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Aug 27 2018 10:09pm
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U.S. court says North Carolina gerrymander is illegal, seeks new congressional map

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-districts-court/u-s-court-says-north-carolina-gerrymander-is-illegal-seeks-new-congressional-map-idUSKCN1LD026







Trying to get some skullduggery accomplished before the Supreme Court returns. Typical Democrat shyt.


From your article:

"The Republican lawmaker in charge of the plan said it was crafted to maintain Republican dominance because “electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.”

Republicans in 2016 won 10 of the 13 House districts - 77 percent of them - despite getting just 53 percent of the statewide vote, nearly the same result as in 2014."

Do you think that gerrymandering should be acceptable?
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Aug 28 2018 06:39am
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From your article:

"The Republican lawmaker in charge of the plan said it was crafted to maintain Republican dominance because “electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.”

Republicans in 2016 won 10 of the 13 House districts - 77 percent of them - despite getting just 53 percent of the statewide vote, nearly the same result as in 2014."

Do you think that gerrymandering should be acceptable?




I'd credit that with some validity if the "republican law maker" had a.... name.

Point still is, for w/e reason the SC already tossed this accusation of unfair gerrymandering... out. This seems to me like just another "let's sue while the SC in not convened".
This is like the 3-4 strange suit to happen in the last week and a half.
This same type of politicking occured last year at this time, but they were directed at Trump instead of at republicans.

This time however without a ninth judge sitting in the SC, the vote bias is 4 reps, to 4 dems. If I was a democrat and wanted the blue wave to succeed, this is exactly the time I would start bringing lawsuits against anyone I had issues with.
There would be no better chance of having my "issue" possibly NOT thrown out by the SC with a 4-4 balance.
Once Kavanaugh is in, those chance will be gone for a very long time.

Interesting lawsuits that happened right after the SC retired this year's session...

Judge in Arizona forces US govt. and ICE to reunite families w/o checking DNA records, because "it takes too long".
Judge in northeastern state sues for getting relatives who aren't legal aliens, admitted to the US because one is the wife of a legal alien person.
Now this gerrymandering suit.

All of these and probably some I'm not aware of, all happened, right after SC closed this years session, and while the SC is short one member.

There have also been democratic seantors and representatives trying to seriously delay Kavanaugh's approval to sit on the SC. Delaying, as stated by at least one lawmaker, until after the November elections.

I believe I've posted this concern and the incidence of these suits already, some in here, some in the Immigration topic.
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Aug 28 2018 10:25am
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I'd credit that with some validity if the "republican law maker" had a.... name.

Point still is, for w/e reason the SC already tossed this accusation of unfair gerrymandering... out. This seems to me like just another "let's sue while the SC in not convened".
This is like the 3-4 strange suit to happen in the last week and a half.
This same type of politicking occured last year at this time, but they were directed at Trump instead of at republicans.

This time however without a ninth judge sitting in the SC, the vote bias is 4 reps, to 4 dems. If I was a democrat and wanted the blue wave to succeed, this is exactly the time I would start bringing lawsuits against anyone I had issues with.
There would be no better chance of having my "issue" possibly NOT thrown out by the SC with a 4-4 balance.
Once Kavanaugh is in, those chance will be gone for a very long time.

Interesting lawsuits that happened right after the SC retired this year's session...

Judge in Arizona forces US govt. and ICE to reunite families w/o checking DNA records, because "it takes too long".
Judge in northeastern state sues for getting relatives who aren't legal aliens, admitted to the US because one is the wife of a legal alien person.
Now this gerrymandering suit.

All of these and probably some I'm not aware of, all happened, right after SC closed this years session, and while the SC is short one member.

There have also been democratic seantors and representatives trying to seriously delay Kavanaugh's approval to sit on the SC. Delaying, as stated by at least one lawmaker, until after the November elections.

