yelling that we’re a republic and not a democracy know that that demographics are not on their side, though they won’t admit that that’s the main reason for their complaint...NSFW/H also)...
...and Sam Seder continues to ask the hard questions about Israel’s incursion into Gaza...and no, I haven’t forgotten about Hamas kidnapping Israelis that started this latest horror show...boy, is Sam right to ask what the hell the number of casualties is for Bibi to stop bombing in Gaza, leading into the discussion about the NLRB ruling about McDonald’s, which I think I highlighted previously, but yes, it’s such a big deal IMO that it’s worth it to discuss it again...and once more, Sam is right about the individuals behind the president you vote for, as opposed to the person him or herself (NSFW/H as well)...
...and here are a couple of seasonal selections.
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