Angelus Errare
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But "a bunch of white haired old men talking in a circle" pretty much describes our entire governmental system. =\
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TX State Senator leads 11 hour filibuster that successfully beats anti-abortion bill
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But "a bunch of white haired old men talking in a circle" pretty much describes our entire governmental system. =\
Spring-Loaded
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Buddha Beam
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Seems to me like nobody there has any idea what's going on. Some of them are clearly saying it passed, but that is likely just playing the media more than anything.
Gentleman Jack
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haha someone opened a door.
phosphor112
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Did they just bust back in?
I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.
For example:
lol how is this even legal?
I don't think it's unique to republicans....I think it's shit whereever it turns up.I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.
For example:
Indeed....there's no way anyone can look at this and think those lines were drawn with any sense of fairness...
You don't know what you're talking about.
Brawndo Addict
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Judging by the crowd reaction, it sounds like it passed.
SolarPowered
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They are gonna have a riot on their hands if they don't end this nonsense.
Glorious
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What the fuck is going on now?
IrishNinja
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I like this guy's style
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holy crap that's a great turnout
yeah just trying to sort that out myself
Physical altercation.
Try this one on for size.
The solution would probably be an independent panel, or even better a computer program.
Please tell us more.
I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.
For example:
Thanks for posting this. While I vote D most of the time here in IL both sides are corrupt as hell and both use gerrymandering to get people into office. It is an extremely flawed system.
It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!
Let her go I think. Someone probably opened the door and that person probably being arrested
Someone posted numbers earlier suggesting the state is overwhelmingly against it. Even if those cheering are in the minority, they should just eat shit because a craven coward in that chamber decided that the rules no longer applied?
Hohohohohoho
Devolution
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I want a youtube clip of the senator who headshotted the chair.
NYCmetsfan
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I'm guessing that is what they are debating, but it seems so. They have not adjourned afaik. Lt Gov said he was calling on someone to end the session and then walked off
jediyoshi
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Definitely. As opposed to the other kind of legal, which is just the worst.
This is not actually a good answer to "how is this legal?"
It doesn't seem very ethical...
We here in Chicago are proud of the leeches on humanity that are our Aldermen, which outnumber their counterparts in the much more populous city of New York City 2-to-1.
I'm sure that's justifiable. Somehow.
Those tasty, tasty pensions.
It didn't. But that won't stop the GOP from pretending it did.
What the GOP should have done was be gracious, adjourn this session when the clock ran out and gave it another shot in the next session. It wouldn't have been an ACTUAL admittance of defeat, just a "you won this round, but we'll be back."
But nope.
Their damn-near villainous fervor to get what will WIDELY be considered an anti-abortion bill passed by any means necessary against a crowd like this will be DISASTROUS PR for the entire party moving forward. ESPECIALLY if someone up in the galleys ends up getting injured.
The GOP couldn't have possibly made themselves look worse than they did today. They played into EVERY negative idea the country has of the party tonight.
But nope.
Their damn-near villainous fervor to get what will WIDELY be considered an anti-abortion bill passed by any means necessary against a crowd like this will be DISASTROUS PR for the entire party moving forward. ESPECIALLY if someone up in the galleys ends up getting injured.
The GOP couldn't have possibly made themselves look worse than they did today. They played into EVERY negative idea the country has of the party tonight.
ConfusingJazz
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I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.
For example:
That seems to be in one city, that's child's play.
I voted in my parent's congressional district when I was in college.
I lived in Austin, they lived in Houston.
Then, when I moved to an apartment across the street, I voted with people from north San Antonio.
Black Mamba
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Supposedly someone walked around and claimed to take a face to face vote from each member.
Dems claiming vote didn't happen til 12:01.
Of course for the GOP it doesn't matter. Not sure how this plays out now.
Dems claiming vote didn't happen til 12:01.
Of course for the GOP it doesn't matter. Not sure how this plays out now.
Angry Fork
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So fucking tired of religious sexist bullshit. People who hold these views should be barred from holding office full stop.
Fair enough, but "how is this legal" isn't a very good question.
Aaron Strife
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I'd imagine a number of those GOP districts have Hispanic voters who've never voted or registered to vote.
It's the sleeping giant of Texas politics. If unregistered TX Hispanics started turning out at the same rate as the ones in California, Republicans would be in deep shit
Unknown Soldier
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Gerrymandering should have been nipped in the bud when Elbridge Gerry, for whom it is named, first tried it at the beginning of our democracy. That it is allowed to continue today is disgraceful and an insult to our political process.
ClassyPenguin
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Republicans are the Tea Party. No amount of bullshit is going to change their idiotic, sexist, slightly racist and science denial. That is an essential part of their platform.
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