I believe I've posted this concern and the incidence of these suits already, some in here, some in the Immigration topic.


you didn't answer his question...

reading isn't your strong suit is it?
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Can someone please help me explain how anyone in Cal would ever vote for Devin Nunes? He's never even at his office in the district he represents and now we find out he was in London "seeking out new information about the former British intelligence officer and Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele." -theAtlantic

Very productive usage of time, Devin. Even the brits (MI5, MI6, GCHQ) knew all Nunes was trying to do was "trying to stir up a controversy". This guy may be the biggest hack i've ever seen.
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Aug 28 2018 07:27pm
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Can someone please help me explain how anyone in Cal would ever vote for Devin Nunes? He's never even at his office in the district he represents and now we find out he was in London "seeking out new information about the former British intelligence officer and Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele." -theAtlantic

Very productive usage of time, Devin. Even the brits (MI5, MI6, GCHQ) knew all Nunes was trying to do was "trying to stir up a controversy". This guy may be the biggest hack i've ever seen.


California has millions of shitstains living in the Central Valley.
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Aug 28 2018 07:27pm
Quote (Ghot @ Aug 28 2018 05:39am)
I'd credit that with some validity if the "republican law maker" had a.... name.

Point still is, for w/e reason the SC already tossed this accusation of unfair gerrymandering... out. This seems to me like just another "let's sue while the SC in not convened".
This is like the 3-4 strange suit to happen in the last week and a half.
This same type of politicking occured last year at this time, but they were directed at Trump instead of at republicans.

This time however without a ninth judge sitting in the SC, the vote bias is 4 reps, to 4 dems. If I was a democrat and wanted the blue wave to succeed, this is exactly the time I would start bringing lawsuits against anyone I had issues with.
There would be no better chance of having my "issue" possibly NOT thrown out by the SC with a 4-4 balance.
Once Kavanaugh is in, those chance will be gone for a very long time.

Interesting lawsuits that happened right after the SC retired this year's session...

Judge in Arizona forces US govt. and ICE to reunite families w/o checking DNA records, because "it takes too long".
Judge in northeastern state sues for getting relatives who aren't legal aliens, admitted to the US because one is the wife of a legal alien person.
Now this gerrymandering suit.

All of these and probably some I'm not aware of, all happened, right after SC closed this years session, and while the SC is short one member.

There have also been democratic seantors and representatives trying to seriously delay Kavanaugh's approval to sit on the SC. Delaying, as stated by at least one lawmaker, until after the November elections.

I believe I've posted this concern and the incidence of these suits already, some in here, some in the Immigration topic.


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Aug 28 2018 07:30pm
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California has millions of shitstains living in the Central Valley.


Apparently. I cannot fathom how this guy can and probably will win his election this November. Nunes even attacked his hometown paper i heard (for accurate reporting on Nunes), despite the fact that that paper had previously endorsed him in several prior elections.
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Aug 28 2018 07:32pm
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Apparently. I cannot fathom how this guy can and probably will win his election this November. Nunes even attacked his hometown paper i heard (for accurate reporting on Nunes), despite the fact that that paper had previously endorsed him in several prior elections.


This constituency is where Trump got his whole stupid "California environmentalists are sending all of the state's water to the Pacific Ocean and denying farmers the ability to grow food" misinformed verbal diarrhea.
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This constituency is where Trump got his whole stupid "California environmentalists are sending all of the state's water to the Pacific Ocean and denying farmers the ability to grow food" misinformed verbal diarrhea.


Fresno Bee, that's the one i was thinking of.
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Aug 29 2018 02:47pm


Trump-backed candidate's 'monkey' comment draws fire in Florida race

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TAMPA (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Congressman Ron DeSantis came under fire on Wednesday when the President Trump-backed Florida gubernatorial candidate said his state should not “monkey this up” by electing Democratic Mayor Andrew Gillum, who is African-American.


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Interviewed on Fox News, DeSantis said, “The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases,” after calling Gillum “an articulate” spokesman for far-left views.

Words like “monkey” or “ape” have been used to demean African-Americans and calling a black man “articulate” can be seen as racist.

However, in American colloquial speech, “monkey with” or “monkey around with” can mean handling something carelessly or incorrectly.




Wow, another black, playing the race card. Who'da thunk.
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