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Yeah America has a habit of generating hope ... and then crushingly disappointing everyone
I'll believe it when I see it ... otherwise I'm not holding my breath
We've also had a habit of razor thin election margins and Republicans in Texas.
It might genuinely kill me if they do it. The sheer surge of endorphins would be comparable to a full plate of fentanyl.
My problem with it would be potential dehydration from continual orgasmic euphoria.
This is unrelated, but I love the creativity in your name. It shows that you have a passion for the arts!
I also appreciate the beauty of OP’s username.
The problem with America is we vote and then everyone goes back to whatever they were doing.
We need to stay mobilized and protest even the democrats until we are getting what we want.
Winning a congress that might listen is the first step, but politics never ends.
You either participate in politics or politics will participate you and you won’t like what it does to you.
You're confusing neoliberals as an only other option to maga...
Anyone with a congressional Dem representative needs to contact their office and tell them they need to support a progressive for leadership.
We can't afford the bullshit "looking into" that happened under Biden. We need a Speaker and Senate leader willing to put progressive legislation up for votes.
Schumer/Jefferies won't do that
I have a feeling this will go the way of the filibuster, hope I'm wrong
This can't, its a state innitiatve. there's no filibuster, only governors who have state legislative trifectas to vote for it.
Its possible itll get thrown out in the supreme court tho...
We shouldn't have to listen to an obviously treasonous supreme Court
Here we are again constrained by the very laws everyone broke for ten fucking years. According to SCOTUS, our next president can just drone strike the heritage foundation, SpaceX, Tesla, musk, and all the people we all know we should get rid of, and, because of our majority, can't be impeached. This means that they can pardon themselves and anyone who helped and we should be good to go. THE REPUBLICANS WANTED THAT AND ARGUED FOR IT IN COURT.
But we will concede to the rule of law and watch Kushner and other democrats influence our politics forever with their island lairs that they bought with OUR MONEY
There's a line that Interstate compacts are constitutional if "consented" to by Congress. So it'd be like state govs form compact and send a letter to Congress, who acknowledges receipt. I'm sure it'd get challenged but I think the constitution is pretty clear that states select electors who can do whatever they want.
Of course if a state gov changes hands down the line, they can withdraw, but that doesn't screw anyone over, states will just go back to our current apportionment scheme
The way this has been done by states already is passing amendments that require them to vote yes when it gets enough votes. This means it's only a few new states that need to pass a law for this to actually happen. Previous states can't back out.
"Yes well the wheels of the law turn slowly"
Funny how slowly they move when the dems have control and how quickly they move when the republicans do.
the Republicans were doing the neat trick called ignoring it.
And democrats get a neat little smug and a destroyed world for following it.